Prequels are all the rage these days. We love returning to beloved universes that feel familiar but have new stories to tell. Prime Video’s A League Of Their Own was a terrific example of taking the framework of the source material and transforming it into something that feels relevant to modern audiences and uplifts voices
Month: April 2023
Maybe you’re a fly-by-night cologne guy. Maybe you’ve got a fragrance collection that would make a master perfumer blush. Maybe you’ve heard the word “cologne” before but always thought it was an exotic bird native to the Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia, Chili. Regardless of your knowledge or level of enthusiasm for smelling
Queen’s University Belfast team Kevin Prise, Shannon Thompson and Stephen McMahon are modelling laser-accelerated proton delivery to investigate the potential contribution of inter-track interactions in ultrahigh-dose rate proton therapy. (Courtesy: Shannon Thompson) Laser-accelerated proton (LAP) beams may offer a delivery mechanism for proton therapy that has a smaller physical and financial footprint than cyclotron accelerators.
San Francisco Fed President Mary Daly, whose district saw the second-largest bank failure in U.S. history and who has become a target of criticism, would not have typically been a key player in Silicon Valley Bank’s supervision, several former and current fed officials told CNBC. A highly centralized design to the Fed’s oversight of large
In the latest episode of Crew Call, we talk to Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directors, scribes and EPs John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein about the vision they sold to Paramount to make the dark and dingy world of the role playing game, not just fun, but funnier. And even more so, a
WASHINGTON — Astra is still planning to conduct a first launch of its Rocket 4 vehicle before the end of the year as it scales up production of spacecraft electric propulsion systems. Astra said in a March 30 earnings call that it was making steady progress on the new vehicle, development of which it accelerated
General Motors plans to phase out widely-used Apple CarPlay and Android Auto technologies that allow drivers to bypass a vehicle’s infotainment systems, shifting instead to built-in infotainment systems developed with Google for future electric vehicles. Apple CarPlay and Android Auto systems allow users to mirror their smartphone screens in a vehicle’s dashboard display. GM‘s decision
TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi Chew looks on as he testifies before a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing entitled “TikTok: How Congress can Safeguard American Data Privacy and Protect Children from Online Harms,” as lawmakers scrutinize the Chinese-owned video-sharing app, on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 23, 2023. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters TikTok and
Feist, photo by David Wolff-Patrick/Redferns News Feist Talks Leaving Arcade Fire Tour in New Interview: “I Couldn’t Continue” “I was having an out-of-body experience,” she told The Irish Times By Nina Corcoran April 1, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter For the first time since penning a lengthy statement about her decision, Feist has discussed her
Hundreds of 1199SEIU health care workers staged a rally and sit to block 3rd avenue where some were arrested. They protested against health care cuts in Governor Kathy Hochuls budget on Medicare. Lev Radin | Lightrocket | Getty Images U.S. states on Saturday will start to kick as many as 15 million people off Medicaid
On Saturday evening, Zendaya and Tom Holland attended the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre’s gala and made quite a fashionable splash. The couple touched down in Mumbai on Friday, and enjoyed a day of yachting before their big night on the red carpet. They did not walk it together, but this was their first major
This is no joke! We’ve got a slew of new recommendations for you! Someone on the staff thinks you can’t go wrong with Netflix’s Beef. We’re super excited to see Pretty Baby Brook Shields, and there are two musical series hitting this week: Schmidagoon! Season 2 and Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies! Sunday, April
We have a Seinfeld-ian dilemma on our hands today. Shoe trees. They’re neither shoes nor trees. Yet here we are, not only blindly accepting their place in society but extolling their virtues as the saviors of your hard-won oxfords, derbys, and loafers. But alas, it’s true. If you’ve got a prized pair of shoes or
Like magic, narrative rearranges the world through words, and Kelly Link is one of modern fiction’s boldest alchemists. Her stories (which have now been collected into five books, and garnered Link a MacArthur “Genius Grant,” among other honors) make the familiar so strange it’s almost familiar again, spinning straw into ghosts and ghosts into disgruntled
In this article WWE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Chairman Vince McMahon is introduced during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ethan Miller | Getty Images Vince McMahon has pinned down a two-year employment contract at World
Saturday AM: Refresh for more updates and chart Though Friday was $15.3M, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is still looking at a $40M opening. This is the high end of tracking, and that is to be commended for the Paramount/eOne $150M production which the former studio was careful to lay off risk on. Though
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea will spend 874.2 billion won ($674 million) on space programs this year to expand its domestic space industry, develop a next-generation launch vehicle, and bolster space defense capabilities. It is a 19.5 percent increase from the previous year, and the most South Korea has ever budgeted for space. Details
Nokia, earlier this year, changed its logo to a more modern minimalistic design, after many years of sporting a familiar logo. The brand has recently launched several smartphones, including Nokia C32, Nokia C22, Nokia G22, Nokia C12 and Nokia C12 Pro. Now, Nokia has announced Pure UI, a new user interface for its forthcoming B2B