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18 February 2016 • 11:56 AMT
“True Blood” star lands lead role on Syfy’s “Van Helsing” series

Kelly Overton will portray Vanessa Helsing, the central character on the new series, who is a descendent of the Van Helsing lineage of warriors.

18 February 2016 • 11:39 AMT
Saoirse Ronan plays domestic abuse victim in new Hozier music vid

Hozier is also leading up a charity campaign to help victims of domestic violence, called #FaceUpToDomesticViolence.

18 February 2016 • 11:18 AMT
Slipknot, Marilyn Manson announce joint tour

Meanwhile, Slipknot star Chris Fehn has recorded drums for Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell’s forthcoming solo album.

18 February 2016 • 11:08 AMT
Twitter unveils feature for recording, sharing videos in direct messages

While it’s become easier for people to share videos directly from the app, the website won’t allow you to create content easily.

18 February 2016 • 11:03 AMT
Massive Attack, Iggy Pop, Young Fathers join Helsinki’s Flow Fest

The festival had already announced the likes of Sia, New Order, The Last Shadow Puppets and Chvrches.

18 February 2016 • 10:58 AMT
Coldplay, Charli XCX, Foals among NME Awards 2016 winners

Held at London’s Brixton Academy, members of Blur, The Libertines and more were in attendance.

18 February 2016 • 10:44 AMT
Polish art-house helmer Andrzej Zulawski dies at 75

Zulawski’s last film, “Cosmos” won him the best director award at the Locarno film festival in Switzerland.

18 February 2016 • 10:44 AMT
OSCE Mission monitors Nagorno Karabakh-Azerbaijan contact line

From the positions of Karabakh army, the monitoring was conducted by Yevgeny Sharov, Khristo Khristov and Peter Svedberg.

18 February 2016 • 10:09 AMT
Microsoft unwraps host of stability updates for Surface Book

Microsoft says it is “committed to continuing to improve Surface” and will be pushing out even more updates in the future.

18 February 2016 • 09:44 AMT
UN’s Libya envoy says time running out, Islamic State expanding

Around 2.4 million Libyans — out of a population of 6 million— depend on humanitarian aid, with 1.3 million receiving food aid.

18 February 2016 • 09:42 AMT
Apple TV now lets users preview apps before downloading

An app preview can help Apple TV users better understand the utility of an app and thereby feel more compelled to download it.

18 February 2016 • 09:33 AMT
NASA discovers “super-Earth” planet with analyzable atmosphere

The Hubble telescope’s Wide Field Camera 3 first spotted the planet, dubbed 55 Cancri e, which is only about 40 light years away.

18 February 2016 • 09:25 AMT
Graves Gallery exhibit explores top British abstract painter Bridget Riley

Bridget Riley first came to prominence in the early 1960s with her striking black and white paintings.

18 February 2016 • 08:59 AMT
Eugène Delacroix’s legacy featured in National Gallery exhibit

The exhibit aims to assess for the 1st time the influence he exerted for 5 decades following his death until the early years of the 20th century.

18 February 2016 • 08:56 AMT
Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations to split in 2

The Armenian government decided to split the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Emergency Situations into two new bureaus.

18 February 2016 • 08:51 AMT
15,000 U.S. troops to join South Korea drills, Seoul says

Foal Eagle will attract key U.S. strategic assets such as an airforce combat brigade, marines, a naval fleet led by an aircraft carrier.

18 February 2016 • 08:50 AMT
Aston Martin bringing style and sophistication to electric cars

The luxury vehicle maker has teamed up with Chinese company LeEco and promising startup Faraday Future.

18 February 2016 • 08:46 AMT
World’s cheapest phone, Freedom 251 costs just $4

The Freedom 251 runs on Android 5.1 Lollipop OS with access to Android Apps, and includes a 4-inch display.

18 February 2016 • 08:39 AMT
Islamic State sees diminishing Twitter reach, report says

Twitter announced earlier this month it had shut down more than 125,000 terrorism-related accounts since the middle of 2015.

18 February 2016 • 08:17 AMT
Aaron Paul plays bad guy who goes down a “dark rabbit hole” in “Triple 9”

In “Triple 9,” a crew of dirty cops gets blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a risky bank heist.

18 February 2016 • 08:08 AMT
Joe Manganiello joins the cast of action military drama “Six”

The actor will play a onetime leader of the SEAL Team Six squad who now patrols an African village to protect its residents from Boko Haram.

18 February 2016 • 07:56 AMT
Google lets people use Outlook, Yahoo inside Gmail

Gmail for Android introduced limited support for non-Gmail emails last year; this is an extension of that release.

18 February 2016 • 07:55 AMT
“Deadpool” sets opening-weekend record at Russian box office

The previous opening-weekend record was set in December by “Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens”.

18 February 2016 • 07:52 AMT
Turkish paper says Ankara attacker was Syrian national

Salih Necar’s fingerprints had been taken when he entered the country, which was how police identified him, the paper said.

18 February 2016 • 07:47 AMT
Spotify giving away free Chromecasts to new Premium subscribers

With Apple Music breathing down its neck, Spotify is keen to convert its millions of free listeners into paying customers.

18 February 2016 • 07:45 AMT
Keira Knightley circling “Catherine the Great” Barbra Streisand-helmed bio

“The Pirates of the Caribbean” alum was just cast to star alongside Will Smith, Kate Winslet and Helen Mirren in “Collateral Beauty.”

18 February 2016 • 07:25 AMT
“Time After Time” H.G. Wells’ Time Machine drama pilot adds cast

“Revenge” alum Josh Bowman and “UnReal’s” Freddie Stroma will co-star in the drama from Kevin Williamson.

18 February 2016 • 07:17 AMT
Karabakh troops retaliate, silence Azerbaijani attacks overnight

Azerbaijan violated the ceasefire with Nagorno Karabakh, firing over 700 shots from various caliber firearms, as well as 82-mm mortars.

18 February 2016 • 07:09 AMT
Richard Linklater’s “Everybody Wants Some” release date moved

In a twinned move, the studio is pushing back the release of horror film “Rings” from April 1 to Oct. 28, closer to the Halloween holiday.

18 February 2016 • 07:07 AMT
Israel unearths 7,000-year-old settlement in Jerusalem

The director of excavations said the items are representative of the early Chalcolithic period, beginning around 5,000 B.C.