Kanye West is set to perform in Russia, despite the widespread cultural boycott of the country over its invasion of Ukraine. Since Russian forces invaded Ukraine in 2022, there has been a widespread refusal amongst artists to perform in the country. Now, however, Kanye West has announced plans to play two shows in St Petersburg later this year. Announced yesterday (Monday August 17), West is set to head to Russia for shows at the Gazprom Arena on October 10 and 11. Already, tickets have sold out, just hours after going on sale. According to BBC News, tickets for the 70,000…
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The camera industry is moving toward mirrorless, but there’s plenty of life left in a good DSLR. Yekatseryna Netuk/Shutterstock Buying your first proper camera used to mean picking a brand, determining a budget and perhaps arguing with yourself about how much zoom you really needed. Now, there’s another consideration that’s been added to the top of the list: DSLR or mirrorless? Mirrorless is the simple answer for most people who are just beginning. Over the last few years, camera manufacturers have been investing their latest autofocus technology, video capabilities and lenses into their mirrorless lines. There…
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U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, during a debate against her Republican opponent in the 2024 general election, Nick Begich, at the Alaska Oil and Gas Association’s annual conference in Anchorage, Aug. 28, 2024.Ellen Schmidt | Las Vegas Review-Journal | Tribune News Service | Getty ImagesPrimary election season continues Tuesday as voters in Alaska, Florida and Wyoming head to the polls to choose their party’s candidates for November’s midterm elections, which are less than three months away. The November midterms will determine control of Congress for the remainder of President Donald Trump’s term. If Democrats, who are ahead in the polls,…
John Steinbeck’s epic family saga East of Eden comes with biblical themes and a near-biblical page count. The 1952 classic was Steinbeck’s last major work and it is credited, along with The Grapes of Wrath, with securing him the Nobel Prize in Literature, which he won in 1962. In 1955, two Hollywood legends—director Elia Kazan and actor James Dean—came together to create a film adaptation that was well-regarded by audiences and critics alike. Now, more than 70 years later, Kazan’s granddaughter Zoe has directed a 7-episode Netflix miniseries starring Florence Pugh, Christopher Abbott, and Mike Faist, premiering October 1. Watch…
Mel Owens and Peg Munson have been going strong since meeting on The Golden Bachelor in 2025. While many fans doubted this relationship would last after Owens chose not to propose to Munson during the finale, the two have beaten the odds and recently celebrated a major milestone in their romance. Munson marked the special occasion with an Instagram post on August 13, which included a video of her and Owens reflecting on their time on the dating show. Read the original article here
(L to R) Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler in ‘Lanterns’. Photo: John Johnson/HBO Max.Arriving on HBO August 16th with the first episode (and seven more to follow weekly), ‘Lanterns’ sees James Gunn’s (‘Superman’) DC Studios universe move into live-action TV with a show that mixes interstellar law-keeping mythology and ground-level small town crime.”Only one can wear the ring.”Air Date: August 16th, 2026Created by Chris Mundy (‘Ozark’), Tom King (a veteran comic book writer) and Damon Lindelof (‘Watchmen’), ‘Lanterns’ also stars Garret Dillahunt (‘No Country for Old Men’), Laura Linney (‘Nocturnal Animals’), Poorna Jagannathan (‘Big Little Lies’) and Ulrich Thomsen (‘The…
Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company’s “Japan AI Ecosystem” reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026. Kiyoshi Ota | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesNvidia’s massive head start in artificial intelligence turned the chipmaker into the world’s most valuable company. Now, almost four years into the generative AI boom, competitors like Advanced Micro Devices and Google have chipped away at Nvidia’s technology lead, pushing the company to take advantage of its other great asset: capital. Following last week’s pact with Wall Street firms to pursue $500 billion worth of…
Paramount and Warner Bros logos are seen in this illustration.Dado Ruvic | ReutersPrediction markets traders still see Paramount Skydance as likely to succeed in its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery, but a battle in court with 12 state attorneys general is increasing the chances that the merger falls through. Traders on prediction market platform Kalshi think that there’s a 74% likelihood that Paramount will acquire Warner Bros. by July 2027, while there are 22% odds that a deal doesn’t go through by that date. Before California and 11 other states sued to block the merger on July 13, odds Paramount would…
