It was an up night for some and a steady night for others. FOX’s 9-1-1 inched up to 6.6 million viewers and a 1.1 rating in the 18-49 demo, helping it become the most-watched show of the night and the top scripted telecast in the demo. 9-1-1: Lone Star followed with 5.4 million viewers and
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If anybody on Wall Street is due a victory lap, it’s Daniel Pinto. The head of JPMorgan Chase‘s massive corporate and investment bank is fresh off a year for the record books: Pinto’s business produced $49.3 billion in revenue and $17.1 billion in profit in 2020, more earnings than JPMorgan’s three other divisions combined. But
Photo by István Biró The Tragedy of Man, by Imre Madách, premiered at the Gergely Csíky Theater of Timişoara on March 3, 2020, directed by Silviu Purcărete and adapted by András Visky. After two performances, the run had to be suspended, due to the pandemic, and was only revived briefly in October. Melinda Mátyus reflects on
Jeff Bezos would owe about $2 billion a year in state income taxes under Washington’s proposed wealth tax, according to legislators. As part of an effort to reduce inequality and offset the state’s lack of an income tax, Washington state legislators are proposing a 1% levy on wealth over $1 billion. Lawmakers say the tax
More bad news for exhibition, and this from the distributor which has been good about releasing movies during the pandemic: Universal is moving their Jennifer Lopez musical-driven romantic comedy Marry Me from May 14, 2021 to Feb. 11, 2022. Translation: The studio has enough confidence in the movie to postpone it, and give it the full box
SAN FRANCISCO – Shay Har-Noy, former Tomnod founder and CEO, has joined Spire Global as the company’s general manager of the aviation systems business unit. Har-Noy has been acutely aware of aviation’s need for satellite data since 2014 when Tomnod enlisted the help of more than 10 million people to tag oil slicks, wreckage and
Europe’s antitrust chief, Margrethe Vestager, has warned Apple to give equal treatment to all apps on its platform amid the iPhone maker’s privacy changes that have drawn charges of anti-competitive practices from rival Facebook. Apple will in the spring ask iPhone users for consent to track their data for personalised advertisements in what it says
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday faces the start of his second impeachment trial, an uphill battle for Democrats determined to prove him guilty in the wake of the deadly riot at the U.S. Capitol. Despite the unprecedented circumstances and the uncertain political ramifications, experts see acquittal as the likely outcome of the trial. The
Exclusive Details YFN Lucci is back on the outside after being arrested for murder — but a judge is imposing limitations to keep him from booking it outta town, or hurting anyone. Photos and video emerged Monday of the Atlanta rapper getting sprung from jail — where he’d been in custody since turning himself in
Richard Besser, who served as acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention under former President Barack Obama, said the U.S. is better off continuing to focus on getting patients both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine despite the slow rollout. On CNBC’s “The News with Shepard Smith,” Besser agreed with comments made earlier
Last year, Hollywood glamour came to a halt in the wake of a global pandemic. Gone were the days of couture gracing the elite days after a runway show. Ballgowns made-to-measure for A-listers gliding across the red carpet at a movie premiere ceased to exist. But that didn’t mean dressing up lost its luster—at least
Ever since Man of Steel debuted in 2013, the DCEU has been battling a general perception that the films in the franchise are unnecessarily dark and “edgy”. The problem is a vocal minority of fans loudly dismiss any DCEU films that lean more towards comedy or fluff. Director of Shazam. David F. Sandberg recently had
If it’s possible, Spencer’s life just got even more complicated. Visits to a sports psychologist allowed Spencer to get to the root of his psychosomatic arm weakness of All American Season 3 Episode 4. But things appear they were going to get worse before they get better for him. Spencer had no choice but to follow
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Nuclear PPE: Leticia Arnedo-Sanchez (from left), Katherine Shield, Korey Carter, and Jennifer Wacker take precautions against radioactivity as well as coronavirus to conduct experiments in Rebecca Abergel’s lab. (Courtesy: Marilyn Sargent/Berkeley Lab) New insights into the physical and chemical properties of the rare heavy element einsteinium have been gained by researchers working at several labs
Investor Paul Meeks won’t invest in social media stocks right now, he told CNBC on Monday. Meeks, who’s known for running the world’s largest tech fund during the dot-com bubble, predicted regulators will target the group this year — with Facebook and Twitter bearing the brunt. “The interesting thing about this full-fledged assault on the social media
Disney/Pixar’s Soul continues to shine overseas with a $96.2M cume after seven frames. In 11 markets this session, the Pete Docter-helmed original added $6.9M to its international box office kitty with No. 1s again in Russia and Korea. In China, it has surpassed Incredibles 2 to become the market’s 2nd highest-grossing Pixar title ever. China