Month: February 2021

Netflix has released the official trailer for Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell, the new documentary celebrating the life and career of late hip hop legend Christopher Wallace. Renowned for his distinctive flow and autobiographical lyrics, Wallace is of course best known by his stage names “The Notorious B.I.G.” and “Biggie Smalls.” Featuring rare
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If you enjoy reading Electric Literature, join our mailing list! We’ll send you the best of EL each week, and you’ll be the first to know about upcoming submissions periods and virtual events. When I was growing up in Sydney, I did not often read Australian writers. This wasn’t necessarily a decision I made consciously,
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Neil Woodford, Woodford Investment Management. Woodford Investment Management LONDON — Neil Woodford, the former U.K. star stockpicker whose investment firm collapsed in 2019, has said “sorry” to investors as he shared plans to make a comeback with a new business.  Woodford said in an interview with The Telegraph, published Saturday, that he was “very sorry
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As the specialty box office space continues to navigate the digital VOD and day and date waters, numbers are trickling in but, again, they don’t necessarily give a solid reflection of a film’s box office performance as they did in the before-times (aka pre-Covid). On this President’s Day holiday weekend, award season faves like A24’s
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SAN FRANCISCO – Intelsat SA announced a reorganization plan Feb. 12 to reduce the Luxembourg-based communications satellite fleet operator’s debt from nearly $15 billion to $7 billion. Creditors responsible for approximately $3.8 billion of Intelsat’s debt have approved Intelsat’s plan and the company is seeking approval from additional creditors, according to a Plan of Reorganization
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A new generation of CMOS image sensors now rivals the performance of state-of-the-art photon detectors for optical telescopes, while also operating at higher speeds and over a wider dynamic range Into the light: CMOS image sensors can now rival the performance of state-of-the-art light detectors for ground-based optical telescopes. (Courtesy: ESO/C Malin (christophmalin.com)) Ground-based astronomy
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Refresh for latest…: Chinese moviegoers ushered in the Year of the Ox with the colossal three-day debut of Detective Chinatown 3 grossing an estimated RMB 2.56B ($397M). This tops Avengers: Endgame’s 2019 five-day China bow of RMB 2.22B to make DC3 not only the biggest opener in Chinese history, but also giving it bragging rights
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