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Colman Domingo has been cast as the Cowardly Lion in Wicked: For Good, ending days of online speculation. The film’s Instagram confirmed the news with a video of Domingo amid plush lions, closing with his “See you in Oz.…
Researchers report a cleaner way to recover rare earth elements from waste magnets, using flash joule heating and chlorine gas to vaporize unwanted metals and leave REEs behind as oxides or oxychlorides. The process, det…
Hulu has greenlit a reboot of Prison Break, set in the same world with new characters. Emily Browning stars as Cassidy, an ex-soldier turned corrections officer who takes a job at one of America’s deadliest prisons for s…
Google is reportedly recruiting a small group of Pixel Superfans to test unreleased phones, a rare move for a company that usually limits hardware trials to employees. Bloomberg says 15 non-employees will be chosen to pr…
Netflix and Chernin Entertainment have ordered Kennedy, an eight-episode drama about the influential Kennedy family, based on Fredrik Logevall’s book. Michael Fassbender will play patriarch Joseph Kennedy Sr., with Sam S…
Two Falcon 9 rockets lifted off from Florida and California on Sunday, adding 56 Starlink satellites and pushing SpaceX past 10,000 mass-produced spacecraft delivered to low-Earth orbit—10,006 by one expert’s count. “Fro…
In its fifth year, the Academy Museum Gala returned with a blue carpet and a sharpened couture focus, earning its “Met Gala of the West” nickname. Artful statements ranged from Kim Kardashian’s masked Maison Margiela gow…
Iniu’s P55-E2 portable charger just hit its lowest price yet: $13.74 on Amazon after an automatic 45 percent off coupon. The ultra-slim 10,000mAh bank offers up to 45W charging via USB-C, three ports (two USB-C, one USB-…
Trump weighed volatile fronts, backing a brief chance for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire while warning Hamas of swift consequences and ruling out U.S. boots. He urged Kyiv and Moscow to “stop where they are,” after meeting Z…
Antenna says Disney+ and Hulu churn jumped in September, coinciding with Jimmy Kimmel’s brief ABC suspension. Monthly cancellations rose from 4% to 8% at Disney+ and 5% to 10% at Hulu, a break from typically steady rates…
Apple and NBC have launched an Apple TV + Peacock bundle, available now for $15 per month with ads—about $9 cheaper than subscribing separately. An ad-free option is $20; ad-free Peacock alone costs $17. Apple TV, which …
After a wave of nostalgia-fueled superhero cameos, Spider-Man: No Way Home left fans expecting Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield to return. Nearly four years later, Sony’s live‑action universe has stalled—Madame Web, Mor…
The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon closed season three with Daryl and Carol’s bid to get home literally burning out, as Norman Reedus confirms the spinoff is heading into its final season. Speaking after a night shoot in Spai…
China's economy cooled in the third quarter, expanding 4.8% year on year, its slowest pace in a year, after Beijing imposed sweeping controls on rare earth exports, jolting a fragile trade truce with the US. Growth eased…
X is testing a new iOS link view that keeps like, reply, and repost buttons visible by collapsing the original post to the bottom instead of letting the browser cover the screen, aiming to curb drop‑offs after external c…
Tracker’s premiere explained two quiet departures: Eric Graise’s Bobby left the repair shop for an encryption specialist role at a new startup, complete with stock options and salary; Abby McEnany’s Velma went to be with…
China’s economy grew 4.8% in the third quarter, in line with forecasts, even as an ongoing property slump weighed on investment. Fixed-asset investment fell 0.5% in the first nine months—its first contraction since 2020—…
Universal and Blumhouse’s The Black Phone 2 opened to $42 million worldwide, with $26.5 million in the U.S. and Canada and $15.5 million from 71 markets. Mexico led internationally with $4.3 million, ahead of the U.K. an…
Three shows into The Boy Is Mine Tour, the Chicago stop ended abruptly after Brandy Norwood left the United Center stage early, saying she needed “one second” amid apparent sound issues, and did not return. Fans on socia…
Version History’s third episode traces the rise and fade of Sony’s Watchman, the handheld TV set against the Walkman’s portable revolution. Hosts David Pierce, Allison Johnson, and Victoria Song revisit Sony’s 1982 launc…
Americans interviewed by the Guardian describe shrinking carts, bare shelves and hard choices as Trump’s tariffs ripple through daily life. An S&P Global study says companies will face at least $1.2tn in extra 2025 costs…
Andrew Ross Sorkin's new book, 1929, reexamines Wall Street's crash through human drama, drawn from archives including JP Morgan partner Thomas Lamont's papers. Eschewing charts for character, Sorkin profiles Charlie Mit…
Sabrina Carpenter sparked a stir on SNL’s Oct. 18 episode, singing “Nobody’s Song” without bleeping the line “He sure fucked me up” twice. The expletives aired uncensored on NBC’s East Coast and Peacock after an apparent…
During a Nashville stop on his High and Alive World Tour, Keith Urban met a front‑row fan named 'Nicole' and, with a wry collapse to the stage, turned the awkward reminder of his split from Nicole Kidman into a laugh. Th…
Wildlife photographer Margot Raggett, who has raised £1.2m through her Remembering Wildlife books since 2015, says momentum has slipped, citing repeated US withdrawals from the Paris agreement and UK parties pledging to …