Author: Alex Maschino

Carlo Ancelotti’s side is delaying the inevitable when it comes to the La Liga title.

ReutersSeveral homes in the northern Jabalia area were reportedly destroyed in the overnight strikesAt least 80 people have been killed in Israeli strikes across Gaza, hospitals and first responders say.The Indonesian hospital said 22 children and 15 women were among 50 people who died when several homes in the northern Jabalia area were hit overnight. Nearby al-Awda hospital said it had received the bodies of another nine people, seven of them children.The Israeli military said it struck Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad fighters in the north. It had warned residents of Jabalia and neighbouring areas to evacuate on Tuesday after…

Sony’s global music rights operation – across recorded music and music publishing – generated USD $2.54 billion in the three months to end of March 2025.That’s according to MBW’s calculations based on Sony Group Corp’s calendar Q1 2025 (fiscal Q4 2024) results, as announced by the Japanese firm today (May 14).The $2.54 billion figure was up by 1.5% year-on-year (vs. calendar Q1 2024) at US dollar-converted consistent currency.In monetary terms, Sony’s overall music rights operation (recorded music plus music publishing) generated approximately $37 million more in calendar Q1 2025 than in the prior-year quarter.(As regular MBW readers will know, our…

Paul Feig has said it before and he’ll say it again: Blake Lively and Anna Kendrick are not feuding. The director, who worked with the two actresses on the 2018 film A Simple Favor and the May sequel Another Simple Favor, has seen the speculation and rumors surrounding two of the film’s stars. Time and time again, he makes it clear that there’s no drama between the pair. “Any controversy is good. I’m always like, ‘No press is bad press,’” Feig shared on the Tuesday, April 29, episode of iHeartRadio’s “Amy & TJ” podcast. “But I just know these people,…

MERCURY RISING: Kahleah Copper, Alyssa Thomas & Satou Sabally Cover SLAM 256 Skip to content

The administration of United States President Donald Trump has slashed another $450m in grants from Harvard University, amid an ongoing feud over anti-Semitism, presidential control and the limits of academic freedom. On Tuesday, a joint task force assembled under Trump accused Harvard, the country’s oldest university, of perpetrating a “long-standing policy and practice of discriminating on the basis of race”. “Harvard’s campus, once a symbol of academic prestige, has become a breeding ground for virtue signaling and discrimination. This is not leadership; it is cowardice. And it’s not academic freedom; it’s institutional disenfranchisement,” the task force said in a statement.…

Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for freeYour guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the worldFrench President Emmanuel Macron said he was “ready to open a discussion” with European allies about stationing France’s nuclear weapons on their soil, in an effort to beef up defences against Russia.The comments made by Macron in an interview with the broadcaster TF1 on Tuesday come as he has been holding talks with Germany, Poland and other European countries to explore whether and how France’s nuclear deterrence could be extended on the continent. Such a move is being considered in…

Terri Irwin gets choked up thinking about the love she and husband Steve Irwin shared before his death in 2006. “I feel like I’ve had so much [love] and now in my life, I have so much love,” Terri, 60, exclusively told Us Weekly on Friday, May 9, while promoting this year’s Steve Irwin Gala. “I have my wonderful kids. I’m a grandmother now, and I have such a great team around me.” Terri explained that with her Wildlife Warriors conversation foundation — that was formed in 2002 by Terri and Steve four years before he was fatally stung by…

The Stanley Cup Playoffs continue to be marred by controversial calls made by the on-ice officials and the Situation Room in Toronto. Whether it is a missed penalty or a controversial goal, the officials are taking center stage, and the focus really should be on the players and the games themselves. This time, Alexander Petrovic and the Dallas Stars were in the middle of it all. Unfortunately, this has been a trend all season. It also dates back to last season when it came to goalie interference. However, this time, the rulebook is being scrutinized even more because of the…

In July, the Taliban announced a meeting of handpicked clerics to decide on the fate of the education ban. But only two clerics came in support of the girls’ education. Since then, the Taliban has not made any progress on whether they are willing to compromise“Initially, we were hopeful that they would reopen schools, but with the passage of time, we noticed that, no, they are doing something else. They just issue anti-women verdicts after each day,” Nazhand said. “I don’t think that they are willing to reopen schools, the Taliban don’t have any problem with girls’ schools, but they…