After he was admitted to the hospital this week with a mystery illness, Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Recently, it was reported that Diamond sought medical treatment after feeling immense pain all over his body. Because his mother died of breast cancer, there were concerns that
Did Cloud 9 employees manage to agree on some new changes? On Superstore Season 6 Episode 5, the gang chatted about systemic racism in the store and changes they could make for it to be a safer environment for everyone. Meanwhile, Glenn revealed that he was desperate to right the wrongs of the store. But
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. Before the crisis, I dined at a bistro on England’s coast with a septuagenarian white man and woman with whom I am
Boxes containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine are prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Mississippi, U.S. December 20, 2020. Paul Sancya | Reuters The Biden administration’s plan to release nearly every available dose of Pfizer and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccines to states shouldn’t cause any supply issues down the road, a
by Trevor Kimball, January 14, 2021 TNT has renewed the Animal Kingdom TV series, one of the cable channel’s few remaining scripted shows, for a sixth and final season. The final episodes will likely air in 2022. Season five of Animal Kingdom will launch at some point this summer. When the drama returns, the remaining
Wall Street may be in for a surprise. Ally Invest’s Lindsey Bell believes investors are underestimating the strength of earnings season, which kicks off Friday with the banks. “That’s my biggest call going into this earnings season,” the firm’s chief investment strategist told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Thursday. Refinitiv predicts S&P 500 fourth-quarter earnings results
Topological operation: lattice surgery has been used to entangle qubits. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Dmitriy-Rybin) “Lattice surgery” has been used to quantum-mechanically entangle fault-tolerant topological qubits – an achievement that could lead to the production of more reliable quantum logic gates. Created by researchers in Austria, Switzerland and Germany, the entanglement technique could prove useful in the development
EXCLUSIVE: Voltage Pictures is selling worldwide on The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, the Morgan Freeman and Lori McCreary production we first told you about, which follows the 2011 fatal shooting of a 68-year-old White Plains, NY Black man by police after he accidentally triggered his LifeAid medical alert. Voltage will begin talks on the title
“The DoD space industrial base remains a niche market with very specialized and capital-intensive requirements.” WASHINGTON — U.S. military satellites and missiles continue to rely on customized hardware and niche components that are no longer manufactured domestically, the Pentagon said in a report to Congress released Jan. 14. These programs need to invest in new
WhatsApp emerged as the top app of 2020 in India with most monthly active users, according to mobile analytics firm App Annie. This might change in 2021 as users are moving away from WhatsApp because of privacy concerns, but in a locked down 2020, WhatsApp took centre stage. The instant messaging app also outpaced leading
President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled the details of a $1.9 trillion coronavirus rescue package designed to support households and businesses through the pandemic. The proposal, called the American Rescue Plan, includes several familiar stimulus measures in the hope the additional fiscal support will sustain U.S. families and firms until the Covid-19 vaccine is widely
In 2019, Bandcamp started a new service that allowed artists to sell vinyl through an in-house pressing service. Through crowdfunding campaigns powered by customer orders, artists could sell vinyl produced and shipped by Bandcamp. Today, the company has announced that the vinyl pressing service—which started on a limited trial basis for a handful of artists—is
A general view of the Lehigh County Jail, where retired fireman Robert Sanford was due to appear in connection with the U.S. Capitol riots, before a federal judge, in Allentown, Pennsylvania, January 14, 2021. Mark Makela | Reuters A retired Pennsylvania firefighter was arrested and charged Thursday with crimes related to the Jan.6 Capitol riot,
Back in September 2020 before election results were announced (and baselessly questioned), Believe in Better merchandise was launched in support of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, urging everyone to vote. Designers from Thom Browne to Carly Cushnie backed the campaign in support of the candidates. Now that the inauguration is on the
Chris Evans is casting doubt on his Marvel Cinematic Universe return. However, many fans believe he is just playing coy instead of shooting the reports down. It was reported earlier today that Evans is currently in talks with Marvel Studios to bring Captain America back to the MCU for at least one upcoming project with
Here is a wrap-up of all the news you need to know from Thursday, January 2021. The forthcoming female-led reboot of Doogie Howser has found its lead in Peyton Elizabeth Lee (Andi Mack). The series is titled Doogie Kameāloha, M.D., and is a female-led reimagining of the classic ABC medical dramedy, the streamer announced Thursday.
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by Trevor Kimball, January 12, 2021 Today, OWN confirmed what we first reported back in November. Tyler Perry’s The Haves and the Have Nots TV series is ending with the current eighth season. Tonight, OWN will air the eighth episode of the final season and the series will then go on hiatus until some time