John McCain, the late Arizona Senator and Navy veteran who challenged Barack Obama in the 2008 United States presidential election, will be the subject of an upcoming biopic. It is now being reported that Stampede Ventures has optioned the rights to Mark Salter’s book The Luckiest Man: Life With John McCain with plans to adapt
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings TV series is set to bring back a major villain. The streamer has dropped a lengthy description that gives a lot of hints about what fans can expected when the series inevitably launches, including “the greatest villain that ever flowed from Tolkien’s pen.” The description first appeared on TheOneRing.net, and
The Occupational Hazards of Hardboiled Eggs Eley Williams Share article 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. “A is for artful (adj.),” Chapter 1 of The Liar’s Dictionary by
Win McNamee | Getty Images News | Getty Images The recent Covid relief package offers 11 extra weeks of jobless benefits to workers. Many, but not all, will be eligible for four more, for a total of 15 weeks. However, they won’t get a $300 weekly increase in benefits during that four-week period. The $900
In what should not be a shocker, we are hearing that MGM/Eon’s No Time to Die is bound to move from its Easter weekend release of April 2 to some time in the fall, as the world waits for this pandemic to come under control. Several sources inform us this morning. Note, the UK, is a
Three of the 2021 launches planned from Florida’s Space Coast will be NASA human spaceflight missions — two by SpaceX and one by Boeing. WASHINGTON — As many as 53 space missions are projected to lift off in 2021 from Florida’s Space Coast, the vice commander of the 45th Space Wing said Jan. 12. “We
Google Meet is bringing out a new Troubleshooting menu to help users easily understand how their local desktop and network environments affect the quality of their video call. With the new launch targeted solely at the end users, Google Meet aims to provide more visibility into how a system is performing. Google Meet introduced some
Rep. Liz Cheney, the third-ranking House Republican, said Tuesday she will vote to impeach President Donald Trump, as at least three GOP lawmakers will move to charge the president from their own party with high crimes and misdemeanors. She is the highest-ranking Republican to call for the president’s impeachment in the wake of Wednesday’s deadly
Breaking News YFN Lucci is a wanted man in Atlanta — because cops suspect he’s involved in the shooting death of a man. Atlanta PD’s homicide unit tells us they’re looking to bring in 29-year-old Rayshawn Bennett — Lucci’s real name — on multiple charges … including felony murder, aggravated assault, participation in criminal street
U.S. Treasury yields dipped on Wednesday, after strong demand in an auction for $38 billion of 10-year notes on Tuesday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note fell to 1.119% at 4:40 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond slipped to 1.857%. Yields move inversely to prices. Treasury yields continued to
Zayn Malik celebrates his 28th birthday today, and his girlfriend Gigi Hadid marked the occasion by paying tribute to him on Instagram—and giving a rare look into their relationship and life as new parents to their daughter. Hadid posted a two-photo gallery, featuring a never-before-seen photo of her and Malik, plus an illustration of him
It was long suspected. Now it has been confirmed. Harry Lennix will officially appear as Martian Manhunter in Zack Snyder’s Justice League. What started out as an Internet meme, then became an online campaign, has now blown up into one of the most epic TV miniseries ever created. The Snyder Cut will hit HBO Max
Who lied to Randall about his whole life? On This Is Us Season 5 Episode 6, Randall’s fact-finding mission found him getting answers to his most burning questions about the past. However, he also had to confront the fact that someone close to him lied about knowing the truth about his mom. Did the Big
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. I don’t need to say that poetry got us through 2020, because poets get us through everything. I don’t say this to
Shoppers with their Urban Outfitters shopping bags in Soho in New York Richard Levine | Corbis | Getty Images Urban Outfitters shares tumbled Tuesday after the apparel retailer reported disappointing holiday sales and announced its current chief executive is set to depart at the end of the month. Its stock dropped about 11% in after-hours
by Regina Avalos, January 9, 2021 The CW has made a decision about one of two potential that had backdoor pilots last year. An Arrow spin-off and a prequel to The 100 have been in the talking stages for months, and fans have wondered if the pilots would move forward. Deadline has now revealed that
U.S. stock index futures were little changed in overnight trading on Tuesday, after a session that saw stocks alternate between gains and losses. Futures contracts tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 20 points. S&P 500 futures and Nasdaq 100 futures each declined 0.09%. Stocks closed little changed on Tuesday as traders digested higher
Empower by Dr. Anh When the pandemic closed her practice, renowned plastic surgeon, Dr. Anh Nguyen, began the creation of her Empower Lifestyle Range. She started experimenting with fabrics to create clothing that would spark the idea for her clothing line. As a child, she spent a lot of time at her family owned