The First Day and Everything After Joel Cuthbertson 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. “After Life” by Joel Cuthbertson This all really happened to me. My
Volunteers prepared doses of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine at Forand Manor in Central Falls, RI on December 30, 2020. Boston Globe | Boston Globe | Getty Images The European Medicines Agency on Wednesday recommended Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for use in the European Union, at a time when criticism grows about the slow rollout of jabs
Adam Aron, CEO of AMC Entertainment, said the nation’s largest cinema chain has raised $204 million of the at least $750 million needs to get to the other side of a global pandemic that has crippled moviegoing. AMC raised cash from stock and bonds sales in rounds in April, June, October and most recently in
WASHINGTON — Virgin Orbit has rescheduled its second orbital launch attempt for Jan. 10 as another small launch vehicle company, Rocket Lab, announces plans for its first launch of 2021. Virgin Orbit announced Jan. 5 that the second flight of its LauncherOne air-launch rocket is now scheduled for Jan. 10 between 1 and 5 p.m.
FAU-G will be released in India on Republic Day, January 26. The game, which was announced soon after the ban on PUBG Mobile, has been up for pre-registration on Google Play since last month. Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar, tweeted the launch date, along with a new trailer for the game. FAU-G was marketed as an
Both Senate runoff elections in Georgia were too close to call as polls closed on Tuesday night, according to NBC News. The races will determine which party controls the Senate for the next two years. Democrats aim for unified control of Congress and the White House. Republicans want a check against President-elect Joe Biden’s agenda.
American artist Huey Lewis (real name Hugh Anthony Cregg III) shot to international fame in the mid-’80s after he and his band, Huey Lewis and the News, released their 3rd album “Sports” which included the rock and roll anthems “Heart and Soul,” “If This Is It,” “I Want A New Drug” and “The Heart Of
The 10-year U.S. Treasury yield topped the 1% mark, as traders eyed incoming results from the Georgia runoff elections, determining which party has control of the Senate. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note rose to 1.005% at 4 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond climbed to 1.772%. Yields move
Courtesy of Tiffany & Co. It’s crystal clear that the opulence of the early 20th century is revived with Tiffany & Co.’s latest acquisition: an archival Tiffany High Jewelry Necklace from 1939’s World’s Fair that will be rebuffed and resold. Before reaching the public’s eye in 2022, the historic necklace’s center stone, a D-color oval
If Indiana Jones 5 starts shooting in May as planned, original star John Rhys-Davies is on board to return as Sallah is he gets the call. After years of gestating in development hell, Indiana Jones 5 finally appears to be on track with James Mangold in the director’s chair. Last month, Disney confirmed that the
One of the best things about 2021 so far is that This Is Us is back. It’s been a long two months since the fall finale, which aired before Thanksgiving. But This Is Us Season 5 Episode 5 was well worth the wait. The Pearson family saga’s latest installment had everything the time-hopping series does
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. Truth be told, I loathe re-imaginings of myths. The impulse feels reformist rather than revolutionary. I find these renderings on the whole
Traders work on the floor of the NYSE. NYSE The contests will determine control of the Senate for the next two years. Many believe a Democrat-controlled Senate could make it easier for lawmakers to push through a bigger stimulus. More government spending could lead to higher inflation, which would drive yields higher. “It’s almost like
Cosmic time machine: the EDGES radio telescope sheds light on primordial gravitational waves. (Courtesy: Suzyj/CC BY-SA 4.0) The cosmic microwave background (CMB) is a rich source of information about the early universe, and now physicists in Switzerland and Germany reckon it could also serve as a detector of high-frequency gravitational waves, which are ripples in
The entrance to a Macy’s department store. Jeffrey Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Macy’s has notified the employees at about 45 of its department stores that they will close by the middle of this year, CNBC has learned. The closures are part of a previously announced plan by Macy’s to shut 125
Financially hurting cinema advertising network National CineMedia has inked a deal to run ads with Coinstar, a big operator of supermarket coin-counting kiosks. With the exhibition business on the Covid-19 skids, the agreement helps expand National CineMedia’s digital-out-of-home footprint by extending its movie-centric entertainment content, trivia, and advertising beyond movie theaters to complementary venues. It
SAN FRANCISCO – Delta Air Lines announced plans Jan. 5 to turn to Viasat for in-flight Ka-band connectivity for passengers flying in more than 300 of the carrier’s mainline narrow-body aircraft. The announcement, which Delta says will lay the groundwork to make in-flight internet fast and free, covers new deliveries and retrofits of Airbus A321ceo,
Instagram is testing a new design for viewing stories on desktop. In the new look, Instagram Stories are expected to appear in a carousel, instead of the current single-tile format that takes up the entire page. A company spokesperson confirmed to a publication that testing of the new feature is indeed underway. The report suggests