On Valentine’s Day, someone always loses their heart. Twenty years ago in the sleepy mining town of Valentine Bluffs, a fatal mining disaster occurred on Valentine’s Day while some of the crew was decorating for a party. The sole survivor of the accident killed the remaining crewmembers and warned the town not to celebrate Valentine’s
CBS is taking diversity more seriously for its slate of unscripted series. The network announced Monday a target for all future unscripted programs to have casts with at least 50% of the contestants being Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC), beginning in the 2021-2022 broadcast season. The network will also allocate at least a
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. . Bryan Washington’s debut novel, Memorial, is about Benson, a Black daycare teacher, and his boyfriend Mike, a Japanese American chef, who find
Stanley Druckenmiller Anjali Sundaram Billionaire investor Stanley Druckenmiller advised investors against being short the stock market as positive news on the coronavirus front has jolted a big rotation out of growth and into value names. “It’s nuanced, but there are a lot of companies that will be direct beneficiaries [from a coronavirus vaccine], and they
With the second wave of the pandemic in front of us we are reminded of the inspirational admonitory exposed in the Chicago based Duo The PondHawks in their newest release “Invisible Stranger.” On top of the indie bands worldwide, the unique pop/rock sound of Jorie Gracen and Mario Novelli draws a loyal fan-base and a massive
Nobel laureates Gérard Mourou, Stefan Hell and Theodore Hänsch have warned in an open letter to the European Commission that cuts to photonics would be disastrous for Europe’s technological goals and damage its competitiveness. (Courtesy:Shutterstock/seahorsetwo) Three Nobel-prize-winning physicists claim that the European Commission is planning to “drastically cut” funding for photonics in its next €100bn
A health worker holds blood samples during clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine at Research Centers of America in Hollywood, Florida, on Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2020. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images U.S pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and German biotech firm BioNTech said their coronavirus vaccine was more than 90% effective in preventing Covid-19
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter captured this composite image of Earth in October 2015 while orbiting 134 kilometers above the moon’s farside crater Compton. Credit: NASA/Goddard/Arizona State University Exploitation of the space domain is driving profound changes in U.S. national security and economic strategy. As military and economic activity expands beyond GEO, so too will the
Mass Effect has more games in the works right now. Over the weekend in celebration of Mass Effect Day — it’s named “N7 Day” after the in-game military training programme, and takes place on November 7 appropriately — developer BioWare announced Mass Effect Legendary Edition, a long-anticipated 4K remaster of the original Mass Effect trilogy,
WASHINGTON — Leaders from around the world congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris Saturday. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted his congratulations, calling Harris’ accomplishment of becoming the first woman and person of color elected to the vice presidency a “historic achievement.” “The US is our most important ally and I look forward
Drakeo the Ruler was released from prison on Wednesday, and tonight, he shared his first new song and video since his release. “Fights Don’t Matter” is set to appear on his upcoming project We Know the Truth. According to Jeff Weiss, the song was recorded “three hours after leaving the Compton Courthouse—from scrawled lyrics written
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Monday following Joe Biden’s presidential election win, amid increased risk appetite from investors with stock markets and futures rallying. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note dipped to 0.807% at 5:12 a.m. ET, while the yield on the 30-year Treasury bond fell to 1.585%. Yields move inversely to prices.
Glenn Danzig is best known as the singer and bandleader for the seminal horror punks The Misfits, his eponymously monikered hard rock band, Danzig, and his hit song “Mother.” But a deeper look into his discography reveals a connection to Hollywood, one that pre-dates the ’90s rumor that he was offered the role of Wolverine
If Pandora Season 2 Episode 6 felt weirdly familiar to you, don’t worry it’s not you. The best I can figure, the whole Aluna 4 plot was an homage to Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai, complete with one of the outlander heroes falling in love with a girl in the victimized town. Gorch: Name’s Gorch. You already
Democratic 2020 U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden points a finger at his election rally, after news media announced that Biden has won the 2020 U.S. presidential election, in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., November 7, 2020. Kevin Lemarque | Reuters Stocks were set to continue their big post-election rally as futures rose in overnight trading on Sunday.
Refresh for latest…: With cinemas in the bulk of the European majors now dealing with a second wave of closures amid the COVID-19 crisis, international box office is again led by Asia this weekend — and should continue to be so for the foreseeable future. Japan’s runaway smash Demon Slayer The Movie: Mugen Train is
WASHINGTON — A key senator says she will continue to push for passage during a lame-duck session of a NASA authorization bill that supports the Artemis lunar exploration program, but not necessarily the agency’s goal of return humans to the moon by 2024. In a talk Nov. 6 at a conference organized by the University
WhatsApp has finally launched its payments feature in India. WhatsApp Pay is slowly being rolled out to people across the country, so if the feature hasn’t shown up for you yet, do not worry as it should show up soon. WhatsApp Payments has been designed in partnership with the National Payments Corporation of India or