The Canadian Critical Minerals Strategy (2022) aims to position Canada as a sustainable, reliable supplier while deepening partnerships with like-minded economies. Yet China’s dominance and the Indo-Pacific’s dependence on its supply chains, coupled with shifting U.S. investment approaches, present significant challenges. At the same time, Canada has opportunities to bolster regional resilience through bilateral and plurilateral initiatives, and under its G7 leadership has called for collective action on critical minerals.
On September 4, 2025, APF Canada hosted a roundtable examining the policy recommendations and partnership pathways to advance Canada’s critical minerals priorities in the Indo-Pacific.
Speakers:
Constantine Karayannopoulos, Former Chairman and CEO, Neo Performance Materials
Dr. Pascale Massot, University of Ottawa; APF Canada Senior Fellow
Vina Nadjibulla (Moderator), Vice-President, Research & Strategy, APF Canada
EXCLUSIVE: Screenwriter Laura Lekkos’ debut novel, All the Little Ways, has been bought by Gallery Books – a division of Simon and Schuster – and will hit shelves in in June 2026.
The novel follows insecure 32-year-old Liz and powerful 43-year-old Victoria who couldn’t be more different. But unexpected pregnancies land them in an unlikely friendship that alters the course of their entire lives – and the lives of everyone around them. When an explosive revelation threatens their transformative bond, Victoria and Liz question not only their own friendship, but all of their relationships.
“With its rich, complex characters and a plot that seamlessly blends humor, heartache, and surprising twists, All the Little Ways captures the essence of modern womanhood and female friendship. It’s a narrative brimming with cinematic potential, one that will resonate with readers and viewers alike,” said Hannah Braaten, Executive Editor at Gallery Books.
Lekkos is known for writing female-centric stories, having worked on various film and television projects. Lekkos is the screenwriter behind Amazon MGM’s upcoming romantic comedy, Relationship Goals, which is in post-production. She also adapted for film, Somewhere Only We Know, based on Maureen Goo’s novel set up at Netflix. Lekkos also has multiple projects in development including a pair of new films in development at Amazon Studios.
Lekkos is represented by Gersh, and Felker Toczek Suddleson McGinnis Ryan LLP
Fall is about the switch from a silk slip dress to a turtleneck midi, and from flip-flops to boots. But, it’s also about the transition of color and vibrancy, too. We move from pale pinks and sunshine blues, to hues that resemble the soft drop an autumnal leaf. You know the shades—the ones that twist around in the wind on a morning walk: burnt orange, burgundy, hunter green, and crimson apple red.
Vogue’s Favorite Foliage Pieces
The Crimson Red Knit
Loulou de Saison Homere cashmere sweater
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The Saddly Brown Suede
Banana Republic Heritage suede jacket
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The Saffron Turtleneck
Gabriela Hearst Peppe ribbed cashmere and silk-blend turtleneck sweater
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Fall dressing invites you to embrace the surrounding landscape, with the textures matching the richness of the colors. There are plenty of transitional weather staples to indulge in in these hues, from lace-trimmed silk skirts paired with deep red knitwear, to suede blazers that match the trees by the time winter rolls around. Think pumpkin pie-colored turtlenecks, chocolate brown knitted dresses, and oxblood jacquard coats to top off any look.
Embrace elow, nine fall foliage-inspired outfits to help you usher in the new season without looking like a total stereotype.
Flax Yellow and Russet Brown
Take advantage of the brief window when a suede overshirt is all you need as a top layer. Use Zara’s suede light khaki option to pair with brown corduroy pants, then add print with a pair of leopard moccasins.
Zara
suede leather pocket shirt
Nili Lotan
Shon cotton-blend corduroy tapered pants
Rare Carat
four-prong lab diamond tennis bracelet
Paris Texas
Indiana leopard fringe mocassin loafers
Red, Burgundy, and Brown
What feels like fall more than that first bite of warm apple pie? Get a taste of it before the season arrives with a red cashmere sweater that rivals a Snapdragon’s brightness. Ground it with a lace-trimmed slip skirt, and The Row’s croc-embossed leather loafers.
Forest Green and a Bite of Chocolate
Take your go-to classics and reinvigorate them for fall with seasonal switches. Swap a black skirt for one with shades of the season, and a brown trench coat for a deep brown wool jacket. A knee-high boot takes cues from the runways for an on-trend finish.
Cos
sculpted merino wool jacket
Zara
printed wrinkled effect midi skirt
Chestnut Suede and Ecru
Suede thrives during the fall. In blazer form, with a pair of light-wash denim, it’s a combination that never fails—and one of our editors’ favorite trends for the season. Team it up with suede sneakers with a pair from celeb-loved brand, Autry.
