When it comes to the internet’s reaction of Paapa Essiedu being cast as Severus Snape, he says he’s focus is on bringing humanity and complexity to the character. “I concentrate on the job at hand, which is to give as much humanity, as much depth, dimensions, layers, complexity to a character that has a lot of that,” he said at the TIME100 Next red carpet Thursday night.

✍️ Chay Mullins joins Ulster Rugby on a one-year deal. The Irish-qualified 24-year-old joins the province from Connacht. A versatile back three player, Mullins was a key member of the @IrishRugby Sevens team that won the Rugby Europe Sevens Championship in 2023. Welcome to Ulster, Chay 🙌

Origin Lab $8M Seed Round⚡️ 📑 About: @OriginLabAI is a marketplace for premium, rights-cleared video game and 3D multimodal datasets for AI training. 🤝 Investors: @lightspeedvp (Lead), @svangel, @EniacVC, FPV Ventures, @SevenStars_VC, and @kevinlin