The rise and fall of Bashar and Asma Assad

Syrian President Bashar Assad fled to Russia over the weekend, ending a nearly 14-year struggle to maintain power in his country amid a civil war that turned into a battlefield for international and regional powers. But the Assad people came to know through the news of war in Syria was not who some expected when…

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‘Blue Bloods’ star Donnie Wahlberg ‘started crying and didn’t stop’ while filming final dinner scene

“Blue Bloods” star Donnie Wahlberg and his co-stars, including Tom Selleck, struggled to get through filming the show’s final dinner scene. In a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Wahlberg recounted the emotional experience of working together for the last time. “We were all walking this real delicate tightrope during the finale, knowing that it was…

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Salma Hayek, billionaire husband attend Notre Dame reopening after donating $113 million for restoration

Salma Hayek and her billionaire husband, François-Henri Pinault, were two of the more than 1,500 guests to attend Saturday’s reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral more than five years after a fire tore through its iconic spire. Hayek and Pinault joined an impressive list of international figures at the ceremony in Paris, including President-elect Donald Trump,…

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The Wheel of Time spins up its third season in March

Rand (Joshua Stradowski) and Moiraine (Rosamund Pike). | Screenshot: YouTube Amazon announced at CCXP in Brazil yesterday that season three of Prime Video fantasy series The Wheel of Time will start streaming on March 13th, 2025, writes Deadline. The company also released a new teaser trailer, setting stakes that include the life of at least…

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