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Tom Hardy's 'Mobland' drama tops Hollywood's most notorious on-set meltdowns and feuds

From Tom Hardy to Christian Bale, Hollywood's biggest stars have faced accusations of difficult on-set behavior, leaked meltdowns and public feuds.

Rachel Morin's mom shares the detective's advice that kept her going before her daughter's killer was caught

Rachel Morin's mother offers hope to Savannah Guthrie's family as Nancy Guthrie's abduction case remains unsolved after four difficult months.

How retailers are using dynamic pricing based on consumer behavior

CBS California Investigates reviewed online shopping carts at three major retailers selected randomly. We found prices fluctuated significantly over a period of weeks, making it difficult to determine when the best price is.

Jesse Ridgway aborted his child with Down syndrome. He was lied to

Jesse Ridgway, a famous YouTuber with almost 2.5 billion views, had a viral post on X recently in which he announced that he and his wife had recently faced a “difficult decision” after learning that his wife was pregnant with a baby with Down syndrome. The decision was whether to abort the child. After serious […]

Saving California Wouldn't Be Difficult

California's decline is no mystery: decades of one-party rule have turned America's golden state into a warning about the costs of ideological governance.

Saving California Wouldn't Be Difficult

New '60 Minutes' top producer tries to reassure staffers after a chaotic week. Read the full memo.

The new lead producer at "60 Minutes" is thanking staffers for their work after what he said was "a trying and difficult few days."

Tonys Roundtable: Six Broadway Standouts on Overcoming Their Fears, Provoking Difficult Conversations and Making Magic Eight Times a Week

Past winners John Lithgow ('Giant') and Nathan Lane ('Death of a Salesman'), perennial nominees Joshua Henry ('Ragtime') and Shoshana Bean ('The Lost Boys') and first-time finalists Rose Byrne ('Fallen Angels') and Marla Mindelle ('Titaníque') dish to The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg.

Prince Estate to Release ‘Timeless,’ a Rarities Album Spanning the Artist’s Entire Career

Prince’s legendary “Vault” is so filled with unreleased recordings that it can be difficult to know where to begin — a deluxe boxed set focused just on his classic 1987 “Sign O’ the Times” album added up to eight CDs, and it didn’t even contain half of that album’s outtakes. The late artist’s estate has taken […]

American Farms Rely More Than Ever on the Troubled H-2A Visa Program

The Trump administration is allowing in more agricultural guest workers under the H-2A program, but preventing abuses is proving difficult.

New doc recasts Marilyn Monroe’s tragic legacy through her hidden battle with a debilitating disease

The film icon had multiple miscarriages, “mystery” hospital trips and was labeled “difficult,” all things likely related to the painful disease.

Spencer Pratt’s Uphill Climb

Coalition-building in the next round could be difficult.

We Asked Artists, Dealers, Lawyers, and Advisers What Gallery Representation Means Today—And It’s Surprisingly Complicated

Even as artists spend years chasing gallery representation, what the arrangement means remains surprisingly difficult to define.

xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity

Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.

PFAS in ski wax: Despite bans, these forever chemicals linger in wax rooms, study shows – so does their health risk

New research offers a cautionary tale about the difficulty of removing ‘forever chemicals’ from the environment.

I was laid off from my dream tech job. It became the turning point that saved my health and my career.

Although being laid off from my dream career was difficult, it was good for my health. It also helped me rebuild my life and find a better job for me.

