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Page Six confirmed Howard Stern laid off around a dozen staffers from his SiriusXM show.

Jenni ‘JWoww’ Farley honeymoons in Switzerland, Hudson Williams vacations in Greece and more snaps...

Jenni ‘JWoww’ Farley honeymoons in Switzerland, Hudson Williams vacations in Greece and more snaps...

The United Cajun Navy has set the record straight and confirmed that Nolan Wells was not fully clothed when the missing teen’s body was found in the water in Mississippi.

News broke earlier this month that the "Possession" actress and her husband, Jack Antonoff, have separated after three years of marriage.

News broke earlier this month that the "Possession" actress and her husband separated after three years of marriage.

There's a solid pitching matchup on tap between the Guardians and Twins on Thursday afternoon.

Get up to $1,500 in bonuses and $50 BetMGM Reward Points with with the BetMGM bonus code NYPMAX1550.

The end of Season 19 and the end of an era.

The fast-moving inferno started outside between the two Antelope homes before spreading, prompting a second alarm for more resources.

AIpocalypse No! Initial Jobless Claims Collapse To Lowest Since 1969

Amid ongoing exclamations of an AIpocalypse in the jobs market, the number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the first time crashed to just 187k last week (well below expectations)...

That is the lowest since 1969...

Additionally, continuous jobless claims tumbled back below 1.8mm (1.796mm) Americans...

Zero signs of labor market stress in any of this data as the 'low hire, no fire' economy pushes forward.

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/23/2026 - 08:39

ECB Keeps Rates Unchanged (As Expected), Warns 'Full Energy Inflationary Shock Yet To Come'

The European Central Bank  kept its key deposit rate unchanged at 2.25 percent and said it was "closely monitoring" the inflationary impact of fresh conflict in the Middle East.

The ECB reiterated it won’t pre-commit but act one meeting at a time based on information as it arrives.

"Uncertainty remains high and the full inflationary impact of the energy shock has yet to play out," the lender of last resort for the 21 countries that use the euro said.

"The Governing Council is therefore closely monitoring the intensity and duration of the shock."

The ECB’s hawkish posture preserves its status at the vanguard of Group-of-Seven central banks after it last month became the first in that club to raise rates since the Iran war began.

Last month’s rate increase sparked discussions that the ECB might make a mistake similar to hikes in 2008 and 2011 which were quickly rolled back.

That debate persisted after peace talks between Washington and Tehran caused energy prices to drop sharply.

For all their sense of nervousness then however, the latest flare-up in fighting has emboldened policymakers in judging their recent hike to be fully justified.

“With today’s decision, the Governing Council remains well positioned to navigate the uncertainty caused by the conflict.”

The euro extended its overnight weakness against the dollar...

...and Bund yields remained elevated...

For now, traders are largely unmoved on the future ECB rate trajectory, holding around 48bps of hikes by year-end. As Bloomberg Economics' David Powell noted: 

“Even when oil prices were close to their lowest for the summer, President Christine Lagarde retained a hawkish tone. Buoyant commodity prices keep the Governing Council on track to raise borrowing costs again in September, when it’s armed with fresh forecasts from the staff economists, for a final time in this short tightening cycle.”

Deutsche Bank Chief European Economist Mark Wall says the ECB’s pause today shouldn’t be seen as hesitation. Rather, he says it’s a hold while the central bank updates forecasting before hiking in September. 

“The only question is: will one more hike to 2.50% be enough to curb the inflation risks? The answer will depend on growth as much as it will on inflation.”

The September meeting is widely seen as a natural point to deliver such a move if required, backed by new quarterly staff forecasts, inflation prints for the two prior months and more economic data including several business surveys.

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/23/2026 - 08:30

Of course, The Queen's Gambit is top of the list.

House passed a $1.15 trillion defense bill, letting the Trump administration seize California lands, sparking Dem panic.

President Trump abruptly announced Thursday he is conditioning a newly agreed nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia on Riyadh agreeing to join the Abraham Accords and normalizing relations with Israel.

Elon Vows AI-Made 'Odyssey' After Blasting Nolan's Take On Homer

Via American Greatness,

Elon Musk says he’ll beat Hollywood at its own game, pledging that his artificial intelligence venture will produce a full-length film of Homer’s “The Odyssey” by year’s end, one he insists will stay faithful to the ancient text in a way Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation has not.

Musk, believed to be the first trillionaire in modern history, unveiled the project Tuesday evening on X, posting AI-generated footage from Grok Imagine depicting a scene from the epic poem.

“Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of ‘The Odyssey’ that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer,” he wrote, offering no further details on production, casting or distribution.

Before this year ends, Grok Imagine will make a full-length movie of The Odyssey that is historically accurate and true to the art of Homer https://t.co/bVHzUmY9WN

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 22, 2026

In a follow-up post, Musk said he was “down” with a fan’s pitch to instead hand the project to actor and director Mel Gibson, backed by $100 million, to produce “an Odyssey adaptation with painstakingly historically accurate ships, armour, weapons and casting, with all dialogue taken straight from the original poem and delivered in Homeric Greek.”

The announcement is the latest salvo in Musk’s long-running feud with Nolan’s “The Odyssey,” a Matt Damon-led adaptation Musk has criticized repeatedly over its casting choices.

In January, Musk wrote that “Chris Nolan lost his integrity,” responding to a post that called the film “an insult to the author” over the casting of Lupita Nyong’o as Helen of Troy.

In May, after conservative commentator Matt Walsh suggested Nolan cast Nyong’o only to avoid being labeled “racist,” Musk replied with a single word: “True.”

Musk’s criticism hasn’t dented the film’s commercial performance, however. The R-rated, three-hour epic pulled in a $120 million opening weekend, according to Breitbart News, far exceeding pre-release industry projections of $80 million to $90 million.

Tyler Durden Thu, 07/23/2026 - 08:20

Chloe Fineman got a jump on the annual question: Who's leaving Saturday Night Live this fall?

Stitches makes his best bet for Thursday's Padres vs. Braves game in Atlanta.

Wild video shows a sightseeing helicopter crash-landing on top of two tourists in China – with both somehow surviving. The yellow chopper was performing a low-altitude demonstration flight near a salt lake at the Chaka Sky No. 1 Scenic Area in Qinghai Province on Tuesday when it suddenly spun out of control, the Sun reported....

WASHINGTON — A War Department program requested proposals for so-called “gain of function” experiments that could make viruses more infectious nearly two full years before the COVID-19 pandemic began, a top US virologist told Congress earlier this year. Dr. Ralph Baric, a prominent coronavirus researcher, told the Senate Homeland Security Committee in a closed-door interview...