The Academy Foundation earlier this month laid off all five staffers with its Oral History Projects team, effectively dissolving the department responsible for conducting and preserving interviews with notable members of the film industry. Two of those laid off were transitioned into different union roles within the Academy Foundation, the organization confirmed, Friday. The layoffs…
Senior Tories claim the government is in retreat on its controversial Chagos Islands handover, after the latest showdown in parliament was unexpectedly postponed. The government has withdrawn a debate and votes in the House of Lords due on Monday in the latest round of parliamentary “ping pong” on the Chagos legislation. Welcoming the move, a…
The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to stop demanding medical records that identify young patients who received gender-affirming care from Childrenβs Hospital Los Angeles, ending a legal standoff with families who sued to block a subpoena that some feared would be used to criminally prosecute the parents of transgender kids. The agreement, filed in…
Trinity Rodman has re-signed with the Washington Spirit, ending a months-long saga that led the NWSL to adjust its salary cap rules in order to retain one of its biggest stars. Financial details of the three-year contract werenβt released, but ESPN reports that the deal is worth more than $2 million annually, including bonuses, making…
TalkTalk Group has kicked off talks with prospective bidders for divisions including one of Britain’s biggest consumer internet providers. Sky News has learnt that TalkTalk, which supplies landline and broadband services to about 1.7 million UK customers, has begun discussions with potential buyers in the last few days. The initiation of talks comes about four…
The long and winding road over the fate of TikTok β the enormously popular social video platform that has been a force in American youth culture and entertainment β has come to an end. After years of questions about TikTokβs future in America, the social media platform and its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, have finalized…
Robert Jenrick has published private texts allegedly from a Tory official after the party’s leader, Kemi Badenoch, accused him of lying. It comes after the MP, who defected from the Conservatives to Reform UK last week, claimed Tory chief whip Rebecca Harris contacted him in 2024 to say there was “a special place in hell”…
NUUK, GreenlandΒ βΒ One year ago, days before Donald Trump reclaimed power, the head of Denmarkβs Peopleβs Party took a trip to Mar-a-Lago. Morten Messerschmidt thought he and Trump shared a common view on the perils of European integration. Together, he told local media at the time, they could make the West great again. In Europe, just…
LeBron James downplayed any suggestion of a rift between him and Lakers governor Jeanie Buss on Thursday following an ESPN report that detailed how the now-minority owner of the team had started to turn on the Lakers superstar. βQuite frankly, I donβt really get involved in that, or the reports, or whatever the case may…
Retail sales in the UK bounced back in December with a better-than-expected performance over the Christmas season, according to new figures. The total volume of retail sales, which measures the quantity bought, increased by 0.4% last month, said the Office for National Statistics (ONS). While the rise is small, it’s well above the 0.1% drop…