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scarf-detail satin blouse
Saffron and Pine Green
Warm, inviting, and easy to pair, Gabriela Hearst’s ribbed cashmere turtleneck sweater is as lavish as the dessert itself. Style with wide-leg corduroys, and Banana Republic’s suede top coat.
Gabriela Hearst
Peppe ribbed cashmere and silk-blend turtleneck sweater
Polo Ralph Lauren
cotton-corduroy wide-leg pants
Bottega Veneta
Astaire embellished leather loafers
Grey and Flannel Checks
A midi skirt gets an instant upgrade with flannel checks and a floaty A-line silhouette. Team with cashmere knits, and a suede tote, of course.
While fall is full of rich, vivid hues, it’s also a time when brown shines through in nature. Take a mocha-colored maxidress and go matchy-matchy with the accessories for a tonal look.
Berry Tones and Coffee Brown
For more texture, mix oxblood jacquard with suede, velvet, and satin—a combination that feels just right for the luxe tones of the season.
Dries Van Noten
Raltonas satin-jacquard coat
Alaïa
Le Teckel leather-trimmed suede clutch
Le Kasha
San Polo velvet wide-leg pants
Crimson Red and Auburn
Incorporate some more red—another key fall fashion trend—into your wardrobe with a draped blouse that adds a pop! When worn beneath a trench coat, it can carry you from office to happy hour.
That doesn’t mean Cheyava Falls is a definite sign of life. But it was enough to make Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy, who is currently serving as Acting Administrator of NASA, call the discovery “the closest we have ever come to discovering [ancient] life on Mars.”
The finding marks a big step forward in a lengthy process, one that could possibly end in the discovery that life has existed beyond Earth — and that it is common enough to have inhabited our neighboring planet.
What Perseverance saw
On July 21, 2024, NASA’s Perseverance rover spotted a strange rock partially buried in a dry riverbed. White streaks hinted water once flowed through the stone, and Perseverance also found signs of organic molecules, the building blocks of life. But what really stood out was a smattering of dark and bright spots along the rock’s surface. On Earth, such “leopard spots” are mainly known to form in two ways: from microbes, or through chemical reactions that can provide fuel for life.
Scientists were intrigued. Even if Cheyava Falls wasn’t marked by life, it was still the first single place on Mars to show signs of once hosting all three of life’s main ingredients: liquid water, organic molecules, and an energy source. Billions of years ago, this rock could have met all the conditions life needs to thrive.
This fall and winter’s TV slate will be saying goodbye to the old with the departure of Netflix’s sci-fi favorite Stranger Things beginning November 26 and Peacock’s young-adult focused Bel-Air on November 24. It will also be welcoming in some new, but familiar, names when HBO Max’s prequel series It: Welcome to Derry and AMC’s latest Anne Rice adaptation, Talamasca: The Secret Order, both premiere October 26. Meanwhile, CBS’s Blue Bloods continuation series Boston Blue reports for duty on October 17 and the next chapter in the 9-1-1 franchise, 9-1-1: Nashville, premieres October 9 on ABC. For the music and arts lovers, there are also documentary series The Beatles Anthology 2025, coming November 26 on Disney+, and Mr. Scorsese, coming October 17 on Apple TV+. And, for those who want to expect the unexpected, there’s Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan’s new Apple TV+ series, Pluribus, coming November 7, and The Girlfriend, a psychological thriller adaptation of the Michelle Frances novel starring and directed by Robin Wright, premieres September 10 on Prime Video. Read on to see what’s coming this fall and winter, and be sure to mark your calendars!
SEPTEMBER
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The Runarounds: Season 1 (2025)
(Prime Video)
Starring: Axel Ellis, Jesse Golliher, William Lipton Premiere Date: September 1, 2025
Created by Outer Banks’ Jonas Pate, this is another show set in North Carolina. It’s about childhood friends who form a rock band.
87%
Wednesday: Season 2 (2025)
Part 2 (Netflix)
Starring: Jenna Ortega, Luis Guzmán, Catherine Zeta-Jones Premiere Date: September 3, 2025
The second half of the second season comes with a much-anticipated cameo (Lady Gaga!) the answer to who survived the security breach at Willow Hill Psychiatric Hospital.
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Mike Judge’s Beavis and Butt-Head: Season 3 (2025)
(Comedy Central)
Starring: Mike Judge Premiere Date: September 3, 2025
Uh. Heh. Heh. Heh. Some weeks after a revamped King of the Hill premiered on Hulu, that series’ co-creator Mike Judge heads back to the couch for another season of one of his other cult hits.
