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Tim Cook is set to exit as Apple’s CEO after 15 years. John Ternus, senior VP of hardware engineering, will become Apple’s next chief executive officer, the company announced. Cook will become executive chairman of Apple’s board of directors and …

Disney+ Japan has struck a multi-year co-development agreement with The Seven, Inc. to produce Japanese-language live-action series exclusively for the platform, with titles destined for audiences in Japan and worldwide. The deal – Disney’s first ongoing content development tie-up with …

Ryan Phillippe has joined the cast of “9-1-1: Nashville” for the show’s upcoming second season, Variety has confirmed. Season 1 of the “9-1-1” spinoff is currently airing, with the season finale set to air in May. It was renewed for …

A driver died after he sped down Pulaski Road Saturday night and crashed into another car — causing his car to catch fire in the Archer Heights neighborhood, Chicago police said. The male driver was speeding north on Pulaski Road …

Everyone has a morning routine. With me, I open my eyes, muse darkly upon my life, then flee upstairs to my office — even before coffee is made or the dog walked — blast out the day’s blog post to …

Reading Time: 3 minutes From The Dead Poets Society to Moon Knight, Ethan Hawke is an acting legend. And he’s not the only one in his family — including exes — to be a household name. Hawke has been married …

The Des Plaines and Fox rivers remain under a flood warning Sunday morning after a week of rain pummeled the Chicago area and caused major flooding. The flood zone for the Des Plaines River runs from Roosevelt Road in Forest …

Molly Shannon is reflecting on her decades-long friendship with Will Ferrell — and a surprisingly prescient comment he made early in their careers. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Shannon recalled meeting Ferrell in the mid-1990s while she was …

Tina Fey reflected on how “Saturday Night Live” has covered politics at History Talks, a speaker series featuring some of the most prolific political and media figures in modern history. The starry event, produced in tandem by the History Channel …

The Indigo Girls have been receiving an outpouring of support and love from fans and famous admirers, after the duo released a video statement in which Emily Saliers got exceptionally frank about how two incurable physical conditions she’s experiencing will …

Amazon’s second season of its social experiment series, “Jury Duty,” ended this month, with the reveal that unwitting series star Anthony Norman had been working for a family-owned hot sauce company that didn’t actually exist in real life. But while …

Ella Langley is not just a singles phenomenon. “Choosin’ Texas” has spent a phenomenal six weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 this year, but that is hardly the last word on her chart successes for 2026. Her “Dandelion” …

Standing inside St. Sabina Church on Sunday, the Rev. Michael Pfleger called on President Trump, Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to “look inside their souls” as he decried the leaders’ collective ongoing comments against Pope …

Kyle Davidson has learned not to set specific expectations for specific seasons. Two years ago, the Blackhawks general manager made that mistake while looking ahead to 2024-25, declaring: “It’s time to take a step forward. Previous to this year, we …

Oklahoma state Representative Mickey Dollens, a Democrat, is amplifying a video of elementary school children (K-5 grades) in the House of Representatives celebrating the passing of a bill (86-1) that will double the time allowed for recess in their public …

Back in 2018, Brazilian philanthropist Olga Rabinovich sat her team down and gave them a mission: to find the most effective way to nurture a cause in dire need of effective financial support in her home country. After a year …

SPOILER ALERT: The following story contains plot details from Season 2 of “Beef,” now streaming on Netflix Netflix’s “Beef” is back for a second season, and the anthology series is wild, revolving around two couples, Josh (Oscar Isaac) and Lindsay (Carey …

Reading Time: 3 minutes Chris Pratt has been married and divorced along his journey from little-known comedic actor to A-lister. These days, he rarely mentions Anna Faris. But for years, they were a beloved Hollywood couple. He moved on, becoming …

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, is being criticized for suggesting on Friday that “universal HIGH INCOME via checks issued by the Federal government is the best way to deal with unemployment caused by AI. AI/robotics will produce goods & …

Dylan Sprouse stopped a trespasser at this Los Angeles home on Friday morning. According to The Los Angeles Times, Sprouse tackled a man to the ground on his lawn after his wife, Victoria’s Secret model Barbara Palvin, reported a “creepy …

