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The music streaming app is currently testing a new Snapchat-style Stories feature alongside some of its playlists. For instance, on its Christmas Hits playlist, a series of artists including Kelly Clarkson, Jennifer Lopez, Megan Thee Stallion, and Pentatonix use a series of short video clips to share personal anecdotes about the festivities and also give a sneak peak in their songwriting processes. The feature will allow users to share video clips that may contain snippets of songs and album art along with allowing them to introduce their personal playlist....

This is not the first time a live Springsteen performance has aired on TV. In 1992, the performer gave an electrifying concert on MTV. Unfortunately it had one large and gaping hole: no E Street Band. Instead, Springsteen had several other accomplished musicians backing him up. For die-hard fans, it was almost like meeting up with an old friend from high-school and wondering where the rest of the gang was....

At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Car number in parentheses) 1. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 194.252 mph. 2. (22) Joey Logano, Ford, 193.91. 3. (2) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 193.507. 4. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 193.188. 5. (42) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 193.05. 6. (41) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 193.043. 7. (31) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 192.816. 8. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 192.548. 9. (10) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 192.452. 10....

Pocono Raceway, known for its three turns and long straightaways, underwent a slight remodel to its trademark tunnel located beneath Turn 2. The renovation may have affected the surface of the track as multiple drivers have complained Friday about feeling numerous bumps in the “tunnel turn.” MORE: Keselowski, not on counsel, wants to see change | The Sprint Cup season, so far: a look back “I’ve still got a headache....

Truck qualifying began at 10:30 a.m. ET, setting the field for the fred’s 250 at 1 p.m. ET. Cup drivers will qualify for Sunday’s final race of their Chase’s Round of 12, taking the track at 4 p.m. ET. MORE: Cup qualifying field | 10 Cup drivers to watch | Stress soars Sunday’s race, the Hellmann’s 500, begins about 2:30 p.m. ET at Talladega, where attrition through multi-car crashes is expected....

Hollings, who announced his intention to vote against Gates’s nomination, was probably guilty of colorful exaggeration. But there was no disputing that the CIA’s directorate of intelligence–the “white,” or nonoperational branch of the agency–had lost much of its luster as a haven for dispassionate and scholarly expertise in the pursuit of America’s national-security goals. Instead, the agency’s army of analysts were depicted, in Gates’s own words, as “close-minded, smug, arrogant” and prone to “flabby, complacent thinking and questionable assumptions....

NEWSWEEK: How plugged in are you now on Afghanistan and Pakistan? Hank Crumpton: Very. The last time we spoke, you were telling me about what you would do if you were going after Al Qaeda. You said the U.S. had to make deals with the tribes in Waziristan and the areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, and turn them against the Arab foreigners in their midst. Exactly. Do you see any of that happening?...

The stainless steel watches, dubbed as Cloud and Sephiroth chronographs, will feature Seiko instruments from Japan and will include several Final Fantasy 7 details. The Cloud chronograph will sport a silver finish stainless steel design, while the Sephiroth chronograph will have an ebony finish. Both watches will include an all-glass back panel that will feature an embossed Final Fantasy 7 logo on the rotor, while a mother of pearl central disk will include the respective emblems of both Cloud and Sephiroth....

Though it is best known for the Final Fantasy franchise, Square Enix has several other IPs that this new mobile game could be based off as well. The imagery shown in the patent does seem to show a party-based RPG adventure, however. RELATED: Final Fantasy 14’s Primals Share One Thing in Common With Demon’s Souls Storm King Boss A lot of what’s shown is fairly generic for the genre. There’s turn timers that seem to be based off of Square Enix’s AP system, attack and defense show up as stats that characters have, and there’s even reference to spell casting in the form of casting time modifiers....

Furthermore, Tomb Raider fans on PC and PlayStation were angry, especially as Tomb Raider debuted on PC and PlayStation in 1996. It also didn’t help that there was a huge amount of confusion around the announcement due to the wording (Microsoft called the game a ‘holiday exclusive’ and not just an exclusive through and through) as well as mixed messages from the Microsoft PR team. Following the backlash, all three parties then confirmed that Rise of the Tomb Raider would be a ’timed’ exclusive, meaning that the game would likely come to PC and PlayStation sometime after the Xbox release....

Power-packed performances in the show facilitated squid Game’s meteoric rise to success. Apart from veterans like Park Hae Soo and Lee Jung Jae, Netflix’s most-watched show of all time also happens to be a breakthrough project for several talented, relatively rookie actors, like Lee Yoo Mi and Jung Ho Yeon. Among these happens to be the Indian actor Anupam Tripathi, who broke boundaries of language, color, and ethnicity, to portray the role of the beloved Pakistani immigrant, Abdul Ali....

COLOMBO - Angelo Mathews hammered a brisk 80 not out as Sri Lanka posted a thrilling two-wicket victory over Pakistan in the fifth and final one-day international in Colombo on Monday to clinch the series 3-1. Mathews smashed two sixes and four boundaries in his 76-ball knock to help his team achieve a 248-run target with two balls to spare in the day-night match. Sri Lanka needed 15 runs to win in the last over bowled by paceman Mohammad Sami before Mathews completed the win with a four....

Rangana Herath doesn’t believe their ongoing absence will prevent Sri Lanka from completing an historic series victory against South Africa at Sinhalese Sports Club in the second and final test from Friday. Even without suspended captain Dinesh Chandimal, coach Chandika Hathurusingha, and manager Asanka Gurusinha, Sri Lanka crushed South Africa by 278 runs inside three days of the first test in Galle. Since then, all three men have been further punished by the ICC by being suspended for four one-day internationals for their roles in the team refusing to take the field against the West Indies last month on day three of the second test in St....

The background The 26-year-old spinner from Panadura had come into limelight in 2012 when the then Sri Lankan captain, Mahela Jayawardene had spotted him bowling at the nets for Wayamba United in the Sri Lankan Premier League. He impressed the skipper with his performances and grabbed a place in the T20 squad for the ICC World T20 2012. Though Dananjaya has not had much success in international cricket, he has been in the headlines for his controversial action....

Rajapaksa, playing only his second match for his country, smashed 77 from only 48 balls in the tourists’ 182-6 at Gadafi Stadium on Monday. Top-ranked Pakistan, beaten by 64 runs on Saturday, went 2-0 down with only one match to play after they were all out for 147, Pradeep taking 4-25 and Wanindu Hasaranga 3-38. Sri Lanka had lost four T20 series’ in a row, but stopped the rot at the start of a new era with Dasun Shanaka captaining a youthful side....

Having begun the day on 54/2, Australia lost both Usman Khawaja and Steven Smith early but the worst was still to come. Just as Adam Voges and Mitchell Marsh were starting to look settled, Rangana Herath came in to bowl his seventh over of the innings and finished it with his first Test hat-trick. It took an outstanding catch at extra cover to dismiss Voges, Peter Nevill was out plumb in front and Mitchell Starc followed suit with another lbw and just like that Australia were 80/7 after Herath’s hat-trick maiden....

After winning the toss on day one, Sri Lanka put on 281 in their first innings. In response, Australia crumbled to their lowest score in Sri Lanka and gave Sri Lanka a lead of 175 after Rangana Herath picked up his first Test hat-trick. Despite losing the openers early in the second innings, Dilruwan Perera’s fifty coupled with a few useful cameos helped the hosts put on 237, to set Australia 413 for an improbable victory to keep the series alive....