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Actress Kristen Stewart has expressed dismay with the “capitalistic” film studio system enriching “billionaires” and now wants to start making movies for YouTube. The former Twilight star revealed her thoughts about the current state of Hollywood in a lengthy interview with Variety. “I’m just so sick of the rules and I’m so sick of the system. It is not designed for artists to express themselves. We’re just really under the thumb of different priorities that don’t align with real dream-making,” she said. “And I don’t mean to wax poetically because I mean this so very literally, I just don’t think…

Socialist President of Ireland Catherine Connolly said she is “very proud” of her sister, Dr. Margaret Connolly, one of the individuals detained by Israeli forces after they intercepted a 60-vessel Gaza-bound flotilla. President Connolly, speaking to reporters in London after visiting King Charles at Buckingham Palace on Monday, confessed she is “very proud” of her sister but worried about her current state. Connolly detailed that she has not spoken to her and has no further information beyond what has been reported. “It seems like this happened in international waters and it’s a cause of worry really, and I’m very proud…

A strong majority of Americans oppose AI data centers being constructed in their local area, according to a recent Gallup poll. Seven in 10 Americans are opposed to data centers for AI in their area, including 48 percent who said they are “strongly opposed.” Meanwhile, a mere seven percent answered that they are strongly in favor of local AI data centers, Gallup polling shows. The survey was conducted from March 2 to 18, and makes for the first time Gallup has conducted a poll regarding data center construction. The analytics company explained that the data centers it asked about “house computing equipment that helps power AI…

An alleged intruder is hospitalized after a female homeowner opened fire on him Monday morning in Clarksville, Tennessee, around 1:40 a.m. WSMV noted that the incident occurred at “Trenton Village apartments on Trenton Road.” Clarksville Now reported that the homeowner confronted the alleged intruder then shot him. Thereafter the alleged intruder had to be airlifted to a hospital for medical treatment. WHOP pointed out that the alleged intruder’s condition is not known. An investigation into the incident is ongoing and WKRN indicated that Clarksville Police informed them that “all individuals involved are cooperating with investigators.” AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment…

Senate Republicans advanced part of their immigration enforcement bill Tuesday as they aim to get the package to President Donald Trump’s desk in a matter of days. The party-line vote of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee followed several unsuccessful attempts by panel Democrats to add new restrictions on the administration’s immigration enforcement operations. That included amendments to require judicial warrants for searches and apprehensions and to keep federal agents out of polling places, among others. Democrats also sought without avail to address issues not included in the committee’s portion of the bill — including funding the administration has…

The US and China remain strategic rivals, while Moscow and Beijing deepen a partnership built on long-term geopolitical interests The current choreography of great-power diplomacy has prompted a familiar round of speculation. Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in China only days after his US counterpart Donald Trump’s own high-profile visit to Beijing, and commentators are already speaking of a new “great triangle” between Russia, China and the United States.The timing, however, is largely coincidental because Putin’s visit was planned long in advance. Meetings between the Russian and Chinese leaders are now routine and form part of an increasingly institutionalized partnership.…

ToplineChina denied a recent Financial Times report that the country’s President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump that their Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, might ultimately regret launching his country’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine—with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling the report “completely false.”The Financial Times previously reported Xi made the comments to Trump during the U.S. president’s visit to China last week.POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsThe Chinese president allegedly made the comments during Trump’s visit to China last week, the FT reported citing people familiar with the American assessment of the meeting.At a press conference on Tuesday, Chinese…

A federal jury in Oakland, California, ruled against Elon Musk on Monday in his high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, finding that his claims were filed beyond the statute of limitations. A defiant Musk blamed the loss on a “calendar technicality” and vowed to appeal the decision. CNBC reports that the jury delivered its verdict after less than two hours of deliberation, determining that Musk waited too long to pursue legal action against the AI company, CEO Sam Altman, and Microsoft. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers immediately adopted the jury’s decision, marking a significant defeat for the…

Spain’s High Court on Monday acquitted Colombian pop superstar Shakira of tax fraud and overturned a roughly $64 million fine imposed on the singer, ordering its full reimbursement — plus interest. The acquittal ends an eight years-long legal battle between Shakira and the Spanish Tax Administration Agency (AEAT), who accused the singer of committing tax fraud in 2011 and imposed the multi-million dollar fine in 2021. Shakira denied having committed any wrongdoing and brought the matter to courts. In her appeal, Shakira successfully proved to Spain’s Audiencia Nacional High Court that she did not spend more than 183 days in…

For the first time in his second term, President Trump’s job approval rating in the RealClearPolitics (RCP) average poll of polls has dropped below 40 percent. As of Monday morning, Trump’s RCP average job approval sits at 39.9 percent. His average disapproval rating is 56.9 percent. Trump’s all-time low in the RCP average was 37 percent, which happened in December of 2017, during his first term, at the height of the Russia Collusion Hoax. There’s little doubt that the gas price increase caused by the Iran War is a drag on Trump’s approval rating. Watching gas jump over $4.00 a…