Columbia House, the 71-year-old mail-order music club that is somehow still operating in 2026, is finally shutting down for good. ”After 9/15/26, The Columbia House will no longer be accepting new orders,” reads a recent message on its website. “You can still purchase books with your credit card or credits as normal.” The announcement was first spotted by YouTube channel Channel 33 RPM and later written up by the blog Cord Cutter News. We’ve reached out to Columbia House for further comment.Columbia House was founded as Columbia Record Club in 1955 by its namesake music label to send albums directly…
Denser NAND has made yesterday’s tiny capacities increasingly hard to justify. Valeriy Lushchikov/Getty Images Once upon a time, 1GB of flash memory was serious capacity (and it wasn’t cheap either). In early 2002, the industry was abuzz about JMTek’s USBDrive and its up-to-1GB capacity. Today, that same capacity is tiny by consumer standards. Most of Kingston’s current DataTraveler models start at 64GB, with some reaching 512GB. Storage got ridiculously cheap along the way, and the price collapse was just as dramatic. USB flash storage went from more than $8,000 per gigabyte in its early years to 94…
WASHINGTON — HEO, the Australian company that uses Earth observation satellites to take images of other spacecraft, has signed an agreement with Planet to access that company’s satellites. The two companies announced a partnership Aug. 17 in which HEO will be able to use Planet’s SkySat high-resolution satellites for what is known as non-Earth imaging, or NEI. The companies did not disclose financial terms of the partnership. HEO will be able to task SkySat satellites when they are not being used for Earth observation to instead take images of other space objects. The SkySat NEI imagery will initially be available…
Chris Kubasik during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 10, 2026.David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDefense contracting giant L3Harris Technologies ousted CEO Chris Kubasik on Sunday after learning he engaged in “certain conduct … that was not consistent with the values of the Company,” the company said in a statement on Monday.L3Harris’s board appointed Sam Mehta as CEO and president, the company said. Mehta most recently was the company’s president of the Space & Mission Systems and Communications & Spectrum Dominance segments.Shares of L3Harris fell by more than 4% on the…
It’s been five long years since A Court of Silver Flames, the fifth book in Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series, was released. Now, Maas has revealed the covers and titles of the sixth and seventh books in the series. Book six is A Court of Splintered Harmony, and it comes out October 27th, 2026. Book seven is A Court of Forgotten Melody, out January 12, 2027. The two books together makes up “The Valkyrie Cycle.” Book six is subtitled The Valkyrie Cycle: Movement I, and book seven is The Valkyrie Cycle: Movement II & III.Maas…
Minority owner Jeanie Buss of the Los Angeles Lakers and her husband, Jay Mohr, prior a first round NBA playoffs game between the Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, April 19, 2025.Keith Birmingham | MediaNews Group | Pasadena Star-News | Getty ImagesLos Angeles Lakers governor Jeanie Buss is opposing the potential sale of her family’s stake in the NBA team, contradicting an earlier ESPN report about the family’s decision to sell to Bob Iger and Joshua Kushner.In a letter obtained by CNBC addressed to law firms representing Jeanie Buss’s siblings — Jim, Johnny, Janie, Joey…
In this photo illustration, the stock market information of Synchrony Financial displayed on a smartphone while the logo of Synchrony Financial seen in the background.Igor Golovniov | Lightrocket | Getty ImagesEditor’s note: A previous version of this story, based on information provided by a Synchrony Financial executive, mischaracterized the collaboration between Synchrony and OpenAI. Details, quotes and characterizations attributed to Synchrony and the executive have been removed. A corrected version is below.Synchrony Financial, the credit card issuer for brands including Amazon, Walmart and Lowe’s, on Monday announced a collaboration with OpenAI allowing the artificial intelligence company’s models to power the card company’s consumer portals.…
Critic’s Rating: 4 / 5.04As a diehard It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia fan, I’ve struggled to continue believing in the show in recent years. This year, that might finally change. The two-episode Season 18 premiere was packed with absurdly comedic scenes and trademark tantrums that felt closer to the spirit of earlier seasons without copying them directly. My biggest critique of It’s Always Sunny in recent years is that the show has lost its unique voice and turned to regurgitating old references. (Patrick McElhenney/FX) But this premiere felt like anything but. Familiar characters showed up, but they all played important roles…
Among the performances for which Hayden Panettiere has been most fondly remembered in light of her death at age 36 are her memorable turns in the Scream franchise. Panettiere, who died Sunday, got her start as a child actress in projects like Remember the Titans before starring on such series as Heroes and Nashville and in features like Ice Princess and I Love You, Beth Cooper. In 2011, she originated the role of Kirby Reed in Scream 4 before reprising the character for 2023’s Scream VI after fans campaigned for her return. “The world is losing a very talented actress…