Brittany Brown looks strong. She looks confident. She looks capable of achieving her dreams. Thatโs how Brown looks in the mural painted in her honor at Vista del Valle Elementary โ and itโs how the 31-year-old U.S. sprinter feels in real life nearly two years after winning a bronze medal in the womenโs 200-meter at…
They go by names like @TRUMP_ARMYโ or @MAGANationX, and their verified accounts proudly display portraits of President Donald Trump, voter rallies and American flags. And they’re constantly posting about U.S. politics to their followers, sounding like diehard fans of the president. But after a weekend update to the social media platform X, it’s now clear…
MILANย โย When she skated, Tara Lipinski was always nervous. But it was different before the free skate of the 1998 Olympics. The teenager cried that morning. She called her parents after the six-minute warmup and said she couldnโt do it. Her legs were physically shaking in her beginning pose. She didnโt know what to do. โWhen…
Two of the biggest box-office standouts of 2026 so far were not made by established studio directors or built on franchise IP. โObsessionโ and โBackroomsโ โ horror films from internet-native directors in their 20s โ have outperformed far more expensive studio releases. The breakout success of these films has ignited debate across Hollywood about what…
Justin King, the former J Sainsbury chief executive, has pulled out of the race to chair Channel 4, the state-owned broadcaster. Sky News has learnt that Mr King informed government officials earlier this month that he was no longer a potential successor to Sir Ian Cheshire. His exit from the recruitment process leaves existing Channel…
The Chinese mobile app “Are You Dead?” which sounds an alarm if a user doesn’t check in every 48 hours, has announced it will drop its catchy name, after it drew international media attention. It rose to the top of paid app rankings on Apple’s App Store in China, prompting widespread media coverage among Chinese…
After switching up his look years ago in honor of his and Beyoncรฉโs oldest child, 14-year-old Blue Ivy Carter, Jay-Z recently made another dramatic hair transformation. On May 30, the rap superstar surprised fans when he headlined the Roots Picnic in Philadelphia. Following years of sporting lengthy dreadlocks, Jay-Z appeared on stage rocking a full…
Majorities of over 100 sound pretty healthy. But those numbers do not tell the whole story. There was an ominous warning for the government in the voting figures on its controversial jury trial reforms. The numbers revealed that in the two votes, 93 Labour MPs failed to support the government in the first vote and…
Aug. 2, 2025 12:28 PM PT It felt like 2022 all over again when Josh Gad took to Instagram to express his heartbreak about contracting a โvirus known as COVIDโ and announce his decision to pull out of playing King Herod in the highly anticipated production of โJesus Christ Superstarโ at the Hollywood Bowl, which…
On the eve of the release of her 12th album, Taylor Swift received a thank-you note from George Michaelโs estate for including his work in her version of โFather Figure.โ โWhen we heard the track we had no hesitation in agreeing to this association between two great artists and we know George would have felt…