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Robert De Niro as George Mullen in ‘Zero Day’ episode 1 (Photo Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2024)

Netflix has set a February 20, 2025 premiere day for the much-anticipated limited series Zero Day starring two-time Oscar winner Robert De Niro. The series, which just released its first official photos, marks De Niro’s first lead role in a television series.

Joining De Niro are Angela Bassett, Lizzy Caplan, Jesse Plemons, Joan Allen, Connie Britton, and Matthew Modine. Guest stars include Bill Camp, Dan Stevens, Gaby Hoffmann, Clark Gregg, and McKinley Belcher III.

“Zero Day is about the aftermath of a devastating cyberattack that kills thousands of people and threatens to push a nation already on the precipice over the edge,” explains co-creator and executive producer Eric Newman. Co-creator and executive producer Noah Oppenheim added, “The show also looks at the cost of power for those who are asked to take on these enormous challenges...

The second week of the Big Ten Football season is ready to go with a couple of huge early-season matchups on the slate.

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Friday, September 6 Western Illinois at Indiana 7pm Et | Big Ten Play-by-Play (Ch. 195)

Indiana scored a big 31-7 win over Fiu to start the Curt Cignetti era in Bloomington. Western Illinois is coming off a 54-15 loss to Northern Illinois.

Duke at Northwestern 9pm Et | SiriusXM College Sports Radio (Ch. 84)

The Wildcats won 13-6 to start their season against Miami. Duke was good enough to sputter in its 26-3 win over Elon.

Saturday, September 7 Akron at Rutgers 12pm Et | Big Ten Play-by-Play (Ch. 195)

A 44-7 win over Howard got the Rutgers season off to a solid start. Akron wasn’t horrible in a 52-6 loss to Ohio State.

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Amid the pomp and spectacle of King Charles‘ coronation also lies a whisper of what could be the future of the royal family. It appears that these types of ceremonies could fall by the wayside as the royal family continues to evolve. Royal experts claim King Charles’ ceremony could very well be the last of its kind for the House of Windsor.

Prince William touches King Charles’ crown during his coronation ceremony | Yui Mok – Wpa Pool/Getty Images Prince William may do away with a coronation ceremony when he ascends to the throne, say royal experts

Royal experts reveal that King Charles’ Westminster Abbey coronation ceremony could be the last of its kind for the royal family. In an effort to further modernize the monarchy, Prince William may end the tradition when he ascended to the throne.

Per Express, several constitutional and monarchy experts believe the next step in the...

Part I: The Lawrence Bureau

T.E. Lawrence (1888-1935) ranks among the 20th Century’s oddest heroes. This short, smart, and mischievous British soldier helped organize the Arab Revolt against Turkey, a secondary front of the First World War. He became Emir Feisal’s trusted ally, painfully conscious that the Allies wouldn’t honor promises of independence. After the Paris Peace Conference, Lawrence retreated into the Royal Air Force and Tank Corps as a private soldier, T.E. Shaw.

Lawrence lived a curious double life, befriending both private soldiers and notables like Winston Churchill and George Bernard Shaw. He wrote memoirs and translated Homer while repairing boats and seaplanes. His intellect, warmth, and puckish humor masked internal torment – guilt for failing to secure Arab freedom, regret for two brothers killed in the war, shame over an incident where Turkish soldiers sexually assaulted him.

In his autobiography Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence...