Author: Shekari Philemon

Jennifer Lopez has made her music comeback official, releasing her new dance collaboration with DJ and producer David Guetta on Friday. The track, which she had already been performing before its release, had built anticipation among fans who knew it was coming but had been waiting for it to land on streaming platforms. The timing was anything but accidental. The release dropped on the same day Lopez launched her new Las Vegas residency, giving the moment a double dose of momentum. For a pop star who has spent years balancing music, film and spectacle, it was a characteristically well-orchestrated entrance.…

A significant and potentially dangerous stretch of severe weather is unfolding across the Central Plains, with Texas and Oklahoma at the center of a multi-day outbreak that forecasters say could extend well into next week. The threat includes strong tornadoes, baseball-size hail, destructive winds and heavy rainfall capable of triggering widespread flooding. The situation was already developing Thursday evening, when several tornadoes were confirmed in western and northwestern Oklahoma near the communities of Cleo Springs and Wakita. What came Thursday night was just a preview of what forecasters believe is building into a far more serious event. Friday brings the…

As oil prices surged in the days following the outbreak of conflict with Iran, the Trump administration briefly entertained an unconventional idea: deploying the Treasury Department to trade oil futures as a way to calm the market. That idea has now been set aside, at least for the moment. Officials within the administration discussed the concept but ultimately concluded that the Treasury’s ability to move markets in any meaningful way would be too limited to justify the move. The proposal never advanced beyond internal conversations, and no formal action was taken. The development is a notable shift from the signals…

When most people think about rising oil prices, they picture gasoline. But the fuel driving the bigger spike right now is diesel, and the consequences could reach far beyond the pump. The national average for gasoline climbed to $3.25 per gallon this week, its highest point of the year, rising about 27 cents over the span of just seven days. Diesel, however, jumped by 41 cents over that same period, landing at $4.16 per gallon, a level the country has not seen since 2023. The gap between the two tells a story that goes well beyond fill-up frustration. Diesel markets…

Terrence Howard has never been shy about speaking his mind, and in a recent podcast appearance he connected that quality to one of the most significant professional setbacks of his career. The actor, now 56, described a backstage confrontation with a powerful Hollywood producer that he believes set off a chain of events leading directly to his removal from the Iron Man franchise. The incident, Howard explained, took place at the 2007 Venice Film Festival during promotion for The Brave One, a film in which he starred opposite Jodie Foster. A reporter had asked him why he did not share…

Bianca Censori is rarely described as understated. The architect and wife of Kanye West has built a public image defined by daring, often boundary-pushing fashion that generates attention wherever she goes. So when she walked into the Stanley Mosk Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday morning, the simplicity of her look was itself a statement. Censori arrived dressed in a long black skirt and a fully buttoned, long-sleeved black top. Her hair was pulled neatly back, and she wore a pair of glasses that added a polished, composed quality to the overall appearance. The outfit was a significant departure…

Oracle is preparing to cut thousands of jobs across multiple divisions of the company, a move driven in large part by the enormous financial pressure created by its aggressive push into artificial intelligence infrastructure. The reductions could begin as early as this month and are expected to be broader in scope than the company’s typical workforce adjustments. The planned cuts reflect a calculation that is becoming increasingly familiar across the technology industry: the cost of building the data center capacity needed to compete in AI is arriving faster than the revenue that capacity is supposed to generate. For Oracle, that…

Clocks across most of the United States will spring forward one hour early Sunday morning, marking the start of daylight saving time and the annual ritual that millions of Americans have come to either tolerate or openly resent. For residents of at least one part of North America, however, this weekend’s change will be the last one they ever have to make. The debate over whether the country should continue switching between standard time and daylight saving time twice a year has persisted for decades without resolution. In 2026, that conversation is moving in new directions, with a Canadian province…

A dangerous and expanding weather pattern is setting up across a wide stretch of the central United States, with multiple rounds of heavy rain expected to push from Texas northeastward through Ohio and into southwestern Pennsylvania over the coming days and into next week. The threat is not coming from a single catastrophic storm but from a series of systems moving along the same corridor, each one adding to ground that is already wet and rivers that are already rising. The greatest immediate danger comes from flash flooding in urban areas and along smaller waterways where water levels can climb…

Most people know Octavia Spencer from her unforgettable performances, the kind that leave audiences quoting lines years later. Her portrayal of Minny in The Help earned her an Academy Award and cemented her place among the most beloved screen presences of her generation. But the 55-year-old has spent recent years building something beyond her acting resume, and in a new interview, she opens up about why she considers her work as a producer the most meaningful chapter of her career so far. Spencer says the instinct toward producing came before the acting did. She has always understood the role not…