The jury for European Shooting Stars, the program that promotes rising actors from Europe, has revealed its 2025 lineup. Shooting Stars from previous editions have included Riz Ahmed, Leonie Benesch, George MacKay, Carey Mulligan, Alba Rohrwacher, Bill Skarsgård, Alicia Vikander and Maisie Williams. The actors will be presented to the international press, film industry and […]
TikTok’s future in the U.S. is now in greater jeopardy after the popular social video app lost a major court battle Friday as it tries to prevent its banishment. TikTok sued the government in May, asking the U.S. Court of Appeals to declare unconstitutional a law that would require its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, to […]
A wide and tightfitting hair accessory favored by Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy has become a hot commodity, 25 years after her death.
Donald Trump shakes hands with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. at a Turning Point Action campaign rally on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Duluth, Ga. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. made health policy the cornerstone of his failed presidential campaign, critiquing America’s healthcare and public health systems with bold, often controversial proposals. From vaccine […]
Oil giant Shell has won a landmark case in the Dutch courts, overturning an earlier ruling requiring it to cuts its carbon emissions by 45%. The Hague court of appeal said it could not establish that Shell had a “social standard of care” to reduce its emissions by 45% or any other amount, even though […]
When Wizards of Waverly Place first aired in 2007, Janice LeAnn Brown wasn’t even born yet. David Henrie — an original castmember who is now her co-star and executive producing the sequel series, Wizards Beyond Waverly Place — confirms this with the teen actor, almost in disbelief. The Disney Channel series, which launched the careers […]
Irina Turbina Arseny Turbin is one of several children to face politically motivated criminal charges in Russia One of Russia’s youngest political prisoners has lost an appeal to overturn a five-year jail sentence. Arseny Turbin was only 15 when he was arrested in the summer of 2023. Authorities accused him of joining the Freedom of […]
In an odd footnote, the Register also notes that emulation of classic game consoles, while not infringing in its own right, has been “historically associated with piracy,” thus “rais[ing] a potential concern” for any emulated remote access to library game catalogs. That footnote paradoxically cites Video Game History Foundation (VGHF) founder and director Frank Cifaldi’s […]
Ms. Letby is serving 15 life sentences after the deaths and collapses of babies in the neonatal unit where she worked.
ATLANTA — National and state Republicans on Thursday appealed a judge’s ruling that said seven election rules recently passed by Georgia’s State Election Board are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.” The Republican National Committee and the Georgia Republican Party are appealing a ruling from Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox, who ruled Wednesday that the […]
