When news of the Dexter revival broke earlier this year, fans of the series have been split down the middle. The original series wrapped its run with one of the most controversial series finales in history, something that seemingly tarnished what was once one of the biggest shows around. Now, series star Michael C. Hall
As someone whose job it is to help people understand and appreciate physics, I absolutely hate the way most people talk about Isaac Newton and how he developed his theory of gravity. It’s not the apple bit that I have a problem with; that’s an important part of the story, and even historically accurate! The thing
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[I ask everybody] I ask everybodyhave you noticed todaywhen the time passedwith its voice of silencewith its common appearanceI had a word to shareit will happen next timewhen I am awake I am listening je demande à tout le mondeavez-vous vu aujourd’huile temps quand il est passéavec sa voix de silenceavec son air des toujoursj’avais
Alonso Lugo helps a patient try to stand inside the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) unit at United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, U.S., December 30, 2020. Callaghan O’Hare | Reuters It’s been a year since Chinese health authorities said they were investigating a small cluster of pneumonia-like cases with an unknown cause linked to a
The specialty box office space entered 2021 with two fresh titles and one under-the-radar pic with Vertical Entertainment’s Shadow In The Cloud, Netflix’s Pieces of a Woman and Amazon Studios’ Herself. In general, reporting on box office numbers has been tricky ground considering circumstances and that will continue in 2021 — especially with the specialty box
WASHINGTON — A NASA small launch vehicle competition attracted bids from 10 companies, but half of them were effectively disqualified because of deficiencies or other problems. NASA announced Dec. 11 it was awarding contracts to Astra Space, Firefly Aerospace and Relativity Space for its Venture Class Launch Services (VCLS) Demo 2 program. The contracts, with
Samsung Galaxy M02 launch in India is on January 7 and it will be priced under Rs. 10,000, Samsung has confirmed. A dedicated microsite for the phone is also live on the Samsung India website. The company has shared some of the specifications of the Galaxy M02. The upcoming phone has also been spotted on
Exclusive The Black teenager who was falsely accused of stealing a woman’s phone is now in need of therapy because the incident has seriously scarred him … this according to his parents. Keyon Harrold tells TMZ … he and his ex-wife, Kat, are currently vetting therapists and looking to get their son — 14-year-old Keyon
U.S. government debt prices were lower Monday morning as investors prepare for the start of a new year of trading. At around 4:10 a.m. ET, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note climbed to 0.9265% while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond rose to 1.6556%. Yields move inversely to prices. The Dow and
In light of the capacity crisis facing Southern California hospitals due to the COVID pandemic and an anticipated post-holiday surge of COVID cases, SAG-AFTRA and organizations representing commercial advertisers and advertising agencies and independent film and television producers have reached agreement on recommending a temporary hold on in-person production in Southern California. The major studios
It was time again for that quarterly episode detailing what all the team members are up to and/or feeling. There was even a little case of the week tucked inside NCIS: Los Angeles Season 12 Episode 7. Muy poco. That’s all right, though. It wasn’t meant to focus too deeply on the implications of cybernetic soldiers,
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