David Krumholtz clarified his comments on Instagram after revealing he had “sent the definitive email” to stop his acting career.
First, I’m doing very well. “I am very well. I also feel loved. Second, I did not use the words’retiring,’ or “quitting.” Instead, he said, “I decided to put off my career,” in an explanation posted Wednesday morning. This was almost 48 hours after his initial posting. I don’t think anyone will understand my decision, but it has been a deeply moving experience. As an actor, I have been able to realize more than one dream. I am grateful to everyone who believes in me and supports me. “However, there has been a point where those ambitions and dreams have become unbearably heavy.”
Krumholtz continued by saying that he loved the mountain but that it was not without disappointments.
He has decided to take a step back as a consequence. I need time to work it out. Let the wound heal. For my family, the health of my mind is essential. My career is diverse. I’m in disbelief. However, I am at a crossroads. I have a desire to help others, but I also want to be a good actor. For the moment, I am pursuing this goal. More work is to be done. There’s still more to come. As always, I hope that you will enjoy the stuff I have put up. “Just… give me a second.”
Krumholtz’s post was also a hit with fellow actors. Jamie Lee Curtis, an Oscar-winning actress, wrote, “THIS IS DANGEROUS business.” This is a dynamic business that’s constantly changing and evolving right before our very eyes. The combination of technology, the ongoing fallout caused by the pandemic, and the corporatization industry complex that has engulfed the art we love have led to many thousands and hundreds of thousands and millions losing their opportunities and hopes. Find your bliss, protect your mental health, and be confident that you’re respected both as an artist as well as as a person.
Neil Brown Jr. and Jillian Bell both said that Krumholtz was one of their favorite actors and they were waiting for the day when he would say, “Put Me Back in Coach.”
This clarification was made in response to a deluge of news articles and comments after Krumholtz deleted and posted the career information on Threads. I put off my acting career the other day. For years, I was terrified to make the move. The fear I had was that I would go bankrupt and be incapable of handling being out from the game. “But I sent the final email”, he wrote on Threads. I felt a wave of relief wash over me. “I’m not sure what else I will do with the money, nor how, but I have just lifted a huge burden that was so heavy I couldn’t even fathom its weight until I removed it. “Frustrated, tired, and fried.”
He said he enjoyed every minute of his “acting muscle” but he was disillusioned by the perks that come with it. I’ve loved the attention. It was once a good thing to be competitive and involved in my own pursuit. This time is gone. To MY utter surprise, the time has passed. The exercise will never be without joy. “But for me, this profession has lost all its sparkle.”
Garret Dillahunt, a fellow actor who has worked with Krumholtz on several occasions, was also among the people to respond: “This news is very sad for me.” However, I’m happy for you. Krumholtz replied, “I understand fully.” He went on to elaborate his next steps: “Ain’t over rather, redefine my terms. I’m hoping to discover a more fulfilling passion. My product and my mentality are no longer working. I’m trying to help. No crystal ball.”
The veteran 48-year old actor is from New York. He has been working consistently on the small and big screens since his debut in the industry. His early credits include Law & Order (playing beloved Head Elf Bernard), Life With Mikey and Addams Family Values. His regular roles included Monty, Chicago Sons and The Closer. He also appeared in The Trouble With Normal, Numb3rs (which lasted 119 episodes), The Santa Clause franchise, The Ice Storm, The Addams Family Values, The Snowman, The Closer.

US President Donald Trump has once again praised North Korea’s leader for his nuclear capabilities, while criticizing Seoul as a key ally who failed to assist Washington in its fight against Iran. This is a reemergence of one of Trump’s most controversial diplomatic issues during his first term.
Trump claimed on Monday that Kim Jong Un, the leader of North Korea, had replied to his recent overtures in a “very favorable” manner. This was a day before he instructed the Pentagon to reduce military exercises with South Korea to prepare for an eventual war with Pyongyang.
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US President said that his relationship with Kim whom he had met three times in his first term made the Korean Peninsula much safer. The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday that Trump had been pressing his aides for a meeting between him and Kim before the November 3 midterm election.
Analysts believe that a meeting with Kim would, regardless of the outcome, be an important feather in Trump’s cap. This is especially true given Washington’s ongoing unpopular war against Iran and Trump’s electoral promise to end Ukraine’s war.
