January 15, 2021, 12:54pm Earlier this year, we learned of the founding of the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction, which is the first English-language literary award to celebrate excellence in fiction by women writers in the United States and Canada. And today, the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction announced that it has received a $250,000
Month: January 2021
(CNN) — For more than eight years, the world sailing speed record has remained unbroken. In November 2012, Australian Paul Larsen reached 65.45 knots (or 121 kilometers per hour/75 mph) in his Vesta Sailrocket 2 in South Atlantic waters off the coast of Namibia. However, two rival teams, one in France and one in Switzerland,
Daredevil’s Charlie Cox Reportedly Seen on Set of Spider-Man 3! After word excitingly first broke last month that Netflix Daredevil star Charlie Cox has reportedly signed on to reprise the role for the untitled third Tom Holland-fronted Spider-Man film, ComicBook.com has now brought word that the 38-year-old British actor has been spotted on set! RELATED: Charlie Cox Reportedly Back as
John Wick Creator Is Developing Dungeons & Dragons For TV Clearly, dragons are all the rage right now. Later this year, Paramount will finally roll tape on its long-gestating Dungeons & Dragons film reboot. But according to The Hollywood Reporter, Hasbro and eOne are looking to expand the franchise’s reach to the small screen as well.
Kantemir Balagov set to helm The Last of Us series pilot Though initially setting Johan Renck to helm the pilot, marking a reunion between the Chernobyl director and creator Craig Mazin, HBO has tapped Kantemir Balagov (Beanpole) to helm the first episode of The Last of Us series adaptation as Renck has exited due to a scheduling conflict, according
Breaking News Joanne Rogers — widow of legendary children’s TV host, Fred Rogers — has died … according to the family’s production company. Fred Rogers Productions says it’s deeply saddened by Joanne’s passing, adding … “The loving partner of Fred Rogers for more than 50 years, she continued their shared commitment to supporting children and
WhatsApp is reportedly working on a Read Later feature, that is essentially a rejig of what Archived Chats is right now. Read Later, as the name suggests, will keep all chats added to this list muted, and new message notifications for these chats won’t be offered to reduce frequent interruptions. Essentially, users can put all
Chinese vendor Huawei has had its main appeal against the terms of the Swedish auction declined, so it looks set to go ahead as planned. The news comes courtesy of Reuters, which reports that a Swedish court has ruled that a previous ruling allowing the auction to go ahead despite Huawei’s legal objections can’t be
“Saved by the Bell” star Dustin Diamond‘s suspicion is now a scary reality — he has stage 4 cancer, and has already started treatment to fight it. According to the actor’s rep … Diamond has cancer throughout his body, he’s currently getting his first round of chemotherapy. We’re told he first discovered a lump in
The “2020 was a hard year” is shared pretty much universally, and echoed by 1001tracklists in the opening sentence of their State Of Dance Music 2020 report. As one of the best sites for aggregating data on sets by any and all artists, 1001 has a unique perspective and insight into trends and popularity of
Wine in hand, Butler tried to answer his own question by talking about his ambitions and, more insightfully, all the things he loves. First and foremost, Jimmy Butler loves his daughter. He can’t get enough of her. She’s taught him that unconditional love does exist, even if she sometimes slaps him in the face in
In the early ’90s, Temple of the Dog moved us all with their passionate version of the song “Hunger Strike.” It featured a then emerging Soundgarden vocalist Chris Cornell and the newly named singer Eddie Vedder for the soon-to-be-huge Pearl Jam. Now, on the 30th anniversary of the song’s initial release, Cornell’s daughter Toni Cornell
Photography by D. Picard A Toronto psychedelic therapy clinic has been selected as a trial site for a new study on MDMA-assisted therapy for eating disorders. By Victoria DiPlacido Date January 14, 2021 Facebook Twitter Can MDMA-assisted therapy help treat eating disorders, like anorexia? That’s what a new study, funded by the U.S.-based non-profit Multidisciplinary
SINGAPORE — Online travel agency Trip.com is “more confident than ever” that China’s domestic tourism will recover in the long run, chief executive Jane Sun said on Thursday. That’s despite fresh lockdowns in the country as new coronavirus cases emerge. “In the long run, we are very optimistic about the recovery,” Sun told CNBC’s “Squawk
After he was admitted to the hospital this week with a mystery illness, Saved by the Bell star Dustin Diamond has been diagnosed with stage 4 cancer. Recently, it was reported that Diamond sought medical treatment after feeling immense pain all over his body. Because his mother died of breast cancer, there were concerns that
TODAY: In 1933, Ernest J. Gaines is born. What if the stories we tell in order to live happen to be conspiracy theories? William J. Bernstein on the evolutionary origins of collective delusion. | Lit Hub History Refugee, resident, dissident: Yiyun Li introduces Bette Howland’s 1974 memoir about her stay in a Chicago psychiatric hospital. |
(CNN) — For those with the means, a private island in a tropical destination is the ultimate place to isolate from the global pandemic. Among the destinations most well-equipped to capitalize on this desire is the Maldives, which is made up of 1,200 small islands. Though the majority of the Maldives’ resorts are already relatively
Exclusive Mossimo Giannulli wants to finish off his prison sentence from the comfort of his own crib … and he says it’s all due to how the pandemic is impacting his time behind bars. Lori Loughlin‘s husband says he’s already spent 56 days in solitary at California’s FCI Lompoc as a result of the prison’s
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