Broadway box office was up about 16% last week, with three new productions joining the playing roster and all 30 of the shows taking in a combined $22,855,192. The figure, which represents box office grosses for the week ending Nov. 7, indicates an expected rebound from the $20 million tally of the previous week, which included
Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent posted its slowest quarterly profit growth in two years on Wednesday, hurt by a gaming crackdown, and said the outlook for the advertising sector would remain weak into next year. Net profit for the three months through September rose 3 percent to CNY 39.5 billion (roughly Rs. 45,962
US President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, members of Congress and stakeholders during the signing of H.R. 1652, the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021, in the East Room at the White House on July 22, 2021. Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post | Getty Images The White House
Beyond Meat “Beyond Burger” patties made from plant-based substitutes for meat products sit on a shelf for sale in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Beyond Meat on Wednesday reported a wider-than-expected loss for its third quarter as U.S. sales shrank. The company’s fourth-quarter outlook also fell short of Wall Street’s
Play video content 12:59 PM PT — Houston PD is having a press conference to talk about their investigation into the festival at 1:30 PM PT. We’ll be streaming on the site. A victim in the Astroworld calamity has been declared brain dead. 22-year-old Bharti Shahani has been hospitalized since Friday’s concert, clinging to life
[The webcast is scheduled to begin at 4:45 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see the player above.] Elon Musk’s SpaceX is planning to launch four astronauts to the International Space Station from Florida on Wednesday, as the company keeps up a steady pace of crewed missions. Known as Crew-3, the
In the chaos of quarantine, slipping into the white-tiled world of the multimillion-dollar listings on Netflix’s Selling Sunset can only be described as a twisted kind of self-soothing. A virtual dip into those cerulean-blue infinity pools can only cleanse the mind for so long, but wow, for those few glorious moments? The relief is immediate.
Downton Abbey: A New Era “We’re thrilled to announce that Julian Fellowes and the entire Downton cast are back for #DowntonAbbey2, with Hugh Dancy, Laura Haddock, Nathalie Baye, and Dominic West joining! See the film in theaters this Christmas,” reads the social media post from Focus Features when the movie was confirmed. The original movie
Electric Lit is 12 years old! Help support the next dozen years by helping us raise $12,000 for 12 years, and get exclusive merch! Sally Rooney breaks new ground for herself in her recent release Beautiful World, Where Are You, when two queer characters finally have sex on-page. Famous novelist Alice and warehouse worker Felix,
Green solutions: unprecedented investment is needed to meet climate promises (courtesy: Shutterstock/lassedesignen) The importance of scientific evidence to the negotiations at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow was given extra prominence yesterday (9 November) in what was billed as Science and Innovation Day. It saw several new initiatives unveiled at the two-week United Nations’ summit,
If reading Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg’s Robot (Penguin Classics, 2021), translated by Tomasz Mirkowicz, makes you think about Stanislaw Lem’s work, you’re not alone. Indeed, both Robot and Lem’s His Master’s Voice (published in Polish just a few years apart) take up the fascinating but insoluble problem of whether or not we’re alone in the universe. One
The Simonetta Lein Show is hosted by celebrity TV host and top woman influencer Simonetta Lein. This Simonetta Lein Show, along with its premiere of Season Four, has continued its series of panel interview episodes, showcasing local and international entrepreneurs, business owners, and artists, looking to share their industry insights and experiences. For the 11th
After it delivers a prototype satellite to the Missile Defense Agency, Northrop Grumman plans to conduct an on-orbit test WASHINGTON — A satellite designed by Northrop Grumman to track hypersonic and ballistic missiles has passed a key review, allowing the company to continue to develop the $153 million spacecraft scheduled for delivery in 2023. The
In this article COIN POSH FUBO DASH PLTR WEN Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Coinbase (COIN) — Shares of Coinbase sunk more than 11% premarket after the company reported lower-than-expected quarterly revenue. The cryptocurrency exchange reported revenue of $1.31 billion versus the Refinitiv consensus of $1.57 billion.Monthly transacting users declined from the
Paramount will continue to experiment with a theatrical day-and-date release model during the pandemic with eOne’s Clifford the Big Red Dog, a live-action CGI hybrid take of the 1963 Scholastic children’s book classic which hit theaters today at 1:30PM, goes wide tomorrow at 3,695 theaters and also drops on Paramount+. The movie is expected to do between
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in the US House of Representatives has introduced a bill that would require internet platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to allow users to see content not chosen by algorithms. The legislation, introduced by Representatives Ken Buck, a Republican, and David Cicilline, a Democrat, and others, would require big
Tesla CEO Elon Musk gestures as he visits the construction site of Tesla’s Gigafactory in Gruenheide near Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2021. Patrick Pleul | Reuters Elon Musk has told his tens of millions of social media followers that he “would prefer to stay out of politics.” Yet, with a mix of trash talk and
News Listen to Beach House’s 4 New Songs From Once Twice Melody The four-part album release plan kicks off tonight with Chapter One By Evan Minsker November 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter Beach House’s Victoria Legrand in 2019 (Mariano Regidor/Redferns ) Facebook Twitter Beach House’s new album Once Twice Melody is being released in four distinct