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The furor over a Chinese spy balloon that flew over U.S. airspace has further chilled D.C.-Beijing tensions, but the entertainment industry already has been swept up in the heightened atmosphere of American hawkishness. Hollywood studios and producers are poised to get a new level of scrutiny over their dealings with China — reflecting a bipartisan hardline toward Beijing and escalating concerns over its influence.

Singers Sam Smith and Kim Petras delivered a devilish performance at the Grammys on Sunday night, and it has many conservative commentators in a Satanic panic. During the awards ceremony, Smith and Petras performed their song "Unholy," with Smith clad in a top hat featuring red devil horns and surrounded by red-robed female dancers.

Silence is golden — unless you find yourself in the quietest room in the world. In 2015, Microsoft built what is now in the Guinness Book of World Records as the quietest place on the planet. Known as the anechoic chamber at the company’s headquarters in Redmond, Washington, “ultra-sensitive tests” performed in 2015 gave an average background noise reading of -20.35 dBA (decibels A-weighted — a measurement of the sound pressure level).

The man who left a dead fish on the porch of the Goonies house is the same man who was rescued by the Coast Guard Friday after his stolen boat flipped, police said.

A first generation, unopened 2007 iPhone is expected to sell for more than $50,000 when it goes to auction on Thursday. The phone, which has a 2 megapixel camera and 8GB of storage, was given to Karen Green as a gift when she got a new job, Business Insider reported.

An alleged drunk driver owes his life to a tourist and a Las Vegas cop who ripped him out of his car just seconds before it burst into flames, the department said. Shocking video of the rescue shows the two men running up to the smoking sedan after it smashed into a median and a palm tree on the Las Vegas strip around 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Considering we are now in the year 2023, it feels like there ought to be some better way to defend our homes from invading insects such as cockroaches than a rolled-up magazine or noxious mixtures of chemicals. Sure, there have been some novel devices over the years, but never something that felt like the true future of pest control.

You know where you’re going wrong? After a long day indiscriminately firing your Beretta 1301 in the desert, you’re home chugging back your InfoWars Ultimate Bone Broth Plus, when you discover you’re all out of SSI Sight-Rite chamber cartridge laser bore sights. So you jump into your SUV to head to the nearest Dick’s Sporting Goods, right? Only, in that SUV? Is it bulletproof?

Just like the McRib, straws might be a thing of the past at McDonald’s. The chain has begun testing strawless lids in some US cities as part of a multi-year effort to make its packaging more environmentally friendly.

Valerie Axtens thought she had seen the last of her beloved cat Mendelson as she was being rescued through a window from rapidly rising floodwater. The 92-year-old lives in North Lismore, one of the areas hardest hit by the February 28 disaster.

Former President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to abandon Truth Social, the destitute social media platform he created after Twitter and Facebook kicked him off their sites. But in recent months, both Twitter and Facebook have welcomed him back. That’s bad news for Truth Social which, like all social media platforms, makes its money on holding users’ attention long enough to show them ads.

When Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 — many of them carrying Christian symbols like crucifixes, statues of the Virgin Mary and even life-sized portraits of Jesus Christ — a terrible thought occurred to Bradley Onishi: “Could I have been there?”

The disgraced socialite – serving 20 years for sex trafficking and grooming underage girls for her late paedophile partner Jeffrey Epstein – said in an interview from her jail cell she despised the small portions she is served behind bars and lashed out at the standard of vegetarian options on offer, as well as the number of chores she has to do in the day.

Jeremy Renner can always count on friend Chris Evans to be there for him. Shortly after Renner, 52, posted a message on social media about being on the mend and looking forward with a positive outlook after his snowplow accident, Evans, 41, reacted with a light-hearted response to his Marvel costar.

Retired astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the lunar surface, and his partner Anca Faur were over-the-moon excited to tie the knot. In a small private ceremony in Los Angeles, the two became husband and wife on Friday, which also marked Aldrin's 93rd birthday. In a Twitter post, Aldrin said he and his partner were "as excited as eloping teenagers" on the special day.

Billie Eilish has requested a restraining order against a man who allegedly broke into her house earlier this month. The global megastar said the incident, as well as others prior to it, had caused her “substantial anxiety, fear, and emotional distress” over her safety and that of her family.

Atomic Heart developer Mundfish is facing backlash over a statement on its stance on the Russo-Ukraine war. Earlier today on January 16, Mundfish published several tweets from its official Twitter account. Follow-up tweets to the one below state that Mundfish does "not comment on politics or religion," and that the developer is "a global team focused on getting Atomic Heart into the hands of gamers everywhere."

A downtown business owner is trying a novel way to keep his storefront safe, secure and clean overnight. Before leaving for the day, NYLA Fresh Thread owner Leon Drzewiecki begins playing the viral children’s song “Baby Shark” by Pinkfong on the speaker outside his Commercial St. storefront. The new routine began Saturday, Jan. 7.

CES showcases companies including manufacturers, developers and suppliers of consumer technology hardware, content, technology delivery systems and more. It also includes a conference program where the world’s business leaders and pioneering thinkers address the industry’s most relevant issues. Just a few days ago, CES 2023 goes live and many companies introduced the latest products.