Global cases of the coronavirus have now crossed 30 million, as new infection rates remain stubbornly high in some countries and show early signs of resurgence in others. The U.S., India and Brazil hold the highest national case tallies — together the three countries account for over half of all reported global infections. The dramatic benchmark
Universal is moving up The Croods: A New Age from its Dec. 23 release date to Wednesday, Nov. 25. This move indicates the studio’s confidence that Disney will move Pixar’s Soul out of the Thanksgiving stretch according to recent reports, that movie still scheduled to debut on Nov. 20 on the same weekend of MGM’s No Time to Die.
WASHINGTON — As a new venture proposes to send the winner of a reality show to the International Space Station, some investors see a stronger business case for a future commercial space station. A television production company, Space Hero LLC, announced Sept. 17 that it was planning a “global, unscripted casting show” called “Space Hero”
WASHINGTON – Joe Biden embraced his blue collar roots and his political centrism on Thursday night during a town hall hosted by CNN in Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania. On question after question, Biden replied with answers aimed directly at potential “Trump-Biden voters,” whose defection from the Democratic Party in 2016 helped deliver narrow victories to
Justin Bieber is no Hells Angel, but he’s tooling around the City of Angels on a hot new ride … a bright yellow Vespa and Kanye West‘s latest kicks!!! The singer took to the streets Thursday on his slick Vespa Primavera Sean Wotherspoon, zipping around Los Angeles ahead of his new music video release for
Jb Reed | Bloomberg | Getty Images The number of borrowers in government Covid-19-related mortgage bailout programs is shrinking, but those in private-label or bank bailouts is rising. This suggests that there is still pain ahead in the mortgage market, as some borrowers are simply not recovering enough financially to afford their home loans. The
The Savage x Fenty fashion show will soon be back and better than ever. In a video uploaded today, Rihanna and Amazon announced that the mogul’s extravagant presentation highlighting her hit namesake intimates line is indeed presenting Volume 2 this year—on October 2 to be exact. Featuring Rihanna in a protective face mask and shield
We have a new trailer for The Last Shift. This is one of relatively few new movies arriving in theaters this fall, at least when compared to any typical year. Sony Pictures picked up the rights after the movie debuted at Sundance earlier this year and they are opting to see what it can do
Did Khloe help her friend through a rough time? On Keeping Up with the Kardashians Season 19 Episode 1, Malika worried about the prospect of becoming a single mom. Khloe wanted to focus all of her attention on throwing a lavish baby shower for Malika, but did it all work out in the end? Elsewhere, Khloe
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. . Odie Lindsey has once again emailed me about a dead bird. I get these emails every couple months. Birds, squirrels, chipmunks, possums—these
Paytm has been removed from Google Play. The app was removed because of the addition of the fantasy cricket tournament that the company recently included, which violates Google Play policies, the search giant confirmed. The Paytm app for iOS is still available for download through Apple App Store. In addition to the Paytm app, Google
Under light fields, polystyrene/gold Janus particles are set to swim and rotate alternatively such that they follow a predefined path (reprinted under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License) Microscopic devices made from so-called Janus particles can be made to “swim” through liquid with the help of light-induced thermoelectric fields. The devices, which can travel 100μm
The boards of Bankia and CaixaBank have agreed to merge, which would lead to a behemoth in the Spanish banking sector Pierre-Philippe Marcou, Gabriel Bouys | AFP The boards of Spain’s CaixaBank and state-owned Bankia have approved a merger plan between the two lenders, which will create the biggest bank in the country. The deal
BREAKING: Don’t count on Sony Animation’s Lord & Miller movie Connected for this fall. The feature joins a number of other features fleeing the immediate fall calendar or delaying until later in the year, or even in 2021. Connected, last scheduled for Oct. 23, is now being moved by the studio to an unset future
HELSINKI — China has initiated preparations to launch Chang’e-5, a mission seeking to collect and return the first lunar samples since the 1970s. Chang’e-5 aims to collect and return around two kilograms of lunar samples and was earlier slated for launch before the end of 2020. Ship tracking and satellite data now indicate that China
President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence look on during the daily briefing on the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, in the Brady Briefing Room at the White House on April 2, 2020, in Washington, DC. Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images A former aide to Vice President Mike Pence slammed the Trump administration’s response
Sam Smith has announced their new album Love Goes. The album is set to arrive on October 30. Today, they shared the new single “Diamonds,” which was co-written with Shellback and Oscar Holter; Shellback and Oscar Görres produced. Watch its Luke Monaghan-directed video below. The album features several previously released singles, including his new tracks
Dr. Carlos del Rio, an investigator in Moderna‘s clinical trials, told CNBC on Thursday he is worried about political pressure interfering in the regulatory approval process for any potential coronavirus vaccine. “Politics have already impinged on science,” del Rio said on “Power Lunch,” referring to a pair of previous developments during the coronavirus pandemic that did not