Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE U.S. stock futures opened along the flatline on Sunday night ahead of the first session of 2021 following a volatile year of trading. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down just 37 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 futures dipped marginally.
A photo illustration of pirated music being illegally downloaded with the legal music service iTunes in the background on in London, England. Matthew Lloyd | Getty Images 2021 will be a very different year for the movie theater business. Studios, hoping to find ways of turning a profit on big budget blockbusters, have turned to
Refresh for latest…: China was the big international box office winner this weekend with three local movies at the top of the chart and a New Year’s Day record set on Friday. That came just as it was confirmed the market led global box office for 2020, surpassing North America for the first time. We’ll
Tencent’s online games were removed and then reinstated on Huawei’s app store on Friday in a dispute over revenue sharing by the Chinese companies. Huawei was insisting on a 50-percent cut of Tencent’s game sales on the app store and the Tencent games were removed because the companies had been unable to agree a deal,
Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks during a news conference on election results in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S., December 2, 2020. Elijah Nouvelage | Reuters President Donald Trump, in an extraordinary phone call this weekend, pressured Georgia’s Republican secretary of state to overturn President-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the state by finding votes to slant
Gerry Marsden, leader of the Merseybeat quartet Gerry & the Pacemakers, has died. Marsden’s friend Pete Price—a broadcaster based in Liverpool—broke the news on social media earlier today (January 3), stating that Marsden died following a short illness stemming from a heart infection. Marsden’s death was subsequently confirmed by the BBC. He was 78 years
U.S. President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, U.S., December 23, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters President Donald Trump on Sunday said he will attend protests in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 6, the day Congress certifies Electoral College votes and declares President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. The
Fashion stylist and costume designer Rob Zangardi helped Gwen Stefani recreate 18 of the most iconic looks of her career in the “Let Me Reintroduce Myself” music video. And, no surprise, in the modern versions, she looks exactly the same as she did more than a decade ago. This content is imported from YouTube. You
Wonder Woman 1984 has won its second weekend at the box office after earning $5.5 million. The sequel fell 67% when compared to its debut last weekend. So far, the domestic total for the movie is $28.5 million, with a global total of $118.5 million. As of this writing, analysts don’t believe that Wonder Woman
Chad cheated on Abigail with Gwen, Jake dumped Kate, Eli and Lani named their twins, and all of Salem rung in the New Year! Our TV Fanatics, Jack and Christine, are joined by Stephanie and Kathy from MyHourglass, a Days of Our Lives fan forum, to debate Chad’s behavior, Jake’s decision, if Ben should leave
Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Dead people may get some of the $600 stimulus checks the federal government began issuing Tuesday night. That would mirror what happened this past spring, when deceased individuals were among the recipients of a prior round of direct payments, of up to $1,200 per person. More than 1 million
The specialty box office and streaming space is ringing in 2021 with a peppering of new titles starting with Shadow in the Cloud starring Chloë Grace Moretz, which opens in select theaters and drops on VOD and digital starting January 1, 2021. Directed by Roseanne Liang who co-wrote the script with Max Landis, Shadow in the
When using social media to nudge people toward safe and healthy behaviour, it’s critical to make sure the words match the pictures, according to a new study. After looking at social media posts, parents of young children were better able to recall safety messages such as how to put a baby safely to sleep when
U.S. President Donald Trump is pictured inside of his armoured vehicle while departing his Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., December 31, 2020. Tom Brenner | Reuters President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump will return to the White House on Thursday, cutting short their lengthy holiday break in Palm Beach and
Exclusive Selena‘s brother says her posthumous lifetime achievement award is bittersweet … but the family’s ready and willing to accept it on her behalf at next month’s Grammys. A.B. Quintanilla tells TMZ … he’s hopeful Selena’s parents can join the rest of the family in accepting the award in-person at the Grammys, but if it’s
Georgia Democratic Senate candidates Raphael Warnock (R) and Jon Ossoff (L) bump elbows during a “It’s Time to Vote” drive-in rally on December 28, 2020 in Stonecrest, Georgia. Jessica McGowan | Getty Images More than 3 million Georgia residents have already cast their votes in the two Jan. 5 runoff races, a historic turnout in
New images from the anticipated video game adaptation Uncharted tease Nathan Drake’s first big screen adventure. The project has been in development for a number of years and it’s finally getting close to opening in theaters. Tom Holland stars in Uncharted as Nathan Drake and Mark Wahlberg as mentor Victor Sullivan along with a supporting
Is there room in the Valley for three warring dojos? We got a new origin story on Cobra Kai Season 3 Episode 7 and Cobra Kai Season 3 Episode 8 as a new dojo rose from the ashes: Eagle Fang Karate. A Phoenix would’ve been hella badass, too, but Eagle Fang is quintessentially Johnny, and eagles devour