Participant, a film and television studio known for financing liberal documentaries and Oscar-winning movies, is closing its doors after 20 years of operation. The studio, founded by billionaire Jeff Skoll in 2004, has produced 135 films, including 50 documentaries, many of which were tied to awareness-raising impact campaigns. In a… Read More

The Buffalo Sabres have fired head coach Don Granato after the team failed to make the playoffs for a record-breaking 13th consecutive season. Granato, who had been with the Sabres for three full seasons, was let go along with assistant coach Jason Christie and video coordinator Matt Smith. General manager… Read More

Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, a movie weapons armorer, has been sentenced to 18 months in jail, the maximum penalty for involuntary manslaughter, in connection with the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins by actor Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western movie “Rust.” The incident occurred in October 2021 when Baldwin,… Read More

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas returned to the bench today after an unexplained absence that lasted an entire day. This sudden reappearance has left many people wondering what could have caused the 75-year-old justice to miss court in the first place. Thomas took his usual seat next to Chief Justice… Read More

In “Knife,” Salman Rushdie’s first book since the 2022 stabbing that nearly took his life and left him blind in one eye, the author immediately recounts the day he thought might be his last. The memoir, published on Tuesday, opens with Rushdie describing the attack that occurred just as he… Read More

The Library of Congress has announced 25 new inductees into the National Recording Registry for the class of 2024. Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden stated that these recordings are “worthy of preservation for all time based on their cultural, historical or aesthetic importance in the nation’s recorded sound heritage.” The… Read More