Trump may be using his efforts to warm up to Kim to exert leverage on South Korea. This is a classic example of Trump’s transactional diplomatic approach.
Al Jazeera reported that Trump may be putting pressure on South Korea due to [Seoul’s] reluctance in cooperating with the US during the Iran War and slow progress of South Korean investments in the United States.
This could be viewed as a form tit for tat diplomacy despite the continuing alliance between the countries.
What has been the evolution of US-North Korea relations under Trump?
Trump threatened North Korea in 2017 with “fire” and “fury”, after Pyongyang was reported to have produced a small nuclear warhead that could fit into its missiles.
In 2018, the US President and Kim held their first historic face-toface meeting in Singapore, where both agreed on the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula”. The subsequent 2019 meetings, in Hanoi and the Korean Demilitarized Zone(DMZ), did not build upon the original agreement.
North Korea’s missile and nuclear capability has grown since then. It continues to test missiles and develops close military relations with Russia. Trump insists that his relationship with Kim is “unthreatening” and respectful.
Yong Chool Ha, a lecturer at the University of Washington who is also Yong Chool Ha’s former colleague, believes that Trump might believe the Hanoi Summit failed due to pressure by critics. This includes his own ex-national security advisor John Bolton who had urged US officials to consider denuclearisation and the possible possibility of pressure on Pyongyang for regime change.
Ha stated that Trump may think he is now free to make another deal with Kim without any constraints.
Why would Trump choose to use leverage against South Korea, an ally?
Trump attacked South Korea in his Truth Social Network on Sunday evening, announcing abruptly that he ordered the Pentagon reduce “inappropriate” and “hostile” military exercises with Seoul.
Later, he attributed the decision to South Korea refusing to join the US and Israel war against Iran. Trump told his Oval Office staff that “we can’t protect these countries when they aren’t there to assist us.”
Ulchi Freedom Shield is an 11-day exercise designed to help prepare the country for war. US troops stationed in South Korea are a result of the Korean War, which ended with an armistice and not a peace agreement.
Seoul is tense if these exercises are reduced, as it relies on Washington’s deterrence of North Korea. Pyongyang calls the exercises dress rehearsals of an invasion.
Eugene Park is a US historian of East Asia who teaches at the University of Nevada. He said that Trump’s move reflected Washington shifting priorities. He told Al Jazeera that the United States faces more demands than during Trump’s initial term. This includes ongoing commitments to the Middle East, and concerns over force readiness and defense-industrial capability.
Park argues that the Iranian conflict has changed the geopolitical context in which the Korean Peninsula must conduct its diplomacy, since Washington is now motivated to prevent the outbreak of another major crises beyond the Middle East.
The US President’s decision is likely also to have had money at its core.
Rachel Minyoung Lee is a senior fellow at the Stimson Korea Program, and 38 North. She said that Trump could have used these drills to “accelerate South Korea’s investment” and perhaps lay the foundation for South Korea increasing its defence costs sharing.
Trump wants the alliance to move towards a more balanced structure where Seoul is given greater responsibility in regional security. Trump, during his first term as president, demanded that South Korea pay a much higher contribution for hosting US forces, saying it was too low.
Lee said that economic tensions might also play a role.
Trump’s initial administration renegotiated bilateral trade agreements and implemented tariffs on South Korean steel. Washington threatened to charge 25 percent in tariffs but eventually agreed on a rate of 15 percent as recompense for South Korean investments and commitments.
Seoul, he said, was moving too slowly in implementing the agreement.
Minyoung said that Trump was frustrated by the lack of concrete actions taken by South Korea to invest in America, as this condition had been set for the tariffs to remain at 15 percent.
Is this a turning point in US-North Korea Relations?
At least, not yet. Minyoung Le said that North Korea doesn’t trust the US. In addition, Pyongyang, after the US and Israeli attack on Iran, has consistently painted Washington as a “untrustworthy player” who disturbs the international order.
Kim made it clear earlier in the year that Washington must recognize North Korea’s “constitutional status” — which is a reference North Korea’s nuclear status. Minyoung said that even for Trump who wants to talk with Kim Jong Un, recognising North Korea’s nuclear status is a tall order.
