POP MART and Stranger Things Visit the Upside Down
POP MART and Stranger Things are joining forces for a premium collectible to commemorate the long-running series' finale.
The 10 Best Hip Stretches for Men (and Anyone Else Who Sits All Day)
Physical therapists share their favorite ways to loosen up your hip flexors.
New Mom Shares Video of Baby Boy's Hair—Then the Questions Begin
Kayden’s ginger hair has since become a conversation starter everywhere they go, mom Patricia Bev told Newsweek.
The Many Stealthy Ways Creatine Boosts Your Health
The popular muscle-building supplement does a whole lot more than you might realize.
Big Loud Records Names Stacy Blythe, Jordan Pettit Co-Presidents
Blythe transitions to her new role immediately, while Pettit will join the label beginning Feb. 2.
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The Healthy Way to Lose Weight Quickly
Forget crash diets and other fads: we spoke to experts for advice on safe, scientific approaches to meeting your weight goals.
What would Discord going public mean for gaming's biggest communication platform?
Earlier this week, reports indicated that big moves were happening at Discord. According to Bloomberg, the company responsible for gaming's most popular social platform had confidentially filed for IPO, indicating a major move towards going public. Read more
Ethan Hawke And Richard Linklater On Reuniting For Their ’40s-Set Broadway Ballad ‘Blue Moon’: “This Was Something We Hadn’t Done Before”
Sunrises and sunsets are an important part of Richard Linklater’s filmography, forming the backdrop of two romantic films he made with Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy in 1995 and 2004 respectively. The same concept could be said to apply to the two films the director premiered in 2025. For Cannes, he ...
Trump has agreed to release Russian nationals on seized tanker: Moscow
Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Friday that President Trump has agreed to release two Russian crew members on an oil tanker the U.S. Coast Guard seized in the North Atlantic earlier this week. The Bella 1, a sanctioned ship in the global “dark fleet,” began flying a Russian flag on...
The Newest Apple Watch Is $100 Off Right Now
Get the latest Apple Watch at last year's price.
'I dropped an f-bomb, they killed somebody: Mayor Frey responds to criticisms
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey pushed back against criticisms that he used an expletive earlier this week when reacting to the fatal ICE-involved shooting. "I dropped an f-bomb, they killed somebody," he said, drawing comparison between the two incidents.
Why does the United States want to buy Greenland?
The ice-covered island may be strategically important, but it's unclear that it could be a commercially viable source of minerals and oil in the near future
‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley
From talent shows to the big screen, the actor’s performance in Hamnet has made her a leading awards contenderHamnet, Chloé Zhao’s film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel about William Shakespeare and his wife, Agnes (or Anne) Hathaway, is a tender meditation on love and gri...
High costs, falling returns: what could go wrong for Trump’s Venezuela oil gamble?
US faces big challenges in trying to unlock ‘tremendous wealth’ from Venezuela’s long-neglected oil industryDonald Trump has laid claim to billions of dollars’ worth of Venezuelan crude this week, which at a stroke has handed the world’s biggest consumer of oil up to 50m barrels – but hi...
People We Meet on Vacation: Netflix Adaptation Changes Explained
Brett Haley, Emily Henry and the People We Meet on Vacation cast talk Netflix's rom-com adaptation and changing the book's main location.
10 Great Episodes Of Community To Watch While Waiting For The Movie
Although we're facing constant delays with the Community movie, there are plenty of entertaining episodes of the series to watch while waiting.
This Is The Greatest Disaster Movie Of All Time — Prove Me Wrong
The disaster genre has gone through plenty of highs and lows over the past century, but one movie in particular stands out as the greatest of all.
Expedition 33 gave its twist away in the opening minutes
Clair Obscur's prologue is full of lore and character development, and a few lines of dialogue actually put all its secrets out in the open.
"Getting a Role in That Meant a Lot" Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Paul Castro Jr. Talks Landing His Dream Job
Paul Castro Jr. opens up about how he landed the role of Chocobo Billy in Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and why the part meant so much to him.
Larian Has 'Decided to Refrain' From Using GenAI for Concept Art
Divinity and Baldur's Gate 3 developer Larian Studios says it will not use generative AI for concept art as it faces criticism for its AI use.
Paul Castro Jr. Talks Final Fantasy, Suikoden, Movie Production & More! - Character Select
In today's interview, we chat with Paul Castro Jr., a voice actor with a background ranging from video games to anime. You may remember him as Billy in Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Freminet in Genshin Impact, Riddle Rosehearts from Disney Twisted-Wonderland and many, many more. Paul also his own produ...
