Less than 24 hours after CNN published a bombshell report on comments that it said Mark Robinson, the Republican candidate for governor of North Carolina, made on a pornographic website, the Democratic National Committee unveiled new advertisements linking him... More »
Installation view of “Untitled (92 Speakers)” (2019), “Gramophone” (2016), and “1983 – THE BOOMBOX” (2017). Photo by Rick Coulby. All images © OSGEMEOS, shared with permissionOSGEMEOS Unearths Their Fantastic Childhood Universe in Their Largest U.S. Exhibit... More »
Artists’ grant applications tend to be anodyne things because the point of them is often to appeal to an organization’s sensibilities, not to take a stand. But take a stand is what Elizabeth Catlett did in 1945 when she wrote of the “double handicap of race an... More »
If you can believe it, the PlayStation 1 is turning 30 in December, and Hideo Kojima of Metal Gear, Death Stranding, and Snatcher fame has been reminiscing about how its release ultimately helped evolve his career.Over on Twitter, Kojima notes that it's also b... More »
Everyone’s favorite reindeer is set to return for the third time in the hit CGI animated film “Niko – Beyond the Northern Lights,” with a clip (below) debuting exclusively with Variety. He’ll learn some important life lessons in the film. “I guess we like to ... More »
Nintendo and the Pokemon Company's lawsuit against fellow creature-collectathon Palworld is for patent infringement, rather than copyright infringement, and one analyst reckons that means Nintendo has "given up" on trying to argue that Pals look too similar to... More »
Sean “Diddy” Combs is reportedly on suicide watch in jail after twice being denied bail following his arrest for sex trafficking, racketeering, and transportation to engage in prostitution.The rap mogul, 54, is said to be in shock as he awaits trial at Brookly... More »
BEIJING — China and Japan reached a consensus in August on the discharge of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear plant, the Chinese foreign ministry said Friday, bringing to an end a diplomatic dispute that had rumbled on for over two years.Beijing cal... More »
Sony/Eleventh Hour Signs Deal With Hill 5.14Sony Pictures Television (SPT) and its UK subsidiary, Eleventh Hour Films, have struck a first-look deal with Hill 5.14, a Black female-led scripted TV label led by Tobi Olujinmi. Eleventh Hour will get a first... More »
A shiver of unease, combined with a strangely defeated shrug, is how the news that entertainment behemoth Lionsgate has signed a deal with the artificial intelligence firm Runway seems to have been greeted by most.The deal gives Runway access to Lionsgate’s su... More »
In the waiting rooms of a Beirut hospital, exhausted families slumped on couches, waited anxiously for doctors’ updates and wept. Nearby rooms held their loved ones, injured when pagers and walkie-talkies used by Hezbollah suddenly exploded across Lebanon this... More »
US Vice-President Kamala Harris has spoken of her willingness to use her gun if an intruder entered her home. More »