Nick Argo/©Academy Museum Foundation Jon M. Chu, the director of the hit Crazy Rich Asians, is used to pressure, but in a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, he says one sequence in Wicked had him stressed. He calls the movie’s showstopping “Defying Gravity” scene “one of the most complicated things I’ve ever shot in my entire life,” […]
We are two weeks into the 2024-25 MLB offseason and so far the Angels have been the most active team. They landed Jorge Soler in a salary dump trade with the Braves, and signed Kyle Hendricks and Travis d’Arnaud as free agents. The rest of the baseball world has yet to really kick things into […]
(WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump, ahead of his return to power in January, is announcing who he wants to fill Cabinet positions and other key roles inside his administration. Trump began to roll out his nominees and appointees just days after his election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. They include some of his staunchest allies […]
(MOSCOW, Idaho) — Parents of the University of Idaho victims are speaking out on the two-year mark of the gruesome quadruple homicide as they await the trial for their children’s suspected killer. For victim Kaylee Goncalves’ parents, one of the devastating milestones this year is Kaylee’s younger sister, Autumn, turning 21 — the age Kaylee was when […]
Airbnb/Daniele Castellaro While Airbnbs are usually synonymous with cozy getaways, a new Icons experience from the homeshare company will let guests follow in the footsteps of the legendary Roman gladiators. Set at the actual place where countless epic battles took place, the Colosseum in Rome, and naturally tied into the release of Gladiator II, the ad […]
The 2024 NBA Cup tipped off Tuesday night with the first eight games on the schedule in the league’s in-season tournament. While the event has a fancy new name (the Emirates NBA Cup) and revamped court designs, the broad concept remains the same: six groups of five teams play each other once apiece. Next month, […]
(WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans on Wednesday elected John Thune to be the next Republican leader, succeeding Mitch McConnell in a position he’s held for 17 years. With McConnell announcing his intent to step aside earlier this year, Thune, the current Republican whip, was running against Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas senator and former Republican whip and Sen. […]
(WASHINGTON) — The Rainbow Youth Project, a national LGBTQ advocacy group, typically fields about 800 calls a month on its crisis outreach hotline. In just 10 days, as the 2024 presidential election came to a head, the organization told ABC News it received roughly 5,400. Organizers say they were prepared for calls to spike given […]
Atlantic Records Cordae is gearing for the release of his upcoming album, The Crossroads. It will be his third studio album, following From A Bird’s Eye View, which came out in 2022. Cordae says the hiatus was simply due to needing the “time to just live life, assess life” and grow. “I wanted to get better, like, […]
A star-studded showdown takes place on Thursday Night Football when Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles host Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders. This NFC East rivalry has been lopsided in recent years with Philadelphia winning seven of the last 10 meetings. The winner of Thursday’s matchup will sit atop the NFC East standings. According […]
