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Space Meets Sound: NASA Lands in 2024 Spotify Wrapped

NASA’s audio storytelling reached new frontiers in 2024, with Spotify Wrapped revealing the agency’s podcasts as a favorite among listeners worldwide. In celebration of the milestone, NASA astronaut Nick Hague spoke with Spotify about what space sounded like this year. “Music is one of those things that connects us to the planet,” said Hague, in […]

Sports

USC lands 5-star DE Jahkeem Stewart, No. 11 in 2025 ESPN 300

Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterDec 4, 2024, 02:23 PM ET Close Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World. Five-star defensive end Jahkeem Stewart, the No. 11 prospect in the 2025 ESPN 300, committed to USC […]

Entertainment

Focus Features Lands Noomi Rapace’s Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Hot Spot’

Focus Features has picked up the sci-fi thriller Hot Spot from director Agnieszka Smoczyńska. The film, which stars Noomi Rapace, Andrzej Konopka and Reika Kirishima, wrapped production last week in Greece. Focus is reuniting with Smoczyńska after releasing her first English-language feature Silent Twinswhich starred Black Panther breakout Letitia Wright and Tamara Lawrance. “Agnieszka is a […]

Entertainment

Corsican Crime Drama ‘The Kingdom’ Lands at Vertigo for U.K., Ireland

Vertigo Releasing has acquired U.K. and Ireland distribution rights to “The Kingdom,” directed by Corsican filmmaker Julien Colonna. The organized crime thriller and coming-of-age drama is set for theatrical release in spring 2025. The film, which bowed in the Un Certain Regard strand at Cannes, centers on a teenage girl named Lesia who discovers her […]