The rain had stopped just in time. The pavement outside London’s Royal Festival Hall continued to sparkle in the streetlights as black cars rolled up one after another, their doors opening to well-timed entrances and camera flashes. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts has a knack for putting on a spectacular show. However, the ceremony in 2026 felt particularly intense. It might be because the Oscars are just a few weeks away. Perhaps this is due to the film industry’s apparent need for clarity as it continues to adjust following years of strikes and streaming disruptions. Regardless of…
Author: Jack Ward
Before the scream could be heard, there was a crack. Nora Cornolle struck the canvas clumsily following a slam that appeared to change the temperature in the Toyota Center in Houston, amid the stark white glare of televised violence. There was confusion for a moment. Then the noise. Then the fear. Before Cornolle even attempted to stand, it’s possible that everyone in the arena realized something had gone wrong. CategoryDetailsFull NameNora CornolleNationalityFrenchBorn1989 (Age 36)DivisionBantamweightMMA Record9–4 (3–3 UFC)PromotionUltimate Fighting ChampionshipEventUFC Fight Night 267 – HoustonOpponentJoselyne EdwardsOfficial Profilehttps://www.ufc.com/athlete/nora-cornolle Early on, the rematch with Joselyne Edwards had been fierce. The 36-year-old French bantamweight…
Some pictures last longer than the box score. One of them, on Sunday in Milan, was a smile—bloody, imperfect, distinctly victorious. Despite having no teeth, Jack Hughes was grinning as he stood at center ice with a gold medal around his neck. Perhaps no marketing department could have written it more effectively. Hughes took a high stick halfway through the third period of the U.S. vs. Canada Olympic gold medal match. It was the kind of awkward, sharp contact that makes everyone on the bench flinch. There was blood when he skated away. NBC reported that two teeth were lost.…
Connor Hellebuyck was sprawled across the crease during the third period of the Olympic gold medal game in Milan, with the score tied and the atmosphere in the arena growing more tense by the second. The puck fluttered toward what appeared to be an open net after a Canadian shot deflected through traffic. Time seemed to pause for a moment. The paddle of Hellebuyck then flashed. The save, which was a combination of instinct and desperation, kept the game tied. It was the type of stop that becomes a still image, a poster, and a replay that defines a career.…
Tom Wilson skated through the neutral zone with a sort of quiet calculation early in the Olympic gold medal game’s first period, before the tension had completely subsided in the arena. Dylan Larkin went back and forth for the puck behind the American net. A moment later, Wilson struck with such force and cleanness that the boards appeared to flinch. The collision was the sort that causes a crowd to gasp before roaring. In hockey, Wilson has always been at the nexus of skill and intimidation, of admiration and frustration. It seemed like a familiar script playing out on a…
Something that still seems a little surreal happened in the little mountain town of Lake Placid on a chilly February night in 1980. In the 1980 Winter Olympics medal round, the heavily favored Soviet Union was defeated 4–3 by the U.S. men’s hockey team, which was primarily composed of college players. It would eventually be referred to as just the Miracle on Ice. In sports, the word “miracle” is used far too frequently. However, it’s easy to see why the name stuck when you’re inside the Olympic Center, where the wooden benches creak, and the rink feels cozy rather than…
Susan Rice worked in camera-free rooms for the majority of her career. U.N. Security Council chambers and situation rooms. Meetings in the Oval Office where decisions were discussed in whispers and then reverberated across continents. Strangely enough, she is currently at the center of a public drama centered on streaming television rather than war or diplomacy. Donald Trump’s public demand that Netflix fire Rice from its board was the most recent development. His threat to fire her “immediately, or pay the consequences” came as Netflix was trying to get regulatory approval for a huge Warner Bros. acquisition. According to reports,…
The moonlight from Palm Beach typically casts a gentle glow on Mar-a-Lago’s pink stucco walls, while the Atlantic breeze blows in just past the hedges. But the scene changed suddenly at 1:30 a.m. on Sunday. Agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputy shot and killed an armed man who broke through the property’s secured perimeter, according to the US Secret Service. According to authorities, the man seemed to be carrying a fuel can and a shotgun. It’s a persistent detail. Adding fuel can suggest something potentially more volatile and symbolic than a firearm alone, which only suggests one…