The anticipation in the weeks and months leading up to Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film was so real – we don’t think we’ve ever felt more excited for a film to drop. Well, as it turns out, all of the insanely smart marketing surrounding the film – from creating a real-life Barbie dream house in Malibu,
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Public libraries are synonymous with children today, with story times and an inviting children’s section considered essential features. Arguments for increasing or maintaining library funding often reference the library’s role in literacy education for kids as well as the many happy memories even adults who no longer frequent the library still hold for childhoods spent
In this article MAT HAS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Hasbro Monopoly board game arranged in Dobbs Ferry, New York, Feb. 6, 2022. Tiffany Hagler-Geard | Bloomberg | Getty Images Four years after acquiring Toronto-based production studio eOne, Hasbro is selling it off to Lionsgate. The deal, announced Thursday, is valued at $500
The government is turning to the private sector in an attempt to cut NHS waiting lists. Thirteen new community diagnostics centres (CDCs) will be opened across England to carry out an additional 742,000 scans, checks and tests per year. Eight of the new facilities will be operated by the private sector – but despite this,
In this article AMZN Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Andy Jassy, CEO of Amazon, speaks at the ceremonial ribbon cutting prior to tomorrow’s opening night for the NHL’s newest hockey franchise the Seattle Kraken at the Climate Pledge Arena on October 22, 2021, in Seattle. Bruce Bennett | Getty Images Sport | Getty Images
Beyonce has paid tribute after a man who was dancing to her songs was stabbed to death in New York. “Rest in power O’Shae Sibley” appear on the American singer-songwriter’s website following the death of the 28-year-old professional dancer at a petrol station in Brooklyn. Mr Sibley was listening and dancing to Beyonce’s 2022 album
Apple chief executive Tim Cook praised Apple TV+ today with shout-outs to its shows, its recent “54 Emmy nominations across 13 titles” and its goal of “giving great storytellers the venue to tell great stories.” On a conference call with Wall Street analyst after the tech giant’s quarterly earnings, he did not mention, nor was
Hollywood’s potential misuse of artificial intelligence is a “deadly cocktail” and a “poison” that needs to be strictly regulated, SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher said in the guild’s latest strike podcast. AI isn’t new. It’s been used on countless films and TV shows when it was known as computer generated imagery (CGI). But Generative Artificial Intelligence
News Third Family Settles Lawsuit Against Travis Scott, Live Nation Over Astroworld Tragedy: Report The family of John Hilgert, a 14-year-old who died as a result of the crowd crush at the 2021 Houston concert, withdrew their lawsuit in February By Hattie Lindert August 3, 2023 Facebook Twitter Travis Scott, photo by Stefano Spaziani/Archivio Spaziani/Mondadori
It directly insinuates that our emotions are wrong and if we just cheered up we’d be thin and confident and love ourselves. Newsflash: I’m a grown up, I can decide on my own whether I want to like or loathe myself. I’d prefer to scroll and shop without the constant reminders that I should analyse
An imprint of Disney Publishing Worldwide, Hyperion Avenue, is debuting new fiction under Marvel Crime. The new endeavor will feature three original novels by bestselling authors S.A. Cosby, Lisa Jewell, and Alex Segura. The stories will be gritty crime novels geared towards adults and will use familiar Marvel characters. The first will be out in
“Amidst the storm of legal battles and the stress of parenting, remember that love knows no bounds, and your children’s hearts will forever be anchored to yours,” says Dorothy Lawrence, the CEO of the Dorothy Butler Law Firm. Being a single parent can be a challenging journey, with a unique set of legal concerns that
In this article MAR LUV JBLU ULCC Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Women pose for a photo while holding an ice cream at Trevi fountain during hot weather as a heat wave hits Europe in Rome, Italy, July 19, 2022. Guglielmo Mangiapane | Reuters The competition for travel dollars is heating up, and the
Greenpeace activists have covered Rishi Sunak’s £2m mansion in oil-black fabric after climbing on to the roof of the property in Yorkshire. Two of the environmental campaign group’s activists also unfurled a banner with the words “Rishi Sunak – Oil Profits or Our Future?” across the grass in front of the manor house. The group
Tech companies shed more than 386,000 jobs last year and in the first half of this year, according to Layoffs.fyi. That number is climbing. But while layoffs have taxed workers, a booming artificial intelligence market is giving the industry a renewed sense of optimism. “I have been in San Francisco for almost 12 years now and
Lizzo has insisted she is ”not the villain” as she is sued by three former dancers over allegations of sexual harassment and the creation of a hostile work environment. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles on Tuesday, was brought against the Truth Hurts singer, real name Melissa Viviane Jefferson, and her production company Big Grrrl Big
While Warner Bros Discovery CEO David Zaslav on this morning’s Q2 earnings call for the conglom is “hopeful that all sides will get back to the negotiating room soon and that these strikes get resolved in a way that the writers and actors feel that they are fairly compensated,” WBD CFO Gunnar Wiedenfels served up
EXCLUSIVE: Dakota Shapiro (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes), Ben Groh (God’s Time, Mutt) and Oliver Cooper (Project X, Mindhunter) are to star in psychedelic indie movie The Lemurian Candidate after it received SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement approval. The film, written and directed by Casey Cooper Johnson, follows three former college buddies who reunite for a backpacking trip
News Danger Mouse and Jemini Finally Releasing 2004 Album Born Again, Share Song: Listen Listen to “Brooklyn Basquiat” from the Ghetto Pop Life follow-up, shelved 20 years ago By Nina Corcoran August 3, 2023 Facebook Twitter Danger Mouse and Jemini (photo by Maya Hayuk) Facebook Twitter Danger Mouse and Jemini are finally releasing their collaborative
Whenever I see Keke Palmer, I can instantly hear her saying, “Baby, this is Keke Palmer” in my head. She is, in fact, that girl and I’m just one of the many people who think that. Need proof? Go to the comment section on any of her Instagram posts and you’ll see plenty. And the