“Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” takes on a whole new meaning in 2020. Millions are decorating their trees and hanging stockings for one, reckoning with how to spend the season in ways that won’t leave our hearts feeling two sizes too small. If you can’t be near family this year, you can recreate the
Following several clues from returning star Natalie Portman regarding how Jane Foster fits into Thor: Love and Thunder, Tessa Thompson has begun sharing some insights as to what audiences can expect from her character, Valkyrie, in the MCU sequel. When asked recently whether she would find love or thunder, the actress teased an answer that
‘Tis the season for everyone to do their best to convince Santa that they’ve been on their best behavior all year. But Santa can’t be fooled. He has a list, he’s checked it twice, and he knows exactly which TV characters were naughty or nice. 2020 was a tough year for all of us. But
Find the perfect gift for the writer or reader in your life in our online store. Take 20% your entire order with the code STAYHOME2020, now through Christmas! Look, we’re all tired of hearing snobs declaim, “Well, the book was better, you know?” I’m even tired of hearing myself say it, which I’ve occasionally been
Academy Sports & Outdoors store in Orlando, Florida. Google Earth Academy Sports & Outdoors‘ more than 250 stores shuttered for weeks in the early days of the Covid pandemic. But as lockdown orders eased and these stores reopened, many customers still didn’t feel comfortable coming inside to buy camping gear or a new basketball, according
U.S. government debt prices rose on Thursday amid hopes of a Brexit trade deal being reached between the U.K. and the European Union. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 0.948%, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond traded lower at 1.689%. Bond yields move inversely to prices. Britain and the European Union are said
Warner Bros. Pictures announced theatrical release dates for three big event movies tonight — and their intention is that they’re going straight to the big screen, not HBO Max and theaters. Those three are the George Miller Max Max prequel Furiosa on June 23, 2023, Dave Green’s animated hybrid Coyote vs. Acme on July 21,
WASHINGTON — Voyager Space Holdings, a company that has acquired several space ventures, is taking a majority stake in commercial space station company Nanoracks, the two firms announced Dec. 23. Voyager announced it would take a majority stake in XO Markets, the parent company of Nanoracks. The companies did not disclose terms of the agreement.
Russian lawmakers on Wednesday moved a step closer to allowing regulators to block Internet platforms like Facebook and YouTube if they are deemed to have censored content produced by Russians. Russia’s lower house of parliament, which passed draft legislation in a third reading, said in a media release that authorities can target platforms if they
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump issued 26 pardons and three commutations to loyalists Wednesday evening, in the final weeks of his presidency. Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, Jared Kushner as well as Paul Manafort, his 2016 campaign chairman, and Roger Stone, his longtime informal adviser and confidant. Manafort, 70, was among
Breaking News John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, who co-founded the legendary hip-hop group Whodini and was known for rocking a Zorro hat like no other, has died. John’s death was announced Wednesday by Questlove, who remembers Fletcher as a “legendary and a pivotal member of one of the most legendary groups in hip-hop.” John was living in
An Iraqi police officer stands guard near the US Embassy in Baghdad, as more police forces are deployed in the streets, a day after several rockets were fired into Baghdad’s Green Zone. Ameer Al Mohammedaw | DPA | Getty Images WASHINGTON – The Trump administration on Wednesday blamed Iran for a series of rocket attacks
David M. BenettGetty Images British supermodel Stella Tennant died suddenly on Tuesday, five days after her 50th birthday on December 17, her family confirmed. “It is with great sadness we announce the sudden death of Stella Tennant on 22nd December 2020,” the family wrote in a statement, according to The Guardian. “Stella was a wonderful
James Gunn has an epic Marvel and DC dream crossover for a team project. Gunn has been behind the camera for a lot of movies over the years, but it was the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise that blasted him into the stratosphere. After a pretty big falling out with Disney in 2018, he started
Critically speaking, there might be shows that exist to give some of these a run for the money. But this year calls for a slightly different way of determining the best. Our souls are on the line, as is our sanity. These shows address both our sanity and our souls with brilliant casts and fast-moving
Find the perfect gift for the writer or reader in your life in our online store. Take 20% your entire order with the code STAYHOME2020, now through Christmas! Bernardine Evaristo’s Girl, Woman, Other depicts the complexities of identity through the interconnected stories of twelve Black British women, painting a portrait of the state of contemporary
Dr. Stephen Parodi, director of Kaiser Permanente’s nationwide Covid response, warned that new coronavirus case surges are imminent unless Americans change their behavior during a Tuesday evening interview on “The News with Shepard Smith.” “If we don’t make the choice now to change the future, then what I’m worried about is we’re going to see
In this episode, Andrew Glester is joined by Physics World journalists to discuss some of 2020’s best physics books, along with their favourite examples of physics featuring in television and film this year. For more information about all of the media discussed, you can revisit these reviews that have appeared in Physics World during 2020.