88%
NCIS: Tony & Ziva: Season 1 (2025)
(Paramount+)
Starring: Michael Weatherly Cote de Pablo Premiere Date: September 4, 2025
A spin-off set in the NCIS universe, it follows characters Tony DiNozzo, Ziva David and their daughter Tali who are forced to go on the run while also trying to work out who is after them.
85%
The Paper: Season 1 (2025)
(Peacock)
Starring: Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Chelsea Frei, Melvin Gregg, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Alex Edelman, Ramona Young and Tim Key Premiere Date: September 4, 2025
The documentary crew that immortalized Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch in the Emmy Award-winning series “The Office” find a new subject when they discover a historic Midwestern newspaper and the publisher trying to revive it.
88%
Task: Season 1 (2025)
(HBO)
Starring: Mark Ruffalo Premiere Date: September 7, 2025
Set in the working-class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man.
97%
Only Murders in the Building: Season 5 (2025)
(Hulu)
Starring: Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, Martin Short Premiere Date: September 9, 2025
The latest murder investigation at the deadliest Manhattan apartment complex ever involves the loss of doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca).
86%
The Girlfriend: Season 1 (2025)
(Prime Video)
Starring: Robin Wright, Olivia Cooke Premiere Date: September 10, 2025
Laura’s picture-perfect life starts to unravel when her son brings home a new girlfriend named Cherry; she becomes convinced that Cherry is a manipulative social climber — or is she just being paranoid?
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Gen V: Season 2 (2025)
(Prime Video)
Starring: Jaz Sinclair, Lizze Broadway, Maddie Phillips, London Thor, Derek Luh, Asa Germann Premiere Date: September 17, 2025
Hamish Linklater joins the show about superheroes in training, playing the dead of the university who is creating super-soldiers.
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The Morning Show: Season 4 (2025)
(Apple TV+)
Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Billy Crudup Premiere Date: September 17, 2025
The fourth season of the streaming drama about the goings-on at a broadcast morning show is set in 2024.
86%
Black Rabbit: Season 1 (2025)
(Netflix)
Starring: Jude Law, Jason Bateman Premiere Date: September 18, 2025
When the owner of the hottest restaurant in New York allows his troubled brother to return to the family business, he opens the door to old traumas and new dangers that threaten to bring down everything they’ve built.
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Tulsa King: Season 3 (2025)
(Paramount+)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Martin Starr Premiere Date: September 21, 2025
New cast members for the crime drama include Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Patrick and Kevin Pollak.
86%
The Lowdown: Season 1 (2025)
(Hulu)
Starring: Ethan Hawke Premiere Date: September 23, 2025
Citizen journalist Lee Raybon is a self-proclaimed Tulsa “truthstorian” whose obsession with the truth is always getting him into trouble.
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Hotel Costiera: Season 1 (2025)
(Prime Video)
Starring: Jesse Williams Premiere Date: September 24, 2025
Daniel De Luca, a former Marine, returns to Italy to work at a luxury hotel in Positano; shortly thereafter, the owner’s daughter disappears and De Luca is tasked with finding her.
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Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent: Season 2 (2025)
(CW)
Starring: Aden Young, Katherine Munroe Premiere Date: September 24, 2025
The latest season of the series about an elite squad of detectives who investigate high-profile crime and corruption in metro Toronto.
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Marvel Zombies: Season 1 (2025)
(Disney+)
Starring: Awkwafina, David Harbour, Simulator Liu Premiere Date: September 24, 2025
A new generation of Marvel heroes battle against an ever-spreading zombie scourge.
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Slow Horses: Season 5 (2025)
(Apple TV+)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas Premiere Date: September 24, 2025
The fifth season of the British spy thriller also features a special guest appearance from Ted Lasso actor Nick Mohammed.
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Alice in Borderland: Season 3 (2025)
(Netflix)
Starring: Kento Yamazaki, Tao Tsuchiya Premiere Date: September 25, 2025
The trippy, sci-fi Japanese thriller continues its probe into the meanings of humanity, sacrifice and the pursuit of happiness.
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Alice in Borderland: Season 3 (2025)
(Netflix)
Starring: Louis Partridge, Anthony Boyle, Emily Fairn, Fionn O’Shea Premiere Date: September 25, 2025
A miniseries about the family drama behind-the-scenes of the making of the famous brewing company.
80%
Wayward: Season 1 (2025)
(Netflix)
Starring: Mae Martin, Sarah Gadon, Toni Collette Premiere Date: September 25, 2025
Nothing is what it seems in Tall Pines. After an escape attempt from an academy for “troubled teens”, two students join forces with a newly local police officer, unearthing the town’s dark and deeply rooted secrets.
