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  • ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ Trailer: Shemar Moore Returns in High-Stakes Spinoff

    ‘S.W.A.T. Exiles’ Trailer: Shemar Moore Returns in High-Stakes Spinoff

    Starz released the trailer for “S.W.A.T. Exiles” series, which premieres Sept. 25. New episodes air weekly on Fridays.

    A spin-off of the hit show “S.W.A.T.,” the new series sees Shemar Moore reprise his role as LAPD S.W.A.T. Sergeant Daniel “Hondo” Harrelson. After a botched raid ends in a death, Hondo must walk away. His old commanding officer, Robert Hicks (Patrick St. Esprit), offers him a chance to create a new S.W.A.T. unit built from LA’s most talented rejects.

    Joining the squad of rejects are gun-show influencer Sammy Bishop (Lucy Barrett), socially awkward tactical savant Ethan Cole (Freddy Miyares), the guarded Cassidy Reed (Zyra Gorecki), wildcard Jude Callan (Ronen Rubinstein) and ambitious Malik Anderson (Adain Bradley). Original cast members Jay Harrington and David Lim also make their return.

    As the Exiles begin taking on volatile threats in Los Angeles, Hondo begins to uncover a threat from within: someone inside the unit has been feeding information to outside interests. 

    The “S.W.A.T.” reboot premiered on CBS in 2017. The show was originally canceled after its sixth season, but eventually brought back for what was meant to be its seventh and final season. The show returned for an eighth season and was canceled again.

    After that, Sony Pictures TV decided to commission the spinoff, “S.W.A.T. Exiles,” without a network partner — but with the assumption that the show’s fan base would eventually line up international partners.

    In the U.S. that eventually meant Starz, where it joins the pay cabler’s 2026 programming slate, which also features the recently debuted “Fightland,” the “Power” franchise and the third season of “P-Valley,” which premieres later this year.

    Jason Ning serves as showrunner and executive producer, alongside Moore, Neal H. Moritz, Pavun Shetty, James Scura and Jon Cowan.

    Watch the full trailer below.

  • The Devil Wears Zara: Anna Wintour’s Latest Met Gala Mess

    The Devil Wears Zara: Anna Wintour’s Latest Met Gala Mess

    If anybody out there in Hollywood happens to be working on a Devil Wears Prada 3 script, have we got a plotline for you.

    It’s got an imperious but struggling magazine editrix. A billionaire fashion heiress. A disgraced British designer attempting an outlandish comeback. And, best of all, a wildly extravagant ballroom scene bound to go spectacularly wrong.

    The Miranda Priestly character, of course, is Condé Nast creative director Anna Wintour, who lately seems to be stepping on one rake after another as she stumbles toward next year’s Met Gala. After last May’s fiasco — sanitation workers are still scraping away those “Boycott the Bezos Met Gala” posters anti-Amazon protesters plastered around midtown and the Upper East Side — Wintour, 76, promised to scale things back: a smaller guest list, less ostentatious excess and, ideally, fewer demonstrators lunging at attendees on the red carpet.

    Then, bafflingly, she went and picked John Galliano as the 2027 Gala’s centerpiece. You know, the flamboyant 65-year-old designer who made Dior the most histrionic house in fashion — in 2004, he sent models down a runway dressed as towering Egyptian pharaohs — until he got fired and canceled in 2011 for an antisemitic and racist tirade in a Paris café so vile, even France considered it a hate crime.

    Big shocker, Wintour’s pick did not last long. On Aug. 31, after mounting pressure from Jewish groups, Met donors and New York politicians, Galliano announced on Instagram that “with great sadness” he had decided it was “best” for the Costume Institute if his celebration “did not take place at this time.”

    But here’s where things get even stickier for Wintour. Galliano’s current gig is at Zara, the fast-fashion behemoth where he’s been charged with “reauthoring” some of the brand’s signature looks. And while nothing has been announced, well-placed fashion sources tell Rambling that Zara was lining up to be one of the financial sponsors for next year’s ball. (Amazon, unsurprisingly, is skipping 2027.)

