Bridgerton’s Ruth Gemmell Cried After Sex Scene, Costume Fitting

Ruth Gemmell didn’t expect to burn so bright during Bridgerton season four. The actress—who plays matriarch Violet Bridgerton on the Netflix show—confessed she was surprised to learn that her character would have a sex scene with Lord Marcus Anderson (Daniel Francis), only finding out the storyline while getting dressed in a…

Peter van Onselen: Why Donald Trump’s latest threat carries very real risks for Australia

Australia is probably right to resist Donald Trump’s pressure to send warships to the Strait of Hormuz.  But we need to be mindful of the law of unintended consequences when it comes to dealing with someone like the US President. Labor has already drawn a line between helping protect Australians…

Stratton wins Illinois Senate primary, defeating crypto-backed Krishnamoorthi

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton is poised to become the next Senator from the state after winning the Democratic primary Tuesday night, defeating Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi. Krishnamoorthi had received close to $10 million in backing from crypto super-political action committee (PAC) Fairshake, among other entities, while Stratton was backed by…

Footy identity Paul Kent opens up about the horrible effects of his cancer battle: ‘Even the heavy drugs aren’t enough for the pain’

Confirmed he was battling throat cancer in January By ANDREW PRENTICE, SPORT REPORTER, AUSTRALIA Published: 02:32 GMT, 18 March 2026 | Updated: 02:35 GMT, 18 March 2026 NRL identity Paul Kent has opened up about the brutal effects of his cancer battle. Kent, 56, confirmed in January that he was…

Stryker says it’s restoring systems after pro-Iran hackers wiped thousands of employee devices

Medical tech giant Stryker said it’s in the process of restoring its computers and internal network following a cyberattack that reportedly allowed pro-Iranian hackers to remotely wipe tens of thousands of employee devices. The hack, which brought ongoing widespread disruption to the company’s operations, is thought to be the first…

NASA will roll Artemis 2 moon rocket back to the launch pad on March 20

Update for 5:50 p.m. ET on March 17: NASA is now saying that it may be able to hit its original target rollout date of March 19, thanks to faster-than-expected work on the Artemis 2 stack in the Vehicle Assembly Building. A final decision is expected on Wednesday (March 18).…

Study finds ChatGPT gets science wrong more often than you think

Washington State University professor Mesut Cicek and his research team repeatedly tested ChatGPT by giving it hypotheses taken from scientific papers. The goal was to see if the AI could correctly determine whether each claim was supported by research or not — in other words, whether it was true or…

Taylor Frankie Paul on Dakota Mortensen Assault Claim, Mormon Wives Pause

However, the pair remained in touch, and he ended up apologizing for having a relationship with friend Shinia Powell in a season four episode of SLOMW after she’d left to film The Bachelorette in fall 2025. “I do just want to say sorry for everything that I did. I know…

Baby girl fights for life as meningitis outbreak spreads: Fears grow of ‘second wave’ as students flee home for early Easter and reveller reveals bug was in Ground Zero club even earlier than thought

A baby girl is fighting for her life as a deadly meningitis outbreak in Kent deepens, with mounting fears a ‘second wave’ of infections could spread across the country as students begin leaving for Easter. The infant, from Folkestone, is critically ill in hospital after contracting the same meningitis B…