After 10 days of crazed moviegoing at the Cannes Film Festival, Times film critic Amy Nicholson and Times film editor Joshua Rothkopf are all but spent. They leave with 10 recommendations (listed below in alphabetical order), including several titles youβll be hearing about during awards season, but also, admittedly, more reservations than usual. Amy Nicholson:…
I donβt have statistics, but just from the disappearance of bowling alleys from the local landscape, most recently Santa Monicaβs midcentury Pico Bowl, with its fine coffee shop, Iβd guess that the sport is not the ubiquitous American pastime it once was. Still, many if not most of us will have gone bowling at least…
When is a kiss not just a kiss? Season 2 of Netflixβs βArcaneβ delivers a long-awaited payoff between two characters with such a deep emotional bond it inspired a βBenniferβ-style portmanteau: CaitVi. Co-executive producer Amanda Overton, who wrote the saga-defining scene, explains that Vi (voiced by Hailee Steinfeld) has βlost everyone she loved,β and itβs…
The sports vehicle backed by CVC Capital Partners, the former owner of Formula One motor racing, is close to striking a $300m deal to buy a majority stake in Equine Network, a US-based equestrian sports league. Sky News has learnt that Global Sport Group (GSG), which owns stakes in assets such as women’s professional tennis…
WASHINGTONΒ βΒ The Trump administration is backing away from plans to create a $1.8-billion fund to compensate people who claim the government was weaponized against them, a retreat that comes amid a cascade of legal setbacks and a revolt within members of the Republican Party. But Senate Democrats say the concession is not enough, and are pushing…
Twice, the air raid sirens sounded around RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus on Thursday afternoon. We were rushed inside as soldiers lay on the floor in body armour. It was over quickly. The British defence secretary, visiting the base at the time, was taken into “a windowless room” just before he was due to dial into…
Grammy-nominated rapper Mystikal has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for third-degree rape. The βDangerβ rapper was arrested in the summer of 2022 and booked into the Ascension Parish Jail in Louisiana and charged with first-degree rape, simple robbery, domestic abuse batteryβstrangulation, false imprisonment and simple criminal damage to property after the victim identified…
βLove Island USAβ fans donβt seem to be buying former contestant Alannah Keyserβs newest apology for her previous use of a racial slur, which ultimately led to her dismissal from the show. In a TikTok video on June 27, Keyser addressed a resurfaced clip, in which she was seen using a racial slur while singing…
Senator John Cornyn, a Republican from Texas (L) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Eddie Seal | Bloomberg | Getty Images Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in a Republican Senate runoff Tuesday, less than a week after President Donald Trump endorsed him over the objections of Senate leadership.Β Paxton will…
The hugely popular star of ABCβs lineup was known as an outspoken critic of the president of the United States. But when one comment sparked an outrage, the network moved swiftly to yank the entertainer off the air. It was May 2018, and the star was Roseanne Barr. Hollywood reacted in shock when ABC abruptly…