Rep. Patrick McHenry, a Republican of North Carolina and ranking member of the House Financial Services Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, D.C. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Republican lawmakers released a draft bill on Friday that would provide crypto assets and exchanges a clearer regulatory plan, allowing digital assets to be
Month: June 2023
The last time a senior royal appeared as a witness at the High Court, the Mirror newspaper didn’t even exist. The year was 1891, and heir to the throne Prince Edward was called to give evidence during the Royal Baccarat Scandal – a case about cheating at cards. His mother, Queen Victoria, was angry, embarrassed
The Sanderson sisters will be returning to cause more wicked chaos with Hocus Pocus 3, 30 years after the original movie was first released. Disney+ is developing another sequel to the film starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy and Sarah Jessica Parker. Sean Bailey, President of Walt Disney Studios Motion Picture Production, confirmed the news in
Phoenix and Pusha T (Laurence Muller) News Watch Phoenix Bring Out Pusha T in Paris A verse from Push made its way into a performance of Phoenix’s “Funky Squaredance” and “All Eyes on Me” By Evan Minsker June 4, 2023 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Last night during Phoenix’s set at We Love Green Festival in
I also found myself doodling – which I almost never do, identifying as a wordsmith with limited artistic ability. I added little annotations to my musings: for instance, next to the phrase ‘taking the leap’ I drew the stick figure jumping from one cliff to the next. My mood felt fun and playful, compared to the
Cats and books: it’s a pairing that goes together as well as eggs and bacon, peanut butter and jelly, or, if you’re British, a cup of tea and a biscuit. Sure, cats wake us up at 3 a.m. because they demand to be fed, but they’re also undeniably cute when they want to be. As
Oscar Isaac is already imagining the next Spider-Verse film and has a role for Pedro Pascal. The Moon Knight star joined the cast of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse voicing the role of Miguel O’Hara, also known as Spider-Man 2099, a Spider-Man from an alternate universe. When talking to British GQ, Isaac said that production of
Shipping containers are seen at a terminal inside the Port of Oakland. Carlos Barria | Reuters West Coast ports are shutting down as union workers “no show” after a breakdown in negotiations with port management. The Port of Oakland was shut down Friday morning due to insufficient labor for terminal operations, a stoppage that is
Hundreds of migrants have so far been returned to Albania under the government’s “gold-standard” deal with the country, says immigration minister Robert Jenrick. That’s despite more than 12,000 Albanian people crossing the Channel on small boats last year, according to official figures. Speaking to Sky’s Sophy Ridge, Mr Jenrick initially said “thousands” of illegal migrants
In this article ALB TSLA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Demand for lithium, a key component for electric vehicle batteries, is expected to surge, from 500,000 metric tons of lithium carbonate in 2021 to three to four million metric tons in less than a decade, according to McKinsey & Company. Albemarle, the world’s top producer of this
Brit Award-winning pop star Dua Lipa has said the way ministers discuss migrants is “short sighted and small minded”. The 27-year-old, born in London to Kosovar-Albanian parents, called for “more empathy” and said she’d been “hurt” by the way the government had discussed Albanian people. Home Secretary Suella Braverman has previously spoken of “Albanian criminals”
The Directors Guild and the studios have reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract. The deal comes on the 33rd day of the Writers Guild strike, and just four days before SAG-AFTRA sits down at the bargaining table with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers – and two days before Monday’s
Cynthia Weil, June 2016 (Rodin Eckenroth/WireImage) News Cynthia Weil, Songwriter for the Ronettes, Chaka Khan, and the Righteous Brothers, Dies at 82 Weil, with her husband and songwriter partner, Barry Mann, wrote “On Broadway” and scored No. 1 hits with the Righteous Brothers’ “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’” and “(You’re My) Soul and Inspiration” By
Roll up, wild swimming lovers. These changing robes are set to be your new BFF. Chances are, if you’ve dipped your toe (quite literally) into open-water swimming, surfing or any kind of water sports, you’ll be hooked to the physical and mental health benefits of plunging yourself into a cold body of water. But you’ll
The book The Princess Bride by S. Morgenstern doesn’t exist. Sure, you may have read the book The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, (The “Good Parts” Version) by William Goldman, or watched the movie adaptation. Each version uses a frame narrative with the narrator skipping to “the good
One month into the writers strike, there’s little for a bystander to add about the issues, prospects or relative staying power of the opponents. Deadline’s reporters and contributors have done an admirable job on that score. But having intensively covered two prior such strikes, in 1988 and in 2007, I’ll risk one modest observation about
A software and robotics machine called mGripAI from Massachusetts-based Soft Robotics sorts artifical pieces of chicken into trays for packaging at an automation conference held by the Association for Advancing Automation in Detroit. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT — The automotive and logistics industries are no strangers to robots. They’re among the most heavily invested
Boris Johnson has been warned he could lose public funding for legal advice if he tries to “frustrate or undermine” the government’s position on the COVID inquiry. Cabinet Office lawyers have told the former prime minister that public money would “cease to be available” if he breaks conditions such as releasing evidence without permission, the
Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, speaks with CNBC on May 16th, 2023. David A. Grogan | CNBC The sudden departure of Twitter executives tasked with content moderation and brand safety has left the company more vulnerable than ever to hate speech. On Thursday, Twitter’s vice president of trust and safety, Ella Irwin, resigned from the
This Morning boss Martin Frizell said “scores are being settled” when asked about claims of a toxic culture at the ITV show. Phillip Schofield resigned from ITV last week and was dropped by his talent agency, YMU, after admitting having an “unwise, but not illegal” relationship with a man who he worked with on This