(Photo by Virginia Sherwood/PEACOCK) Christopher Meloni as Elliot Stabler in Law & Order: Organized Crime.(Photo by: Virginia Sherwood/PEACOCK)
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Law & Order: Organized Crime: Season 5 (2025)
(Peacock)
Starring: Christopher Meloni, Danielle Moné Truitt Premiere Date: September 25, 2025
The sixth season of the crime procedural checks in with Meloni’s Detective Elliot Stabler and his quest to rid New York of danger.
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The Savant: Season 1 (2025)
(Apple TV+)
Starring: Jessica Chastain Premiere Date: September 26, 2025
An undercover investigator known as The Savant balances life at home with tracking online hate groups to stop domestic extremists before they act.
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Chad Powers: Season 1 (2025)
(Hulu)
Starring: Glen Powell, Steve Zahn, Toby Huss Premiere Date: September 30, 2025
A former college quarterback attempts a comeback by posing as a walk-on player for a struggling football team.
OCTOBER
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Abbott Elementary: Season 5 (2025)
(ABC)
Starring: Quinta Brunson, Tyler James Williams, Janelle James Premiere Date: October 1, 2025
Among the new cast members for the fifth season of the Emmy-winning mockumentary is Shrinking actor Luke Tennie.
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Monster: The Ed Gein Story: The Ed Gein Story (2025)
(Netflix)
Starring: Charlie Hunnam, Laurie Metcalf, Addison Rae Premiere Date: October 3, 2025
Charlie Hunnam, Laurie Metcalf and Addison Rae star in the latest chapter in this anthology, which this season concentrates on the convicted killer who inspired the character Norman Bates in Psycho.
100%
Brian and Maggie: Season 1 (2025)
(PBS)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Harriet Walter Premiere Date: October 5, 2025
A British historical drama about two old friends, broadcast journalist Brian Walden and prime minister Margaret Thatcher who come together for their last ever TV interview. Little do they realize that they’re about to embark on one of the most famous political exchanges of all time.
100%
The Gold: Season 2 (2025)
(PBS)
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Jack Lowden, Emun Elliott, Charlotte Spencer, Tom Cullen Premiere Date: October 5, 2025
It’s the second season of a retelling of the 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery in which £26 million worth of gold bullion, diamonds and cash was stolen from a warehouse near Heathrow Airport.
100%
The Gold: Season 2 (2025)
(ABC)
Starring: Chris O’Donnell, Jessica Capshaw, LeAnn Rimes Premiere Date: October 9, 2025
Heroic first responders and their family sagas of power and glamour in one of America’s most diverse and dynamic cities.
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Boots
(Netflix)
Starring: Miles Heizer, Liam Oh, Vera Farmiga Premiere Date: October 9, 2025
Set in the tough, unpredictable world of the 1990s US Marine Corps—when being gay in the military was still illegal—the series follows directionless, closeted Cameron Cope and his best friend Ray McAffey, the son of a decorated Marine, as they join a diverse group of recruits.
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The Last Frontier: Season 1 (2025)
(Netflix)
Starring: Jason Clarke, Dominic Cooper, Haley Bennett Premiere Date: October 10, 2025
When a lone U.S. marshal’s jurisdiction is turned upside down after a prison transport plane crashes in the remote wilderness, setting free dozens of violent inmates, he begins to suspect the crash was not an accident.
From the creator of the John Wick franchise comes Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Deathwatch, a new animated series from Netflix and Ubisoft, inspired by the iconic video game franchise.
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Devil in Disguise: John Wayne Gacy: Limited Series (2025)
(Peacock)
Starring: Michael Chernus, Gabriel Luna, James Badge Dale Premiere Date: October 16, 2025
A story about the investigation that uncovers the remains of 32 young men and boys Gacy murdered, as well as the holes in the system that allowed Gacy to evade detection and capture for more than seven years.
Bradley Whitford joins the cast of the political thriller this season.
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Ghosts: Season 5 (2025)
(CBS)
Starring: Rose McIver, Utkarsh Ambudkar, Brandon Scott Jones, Danielle Pinnock Premiere Date: October 16, 2025
Among the season’s guest stars are returning cast members Matt Walsh as the demon Elias Woodstone and Mary Holland as Puritan ghost Patience.
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Mr. Scorsese
(Apple TV+)
Starring: Robert De Niro, Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio Premiere Date: October 17, 2025
A five-part documentary event of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history.
NYPD detective Danny Reagan takes a position with the Boston Police Department and is paired with detective Lena Silver, the eldest daughter of a prominent law enforcement family.
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The Road: Season 1 (2025)
(CBS)
Starring: Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson Premiere Date: October 19, 2025
Singers join a headliner on tour and perform as their opening act in venues across the country, attempting to win over local fanbases to secure a spot in the next city and remain on the tour.
