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Gloria Marie Steinem ( STY-nəm; March 25, 1934 – September 2, 2026) was an American journalist and social movement activist who emerged as a nationally recognized leader of second-wave feminism in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and who remained particularly prominent in the 1980s and early 1990s. Steinem was a columnist for New York magazine, and co-founder of Ms. magazine.
Killing of the Clancy children
On January 24, 2023, Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children—five-year-old Cora, three-year-old Dawson, and eight-month-old Callan—at the family's home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States. She then attempted suicide by cutting her wrists and neck and jumping from a second-story window, sustaining injuries that left her paralyzed from the waist down.
. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic websites on the Internet. This option enables website operators to establish a web address like example. xxx instead of example.com. The sponsoring organization is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR).
Toxic: A Fairy Tale for Grown-Ups is a 2026 Indian psychological thriller gangster film directed by Geetu Mohandas and jointly produced by Venkat K. Narayana and Yash through KVN Productions and Monster Mind Creations respectively. It stars Yash, Kiara Advani, Nayanthara, Huma Qureshi, Tara Sutaria, and Rukmini Vasanth.
The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
Christian Charles Philip Bale (born 30 January 1974) is an English actor. Known for his versatility and physical transformations for his roles, he has been a leading man in films of several genres. His accolades include an Academy Award and two Golden Globe Awards, in addition to four British Academy Film Awards nominations.
Hanuman Ansh (transl. Fragment Of Hanuman) is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language devotional drama film written, directed and produced by Dr. Vishal Chaturvedi under his banner Swambhu Media Network and is based on his book Divine Detour: That Changed My Life, which chronicles the life of Neem Karoli Baba. It stars Shobhinav Satyaa and Chandan Anand in the lead roles.
Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean (née Parton; January 19, 1946 – August 25, 2026) was an American singer-songwriter, actress and businesswoman. Dubbed the "Queen of Country", Parton was one of the most successful country music performers in history. She was also known for her cultural influence and philanthropy, particularly through Dollywood and the Dollywood Foundation.
Christopher Langham (14 April 1949 – 24 June 2026) was an English writer, actor and comedian. He was known for playing the cabinet minister Hugh Abbot in the BBC sitcom The Thick of It, and as presenter Roy Mallard in People Like Us, first on BBC Radio 4 and later on its transfer to television on BBC Two, where Mallard is almost entirely an unseen character.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
Neem Karoli Baba (Hindi: नीम करौली बाबा, romanized: nīm karaulī bābā) also known as Neeb Karori Baba (Hindi: नीब करौरी बाबा, romanized: nīb karaurī bābā) and by his followers as Maharaj-ji, was a Hindu guru and devotee of the Hindu deity Hanuman. He was born "Laksman Narayan Sharma" around c. 1900 and died on 11 September 1973.
Spider-Man: Brand New Day is a 2026 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. Produced by Columbia Pictures, Marvel Studios, and Pascal Pictures, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is the 38th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the fourth film in the MCU Spider-Man film series following Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021).
The Gentlemen (2024 TV series)
The Gentlemen is an action comedy television series created by Guy Ritchie for Netflix and is a spin-off of Ritchie's 2019 film. The series stars Theo James in the lead role and premiered on March 7, 2024. In August 2024, the series was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 3, 2026.
The Odyssey is a 2026 epic action fantasy film written and directed by Christopher Nolan, who produced it with his wife Emma Thomas. An adaptation of Homer's ancient Greek epic poem the Odyssey, it stars an ensemble cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Robert Pattinson, Lupita Nyong'o, Samantha Morton, Zendaya, and Charlize Theron.
In mathematics, the RSA numbers are a set of large semiprimes (numbers with exactly two prime factors) that were part of the RSA Factoring Challenge. The challenge was to find the prime factors of each number. It was created by RSA Laboratories in March 1991 to encourage research into computational number theory and the practical difficulty of factoring large integers.
Maria Sara Bartiromo (born September 11, 1967) is an American conservative journalist and author who has also worked as a financial reporter and news anchor. She was the host of Mornings with Maria and Maria Bartiromo's Wall Street on the Fox Business channel, and Sunday Morning Futures With Maria Bartiromo on the Fox News channel until she left in 2026.
Buddy is a 2026 American black comedy supernatural horror film directed by Casper Kelly (in his feature directorial debut) and written by Kelly and Jamie King. The film stars Cristin Milioti, Delaney Quinn, Patton Oswalt, Clint Howard, Michael Shannon, Topher Grace, and Keegan-Michael Key as the voice of the title character.
Limonene () is a slightly yellow-green liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone ("lemon"). Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
Constance Margaret Fisher (née Sirois; March 26, 1929 – October 1, 1973) was an American serial mass murderer. Diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, she killed three of her children in Maine in 1954, and after spending several years in a mental institution, she was released, only to kill three more of her children in 1966.
The Black List is an annual survey of the "most-liked" motion picture screenplays not yet produced. It has been published every year since 2005 on the second Friday of December by Franklin Leonard, a development executive who has worked at Universal Pictures and Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment.
