Peter Hall, a senior programmer at SXSW, notes a trend in recent films: filmmakers seem to be responding to the seriousness of current events with more humor. He’s observed that even dramas and horror movies often include comedic elements, suggesting this might be a characteristic of this generation of filmmakers or simply a way to cope with the world’s challenges.
The 78-year-old musician suffered a serious eye infection in July 2024 that caused him to lose sight in his right eye and significantly reduced vision in his left. As a result, he hasn’t been able to see, watch, or read for over a year.
Alice, age 24, and her husband Sam, 28, who is a star on the show ‘MIC’, became parents last month. This week, Alice shared how she’s adjusting to motherhood with her 238,000 TikTok followers.
The official Star Wars website has been updated to include the comic series Maul – Shadow Lord in its official timeline of events. The update clarifies exactly when Shadow Lord takes place in relation to other canon stories (excluding books), showing where it fits chronologically.
The star left the stage after revealing she was experiencing burn-out. Her role as Elle Woods was then taken over by her understudy, Hannah Lowther.
As a crypto investor, I’m always looking at the bigger picture, and it’s amazing to see where Bitcoin stands in the overall ‘store of value’ market. Right now, that market is around $38 trillion, and gold still dominates with about $36 trillion – that’s almost 95% of it! Bitcoin, while growing rapidly, currently represents just under $1.4 trillion, or a little under 4%. It really highlights the potential for growth if Bitcoin continues to gain traction.
After Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman left the show, BBC has made major changes, and Karen Hauer, Nadiya Bychkova, Michelle Tsiakkas, Luba Mushtuk, and Gorka Márquez are no longer part of the professional dancers featured on the show.
Though these characters aren’t new to the game, they’ve been enhanced with exciting new Show Time moves. Plus, you can now dive into the new National Teams campaign and collect rewards through the Campaign Hub. Let’s check out everything this update has to offer!
Oh my gosh, you will NOT believe what happened at the show! He was incredible, of course – seriously, a Grammy winner at just 20! – but during Monday’s night at Brixton, someone in the crowd actually fainted. It was scary! And honestly, he was SO upset with how security and the venue handled it, he called them out right there on stage. I was so proud he stood up for us, but it was a bit worrying too. He just cares so much about his fans, it’s amazing!
Investors and developers, ever the romantics of technology, built DeFi protocols in isolation, like children building sandcastles on a beach. The result? Fragmented liquidity and assets that cannot be moved easily from one chain to another. They built exceptional tracks, but these do not work well together. What we are now witnessing, as a result, is the start of a new era of government involvement in the sector, synthesising law, code, assets, and capital into sovereign-grade blockchain rails capable of unlocking trillions in value. We call this programmable finance, or ProFi. A name as grand as a royal decree.