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Michael Byrne, ‘Indiana Jones’ and ‘Harry Potter’ Actor, Dies at 82
Michael Byrne, the actor who starred in “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade” and “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1,” has died. He was 82 years old. The British actor died on June 20, according to The Guardian, which first reported his passing this week. No details on his cause of death…
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Los Angeles’ homelessness strategy needs a next act
Four years ago, outreach workers in Hollywood knew where to find their unsheltered clients. Most lived in clusters of tents that workers could visit week after week, delivering services and building trust to help ultimately move people inside. The encampments were ugly signposts of Los Angeles’ homelessness crisis, but they were also a kind of…
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New York’s Democratic primary winners: Letters to the Editor — July 1, 2026
The Issue: Claire Valdez, Darializa Avila Chevalier and Brad Lander winning the Democratic primaries. I am disgusted with the current state of our formerly great city (“Plot to end America,” Melanie Phillips, June 26). Never in my wildest dreams did I think we’d have a rabid antisemitic mayor and a slate of similar bigots running…
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Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift building massive castle inside MSG for wedding
It’s a fairytale wedding. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are having a massive castle built for their July 3 nuptials inside Madison Square Garden in New York City, Page Six can confirm. The castle is reportedly being built inside a garden, per TMZ, which was first to report the news. Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift…
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An ‘Originalist’ Court Overturns an Originalist Decision
Yesterday, Chief Justice John Roberts delivered what conservative originalists have long been rooting for: overturning Humphrey’s Executor v. United States. That 90-year-old decision, which the Roberts Court has gradually been chipping away at, held that Congress could create independent commissions—such as the Federal Trade Commission—whose members are appointed by the president but protected from no-cause…
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California may soon test children on math as early as kindergarten in effort to curb dismal scores
Confronted with math test scores showing that 68% of California public school third-graders do not meet grade-level standards, state lawmakers are considering one way to potentially reverse the trend: Give kindergartners a math test to find out if they are ready for the rigors of first grade. Do they have a sense of what numbers…
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‘Bone Parish’ TV Adaptation in the Works at Starz
A “Bone Parish” TV adaptation has landed development at Starz, with frequent collaborator Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson among its executive producers. “In the dark underworld of New Orleans, the Winters family builds an empire around a powerful new drug — crafted from the ashes of the dead — that grants users vivid, haunting visions of…
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ICE releases a Texas nun intercepted walking to church dressed in her habit
McALLEN, Texas — A nun was released from immigration custody after she was arrested walking to Mass in her habit in South Texas. Sister Leticia Ugboaja was walking to Our Lady of Sorrows Church in McAllen, Texas, just a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border on Sunday when she was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement…
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Josh Brolin Says He Almost Quit ‘The Dog Stars’ Because of Ridley Scott’s Unconventional Filming Methods
Josh Brolin almost dropped out of “The Dog Stars” because of Ridley Scott’s unconventional rehearsal style and filming methods. While talking with Empire in an interview published Tuesday, Brolin recalled arriving to set for the upcoming post-apocalyptic film after back-to-back shoots for “Weapons,” “Wake Up Dead Man,” and “The Running Man,” and immediately not enjoying…
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Ukraine Takes the War to Putin
Over the past two weeks, Ukraine has launched a series of drone attacks on targets deep inside Russian territory—most consequentially in and near Moscow. Last night near the Russian capital, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukrainian weaponry attacked the Dubna Space Communications Center, which Russia uses to collect intelligence and coordinate operations by its army…