Five menopausal women form a punk rock band to take part in a local talent contest, and suddenly find they have a lot more to shout about than they ever imagined.
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Nobody Wants This: Season 2 (2025)
(Netflix)
Starring: Kristen Bell, Adam Brody Premiere Date: October 23, 2025
Second season guest stars for the Emmy-nominated comedy include Leighton Meester, Miles Fowler, Alex Karpovsky and Arian Moayed.
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IT: Welcome to Derry: Season 1 (2025)
(HBO Max
Starring: Taylour Paige, Jovan Adepo, Chris Chalk Premiere Date: October 26, 2025
Following the events in the 1960s, the time leading up to the events of the first film in the Stephen King It series.
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Talamasca: The Secret Order: Season 1 (2025)
(AMC
Starring: Nicholas Denton, Elizabeth McGovern, William Fichtner Premiere Date: October 26, 2025
Based on characters and themes from Anne Rice’s Immortal Universe, Talamasca focuses on a secretive agency that monitors and protects us from the supernatural world. The series follows Guy Anatole, who falls headlong into a world of secret agents and immortal beings who, up to now, have maintained a fragile balance with the mortal world.
(Photo by Matt Towers) Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson in Down Cemetery Road.
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Down Cemetery Road: Season 1 (2025)
(Apple TV+
Starring: Ruth Wilson, Emma Thompson Premiere Date: October 29, 2025
When a child goes missing in the aftermath of a house explosion, a concerned neighbor teams up with a private investigator to find them; as secrets unravel and a military conspiracy emerges, chaos ensues on South Oxford’s sleepy suburbs.
NOVEMBER
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I Love LA: Season 1 (2025)
(HBO)
Starring: Rachel Sennott, Odessa A’zion, Jordan Firstman, True Whitaker and Josh Hutcherson Premiere Date: November 2, 2025
Comedian Rachel Sennott created and stars in this comedy about a co-dependent friend group in Los Angeles.
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Robin Hood: Season 1 (2025)
(MGM+)
Starring: Jack Patten, Lauren McQueen, Sean Bean, Lydia Peckham, Steven Waddington Premiere Date: November 2, 2025
A Saxon forester’s son, Rob, and the daughter of a Norman lord, Marian, work together to fight for justice and freedom following the Norman invasion of England in the Middle Ages.
(Photo by PEACOCK) Dakota Fanning and Sarah Snook in All Her Fault.(Photo by: PEACOCK)
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All Her Fault: Season 1 (2025)
(Peacock)
Starring: Sarah Snook, Dakota Fanning, Jake Lacy Premiere Date: November 6, 2025
Marissa Irvine arrives to collect her young son Milo from his first playdate, but the woman who answers the door isn’t a mother she recognizes. She doesn’t have Milo and has never heard of him. And so begins every parent’s worst nightmare.
Death by Lightning (Netflix) Starring: Michael Shannon Matthew Macfadyen Premiere Date: November 6, 2025
A look at what led to the assassination of James A. Garfield (portrayed by Michael Shannon) by Charles J. Guiteau (Matthew Macfadyen). Nick Offerman, Betty Gilpin, Bradley Whitford and Shea Whigham also star.
Starring: Rhea Seehorn, Karolina Wydra and Carlos Manuel Vesga Premiere Date: November 7, 2025
Creator Vince Gilligan’s first show since Better Call Saul comes with a vague but interesting logline: The most miserable person on Earth must save the world from happiness.
Sesame Street: Season 56 (Netflix) Premiere Date: November 10, 2025
Kermit the Frog & co. hop over to their new home on Netflix, where they will hopefully avoid a crossover episode with the kids from CoComelon.
(Photo by Erica Parise) Kristen Wiig in the second season of Palm Royale.
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Palm Royale
(Season 2, Apple TV+)
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Ricky Martin ,Josh Lucas, Leslie Bibb, Amber Chardae Robinson, Laura Dern, Allison Janney and Carol Burnett Premiere Date: November 12, 2025
The period comedy drama returns as Kristen Wiig’s Maxine fights for a place in mid-century Palm Beach high society.
The Beast in Me (Netflix) Starring: Claire Danes, Matthew Rhys, Brittany Snow, Natalie Morales Premiere Date: November 13, 2025
Claire Danes plays Aggie Wiggs, a writer struggling with the death of her young son. She finds the subject of her new book in Matthew Rhys’ Nile Jarvis, her neighbor and the former suspect in his wife’s disapperaance.
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The American Revolution: Season 1 (2025)
(PBS)
Premiere Date: November 13, 2025
Documentarian Ken Burns’ six-part, 12-hour trip through the founding of the country.