Analysts said that Trump has used his decision to scale back joint military drills with South Korea as a way to do two things at once: to exert leverage on South Korea, and to remind everyone, including Kim, of Trump’s interest in engaging North Korea.

HONG KONG – The robots company behind China’s famed backflipping humans made a stunning debut in the stock market on Wednesday. Unitree shares closed up 460%, as investors rallied behind local beneficiaries of A.I. boom.
Chinese robots, including humanoids and other types of robots, have been developing at an astonishing pace. Beijing is competing with Washington for dominance in the global technology market. Washington banned new robot imports from foreign countries last month due to national security fears. Unitree is the first humanoid robot maker to list on mainland Chinese stock exchanges. It has gained global recognition with its humanoid, quadruped, and dance-able robots.
The Hangzhou company revealed its “Superman” robotic system on Monday. It claims that the robot can leap more than 6 feet and reach speeds of up to 28 miles an hour, faster than Usain Bolt, who holds the 100-meter men’s world record.
Unitree stock was originally priced at 150.8 yuan (22 dollars) per share. It closed at 845 yuan on Shanghai’s STAR Market at 125.40 yuan, valuing it at around $50 billion. It had previously reached 1,100 yuan, which is 163.23, or 629 percent.
According to Reuters, the debut of Unitree’s CEO Wang Xingxing leaves him with a wealth of over $12 billion on paper. He owns about a five-fifth stake in the company he cofounded in 2016.
Unitree’s products, though profitable, are sold primarily to research and educational institutions, rather than commercially.
The ban will also prevent it from selling new models in the U.S., but existing ones can still be purchased. According to Unitree’s IPO prospectus, the U.S. accounted about 13% for its $250 million revenue in 2013.
The U.S. Defense Department added Unitree in June to its list of Chinese companies. Although the designation doesn’t include sanctions against Unitree which claims that their robots are only for civilian purposes, it does prevent the U.S. Military from directly contracting with them.
China’s World Robot Conference, which began in Beijing on Wednesday, saw hundreds of Chinese firms displaying their latest products. China has placed a lot of faith in A.I. Robotics and A.I. can help boost China’s economy, which has seen its growth slow to the lowest level in three years.
According to Omdia, a Singapore-based research company, more than 70% (or 13,000) of the humanoid robotics that were shipped worldwide last year came from Unitree or AgiBot.
Unitree’s debut comes after another record-breaking listing by Chinese memory chips maker CXMT in Shanghai. CXMT surpassed the tech giant Tencent as China’s most valuable listed company, with its shares surging 466% during their first trading day last month.
Unitree, CXMT and other investors are riding the growing Chinese prowess in A.I. From memory — which is critical in data centres — to models, robotics and more.
Lian Jye su, chief analyst of Omdia said that Chinese retail buyers are more influenced by hype. The IPO will be a bellwether of the robotics and humanoid industry.
Unitree will continue to be monitored closely as other Chinese robotics firms prepare for their IPO.
Lian stated that the industry was still at a very early stage. The first question I want to know is, “How real is demand?”

Overnight, waves of Ukrainian drones attacked the huge logistics center located outside Moscow. It was still on fire the next day, with dark smoke billowing into the air from one of Russia’s biggest retail warehouses.
After a night of work, Ukrainian drone crews barely stopped to rest before preparing for another assault.
The small group quickly gathered around 20 drones in the shape of planes in southern Ukraine before they were launched toward Russia.
A team of Associated Press reporters witnessed the launch of the Ukrainian 413th “Raid” Unmanned Systems Regiment Sunday morning — a rare look at a part of Ukraine’s war effort that is rapidly growing.
Ukraine has a new tactic: long-ranged drones that are designed to take the war into Russia and strike military, industrial, and logistical targets far away from the front lines.
Kyiv intensified its offensive against Russia in this year. Long-range missiles, drones, and other weapons have been used to target military and energy industries. The Ukrainian military has been increasingly attacking the Wildberries warehouses and burning millions of dollars worth of goods belonging to this Russian online retailer.
These attacks brought home the reality of war to Russians, almost 4 1/2 years after Moscow invaded Ukraine in full force. As a result of their scale, the Russian military has been forced to extend its air defenses across a wider area. They have also caused fuel shortages in Russia and disrupted airports.
