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The beloved comedic actor, who stepped back from Hollywood in 1997 to raise his children after his wife's death, appeared at San Diego Comic-Con to set the record straight on his own terms.
A Wall Street analyst says Alphabet's quadrupled profits are largely illusory, inflated by unrealized investment gains in SpaceX and Anthropic that have nothing to do with running a search engine.
Troy Jackson, the Democrats' top Senate hope in Maine, publicly broke with Chuck Schumer on the leadership question — and suggested the party boss's blessing might not be welcome baggage in a general election.
The 65-year-old comic rejects the premise that he sets out to offend, then rejects the premise that he cares either way.
A new analysis finds that corporations across industries have been walking back, reframing, or simply abandoning the net-zero commitments they announced with fanfare just a few years ago.
The 63-year-old star posted the official movie poster for his new character 'Digger' and fans worldwide spent the day convinced it was a different actor entirely.
In a Fox News Sunday eulogy, the South Carolina senator offered an affectionate send-off that didn't bother to sand down the rough edges — and was more honest for it.
Debbie McWilliams, who placed actors in the role across 14 films, told a Karlovy Vary audience that Ian Fleming's creation is not a template for reinvention.
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures launches The Horror Show, a sweeping new exhibition celebrating the genre's craft, anchored by a 50th anniversary screening of Carrie and a full John Carpenter retrospective.
Governor Andy Beshear sent a letter to Mitch McConnell's office asking for a health update after the senator's June 14 hospitalization, citing mounting worry among Kentuckians.
Moritz de Hadeln ran three of cinema's most prestigious festivals across four decades, championing work that critics and audiences caught up to — sometimes years later.
U.S. allies arriving in Ankara are bracing for a replay of familiar pressure tactics, with President Trump's frustration over Iran now spilling directly into questions about whether America will keep its Article 5 obligations.
A mother-in-law's application was rejected without explanation, which is exactly how co-op boards work — and exactly why nothing about this will change.
More than 120 NYPD officers, including over 70 detectives, will be deployed across Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's MSG rehearsal dinner and wedding weekend — at a cost city officials have confirmed reaches into six figures.
The Princess Royal turned up to a royal banquet in a yellow floral gown she first wore on a 1984 state visit to Gambia, proving some wardrobes age better than their owners.
Strategist Jim Paulsen argues that the market's current profit optimism follows a pattern that has historically ended badly for investors who didn't hear the memo.
Catskill mountain communities are losing volunteer and career firefighters to retirement and housing costs, leaving weekend-property towns with no one to answer the alarm.
House of the Dragon's Ryan Condal told a London audience that the Battle of the Gullet sequence is unlike anything the medium has ever produced — and he may not be wrong.
The AI on the Lot conference drew nearly 2,500 attendees this year, a fourfold jump from its 2023 debut, but optimism in the ballroom did not quite reach the writers' rooms and editing bays beyond it.
The reality TV alum used a Us Weekly cover story to reframe his decade-old manipulator image as calculated performance — and to announce he is running for Mayor of Los Angeles.
The streamer is closing in on Marie Kreutzer's 'Gentle Monster' and believes its French star has a real shot at the Academy's Best Actress prize.
The 75-year-old Genesis frontman, who retired from live performance in 2022 following a series of serious physical setbacks, was spotted publicly in a rare appearance that reminded the world he is still with us.
Italian director Michela Scolari has acquired worldwide rights to the story of Yassmin Pucci Pahlavi, linking exiled royalty, geopolitical history, and the Cannes spotlight in a single production.
A global study of 1,500 companies across 33 countries finds executive compensation rose sharply in 2025, continuing a trend that surprises approximately no one.
