With a sensational second weekend at the box office, it’s clear “The Odyssey” will have a long — and epic — journey in theaters.
Christopher Nolan‘s take on Homer’s 3,000-year-old poem, starring Matt Damon as the Greek king Odysseus, has generated a remarkable $652 million worldwide, including $289 million domestically and $362 million internationally after just 10 days of release. It’s already the sixth-highest grossing Hollywood movie of the year at the global box office — no small feat for a sword-and-sandal epic that’s rated R and clocks in at nearly three hours.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Politicians and world leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are gathering in Washington to meet with President Donald Trump while in town to honor the late Sen. Lindsey Graham at his funeral service Tuesday.
The new blockbuster “lacks many of the elements that make the poem great,” writes Emily Wilson, the classics professor who famously translatedHomer's poem in 2017
In probably the funniest possible twist to the idiotic culture war sideshow that’s followed Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of The Odyssey, Emily Wilson — the classics professor whose 2017 translation at once inspired the filmmaker and earned her the ceaseless ire of right-wing posters — thinks the blockbuster film is an absolute stinker.
An approximately 1.43-million-year-old hominin footprint from Koobi Fora, Kenya
Kevin G. Hatala
Footprints left by eight ancient hominins 1.43 million years ago beside a Kenyan lake have puzzled researchers because they don’t look quite as expected for species known to have lived there at that time.
The Tribeca Festival suffered a data leak that exposed hundreds of thousands of records, as well as the contact information for thousands of celebrities, including Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Jennifer Lawrence, Angelina Jolie and festival co-founder Robert De Niro.
LAGUNA BEACH, Calif., July 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ocean advocates gathered at a private estate in Laguna Beach on Saturday, July 25, for Oceana’s 19th annual SeaChange Summer Party, raising more than $1.7 million to support the organization’s campaigns to protect and restore the world’s oceans. Hosted by actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer June Diane Raphael and honoring actor, advocate, and longtime Oceana ambassador Kate Walsh , the event marked the organization’s 25th anniversary and celebrated its more than 350 victories in California and around the world.
New York, New York and New Orleans, Louisiana--(Newsfile Corp. - July 27, 2026) - Kahn Swick & Foti, LLC ("KSF") and KSF partner, former Attorney General of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., notifies investors in EquipmentShare.com Inc. ("EquipmentShare" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: EQPT) of a class action securities lawsuit.
Almost one in four American teenagers said they used delivery apps for meals during school hours, according to a new survey from public health researchers presented to the American Society for Nutrition on Monday, and a majority were using these apps to order unhealthy food.
Hibernian head coach David Gray firmly believes adjusting to "expectation and demand" will lead to a strong season for the Easter Road club.
Hibs start their new Scottish Premiership campaign against Motherwell on Sunday, live on Sky Sports, with Gray urging his players to step up to the guaranteed expectation from the fans.
What do Elliot Anderson, Morgan Rogers and Sandro Tonali have in common?
All three made moves for £100m or more this summer - but they also follow a growing trend where 'Big Six' clubs - defined as Arsenal, Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, Chelsea and Spurs - sign players from their non-Big Six Premier League rivals.
