Following the departure of designer Norbert Stumpfl last December after a stint spanning almost 10 percent of the house’s 80-year history, Brioni is entering a new phase. Instead of a creative director, this season’s statically presented collection was spoken for by Tommaso Angeli, who, shortly before the designer’s exit, was promoted to chief product officer … Read more
Paramount Network HBO is synonymous with producing quality original shows, but the network’s execs have let some opportunities fall by the wayside in the past. Case in point: the decision to reject Taylor Sheridan’s “Yellowstone,” the hit neo-Western series whose franchise has proven to be Paramount’s prize-winning … Read more
The AI industry entered 2025 with strong momentum. There were 49 startups that raised funding rounds worth $100 million or more in 2024, per our count at TechCrunch; three companies raised more than one “mega-round,” and seven companies raised rounds that were $1 billion in size or larger. The industry didn’t slow down in 2025. While less companies raised rounds larger than $1 billion, four — Anthropic raised … Read more
Since the late, great Robert Redford founded the Sundance Film Festival some four decades ago, the free-thinking, boundary-pushing showcase has attracted some of the world’s most lauded independent filmmakers, as well as the Hollywood heavyweights who populate their releases. However, unlike its glitzier European rivals, Cannes and Venice, Sundance is gloriously laid-back—think bare faces, chunky … Read more
Disclosure: This is a paid article. Readers should conduct further research prior to taking any actions. Learn more › On January 19 (SGT), SUN.io, TRON’s flagship project, announced a strategic Chinese branding upgrade, reintroducing itself as “Sun Wukong” (“孙悟空,” the Monkey King) alongside a refreshed visual identity. Tapping into the deep cultural resonance of the … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The dollar slid on Monday after Donald Trump threatened European allies with tariffs over his campaign to take control of Greenland, as the return of trade turmoil reawakened global investors’ concerns about their massive exposure … Read more
NBC For 60 years, “Star Trek” has been boldly going places — sometimes where no one has gone before, and other times exactly where it’s already been, but from a different point of view. Gene Roddenberry created the show in part to give us an optimistic view … Read more
You’ll recognize her silhouette first: the voluminous blonde coiffure, the sharp acrylic talons, the perfectly lined coral lips. The legend that is Dolly Parton has a look that she has maintained since her early days on cable television in the 1960s. Parton, who turned 80 today, made her name on the country circuit as a … Read more
Bitcoin pricing in 2026 may hinge on officials and executives who set dollar liquidity, US market access, ETF distribution, stablecoin settlement capacity, and exchange venue rules, based on a market-structure framework that prioritizes chokepoints over social reach. The scale of each chokepoint is measurable in flows, assets, and supply, which makes a short watch list … Read more
You can do better than that That’s a moderately useful option for cloud-curious Xbox players that might not be willing to take the plunge on a monthly subscription, we suppose. But it also feels like Microsoft could come up with some more imaginative ways to use Cloud Gaming to reach occasional players in new ways. … Read more