The Pope got one Cubs fan good. During an appearance at the Vatican, Pope Leo XIV, a diehard White Sox fan, spent a moment taking a witty jab at his team’s crosstown rival, as shown in a clip from Vatican Media on Wednesday. As he drove through the crowd, someone yelled out, “Go Cubs!” With a smirk on his face, …
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Jon Landau, the Oscar-winning producer of “Titanic” and the “Avatar” franchise, has written a behind-the-scenes memoir about his role making some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters. The book, entitled “The Bigger Picture,” will be published posthumously on Nov. 4 — Landau died from cancer in 2024 at the age of 63. In the following excerpt, Landau looks back on the rollout of …
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President Donald Trump is still stewing about being passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize. The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prize Trump has long chased to Venezuelan democracy advocate and opposition leader María Corina Machado on Friday. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung quickly lashed out at the announcement, accusing the committee of choosing “politics over peace.” Trump, for …
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Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari were embroiled in one of the most famous feuds of the 2000s, but now, decades on, the former Laguna Beach costars have officially put the drama behind them. The two women reunited on Saturday after years of speculation that they were at odds, sending fans of the beloved MTV reality series into a frenzy. Cavallari, 38, took …
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Astronomers have captured a radio image showing two black holes orbiting each other for the first time, just six years after the release of the first-ever photo of a single black hole. The discovery confirms that pairs of supermassive black holes really do exist — something scientists have suspected for decades but never directly seen until now. The system lies …
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Here we go, one last time. One final October quadrupleheader unfolding across a flatscreen near you. One last chance to sprawl on your sofa and watch nine hours of must-win postseason baseball, featuring (among other things) … A “three-pitch” strikeout that never got around to requiring all three pitches … an infield fly that was so invisible, it didn’t qualify …
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The Supreme Court denied Google’s request to temporarily pause a lower court’s ruling that the company must make changes to its Play app store. Google made the request regarding a ruling in the antitrust case filed by Epic Games, and the Supreme Court denied the request Monday (Oct. 6) without comment, Bloomberg reported Monday. In its lawsuit, Epic Games alleged …
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Now, Google has just over two weeks once again — because the US Supreme Court has decided not to save Google ahead of its Supreme Court appeal. Today, the Court denied the company’s request for a partial stay, meaning the permanent injunction is still in effect, meaning Google must do the following things this month or be in violation: Epic …
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How do you make a 2.5-hour movie that feels like it flies by in a third of the time? Meet editor Andy Jurgensen, a long-time collaborator of Paul Thomas Anderson, who has followed up Licorice Pizza with One Battle After Another. In a masterful cross-cutting patchwork full of intensity, emotion, and humor––often co-existing in the same scene––Jurgensen has crafted what …
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Here are four more observations: 1. Offensive linemen step in and step up The storyline of the week was how Minnesota would be able to piece together an offensive line and perform against a feisty Cleveland front. Starting left tackle Christian Darrisaw and right guard Will Fries were joined by undrafted rookie Joe Huber at left guard and veterans Blake …
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