Starring: Laura Bailey, Taliesin Jaffe, Ashley Johnson and Matthew Mercer Premiere Date: November 19, 2025
An adult animated fantasy series that’s tangential to the world of The Legend of Vox Machina. When a powerful arcane relic known as The Beacon falls into dangerous hands, a group of fugitives and outcasts, bound by secrets and scars, must learn to work together to save the realm and stop reality itself from unraveling.
Starring: Ted Danson Premiere Date: November 20, 2025
Gary Cole, Michaela Conlin and Max Greenfield join the mystery comedy’s second season.
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Stranger Things: Season 5 (2025)
(Netflix)
Starring: Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Winona Ryder Premiere Date: November 26, 2025
Welcome back to Hawkins, Ind. where it’s somehow fall 1987 and there’s one more Big Bad to end the series. Like Wednesday before it, Netflix is dropping Stranger Things in two parts. The second half comes on Christmas.
The Beatles Anthology (Disney+) Premiere Date: November 26, 2025
A re-release of Geoff Wonfor and Bob Smeaton’s 1995 documentary, with the addition of an extra episode.
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Words + Music: Season 1 (2025)
(MGM+)
Premiere Date: November 30, 2025
A music documentary series that offers in-depth interview with performers like Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, John Legend and Alanis Morissette. They’ll be recorded in front of an audience.
91%
Percy Jackson and the Olympians
(Season 2, Disney+)
Premiere Date: December 10, 2025 Starring: Walker Scobell, Leah Sava Jeffries and Aryan Simhadri The second season of the popular book adaptation about a young demigod and his friends (and enemies) will be about a battle with Kronos, the King of the Titans. Nick Boraine plays the God.
93%
Fallout
(Season 2, Prime Video)
Premiere Date: December 17, 2025 Starring: Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten and Kyle MacLachlan The second season of the post-apocalyptic drama focuses on New Vegas, a setting that will be familiar to those who play the video game series. Cast members also include Justin Theroux, Leslie Uggams and Johnny Pemberton.
TBD
Series awaiting 2025 premiere dates.
The Artist (The Network) Starring: Mandy Patinkin, Janet McTeer, Danny Huston and Patti LuPone
A historical fiction murder mystery set during the Gilded Age. (Hank Azaria also appears as Thomas Edison).
The ‘Burbs (Peacock) Starring: Keke Palmer
Based on the Tom Hanks-Carrie Fisher movie and adapted by Celeste Hughey, the story is set in present day and is about a couple who return to the husband’s childhood home. But their world is upended when new neighbors move in next door, bringing old secrets of the cul-de-sac to light, and new deadly threats shatter the illusion of their quiet little neighborhood.
Spartacus: House of Ashur (Starz) Starring: Simon Arblaster, Joel Abadal
A long-awaited follow-up to the Starz period drama Spartacus that suggests things didn’t end as they seemed on that show.
Wonder Man (Disney+) Starring: Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Ben Kingsley, Demetrius Grosse, Ed Harris and Arian Moayed
The MCU is going meta with this series about Simon Williams, a superpower actor and stunt double who auditions for the lead role in a superhero series.
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There was a very specific mood at Ralph Lauren this season, one rooted in modern sensuality, a sense of escapism, ample ease with restraint and minimalist touches. Held at the company’s headquarters at 650 Madison Avenue with celebrity guests including Naomi Watts, Laura Dern, Jessica Chastain, Priyanka and Nick Jonas, Maggie Rogers, Ariana DeBose, and Usher (the face of the new Ralph’s Club New York eau de parfum), the intimate show’s focus was on the clothes and attitude over spectacle.
It proved to be a strong message throughout the lineup, with strict shades of black, white and red leading his codes of mannish tailoring for the modern woman, signature sarong dressing and seductive day-to-eveningwear. It was a purposeful flip from fall’s moody, Edwardian-infused lineup — Lauren desired a collection that was sharp and graphic, which it was with its beautiful clean lines amplified with sculptural jewelry. It also was a nice surprise when many in the industry have been leaning heavily into prep — a hallmark of Lauren’s legacy — which here was only peppered in.
During a preview, fabric experimentation was front and center. These were tried and true Ralph Lauren classics, but with chic new twists. Case in point: his famous rustic denim overalls and a slipdress, here patchworked together one-by-one with eight white remnant fabrications from the collection, including parachute poplin, silk, cotton and linen. A striking ruffle-edge bustier was in fact made of stretch leather while a skirt suit was crafted from eyelash-thin napa leather embroidered onto linen, to name two.
