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. I don’t need to say that poetry got us through 2020, because poets get us through everything. I don’t say this to
Shoppers with their Urban Outfitters shopping bags in Soho in New York Richard Levine | Corbis | Getty Images Urban Outfitters shares tumbled Tuesday after the apparel retailer reported disappointing holiday sales and announced its current chief executive is set to depart at the end of the month. Its stock dropped about 11% in after-hours
by Regina Avalos, January 9, 2021 The CW has made a decision about one of two potential that had backdoor pilots last year. An Arrow spin-off and a prequel to The 100 have been in the talking stages for months, and fans have wondered if the pilots would move forward. Deadline has now revealed that
U.S. stock index futures were little changed in overnight trading on Tuesday, after a session that saw stocks alternate between gains and losses. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 20 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures each declined 0.09%. Stocks closed little changed on Tuesday as traders digested higher
Empower by Dr. Anh When the pandemic closed her practice, renowned plastic surgeon, Dr. Anh Nguyen, began the creation of her Empower Lifestyle Range. She started experimenting with fabrics to create clothing that would spark the idea for her clothing line. As a child, she spent a lot of time at her family owned
Pulsar array: artist’s impression of how NANOGrav observes pulsars in an effort detect gravitational waves. (Courtesy: NANOGrav/T Klein) The observation of tiny deviations in the arrival times of radio pulses from neutron stars could be our first glimpse at gravitational waves from merging supermassive black holes – according to astronomers working on the NANOGrav pulsar
EXCLUSIVE: Hot off today’s London Critics’ Circle Film Awards where it scored eight nominations, Saint Maud from A24, will be hitting theaters in a limited release on Jan. 29. Additionally, I hear EPIX went after the movie strongly for a Pay TV-all platform release on Feb. 12 in a deal that was estimated to be
The NGA and NRO are stepping up research to better understand the emerging commercial geospatial intelligence market. WASHINGTON — The private sector is coming out with new geospatial intelligence products and services faster than the government can figure out how to buy them. That means analysts need ways to procure commercial geoint “at a moment’s
Fossil Gen 5 LTE smartwatch has been launched at CES 2021. The latest watch in Fossil’s Gen 5 series is powered by the Snapdragon 3100 SoC and has a 1.28-inch touchscreen inside a 45mm case. The Fossil Gen 5 LTE works on the Verizon network with an Android phone and can be used to make
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S. Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, answers a question during a virtual town hall at the Pentagon, May 28, 2020. Chad J. McNeeley | Department of Defense WASHINGTON – In an extraordinary letter Tuesday, the nation’s top military commanders condemned last week’s acts of “sedition and insurrection” at
Universal Music Group’s recently-launched production house Mercury Studios has announced a documentary about Abbey Road Studios. If These Walls Could Sing will explore the legendary recording studio’s history in conjunction with Abbey Road’s 90th anniversary this November. The film is produced by John Battsek and directed by filmmaker and photographer Mary McCartney, daughter of Paul
Visa CEO Alfred Kelly speaks at Boston College’s Chief Executive Club luncheon, September 27, 2018. Brian Snyder | Reuters Visa has ended its takeover efforts of Silicon Valley start-up Plaid about two months after the Department of Justice filed an antitrust lawsuit on grounds that it would limit competition in the payments industry. The company said
You know that saying about how anything Fred Astaire did, Ginger Rogers did backward and in high heels? It comes to mind as Jodie Turner-Smith recounts filming the action movie Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse while in her second trimester of pregnancy—something her costars Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Bell were quite assuredly not dealing with.
The Marvel Cinematic Universe may have taken an unexpected break in 2020, but it is coming back in full force in 2021. WandaVision, which kicks off Phase 4 of the MCU on Disney+ this Friday, will usher in the next wave of shows and movies centered on the beloved heroes and villains. As revealed by
NBC is planning ahead. The network announced Tuesday that it had picked up three new shows from Universal Television – comedies Grand Crew and American Auto, and drama La Brea”for the 2021-2022 season. Lisa Katz, who was recently named President of Scripted Content, made the announcement: “Our driving force has always been to seek out
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. “The world will come between you,” writes Marcos Gonsalez in the prologue of his memoir Pedro’s Theory: Reimagining the Promised Land. The
Residents get the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Emerald Court senior living community in Anaheim, CA on Friday, January 8, 2021. Paul Bersebach | MediaNews Group | Getty Images The Trump administration will issue new guidelines Tuesday that expand coronavirus vaccine eligibility to everyone 65-years-old and above, a senior administration official told CNBC. The states’
The Broadway premiere of Skeleton Crew, written by Tony Award nominee Dominique Morisseau (Ain’t Too Proud) and directed by Tony winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson (August Wilson’s Jitney) will begin performances on Broadway during the winter of 2022, producer Manhattan Theatre Club announced today. The production joins MTC’s previously announced 2021-22 Broadway line-up of Santiago-Hudson’s Lackawanna Blues