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Holly Woodcock’s parents seek answers two years after French villa pool drowning
Almost two years after 20-year-old Manchester Metropolitan University student Holly Woodcock drowned in a swimming pool during a party at a friend’s family villa in the Pays de la Loire in western France, her parents, Jo and Lee Woodcock, are still searching for answers about how she died. Writing for the Daily Mail, Nicole Lampert…
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SK Hynix plans $28bn US share listing amid AI memory boom
SK Hynix is experiencing a boom credited to AI. It will ride that to a multibillion-dollar U.S. IPO, expected to take place on Friday.
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Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal died from an accidental drug reaction in ICE detention
Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, a 41-year-old Afghan national who fought alongside US Special Forces in Afghanistan for a decade, died in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) just one day after being detained for deportation proceedings. According to his death certificate, he suffered an adverse drug reaction to an unidentified substance, triggering anaphylaxis and…
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Fast & Furious wraps up as Fast Forever films in Los Angeles
Vin Diesel shares a behind-the-scenes glimpse of the final Fast & Furious installment, Fast Forever, as the franchise nears $7.5 billion in revenue.
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Oreana pregnancy and father’s death mark Dutton Ranch breakout Natalie Alyn Lind
Actress Natalie Alyn Lind has spoken to Variety about her breakout turn as Oreana in the first season of the “Yellowstone” spin-off “Dutton Ranch”, following the season finale, “El Padrino”, now streaming on Paramount+. The interview matters because Oreana emerged as a scene-stealer in an ensemble packed with established names such as Kelly Reilly, Cole…
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Zara Larsson leaves Epic for RCA in Sony internal move
Zara Larsson has left her decade-plus home at Epic Records and signed with RCA Records, Variety can confirm. Two sources tell Variety that the pop star has inked a new deal with RCA. The sources say that Larsson was entertaining offers from multiple labels but that Sony, which houses subsidiaries Epic and RCA, wanted to…
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Spain reach World Cup quarter-finals as substitute Merino sinks Portugal late
Having battled back from injury to make the World Cup, the matchwinner’s goal was a deserved payoff for unsung sacrificesAnd then, suddenly, there was Mikel Merino circling the corner flag again, another marvellous moment to emulate his father Ángel Miguel and embrace his son Marco. To hold those who got him here and the whole…
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Abbey Road Institute to open Los Angeles campus led by Rafa Sardina
Rafa Sardina, the celebrated Grammy-winning producer and engineer, will head up the program, which is slated to open in October
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Melbourne graffiti artist scales Bolte Bridge pillar prompting police standoff
A graffiti artist has climbed one of the 140-metre-high pillars of Melbourne’s Bolte Bridge, sparking a police standoff and partially shutting the busy inner-city crossing. Emergency services were called around 3am on Tuesday, and one lane was closed as police negotiated with the man, who was refusing to come down. The stunt matters because it…
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Human vapor reimagined as Netflix and Toho’s first streaming series
Netflix and Japan’s Toho studio have launched Human Vapor, an eight-part streaming thriller that reimagines Toho’s 1960 science-fiction cult classic about a Tokyo killer who murders his victims while existing as a shape-shifting cloud of gas. The project is significant because it marks Toho’s first-ever streaming series and its decision to open a vault of…