Steph Curry dunked! For the first time in six years, the Golden State Warriors star had the ball alone for a seemingly easy uncontested layup, when he instead threw down a one-handed jam against the 76ers. Curry dunked for the first time since 21 February 2019, at the Warriors’ old home, the Oracle Arena. Curry…
Sean Baker’s latest film Anora claimed a good chunk of the awards at the 97th annual Oscars. Baker himself won for editing and directing, and star Mikey Madison who plays the titular character, won best actress for her performance in the film. The independent feature film premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, and it…
When Son Jun-ho, a key midfielder for South Korea’s World Cup soccer team, signed with a Chinese club, he was an indication of China’s ambition to dominate the world’s most popular sport. But after Chinese police officers detained him two years later, accusing him of bribery and match-fixing, he became a symbol of a different…
Carnival Cruise Line, Kiehl’s, L’Oréal Paris, MNTN, and Samsung all drop spots during the Oscars to celebrate stunt performers in film. In the business world, advertisers are the stunt performers. Our fragmented media and pop cultural landscape has forced brands to really push stunts into the weird and wonderful. Whether it’s Snoop threatening to give…
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Here is our Oscars Open Post, hosted by two of the last movie stars around, Julia Roberts and Clive Owen. I know Clive mostly works in television these days, but he’s still got the rizz of a movie star. And Julia, love her or hate her, also has an abundance of movie-star rizz. This weekend,…
At the United States Agency for International Development, thousands of workers have been fired or put on administrative leave and many of its projects addressing global issues like health, hunger and education have been halted. Now, a former Goldman Sachs analyst and son of a private equity billionaire has ambitions to control some of U.S.A.I.D.’s…
The Trump administration’s decision to withdraw foreign aid and dismantle the U.S. Agency for International Development is likely to cause enormous human suffering, according to estimates by the agency itself. Among them: up to 18 million additional cases of malaria per year, and as many as 166,000 additional deaths; 200,000 children paralyzed with polio annually,…
Privacy-focused messaging app Signal has been flying high in the Dutch app stores this past month, often sitting at the top as the most downloaded free app on iOS and Android across all categories, per data from multiple app-tracking platforms such as Sensor Tower. The app has experienced surges in popularity over the years, often…
USATSI Multiple players were ejected following a scuffle during the Oklahoma City Thunder’s 146-132 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Sunday. The fracas stemmed from Spurs forward Julian Champagnie attempting to create space from defending Thunder forward Kenrich Williams by swinging his elbows. One of the elbows appeared to have caught — or almost…
