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ORLANDO, Fla. — Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost’s (D-Fla.) MadSoul music festival was supposed to be a party for activists — a celebration of Central Florida’s progressive and queer community, in a hostile state. Frost wanted to show how far the community has come and its defiant rejection of Florida’s increasingly right-wing tilt, with a mix of music and community building featuring appearances from indie artists and progressive politicos, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. But the festival would take an unexpected…

Image: Arturo Holmes/Getty Images (Getty Images)As the upcoming Superman movie begins filming over in Atlanta, it’s landed one more actor to round out its principle cast: beloved actor Wendell Pierce will play Perry White.Sean Gunn on Working With His BrotherPer the Hollywood Reporter, the Wire alum has been tapped to portray the editor-in-chief of the Daily Planet. The character’s been a fixture of Superman for decades since his debut in a 1940s radio serial, particularly over in non-comics media: on the silver screen,…

For many decades, going as far back as the 1940s, artists from the world of R&B couldn’t really claim mainstream success until they’d crossed over to Top 40 radio and the pop charts. This century, it often feels more like the pop world is crossing over to R&B. The genre has never been more successful, relevant, or ambitious. Many of this century’s epochal blockbuster albums are R&B records: from Usher’s 10-times platinum Confessions, to Beyonce’s Lemonade, to Mariah Carey’s The…

Photo: Roy Rochlin (Getty Images)Sean Gunn has been tapped to play Maxwell Lord in James Gunn’s new DC Universe. The actor, last seen in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, is now attached to portray the Justice League villain, according to Deadline. If the name Maxwell Lord is familiar, that’s likely because the character was played not long ago by Pedro Pascal in Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984. Gunn’s take will likely be a new iteration of the DC villain in upcoming films within his brother James Gunn and Peter Safran’s…

X-planes are a class of experimental aircraft designed to test and demonstrate new innovations in flight—some were created for NASA, others for DARPA or the U.S. military. The first X-plane, X-1, was flown by Chuck Yeager in the 1940s and was the first craft to fly faster than the speed of sound. Over the decades,…Read more... X-planes are a class of experimental aircraft designed to test and demonstrate new innovations in flight—some were created for NASA, others for DARPA or the U.S. military. The first X-plane, X-1,…

Maxwell House's new Iced Latte with FoamSource: Kraft HeinzAt 131 years old, Maxwell House is no spring chicken, and most of its loyal drinkers aren't either.But Kraft Heinz is looking to revive the coffee brand by appealing to younger consumers with its new iced latte with foam, its first product launch in nearly a decade.related investing newsOnce the country's top coffee brand, Maxwell House has fallen out of favor with consumers who have grown more sophisticated in their coffee habits and adopted espresso machines,…

LAS VEGAS —  Walking around the folks buzzing with excitement on their way inside the Forum in Inglewood, Robert Lewis was amazed.He was just a kid, maybe 11, maybe 12, living a mile away from the Lakers arena in the early 1970s when he met a man who offered him and his brother, Michael, a job slinging programs to fans on their way inside to watch Jerry West, Wilt Chamberlain and Gail Goodrich.“And with two minutes before the game was over, they’d always let us in. And then we’d walk in and get real close,” Lewis…

The legal battle seeks to protect Tesla's intellectual property rights and comes as a response to a previous lawsuit filed by Cap-XX against Tesla subsidiary Maxwell Technologies.Tesla sued Australian company Cap-XX in Texas federal court on Friday, claiming its supercapacitors used for storing energy in electric-vehicle batteries infringe two U.S. patents owned by a Tesla subsidiary.Tesla CEO Elon Musk pledged in 2014 not to "initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who,…

Image: NASA NASA announced last Thursday that its all-electric aircraft project will be shutting down later this year after years of research and development. The program will conclude without any flights of the X-57 Maxwell aircraft; however, the agency still considers the program a success with plenty of lessons learned. According to the space agency, the X-57 aircraft program will conclude operations in September 2023 after several years of work modifying old technologies and…

NEW YORK —  The second Jalen Hood-Schifino made up his mind he’d be entering the NBA draft after his freshman season at Indiana, he knew he was going to wear a green suit.“Favorite color,” he said with a slight shrug as he moved behind the scenes at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.It clashed just a little with his golden Lakers hat, the first memento from his new employer. The franchise selected the 6-foot-6 point guard with the 17th overall pick in Thursday’s draft, their highest pick since the Lakers took Lonzo Ball…