A Rivian display of its new R2 vehicle at a company facility in Plymouth, Michigan

Bill Koenig

Electric-truck maker Rivian wants to expand with its new R2 vehicle. It sells for about $45,000 compared with an average $90,000 for the flagship R1.

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Get a load of Starz‘s newest pair of young guns, (young) Ghost (Spence Moore) and (young) Tommy Egan (Charlie Mann) in Power: Origins.

Oh Thursday, Starz released what is is calling an “early teaser” as well as first-look images for the latest Power prequel series, which also sees the return of MeKai Curtis as (young) Kanan. (Power: Origins is the direct sequel series to Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Sascha Penn, who created and ran the writers room on Raising Kanan, will also showrun Power: Origins.)

Wednesday was either a great day or a terrible day to be a sports fan, depending on who you were rooting for. (Argentina fans, congrats, and my condolences to anyone who was supporting England in the World Cup.)

Crimes and Courts

In two hours of testimony, actor told grand jury in February he worried for his wife Melissa Gilbert’s career and maintained his innocence

Timothy Busfield, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles on The West Wing, Thirtysomething, and Revenge of the Nerds, told an Albuquerque, New Mexico, grand jury that he can no longer find work because he’s supposedly been “canceled” after being indicted on child sex offenses. USA Today, which obtained the actor’s testimony, reports that he maintained his innocence when making his remarks over the course of two hours.

Jensen Huang, chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp., speaks to members of the media following the company's "Japan AI Ecosystem" reception in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, July 16, 2026.

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Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao announced Thursday there will be “no reprimands” for a controversial low-altitude Blue Angels flyover that whizzed past beachgoers on the Florida Panhandle the previous day, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested he approved of the display.

Conor Benn will challenge Ryan Garcia for the WBC welterweight title in Las Vegas on September 12.

WBC champion Garcia is one of the most high-profile fighters in the sport and has engaged in regular wars of words with Benn in recent months.

England 1966 World Cup winner Nobby Stiles died with a brain condition caused by repeatedly heading a football, a coroner has ruled.

Stiles, a former Manchester United midfielder, died almost six years ago aged 78 with severe dementia and had headed a football around 140,000 times during his career, Stockport Coroner's Court heard at the inquest into his death.

For one week, “Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender” will screen in select movie theaters in Los Angeles and New York, Variety has learned exclusively.

While the film is primarily a streaming release and will have its Paramount+ debut on July 25, it has also been set for an awards-qualifying theatrical run from July 24 to 30, with three showtimes per day at the AMC Burbank Town Center 6 in L.A. and the AMC Empire 25 in Manhattan.