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HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 28: Signage is seen as Illumination and Universal Pictures presents the premiere for “Minions & Monsters” at Dolby Theatre on June 28, 2026 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Savion Washington/Getty Images for Illumination And Universal Pictures) Getty Images for Illumination And Universal Pictures The appeal of the popular Minions characters may be fading in the United States. The latest installment of the franchise, Minions & Monsters, is failing at home and thriving everywhere else, which underscores the appeal of pop culture as an American export even as domestic audiences are indifferent to the movie’s themes steeped in Hollywood lore. The film opened to a franchise-low $61.4 million over five days domestically, a steep drop from Despicable Me 4’s $120 million and Minions: The Rise of Gru’s $122 million over the same July 4th frame. Intern
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In the summer of 1991, the scariest thing James Cameron could imagine was a computer that woke up one morning, decided humanity was the problem, and started solving for it. Thirty-five years later, that premise doesn’t play like science fiction anymore. It plays like a slightly dramatized version of your group chat. Which makes the timing of what’s about to happen kind of perfect. Terminator 2: Judgment Day — the film that taught a generation what “Skynet” meant before any of us had a chatbot in our pocket — is coming back to theaters worldwide for its 35th anniversary, restored in 4K, RealD 3D and premium formats. Studiocanal, Fathom Entertainment and Rialto Pictures roll it out across the US on August 28, with New Zealand catching it on September 3. And they’ve done something cheeky with the release window. The run deliberately straddles August 29 — the in-un
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SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – AUGUST 10: Naomi Sharon performs at Outside Lands at Golden Gate Park on August 10, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Dana Jacobs/WireImage) WireImage Some artists fill every silence. Naomi Sharon listens to it. There’s a stillness to the way she moves through conversation—a quiet certainty that mirrors the emotional depth of her music. She doesn’t rush to define herself or her next chapter. Instead, she lets it reveal itself, one thought at a time. That patience feels especially fitting as she ushers in a new era with her sophomore album, No Sleep In Paradise, released on June 26, 2026. As she turns the page, Naomi isn’t interested in dramatic reinventions or neatly packaged narratives. She’s more concerned with the spaces in between: the lessons that arrive slowly, the vulnerability that comes with being seen, and the delicate balance of evo
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Katy Perry’s greatest hits compilation The Ones That Got the Plays rises into the top 10 for the first time in there U.K. nearly two months after its release. Katy Perry at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards held at the Dolby Theatre on April 1, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Gilbert Flores/Billboard via Getty Images) Billboard via Getty Images 2026 has been a strange year for Katy Perry. Just when it looked like the public may have moved on from her top 40 pop style, one of her older singles suddenly went viral and became a global smash. The Grammy-nominated singer has spent much of the year pushing “The One That Got Away,” the sixth single from her blockbuster album Teenage Dream, and it became one of her most impressive smashes in years. In an effort to capitalize on the incredible popularity attached to that decade-plus-old tune, Perry delivered her first greate
A California couple has discovered $17,450 missing from their Chase checking account after an ATM visit revealed the fraud. The couple found three fake checks totaling around $6,450 and 17 fraudulent online bill payments adding up to over $11,000 on their statement, reports ABC7. The pair had recently ordered new checks from a third-party printing […]
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A New York bank has agreed to a multi-million dollar class action settlement over prior data breaches. Flagstar Bank has settled for $31.5 million related to two 2021 data breaches that exposed personally identifiable information of more than 2 million consumers, including about 364,000 in California. The settlement addresses claims that the bank failed to […]
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I’m just doing my job, but turns out, it feels lousy holding other people’s privacy in your hands.
I've long argued that Hollywood has simultaneously set and ruined our expectations for smart glasses. But after binge-watching two seasons of Netflix's A Man on the Inside, this is perhaps the first time I've seen Hollywood, perhaps inadvertently, illustrate the biggest cultural problem with smart glasses as they stand today.
In a nutshell, Ted Danson plays Charles Nieuwendyk, an elderly widower who finds a new purpose working for a private investigator. Armed with a pair of Ray-Ban Meta glasses, a voice recorder, and a smartphone, Nieuwendyk infiltrates a retirement home, and several privacy-infringing hijinks ensue as he hunts for the je …
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California's cancellation of World Cup watch parties may inadvertently boost offshore and crypto sports betting, diverting local economic benefits.
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The case could redefine AI copyright norms, impacting how industries balance innovation with intellectual property rights.
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