‘His friendship changed my life’: 25 years of camaraderie with Robert Duvall | Movies
I first met Robert Duvall in a muddy field in Maryland in 2001, on the set of Gods and Generals. It was a Warner Bros civil war epic, the kind of production where the scale alone made you feel small. I was playing a low-ranking Confederate aide-de-camp to General Stonewall Jackson. I was young, unsure of myself, and painfully aware of exactly where I stood in the hierarchy of things.…
Etsy sells secondhand clothing marketplace Depop to eBay for $1.2B
Etsy is selling Depop, a secondhand clothing app popular with Gen Z and millennials, to eBay for $1.2 billion in cash, the company announced on Wednesday. Etsy says the deal will allow it to focus on its own marketplace. The deal comes nearly five years after Etsy acquired Depop for $1.62 billion, at a time when secondhand clothing apps were gaining in popularity. Founded in 2011, Depop generated…
Dyson turned its skinny PencilVac into a lightweight wet floor cleaner
Dyson has announced an alternate version of its skinny PencilVac that’s designed to clean spills and stains on hard floors instead of sucking up dirt and debris. Like the PencilVac, which Dyson called “world’s slimmest vacuum cleaner” when it was announced nine months ago, the new PencilWash squeezes a battery, motor, and other electronics into its 1.5-inch-diameter handle. But it trades a dust bin…
Henry Garcia Vows To Stop Ryan Garcia Fight If He’s Hurt
“If I see my son getting his butt kicked and constantly getting hit and hit and hit, I’ll stop it,” Henry Garcia said. “I’m talking about if he gets hit to the point where there’s no chance of coming back.” Corner authority His comments reflect the position he now holds again as Ryan Garcia’s full-time trainer, following Ryan’s decision to leave Derrick James and return to working under his father’s direction.…
OpenAI pushes into higher education as India seeks to scale AI skills
OpenAI is expanding its footprint in India and moving into the country’s higher-education system through partnerships with leading academic institutions. The move comes as the South Asian nation seeks to scale AI skills and build domestic capacity in one of the world’s largest talent markets. On Wednesday, OpenAI said it was partnering with six public and private higher-education institutions in…
The Bose QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 Headphones Are at Their Lowest Price in Months
Bose helped write the book on noise canceling when it entered the market way back in the 1970s. Lately, the brand has been on a tear, with the goal of creating the ultimate in sonic solitude. The QuietComfort Ultra Gen 2 are Bose's latest and greatest creation, offering among the very best noise canceling we've ever tested. Just as importantly, they're currently on sale for $50 off.
‘Bored by all the sex and violins’: readers on Wuthering Heights film | Wuthering Heights
‘The Charlie XCX music evoked the spirit of the book’ My group of six English teachers – aged from 30 to 54 – saw the film on Friday. We are still processing our thoughts in a group chat. We agreed that the visuals were often delightfully shocking. We talked about the contrasts between the lavish costumes and the moor landscape, which we thought Fennell got right. We talked about…
What is the ‘equal time’ rule that Colbert says led CBS to pull his Talarico interview?
Stephen Colbert's comments that network executives pulled his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico over fears it would violate regulatory guidance from the Trump administration has prompted a conversation about the rules governing how media outlets treat political coverage. The concern about the interview, which the late-night host referenced in his Monday…
Hacking conference Def Con bans three people linked to Epstein
Def Con, one of the largest and longest running hacking conferences in the world, announced on Wednesday that three people linked to Jeffrey Epstein are no longer allowed to attend. The conference justified adding Pablos Holman, Vincenzo Iozzo, and Joichi Ito to its public list of banned individuals, citing the three as appearing in the Department of Justice’s latest release of files related to its…
Kelvin Davis Faces Ivan Redkach After Damaging Albright Loss
Davis returns to Chartway Arena trying to recover from the damage done to his standing by Nahir Albright in June 2025. The official result was a majority decision, but the fight itself was not close. Albright landed first, landed cleaner, and dictated the terms throughout, while Davis followed and reacted instead of forcing the action. Fighting at home did not help him. It exposed that he could be controlled…