    Zara hasn’t responded to THR‘s request for comment — Gala sponsorships traditionally aren’t announced until late fall — but there are breadcrumbs. For one thing, there’s that conspicuous six-page feature on Zara chair Marta Ortega Pérez — the 42-year-old daughter of 90-year-old founder Amancio Ortega — in Vogue‘s September issue. Granted, Pérez isn’t an unworthy profile subject, but six pages is an awful lot of Vogue for a fashion executive — a few Annie Leibovitz portraits shy of first-lady treatment.

    If Zara really was planning to help pay for next year’s Gala, it may be another rake in Wintour’s face. It’s hard to imagine the company sticking around after its headline designer has been booted from the party. So who will be writing the checks for Gala 2027? Will there even be one?

    All the Met will say is that plans “will be announced at a later date.”

    This story appeared in the Sept. 2 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Click here to subscribe.

  • Shaquille O’Neal’s ‘Dunkman’ Returns for Season 2

    Shaquille O’Neal’s ‘Dunkman’ Returns for Season 2

    Shaquille O’Neal’s professional dunk league series “Dunkman” will swish into a second season in 2027. The project hails from Authentic Brands Group and TNT Sports, which is a co-creator and equity partner in O’Neal’s league.

    “The debut of ‘Dunkman’ proved what I already knew: these athletes are superstars, and dunking is a professional sport,” O’Neal said in a statement. “Next year we’re going bigger. More cities, more countries, team battles and a junior division for the next generation. We’re building the future of the sport.”

    Running from the end of the NBA season through the start of NFL and College Football season, dunkers will compete around the world to earn their place in the professional league. This year, there will also be team competitions and a junior division for athletes 15-and-under. Dunkers must qualify in a series of open-competition events in front of a panel of professional judges before progressing to the big leagues. 

    Last year’s inaugural season saw success with nearly 6 total viewers on TNT Sports, as well as 1.5 billion video impressions on social media. Twenty-four dunkers competed across four live events before ​​Cam Hazzard was crowned the Dunkman World Champion and claimed the $500,000 grand prize. 

    “Season 1 of ‘Dunkman’ established dunking as a professional sport,” president of Authentic Studios Colin Smeeton said. “Season 2 and beyond will continue to build a global league and platform through team competitions, a junior division and a global qualifier series that puts ‘Dunkman’ in new markets year-round. We are in the early stages of what this property will become.”

    “Dunkman” and the league, according to a statement, are “designed to elevate the sport of dunking with structure, storytelling, stakes and world-class competition.”

    O’Neil, 15-time NBA All-Star-turner-rapper, is “Dunkman”’s founder and commissioner. The show is presented by Authentic Brands and TNT Sports. TNT Sports is a co-creator and equity partner in the Dunkman League. 

  • Joel Crawford to Receive the Creative Impact in Animation Award from Variety at SCAD AnimationFest

    Joel Crawford to Receive the Creative Impact in Animation Award from Variety at SCAD AnimationFest

    Variety will honor Joel Crawford, the DreamWorks Animation filmmaker behind the Oscar-nominated “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” and the upcoming “Forgotten Island,” with the Creative Impact in Animation Award at this year’s SCAD AnimationFest.

    The honor will be presented Sept. 25 at SCADshow in Atlanta, where Crawford’s latest feature “Forgotten Island” will screen. The festival runs Sept. 23 through 25. Past recipients of the award include Chris Miller, director of “Smurfs”; Nick Park, director of “Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”; and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” directors Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson.

    “SCAD is honored to partner with Variety in presenting the Creative Impact Award in Animation to Joel Crawford,” says Christina Routhier, senior executive director of SCAD theaters and festivals. “Joel’s work reflects a rare balance of technical mastery and heartfelt storytelling and we’re excited to screen his latest project ‘Forgotten Island.’ For our SCAD animation students, his career is a powerful example of how bold creative risks and a deeply personal point of view can shape the future of the medium. We are thrilled to celebrate his contributions to animation at SCAD AnimationFest.”