Nathalie Baye, the acclaimed French performer who broke out in “Day for Night” and later appeared in “Catch Me If You Can” and “Downton Abbey: A New Era,” has died. She was 77. Baye died Friday evening at her home …

Reading Time: 4 minutes First came love, then came marriage, but a pregnant Gwen Stefani? Is that really a possibility? Ever since Gwen and Blake Shelton got together, fans have been eager for them to start a family of their …

“Heated Rivalry” showrunner Jacob Tierney is in the midst of writing Season 2 of the hockey romance series, which he says will find Shane Hollander (Hudson Williams) and Ilya Rozanov (Connor Storrie) “in much more serious territory” than the lovers …

Li Jun Li, one of the breakout stars of “Sinners,” has joined Season 3 of “The Last of Us,” Variety has learned exclusively. In the HBO Max series, she will play Miriam, a Seraphite and the mother of Lev and …

ReedPop made book lovers’ dreams come true last year with the reveal that BookCon would be returning in 2026 after the beloved publishing convention was retired in 2020. Since that June 2025 announcement, readers have been dissecting every new piece …

The best boxers in the world travel to “The Big Apple” for the inaugural U.S. Most Valuable Promotions Women (MVPW) boxing event. For the main matchup, American Alycia Baumgardner (17-1-0) defends her unified super featherweight title against South Korean Bo …

TENERIFE, Spain — Galician animation auteur Alberto Vázquez has done it again. “Decorado,” his bruising meditation on identity and appearances in a society that prizes the surface, landed Best Feature Film at the 9th Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards, handed out …

Reading Time: 2 minutes Natalie Portman just shared some very exciting news. The beloved actress has revealed that she’s pregnant with her third child! Yes, though she’s famous for keeping her private life as private as possible, Natalie decided to …

The Sky signed guard Jordan Hobbs and forward Sidney Cooks to training camp contracts. Hobbs was drafted No. 34 out of Michigan in the 2025 WNBA Draft, though she did not make the Storm’s final roster. She played with the …

QVC Group — the company that owns and operates QVC and HSN, the shopping channels that have been mainstays of cable TV for decades — has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection of its U.S. businesses in the face of …

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After a boisterous introduction to Major League Baseball with three home runs in his first three games, the hits haven’t been easy to come by for Munetaka Murakami. The slugger dubbed the Babe Ruth of Higo, …

President Donald Trump was criticized for participating in a staged photo op at the White House on Monday with a DoorDash driver (Sharon Simmons, dubbed “DoorDash grandma,” who lives in Arkansas) to promote his “No Tax on Tips” policy. When …

Friday was a good-bad-ugly kind of day for the health of the Cubs’ pitching staff. Left-hander Matthew Boyd said he’s on target to return to the rotation Wednesday, the team put closer Daniel Palenica on the 15-day injured list and …

With Opening Day starter and 2025 All-Star Shane Smith trying to recapture his form in the minors, the top spot in the White Sox’ rotation is there for the taking. As he prepares for his fourth start of the season …

El salario por hora de los trabajadores que reciben propinas en Chicago volverá a aumentar para igualar el costo de vida, después de que el Concejo Municipal no pudo anular el tercer veto del alcalde Brandon Johnson. Un mes después …

A cash-strapped City Hall has missed out on more than $8 billion in sorely needed revenue because it “lacks foundational management tools” to chip away at the mountain of delinquent debt it’s owed dating back three decades, Chicago’s top government …

The Chicago Loop Alliance on Thursday announced Suzet McKinney as its new president and CEO starting May 11. She was most recently director of life sciences at developer Sterling Bay. McKinney was previously CEO of the Illinois Medical District and …

The Cubs could not be returning home to a more favorable forecast this weekend. Temperatures are climbing, and the Mets, playing so miserably that Mr. Met has asked for a trial separation, blow into town. The Mets have lost eight …

“Grey’s Anatomy” has made 320 appearances on Nielsen’s weekly streaming rankings, more than any other series in the charts’ history. The long-running ABC medical drama beat and continues to reset a record previously held by “NCIS,” which is still in …

Mark Lubell has been named executive director of the Sag Harbor Cinema Arts Center, the organization announced Thursday, following a national search led by PBR Executive Search. A Sag Harbor resident and native New Yorker, Lubell brings decades of experience …