Best entertainment photos of 2025: ‘Severance’ stars to Elle Fanning

Best entertainment photos of 2025: ‘Severance’ stars to Elle Fanning

From a design shop in Valencia with β€œmurderous” dolls to a studio in Dublin to the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, our photographers have been everywhere this year. They’ve captured key figures in the worlds of music, film and television in somber moments, moments of levity and everything in between. They share behind-the-scenes anecdotes…

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The 5 best science books of 2025, according to science doyenne Alie Ward

The 5 best science books of 2025, according to science doyenne Alie Ward

It’s been an uneasy year for science. While there were significant milestones, like breakthroughs in gene editing for rare diseases and novel insights into early human evolution (including fire-making), the U.S. science community at large was rocked by institutional challenges. Drastic federal cuts froze thousands of research grants, and the Trump administration began actively working…

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CBS News correspondent accuses Bari Weiss of ‘political’ move in pulling β€˜60 Minutes’ piece

CBS News correspondent accuses Bari Weiss of ‘political’ move in pulling β€˜60 Minutes’ piece

A β€œ60 Minutes” story on the Trump administration’s imprisonment of hundreds of deported Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador was pulled by CBS News Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss shortly before it was scheduled to air Sunday night. The unusual decision drew a sharp rebuke from Sharyn Alfonsi, the correspondent for the piece. Alfonsi said the decision was…

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James Ransone dead: Star of ‘The Wire,’ ‘It: Chapter Two’ was 46

James Ransone dead: Star of ‘The Wire,’ ‘It: Chapter Two’ was 46

James Ransone, a character actor who played an impulsive, drug-dealing dock worker in the iconic HBO series β€œThe Wire” and later appeared in horror films β€œSinister” and β€œIt: Chapter Two,” died in Los Angeles on Friday. He was 46. According to the L.A. County medical examiner’s office, Ransone died by suicide. A native of Maryland,…

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