The famously private Zendaya and Tom Holland are rumored to be engaged. Being secretive is good for their brand.
Tom Holland and Zendaya in New York in October 2024. Zendaya wore a ring on her left ring finger to the Golden Globes on Sunday — reigniting theories that she and Tom Holland are engaged. Two branding PR experts told B-17 that this approach could generate more attention than a simple statement. Holland met Zendaya…
Jodie Foster’s son accompanied her to the Golden Globes — meet her photographer wife and 2 children
Jodie Foster and her son Kit Bernard Foster at the 82nd annual Golden Globes. Jodie Foster shouted out her family, including her two sons, during her Golden Globes acceptance speech on Sunday. “Kit, my scientist son, and Charlie, my actor son starting his career, hopefully you understand the joy, such joy that comes from doing…
Jane Fonda reveals the workout routine that keeps her fit at 87
Jane Fonda says her workout routine hasn’t changed much over the years. Jane Fonda may be 87, but she’s still as fit as a fiddle. In fact, her workout routine hasn’t changed much over the years, the actor told People in an interview published over the weekend. “I essentially do everything I used to do,…
A respiratory virus is spreading in China. Here’s why it’s not the new COVID-19.
A crowded hospital in China, as certain parts of the country experience a rise in cases of human metapneumovirus. Five years after COVID-19 began spreading in the Chinese city of Wuhan, cases of human metapneumovirus, which also causes respiratory infections, have risen in the country, particularly among children. Between December 23 and 29, 2024, cases…
Sam Altman sides with Trump in opposing bureaucratic blocks to building AI infrastructure
Sam Altman made a personal donation of $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, and hopes the President-elect will prioritize developing AI infrastructure going forward. Sam Altman says he doesn’t agree with President-elect Donald Trump on everything, but he does believe that the US has a problem with bureaucracy stifling innovation. In an interview with…
DOGE tracker: A running list of what Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy say they will change
Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy are promising to make sweeping changes through the Department of Government Efficiency. Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy have big plans for the Department of Government Efficiency. The two have promised to significantly reduce the federal budget, with a goal of cutting $2 trillion in spending. In the fiscal year 2024,…
Ukraine’s big new strategy to relieve its manpower crunch isn’t working, top war analyst says
Ukrainian soldiers fire D-30 artillery in the direction of Toretsk. Ukraine’s 2024 strategy for solving a shortage of soldiers — its biggest challenge thus far — by forming new brigades instead of reinforcing old ones is performing poorly, said a top analyst on the war. Michael Kofman, a senior fellow for the Russia and Eurasia…
Bill Gates, Sam Altman, and other tech leaders share their predictions for 2025
Sam Altman predicts that AI agents will join the workforce in 2025. Talks of artificial intelligence dominated 2024, and tech leaders predict that the next stage of the new AI era will come in 2025 — for better or for worse. Their mixed predictions indicate that the outlook for AI in 2025 is still uncertain.…
The world’s oldest woman who died aged 116 and her successor shared their very different longevity secrets — from bananas to God
Tomiko Itooka, the world’s oldest woman, died last month and was succeeded by Inah Canabarro Lucas, a Brazilian nun. The world’s oldest person who died at the age of 116, and her successor, have very different secrets to longevity. Tomiko Itooka, who lived in Ashiya, Japan, died on December 29 at the age of 116…
