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See Zach Galifianakis as toy-crazed CEO in new trailer for ‘The Beanie Bubble’
Apple Stuffed animals are greater than gold in the new trailer for The Beanie Bubble. Zach Galifianakis and Elizabeth Banks lead the Apple TV+ film about Ty Warner and the three women who helped him make the plush animal toys known as Beanie [Read More…]
‘Dumb Money’ trailer tells the true story of the GameStop stock short squeeze
Claire Folger/Sony Pictures The official red band trailer for the new comedy Dumb Money arrived Thursday, June 22. From Sony Pictures, the movie follows the true events of the infamous GameStop short squeeze that took place in January 2021, [Read More…]
Missing Titanic submersible live updates: All passengers believed to be lost
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — The search is intensifying for a submersible carrying five people that vanished while on a tour of the Titanic wreckage [Read More…]
George Santos’ father and aunt guaranteed his $500K bond, court documents show
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos’ father and aunt guaranteed his $500,000 bond, according to a court document unsealed Thursday over the congressman’s objection. Santos, a first-term Republican congressman who represents parts of [Read More…]
Biden welcomes Indian Prime Minister Modi for state visit
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden rolled out the red carpet Thursday for Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India for the third state visit of his presidency. The visit will put [Read More…]
CDC says infants should get extra measles vaccine prior to traveling abroad as cases rise
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Infants eligible for a measles vaccine should receive one prior to international travel, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said amid rising cases of the highly contagious disease [Read More…]
Monthly e-cigarette sales rose by nearly 50% during first two years of pandemic: CDC
Martina Paraninfi/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Monthly e-cigarette sales skyrocketed during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new study published Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Between January [Read More…]
Five aboard lost Titanic sub could survive for ‘hours’ after airtank depleted: Doctor
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Despite their onboard oxygen tank expected to be depleted sometime Thursday morning, one doctor says they may have more time if the passengers are still alive. He estimates the five [Read More…]
USDA approves first-ever ‘cell-cultivated meat’ for two American manufacturers
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (EMERYVILLE, Calif.) — After years of research and rigorous testing, cell-cultivated meat will officially become part of the U.S. food system. Emeryville, California-based manufacturer UPSIDE Foods, which gave ABC [Read More…]
What to know about OceanGate, the company behind the missing Titanic submersible
JASON REDMOND/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eager to test a submersible one month before its first trip to the deep-sea ruins of the Titanic, in the spring of 2018, OceanGate hit a snag: [Read More…]
‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ star Yvonne Strahovski is pregnant with baby number 3
Errich Petersen/Getty Images for SXSW Baby number three is on the way for Yvonne Strahovski. The actress announced her pregnancy on Instagram on Wednesday, June 21. The photo shows The Handmaid’s Tale star posing with her baby bump as one of [Read More…]
Billy Crystal, Queen Latifah among 2023 Kennedy Center honorees
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic The recipients of the 2023 Kennedy Center Honors were announced on Thursday, June 22. Among those selected for their lifetime artistic achievements were Billy Crystal, Renée Fleming, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah and Dionne Warwick. The John F. Kennedy Center of Performing [Read More…]
‘Dancing with the Stars’ pros Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy reveal their newborn’s name
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images The moment has arrived as Dancing with the Stars pros Peta Murgatroyd and Maksim Chmerkovskiy proudly unveil the name of their precious newborn son. In a heartwarming Instagram announcement on Wednesday, June 21, [Read More…]
‘Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse’ crosses $500 million worldwide
Sony Pictures Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has webbed up another box office milestone, surpassing $500 million globally. Variety reports the Sony Pictures release, which opened June 2, has grossed $290.4 million in North America and [Read More…]
In brief: ‘Nine Perfect Strangers’ gets a season two, and more
Hulu has picked up Nine Perfect Strangers for a second season at Hulu, with executive producer Nicole Kidman returning in the role of resort director Masha, according to Variety. White Lotus and The Last of [Read More…]
Missing Titanic submersible live updates: ROV begins search on sea floor
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — The search is intensifying for a submersible carrying five people that vanished while heading to tour the Titanic wreckage site [Read More…]
Tornado strikes tiny Texas town, killing at least four, amid cross-country storms
Piccell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least four people were killed and 10 others were injured when a tornado tore through a tiny town in northern Texas on Wednesday night, officials said. Matador, some 80 [Read More…]
NTSB holds two-day hearing on East Palestine toxic train derailment
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — The National Transportation Safety Board will start taking sworn testimony Thursday as part of its probe into the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. The [Read More…]
Postal worker dies in Dallas, woman found dead in Louisiana as temperatures reach record highs
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A postal worker died on Tuesday while working his route in a Dallas neighborhood, according to the U.S. Postal Service, as Texas continues to experience record-high temperatures. “The [Read More…]
Former Rep. Will Hurd announces he’s running for the GOP presidential nomination
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Texas Rep. Will Hurd is running for president, he said Thursday, joining a field of more than a dozen candidates who are vying for the Republican primary nomination. “We [Read More…]