Superstar comic creator Robert Kirkman is returning to the superhero genre for the first since co-creating his hit indie Invincible, and he is bringing along some old school artists with him. Kirkman, who is also the co-creator of The Walking Dead, has teamed up with writer Joe Casey for a new series titled Terminal. And…
In real life, serial killers tend to be non-descript. They can be charming and handsome, like Ted Bundy. Or friendly and jolly, like John Wayne Gacy. Or a bland Midwesterner, like Ed Gein. What they don’t tend to look like is the title character in Gavin Polone’s horror film Psycho Killer. As played by former…
Where’s the Trump phone? We’re going to keep talking about it every week. This week, we explain how the presidential phone company connects to an older company that’s really running the show. We’ve long known that Trump Mobile was linked to Liberty Mobile, a carrier that’s traded for years using freedom-themed branding to sell cheap…
The Federal Communications Commission is asking broadcasters to celebrate the Semiquincentennial of the United States, in what it calling a “Pledge America” campaign. FCC chairman Brendan Carr announced the voluntary effort Friday, asking broadcasters to celebrate America’s 250th anniversary “by airing patriotic, pro-America content that celebrates the American journey and inspires its citizens by highlighting…
At the height of the toy domination of 1980s pop culture, Kenner introduced M.A.S.K., an action line featuring fast cars, powered masks, high-tech weapons and flashy spycraft. While not as ubiquitous as Transformers or G.I. Joe, the line nonetheless got a Saturday morning cartoon series, comics books and a video game. Now, after mostly surviving…
Universal Music Group and its Virgin Music Group subsidiary’s acquisition of Downtown Music has officially been completed, the companies announced Friday, about a week after EU competition authorities approved the deal last Friday. Downtown’s CEO Pieter van Rijn was appointed Chief Operating Officer following the deal, and he will report to Virgin’s co-CEOs Nat Pastor…
Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun is known for hard-hitting, evocative dramas set in his native Chad, a country that was embroiled in sectarian conflict for decades. Movies like Dry Season, A Screaming Man (which won Cannes’ Jury Prize in 2011) and Grigris followed men in various states of turmoil, beset by violence and other hardships in the…
Feb 20, 2026, 12:00 PM ET Tristan Vukcevic is all the rage, Jarace Walker has been unleashed and Brandin Podziemski‘s value should rise with Stephen Curry on the shelf for the next couple of weeks. Meanwhile, Paolo Banchero‘s efficiency has slipped a bit, Alperen Sengun hasn’t been as dominant lately and Pascal Siakam carries some…
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Paramount Skydance’s $108bn bid to gatecrash Netflix’s deal for Warner Bros Discovery has cleared a key US antitrust hurdle, in a signal of support from the Trump administration. The media group, whose bid…
