A White House teleprompter operator is being investigated over allegedly using inside information to place bets and make nearly $100,000 on US President Donald Trump’s speeches. Gabriel Perez, who had worked at the White House since 2016, is accused of placing bets on words the president would use during major public addresses, including the State…
Tom Cruise is giving Christopher Nolan‘s The Odyssey his stamp of approval. Cruise took to social media on Thursday after attending an early screening of Nolan’s Greek epic, thanking the filmmaker, his wife and producing partner Emma Thomas, and the film’s cast and crew. “Wow! To Chris, Emma, and ALL of your brilliant cast and…
Netflix‘s second quarter 2026 earnings results are unlikely to bring a smile back to shareholders’ faces. The streamer slightly eclipsed both internal and external profitability expectations, but missed the mark a bit in terms of revenue. Worse still, Netflix’s revenue forecast for the summer ($12.860 billion) shows a slower growth pace (+11.7 percent) than in…
A lot of people found their way to Netflix’s I Will Find You in its first week on the platform. The streamer’s latest series based on a Harlan Coben novel debuted at No. 1 in Nielsen’s streaming ratings for June 15-21, amassing 1.84 billion minutes of viewing time in the United States. (The show was…
Massachusetts governor Maura Healey announced new legislation on Thursday focused on reigning in ticket scalping and limiting how much a concert ticket can be resold for on the secondary market. Healey announced the “Great Divide Act” (a reference to the name of New England icon Noah Kahan‘s latest album) on Thursday, which if put into…
The former CEO of Italy’s motorway operator is among 32 people found guilty over the August 2018 collapse of Genoa’s Morandi bridge in a trial. Giovanni Castellucci, who is already serving a six-year jail term for a 2013 road disaster, was given a 12-year sentence over the disaster. Forty-three people died when the motorway bridge…
Tristan Wheeler has a simple question: How do you make movies in a city where the cost of rent might kill you first? “We live in a city where it’s quite expensive to live. So most of your time is spent trying to cover basic needs: having a job, having a roof over your head….
At least one person has died in flooding across central Texas – the same area that saw more than 130 deaths in flash floods last summer. “Large and deadly” flooding from the Guadalupe River is expected to ravage the region, following days of torrential rain, the National Weather Service in San Antonio reported. Last year’s…
Chloe Fineman has left Saturday Night Live after seven seasons. She announced the news via Instagram on Thursday. Her departure comes ahead of the show’s 52nd season on NBC. Fineman leaves after a sizable upheaval in the show’s cast last year, which saw the departures of Heidi Gardner, Ego Nwodim, Devon Walker, Emil Wakima and…
Downing Street has supported calls for Fifa to investigate, with the prime minister’s official spokesperson saying: “The World Cup might not be ours, but the Falkland Islands definitely are. Our commitment to the Falklands will never waver.” Argentina’s President Javier Milei called the players’ action “understandable” and “valid”, according to media reports. But he also…
