The movie theater business is looking rather dire amid new reports that Cineworld may close all Regal Cinema venues in the United States, along with all cinemas in the U.K. and Ireland this coming week. The news comes just a day after the James Bond movie No Time to Day was given another delay to
October 5, 2020, 10:18am It’s first thing in the morning and we’re already buzzing with literary news from abroad. From a spectacular longlist comes an amazing shortlist for this year’s Scotiabank Giller Prize, which seeks to recognize the best Canadian fiction of the year. Previous winners include Esi Edugyan, Elizabeth Hay, Sean Michaels, Michael Redhill, and
Venice, Italy (CNN) — Sebastian Fagarazzi is used to moving his belongings around. As a Venetian who lives on the ground floor, every time the city faces acqua alta — the regular flooding caused by high tides — he must raise everything off the floor, including furniture and appliances, or risk losing it. But on
Big telco vendors have another reason to sleep in fear, after Docomo, Fujitsu and NEC laid claim to the world’s first successful 5G carrier aggregation using a multi-vendor RAN. Demonstrating that O-RAN can pull off the same tricks as traditional networks is another feather in the cap of the O-RAN Alliance, which wants the mobile
Longtime Motorhead guitarist Phil Campbell revealed during a chat on the Scars and Guitars podcast (heard below) that he’s “about three years” sober. The guitarist reveals that he doesn’t know the exact date, explaining, “I don’t count [days] or nothing like that. I know it’s about three years completely [sober] – without one drop.” Speaking
With the PlayStation 5, Sony’s game plan is quite straightforward — release a heavyweight console (albeit with a second digital-only variant in PlayStation 5 Digital Edition), make a bunch of PlayStation exclusive games and tie up with other studios for more exclusives, and then sell them individually (at a premium) and not as part of
Ricky Remedy plays a part in Megan Thee Stallion‘s next up hit, “Don’t Stop.” The collaboration with Young Thug gives production credits to Buddah Bless, but Remedy is the reason “Don’t Stop” goes so hard. Known for his impeccable 808s and expert fusion of trap and electronic, it’s easy to hear his influence on the beat. As
In the early days of the Trump administration, when things were much simpler, there was so much turmoil surrounding Donald Trump’s erratic behavior and repeated interference with the Russia investigation that Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, briefly floated the idea of secretly recording the president and invoking the 25th Amendment to the United States
Iconic skater Tony Hawk is grateful for the Saturday Night Live shoutout of his newly remastered set of games. Hawk’s games debuted over 20 years ago and were able to get a whole new audience of gamers who would have never picked up a controller into the world of consoles. Bands who were supposed to
October 2, 2020, 12:41pm Today, Merriam-Webster observed that word searches for “schadenfreude” had spiked 30,500% after President Donald Trump announced his positive COVID-19 diagnosis—and the word was included in several news stories and headlines about the diagnosis and the global reaction. Merriam-Webster defines the term, borrowed from the German roots schaden (“damage”) and freude (“joy”) in
Italy and the US had a joint press conference in which the Italian Foreign Minister made it clear he’s willing to play ball on securing his country’s 5G networks. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo seems to be on a bit of a European tour and he stopped off in Rome for a bit of
Back in August, Mike Shinoda teased that Linkin Park had taken a lot into consideration when it came to preparing the celebration for the 20th anniversary of their Hybrid Theory album. And so far the band has been picking up steam with more promotions as the actual anniversary date nears. This week will add a
Exclusive Ricky Schroder is looking out for the L.A. County Sheriff’s deputies who were ambushed by a gunman in Compton … sending them a donation with special meaning. Sources close to the ‘NYPD Blue’ star tell TMZ … Ricky donated $11,111 to the two deputies who were shot last month at point-blank range. We’re told
Louis the Child are serving up Candy II — a fresh, new mixtape with delicious, bite-sized beats — and we’re gushing over the sound design. Just months after the drop of their debut album, Here for Now, the duo keep the creativity flowing with Candy II. The 19-track release speeds right along, clocking in at 34
Photo by Christian Vierig/Getty ImagesThe Holt Renfrew pop-up is the only place you can get your hands on this colour in the country. By Maddison Glendinning Date October 1, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter If you’ve been pondering buying a Pouch bag from Bottega Veneta, might we suggest that now is the perfect time to do so, given
Millie Bobby Brown has confirmed that Stranger Things season 4 has begun production, speaking about the show’s upcoming return and stressing how happy she is to go back to work. At the start of the month, Netflix tweeted a photo of a clapperboard along with the vague caption, “Today in Hawkins.” This seemingly confirms the
October 2, 2020, 12:46pm Derek Mahon, one of Ireland’s greatest contemporary poets, has died at the age at the age of 78. A host of Irish writers, including the country’s president Michael D. Higgins, have today been paying tribute to Mahon, with perhaps the most personal coming from fellow Belfast poet, Michael Longley, who had
Research from analyst firm Omdia indicates the UK is one of the most advanced European countries when it comes to the 5G rollout. The data is from earlier in the year, but it offers a good indication of the relative rate of 5G progress for countries around the world. It looks like Omdia puts its