As Kelly reported last year, Penguin Random House is acquiring Simon & Schuster for $2.2 billion, consolidating the major publishing houses yet again, this time from the Big Five to the Big Four. Penguin Random House, formerly separate publishers Penguin and Random House, is the single largest publishing house in the United States; Simon &
Month: November 2021
R&B legend Ronnie Wilson, a founding member of The Gap Band and “Uncle” Charlie Wilson‘s older brother, is dead … TMZ has confirmed. Ronnie’s wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, tells TMZ … he died at 10:01 AM Tuesday at his home in Tulsa, OK. We’re told he died peacefully and Linda was holding his hand as he
NASA has shared a stunning image of a giant eye-shaped nebula that is among the brightest and closest to Earth. The image, captured by the agency’s Spitzer Space Telescope, showed a deep vacuum surrounded by a sparkling cloud of dust and gas. The dust and gas are spread over a two-light-year diameter around a central
Scene from “Squid Game” by Netflix Source: Netflix When Bernard heard about a token named after the popular South Korean Netflix series “Squid Game,” which chronicles the lives of cash-strapped adults who play in a deadly tournament for a big jackpot, he did a quick scan on Google to see if the coin was legit.
One of Britain’s top scientists has quit the government’s pandemic advisory body, warning the COVID crisis is “a long way from over” and that the situation in the UK is “concerning”. Sir Jeremy Farrar, director of the Wellcome Trust, quit the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) at the end of October. Sky News can
Three of Britain’s biggest high street lenders will this week join an alliance aimed at phasing out the world’s dependence on coal power amid a blizzard of efforts by multinationals to demonstrate their green credentials at the COP26 summit. Sky News has learnt that HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group and NatWest Group will be among 10
Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter and his ex-UEFA counterpart Michel Platini have been charged with fraud in Switzerland. It follows a six-year investigation into a payment of two million Swiss francs (£1.6m) from FIFA to Platini. Blatter, 85, and French football legend Platini, 65, could now face a trial within months. “This payment damaged FIFA’s
President Joe Biden has said Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping’s failure to turn up to the COP26 climate summit is a “big mistake”. Addressing reporters at the end of the second day of the climate conference in Glasgow, the president of the United States said China has “walked away” on the biggest issue of our time.
News Rosalía Announces New Album Motomami The follow-up to 2018’s El Mal Querer is on the way By Allison Hussey November 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Rosalía, September 2021 (Photo by: John Parra/Telemundo/NBCU Photo Bank) Facebook Twitter Rosalía has announced that her next record is titled Motomami, sharing the news in an Instagram clip. See it
Hill House Home is as known for its devoted fan base as its era-defining hero piece, the nap dress. Today, the legions of shoppers known as Nap Dress Nation are getting an early gift from its favorite brand: an unabashedly festive drop incorporating shoppers’ most frequent requests, and new additions they didn’t know to ask
Charlotte Holmes has never been in more danger and the ride has never been more exciting than in Miss Moriarty, I Presume?, Sherry Thomas’ sixth Lady Sherlock mystery. Defying her parents’ most fervent wishes and every rule of polite Victorian society, the singular Miss Holmes has successfully contrived to live freely, both professionally and personally.
One of the most generous features of Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker is that it directly builds off, and includes, past expansions, Stormblood and Shadowbringers. While other online games segment players through paid content, Final Fantasy XIV makes sure that the community can always easily play together. This effectively lets late comers have access to old dungeons
The help of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been deployed by tech firms and NGOs worldwide to fight the climate change crisis. Gadgets 360 caught up with some, including the team at Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) — a New Delhi-based NGO — and IBM India, to talk about their efforts to apply tech
In this article 700-HK The Fortnite logo displayed on a smartphone with the flag of China shown in the background. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | LightRocket | Getty Images Fortnite is calling it quits in China. The wildly popular battle-royale game, developed by Epic Games, will shut down its local Chinese version on Nov.
The French government has stepped back from a threat to impose disruptive port checks on lorries and boats after the UK threatened to take legal action in a row over post-Brexit fishing licences. Key talks between the two sides will take place later this week aimed at resolving the disagreement, but the risk of further
The owner of the Paddy Power and Betfair brands has revealed a £60m hit from a “run of customer-friendly” sports betting results last month, saying it will be partly responsible for a cut to its full-year financial guidance. Flutter Entertainment, which is the world’s largest online betting group, saw its shares tumble 7% at Tuesday’s