Focus Features has the widest entry at the pandemic weekend box office with Jacob Chase’s Amblin horror film Come Play, and therefore the No. 1 movie at the box office, earning $1M yesterday at 2,183 theaters. $150K of that figure came from Thursday previews. Come Play, which now is 52% Rotten on Rotten Tomatoes, centers
Month: October 2020
WASHINGTON — While NASA and the European Space Agency hailed an agreement this week to work together on the lunar Gateway, both agencies have work ahead to establish international cooperation on the overall Artemis program of human lunar exploration. NASA and ESA announced Oct. 27 that they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to
Apple has set a new quarterly record in India for its September quarter, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook announced during an earnings call on Thursday. The 59-year-old executive did not reveal any exact revenues for the Indian market, though he considered the launch of Apple’s online store in the country as a part of the
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses supporters at a campaign rally outside Raymond James Stadium on October 29, 2020 in Tampa, Florida. Paul Hennessey | NurPhoto | Getty Images President Donald Trump‘s campaign rallies led to more than 30,000 coronavirus cases, according to a new paper posted by researchers at Stanford. Researchers looked at 18 Trump
Taylor Swift‘s lending her voice to a political ad that takes aim at Donald Trump‘s presidency and the problems plaguing America … while encouraging young people to vote for Joe Biden. Taylor’s politically-charged song “Only the Young” is used in the music vid that addresses voter suppression and her beef with Trump … while highlighting
New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ending a requirement for travelers from places with a high amount of coronavirus cases to quarantine for two weeks upon arriving in the state. Instead,
Judge Mark Warby has granted Meghan Markle a 10-month adjournment until fall 2021 in her High Court case against the U.K.’s Mail on Sunday and Associated Newspapers Group on Thursday. The Duchess of Sussex’s case was due to be heard on January 11th, but her legal team filed an application for a delay in the
Anne Hathaway has offered up some advice for Zoe Kravitz as she takes on the role of Catwoman in The Batman. Hathaway was cast by Christopher Nolan as Selena Kyle, aka Catwoman, in his Dark Knight Trilogy. However, the actress was far from the first woman to take on the role. Eartha Kitt, Julie Newmar,
We’re not going to say these are the best horror flicks to watch, ever. But we are gonna say there are a bunch of random streaming spooks with which to busy ourselves this pandemic-riddled All Hallow’s Eve. We’ve checked many out for you here — but are you like me, thinking there isn’t really a
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . In our series “Can Writing Be Taught?” we partner with Catapult to ask their course instructors all our burning questions about the
A woman wearing a face mask as a preventive measure against the spread of the COVID-19 Coronavirus, runs with Cruise Ships docked in the background at the port of Long Beach, California on April 11, 2020. Apu Gomes | AFP | Getty Images Cruise stocks rose Friday after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Going down: a droplet of honey in a superhydrophobic coated tube. (Courtesy: Aalto University) Honey and other highly viscous fluids can flow faster than water in specially coated capillary tubes. This surprising discovery was made by Maja Vuckovac and colleagues at Finland’s Aalto University who also show that the counterintuitive effect stems from suppressed internal
by Trevor Kimball, October 31, 2020 (Skip Bolen/FOX) The soapy twists and turns of the Monreaux family won’t see a second season on FOX. The network has cancelled the Filthy Rich TV series after five episodes. A Southern Gothic family drama series, the Filthy Rich TV show stars Kim Cattrall, Corey Cott, Olivia Macklin, Aubrey
This weekend is Halloween and Focus Features is delivering some scares with the Jacob Chase-directed horror Come Play, which opens in theaters starting today. Come Play is based on Chase’s 2017 short film Larry. The feature version which is dubbed as “a terrifying new vision in horror” follows Oliver (newcomer Azhy Robertson), a lonely young boy
The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building stands in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2020. Erin Scott | Bloomberg via Getty Images The Federal Reserve has lowered the barriers on its lending program for smaller businesses as part of an effort to broaden the appeal of the sparsely used facility. In another pair
In a memo Oct. 29, Deputy Secretary of Defense David Norquist said the new position will be filled by Justin Johnson, the acting deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy. WASHINGTON — The Defense Department announced Oct. 30 it has established the office of the assistant secretary of defense for space policy, a new
AirPods Pro earbuds will be replaced by Apple for free following sound issues. The tech giant has confirmed that a small percentage of AirPods Pro units may be faulty and could be experiencing audio problems. These affected units are said to have been manufactured before October 2020, meaning all AirPods Pro units sold all through
Joe Biden, left, and Donald Trump Reuters With four days to go until Election Day, President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden are visiting states that could prove crucial to either campaign’s victory in 2020. Their visits come as millions of voters have already cast their ballots by mail or at early voting locations.
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