Simon Mein/Sony/Kobal/Shutterstock . It took me a while to come around to The Holiday when it first premiered in 2006 for a simple reason: I think Cameron Diaz and Jude Law look like siblings and I didn’t want to see them kiss. “Nancy Meyers is making a film about boyfriend twins!” I exclaimed anachronistically because
The coronavirus outbreak, which was categorized as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization on March 11, has continued to spread, with the number of people diagnosed with COVID-19 now rising to more than 170,000 cases worldwide. In the United States, President Donald Trump declared a national emergency on March 13, and many states
Chinese electric vehicle start-up Nio Inc. company logo is on display on its initial public offering (IPO) day at the NYSE in New York, U.S., September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – Cash-strapped Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker Nio Inc (NIO.N) said on Wednesday there was substantial doubt in its ability to continue as a
FILE PHOTO: The Rolls Royce logo is seen on a car at a Rolls Royce shop at Siam Paragon mall in Bangkok, Thailand June 4, 2017. REUTERS/Jorge Silva LONDON (Reuters) – Rolls-Royce motor cars said it would suspend production at its British plant for two weeks to ensure the health of its employees. “Rolls-Royce Motor
There’s one thing every action star has in common, aside from a hefty paycheque, and that’s a set of boulder shoulders. Those Hollywood PTs bulking-up the likes of Jason Statham and Dwayne Johnson understand that shoulder muscle is what bookends the V-shape of any all-action testosterone physique. When it comes to your designs on a
Amid the coronavirus epidemic, Amazon is struggling to keep in stock essential items like hand sanitizer, face masks, toilet paper, and medical supplies. To make room on its shelves, the online retail giant will temporarily cease stocking discretionary items, including vinyl records. Amazon will continue to sell whatever vinyl records are already in stock at
The 2020 iHeartRadio Music Awards are officially postponed. The ceremony is being rescheduled due to the growing coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The annual awards show was supposed to take place Sunday March 29th at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, but will now take place at a later date. iHeartRadio provided a statement (see more below): As
Macmillan Publishers announced today that in the interest of setting aside differences, they will return to the library ebook pricing model that was in place October 31, 2019. They will also be temporarily lowering prices on select ebooks “to help expand libraries’ collections in these difficult times.” The message came down from Macmillan’s CEO, John
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Google, Facebook and Amazon are using their size, reach and technology prowess to help Americans cope with the coronavirus crisis, an opportunity for Big Tech to counter a drumbeat of criticism in Washington. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. Picture taken January 20, 2020.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden was headed to a blowout victory over Bernie Sanders in Florida’s Democratic presidential primary on Tuesday, moving him closer to clinching the nomination to face President Donald Trump in November’s election. Voter Fred Hoffman fills out his ballot during the primary election in Ottawa, Illinois, U.S., March 17, 2020. The
FILE PHOTO: Fujifilm’s company logo (top) is seen at its exhibition hall nearby the headquarters of Fujifilm Holdings Corp in Tokyo, Japan June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares in Japanese company Fujifilm Holdings Corp (4901.T) were untraded due to a glut of buy orders after Kyodo news agency reported on Wednesday that
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City may soon compel most people to stay in their homes except in emergencies or when shopping for essentials, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday, an order already imposed by San Francisco to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Any decision to issue the “shelter in place” order
With binge-watch performances from the likes of Tom Hardy and Cillian Murphy, razor-sharp suits and bloody good haircuts across the board, BBC drama Peaky Blinders had us gripped from the very start. It follows the story of a gangster family running a crime racket in Birmingham just after the First World War. It’s been one
Breaking News Shutterstock Premier The brother of the man who set off an explosion at Ariana Grande‘s Manchester Arena concert in 2017 has been found guilty of 22 murders. Hashem Abedi was found guilty Tuesday at the Justice Hall in London where prosecutors said Hashem was just as guilty of the attacks as his brother,
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian researchers said on Tuesday they have mapped the immune responses from one of country’s first coronavirus patients, findings that the health minister said were an important step in developing a vaccine and treatment. FILE PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was identified as the cause
FILE PHOTO: KPN logo is seen at its headquarters in Rotterdam, Netherlands, January 30, 2019. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – A Dutch appeals court on Tuesday ruled the country’s two largest telecommunications providers, KPN NV and VodafoneZiggo, do not have to open their fixed-line networks to competition. The country’s consumer watchdog ACM, had