Musk’s X posts higher sales amid costly turnaround

Musk’s X posts higher sales amid costly turnaround

[NEW YORK] Sales at Elon Musk’s X jumped during the third quarter, but the social network is still dealing with significant costs – including from the firm’s restructuring – as the billionaire works to turn around the business he bought for US$44 billion. The company, formerly known as Twitter, reported US$752 million in revenue in…

Read More

Lewis Capaldi Denies Taylor Swift Feud Rumors

Lewis Capaldi Denies Taylor Swift Feud Rumors

Still, Graham knew about the project, as he was the one who posed the question, and Lewis agreed that fans had an inkling about his new music—he just wasn’t officially meant to speak on it just yet. “So, I was told by my label, ‘Don’t tell people before you go on.’ Not like a, ‘You can’t tell people.’ It…

Read More

‘Tracker’ Adds Kathleen Robertson & Mark Engelhardt In Recurring Roles

‘Tracker’ Adds Kathleen Robertson & Mark Engelhardt In Recurring Roles

EXCLUSIVE: There will be two new faces to be seen soon in Tracker. Kathleen Robertson (Swimming with Sharks) and Mark Engelhardt (American Horror Story: Asylum) have been cast in recurring roles opposite Justin Hartley and Fiona Rene in the hit CBS series. Based on the bestselling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver, Tracker stars Hartley as Colter Shaw,…

Read More

Ghost oil ships dock in Venezuela, showing challenge for US

Ghost oil ships dock in Venezuela, showing challenge for US

The International Energy Agency estimates the current oversupply at a record 3.8 million barrels a day [HOUSTON] Two so-called ghost oil ships are currently loading off the coast of Venezuela, highlighting the challenges the Trump administration faces trying to disrupt exports of the South American country’s primary source of revenue. The supertankers, the largest class…

Read More

Oracle denies report on OpenAI data centre delays

Oracle denies report on OpenAI data centre delays

[BENGALURU] Oracle denied on Friday (Dec 12) a media report that it was delaying OpenAI-related data centres, following investor worries over its debt-fuelled artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure buildout. Bloomberg News had earlier in the day reported that Oracle had pushed back the completion dates for some data centres it is developing for OpenAI to 2028,…

Read More

‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Writer/Director Has “Lightly Pitched” A Sequel: “They’re Totally Into It”

‘Silent Night, Deadly Night’ Writer/Director Has “Lightly Pitched” A Sequel: “They’re Totally Into It”

After reviving a holiday slasher cult classic franchise this year, Mike P. Nelson is already looking ahead to next Christmas. The Silent Night, Deadly Night writer/director recently said that he “would absolutely come back” for a sequel to his remake of the 1984 slasher, which is now playing in theaters. “I’ve already started playing around…

Read More

‘Holes’: Gender-Swapped Reboot Pilot Not Going Forward At Disney+

‘Holes’: Gender-Swapped Reboot Pilot Not Going Forward At Disney+

Disney+ is not proceeding with its pilot Holes, a reimagining of Louis Sachar’s 1998 novel and the 2003 Disney movie adaptation with a female lead. Shay Rudolph (The Baby-Sitters Club) led the cast of the pilot, which also included Greg Kinnear and Aidy Bryant. Expectations were high for the project, from Disney Branded Entertainment, with…

Read More

Fed officials split over risks to US economy going into 2026

Fed officials split over risks to US economy going into 2026

The Fed cut its benchmark rate by a quarter percentage point for a third consecutive meeting in response to rising unemployment [NEW YORK] US Federal Reserve officials, including two who will become voters in 2026, offered strongly opposing views on Friday (Dec 12) on what to do with interest rates, continuing a debate that will…

Read More

Lewis Pullman Still Hasn’t Met Mel Brooks After ‘Spaceballs 2’ Wrap: “His Spirit Was There”

Lewis Pullman Still Hasn’t Met Mel Brooks After ‘Spaceballs 2’ Wrap: “His Spirit Was There”

Despite appearing in the long overdue Spaceballs sequel, Lewis Pullman has yet to meet Mel Brooks. After he “just wrapped” filming, the Spaceballs 2 actor noted that the co-writer/director of the original space opera parody “didn’t come out” to the set of the sequel to his 1987 film, which starred Lewis’ father Bill Pullman. “He’s…

Read More