Refresh for latest…: Christopher Nolan’s Tenet handily passed $200M overseas this weekend with a $25M offshore frame to bring the overseas box office to $214M. Including domestic, the global cume is now $250.1M. Boosting play overseas, as we noted yesterday, was the Japan bow which came in a a strong $4.3M in the No. 1
WASHINGTON — NASA’s inspector general warned in a recent report that the agency’s planetary science division was taking “undue risk” in its current approach to a commercial lunar transportation program. The Office of Inspector General (OIG), in an audit of the agency’s planetary science division released Sept. 16, highlighted several issues with the Commercial Lunar
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, arrives for the Senate Republican Policy luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, September 15, 2020. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski said on Sunday that she will not support President Donald Trump’s nomination of a replacement to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court
Exclusive A company Dr. Dre and his estranged wife founded together is accusing her of draining the primary business account dry and even criminal embezzlement … just the latest sign of how nasty this divorce is getting. TMZ has obtained a letter that was fired off to Nicole Young by attorneys for Record One recording
U.S. President Donald Trump talks to reporters as he departs for campaign travel to Minnesota from the South Lawn at the White House in Washington, September 18, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump said he will name his pick to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Friday or Saturday. During an
If there’s one designer who can make his customers feel things, it’s Telfar Clemens. Telfar fans aren’t just shoppers but a community who take pride in flaunting the label’s signature (and always sold-out) “Bushwick Birkin” tote. To carry Telfar is to broadcast your support for a young Liberian-American designer who renounces exclusivity in luxury fashion
Just in time for the Halloween season, legendary horror host Joe Bob Briggs and Los Angeles-based Black Vortex Cinema have announced today their partnership on Joe Bob’s Haunted Drive-In, a brand new, one-of-a-kind, COVID-conscious haunt experience/short horror film festival now being curated, and coming to drive-ins in Southern California this October. “During these troubling times,
We can all agree that 2020 is definitely getting coal in its stocking. Fortunately, Lifetime is playing Santa and gifting us with a star-studded, wholesome, inclusive, and highly-anticipated slew of Christmas films. Let’s face it, we can take all the cheesy, teeth-achingly sweet, warm, and fuzzy goodness we can get. Lifetime’s Christmas lineup is the
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. . Science journalist and debut author Angela Chen remembers the first time she saw the word “asexuality”—online, on the Asexual Visibility and Education
Sheep’s Head Lighthouse / Photo by John Finn / Flickr Author’s note: For about seven years now, Kwame Dawes and I have been writing long poem-dialogues that have so far appeared as four books with Peepal Tree Press, most recently In the Names of Our Families. The following extract is from our work in progress
US app maker Blix on Monday took its fight against Apple to Europe as it laid out its grievances against the iPhone maker to EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager, saying that Apple is not playing fair. Blix’s criticism came amid Vestager’s ongoing investigation into Apple’s App Store and mobile payment system Apple Pay as she
The newly formed CRRG will bring together physicists, engineers, and other medical and biological experts to collaborate on COVID-19 research. (Courtesy: iStock/RomoloTavani) Physics has an important role to play in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Many physicists are already contributing to COVID-related research, in areas including computational modelling, medical imaging and development of protective and therapeutic
Emmy Trophies Greg Doherty/Getty Images The 72nd Emmy Awards Sunday night promise to be an awards show like no other. The event, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, won’t have an audience or a red carpet. Instead, nominees have been sent their own camera kit to broadcast live from their living rooms as Hollywood doles out trophies
The majority of the specialty box office has shifted to virtual debut, streaming and digital-only since theaters have shuttered due to the pandemic, but as physical theaters begin to open their doors, titles have returned to the big screen, slowly pumping life into the long-dormant specialty space. Bleecker Street’s post-WWII thriller The Secrets We Keep opened
“China’s Space Narrative” was released Sept. 17 by the U.S. Air Force Air University’s China Aerospace Studies Institute and the CNA nonprofit research center. WASHINGTON — A new study by the U.S. Air Force’s university think tank confirms the widely held view that China’s anti-satellite weapons pose a national security threat to the United States.
Outside organizations are gearing up for a battle in the Senate over the Supreme Court seat once held by Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Many of those leading the effort say the various campaigns will spend millions to sway lawmakers after President Donald Trump chooses Ginsburg’s replacement, who died on Friday after serving on the court for over
Fleet Foxes appear to be teasing a new album. Earlier today (September 22), someone tweeted an image of Fleet Foxes posters plastered on the side of a building. The fliers read, “Fleet Foxes, Shore 22/9/2020.” Frontman Robin Pecknold shared an Instagram video with footage of flowers set to guitar strums, culminating with the word “Shore.”
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo listens during the third annual U.S.-Qatar Strategic Dialogue at the State Department in Washington, U.S., September 14, 2020. Erin Scott | Reuters WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is set to announce a slew of fresh sanctions and additional measures in support of Washington’s maximum pressure campaign against the Iranian