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Known early on for skin-baring temptress roles, she later earned rave reviews, a Cannes award and an Oscar nomination for her performance in the Lenny Bruce biopic “Lenny.”

Family says actor, who played Xander in hit TV series, died on Friday ‘in his sleep of natural causes’ Nicholas Brendon, the actor best known for playing Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, has died. He was 54. Brendon’s family issued a statement saying that he died on Friday “in his sleep of natural causes”. Continue reading...

Nathan Fillion says 'Firefly' animated series is in development with costars to voice their original roles. Concept art revealed.

Donald Trump’s destruction of the civil service is a tragedy not just for the roughly 300,000 workers who have been discarded, but for an entire nation.

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Why the World Still Needs the Voice of America For decades, VOA opened windows to the world for millions living under censorship. Former U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan Daniel Rosenblum says VOA was “an essential source of information for society, the government, and our embassy.” Now that voice has been silenced and America’s global influence is paying the price. “Our competitors and adversaries are broadcasting. We’re not,” he warns. #SaveVOA #PressFreedom #short

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Gaming cheats are the bane of the video game industry—and a hot commodity. A recent study found that cheat creators are making a fortune from gamers looking to gain a quick edge.

Hosted by The Project for Media and National Security at George Washington University on July 16, 2025, this is a panel discussion on the future of public diplomacy, "soft power," and The Voice of America, Radio Free Europe and other organizations that were traditionally tasked with "telling America's story abroad." The Trump Administration cut funding for The U.S. Agency For Global Media in the spring of 2025, raising the question of how the U.S. will conduct public diplomacy in this new era. The panel is hosted by Thom Shanker, former New York Times Pentagon correspondent and Director of The Project for Media and National Security. Speakers include James K. Glassman, former undersecretary of state for public diplomacy under President George W. Bush, Jeffrey Gedmin, president and CEO of the Middle East Broadcast Networks, and Andrew Walworth, chief content officer of RealClear Media and host of the RealClearPolitics radio show on...

What will you do to protect our Democracy and our First Amendment freedoms? Since his 2015 campaign for the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump has been relentless in his attempts to...

Cooking meat for a long time over relatively low temps can transform a tough cut. Who thought it up? And what's the chemical magic? You might be surprised by the origins.

R.I.P. Harris Yulin, character actor veteran

Neither the US federal government nor the City of Austin will say how teleoperations, self-driving’s critical safety feature, will be used in the service launching in Austin in just a matter of days.

Pulp was the wittiest, bitterest star in the Britpop constellation. On More, the band's first new album in 24 years, singer Jarvis Cocker is learning to trust his feelings.

OG comedy podcast WTF With Marc Maron is coming to an end

Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series "Dr. Kildare" who found a second career as an award-winning "king of the miniseries," has died. He was 90.

An overnight star as Dr. Kildare in the 1960s, he achieved new acclaim two decades later as the omnipresent leading man of mini-series.