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Tom Holland’s Audition Tape Was a Punisher-ing ExperienceJon Bernthal, who’s appearing as The Punisher on the big screen for the first time in Spider-Man: Brand New Day, played a key role in Holland’s journey. The Odyssey co-stars were making the 2017 film Pilgrimage and “that was where both Tom did his audition for Spider-Man and I did my audition for [Netflix’s] Punisher,” Bernthal said on Jimmy Kimmel Live in April 2025. “We actually made each other’s audition tapes on that film.” Holland was super-confident, Bernthal noted, so he admittedly tried to temper the teen’s expectations. “I was like, ‘There’s probably a lot of…

As The Face of Another turns 60, the Japanese New Wave director’s cinematic battlegrounds of alienation, exploitation and fractured identity remain as haunting as ever. Sometimes, a sense of self can become a burden. The spectre of exploitation; the weight of labour on someone’s back; the impossibility of existing in a sprawling, endless space. These are the feelings that are drawn out of the protagonists of Hiroshi Teshigahara’s films. The Japanese New Wave director, best known for his 1964 masterpiece The Woman in The Dunes, has had a singular fixation ever since his 1962 debut feature, Pitfall: at what point does a…

The Federal Reserve held its target range for the federal funds rate at 3.5 to 3.75 percent on Wednesday, over the objections of three committee members, Beth Hammack of Cleveland, Neel Kashkari of Minneapolis, and Lorie Logan of Dallas, who preferred a quarter-point increase. A hold was the likelier bet but far from a sure one: on the eve of the decision, futures put the odds of a quarter-point increase at 31 percent. The statement could have been mistaken for June’s. Economic activity is “expanding at a solid pace,” inflation “remains elevated relative to the Committee’s two-percent goal,” and supply…

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Fresh off a hard-fought ODI leg where Sri Lanka Women bounced back from an opening loss to claim a 2-1 series victory, both sides shift focus to the shortest format as the three-match T20I series kicks off at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium. Sri Lanka enter the series with high confidence, spearheaded by talismanic skipper Chamari Athapaththu, alongside a dependable core including Harshitha Samarawickrama, Vishmi Gunaratne, and dynamic all-rounder Kavisha Dilhari. Playing in familiar home conditions, the hosts will look to exploit Pakistan’s re-shuffled squad and take an early lead in the series.Pakistan, on the other hand, enter the T20I…

CONCACAF has joined UEFA in opposing FIFA president Gianni Infantino’s controversial proposal to sell a stake in the World Cup’s commercial rights, dealing a major blow to the plans. Following an emergency meeting on Thursday, the Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) confirmed its 41 member associations had rejected the proposal, citing concerns over the process behind the plan. The decision comes after UEFA announced that its 55 member nations would boycott all FIFA competitions, including the men’s and women’s World Cups, unless the proposal is abandoned. CONCACAF, whose members include 2026 World Cup co-hosts the…

The San Jose Sharks are close to re-signing Collin Graf, and talks with Will Smith continue Curtis Pashelka: San Jose Sharks GM Mike Greir on Will Smith, who eligible to sign a contract extension this offseason, and Collin Graff who is a RFA. “Continuing to have dialogue with (Smith and Collin Graf) and see where that goes. Smitty is definitely someone we’d like to lock up long-term as well. So we’ll see how it goes. But definitely, it’s part of the plan to hopefully get them locked up long-term. But if it doesn’t happen (with Smith), then we’ll be okay,…

US tech company Anthropic says three of its artificial intelligence (AI) models hacked three organisations during tests, just days after its rival OpenAI said rogue AI agents had attacked the networks of other firms.During a cybersecurity exercise, Anthropic’s Claude AI model gained unauthorised access to systems by connecting to the internet from isolated test environments, it said on Thursday.Anthropic said it discovered the incidents after reviewing more than 140,000 tests following OpenAI’s disclosure on 21 July that its agents had hacked another AI company, Hugging Face.Anthropic urged other AI labs to perform similar reviews to better understand the risks of…

Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis has again attacked the Democrats for holding back the long-awaited crypto Clarity Act.  Speaking on the Crypto in America podcast Thursday, Lummis said that the bill could have been passed months ago but is unfairly being held back.  Lawmakers are hoping the Clarity Act gets passed before Congress departs for August recess. While the bill has been drafted bipartisanly, some Democrats are unhappy with the current version.  JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Sen. Cynthia Lummis says a Senate vote is still on track before the August recess 👀”Sen. Thune has kept a place for the CLARITY ACT on…

‘Jana Nayagan’ box office collections day 8: Thalapathy Vijay’s film earns Rs 3.98 crore; worldwide total reaches Rs 260.25 crore Thalapathy Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ continued its run in theatres on Day 8, but the film witnessed another drop in its daily collections.According to trade tracker Sacnilk, the film collected Rs 3.98 crore (India net) on its second Thursday. The latest figure is 34.8% lower than the Rs 6.10 crore it earned on Wednesday.Worldwide gross collection crosses Rs 260 crore’Jana Nayagan’ has taken its India net total to Rs 153.48 crore. The film’s India gross collection currently stands at Rs 179.25…