Imax CEO Rich Gelfond earned $6.9 million last year, down slightly from $7.1 million in 2019 as the pandemic shuttered theaters and Imax screens around the world. The package included base pay of $1.2 million and a stock award valued at $5.5 million. Imax, while hard hit like the rest of the industry, was able
WASHINGTON — NASA has selected SpaceX as the sole company to win a contract to develop and demonstrate a crewed lunar lander, while keeping the door open for others to compete for future missions. NASA announced April 16 that it awarded a contract to SpaceX for Option A of the Human Landing System (HLS) program,
Apple’s App Store has been criticised multiple times in the past for hosting scam apps that make it through the company’s supposedly stringent review process. The latest app to have gotten through to the store is Jungle Runner 2K21 — a seemingly simple platformer game for children four years and over — but is actually
Roger Stone, longtime political ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, departs following a status hearing in the criminal case against him brought by Special Counsel Robert Mueller at U.S. District Court in Washington, March 14, 2019. Joshua Roberts | Reuters The Department of Justice on Friday sued Roger Stone, the loyal former advisor to ex-President
DMX will be honored by his family, friends, loved ones and fans in one of the premier entertainment venues in the country — the Barclays Center, TMZ has learned. X’s public memorial will be held on Saturday, April 24 at the arena in Brooklyn … X’s former manager, Steve Rifkind, tells TMZ. We’re told the
Isaiah McKinnon, former chief of police and deputy mayor of Detroit, explained the importance of de-escalation training and how it can save lives as tensions rise between police and residents across the U.S. “De-escalation is the potential answer… I had almost a similar circumstance, where I stopped a person, a young kid who had a
That was different. Usually, Blue Bloods offers several unrelated storylines, but the connection between Erin’s storyline, Eddie/Jamie’s, and Danny/Baez’s on Blue Bloods Season 11 Episode 12 was a refreshing change. Also unusual: Baker had a big story of her own, adding depth to her character. I’m so used to the storylines being unrelated that it
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. When my grandmother was a child, she and her family fled Ukraine to spend the war in a factory town in the
Too cool: Xiulin Ruan holds a sample of the whitest paint ever. (Courtesy: Purdue University/Jared Pike) One way to keep cool this summer is to coat your roof with what is claimed to be the whitest paint ever made. Created by engineers at Purdue University in the US, the coating reflects 98.1% of sunlight –
A paramedic transfers a patient to an emergency room at Hackensack Meridian Health Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen, New Jersey, on December 11, 2020. Kena Betancur | AFP | Getty Images Dr. Paul Offit, a physician at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, said he is now seeing more patients with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome, a complication
The closure of Pacific Theatres and ArcLight may have sounded alarm bells over the dire state of exhibition due to the coronavirus pandemic, but theater owners are especially frustrated, anxious and unnerved that a signature government lifeline so far has struggled to get up and running. The Shuttered Venues Operators Grant (SVOG), as the Small Business
Todd Harrison: The U.S. government needs to be clear about which Chinese space developments pose a threat and which merely show that China is pursing an ambitious civil space program. WASHINGTON — The U.S. intelligence community in a report listed China’s space program as a top security concern for the United States. Some space experts
WhatsApp has been found to have a flaw that could allow third parties to stalk users, security researchers say. The issue comes through the online status feature of the instant messaging app that is available by default. A list of Android and iPhone apps as well as some Web services are available that exploit the
President Joe Biden listens as Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about executive actions on gun violence prevention in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, April 8, 2021. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday rescinded Trump-era limits on consent decrees, which the Department of Justice has used to enforce
Coinbase is a popular option for buying bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Todd Haselton | CNBC Watch out social media, finance apps are becoming a more popular form of entertainment on people’s phones. Trading platforms Robinhood and Coinbase grabbed the top two spots in Apple’s app store this week as Americans turn their attention to stock
News My Chemical Romance Reschedule Reunion Tour for 2022 The North American tour, originally set for fall 2020, will now begin August 2022 By Noah Yoo April 16, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter My Chemical Romance have once again rescheduled their North American tour dates, now set to begin at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia,
A rash of new voting legislation has caused an uproar among progressive activists, leading to some big businesses to take a political stance. Some corporations and executives have voiced opposition to the new bills, most notably in Georgia. Amazon, General Motors, and others released a joint statement in opposition to voting restrictions. Earlier in the
The 2020-21 Broadcast TV season is one of the most unique seasons in recent memory. With TV shows starting much later, airing with bigger breaks in between episodes, and some shows still unaccounted for, there is much debate about what will actually be on the air next season. Ratings are down across the board, and