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Selena Gomez has addressed concerns about her vocal changes.Fans have noticed that the Only Murders in the Building star’s voice has changed significantly over the past few years.Gomez stayed silent about it until now, addressing the concerns in an Instagram Live after a fan asked about her voice.Selena Gomez has addressed concerns about her vocal changes. (Instagram)”I get this question a lot,” she said after reading a comment from a fan. ”Sometimes when I’m on… nevermind, there is no excuse. I don’t really care.”I think my point is sometimes things happen, sometimes I get weird, my throat kind of swells…

“It was the summer of 1959, a long time ago. But only if you measure it in terms of years.” Richard Dreyfuss is desolate-looking in a truck parked up somewhere pastoral and private. On the seat beside him is a newspaper with a violent front page headline. Stand By Me is a film steeped in nostalgia for a time full of pleasures and sorrows. Rob Reiner’s visual language heightens the emotions so that we feel everything that 12-year-old Gordy, Chris, Teddy and Vern feel as they set off to find a dead body. Every episode in their odyssey feels more vivid than life itself. In retrospect, these were…

December 2025 marks the official end of the largest cycle of quantitative tightening the Federal Reserve has ever undertaken. From a peak of $8.93 trillion in June 2022, the Fed has allowed $2.4 trillion in maturing assets to roll off its balance sheet. But Chair Powell announced on December 10 that the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) has decided it must begin expanding its balance sheet again to maintain “ample reserves”—code for maximizing policy discretion and insulating itself from market forces. Before the Global Financial Crisis (GFC), the Fed conducted monetary policy primarily through open market operations. Raising its target…

Hat Tip: SJ Source: Exchange Filings of KPI Green Energy Ltd Botswana’s GDP is only $20 Billion.

IPL 2026 auction in Abu Dhabi on December 16 delivered blockbuster bids, with teams spending ₹ 215.45 crore on 77 players, including 29 overseas stars. Chennai Super Kings emerged aggressive, exhausting nearly their entire ₹ 125 crore purse to secure 25 players, leaving just ₹ 2.40 crore. Uncapped sensations Prashant Veer and Kartik Sharma shattered records as the joint-highest paid at ₹ 14.20 crore each, while traded-in captain Sanju Samson commanded ₹ 18 crore.​Season of high hopes for Chennai Super Kings after banking on young gunsChennai Super Kings enter IPL 2026 with renewed vigour after a dismal 2025 bottom-table finish,…

Real Madrid boss Xabi Alonso says he does not regret leaving Kylian Mbappe on the pitch for 93 minutes in the win over third-division side Talavera in the Copa del Rey. Los Blancos were given a scare by a side two tiers below them, and it took an Mbappe brace to see off a brave effort on Wednesday night. The Frenchman netted the opener from the penalty spot, before having a hand in causing the own goal that put Madrid 2-0 up. Talavera then pulled one back with 10 minutes to go, sparking hopes of a comeback, but those hopes…

Has Phillip Danault asked for a trade? Marco D’Amico: Sources have indicated that Los Angeles Kings forward Phillip Danault has asked for a trade, and his side hopes something can get done before the holiday trade freeze (midnight of December 20th). The Kings are not in a rush, and aren’t looking for a futures deal, they’d like a player-for-player deal. The Montreal Canadiens, New Jersey Devils, and Carolina Hurricanes are among the teams that have kicked tires. Allan Walsh: (Danault’s agent) “You never bothered to check with me.” NHL Rumors: Toronto Maple Leafs Looking for a Top-Four Defenseman and Top-Six…

Archie MitchellBusiness reporterReutersBP has appointed a new chief executive, making Meg O’Neill the first woman to run a major global oil firm.The London-based energy giant said its current boss Murray Auchincloss would step down less than two years after he replaced Bernard Looney, who was found to have committed “serious misconduct” in failing to disclose relationships with colleagues.BP executive vice president Carol Howle will serve as interim chief executive until Ms O’Neill, who has led Australian energy firm Woodside Energy since 2021, takes up her new role on 1 April.Ms O’Neill said she looks forward to helping BP “do our…

BitGo, a digital asset infrastructure company, announced it now offers Bitcoin Lightning Network access directly from its qualified custody platform. The move makes it one of the first companies to provide Lightning payments for institutional custody. The service aims to give clients faster and cheaper Bitcoin transactions while keeping institutional security standards intact. It builds on BitGo’s earlier self-custody Lightning solution. The new offering is powered through a partnership with Voltage, a Lightning Network infrastructure provider. Clients can now use Lightning without running their own nodes or managing keys. BitGo and Voltage handle infrastructure, channels, liquidity, and key management. Through…

Director Aditya Dhar’s spy action thriller ‘Dhurandhar’, starring Ranveer Singh and Akshaye Khanna, continues its historic run at the box office despite registering its first noticeable drop in collections. Nearing the end of its second week in theatres, the film has already rewritten several records and stands among the biggest Hindi successes of 2025.Dhurandhar Movie Review‘Dhurandhar’ box office collection Day 13According to early estimates by Sacnilk, ‘Dhurandhar’ collected approximately Rs 25.5 crore net on Wednesday (Day 13). This marks the first dip in its second-week run, with the film entering the Rs 20 crore range after consistently posting figures above…