From Ben Affleck to Seth Rogen, Hollywood finds a 'spiritual home' at SXSW

The lineup of the 2025 SXSW Film and TV Festival in Austin is full of returning talent. The Times spoke to organizers and filmmakers about why they keep coming back.

Los Angeles Times - 6h

Hollywood diversity in decline despite audience demand, study finds: 'The writing was on the wall'

Despite the popularity of films like 'Wicked,' opportunities for people of color in Hollywood declined in 2024, according to the latest UCLA Hollywood Diversity Report.

Los Angeles Times - 6d

Sharon Van Etten Finds Her Way Home

For her seventh album, the indie singer-songwriter comes to New Jersey to play on her old turf and process the past.

The New York Times - Feb. 27

Join Inc. Founders House at SXSW to Learn from the Best Brand Builders Around

Over three days, attendees will connect with one another, hear from star entrepreneurs, and get seriously inspired.

Inc. - 1d

Officers conducting a welfare check find 5 people dead in Indiana home

Police conducting a welfare check have discovered five people dead inside a home in northwest Indiana

ABC News - Feb. 22

Oscars 2025: All the behind-the-scenes moments from Hollywood's biggest night

Check out some behind-the-scenes images from the 2025 Oscars.

ABC News - 3d

WATCH: The most talked-about moments from Hollywood’s biggest night

ABC News contributors Kelley L. Carter and Mike Muse discuss the most memorable and talked about moments from Sunday's 97th Academy Awards.

ABC News - 2d

From 'Trainwreck' to 'Uncut Gems': Athletes who crashed Hollywood

Kyrie Irving, Kevin Garnett and LeBron James are but three athletes with forays into Hollywood acting, a list that also includes Tom Brady and Derek Jeter.

ESPN - 2d

Why Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founders Want to Buy Their Company Back From Unilever

Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield are reportedly looking to reacquire the beloved ice cream brand, claiming its corporate owner has muzzled the company’s social activism.

Inc. - 6d

Oscars 2025: Ben Stiller celebrates Knicks' comeback win from 97th Academy Awards

The 'Severance' director took to social media to celebrate the Knicks despite his presenting role at the Oscars

CBS Sports - 3d

Australia’s opposition vows work from home crackdown

Liberal party accused of Trump ‘copycat’ move to force government employees back to offices

Financial Times - 2d

‘I think we brought the wrong one home’: one mother’s search to find her lost son

Joan always suspected she had been handed someone else’s baby by the hospital when she gave birth more than 70 years ago. Then an Ancestry DNA test seemed to prove her right. Now in her 90s, she is ...

The Guardian - Feb. 22

MLB free agent tracker: Brewers add José Quintana, Alex Bregman finds new home with Red Sox

With spring training open, the free-agent market is just about tapped

CBS Sports - 2d

'No significant findings' of carbon monoxide or gas leak in Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa's home

The deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife remain a mystery as authorities confirm there were "no significant findings" of carbon monoxide or gas leaks at their New Mexico home.

NBC News - 1d

Jane Fonda: A Hollywood legend with some fascinating property purchases— from Atlanta to L.A.

Although Fonda has called L.A. home for the past 15 years, her road to SAG Awards history actually began in New York City.

MarketWatch - 1d

Police to crack down on theft with help from ‘find my phone’ apps

New bill includes powers to tackle neighbourhood crime such as shoplifting and antisocial behaviour

Financial Times - Feb. 25

Brewing tea removes heavy metals from water, study finds

Scientists say consumption of the beverage may have health benefit by reducing intake of metals such as lead . The medicinal effect of a cup of tea is no surprise to anybody who has headed straight ...

The Guardian - Feb. 25

Privatised water companies escape scrutiny from UK regulator, inquiry finds

Ofwat has ‘limited mechanisms’ to check whether infrastructure investment has been carried out

Financial Times - Feb. 27

Released From Hamas Captivity, a Hostage Finds His Family Gone

Eli Sharabi gave himself up on Oct. 7, 2023, hoping to save his wife and daughters. After some 500 days in the tunnels of Gaza, he emerged to learn that they had been killed.

The New York Times - 3d

FBI finds "no threat" after flight from Minneapolis diverted to Texas

FBI officials say there was "no threat" in an incident that prompted a plane flying out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport to be diverted Wednesday afternoon to El Paso International ...

