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At California universities Monday, the ceasefire in Gaza β and the accompanying hostage and prisoner exchange β emerged as an inflection point for the future of a student-led protest movement that for two years has roiled campuses. The activism, along with its contentious aftermath, continues to reverberate as pro-Palestinian organizers and Jewish community leaders reckon…
Judy Reyes is making every moment count. Earlier this year, the Bronx-born Dominican actor reprised her breakthrough TV role as Carla Espinosa on the reboot of the beloved ABC medical sitcom, βScrubs.β For just four episodes, she returned to Sacred Heart Hospital as head nurse and an exhausted mother of four daughters, whom she parents…
The lovely, funny βAmerican Classic,β premiering Sunday on MGM+, is a love letter to theater, community and community theater. Kevin Kline plays Richard Bean, a narcissistic stage actor. Heβs famous enough to be opening on Broadway in βKing Lear,β but he has to be pushed onstage and is forgetting lines. After he drunkenly assails a…
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If anyone told Mariah Carey ahead of time that Friday nightβs MusiCares Person of the Year tribute would feature a live auction β an auction in which a meet-and-greet with the singer in Abu Dhabi was offered to the highest bidder β you sure couldnβt tell by observing her reaction. Seated near the stage at…
The pay is nonexistent, but the perk could be viewing games in the U.S., Mexico and Canada for free during FIFA World Cup 26 next summer. FIFA launched the application process for World Cup 26 volunteers Monday. How many are needed? A staggering 65,000 across the 16 cities that will host the expanded 48-team format…
Amber Pegler has been captivated by the βDemon Slayerβ anime franchise since first reading the manga years ago. Sheβs watched the whole series, which focuses on a young boy searching for a cure to save his sister, cursed by a demon that killed the rest of his family. The 32-year-old costume designer loves the art…
A federal judge on Thursday approved a $1.5 billion settlement between artificial intelligence company Anthropic and authors who allege nearly half a million books had been illegally pirated to train chatbots. U.S. District Judge William Alsup issued the preliminary approval in San Francisco federal court Thursday after the two sides worked to address his concerns…
The race to replace Angela Rayner as deputy Labour leader has started. She resigned on 5 September from government and from her party post after she was found to have breached the ministerial code for not paying enough stamp duty on a second home she purchased in Hove, East Sussex, earlier this year. Politics latest:…
Sir Keir Starmer has announced a shake-up of his team in Downing Street as he seeks to reset his premiership after a difficult first year in office. Darren Jones, seen as a rising star within the Labour Party, has been moved to Number 10 to oversee the day-to-day delivery of the prime minister’s priorities. He…
