Even seasoned observers of geopolitics were taken by surprise. But behind the scenes, months of nail-bitingly tense negotiations, near misses and fraught moral compromises had been playing out in the run-up to the largest East-West prisoner swap for decades. Not since the Cold War, when secret agents and political prisoners would be routinely exchanged on…

Romance author Emily Henry now has five of her most recent novels set to be adapted for the big and small screens. Henry went on a rom-com writing spree that began with Beach Read, which came out in the summer of 2020. She has published a book a year since then, with People We Meet…

By Jimmy Mccloskey For Dailymail.Com Published: 19:17 EDT, 2 August 2024 | Updated: 21:08 EDT, 2 August 2024 Internet sleuths have claimed that Donald Trump‘s vice presidential pick JD Vance loves to wear eyeliner. The Hillybilly Elegy author has been accused of donning a fine line of black makeup to make his eyes look bluer.…

EXCLUSIVE: Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights to Don’t Fall in Love With Yourself, a documentary about influential musician-artist-actor Justin Pearson. Gravitas plans to release the film, directed by Jon Nix, on August 20 through its “hybrid distribution system,” across Comcast, Amazon Prime Video, Peacock, Spectrum, Apple TV, Dish, Google Play, DirecTV,…

The video was so grim and distressing that, for a few moments, Neville Lawrence could barely believe what he was seeing. Inexpertly filmed, it panned around a gaping chasm surrounded by rubble — the place, a faceless commentator intoned in a gravelly and dispassionate Jamaican voice, where his murdered son Stephen had been laid to…

Warner Bros. Discovery is shutting down the Boomerang streaming service and moving some of its programming, which includes many classic cartoon series, onto Max. The kids-and-family move is set for September 30, according to an email to subscribers. It comes in the same year as a similar strategic shift by Paramount Global, which shuttered Noggin…

By Jimmy Mccloskey For Dailymail.Com Published: 20:15 EDT, 2 August 2024 | Updated: 20:23 EDT, 2 August 2024 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has dramatically revoked a proposed plea deal for the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks that triggered outrage. Austin said Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and two accomplices were no longer eligible for life sentences…

PARIS — On the cusp of securing an Olympic bid in the 100-meter dash, Noah Lyles wore a pristine navy blue Gucci suit, covered in the monochrome logo, with three white stripes down the side of the pants — part of a collab between Adidas and the luxury Italian brand. He carried a briefcase featuring…

The Aerosmith train has stopped a-runnin’. The group announced on its official X account that it won’t return to touring, citing vocalist Steven Tyler‘s injured vocals and inability to recover. “We’ve always wanted to blow your mind when performing,” the band wrote. “As you know, Steven’s voice is an instrument like no other. He has…

By Daily Mail Reporter Published: 19:36 EDT, 2 August 2024 | Updated: 20:05 EDT, 2 August 2024 It’s long been a must-have feature in hotel rooms and holiday apartments when Britons travel to hotter climes. But now it seems we want air conditioning in our homes too. Some 95 per cent of estate agents say…