Millions of people in Shanghai will continue to live under lockdown rules after officials reversed plans to ease COVID restrictions. A two-stage lockdown was imposed last week in China‘s financial centre after the city’s largest coronavirus outbreak. Officials had planned to lift a lockdown in the city’s western districts today, but the restrictions have now
Britney Spears has announced she is writing a new tell-all memoir, saying the process has been “healing and therapeutic”. The pop star, who was freed from a controversial 13-year conservatorship arrangement in November 2020, says the experience has confronted her with memories of her early life, and experiences under the court order. It comes after
Peacock’s The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air reboot Bel-Air has surpassed expectations of what it means to revitalize a classic TV show. With a lot of our favorite ‘90s titles teasing sequels and revivals, fans feared that this edition would mar our beloved O.G. However, Bel-Air has proven that, with some creative finagling, you can develop
The Mandalorian actress Misty Rojas has shared an image of her custom-made Frog Lady action figure. Rojas has made a career as a stunt performer, appearing in movies like Jingle All the Way, Van Helsing, and The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Most recently, she rose to fame by appearing in both seasons of Disney+’s The
The Jennifer Lopez-Josh Duhamel Lionsgate romantic comedy Shotgun Wedding is heading straight to streaming as Prime Video has snatched up all U.S. rights for the pic from Lionsgate. No release date has been set on the streamer, but similar to other Prime Video features, it’s expected that Shotgun Wedding will also receive a day-and-date limited theatrical release.
A large metal ring and sphere that villagers in rural western India said fell from the sky over the weekend could be from a Chinese rocket launched into space last year, officials told local media. The metal ring – reportedly two to three metres (6.5-10 feet) in diameter and weighing over 40 kilograms (90 pounds)
In this article TWTR TSLA Entrepreneur and business magnate Elon Musk gestures during a visit at the Tesla Gigafactory plant under construction, on August 13, 2021 in Gruenheide near Berlin, eastern Germany. Patrick Pleul | AFP | Getty Images The Securities Exchange Commission has another reason to come after Elon Musk. The world’s richest man
The government’s former ethics chief has apologised for an “error of judgement” after being fined by the Met Police for going to a lockdown-breaking party in Westminster. Helen MacNamara said she has paid the fine she was handed in connection with a leaving party held in the Cabinet Office on June 18 2020 to mark
The government has decided to push ahead with plans to privatise Channel 4. Ministers have concluded, following a consultation, that while the broadcaster is “currently performing well” its public ownership is “holding it back in the face of a rapidly-changing and competitive media landscape”, a government source said. A spokesperson for Channel 4 said it
Wearing plastic gloves and a face mask, Serhij Matuyk has seen horror beyond description over the past month. His job is to retrieve and bury bodies in the Ukrainian town of Bucha where evidence has emerged of possible war crimes by Russian forces. “They are b******s,” he said, standing by a large white van, waiting
Sacramento Police have said they have made an arrest after a mass shooting in California’s state capital during the early hours of Sunday morning. Police said that more than 100 shots were fired in the Sacramento mass shooting, which killed six people and left 12 wounded. 26-year-old Dandre Martin, 26, has been arrested as a
Who else but hosts Wendy Stuart and Tym Moss could “spill the tea” on their weekly show “If These Walls Could Talk” live from Pangea Restaurant on the Lower Eastside of NYC, with their unique style of honest, and emotional interviews, sharing the fascinating backstory of celebrities, entertainers, recording artists, writers and artists and bringing
Being a business owner is hard, and being a Black business owner presents an entirely different set of challenges. The systemic hurdles that exist to hold back the Black community from entrepreneurship contribute to the gaping economic disparities that exist in today’s society. Despite these hardships, many succeed as self-made moguls. Emma Grede is one
The Wizarding World has remained a vital part of pop culture for decades, and is showing no signs of slowing down. On the big screen, the universe of the Harry Potter movies continues to expanded with the Fantastic Beasts movies. Now one star of The Secrets of Dumbeldore has defended the Crimes of Grindelwald’s most
A new series set in the Star Trek universe takes flight in a month. To celebrate, Paramount+ unveiled the official trailer for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Sunday. The new series will premiere exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., Latin America, Australia, and the Nordics on Thursday, May 5. Following the premiere, new episodes
More than 1,000 Ukrainians — many of them children— have been killed and more than four million displaced as a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In response, Book Riot is matching donations up to $5,000 USD to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Scroll to the bottom of the post to learn