Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . Ingrid Persaud made the grandest of debuts in the literary world by winning the BBC Short Story Award in 2018 with “The
Dr. Sonia Macieiewski (R) and Dr. Nita Patel, Director of Antibody discovery and Vaccine development, look at a sample of a respiratory virus at Novavax labs in Rockville, Maryland on March 20, 2020, one of the labs developing a vaccine for the coronavirus, COVID-19. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images Novavax’s potential vaccine to
GP: A logo of a Virgin Galactic is seen outside the building during the company’s first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on October 28, 2019 in New York City. JOHANNES EISELE | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Take-Two Interactive – Shares rose
Cinemark CEO Mark Zoradi weighed in this morning on all the noise that Universal and AMC stirred up last week with their plan to crunch the theatrical window to 17 days. “Consistent with our past practices, Cinemark does not comment on the actions of our competitors. That said we believe an exclusive theatrical window is critically
WASHINGTON — Amazon Web Services has slowed the rollout of its ground station network to accommodate customer feedback about the best locations to place its antennas. AWS has built ground stations at six locations instead of the 12 that were expected by the end of last year. Shayn Hawthorne, general manager of AWS’s ground station
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, left, and White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows speak to reporters in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. July 29, 2020. Erin Scott | Reuters Democratic leaders and Trump administration officials expect to meet again Tuesday as they attempt to hash out a pandemic aid package. The sides appear
The first batch of performers for MTV’s 2020 VMAs has been announced. BTS, J Balvin, and Doja Cat will perform at the ceremony, which airs live on Sunday, August 30 at 8 p.m. Eastern. BTS will use their debut VMA appearance to premiere a new English-language single called “Dynamite.” Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga lead
U.S. President Donald Trump participates in an executive order signing event on “hiring American” in the very dark Cabinet Room of the White House, with the lights low and curtains drawn, in Washington, U.S., August 3, 2020. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Donald Trump insisted that the coronavirus pandemic is “under control” in the United
Courtesy of Nike / CAMPFIRE LLC “It’s funny because I don’t even think of myself as a role model,” pro tennis star Naomi Osaka tells ELLE.com in an email interview. “I’m 22 and figuring out life and trying to grow.” What’s actually funny is that her true talent is downplaying her accomplishments among them winning
The hashtag #ReplaceEllen is trending amid rumors and reports that Ellen host Ellen DeGeneres could be losing her daytime talk show. In recent weeks, trouble has been increasingly dramatically behind the scenes at Ellen following claims from former employees that they had been mistreated by either DeGeneres or her staff. WarnerMedia has since launched an
The Bold and the Beautiful may be back in production after a COVID-19 shutdown, but the series is saying goodbye to a beloved cast member. “An abrupt ending to a monumental journey,” said Courtney Hope on Instagram, confirming her exit as Sally Spectra. “The last three years have been amazing, and though I do not
Electric Lit relies on contributions from our readers to help make literature more exciting, relevant, and inclusive. Please support our work by becoming a member today, or making a one-time donation here. . My friends and I discuss the news once a week during our Zoom calls. The conversations are a mix of sympathy, frustration
President Donald Trump insisted Monday that shutting down the United States in an attempt to curb the coronavirus would cause more harm than good, doubling down on previous comments that he would not call for a nationwide lockdown. “It’s important for all Americans to recognize that a permanent lockdown is not a viable path forward producing
Empty space: fewer commercial flights mean poorer weather forecasts. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Volodymyr-Goinyk) The grounding of commercial air flights during the COVID-19 pandemic has made weather forecasts less reliable. As well as affecting short-term forecasts, the reduction in aircraft weather observations has impacted longer-term forecasts and could handicap early warnings of extreme weather, warns Ying Chen, an
Sing Street, the sold-out Off Broadway musical that was set to begin performances at Broadway’s Lyceum Theatre just as the COVID-19 shutdown hit, is now targeting an opening sometime between winter 2021 and winter 2022. The announcement was made Monday by producers Barbara Broccoli, Brian Carmody, Patrick Milling Smith, Michael Wilson, Orin Wolf and Frederick
WASHINGTON — Virgin Galactic has pushed the beginning of commercial flights of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle to no earlier than the first quarter of 2021 while announcing plans to sell additional stock to raise money. The company, in its fiscal second quarter financial results released Aug. 3, said it expected to perform two more test
Mark Meadows, White House chief of staff, right, and Steven Mnuchin, U.S. Treasury secretary, speak to members of the media following a meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. Stefani Reynolds | Bloomberg | Getty Images Democrats and Trump administration officials will sit down again Monday afternoon to try
Exclusive Kanye West‘s uphill battle to become President is getting steeper every day, but he IS ahead of Joe Biden in one way … he’s officially listed Michelle Tidball as his running mate. Kanye 2020 is having an up-and-down Monday, so far, because his campaign submitted petitions to get on the Arkansas ballot for prez