    Crawford recently completed “Forgotten Island,” which he wrote and directed alongside longtime collaborator Januel Mercado. The film features the voices of H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco, Jenny Slate, Manny Jacinto and Lea Salonga, and Universal Pictures releases it in theaters Sept. 25.

    The recognition caps a fast climb through the studio system. Crawford married his love of the spaghetti western with a taste for absurdist comedy on “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish,” the DreamWorks Animation and Universal hit starring Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek Pinault that drew Oscar, BAFTA and Golden Globe nominations and amassed nearly half a billion dollars at the global box office. He made his feature directorial debut on “The Croods: A New Age,” and after serving as head of story on the 2016 musical “Trolls,” he directed the animated “Trolls Holiday” special for NBC.

    Crawford joined DreamWorks Animation in 2006 and became an integral part of its story department, contributing to “Trolls,” “Shrek Forever After,” “Rise of the Guardians,” “Bee Movie” and all three “Kung Fu Panda” films. His earlier story credits include “The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water” and “Alvin and the Chipmunks: Chipwrecked.”

    A native of Southern California by way of Hawaii, Crawford attended the California Institute of the Arts and worked as a caricature artist at Six Flags Magic Mountain before joining Nickelodeon. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and ASIFA-Hollywood. The SCAD honor marks a full-circle moment. In 2023, the university awarded him an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters for his contributions to animation.

  • The Robinhood Chain Craze Seems to Have Benefited This Surprise Altcoin the Most

    The Robinhood Chain Craze Seems to Have Benefited This Surprise Altcoin the Most

    A strong surge in network activity on Robinhood Chain has driven daily transaction fees to record levels, significantly boosting revenue for the Arbitrum ecosystem. According to DeFiLlama data, Robinhood Chain generated approximately $3.75 million in daily fee revenue on September 1st, reaching an all-time high for the fourth consecutive time. This performance propelled Robinhood Chain to the top fee-generating blockchain network of the day.

    It is stated that 10% of Robinhood Chain’s fee revenue is shared with the Arbitrum Foundation. 80% of this share goes to the Arbitrum DAO, and the remaining 20% goes to the developer fund. Accordingly, just one day of Robinhood Chain activity generated approximately $370,000 in revenue for the Arbitrum ecosystem.

    What’s remarkable about the figures is that the revenue generated from Robinhood Chain significantly exceeded the fee revenue from Arbitrum’s own mainnet. On the same day, it was reported that the total transaction fees generated by the Arbitrum network remained below $15,000.

    DeFiling data also shows that the total value of assets locked on Robinhood Chain has reached approximately $757 million, while the stablecoin market capitalization has reached $833 million.

    As a result of these developments, the price of Arbitrum ($ARB) also increased.

    The graph shows the increase in $ARB price.

    *This is not investment advice.

  • ARK Invest and Glassnode Investigate: Striking Differences Emerge Between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana!

    ARK Invest and Glassnode Investigate: Striking Differences Emerge Between Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana!

    After a sharp rise in Bitcoin and altcoins, the trend has recently turned downwards, but a new study published by ARK Invest and Glassnode reveals noteworthy data regarding the decentralization of cryptocurrency networks.

    A joint study by Ark Invest and Glassnode has revealed a remarkable picture of the decentralization of the Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Solana networks.

    According to this study, in the Bitcoin and Ethereum networks, it is sufficient for three independent actors to act in coordination to reach the level considered a critical threshold. In contrast, Solana requires 19 organizations.

    Three Bitcoin Mining Pools Exceed the 51% Threshold!

    One of the most striking findings of the study concerned the Bitcoin network. The study revealed that Bitcoin requires three organizations each to accumulate enough processing power or stakes to influence block production.

    At this point, the critical control threshold for Bitcoin is considered to be 51% of the network’s total mining power.

    Research data for 2026 shows Foundry USA with 27.27%, AntPool with 17.06%, and F2Pool with 16.96% of hash power. The combined hash power of these three mining pools is sufficient to surpass the critical 51% threshold.

    However, researchers also point out that this data does not mean that Bitcoin is controlled by three companies.

    In Ethereum, the Critical Threshold is Three Actors!

