Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on August 30, 2025, where the Netflix-backed feature drew a reported 15-minute standing ovation. Del Toro walked the Lido red carpet with leads Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi before unveiling the long-anticipated take on Mary Shelley’s classic. Key Takeaways World premiere took place … Read more
Aug. 30, 2025 — A former art teacher says she reported signs of self-harm in 2017 by Robin Westman, the 23-year-old who opened fire during morning Mass at Annunciation Catholic Church in Minneapolis on Wednesday, killing two children and injuring 18, before dying of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Key Takeaways Former teacher Sarah Reely … Read more
On Aug 30, 2025, defending champion Ohio State handed preseason No. 1 Texas a 14-7 defeat in the season opener, as Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning labored for most of the afternoon despite a late surge. Key Takeaways Final: Ohio State 14, Texas 7 in the 2025 season opener. Arch Manning went 17-of-30 for 170 yards, … Read more
Aug. 30, 2025, Columbus, Ohio — Defending national champion Ohio State opened its title defense with a 14-7 win over top-ranked Texas at Ohio Stadium, as Julian Sayin hit Carnell Tate for a 40-yard fourth-quarter touchdown and the Buckeyes defense delivered two critical red-zone stands to seal a marquee Week 1 victory. Key Takeaways Final: … Read more
Yemen’s Houthi movement said on Saturday that an Israeli airstrike in Sanaa killed Ahmed al-Rahawi, the prime minister of the rebel-run administration, during a meeting on Thursday. Israel confirmed a precise strike in the Sanaa area but did not immediately confirm al-Rahawi’s death. Key Takeaways Houthi officials say Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi was killed in … Read more
New York City declared the central Harlem Legionnaires’ disease outbreak over on 30 August 2025, citing no new cases since 9 August. In total, officials confirmed 114 infections, 90 hospitalizations (six still in care), and seven deaths. Environmental testing traced legionella to cooling towers at city-run Harlem Hospital and a nearby city construction site; all … Read more
August 30, 2025 — Guillermo del Toro’s long-awaited Netflix adaptation of Frankenstein premiered at the Venice Film Festival to a mixed-but-intrigued first wave: critics widely applauded the lavish craft and committed turns from Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi, while questioning the 2.5-hour runtime and tonal balance. The result is a conversation-starter with awards buzz and … Read more
Amazon’s 2025 Labor Day sale is now live in the U.S., with B&H Photo matching or competing on many listings. As of August 30, 2025, notable Apple discounts span M4 MacBook Air/Pro, Mac mini, Mac Studio, AirPods, iPhone 15/16 Pro (Renewed Premium), iPad Pro/Air/mini, and Apple Watch—delivering some of the year’s lowest prices. Key Takeaways … Read more
1:29 p.m. ET, Aug. 30, 2025 — No. 3 Ohio State leads No. 1 Texas 7-0 at Ohio Stadium after a fourth-down touchdown run by C.J. Donaldson, while Longhorns quarterback Arch Manning has opened slowly in his first true road start of the season opener. Key Takeaways Score update: Ohio State 7, Texas 0 with … Read more
Aug 30, 2025 — New York: Nvidia’s latest earnings overshadowed even high-stakes policy drama this week, sharpening Wall Street’s focus on a single company that now represents roughly 8% of the S&P 500 and about $4 trillion in market value—fueling both remarkable gains and mounting concern about AI-led market concentration. Key Takeaways Nvidia’s market value … Read more
On Aug. 30, 2025, the U.S. Commerce Department moved to revoke prior authorizations that let Samsung and SK Hynix ship American chipmaking equipment to their factories in China, meaning both companies will soon need case-by-case licenses—tightening export controls and potentially straining U.S.–South Korea trade ties. Key Takeaways The Commerce Department will rescind authorizations that allowed … Read more
The Houthi-run government in Yemen said on Saturday that its prime minister, Ahmed al-Rahawi, was killed in an Israeli airstrike that struck Sana on Thursday afternoon, making him the highest-ranking Houthi official reported dead in the conflict to date. The group signaled its campaign of missile and drone launches would continue despite the loss. Key … Read more
On Aug. 30, 2025, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro clarified that his upcoming take on Frankenstein is not intended as an allegory for artificial intelligence, adding that he is less worried about AI than about “natural stupidity,” according to trade coverage. Key takeaways Del Toro said his Frankenstein should not be read as a metaphor for … Read more
Aug. 30, 2025 — At the 82nd Venice Film Festival in Sala Grande, director Guillermo del Toro premiered his Netflix-backed adaptation of Frankenstein, starring Oscar Isaac as Victor Frankenstein and Jacob Elordi as the creature, ahead of a limited U.S. release on Oct. 17 and a global Netflix bow on Nov. 7; del Toro said … Read more
August 29, 2025 — Using the James Webb Space Telescope, the XUE collaboration has identified an atypical protoplanetary disk around the young star XUE 10 in NGC 6357, about 5,550 light-years away; the disk shows unusually high carbon dioxide and very low water in the planet-forming zone, a composition that challenges standard models of disk … Read more