The sarong, a Ralph signature often worn by the likes of his wife, Ricky Lauren, came in many strong, inventive constructions, from a red fluid satin dress to ultra cool, twisted takes on the menswear shirt and tie, enhancing his escapist mindset. Ditto to his emphasis on the boyfriend shirt — exploded into tunics or worn off-the-shoulder over a black jersey dress; new bottoms spanning from pencil skirts and pedal pushers to breezy ultrawide men’s trousers to great ballooning satin harem pants; wide brim straw hats; tactile handbags, and flat footwear.
His head-turning strapless white gown, light as air in a combination of parachute poplin and linen gauze with a dazzling sequined bra top, evoked simplistic sensuality, while a black knit frock featuring long, lacquered sequins between its ribs beamed sportif sexiness. Quiet but seductive propositions of desirable eveningwear for today.
His spring show was a sharp and refined proposition for modern dress — it’s no surprise Lauren was on Wednesday announced an American Womenswear Designer of the Year nominee for the 2025 CFDA Awards. He is a true pioneer American fashion who continues to lead the pack.
WASHINGTON — The Commodity Futures Trading Commission today announced the withdrawal of its “Guidance Regarding the Listing of Voluntary Carbon Credit Derivative Contracts.”
As stated in the notice of withdrawal, the Commodity Exchange Act Section 5c, and CFTC Regulations at Parts 38 and 40, already establish the regulatory framework for listing derivative contracts, including voluntary carbon credit (VCC) derivative contracts. The CFTC has determined the guidance resulted in placing a disproportionate focus on VCC derivative contracts, which could lead to confusion and inconsistencies in implementing the CFTC’s existing, well-established product listing regulatory framework.
Researchers have finally identified genetic traces of the plague bacterium at the heart of the Byzantine Empire, providing long-sought proof of the microbe behind history’s first pandemic. Credit: Stock
USF and FAU researchers identify bacterium behind 1,500-year-old pandemic mystery.
For the first time, scientists have obtained direct genomic evidence of the bacterium responsible for the Plague of Justinian, the earliest known pandemic in recorded history. The outbreak, which struck the Eastern Mediterranean nearly 1,500 years ago, has now been firmly tied to Yersinia pestis, the pathogen that causes plague.
An international team led by researchers at the University of South Florida and Florida Atlantic University, working with partners in India and Australia, identified Y. pestis in human remains from a mass grave at the ancient city of Jerash in Jordan, close to the heart of the pandemic. This pivotal discovery confirms the bacterium’s role in the Justinian Plague (AD 541–750), resolving a mystery that has lingered for centuries.
Rays Jiang, PhD, University of South Florida. Credit: USF Health
Filling historical gaps with genetic proof
For hundreds of years, scholars debated the origins of the catastrophic outbreak that killed tens of millions, reshaped the Byzantine Empire, and altered the trajectory of Western history. Although written accounts hinted at plague, no biological proof had been available, leaving a critical gap in the narrative of pandemics.
Now, two newly released papers led by USF and FAU provide that missing proof, offering fresh insight into one of humanity’s most transformative health crises. The findings also highlight plague’s continued presence today: although uncommon, Y. pestis still circulates globally. In July, a resident of northern Arizona died from pneumonic plague, the deadliest form of the disease and the first U.S. fatality since 2007, followed just a week later by a confirmed case in California.
Tooth from the Jerash architectural site. Credit: University of South Florida
“This discovery provides the long-sought definitive proof of Y. pestis at the epicenter of the Plague of Justinian,” said Rays H. Y. Jiang, PhD, lead PI of the studies and associate professor with the USF College of Public Health. “For centuries, we’ve relied on written accounts describing a devastating disease, but lacked any hard biological evidence of plague’s presence. Our findings provide the missing piece of that puzzle, offering the first direct genetic window into how this pandemic unfolded at the heart of the empire.”
Evidence of widespread mortality
The Plague of Justinian was first documented in Pelusium (modern-day Tell el-Farama) in Egypt, before sweeping across the Eastern Roman, or Byzantine, Empire. Although remnants of Y. pestis had been detected in small villages in western Europe thousands of miles away, no genetic evidence had ever been uncovered within the empire itself or close to the pandemic’s center.
“Using targeted ancient DNA techniques, we successfully recovered and sequenced genetic material from eight human teeth excavated from burial chambers beneath the former Roman hippodrome in Jerash, a city just 200 miles from ancient Pelusium,” said Greg O’Corry-Crowe, PhD, co-author and a research professor at FAU Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute and a National Geographic Explorer.
The Ancient DNA lab at Florida Atlantic University. Credit: FAU
The arena had been repurposed as a mass grave during the mid-sixth to early seventh century, when written accounts describe a sudden wave of mortality.
Genomic analysis revealed that the plague victims carried nearly identical strains of Y. pestis, confirming for the first time that the bacterium was present within the Byzantine Empire between AD 550-660. That genetic uniformity suggests a rapid, devastating outbreak consistent with historical descriptions of a plague causing mass death.
