Taylor Swift, the award-winning billionaire singer and songwriter, is getting a new honor: The megastar is the namesake of several recently discovered species of plant-feeding insects from Australia.

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside have named the new species of insect after Swift. A paper describing the 12 new species was published in the journal “Insect Systematics and Evolution.” Of these, one genus has been named Swiftiephylus, which combines “Swiftie,” the term for Swift’s fans, with “Phylus,” a name commonly used for this group of insects.

Laika’s “Wildwood” is set to open the 40th edition of AFI Fest, presented by Canva, on Oct. 21.

It also marks the U.S premiere of the film. “Wildwood” is the latest animated feature from the Portland-based studio Laika, and it’s directed and produced by Travis Knight.

Apple is giving a new twist to its flagship smartphone line: The company unveiled the iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone model.

The company’s iPhone Duo foldable has an internal screen panel (plus one on the outside of the device) that provides the largest, most immersive screen size ever at 7.6 inches diagonally — and it’s also the thinnest iPhone ever, according to Apple. (When unfolded, it looks like an iPad tablet.) The company also announced the single-screen iPhone 18 baseline model and Pro 18 and Pro Max 18 versions, as well as AirPods 5 and other new products.

Dolly Parton‘s sister Stella told “CBS Mornings” in a new interview that the country music icon hid her cancer battle not only from fans but also from “a lot of family” because she did not want her legacy tainted with sadness. Parton died in Nashville on Aug. 25 at 80 years old. The singer’s representative later confirmed her death followed a “brief battle” with cancer. The news came as a shock to both Parton’s friends and family.

Prominent Israelis have welcomed new UK sanctions as a necessary response to settlement expansion and spiralling violence in the occupied West Bank.

The intervention was described – by the president of the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, a former prime minister, an ex-head of the army and former ministers and diplomats – as an “inevitable consequence” of Israeli government and security failures.

The biggest name in YouTube golf got heat from fans for signing with LIV Golf. Now, it owes him $1.4 million.

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Though the genre did of course exist before 2017, it feels as though Call Me By Your Name kicked off a boom in the dreamy, summertime coming-of-age movie, of the artier and indie-r variety. If you’ve traveled the festival circuit in the last decade or so, you’ve seen myriad examples of the form: teenagers in sun-kissed locales making first discoveries about themselves, about sexuality, about the grownup world rushing at them. 

Shane Lowry says it is time to get himself "in gear" if he is to secure his spot on Europe's Ryder Cup team for Adare Manor next year.

The 2019 Open champion is in the field at the Irish Open this week, with the qualification process for the 2027 Ryder Cup, to be held in County Limerick from 17-19 September, having commenced last month.

Nashville songwriter Aaron Raitiere, who was collaborating with the Grateful Dead co-founder on the project, says they had 17 songs in progress

When Bob Weir died in January at 78, he was in the midst of a number of projects, including writing his memoir and plotting a symphony tour with his band Wolf Bros. According to Nashville songwriter Aaron Raitiere, he was also working on a concept album about his life. Weir recruited Raitiere, J.D. Souther, Rival Sons singer Jay Buchanan, and producer Dave Cobb to help write his musical life story.