The White Lotus star Aimee Lou Wood has criticised US sketch show Saturday Night Live for a “mean and unfunny” take on her character, in which she was portrayed with large prosthetic teeth and an exaggerated British accent. She encouraged SNL to find “a cleverer, more nuanced, less cheap way” to create comedy and revealed…
President Donald Trump said the standing ovation and cheers he drew when he took his seat at a UFC event in his home state of Florida were signs “we’re doing a good job.” Trump shook hands with some supporters as he walked to his cageside seat Saturday night at Miami’s Kaseya Center while others waved…
President Donald Trump appeared to snub actress Cheryl Hines, wife of Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at UFC 314 in Miami on Saturday night. The moment was captured on ESPN’s live coverage showing Trump greeting Kennedy with a warm handshake while seemingly bypassing Hines completely, creating an awkward moment that quickly gained traction…
Donald Trump was joined by granddaughter Kai as they made Saturday’s UFC fight night a family affair, accompanied by Elon Musk and an entourage of MAGA high-flyers. Trump supporter Michael Chandler’s clash against Paddy Pimblett may have been co-headlining the fight night but the president ensured that he was the main attraction as he attended…
Elon Musk, who owns one of the world’s biggest social media platforms, has spent many millions of dollars on politics as he helps Donald Trump slash the federal government and continue the administration’s attack on immigrants. Now, Musk is saying that he is losing the “propaganda war,” potentially through his own choices. Recent polling shows…
A dozen former OpenAI employees filed a legal brief on Friday backing co-founder Elon Musk’s lawsuit aimed at keeping the non-profit status of OpenAI, marking the latest development in the dispute over the future of the artificial intelligence firm. OpenAI has argued that it needs to remove the nonprofit’s controlling role in order to raise…
Pollster Nate Silver on Friday launched a new “popularity tracker” focused on Elon Musk, and it’s already confirmed what many have long suspected: Almost nobody likes the guy. Silver’s newest tracker accompanies the tool he has long used to follow President Donald Trump‘s standing. While the numbers aren’t particularly positive for either statesman, they’re overwhelmingly…
Once seen as a bold innovator and cultural icon, Elon Musk is now facing a reality familiar to many political figures: widespread public disapproval. According to the latest data from newsletter Silver Bulletin—a polling analysis project by 538 founder Nate Silver—53.5 percent of Americans now view Musk, the world’s richest man, unfavorably, while only 39.6…
The Social Security Administration backed off its plan to cut phone services, but it’s still taking steps to limit the ways that people will be able to access information about the essential agency. The SSA plans to stop issuing communications through normal channels like press releases and will instead make statements exclusively on X. According…
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. Sign up here for free — just click TechCrunch Mobility! Tariffs, tariffs, tariffs. If there is one certainty in this uncertain moment, it’s this: U.S. tariff policy is likely to change again. As of Friday morning, there…