The latest entry in the franchise sees Gru (Steve Carrell), Lucy (Kristen Wiig), and their girls, Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier), and Agnes (Madison Polan), welcome a new member to the Gru family, Gru Jr. Meanwhile, Gru faces a new enemy in the form of Maxime Le Mal (Will Ferrell) and his girlfriend Valentina…

Celebrities have lashed out at Donald Trump, the debate moderators, and the state of US politics – but none were willing to claim Joe Biden won. The president and his predecessor faced off in the first of two debates in Atlanta on Thursday night on topics from the economy to immigration and foreign affairs. Biden, suffering…

The garbage can didn’t have a chance. Alicia Sacramone Quinn, captain of the 2008 U.S. Olympic silver-medalist gymnastics team and winner of 10 World Championship medals, had just been told she hadn’t made a long-since-forgotten gymnastics team, so she reared back, channeled her fury into her foot and unleashed it on the bin. Now a…

As the title implies, “A Quiet Place: Day One” takes us back to the beginning — the first day of the alien invasion. Sarnoski wisely understands that this doesn’t mean we need a ton of backstory; we don’t learn more about the aliens, or where they come from, or even their motivations. Like a bolt from…

A furious bride-to-be had her easyJet flight to Italy for her wedding cancelled at the last-minute as she was one of thousands caught up in air traffic control chaos. Sarah Machete, 41, from Dundee, was excited as she planned to travel from Edinburgh Airport to Naples on a 6am flight yesterday morning for her big…

Missing Bats, a special series this week in The Athletic, explores how baseball’s profound metamorphosis over the last two decades traces back to one simple idea — maximizing strikeouts at all costs — that became an industry-wide obsession. Explore the entire series here. The San Diego School of Baseball was backed by hitting stars such…

The centerpiece of the episode arrives when Tina, having faced yet another rejection, ends up in the Beef. She orders only a coffee, but is given a free sandwich by Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). Heading to a table in the back of the restaurant, the nature of everything she’s been going through finally becomes too much.…

By Sarah Ewall-Wice, Senior U.S. Political Reporter Published: 01:30 EDT, 28 June 2024 | Updated: 01:45 EDT, 28 June 2024 Former top Obama official David Axelrod suggested if President Biden is not at the top of the Democratic presidential ticket after his cringy debate performance it is Republicans who should be concerned come November.  Axelrod…

As has been written before in this space, if there was a ranking of people who shape sports consumption in the United States, Burke Magnus would be very high on the list. His title is president of ESPN’s content, and he has oversight of ESPN’s most significant properties, with thousands of talented people working under…

In regards to new faces, “The Bear” season 3 introduces us to Frank, the new fiance of Tiff, ex-wife of Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach). Frank is played by Josh Hartnett, who has been experiencing a bit of a comeback lately. He was in “Oppenheimer” last year, and he’ll star M. Night Shyamalan’s “Trap” this year. As seen in “The Bear,” Frank seems like…