Yevhen Kars, the regiment commander, confirmed that his unit also took part in an earlier strike against the Wildberries Warehouse, located about 45 km (28 miles south) of Moscow. This was one of Ukraine’s biggest attacks on Russia so far.
Karas stated that Ukraine must punish the Kremlin if it wants to achieve a “stable and long-lasting period of peace and a normal peace”.
He added that the more casualties they suffer, the faster they’ll go to peace.
Officials in Kiev want to force the Russian people to feel the consequences of the war and pressurize President Vladimir Putin, who is currently in Russia, into negotiations for a peaceful settlement. Putin has not yet indicated that he plans to end the conflict.
Karas believes, on the other hand, that the economic impact of Ukraine’s long-range strikes campaign in Russia is what brings home to Russians the true cost of war. He hopes this will bring Moscow to the table again after the months-long talks between both sides, mediated by the U.S., stalled.
Karas wrote the following message in black on the fuselage of the drones before they took off Sunday morning: “Moscow Burns Under the Sky, Red Flame Rises So High, Dark Smoke Moves Above the Town, Fire Lights the Night All Around.”
Karas, like the vast majority of Ukraine’s military serving today, had an entirely different life prior to Russia’s invasion on February 24, 2022.
On that fateful day, both the 38-year old who had majored as a philosophy student in university and his brother Volodymyr volunteered to go into battle. He lost his brother while protecting the Kyiv area. Karas rose up the ranks in the following months to become a Special Operations Forces officer.
Karas became the commander of 413th Raid unmanned systems Regiment in 2024. The unit began using drones to perform reconnaissance tasks and other military operations.
His unit, as drone technology improved and the flight range increased to more than 1,000 miles from just a few hundred feet in the past, was tasked to mount long-range missions using Ukraine’s domestically manufactured FP-1 drones on targets located deep within Russia.
Other members of the unit are a cellist, an opera singer who used to sing, and a computer programer. The routine now revolves around a simple series of tasks, including preparing the drone, checking the systems, moving it to its position, and launching.
Repeat the process after you have waited for the results.
On one side of the medallion, which is what militaries around the world call a “challenge coins”, the unit’s insignia, an stylized three-pronged arrow, appears. The other side shows a Kremlin in blazes with a drone hovering over it.
Karas stated that Moscow must fear the sky in the current phase of war.
Karas stated that “Muscovites could spend the night in Moscow’s wonderful metro system, as Kyiv residents have done for years to avoid Russian missiles and drones.”
Once the drones had taken off, the soldiers gathered their gear and left the field.
The next site was chosen.

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Google will reportedly hold its Googlebook Launch Event in New York City, on September 15th.
This event may finally unveil the name of Android’s operating system, which we have been calling Aluminium OS.
Google will also be showcasing hardware launched by its partners, and giving media access to Googlebooks.
Google has finally announced a date to announce the new platform for laptops. The software, which was previously known as Aluminium OS, will be revealed.
Chrome Unboxed reports that Google invited the media to a Googlebook Preview Event in New York City, scheduled for September 15th 2026. This event will be an official hardware show, where we’ll get our first look at Google’s Android-based platform for laptops and devices.
Google announced Googlebooks as a brand new line of laptops with Android-based technology in May. Acer, ASUS Dell HP and Lenovo will be the five first hardware partners. The first products are expected this fall.
Leaks since then have provided a glimpse of what Googlebooks might bring. Leaked renders of Lenovo’s Googlebook 15 and an ASUS version have both shown Google’s Glowbar, along with hardware controls based on Gemini.
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Chrome Unboxed reports that Google will host an event on September 15, which includes a keynote from Google executives covering the new computing platforms, their software architecture and Google’s vision of combining ChromeOS web productivity with Android’s native codebase.
The magazine also anticipates that attendees will get to experience Googlebooks first-hand from Google’s partners for the launch at demo stations. The media will be able, according to reports, to film, photograph and benchmark the devices of the first batch.
This is especially interesting, given the fact that Google has revealed so little about hardware. Google has stated that Googlebooks would feature premium materials and come in a variety of shapes and sizes. They will also have a Glowbar-like design.
The September event will also give a name for the software that powers these machines.
Google’s new operating system for laptops has not been officially named Aluminium OS. We’ve used that name based on code leaks and references. Google, however, has not revealed the official brand.
Mark September 15 in your calendar for now.
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