'Not what you see on the map': French ambassador to Ukraine challenges Russia's victory narrative
Nearly four years into Russia's full-scale invasion, the war in Ukraine grinds on, and the search for a viable off-ramp looks increasingly narrow. Speaking to FRANCE 24’s Douglas Herbert, France's ambassador to Ukraine, Gaël Veyssière, delivers a pointed rebuttal to Moscow's battlefield narrativ...
The Year Ahead in Horror
If you hunger for monsters and thirst for blood, 2026 is going to be an excellently gruesome year on screens both big and small.
Senators urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores over sexual deepfakes
Three Democratic senators urged Apple and Google to remove Elon Musk’s apps X and Grok from their app stores Thursday evening.
Quantum neural network may be able to cheat the uncertainty principle
Calculations show that injecting randomness into a quantum neural network could help it determine properties of quantum objects that are otherwise fundamentally hard to access
'Motivation brake' may explain why it's so hard to get started on an unpleasant task
Most of us know the feeling: maybe it is making a difficult phone call, starting a report you fear will be criticized, or preparing a presentation that's stressful just to think about. You understand what needs to be done, yet taking that very first step feels surprisingly hard.
Starmer should not be afraid to pick a fight to get things done
Public sector reform should be easiest for Labour to do, precisely because it is Labour
A newly spotted asteroid spins faster than any of its size ever seen
Among the first finds from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, the discovery hints at a population of exceptionally strong asteroids.
‘The Walking Dead’ Alum Seth Gilliam Signs With TalentWorks
Seth Gilliam, known best for his starring roles on The Walking Dead and The Wire, has signed with TalentWorks for representation. Gilliam starred as Father Gabriel Stokes on the final six seasons of AMC’s The Walking Dead from 2014-2022 and as Sergeant Ellis Carver on all five seasons of HBO’s c...
‘Seeds’ Trailer: In Brittany Shyne’s Oscar-Shortlisted Documentary, Black Farmers Tend Land Held In Their Families For Generations
EXCLUSIVE: Fresh from triumph at the Cinema Eye Honors, the Oscar-shortlisted documentary Seeds has released its first trailer. Watch it above. Brittany Shyne’s film opens next Friday, January 16, at Film Forum in New York. On Thursday night, it won two Cinema Eye Honors, including Outstanding Deb...
‘Black Mirror’ Renewed For Season 8 At Netflix
Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror is returning to Netflix for an eighth season. Brooker is busy putting pen to paper on the next set of episodes of the dystopian anthology series, which is now one of the streamer’s longest-running shows. “I can confirm that Black Mirror will return, just in tim...
Cameroon vs Morocco Free Streams: How to watch AFCON 2025 quarter-final online from anywhere
All the ways to watch Cameroon vs Morocco live streams for FREE from anywhere, as Man United's Bryan Mbeumo aims to knockout the host nation.
Ousted ‘The Traitors’ Contestant on Learning He’s ‘Not the Best Judge of Character’ and Watching Michael Rapaport Become the ‘Center of Attention’ (EXCLUSIVE)
SPOILER ALERT: This post contains spoilers from the first three episodes of “The Traitors” Season 4, now streaming on Peacock. It’s been more than 20 years since Rob Cesternino played mind games on television, but on Thursday night, the “Survivor” star returned to competition on Season 4 o...
‘Black Mirror’ Renewed for Season 8 at Netflix
“Black Mirror” — the mind-bending Netflix anthology series that has worryingly predicted many of the technological developments currently plaguing mankind — is coming back for more. Creator Charlie Brooker revealed in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum on Friday that the hit show is set ...
Polymarket Becomes Golden Globes’ Exclusive Prediction Market Partner
Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market, has announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with the Golden Globes as the exclusive prediction market partner of the annual awards show. The collab will bring real-time, market-driven insights into awards outcomes across the Golden Globes’ liv...
Gracie Abrams Says Forthcoming New Music is “Definitely My Favorite I’ve Ever Made”
At a Chateau Marmont-hosted launch party for her new Chanel Coco Crush campaign, Abrams caught up with The Hollywood Reporter to talk music, secret wishes and whether she would act one day.
How Disney Kids Sensation ‘Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ Reached 1 Billion Hours Streamed in 100 Episodes
With merch and streams galore, Disney Jr. exec Alyssa Spire and executive producer Harrison Wilcox unpack the road to success The post How Disney Kids Sensation ‘Spidey and His Amazing Friends’ Reached 1 Billion Hours Streamed in 100 Episodes appeared first on TheWrap.
Silicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax
Larry Page’s apparent Florida move highlights how seriously the ultra-rich are taking a one-time tax aimed at extreme wealth inequality.
CES 2026 offered a lonely vision of the future
LG opened CES 2026 by outlining its vision to reduce the physical effort and mental burden of life. Buy enough of the devices it’s presently working on and you’ll exist in an environment of “ambient care,” coddled by the machinery in your home. It sounds positively utopian: When the sensors ...
