In Washington, a city often in the spotlight for domestic and international politics, Hong Kong pianist Aristo Sham views his instrument as a platform that can bridge cultures, transcend politics and connect people across borders. At 28, fresh from a landmark international competition victory, Sham is building a global career where his music often speaks…
Neil Sedaka, the buoyant singer-songwriter and pianist who had No. 1 hits with “Laughter in the Rain,” “Breaking Up Is Hard to Do,” “Bad Blood” and, for Captain & Tennille, “Love Will Keep Us Together,” died Friday in Los Angeles. He was 86. “Our family is devastated by the sudden passing of our beloved husband,…
Paramount‘s $111 billion megadeal for Warner Bros. Discovery is officially a go. The two companies formally unveiled the deal Friday after Netflix formally bowed out of the running a day earlier, citing a price that was “no longer financially attractive.” Paramount mogul David Ellison said:“From the very beginning, our pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery has…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s second official visit to Israel on February 25-26, 2026, is being hailed by his Godi Media (lapdog television networks, newspapers) and party loyalists as a diplomatic triumph. The hype echoes the celebratory tone of his 2017 trip, when he became the first Indian prime minister to visit the Jewish state….
Kyle Kucharski/ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Apple could announce the launch of a new “cheap” MacBook on March 4. It will likely come with the A18 chip found in the iPhone 16 Pro. Prices will start around $599. Rumors of anew “cheap” MacBookhave been circulating for years, but…
Rodney Benson, a media professor at New York University, called the deal “concerning”, would leave America’s largest media companies further concentrated in the hands of conservatives. Many of those owners, including the Ellison family, have separate, non news-related business interests that depend on government contracts or regulation and are therefore particularly vulnerable to pressure, he…
SAG-AFTRA has been making more moves in the podcast space as video podcasts gain momentum on streamers and more. Recently, The Pete Davidson Show, the first original podcast launched by Netflix, made headlines after signing a SAG-AFTRA podcast agreement. The move may chart a course as more podcasts pop up on streamers, and as SAG-AFTRA…
During the pandemic, Grammy Award-winning musician Anderson .Paak was looking for a way to connect with his son’s two obsessions at the time: YouTube videos and K-pop. “He was like eight years old, and [I didn’t know] about either of those things,” .Paak tells The Hollywood Reporter. So he started pulling from his own experiences…
The FCC has signed off on Charter Communications’ $34.5 billion acquisition of Cox Enterprise. The mega-merger was announced in May 2025, and will see Charter, the second largest cable company in the U.S. acquire Cox, another one of the largest cable companies, with six million subscribers. The combined entity will take the Cox name and…
As the indirect negotiations in Geneva between the US and Iran concluded their last scheduled meeting, mediator Oman said there’d been “significant progress” made by the two sides. In reality, however, it appeared that the son of the Obama administration’s Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), or Iran Nuclear Deal, was rising from the negotiations….
