‘The Brink of War’ Review: Jeff Daniels Plays Ronald Reagan
You have to acknowledge the good intentions behind Michael Russell Gunn’s feature directorial debut depicting the 1986 meeting between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik that helped advance the cause of a nuclear reduction treaty. In the film’s press notes, the writer-director emphasizes that his intention was not to make his movie overly political, […]
5 years on, Afghan girls still barred from education under Taliban
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education five years after the Taliban took over the country, a U.N. agency said Tuesday, renewing a call for an immediate restoration of their right to education. UNESCO, the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, said the continued exclusion of […]
LIV players returning to PGA Tour has been a trickle. The tour might need to plan for more
Any notion that players lured away by the Saudi Arabia riches of LIV Golf would never return to the PGA Tour doesn’t hold much water these days. Five months from now, there could be as many as five ex-LIV players teeing it up at the season opener in California. Brooks Koepka was the first to […]
Taylor Swift, Lyle Lovett join 2026 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
Global superstar Taylor Swift and country legend Lyle Lovett will be inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, the organization announced Tuesday. The new class also includes Shawn Camp and Lee Thomas Miller, both elected in the contemporary songwriter category, and Bruce Channel as the veteran songwriter. They will be formally inducted during the […]
Baby products company Frida is expanding into kids’ personal care
Baby products company Frida is expanding into a line of personal care products for kids ages 6 to 11 that will be sold in Walmart and on Amazon, the company told CNBC exclusively. CEO Chelsea Hirschhorn said the launch marks the next natural step for the company, which has seen its first customers age into […]
Inside Brad Pitt’s decision to drink again after 7 years of sobriety
After seven years of sobriety, Brad Pitt feels like he’s able to drink responsibly and knows when to stop. “This is a very personal decision that’s unique to Brad and his own circumstances,” a source exclusively told Page Six, adding that he’s had “a lot of time to reflect” on his relationship with alcohol. “Over […]
Samuel Bottomley, Callum Scott Howells in ‘The State of Us’ Film
The Hollywood Reporter can unveil an exclusive clip from Ollie Gardner and Jake Harvey’s The State of Us, ahead of its premiere in competition at Edinburgh International Film Festival on Friday. Led by California Schemin‘s Samuel Bottomley and It’s a Sin breakout star Callum Scott Howells, the British indie follows a boisterous tearaway called Frankie […]
Patients Wary of Governments, Companies Pushing AI as a Rural Healthcare Solution
HOT SPRINGS, S.D. — Two of the nation’s most powerful health officials predict artificial intelligence will play a key role in solving rural America’s health challenges. Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told a panel of U.S. senators that AI nurses can provide “concierge care” to rural patients. Mehmet Oz, who leads the Centers for […]
A Federal Policy Is Complicating How Organizations Battle the Opioid Crisis
Last year, Baltimore had three mass overdose incidents in the span of three months in its Penn North neighborhood. In one incident, more than two dozen people were hospitalized after many were found unresponsive, lying in the streets or on sidewalks. No one died, but some came close. Follow-up testing found that the street drugs […]
The End of Oak Street First Reaction From Press Screenings
Warner Bros. held a series of press screenings for its high concept sci-fi survival feature The End of Oak Street in the last few days, and the early reaction on social media suggests the studio may, finally, have a film to get it out of its box office rut in 2026. The logline for The […]