Airbnb wants to do your hair, cook your dinner, massage your back and possibly photograph your honeymoon. All these services, and several more, are part of a new bid by the company to further expand beyond its roots as a lodging broker. The company unveiled Airbnb Services — which includes 10 initial categories — while … Read more
Count on Rihanna to drop major baby news during a high-profile event. The singer and Fenty Beauty mogul revealed at the 2025 with gala on Monday that she is expecting her third child. Sporting a custom-made Marc Jacobs suit, the singer cradled a baby bump as she posed for photographers on the steps of the … Read more
The Criterion faithful are very happy — standing out in the rain on a cold Saturday morning, hundreds of them, waiting in a line that stretches several blocks. Three fans, Daniel Solis, Marco Castaneda and Kian Mohammadlou, have just been informed that they’ve made the cut: They are the very last people today who will … Read more
“Star Trek” is a franchise that’s always seemed ripe for exploration in a theme park. Space travel, aliens, magic-like technology and, perhaps most importantly, an underlying belief in human-centered optimism. Encounter someone who saw “Star Trek: The Experience” in Las Vegas, which opened in the late ’90s and ran for about a decade, and expect … Read more
For his episode of “The Studio,” Ron Howard really wanted to do his best. The director of “A Beautiful Mind” — a former child star — was playing himself in Apple TV+’s Hollywood comedy, created by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, about a beleaguered executive portrayed by Rogen. But this Ron Howard was an alternate … Read more
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more
Be sure to read up on how we test mattresses. For a list like this, we wanted to keep several things in mind when choosing from the hundreds of beds we’ve tested. Feel We wanted to find beds that pretty much everyone finds generally comfortable. Some sleepers love a classic, dense memory feel, and others … Read more
John Mulaney is returning to late-night television after the success of his oddball, one-week-only show “Everybody’s in L.A.” which debuted on Netflix last year. Although he was clear that the first show was strictly a six-episode gig, it appears its popularity enticed both the streamer and the stand-up comedian to invest in a series with … Read more
George Lowe, the voice actor best known for the long-running cult-favorite Cartoon Network and Adult Swim series “Space Ghost Coast to Coast,” died Sunday at age 67, a representative confirmed Tuesday. A statement from the family would be forthcoming, the representative said. No cause of death was given, though friend and radio host “Marvelous Marvin” … Read more
When it premiered back in 2021, “The White Lotus” was a sharp class satire aimed at skewering high-end tourism and the elite one-percenters willing to pay $9,000 a night to relax. Written and directed by Mike White, the darkly comic mystery followed the entitled guests and beleaguered employees at a luxurious Maui hotel over the … Read more
