Late last month, the Biden Administration announced that it was suspending funding to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the main organization providing humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees. The decision is catastrophic for the thousands of Palestinians in Gaza trying to survive Israel’s onslaught, including my family, who depend on it. Some 80% … Read more
Much like one of her signature songs, Avril Lavigne always wanted her style to be anything but ordinary. After more than 20 years in the music industry, the 39-year-old Canadian singer has shaped a career and image uniquely her own. As Lavigne recalled in her rETrospective, it was that way from the start, down to the … Read more
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In this graph, the orange line shows the global sea surface temperature throughout 2023. The other squiggles are previous years, with the uppermost dashed black line being the average between 1982 and 2011. The dark black line at upper left is where we’re starting out 2024. Notice it’s already at a sky-high level several months … Read more
Comment on this storyCommentAdd to your saved storiesSave After a reform-minded professor won the presidency of Guatemala — one of the Western Hemisphere’s most notoriously corrupt countries — governments around the world watched the fallout with alarm. Guatemalan authorities seized ballot boxes on dubious claims of fraud. They tried to dissolve the party of the … Read more
Gypsy Rose Blanchard says there was one artist in particular who helped her get through tough times behind bars … Taylor Swift. Gypsy tells TMZ … she’s been a Swiftie since the start, following Taylor’s entire career and leaning on her music while serving 7 years in prison. The famous felon says she and Taylor … Read more
Image: Warner Bros. We snickered at the concept when we first heard about Wonka, and we scratched our heads once we saw the trailers—especially the parts revealing Hugh Grant’s Ooompa-Loompa character. But one should never doubt the power of chocolate… or a singing, dancing, Timothée Chalamet, because Wonka is a hit. Spoilers of the Week: … Read more
Image: Peacock If we’re being honest, put Natasha Lyonne in anything and she’s likely to win us over. Her dry humor, raspy voice, and impeccable confidence almost always create a memorable character. But in the hands of murder mystery guru Rian Johnson on Poker Face, Charlie becomes something more. She’s on the run, so she’s … Read more
Mickey Rourke was coming off of his big comeback with “The Wrestler.” He was getting nominated for awards all over the place, and guess who else was, too? That’s right, Robert Downey Jr. Downey was grabbing nominations for his hilarious (and often misunderstood) turn as Kirk Lazarus, the method actor who goes way over the line, … Read more
For Zac Efron, starring as wrestling legend Kevin Von Erich in The Iron Claw meant telling a true and moving story about a family of brothers with a dream. The 36-year-old actor walked the carpet at the DGA Theater on Monday for the Los Angeles premiere of his new drama, and he spoke with ET’s Cassie … Read more
Add to your saved storiesSave A few days after leaving Cuba in 1964 with her entire life packed in 21 suitcases, Juanita Castro stood before television news cameras in Mexico City. She looked nervous. She was about to condemn her older brother Fidel as a tyrant. “Cuba is an immense prison surrounded by water,” she … Read more