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Get your basketball shoes and shoulder pads ready because Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty is set to continue the legendary team’s story with a second season. Created by Max Borenstein (The Terror) and Jim Hecht (Ice Age: The Meltdown), the Adam McKay-produced series had a long and torturous development before finally premiering in March 2022. Once the …

Cam Thompson / CoinDesk: Sound, which helps artists mint their songs as NFTs, raised a $20M Series A led by a16z, with Snoop Dogg and others participating, and launches out of beta  —  The company aims to help artists make a living for their music by minting their songs on-chain and selling them directly to fans.

Brittney Griner has written to President Joe Biden with an urgent plea: “Please don’t forget about me.” The message from the WNBA star was delivered via a letter she handwrote from the Russian jail where she has been held since being arrested in February at a Moscow airport on drug charges. She faces up to 10 years in prison if …

Kourtney Kardashian is bumping along as she and Travis Barker prepare to welcome their first child together, her fourth. The Kardashians star, 44, kept her baby bump under wraps until she publicly announced her pregnancy at a Blink-182 concert in June. Paying homage to the band’s “All the Small Things” music video, she held a sign that read, “Travis I’m …

Amazon Prime Day 2023 is almost over, to the disappointment of some and the relief of others. But CEO Jeffrey Bezos is not going out quietly into that good night. These are the last flurry of Lightning Deals that have caught our attention.  Updated on July 12: We’ve added deals on Airtags, a mechanical watch, a squirt gun, a hammock …

The heatwave could potentially lead to record-breaking temperatures, forecasters say.

You might assume that to look expensive, you need to buy eye-wateringly expensive things, but looking rich isn’t just about flashy logos and jewellery so valuable it must be stored in a safe. There are little tricks that can make any outfit look more elevated, from ensuring your shirts are always crisp to the colours that appear to add a …

Gex Trilogy – a collection of Gex, Gex: Enter the Gecko, and Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko – is officially coming to modern consoles, Limited Run Games announced during a livestream today. The snarky lil gecko will be hitting the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The stream didn’t announce a release …

The Hudson Valley was the focal point of a storm system that shuttled across Upstate New York last weekend, yielding high levels of flash-flooding across multiple counties. Homes and buildings were washed away from their foundations, roads and paths destroyed or rendered inaccessible, and there is at least one person reported dead. Merely weeks before the upcoming Upstate Art Weekend, …

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle relocated to the US more than three years ago, and for most of that time, it seemed they could do no wrong. These days, however, the Sussexes seem to be trapped in a never-ending PR crisis. According to multiple polls, Harry and Meghan’s approval ratings are at an all-time low. And the decline in popularity …