Social media erupted with Ryan Gosling’s deadpan reaction as “I’m Just Ken” won Best Song at Sunday’s 29th Critics’ Choice Awards. Songwriters Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt received the award on stage, with Ronson additionally thanking Gosling and “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig, both seated in the audience. “Ryan Gosling, this ...
Dangerous cold and winter storms continue to blast much of the continental U.S., with freezing rain falling as far south as Florida. Winter Storm Heather on Tuesday began to spread across the northeastern U.S., bringing snow to New York and ending record-long “inchless” streaks in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington D.C. ...
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation set its largest budget ever, at $8.6 billion, for 2024. The foundation’s board agreed on the budget on Saturday, and announced it Monday. “The budget, which represents an increase of 4% over last year and is a $2 billion increase over the 2021 budget, ...
With nearly a week until its Amazon Prime release day, “Hazbin Hotel” is speeding up the hype train with trailers, previews and even a live performance. Monday saw the New York premiere of the animated musical comedy for the cast and select guests, followed by an afterparty at Don’t Tell ...
Watch out! A24 and Paramore on Wednesday teased a tribute album to follow the studio’s restoration of the Talking Heads concert film “Stop Making Sense.” The album will feature a total of 16 artists – the rest yet to be revealed – covering tracks from the band’s 1984 live album ...
SAG-AFTRA signed a deal Tuesday with AI voice developer Replica Studios, aiming to establish standards for the ethical use of AI voices in creative projects. The deal allows licensed voices to be used in video games and “other interactive media projects,” per the guild’s announcement. “Recent developments in AI technology ...
Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat have agreed to an eight-year, $120 million contract extension, the most valuable contract in NBA history for a single coach. Spoelstra is one of the longest-serving coaches in the NBA, and has only ever worked with the Heat across his 29 total seasons, the ...
The Supreme Court ruled Friday to allow Idaho to maintain its strict abortion ban, pending a decision on the ongoing legal challenge. Justices will hear arguments in April. The case is one of several which have received national attention in the wake of its 2022 overturning of Roe V. Wade, ...
Former Victoria’s Secret creative director Raúl Martinez has been appointed global creative director of Vogue, effective Feb. 5. Vogue’s parent company Condé Nast announced the appointment on Thursday – and it is hardly Martinez’s first stint with the magazine. He first worked for Vogue from 1988 to 1996 as an ...
In a historic move, the Los Angeles Public Library has acquired publishing house Angel City Press. First announced in December, Angel City’s retiring co-founders Paddy Calistro and Scott McAuley donated the publishing house they had run for over 30 years to the library system. It will now be called Angel ...
Global food prices declined in 2023 after record highs in 2022, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reported Friday. The FAO Food Price Index, a measure of monthly shifts in the global cost of common food commodities, was just over 10% lower in December 2023 than in December 2022. Food ...
A Florida woman has sued The Hershey Company for $5 million over the “misleading” packaging of Halloween-themed Reese’s peanut butter candies. The packaging art of Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins depicts the candy with a carved jack-o-lantern face, which does not appear on the physical candy. In the proposed federal class ...
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