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Lady Gaga, Mariah Carey and Busta Rhymes were among the stars who performed — and took home awards — at Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards. Manny Carabel (2) and Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTV hide caption
Team Cherry is back with the highly anticipated release of Hollow Knight: Silksong. Team Cherry hide caption
Leni Riefenstahl shooting Olympia in 1936, alongside Nazi leaders Joseph Goebbels and Hermann Göring. Vincent Productions hide caption
Scientists at Sam's Club replaced artificial dyes in this star-shaped iced cookie with natural alternatives, but in a way that would keep the treat just as vividly colored. Zayrha Rodriguez/NPR hide caption
White beans and chorizo with quick-marinated tomatoes and onions are a delicious way to say goodbye to summer. ATK hide caption
Send off summer with this recipe that’s packed with flavor and color
Domhnall Gleeson in The Paper. Aaron Epstein/Peacock hide caption
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Actor and military veterans' advocate Tom Hanks will not receive an official ceremony as the 2025 winner of the prestigious Sylvanus Thayer award. The prestigious award is given out each year to a civilian by the West Point Association of Graduates. Christopher Polk/Getty Images hide caption
Indie director Jim Jarmusch took home the top prize for his film Father Mother Sister Brother, at the 2025 Venice Film Festival awards ceremony in Venice, Italy, on Saturday. Scott Garfitt/Invision/AP hide caption
Reneé Rapp performs at the Ryman Auditorium on October 16, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
'Wait Wait' for September 6, 2025: With Not My Job guest Reneé Rapp
Dylan O'Brien (left) and James Sweeney (right) in Twinless. Roadside Attractions hide caption
‘Twinless’ is a dark comedy that doubles up on the twists
Jake Gyllenhaal, left, as Jack and Heath Ledger as Ennis in Brokeback Mountain, which turns 20 years old this year. kpa Publicity Stills/Alamy hide caption
The iconic lox bagel — a "Classic with the Works" — prepared at Russ & Daughters. Keren Carrion/NPR hide caption
Russ & Daughters in NYC celebrates more than 100 years of 'appetizing' and family
Reneé Rapp performs at the Ryman Auditorium on October 16, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Jason Kempin/Getty Images) Jason Kempin/Getty Images hide caption
A case against Anthropic AI brought by a group of authors was settled on Friday. Riccardo Milani/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Thriller novelist Andrea Bartz is photographed in her home Thursday in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Richard Drew/AP hide caption
In Caught Stealing, Austin Butler plays a man whose life is upended when he agrees to look after his neighbor's cat. Sony Pictures hide caption
After years of avoiding the ER, Noah Wyle feels 'right at home' in 'The Pitt'
Members of the U.S. Park Police guard an entrance to the 9th Street tunnel in front of the Smithsonian Castle on Aug. 13, 2025, in Washington, D.C., after the Trump administration initiated a federal takeover of D.C. police and deployed the National Guard in the city. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
A filmed version of the original Broadway production of Hamilton is in theaters starting Friday, in honor of the show's 10th anniversary. 2020 Lin-Manuel Miranda and Nevis Productions hide caption