October was a bust at the box office as big-budget tentpoles and awards contenders like Disney’s “Tron: Ares” and Dwayne Johnson’s “The Smashing Machine” struggled to sell tickets. Overall revenues for the month were tragic with $425 million across all titles, the worst collective haul since October 1997 — when psychological thriller “Kiss the Girls,”
Parent company Take-Two claims the firings were due to “gross misconduct” Image credit: Rockstar Games / Take-Two Interactive Things aren’t sounding so hot over at Grand Theft Auto 6 developer Rockstar right now. Yesterday, a report came out from Bloomberg (paywalled) that a number of employees have been allegedly fired, with the UK’s IWGB Game
Ford CEO Jim Farley has been vocal about his love for Chinese EVs. It was a year ago when the Blue Oval’s boss told the public that he was driving a Xiaomi SU7—and that he loved it. Then, a few months ago, Farley said he found the Chinese auto industry “humbling.” Now, his words are becoming much more dire.
Zohran Mamdani Brings Political Justice to Papi Juice Early Morning Campaign at Gay Bar Published November 2, 2025 11:58 AM PST X/@mattxiv Zohran Mamdani’s using every hour he’s got before Tuesday’s New York City mayoral election to make an impact on voters … showing up to a gay bar at 1 AM for some last-minute
The Afrobeats star’s new album and bubbling single pay tribute to a classic Nigerian genre, but critics have said Gold’s music may miss the mark On Oct. 4, for the first time, Afrobeats star Adekunle Gold gave an electric performance of songs from his latest album Fuji , which he had just released the day
There’s a rubric I’ve been using to maintain perspective on President Donald Trump’s second term: Imagine if the dumbest person in the world and humanity’s biggest asshole were the same person, and that guy was president. It’s a pretty simple lens through which to both view Trump’s lawless, Constitution-shredding rampage of revenge and self-enrichment while
This post first appeared at ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for Dispatches, a newsletter that spotlights wrongdoing around the country, to receive our stories in your inbox every week. In early 2023, Paul Newby, the Republican chief justice of North Carolina’s Supreme Court, gave the state and the nation a
November 01, 2025 12:59 PM ET The Trump administration’s latest attempts to curtail press leaks disallows White House reporters from accessing the inner offices of senior communication officials in the West Wing in order to protect national security secrets. A memo released to the reporters Friday evening addressed from the National Security Council (NSC) to
November 01, 2025 12:03 PM ET New York Attorney General Letitia James is fighting a federal criminal probe over alleged “selective enforcement” in cases she brought against President Donald Trump’s business and the National Rifle Association (NRA), court documents unsealed Friday reveal. James’s effort to block subpoenas issued by the Department of Justice (DOJ) touches
October 31, 2025 2:10 PM ET President Donald Trump’s call to scrap the legislative filibuster is likely to fall on deaf ears among Senate Republicans. Trump rattled off two Truth Social posts on Thursday evening urging Republicans to circumvent Democrats’ opposition to ending the 31-day shutdown by eliminating the filibuster, a procedural rule requiring most
