White House chief of staff Mark Meadows told CNBC on Tuesday that aid to state and local governments poses the biggest obstacle to a pandemic relief deal, even as “real progress” was being made between Democrats and Republicans. Democrats have pushed for nearly $1 trillion in aid to municipalities hit by revenue shortfalls as a result
Month: September 2020
A new television show is in the works based on two memoirs by Viv Albertine—author, musician, and former member of the Slits. As The Hollywood Reporter points out, the series will be based on Albertine’s 2014 memoir Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys., as well as her 2018 book, To Throw Away
White House Senior Adviser Ivanka Trump introduces her father U.S. President Donald Trump to deliver his acceptance speech as the 2020 Republican presidential nominee during the final event of the Republican National Convention on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, August 27, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters DETROIT – General Motors CEO
For the final song in her first-ever virtual concert presented by Live Nation, Megan Thee Stallion and her dancers stood under dimmed lights in front of a black screen that read, “This Shit Is Exhausting.” What she’s referring to follows next: Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Aura Rosser, Tamir Rice, Freddie Gray, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile,
Production on the highly anticipated sequel to 2018’s dazzling Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has finally started to really ramp up. Animation mainstay Octavio Rodriguez took to social media to tease progress on Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2 with a simple message. One that should get fans super hyped for what’s to come. Here we go…#headofstory#film#animation#sonypic.twitter.com/L5nzlVoAmI
Two of the most beloved CBS stars are working together on a new dancing competition for the network. NCIS: Los Angeles co-stars Chris O’Donnell and LL Cool J are set to executive produce Come Dance With Me, a family dance competition series. The series finds talented young dancers from across the country picking a family
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Pedestrians walk past a Nordstrom Inc. store. Ben Nelms | Bloomberg | Getty Images The coronavirus pandemic is shining a light on U.S. department stores’ dependence on selling fashion and their lateness to adapt in today’s retail environment. Not only are a number filing for bankruptcy, but some, including the oldest in the nation, are liquidating
by Trevor Kimball, September 1, 2020 (Eddy Chen/Netflix) It looks like The Big Show’s show is over. Netflix has cancelled The Big Show Show TV series so there won’t be a second season. A family sitcom, The Big Show Show stars WWE Superstar “The Big Show” aka Paul Wight, Allison Munn, Reylynn Caster, Juliet Donenfeld,
Get to know the jurors for the 2021 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children’s Literature in this series of short interviews. First up: Tanita S. Davis! Tanita S. Davis was nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Mare’s War, which was a Coretta Scott King Honor Book. Kirkus praised her most recent novel, Peas and Carrots,
AMC Entertainment said Monday it’s agreed to sell its nine theaters in the Baltic region (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) to UP Invest for €65 million (about $77 million) as it continues to shore up its balance sheet. The move follows a capital raise and debt restructuring in July to bolster liquidity and strengthen its balance
Lockheed Martin received a $187.5 million contract and York Space Systems a $94 million contract for the Space Development Agency’s Transport Layer Tranche 0. WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s space agency on Aug. 31 announced the first major contract awards for a network of satellites in low Earth orbit that will talk to each other and
U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testifies before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on slowdowns at the Postal Service ahead of the November elections on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., August 24, 2020. Tom Williams | Reuters House Oversight Committee Chairwoman Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., said Monday that she plans to issue a subpoena to Postmaster General Louis
Singer Charli XCX is giving up her 1920s English Tudor-style crib … and someone can scoop it up for a pretty good deal in the Hollywood Hills. The “Boom Clap” singer — who also collaborated with Iggy Azalea on “Fancy” — put her place on the market for a cool $3,650,000. The tri-level crib has
U.S. government debt prices were lower Tuesday morning as markets entered their first trading day of the month. At around 2:25 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 0.7081%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond jumped to 1.4832%. Yields move inversely to prices. Investors are monitoring coronavirus’ news, but also possible moves to
Cobra Kai is the most popular series on Netflix. The first two seasons of the hit show debuted on the streaming service over the weekend after originally being an exclusive YouTube Red show. Netflix has taken over and is calling The Karate Kid series an Original, where they will premiere the highly anticipated third season
It was an understated midseason finale. While there were some departures on 90 Day Fiance: The Other Way Season 2 Episode 14, and tension was ratcheting up between certain couples, we didn’t get into any of the juicy stuff. Based on the 90 Day Fiance:The Other Way Superteaser for the second half of the season, I
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