Topline The Olympics opening ceremony this Friday is set to make history as the first ever outdoor (and floating) ceremony that will see more than 10,000 athletes, dozens of influential political figures and thousands of performers pull out all the stops to mark the start of the 2024 summer games
The “Merc with a Mouth” is back! The third installment of Marvel’s Deadpool is shaping up to be one of the most anticipated films of summer 2024, combining the irreverent humor of Ryan Reynold’s Deadpool with the highly anticipated return of Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine. Set to premiere on July 26,
Lou Pearlman and the Backstreet Boys Courtesy of Netflix/Tudum Netflix’s Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam tells the mind-blowing true story of Lou Pearlman, a con artist who catapulted several major boy bands to fame in the Y2K era, only to be later convicted of orchestrating a fraudulent empire and
Netflix’s new three-part docuseries, Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam, examines the rise and fall of the late Lou Pearlman, a music manager who created – and then exploited – some of the biggest boy bands of the ‘90s, including Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, O-Town and LFO. By 2006, he was
Riffle Ventures – Funding high-impact climate solutions Riffle Ventures Funding climate solutions requires an enormous amount of capital – now it feels like common knowledge, but we have to say it anyway. According to McKinsey and Bloomberg NEF, we will need over US$200 trillion in cumulative financing to power the
The 1972 Munich Olympics were viewed by their German hosts as a chance to leave the country’s history behind. Instead, the Games became notorious for terrorism after an attack on the Israeli team by Palestinian militants that left 12 victims dead, as well as five attackers. That history now looms
However, during the Olympics, I am surrounded by Polish people, making the experience uniquely meaningful and somewhat homier. I feel I can truly be myself; my jokes are understood, and I receive much more support from my country than during other races. Having participated twice in the Olympics, in Rio
The NBA announced new 11-year TV deals with incumbent ESPN and newcomers NBC and Amazon Prime Video, rejecting TNT Sports’ right to match, which is expected to lead to a legal battle between the network and the league, according to sources briefed on the deal. The forthcoming agreements, worth $77
An armed officer has been removed from frontline policing after footage showed him kicking a man in the face during an arrest at Manchester airport. A senior Greater Manchester police officer described the incident as “truly shocking” and said people were “rightly extremely concerned” by it. Footage shared widely online