List of highest-grossing films
Films generate income from several revenue streams, including theatrical exhibition, home video, television broadcast rights, and merchandising.
The Runner is a 2026 British action thriller film directed by Kevin Macdonald from a screenplay by Mark Gibson starring Gal Gadot, Damian Lewis, and Alfred Enoch. Prosecuting attorney Maia Martin is cryptically commanded by an unknown caller to race through London to prevent a star witness from testifying, in order to save her abducted son.
Babita Singh Reporting is a Hindi-language crime drama film written by Amita Vyas and directed by Ambiecka Pandit under the banner of Film Squad Productions in association with Act Three for Amazon Prime Video. It stars Nimisha Sajayan, Rajesh Kumar, Anshumaan Pushkar and Barun Sobti in pivotal roles. The film was released on 28 August on Amazon Prime Video.
The Bayeux Tapestry is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 feet) long and 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led by William, Duke of Normandy, challenging Harold II, King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. It is thought to date to the 11th century, within a few years of the battle.
The S&P 500 is a stock market index maintained by S&P Dow Jones Indices. It comprises 503 common stocks which are issued by 500 companies with large market capitalizations, including two share classes of stock from three of its component companies: Alphabet, Fox Corporation and News Corp. The index includes about 80% of the American stock market by capitalization.
Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress and director. Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Her film debut was a small role at age 15 in I Love You, I Love You Not (1996), followed by a lead role in Wicked (1998) for which she received the Karlovy Vary Film Festival Award for Best Actress.
Lanterns is an American superhero television series created by Chris Mundy, Damon Lindelof, and Tom King for HBO, based on the DC Comics Green Lantern characters Hal Jordan and John Stewart. It is the third television series in the DC Universe (DCU). It features experienced Lantern Jordan and new recruit Stewart as they investigate a murder on Earth that leads to a wider mystery.
The fourth season of the American action crime television series Reacher, based on the Jack Reacher book series by Lee Child, premiered on Amazon Prime Video on August 12, 2026. The season, based on Gone Tomorrow (2009), stars Alan Ritchson, Sydelle Noel, Agnez Mo, Anggun, Christopher Marquette, and Kevin Corrigan.
Trinity Rain Moyer-Rodman (born May 20, 2002) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a forward for the Washington Spirit of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the United States national team. Rodman was the second overall pick by the Spirit in the 2021 NWSL Draft, becoming the NWSL's youngest draftee at the time at age 18.
Kawhi Anthony Leonard ( kə-WHY; born June 29, 1991) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A two-time NBA champion and two-time Finals MVP, he is a seven-time All-Star and seven-time member of the All-NBA Team (including three first-team selections).
John Patrick Ternus (; born May 1975) is an American engineer and business executive who has been the chief executive officer (CEO) of Apple since September 1, 2026. He is also a member of the company's board of directors. Ternus joined Apple's product design team in 2001 and was the company's senior vice president of hardware engineering from 2021 to 2026.
Miley Ray Cyrus ( MY-lee SY-rəs, born Destiny Hope Cyrus; November 23, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. An influential figure in popular music, Cyrus is known for her evolving artistry and image reinventions. She was an established child actress before developing a successful entertainment career as an adult.
The Blood of Dawnwalker is an action role-playing game developed by Rebel Wolves and published by Bandai Namco Entertainment. It is set in 14th-century medieval Southeast Europe. The dark fantasy game was released in 2026 for Windows, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. Konrad Tomaszkiewicz directed the game, after working on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.
Bethlehem Kudumba Unit (transl. Bethlehem Family Unit) is a 2026 Indian Malayalam-language romantic comedy film starring Nivin Pauly and Mamitha Baiju in the lead roles, directed by Girish A. D. and produced by Bhavana Studios, Fahadh Faasil, Dileesh Pothan and Syam Pushkaran. The film was released on 21 August 2026, coinciding with the Onam festival season.
Furious is an American crime drama television series created by Elizabeth Meriwether and loosely inspired by the 1987 film Black Widow by Ronald Bass. Produced by 20th Television and Searchlight Television, the series stars Emmy Rossum as FBI agent Alice Black, alongside Lola Petticrew as a calculating serial killer Catherine Grace.
Carlos Alcaraz is the defending champion. This marked his first singles appearance in over four months, following a wrist injury he suffered at the Barcelona Open. Novak Djokovic's first-round defeat to Mariano Navone marked only his third career loss in the opening round of a Grand Slam, his first opening-round loss at the US Open, and his earliest loss at a major since the 2006 Australian Open.
Steven Anthony Ballmer ( BAWL-mər; born March 24, 1956) is an American businessman and investor who was the chief executive officer of Microsoft from 2000 to 2014. He is the owner of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and a co-founder of the Ballmer Group, a philanthropic investment company.
