2Pac And The Notorious B.I.G. Return To The Same Chart — With Albums Of The Same Name
2Pac and The Notorious B.I.G. return to the Billboard 200 together as both acts send their 'Greatest Hits' compilations to the completive albums roster. NEW YORK - JULY 23: Rappers Tupac Shakur, The Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie Smalls (Christoper Wallace) and Puff Daddy (sean Combes) perform onstage at the Palladium on July 23, 1993 in New York, New York. (Photo by Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Barack Obama to Host Podcast Digging Into Six Books That ‘Helped Me Figure Out Who I Am and What I Believe’
President Barack Obama will curl up with the six books that have most influenced him — along with six “luminaries” to discuss the works — in a new podcast from Audible and Higher Ground.
President Obama’s New Podcast Is Focused on the Books That Shaped Him
President Obama is hosting a new podcast focused on six books that have shaped his worldview.
The podcast, A Great Book with Barack Obama, will see the former president sitting down with six “luminaries” to discuss the seminal novels. The book selections are: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison, All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy, Gilead by Marilynne Robinson, All the King’s Men by Robert Penn Warren and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré.
HBO’s House of the Dragon Replacement Officially Arrives in 1 Week
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James Gray Rejects Men Not Being “Allowed to Engage With the Tender Side”
It felt like James Gray was nearly everywhere this weekend at the 79th edition of the Locarno Film Festival.
He introduced an outdoor screening of Paper Tiger, written and directed by him and starring Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson and Miles Teller, and received the Career Leopard honor from the Swiss festival. And he discussed the role and power of cinema during a press conference. He even made time to meet for reporter roundtable interviews, one of which The Hollywood Reporter participated in.
Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of Trump's 15-point Gaza plan unlikely to be final word
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have categorically rejected the new Board of Peace roadmap to disarm Hamas in Gaza, but that is unlikely to be the final word.
The White House has not officially commented. However, it is reportedly "not bothered" by Netanyahu's statement and views it as campaign rhetoric in the run-up to a heated general election.
Two Names Keep Surfacing For Rogue And Storm In The MCU’s X-Men
Jayme Lawson arrives at the 32nd Annual Actor Awards on Sunday, March 1, 2026, at the Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Square Enix's 88% profit-bump financial report gives me hope for FF14, suggesting the MMO's finally not having to carry the company for once
Given the current state of the industry elsewhere—it's, uh, dire—I'm pleased to report that Square Enix, creator of the Final Fantasy series among other games, is doing pretty alright, all things considered. The news comes as a result of a financial results report, shared here by Gamebiz.jp (and translated by Automaton).
Google Announces Campaign Benchmarking In Google Analytics
Google is adding a new Ask Advisor benchmarking feature that compares your Google Analytics campaign performance with anonymized averages from similar businesses.
Josh Moser, Senior Director of Product Management, shared the news in a blog post, highlighting it as one of the updates across Google Ads and Google Analytics.
Data centers are unpopular. Meta thinks it can solve that with a $1 billion fund.
Mark Zuckerberg is trying to solve his AI data center problem with a $1 billion giveaway
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