Hollywood can breathe a sigh of relief: Generation Z is not only going to the movies, it’s driving box office growth. During the pandemic, when theaters shut down and streaming became a dominant force in the media landscape, fears rose that this young cohort would shun the big screen as they matured into more engaged…
A blood test for more than 50 types of cancer that was billed as the holy grail of oncology has failed to achieve its main objective in a major clinical trial, according to data presented at the world’s largest cancer conference. The goal of the study involving 142,000 NHS patients in the UK was to…
Taraji P. Henson earned a Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination for 2008’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, but years later she was still fired up by the $150,000 she accepted to be in the movie—after producers rejected the $500,000 quote she brought to the table. As for the film’s leads Brad Pitt and Cate…
As political uncertainty grows in the United Kingdom, investors are increasingly focused on the country’s fiscal outlook and rising government borrowing costs. Bloomberg Opinion Columnist John Authers says concerns over spending, debt, and political instability are pushing gilt yields higher, reviving memories of past market crises that helped topple governments from Harold Wilson to Liz…
The Dutchman won the Premier League title in his first season but Liverpool finished fifth in the 2025/26 season. Published On 30 May 202630 May 2026 Liverpool have parted ways with Arne Slot, the Merseyside club said, after the manager who won the Premier League title in his first season failed to live up to…
The stabilizers are PCB-mounted, which is preferable to the typical plate-mounted units that many keyboards use, and are lubricated from the factory. The lube on these stabilizers, while a bit excessive (there were small clumps of lube visible on the outside housings, which is not typical), feels great. The stabilized keys are smooth and consistent,…
Rescuers pumped water from the flooded cave, enabling four miners to crawl out. One used diving gear to escape earlier, and two remain missing.
BUDAPEST, Hungary — The UEFA Champions League final is being billed as the “best attack” (Paris Saint-Germain) vs. the “best defense” (Arsenal) in European football, the unstoppable force colliding with the immoveable object. And like all storytelling tropes, there’s a strong grounding in reality. By Saturday night, PSG could end up with the highest-scoring season…
The 28th Shanghai International Film Festival has unveiled the competition lineup for its Golden Goblet Awards, spanning five categories across fiction, documentary, animation, and short film. The festival runs June 12-21. The main competition features 12 titles drawn from 15 countries and territories, all of them world premieres. Among the contenders are Indonesia’s “My Own…
On a graffitied Sarajevo backstreet, a path leads past an overgrown patch of garden to a white door. Beyond is the registered office of a company that is on the brink of winning contracts worth more than $1bn. AAFS Infrastructure and Energy is close to securing a concession to build and operate a pipeline across…