    In the case of Ethereum, the research uses a different threshold due to the structure of the Proof-of-Stake mechanism. For Ethereum, the critical threshold is considered to be 33% of the total stake amount.

    According to the study, the critical threshold on the Ethereum network can only be surpassed by the total stake controlled by the three largest staking organizations. However, this does not mean that Ethereum is directly controlled by these three companies. These staking organizations perform verification on the network by pooling ETH belonging to numerous different users.

    The Situation is Different in Solana!

    The study concluded that, unlike Bitcoin and Ethereum, Solana requires the coordination of 19 independent assets to reach the same critical threshold. At this point, Solana sacrifices decentralization in exchange for higher performance and faster coordination.

    The study concluded that even if a particular mining pool or validator constitutes a large share of the network, this does not automatically mean that the operator directly owns all of the underlying hash power or staked assets.

    *This is not investment advice.

  • Wonky church which leans more than the Tower of Pisa saved from collapse

    Wonky church which leans more than the Tower of Pisa saved from collapse

    Parishioners have managed to save the historic church of St James (Picture: Cover Images)

    An English church with a more extreme lean than the Tower of Pisa has been saved from collapse.

    St James in Dry Doddington, Lincolnshire attracts hundreds of visitors each year who flock to see its 5.1° tilt — considerably more of a lean than the 3.97° of its Italian rival.

    But the 12th-century tower has been in danger of collapse since 2015 due to stone erosion.

    A total of £100,000 was spent on restoration, but in the last few months it has deteriorated again, sparking an appeal for help by parishioners.

    St James has a tilt of 5.1° — considerably more of a lean than the famous Tower of Pisa (Picture: Cover Media)

    The church has now received a £128,106 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund, to the delight of church warden Richard Loynes.

    ‘This is excellent news and means that they can now place an order with the selected contractor to carry out the restoration work, which is programmed to commence in mid-October and be completed by next spring,’ he said.

    The work will include a completely new floor to the nave, minor repairs to the chancel, repairs to cracked walls, making good all internal wall plastering, upgrading the electrics and providing a new information board.

    St James church in Dry Doddington.
    The wonky tower dates from the 1300s (Picture: Cover Media)

    ‘Completion of this essential restoration will ensure that this important piece of built heritage can be preserved and used for many years to come,’ Mr Loynes added.

    ‘As the church has free-standing pews, once the work is completed it will also mean that the building can be used by the local community for a variety of events as well as traditional worship. Without it, the building would have to close in the near future as it becomes unsafe to use.”

    A tea party will be held in the village hall on Saturday September 19 to celebrate.

    St James Church was built originally as a Chapel of Ease for older residents to attend church rather than walking to neighbouring Westborough.

    It later became a parish church in its own right. The tower, which dates from the 1300s, is believed to have first been moved in the late 19th century.

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  • Bitcoin Delivers Historic August Performance, Eyes Now on $100,000! But Analyst Reveals the Must-Be-Break Level!

    Bitcoin Delivers Historic August Performance, Eyes Now on $100,000! But Analyst Reveals the Must-Be-Break Level!

    Bitcoin once again drew attention with its strong performance in August, and LMAX Group Market Strategist Joel Kruger, speaking to The Block, noted that the rise occurred despite challenging macroeconomic conditions.

    Bitcoin’s Strong August Performance!

    The leading cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, ended August with a strong gain.

    At this point, $BTC has surged approximately 25% in August, marking its strongest August performance since 2017. This rise also marks the highest monthly gain since November 2024.

    It Rose Despite Macroeconomic Pressures!

    According to Joel Kruger, Bitcoin’s August performance occurred despite challenging market conditions. During the same period, bond yields rose, the US dollar strengthened, and geopolitical risks resurfaced.

    Kruger noted that while these developments have put pressure on risky assets, it is remarkable that Bitcoin has remained strong.

    The $80,000 Level is Critical!

    Bitcoin started September at around $78,000, and according to Kruger, $BTC is holding onto most of the gains it made after the rally.

