Go ahead and forget about Dre allegedly threatening his former therapist … a judge says Dr. Dre’s spicy texts aren’t all that menacing after all. The therapist, Dr. Charles Sophy, was in an L.A. courtroom Tuesday, asking the judge to sign off on a permanent restraining order against Dre — Sophy was granted a temporary…
Pete Hegseth, the US defense secretary, had an unsecured internet connection set up in his Pentagon office so that he could bypass government security protocols and use the Signal messaging app on a personal computer, two people familiar with the line told the Associated Press. ABC News also reported that Hegseth had what is known…
As Indian films grew in size and scale over the ’70s and ’80s, actors’ remunerations also increased. At the peak of his superstardom in the 80s, Amitabh Bachchan increased his per film fees from ₹10 lakh to over ₹50 lakh. For a while, this was the gold standard in Indian cinema, making him the highest-paid…
The sweeping landscapes of the Pennines inspired the Brontë sisters, and now those lands are being protected as one of England’s biggest nature reserves. A huge new national nature reserve, to be called the Bradford Pennine Gateway, is being announced by the government on Tuesday. It will give Bradford, one of Britain’s largest and most…
Mexico has sued Google for changing the Gulf of Mexico’s name to “Gulf of America” for Google Maps users in the United States, Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, said on Friday. “The lawsuit has already been filed,” Sheinbaum said at her morning news conference, without saying where and when it was submitted. On Thursday, Republicans in…
The NFL salary cap will be between $277.5 million and $281.5 million for the 2025 season, rising as much as $26 million from last year. The bump is great news for Cincinnati, which is hoping to sign receiver Tee Higgins to a long-term contract. It also means more money for Minnesota to re-sign quarterback Sam…
Donald Trump has launched a cryptocurrency “meme coin” ahead of his inauguration for a second term as US president, called $Trump. He announced the launch on Truth Social and X on Friday night. The asset has since soared in value, more than tripling in price from about $20 per token to more than $70, with…
Daniel Craig stars as James Bond in “No Time To Die.” Source: MGM Amazon is set to take creative control over the lucrative James Bond movie franchise from the Broccoli family, the company announced Thursday. The James Bond films have long been produced by Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, who inherited the control from their…
Retail sales in Great Britain were weaker than expected in November despite stores starting to cut prices early as part of Black Friday discounting in the run-up to the key Christmas shopping season. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) said sales volumes rose 0.2% month on month in November, falling short of the 0.5% that…
The first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs will see the Indiana Pacers and the Milwaukee Bucks go head-to-head. As both teams gear up for their postseason run, let’s look back at their past showdowns to see how this series might unfold. How many times have the Pacers played the Bucks? The Indiana Pacers have…