What the US calls ‘milk’ could dominate dairy talks with Canada
If Canada spins the FDA’s rule to strengthen its regulatory defense, this debate will drag on until the cows come home.
Netflix’s ‘Black Mirror’ Renewed for Season 8 With Creator Charlie Brooker “Activated and Whirring Away” on Ideas
The creator of the hit dystopian series said he compares crafting each season to making an album: "What haven’t we done yet, and what tone am I looking for?"
Why Do Elevators (Almost Always) Have Mirrors?
There are reasons beyond proving the opportunity to check your hair and outfit.
Why Figma's Acquisition of Weavy Is the Most Important Move of Its AI Strategy
The company is taking a novel approach against the flood of AI image generation tools.
What Will Win Game of the Year 2026?
GTA 6? Resident Evil: Requiem? Saros? What will be 2026's Game of the Year? Let's take a look at the contenders.
Giant sunspot that triggered recent solar 'superstorm' shot out nearly 1,000 flares and a secret X-rated explosion, record-breaking study reveals
The massive sunspot that sparked an "extreme" geomagnetic storm in May 2024 unleashed hundreds of other dangerous solar flares, including a hidden X-class outburst, a new paper reveals. The study sets a record for the longest continuous observation of a single active region on our home star.
Why lawsuits won’t cure pandemic’s financial ills between US states and Chinese government
In 2025, even as US President Donald Trump sought to stabilise trade ties with Beijing, two Republican-led states were moving in the opposite direction, securing nearly US$50 billion in federal lawsuits for what they say was economic damage caused by China’s deliberate stripping of US hospitals an...
Russian hypersonic missile used for first time since 2024, in strike near NATO border
Russia struck a target in the Ukrainian city of Lviv overnight with its powerful Oreshnik hypersonic missile, just 40 miles from the border with NATO-member Poland.
Frey urges federal investigators to 'embrace the truth'
Frey urges federal investigators to 'embrace the truth'
Marty Supreme Box Office Surges Past A24’s Legacy-Making Best Picture Winner
Marty Supreme's worldwide box office passes one of the most important movies in A24's history, which put the indie studio on the map.
Netflix Cancels Two Sci-Fi Series: Leviathan and Terminator Zero
Netflix has canceled two well-received sci-fi series, Leviathan and Terminator Zero, as part of its 2026 originals announcement. Both shows failed to make Netflix's Top 10 after debut.
Pokémon Meets Stardew Valley In This Gorgeous New Farming Sim
A new farming sim is like Stardew Valley with a Pokémon aesthetic, and if you're a fan of either, you'll definitely want to check this game out.
Tigers' Tarik Skubal Trade Rumors Get Update As Arbitration Hearing Looms
The Detroit Tigers are heading toward an arbitration hearing with Tarik Skubal, who has been the center of many trade rumors.
Massive News: Oklo Gains Key Approval for Fuel Recycling Facility
Discover whether Oklo's next-generation nuclear reactors could deliver massive upside, or whether the long timelines and risks outweigh the reward.
Nvidia’s next-generation RTX 60 series GPUs rumored to be on track to launch next year
Nvidia’s next gen RTX 60 GPUs could arrive just in time for GTA 6’s PC port – but could the RAM apocalypse cause problems?
Never-before-seen footage captures moment scientists find new, giant anaconda species in Amazon
The Waorani capture an Anaconda in Bameno, Ecuador.
Hit isekai KonoSuba teases anime announcement for 10th anniversary celebrations
KonoSuba marks its 10th anniversary with two new spin-off light novels and a livestream teasing news on a long-awaited Season 4.
The elder-care crisis is about to get much worse as millions more Americans turn 85
The “silver tsunami” is about to crest. Watch out for the undertow.
Mystery of Birmingham’s dazzling pink sky during Storm Goretti solved
Residents in and around Birmingham were left baffled on Thursday evening (8 January) as the sky turned neon pink during severe winter weather caused by Storm Goretti.
I just traded in my Polar running watch for a Garmin after learning a rather expensive lesson
Just because two devices should be compatible in theory, that doesn't necessarily mean they are.
Phillies Sign 24-Year-Old Free Agent Shortstop
The Philadelphia Phillies have a new shortstop in the organization who brings lots of Triple-A experience with him.
U.S. seizes another Venezuelan oil tanker
U.S. seizes another Venezuelan oil tanker
What Dolphins hiring Jon-Eric Sullivan as GM means for John Harbaugh pursuit
The Miami Dolphins are reportedly hiring Green Bay Packers vice president of player personnel, Jon-Eric Sullivan. Here's what that hire means for Miami's expected pursuit of John Harbaugh.