“The Jerash site offers a rare glimpse of how ancient societies responded to public health disasters,” said Jiang. “Jerash was one of the key cities of the Eastern Roman Empire, a documented trade hub with magnificent structures. That a venue once built for entertainment and civic pride became a mass cemetery in a time of emergency shows how urban centers were very likely overwhelmed.”
Broader evolutionary patterns
A companion study, also led by USF and FAU, places the Jerash discovery into a wider evolutionary context. By analyzing hundreds of ancient and modern Y. pestis genomes — including those newly recovered from Jerash — the researchers showed that the bacteria had been circulating among human populations for millennia before the Justinian outbreak.
The team also found that later plague pandemics, from the Black Death of the 14th century to cases still appearing today, did not descend from a single ancestral strain. Instead, they arose independently and repeatedly from longstanding animal reservoirs, erupting in multiple waves across different regions and eras. This repeated pattern stands in stark contrast to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic (COVID-19), which originated from a single spillover event and evolved primarily through human-to-human transmission.
Greg O’Corry-Crowe, PhD, Florida Atlantic University. Credit: G. Divoky
Together, the landmark findings reshape the understanding of how pandemics emerge, recur and spread, and why they remain a persistent feature of human civilization. The research underscores that pandemics are not singular historical catastrophes, but repeating biological events driven by human congregation, mobility and environmental change — themes that remain relevant today.
Shared humanity across pandemics
“This research was both scientifically compelling and personally resonant. It offered an extraordinary opportunity to delve into the study of human history through the lens of ancient DNA at a time when we ourselves were living through a global pandemic,” said O’Corry-Crowe. “Equally profound was the experience of working with ancient human remains — individuals who lived, suffered, and died centuries ago — and using modern science to help recover and share their stories. It’s a humbling reminder of our shared humanity across time and a moving testament to the power of science to give voice to those long silent.”
A researcher holds a Jerash tooth used to help identify the origin of the first plague. Credit: Greg O’Corry FAU
While very different from COVID-19, both diseases highlight the enduring link between connectivity and pandemic risk, as well as the reality that some pathogens can never be fully eradicated.
“We’ve been wrestling with plague for a few thousand years, and people still die from it today,” Jiang said. “Like COVID, it continues to evolve, and containment measures evidently can’t get rid of it. We have to be careful, but the threat will never go away.”
Building on the Jerash breakthrough, the team is now expanding its research to Venice, Italy, and the Lazaretto Vecchio, a dedicated quarantine island and one of the world’s most significant plague burial sites. More than 1,200 samples from this Black Death-era mass grave are now housed at USF, offering an unprecedented opportunity to study how early public health measures intersected with pathogen evolution, urban vulnerability, and cultural memory.
Reference: “Genetic Evidence of Yersinia pestis from the First Pandemic” by Swamy R. Adapa, Karen Hendrix, Aditya Upadhyay, Subhajeet Dutta, Andrea Vianello, Gregory O’Corry-Crowe, Jorge Monroy, Tatiana Ferrer, Elizabeth Remily-Wood, Gloria C. Ferreira, Michael Decker, Robert H. Tykot, Sucheta Tripathy and Rays H. Y. Jiang, 31 July 2025, Genes. DOI: 10.3390/genes16080926
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Dame Dash has responded to the news of 50 Cent and Cam’ron teaming up to develop and produce a television series based on the 2002 cult classic Paid in Full.
50 recently announced that he purchased the rights to the movie and has Cam attached as an executive producer. “I now have the rights to PAID IN FULL, im developing it into a premium Tv show,” he captioned on Instagram. “If you like God Father of Harlem your gonna love this. Cam set to Executive produce along side me, if you want in get at him I’m out of the country.”
After the news was announced, Dame took to his Instagram to congratulate Cam and wished them the best of luck. Well, sort of.
“Cam just made a post, major announcement,” Dash said in a video. “I wanna congratulate him for making 50 his new boss. So, congratulations, Cam, 50 is now your new boss and you’re proud of it. Congratulations, my n—a.”
Paid in Full was loosely based on teenage Harlem drug kingpins Azie “AZ” Faison, Rich Porter and Albert “Alpo” Martinez and was executive produced by Dash and starred Cam’ron as Rico. which was a character based on Alpo.
In fact, earlier this year, the Harlem rapper told a story about randomly running into Alpo before the former drug kingpin was killed in a road rage incident back in 2021 and said Martinez critiqued his portrayal in the movie. “I meant to tell you, man,” Alpo apparently said. “You did a great job in the movie, your movement was off a little bit. You wasn’t movin’ exactly how I move, but you did a good job.”
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