What It Takes for Future-Ready Power Distribution

This sponsored article is brought to you by Black & Veatch. The biggest challenge facing utilities today isn’t what it seems. It’s not demand, even as load growth accelerates. It’s not extreme weather, even as “major events” become routine. It’s not cybersecurity, even as connections expand across the grid. The real challenge is this: Distribution systems were designed for a different reality. Long gone are the days of predictable demand, one-way power flow and isolated disruptions. At Black & Veatch, we see that leading utilities are no longer debating whether to modernize. They’re deciding how quickly they can do it, and how to do it at scale. Across grid modernization programs globally, three truths consistently emerge. They define what it takes to prepare the distribution system for what’s next: 1. Outage response is not a resilience strategy Resilience is being redefined in real time. A strategy centered on mobilizing crews and restoring service as quickly as possible is reactive, and increasingly insufficient. Resilience has to shift upstream into integrated system design. That starts with hardening. Stronger poles, undergrounding and structural upgrades all have a role, particularly in high-risk corridors. We’re also seeing meaningful gains from how the network is configured and how quickly it can respond without waiting on manual intervention. This is where distribution automation programs can change outcomes. Strategically placed reclosers, automated switches and fault indicators help contain disruptions before they spread. When combined with feeder reconfiguration and updated protection strategies, distribution automation investments allow utilities to set more aggressive recovery targets and achieve measurable reductions in outage duration and customer impact. 2. Future-readiness depends on DERs at scale Forecasting is less and less reliable. Only 19 percent of utilities report strong confidence in their ability to predict future load growth, according to the Black & Veatch 2025 Electric Report. Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) like solar, storage, EVs and behind-the-meter generation are exciting solutions; but they fundamentally change how the system operates. Power is no longer just delivered. It’s injected, stored and redirected in ways the system was never designed to manage. At scale, these challenges show up quickly — particularly on feeders where distributed generation is approaching or exceeding hosting capacity. Protection coordination becomes more difficult when fault current comes from multiple directions. Voltage becomes less predictable as generation fluctuates throughout the day. And planning models must now account for highly variable, location-specific behavior. Distribution modernization is fundamentally changing how the system is designed and operated so it can absorb disruption, manage bi-directional flows and respond in real time. Adapting to bi-directional power flow requires more than incremental updates. Leading utilities are responding by building flexibility into the system, moving beyond static assumptions toward dynamic hosting capacity and interconnection studies, planning that incorporates DER, EV adoption and localized load growth, and infrastructure aligned with the communications and control needed to manage it. 3. The edge must be intelligent, visible and secure As system stress and complexity increase, utilities need far greater visibility and control over the network. Historically, utilities relied on customer calls, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) at the substation level and field crews to understand what was happening on the system. That model doesn’t hold up. You can’t effectively manage a system you can’t see. Plus, the most critical events are increasingly happening beyond the substation — on feeders, laterals, and at the edge where DER and customer behavior are interacting with the grid. Grid-edge technologies have become essential. Sensors, Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and automated switching provide the raw data and control needed to move from reactive to proactive operations. In more advanced deployments, utilities are creating centralized control environments that allow operators to see and manage the distribution system in near real time. That capability is enabled by: Advanced communications networks to form the backbone of real-time grid visibility Distribution Management System (DMS) and Outage Management System (OMS) to enable faster, more coordinated system response Analytics, AI and machine learning to improve situational awareness, anticipate system conditions, and support operational decision-making The same connectivity enabling this real-time visibility and control also introduces new vulnerabilities, blurring the line between physical and cyber risk, yet many utilities manage them separately. Only 22 percent have unified teams in place, even as threats continue to rise, including a 50 percent increase in substation attacks and growing exposure to malware and ransomware, according to the Black & Veatch 2025 Electric Report. Cybersecurity and resilient network design must be embedded into the architecture from the outset—not layered on after the fact. See what bolder vision looks like Distribution modernization is fundamentally changing how the system is designed and operated so it can absorb disruption, manage bi-directional flows and respond in real time. To learn about a successful program, check out Georgia Power’s recent grid modernization program. Black & Veatch partnered with the utility on large-scale infrastructure upgrades. The results? Outages are down 76 percent, restoration times have improved by more than 80 percent and communities across Georgia are powered by a grid built to meet the future head-on. When the state faced the most destructive storm in the company’s history, Hurricane Helene, Georgia Power deployed a rapid response team that utilized its “smart grid” and restored power to more than 1 million customers within days. A grid built to meet the future head-on—that’s the result of bolder vision.

New Intelligence Role Puts Bill Pulte’s Housing Agenda in Doubt

Mr. Pulte has had difficulty boosting the housing market as head of the Federal Housing Finance Agency. Now he will also serve as acting intelligence director.

Speaker Johnson says anti-weaponization fund 'off the table,' citing difficult vote margins

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said Tuesday that he told President Trump his proposed “anti-weaponization” settlement fund made it difficult for Republicans to push critical legislation through Congress, and that he believed the fund was now “off the table.” “I told him that it was a difficult prospect right now, given our vote tallies,” Johnson told...

Morgan Wallen Assures Fans His Piano ‘Is Working’ After Flipping Instrument at Denver Gig

The country star poked fun at the technical difficulties that caused him to bust out his best angry Billy Joel impression at a recent show in Denver