After 25 years of negotiations, EU-Mercosur deal hinges on France and Italy
Alberto Rizzi, Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, sheds light on the shifting European political calculus surrounding the long-awaited EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Italy’s recent pivot in favor of the deal reveals a strategic weighing of national economic benefits over ...
After decades of negotiations, EU-Mercosur deal hinges on France and Italy
Alberto Rizzi, Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations, sheds light on the shifting European political calculus surrounding the long-awaited EU-Mercosur trade agreement. Italy’s recent pivot in favor of the deal reveals a strategic weighing of national economic benefits over ...
The Market With Zero Insider Trading
Betting on the second coming of Jesus sounds ridiculous, but it avoids a big concern on prediction markets, Bloomberg Opinion columnist Paul J. Davies says. (Source: Bloomberg)
Samsung Says AI’s Insatiable Need for Chips Will Make TVs More Expensive
AI only looks easy and seamless on the user’s end. Where all the user’s queries are computed is a constellation of massive data centers packed with unimaginable numbers of memory chips. The AI industry’s constant need for more, more, more of them is, as Samsung’s co-CEO predicts, going to dr...
15 Things We Just Learned About Divinity
Co-op and more returns in the next RPG from the maker of Baldur's Gate 3 The post 15 Things We Just Learned About <i>Divinity</i> appeared first on Kotaku.
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Thousands of phone chargers sold at T.J. Maxx and Marshalls under recall for explosion threat
Safety officials reported there have been no injuries linked to the recalled Isla Rae magnetic wireless chargers
Amazon Mass Layoffs to Hit This Month
More than 100 other major employers filed WARNs for January, signaling there could still be looming labor strife ahead.
This little-known L.A. museum has preserved the birthplace of the American film industry
The Hollywood Heritage Museum is Old Hollywood, an enduring reminder that most of humanity's greatest endeavors began in small, unlikely, jerry-rigged spaces.
Heavy but hard-working: is the at-home Rug Doctor Portable Spot Cleaner worth a place in your home?
Our Best Buy spot cleaner, this device has impressive power, excellent cleaning capabilities and is simple to use
Home alone in a hostile world: Is 2026 the year Europe will fend for itself?
As 2026 gets off to a rocky start, Europe finds itself squeezed between brute force and awkward dependence. After the US seizure of Venezuela's leader, President Donald Trump has openly floated using military force to acquire Greenland, part of NATO member Denmark. European leaders insist it will no...
Trump is meeting with oil executives to seek investments in Venezuela
Since the U.S. military raid to capture former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro on Saturday, President Donald Trump has quickly pivoted to portraying the move as a newfound economic opportunity for the U.S.
Watch Saka's best Premier League goals
Watch a selection of Bukayo Saka's best Premier League goals, as the winger agrees a new contract with Arsenal.
EU states back record South America trade deal after 25 years
EU states gave a provisional go-ahead on Friday for the bloc to sign its largest ever free trade accord with South American group Mercosur, more than 25 years since talks began and after months of wrangling to secure enough backers.
Best Apple Deals of the Week: Save on Anker's Newest Nano Chargers, Plus Steep Discounts on M5 MacBook Pro and More
We tracked big discounts during the first full week of 2026, including a new record low price on the Apple Pencil Pro and pre-order discounts on Anker's just-announced collection of Nano chargers. Below you'll also find solid discounts on iPad mini 7, AirPods 4, and M5 MacBook Pro. Note: MacRumors i...
Messy Breakups and That ICE Song: 5 Takeaways From Zach Bryan’s New Album
On With Heaven on Top, the country songwriter doesn't hide who he is — and finally lets fans hear the polarizing "Bad News" in full
Concerns over Bakerl0.0 line advertiser's rebrand
Some signs at Bakerloo line Tube stations are changed as part of a Heineken 0.0 advertising deal.
Minneapolis crews dismantle barriers around Renee Good memorial
Minneapolis is reeling after an ICE agent fatally shot a woman on the city's south side Wednesday morning.
Musk’s Grok chatbot is now restricting image generation after wave of sexualized deepfakes
Elon Musk’s AI chatbot Grok is preventing most users from generating or editing any images after a global backlash that erupted after it started spewing sexualized deepfakes of people.The chatbot, which is accessed through Musk’s social media platform X, has in the past few weeks been granting a...
How to Use Cannabis for Creativity: Get High + Get Inspired
Is cannabis the key to unlocking creativity? It depends on who you ask. But plenty of people turn to a toke when they want to let their imagination roam free and find inspiration. It might not be the right way for you to harness inspiration and make your magnum opus, but you’ll never know if […]...
We now know exactly what Raptors would trade for Mavericks' Anthony Davis
Toronto could get itself in the mix here.
Rosenior will ignore 'noise' after Chelsea appointment
Liam Rosenior says he will be his own man and ignore the "noise" around his appointment as Chelsea manager.