Obsession is a 2025 American supernatural horror film written, directed, and edited by Curry Barker. The film follows Bear (Michael Johnston), a music store employee who buys a supernatural toy that grants his wish for his friend Nikki (Inde Navarrette) to fall in love with him, which makes her become obsessed. Cooper Tomlinson, Megan Lawless, and Andy Richter appear in supporting roles.
Krishna Janmashtami (Sanskrit: कृष्णजन्माष्टमी, romanized: Kṛṣṇajanmāṣṭamī), also known simply as Krishnashtami, Janmashtami, or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. In the prominent Hindu scriptures, such as the Mahabharata, Bhagavata Purana, Gita Govinda, etc.
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is an American action spy film series created by Rich Wilkes. It consists of three full-length feature films: XXX (2002), XXX: State of the Union (2005) and XXX: Return of Xander Cage (2017), and a short film: The Final Chapter: The Death of Xander Cage. The series has grossed $694 million worldwide.
Hugging Face, Inc., is an American company based in New York City that develops computation tools for building applications using machine learning. Hugging Face's transformers library is built for natural language processing applications. The Hugging Face platform allows users to share machine learning models and datasets and showcase their work.
Wendell Erdman Berry (August 5, 1934 – August 31, 2026) was an American novelist, poet, essayist, environmental activist, cultural critic and farmer. Closely identified with rural Kentucky, Berry developed many of his agrarian themes in the early essays of The Gift of Good Land (1981) and The Unsettling of America (1977).
2027 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification
The 2027 AFC U-20 Asian Cup qualification is an upcoming international men's under-20 football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament is scheduled to be held from 31 August to 6 September 2026 to determine the participating teams for the 2027 AFC U-20 Asian Cup.
YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen who were all former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
Gal Gadot (Hebrew: גל גדות, pronounced [ˈɡal ɡaˈdot]; born 30 April 1985) is an Israeli actress. She gained recognition for portraying Wonder Woman in the DC Extended Universe films (2016–2023). In 2018, Gadot was named one of Time's 100 most influential people in the world and ranked by Forbes as the tenth–highest-paid actress, later rising to third-highest in 2020.
Tupac Amaru Shakur ( TOO-pahk shə-KOOR; Spanish: Túpac; born Parish Lesane Crooks; June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. He was one of the most influential musical artists of the 20th century, and a prominent political activist for Black America.
RDFa or Resource Description Framework in Attributes is a W3C Recommendation that adds a set of attribute-level extensions to HTML, XHTML and various XML-based document types for embedding rich metadata within web documents. The Resource Description Framework (RDF) data-model mapping enables the use of RDFs for embedding RDF subject-predicate-object expressions within XHTML documents.
Practical Magic is a 1998 American romantic fantasy film based on the 1995 novel by Alice Hoffman. The film was directed by Griffin Dunne and stars Sandra Bullock, Nicole Kidman, Dianne Wiest, Stockard Channing and Aidan Quinn. Bullock and Kidman play sisters Sally and Gillian Owens, descended from a long line of witches.
Amelia Dimoldenberg ( dim-OHL-dən-burg; born 30 January 1994) is an English comedian, writer, and presenter. She is the creator and host of the web series Chicken Shop Date, in which she interviews celebrities in fried chicken restaurants while subjecting them to her sarcastic, deadpan, and awkward sense of humour.
2026 US Open – Women's singles
Aryna Sabalenka is the two-time defending champion. Sabalenka, Elena Rybakina, Jessica Pegula and Coco Gauff are in contention for the WTA No. 1 singles ranking.
Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and philanthropist. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he is widely regarded as one of the most culturally significant figures of the 20th century. His musical achievements broke American racial barriers and made him a dominant figure worldwide.
List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films
The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) centers on American superhero films produced by Marvel Studios, based on characters from Marvel Comics publications. The MCU is the shared universe in which all of the films are set. Marvel Studios has released 38 films since 2008 and has at least eight more in various stages of development.
The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of suicide attacks perpetrated by the Islamic terrorist organization al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. A total of 19 terrorists planned and subsequently hijacked four airliners, then flew one into each of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City.
The Traitors (Indian TV series) season 2
The second season of The Traitors premiered on Prime Video on 13 August 2026, with Karan Johar returning as the host. The season concluded on 3 September 2026, with Krystle D'Souza and Rida Tharana winning the season as Traitors.
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia written and maintained by a community of volunteers, known as Wikipedians, through open collaboration and the wiki software MediaWiki. Founded by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger in 2001, Wikipedia has been hosted since 2003 by the Wikimedia Foundation, an American nonprofit organization funded mainly by donations from readers.
2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship
The 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship, commonly referred to as EuroVolley Women 2026 (and the CEV Trendyol EuroVolley 2026 for sponsorship reasons), is the 34th edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, a biennial international volleyball tournament organised by European Volleyball Confederation (CEV).
The 2026 US Open is the 146th edition of tennis' US Open, and the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It is being held on the outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City. Carlos Alcaraz and Aryna Sabalenka are the men's and women's singles defending champions, respectively.