‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Trailer Hopes Pegging Can Save the MCU

As with most movie commercials that dropped during Super Bowl 2024, the new trailer for Deadpool & Wolverine was only advertised with a teaser. Makes sense considering trailers are usually a couple minutes and Big Game ads are decidedly 30-second spots. But there was a different reason it was only a teaser that aired on … Read more

Brownlee hopes to create more ‘moments [to] cherish’ with Gilas

Justin Brownlee (No. 32) is eager to get back on the court with his Gilas Pilipinas teammates. —AFP Justin Brownlee is back in town and back in harness for the national team, bearing with him the same level of enthusiasm that greeted his return. “[F]rom the first [Fiba] window when I joined the team and … Read more

Geert Wilders leadership hopes sink as coalition talks collapse

Leader of the Netherlands’ Party for Freedom (PVV), Geert Wilders. Anadolu | Getty Images LONDON — Far-right Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders’ hopes of becoming prime minister of the Netherlands are dwindling after coalition talks fell into disarray Tuesday. Pieter Omtzigt, founder and leader of the upstart center-right New Social Contract (NSC), walked away from negotiations, … Read more

Dashed hopes for March rate cuts

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during morning trading on January 31, 2024 in New York City.  Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no … Read more

Ukraine’s hopes for victory over Russia are slipping away

You’re reading an excerpt from the Today’s WorldView newsletter. Sign up to get the rest free, including news from around the globe and interesting ideas and opinions to know, sent to your inbox every weekday. It’s hard to ignore the sense of desperation in Ukraine’s corridors of power. Nearing two years since Russia launched its … Read more

Atlanta contractor slapped with $30K water bill — for an empty lot with no water line. The utility company doused his hopes for justice

‘This is criminal’: Atlanta contractor slapped with $30K water bill — for an empty lot with no water line. The utility company doused his hopes for justice An Atlanta man has been slapped with a $30,000 water bill for alleged water usage on a plot of land … with no connection to a water line. … Read more

Warner Bros. Hopes Your Desire for Dune 2 Will Make You See Tenet

“Two tickets to Dune Part Two please.”Image: Warner Bros. Christopher Nolan is currently having the biggest year of an already incredible career and he’s about to rewind it back in time. Apparently, he asked Warner Bros. if it would re-release his troubled 2020 film Tenet in theaters as a way to build hype for Dune: … Read more

Cliffhanger Director Renny Harlin Hopes Sequel Won’t Rely on CGI

Director Renny Harlin won’t be involved in the upcoming Cliffhanger reboot, but he does hope the film sticks to the use of practical effects when they make it. Speaking to ComingSoon, Harlin was asked about the fact that the 1993 film is getting remade. Harlin revealed he had actually been trying to get another film … Read more

Vanessa Bryant Says Daughter Natalia Is ‘What Every Parent Hopes’ for on Her 21st Birthday

Natalia Bryant is getting some birthday love from her mom! On Friday, Vanessa Bryant took to Instagram to honor her eldest child on her 21st birthday. Vanessa shares Natalia, Bianka, 7, and Capri, 4, with the late Kobe Bryant. Their daughter, Gianna, died in the same 2020 helicopter crash that killed Kobe. Vanessa’s post, which … Read more

Same old Soltones hopes to bring zest, composure at Akari

Grethcel Soltones. Photo from Akari Chargers MANILA, Philippines — Expect the same bubbly but all-out Grethcel Soltones with her new team Akari Chargers in the 2024 Premier Volleyball League (PVL) season. After three seasons with Petro Gazz, Soltones found her new home, fortifying the wing spiker rotation of the Chargers composed of Faith Nisperos, Dindin … Read more