Before directing Deadpool 2 or John Wick, David Leitch was one of the most prolific stuntmen in Hollywood. He doubled for Brad Pitt in Fight Club and Troy. He did stunts in two of the Bourne movies and one of the Bourne installments. He is an expert in action movies and told TIME his latest […]
(NEW YORK) — Hope Hicks, a former longtime adviser to Donald Trump, took the witness stand Friday in his criminal trial, where prosecutors are expected to question her about her knowledge of hush money payments made during the 2016 presidential campaign. Hicks, who served as White House communications director, is the first close Trump adviser […]
(WASHINGTON) — Roughly 100,000 immigrants who were brought to the United States as children are expected to enroll in health insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act next year according to new guidance released by the Biden administration on Friday. The move took longer than initially promised to finalize and fell short of the initial […]
The U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Wednesday that certain ground beef products sold at Walmart locations nationwide were recalled. The products were produced by Cargill Meat Solutions on Apr. 26-27 and were shipped to Walmart locations nationwide. It was stated that the products were shipped to 12 states: Connecticut, Washington D.C., […]
Prison is more than just a place, it’s also a mindset. When I entered IK-2, located in Mordovia, a region more than 300 miles east of Moscow, I flipped a switch in my head. I told myself I’m now an inmate. I’ll be here at least nine years. I even rehearsed my release date as […]
’s Unfrosted, a feature film about the heated race to create the toaster pastry Pop-Tarts, starts streaming today (May 3) on Netflix. In his directorial debut, Seinfeld also stars as Kellogg’s head of development, facing cereal mascots and milkmen up in arms because they’re afraid that a breakfast food that doesn’t require milk is going […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A judge declared a mistrial Thursday after jurors said they were deadlocked and unable to reach a unanimous decision in the trial of a military contractor accused of contributing to the mistreatment of detainees at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq two decades ago. Jury deliberations lasted eight days, much longer than […]
LONDON — Britain’s governing Conservative Party is facing significant losses as a variety of election results pour in Friday, increasing pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak ahead of a U.K. general election in which the main opposition Labour Party appears increasingly likely to return to power after 14 years. Labour won control of councils in […]
BOSTON — A highly anticipated trial began in Massachusetts this week involving a woman accused of striking her Boston police officer boyfriend with her SUV and leaving him for dead in a snowbank. John O’Keefe died in a suburb about 20 miles (32 kilometers) from Boston on Jan. 29, 2022. The case has garnered national […]
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin met Thursday with his counterparts from Australia, Japan and the Philippines as the U.S. deepens ties with an emerging regional group that Pentagon officials have privately nicknamed, the “Squad.” The quadrilateral grouping is one of a number of regional partnerships that Washington has used to push back against China’s assertiveness […]
Pro-Palestinian demonstrations at the University of Mississippi took a negative turn on Thursday as at least 200 counter protesters taunted their fellow students with renditions of The Star-Spangled Banner and other tunes, eventually leading to the evacuation of students on the campus. A group of roughly 50 to 60 pro-Palestinian protesters convened on the school’s […]
Deborah Vance and Ava Daniels can’t seem to quit each other. For two seasons, the love-hate relationship between ’ imperious, old-school comedian, Deborah (Jean Smart), and the woke, down-on-her-luck, 20-something comedy writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder) hired to update her material fueled some of TV’s funniest and most provocative humor about people who tell jokes for […]
LOS ANGELES — A police officer who was involved in clearing protesters from a Columbia University administration building earlier this week fired his gun inside the hall, according to a spokesman for District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office on Thursday. No one was hurt, as per the spokesman Doug Cohen, who said there were other officers […]
Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Contestant. Before shows like Big Brother, Survivor, and Love Island became American pop culture mainstays, there was the Japanese reality TV series Susunu! Denpa Shōnen. Known for placing participants in extreme situations, Denpa Shōnen‘s most infamous challenge, in 1998’s “A Life in Prizes,” made a star out of […]
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their presence on TikTok and are receiving more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U.S. presidential election, according to a report published Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution. The report states that Russia is increasingly leveraging TikTok to spread Kremlin messages in both English and Spanish, with […]
PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, has relegated a Civil War-era ban on most abortions to the past by signing a repeal bill Thursday. Hobbs says this move is part of the fight to protect reproductive health care in Arizona. However, the repeal may not take effect until 90 days after the end […]
WASHINGTON — The IRS said Thursday that it has taken steps to address a wide disparity in audit rates between Black taxpayers and others filers, and is more closely examining the returns of larger numbers of wealthy people and major companies. “We are overhauling compliance efforts to advance our commitment to fair, equitable, and effective […]
(BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — A Pennsylvania man who credits an alligator named Wally for helping relieve his depression for nearly a decade says he is searching for the reptile after it went missing during a vacation to the coast of Georgia. Joie Henney has thousands of social media users following his pages devoted to Wally, the […]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s annual Costume Institute benefit, better known as the Met Gala, is widely known as fashion’s biggest night—and one of the most coveted social invites to score. Held every year on the first Monday in May, the glitzy affair commemorates the opening of the Costume Institute’s annual exhibit, with the party’s […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Biden has called Japan and India “countries that do not welcome immigrants”, grouping them with adversaries China and Russia as he tried to explain their economic circumstances and contrasted the four with the U.S. on immigration. The remarks, at a campaign fundraising event Wednesday evening, came just three weeks after the president […]