Unlike the movies, where directors get the glory, TV directors sit lower in the hierarchy, below creators, producers and actors. In most series, which might employ several over a season, they are interchangeable β which isnβt to say they arenβt valuable, transforming words on a page into a four-dimensional living thing. But a director hired…
βToy Story 5,β the latest installment to one of Disney Pixarβs longest-running franchises, topped the box office this weekend. The tech-fueled tale, led by fan favorite characters Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie, earned $160 million for its opening weekend at the domestic box office and a global total of $312 million, according to Rentrak Data….
China’s commerce ministry on Monday imposed sanctions on 10 US tech companies,Β blocking them from exporting βdual-useβ items, which have military and non-military applications, to the US. The companies barred from doing business with the US include drone makers and some involved in rare earths. Beijing’s move comes weeks after the Pentagon slapped similar restrictions on…
US Vice President JD Vance (L) waits, alongside US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff (C) and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to meet with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif (not seen), at the Burgenstock luxury hotel complex overlooking Lake Lucerne, Switzerland, on June 21, 2026, ahead of high-level talks aimed at advancing a deal…
An eye-watering, cough-inducing thick stench of burning plastic permeated Dodger Stadium on Sunday morning. The smoke from a Boyle Heights warehouse fire had spread into every crevice and corner of the facility, inescapable despite the masks handed out to staff. βItβs a little dark out there, little Gotham City when I was driving up,β Dodgers…
How it started: A dream. A French machine-gun officer in the trenches during the First World War. A man named Jules Rimet, who believed an international soccer tournament would bring the nations together with the goal of peace. How itβs going: The worldβs biggest party. A 48-nation celebration of the worldβs most beloved sport. Expected…
Nneka Ogwumike called game. The 10-time WNBA All-Star and Sparks forward hit a 25-foot, buzzer-beating three-point shot from the left wing to give the Sparks an electric 98-97 come-from-behind win over the New York Liberty on Sunday at Crypto.com Arena. In a rematch of the WNBAβs first-ever game from June 21, 1997, the Sparks overcame…
Anthropic PBC has disabled access to its most advanced artificial intelligence models, including Mythos, following an unprecedented order by the Trump administration to keep the technology out of the hands of all foreign nationals. The U.S. government told Anthropic to suspend access to the Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models by any foreign national βwhether…
TONOPAH, Nev.Β βΒ Some years ago, Harry Chahal and his wife were on a trip to Las Vegas when, like countless motorists before and since, they passed through this high desert speck of a town. Tonopah, built by the mining industry around 1900 and depleted as the gold, silver, lead and mercury petered out, is a remote…
MEXICO CITYΒ βΒ In March, a pair of Ecuadorean fishing boats in the Pacific burst into flames, forcing both crews to abandon ship. Months later, the incidents β which occurred well after the Trump administration launched its bombing campaign targeting alleged drug boats β have left more questions than answers. All 36 crewmen survived, but they have…