CBS News - 3h

Heat pumps and EVs – how to fight climate change from home

The government has been told that the public will need to change how we drive and heat our homes.

BBC News - Feb. 26

Why no home or business is safe from extreme weather — or rising insurance costs

We need to come to terms with climate change and find ways to share the cost of disaster.

MarketWatch - 5h

Don’t miss the first GamesBeat Engage event at SXSW

Heading to SXSW? You won’t want to miss the first GamesBeat Engage – an invite-only, salon-style gathering in Austin on March 11.

VentureBeat - Feb. 19

Blackhawks Make Blockbuster Seth Jones Trade With Panthers

The Chicago Blackhawks made the move everybody had been waiting for them to make. After hearing a trade request and speaking out to the media, it became clear that Seth Jones needed to go.

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Impact of the Seth Jones Trade on Blackhawks' Goaltending

The Chicago Blackhawks completed a major trade by moving Seth Jones to the Florida Panthers not long after Jones spoke out about the state of the team and his frustrations. Chicago also sent a 2026 ...

Yahoo Sports - 4d

Nature: Hollywood Hills

We leave you this Oscar Sunday ... where else? ... in the Hills of Hollywood. Videographer: Brad Markel.

CBS News - 4d

Federal jobs went from reliable to risky overnight. Here’s where Americans can find stable work now — and in the future.

No job is disruption-proof, but these industries are projected to grow over the next decade.

MarketWatch - 5d

CIA to offer tips on 'creative problem solving' at SXSW festival

The typically tight-lipped CIA is peeling back the curtain on some of its secrets with an upcoming presentation at South By Southwest festival

ABC News - 2d

CIA to Offer Tips on ‘Creative Problem Solving’ at SXSW Festival

Do you want to solve problems like a spy? Then you’re in luck—the CIA will be offering pointers in Texas.

Inc. - 2d

Waymo, Uber begin offering robotaxi rides in Austin ahead of SXSW

Austin will be Waymo's fourth market after San Francisco, Phoenix and Los Angeles.

CNBC - 1d

Where did the home buyers go? 7% mortgage rates sap any remaining energy from the housing market

Home buyers are still struggling with affordability, the National Association of Realtors said.

MarketWatch - Feb. 21

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon’s Diatribe About Working From Home Is the Dumbest Thing I’ve Heard All Week

‘Don’t don’t give me this s–t that work-from-home-Friday works,” Jamie Dimon said at an employee town hall.

Inc. - Feb. 23

I was displaced from my home in Gaza — now Trump wants me gone for good

Even if Trump doesn’t order American soldiers to occupy and expel us, as he first said he would, he has effectively given Israel approval to do so.

The Hill - Feb. 23

I want to leave my home to my children from my first marriage — and not to my second husband. Is that wrong?

“My husband has two children, who also have a mother and grandparents who have an inheritance to leave them.”

MarketWatch - Feb. 23

Kidnapped, tortured and jailed: one woman’s quest to bring her son home from Russia

Ivan and Maryna’s story is just one of hundreds of thousands of family tragedies that have afflicted Ukrainians after three years of Russian invasion. Ivan Zabavskyi was looking for his mother when ...

The Guardian - Feb. 24

The one change that worked: I found an escape from online life by swapping my home office for the library

I can find essential and unusual facts for my arts journalism in the dusty old tomes – information not readily available on Google. And, as I did as a child, I lose myself in a world of books .... ...

The Guardian - Feb. 24

DOGE Staffers at HUD Are From an AI Real Estate Firm and a Mobile Home Operator

Elon Musk's men at HUD come from the real estate sector. They have access to vast stores of personal and financial data—and control over who can access which HUD systems.

Wired - Feb. 26

Detroit mother gifted home after 2 children die from sleeping in van during frigid weather

A Detroit mother whose two children died from possible exposure to the cold this month while the family was living in a van has been given a new home days after her son and daughter were laid to rest.

NBC News - 6d

‘Real Housewives’ star Kyle Richards makes emotional update to $8.5 million California home after split from husband

Richards said she’s trying to move on from her 27-year marriage to her now estranged husband.

MarketWatch - 6d

Oil trail from crash site leads South Carolina deputies to killer's home

When South Carolina authorities found a fatally injured man near his dented BMW in May 2023, they suspected a hit-and-run crash. But an oil trail led them to a different conclusion. "48 Hours" ...

CBS News - 6d

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