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Glen Powell I’m a top gun when it comes to maintaining friendships. surely, Chad Powers The actor not only rang in the new year; rumored girlfriend Michelle Randolphbut his ex also nina dobrev. A summary video of our trip to St. Barts shared with Nina’s Instagram January 6th vampire diaries Alum—who simply dated of Please set up The 2017 star was all smiles as she bent down to pose with Glenn and Michelle, who were rumored to be dating in November. Other clips showed the trio dancing, playing pickleball, working out with fellow vacationers, and swimming. Miles Teller and his…

Meta’s $2 billion acquisition of AI assistant platform Manus has understandably been embroiled in a regulatory tug-of-war, but it’s not the fault of U.S. regulators. Despite previous concerns about Benchmark’s investment in Manus, both companies appear confident the deal is legal. However, Chinese regulators are reportedly less optimistic, according to the Financial Times. When Benchmark led a funding round for Manas earlier this year, the investment immediately sparked controversy. U.S. Sen. John Cornyn complained about the company’s dealings with Company X, and the investment prompted an investigation by the U.S. Treasury into new rules restricting U.S. investment in Chinese AI…

Protests have been scattered across Iran over the past week, increasing pressure on a dysfunctional government struggling to cope with a spiraling economic crisis. But a dramatic U.S. military operation more than 11,000 miles away looms even larger over the Islamic Republic. Iran woke up over the weekend to dramatic scenes as US troops landed in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas and the president and his wife were dragged from their bedrooms in a daring nighttime operation to capture Tehran’s ally President Nicolas Maduro and transfer him to the United States. On Monday, President Trump issued his second threat to…

Home prices are expected to rise by about 2.2% nationwide in 2026, but prices could rise even faster in some large U.S. cities (mainly in the Midwest and Northeast).That’s according to a recent forecast from Realtor.com, which predicts the housing market will become “more balanced” as increased inventory slows overall price growth. Even so, moderation is not expected to be felt equally.”The Midwest and Northeast continue to see strong demand despite the broader economic slowdown, primarily due to persistent inventory shortages,” Hannah Jones, senior economic research analyst at Realtor.com, told CNBC Make It.While many markets in the South and West…

If there’s one thing the keynote speakers at CES 2026 have in common, it’s that AI is reshaping technology at a speed and scale unlike any previous technological revolution. On Tuesday’s live recording of the All-In podcast, co-host Jason Calakanis interviewed Bob Sternfels, global managing partner at McKinsey & Company, and Hemant Taneja, CEO of General Catalyst. Their discussion focused on how AI will transform investment strategies and the workforce. “The world has completely changed,” Taneja said of the unprecedented growth of AI companies. He noted that it took Stripe about 12 years to reach a valuation of $100 billion,…

“I’m somehow living a very comfortable life in this curious backwater of London, and then all of a sudden the most famous and beautiful movie actress in the world walks into my shop…and romance ensues,” Grant told E! News of 1999. So… it sounds like Roberts has come in. It turns out that Ms. Roberts clearly recognized the similarities and that she was surprised by the differences between her and Anna. “When you actually start, I think you thought, well, I’ll know how to do this kind of thing, but the circumstances become very specific,” she told E! news. “So…

Michael Barry attends the premiere of ‘The Big Short’ at the Ziegfeld Theater in New York on November 23, 2015.Dimitrios Cambris | Getty ImagesMichael Burley’s quiet bet on Venezuelan oil is back in the spotlight.The investor best known for “The Big Short” said he owns it. valero energy He believes this position has become increasingly attractive since 2020, as the United States seeks to play a deeper role in reviving Venezuela’s oil industry.“Recognize that many of the Gulf Coast refineries were built specifically for Venezuelan heavy crude oil,” Barry wrote in a Substack blog post on Monday. “So they have…

Duck Dynasty’s John Godwin reveals twin grandchildren hospitalized after giving birthJohn Godwin’s dynasty expanded. The Duck Dynasty alum’s daughter Johanna Mata recently welcomed twin daughters Cassandra and Isabella with husband Cecilio Mata, but the birth didn’t go as expected. “They got here too early,” John shared on the Jan. 1 episode of his podcast “Duck Call Room,” explaining how the baby girl arrived weeks before her due date. “He’s still in the NICU.” The ordeal began in mid-December when John and his wife Paula Archer Godwin received a call from Joanna saying she was in hospital. At the time, Joanna…

Jim Cramer said Costco stock is starting to look attractive again, especially after new analyst upgrades. Mizuho upgraded the membership retailer’s performance from neutral to outperform on Monday and raised its price target to $1,000 from $950, suggesting a 17% upside. Analysts pushed aside investors’ concerns about slowing member growth and matching sales growth, pointing out that about half of the company’s recent U.S. warehouse store openings were “fill-ins,” or new stores in successful markets to ease congestion and overflow. This is a dynamic that shows the strength of underlying demand, not weakness. This “insatiable demand is a quality problem,”…

Elon Musk’s AI company xAI (which also owns X), which created the Grok chatbot, announced it has raised $20 billion in a Series E funding round. The company said in a blog post that its investors include Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Qatar Investment Authority, and other companies including Nvidia and Cisco as “strategic investors.” xAI has not disclosed whether these investments will be made in the form of equity or debt. According to xAI, X and Grok have approximately 600 million monthly active users and will use the new funding to continue expanding its data centers and Grok model. However,…