    At this point, Kruger predicts that Bitcoin may enter a period of consolidation for now. Identifying the $80,000 to $82,820 range as a significant resistance zone for the coming days, Kruger added that a sustained move above this range could revive a rise towards $100,000.

    Kruger concludes by stating that macroeconomic data from the US could be decisive in determining the direction of Bitcoin in the coming period. In particular, employment data and messages regarding the Fed’s interest rate policy will be closely watched in terms of risk appetite in the crypto market.

    *This is not investment advice.

  • Did Trump post AI photo of 6-fingered Navy sailor?

    Did Trump post AI photo of 6-fingered Navy sailor?

    Claim:

    In August 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an image showing a six-fingered U.S. Navy sailor eating a burger with the caption, “OUR MILITARY EATS THE BEST! Nobody feeds our brave troops better than me. The food is AMAZING–the best military food EVER! Other countries wish they could feed their soldiers this well. TOTAL WIN!”

    Rating:

    False

    A rumor that U.S. President Donald Trump posted an image of a U.S. Navy soldier with a six-fingered right hand eating a burger with the caption, “OUR MILITARY EATS THE BEST! Nobody feeds our brave troops better than me,” spread online in August 2026. 

    For example, above the purported screenshot of Trump’s Truth Social post, an X user claimed on Aug. 30, 2026 (archived), “The troops are so well fed, they have grown extra fingers!” Although the sixth finger wasn’t visible in the artificial intelligence-generated image, there was also no thumb visible — rather, only five non-thumb fingers.

    The story spread as Navy sailors and Marines aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier prepared to land after more than 270 days at sea, receiving widespread attention for deteriorating conditions on board — including reportedly running out of food and other essential supplies. 

    The alleged post by Trump read in full:

    OUR MILITARY EATS THE BEST!

    Nobody feeds our brave troops better than me. The food is AMAZING–the best military food EVER! Other countries wish they could feed their soldiers this well.

    TOTAL WIN!

    This image shows an X post by user @torontobaddy with the caption,

    (X user @torontobaddy.)

    The purported post by Trump appeared on multiple social media platforms, including Instagram, Bluesky, Reddit, Facebook and X, where several posts received hundreds of thousands of views. Some users seemed to interpret the rumor that Trump posted an AI-generated sailor eating a burger as true. Snopes readers also contacted us to investigate its legitimacy.

    We dug into the claim, and found no evidence that Trump posted the image of the six-fingered sailor. Rather, the oldest post we found online appeared on an anonymous 4chan account on Aug. 30, 2026, at 12:25 p.m. ET (archived) with the caption, “You could eat like this EVERY DAY if you enlisted.” The image appeared on other social media pages — including satirical X account @torontobaddy — shortly after. 4chan users operate anonymously, and we were unable to reach out to the user for more information.

    Although some later posts cut off the purported Trump post’s time stamp, the 4chan post of the image showed it was supposedly published on Aug. 29, 2026, at 6:23 p.m.

    We searched an archive of Trump’s Truth Social posts, and found that on Aug. 29, Trump posted at 5:36 p.m. ET and then again at 10:35 p.m. (archived).There is no indication he posted between those two time stamps. We also searched the archive for the words, “Our military eats the best,” and also found no evidence (archived).

    In sum, there is no evidence Trump posted an image of a six-fingered general with a caption claiming that the U.S. military “eats the best.” The oldest version of the post appeared on online forum 4chan on Aug. 30, 2026, though the anonymous user did not publicly confirm whether they created the image.

    Although this particular post was AI-generated and we found no evidence that Trump posted it, we have reported on numerous AI-generated images Trump has posted. For example, he once posted an AI-generated image of himself flanked by security while walking alongside a shackled extraterrestrial being and in another instance, he posted — then deleted — an AI depiction of himself in the likeness of Jesus Christ.

  • George Clooney: US government run by ‘least qualified people’

    George Clooney: US government run by ‘least qualified people’

    US actor George Clooney has described US President Donald Trump’s administration as a ‘kakistocracy’, defining it as a government run by the ‘least qualified’ people.

    Published On 2 Sep 2026