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Paul Mescal in “Gladiator II.” ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Paul Mescal was chomping at the bit to do a particularly dangerous equine stunt in “Gladiator II,” one which put him and director Sir Ridley Scott at odds.  Mescal, 28, stars in Scott’s sequel to the Best Picture-winning swords-and-sandals epic “Gladiator,” out Friday. He takes on the … Read more

The cost of a BJ’s Wholesale Club membership will get pricier in January. The company plans to raise its standard membership for its warehouse stores to $60 per year and its premium Club+ membership to $120 beginning Jan. 1, BJ’s Wholesale said Thursday. Those hikes — the first in seven years — represent increases of $5 and … Read more

Sarah McBride, the Democrat elected to Delaware’s at-large congressional district, waves at supporters during an election night watch party on Nov. 5 in Wilmington, Del. (Pamela Smith / Associated Press) I realize that South Carolina Republican U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace is an attention-hungry partisan, trying to make a name for herself as a culture warrior … Read more

Jeff Bezos is pushing back against Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claim the Amazon founder predicted President-elect Trump would lose the 2024 presidential election. “Just learned tonight at Mar-a-Lago that Jeff Bezos was telling everyone that @realDonaldTrump would lose for sure, so they should sell all their Tesla and SpaceX stock,” Musk wrote on his social media platform X in … Read more

Ana de Armas has a new man on her arm! The “Blonde” star was spotted packing on the PDA with Manuel Anido Cuesta — the stepson of Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel — while out in Madrid last week. The new couple looked smitten as they walked home from an apparent dinner date before taking the actress’ … Read more

The Department of Justice is proposing that a federal judge break up Google to restore competition to the online search market. (Photo Illustration by Avishek Das / SOPA Images / LightRocket via Getty Images) Google and federal officials are battling it out over a proposal that the tech giant be forced to sell its popular … Read more

Author Cormac McCarthy had a young “secret muse” who revealed herself this week. (Evan Agostini / Associated Press) Great American novelist Cormac McCarthy was defensively private and didn’t share much about the inspiration behind his books — or about himself. However, the author, who died in 2023, apparently lived out much of his bestseller “All … Read more

Walmart Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey warned that President-elect Trump’s proposed tariffs could lead to higher prices for Walmart shoppers.  “Tariffs are going to be inflationary. There’s no disputing that,” Rainey said during an interview with Liz Claman on “The Claman Countdown” on Thursday. “Likely consumers are going to pay more for the items that … Read more

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched an investigation into a shadowy left-leaning advertising cabal over whether it participated in a “coordinated plan or conspiracy” to boycott “certain social media platforms,” his office said Thursday. Paxton is probing whether the powerful World Federation of Advertising and its now-defunct nonprofit wing, the Global Alliance for Responsible Media … Read more

ChatGPT-creator OpenAI has recently considered developing a web browser that would combine with its chatbot, the Information reported Thursday, and has separately discussed or struck deals to power search features. OpenAI has spoken about the search product with website and app developers such as Conde Nast, Redfin, Eventbrite and Priceline, the report said, citing people who have seen … Read more