Prime Minister Boris Johnson has hailed the “courage, discipline and patience of the nation” one year after he first announced a lockdown to combat the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking at a Downing Street news conference, he said: “We suffered so many losses.” And he said we have at times been “fighting in the dark” against a
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A semiconductor wafer during an Intel event ahead of a IFA International Consumer Electronics Show. Krisztian Bocsi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Intel announced on Tuesday that it will spend $20 billion to build two new chip factories, called fabs, in Ocotillo, Arizona. The announcement, coinciding with new CEO Pat Gelsinger’s first public remarks since
A Banksy original offering an “image of hope” during the pandemic has sold for a record £16.8m, auction house Christie’s has said – with the proceeds going to health charities. The anonymous artist’s Game Changer work appeared at Southampton Hospital as a thank you to staff during the first wave of the COVID-19 crisis. While
The ball is in John Stamos’s court, in the first official trailer for Disney+ original series, Big Shot. Premiering on the streaming service on Friday, April 16, the show centers on Marvyn Korn (Stamos), a volatile college basketball coach, who gets fired from his job. Subsequently, Korn returns to the sport, as a teacher and coach at an
Family movies seem to be the golden ticket to getting people back into the habit of going to theaters as they reopen slowly. If that continues to be the case, the Covid-delayed sequel to Sony’s 2018 franchise starter, Peter Rabbit, should hit the bull’s-eye as this follow-up not only delivers on what was so appealing about
News The Knife Announce First-Ever Vinyl Release of Tomorrow, in a Year Their 2010 collaboration with Mt. Sims and Planningtorock will be pressed on two 180-gram LPs By Madison Bloom March 23, 2021 Facebook Twitter The Knife in 2013 (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns). Facebook Twitter Karin and Olof Dreijer are continuing their 20th anniversary celebration
Recognizing the best in audiobook and spoken word entertainment, the Audio Publishers Association announced the 2021 Audie Award winners last night in a virtual ceremony hosted by actor and narrator John Leguizamo. Winners were announced in 25 categories total with highlights including Piranesi by Susanna Clarke, narrated by Chiwetel Ejiofor, being named the 2021 Audiobook
Sun loungers are up there with the most sought-after pieces of garden furniture of 2021. One scroll down John Lewis’ almost entirely sold-out selection of stylish garden loungers acts as proof: they’re selling like hot cakes. It’s no surprise – the evenings are getting lighter, the weather is getting warmer and overseas travel has been
The drag superstars and hosts of ‘UNHhhh’ sit down for a one of a kind interview experience. New episods of ‘UNHhhh’ premiere weekly on the WOW Presents Plus app. Exclusives from #ETonline : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQwITQ__CeH2Y_7g2xeiNDa0vQsROQQgv
An employee draws up a syringe and a container with the BioNTech/Pfizer vaccine, in Schwaz, Austria. JOHANN GRODER | AFP | Getty Images LONDON — The European Union is “facing a serious situation” in rolling out Covid-19 shots, but it is “highly unfair” to accuse the bloc of vaccine nationalism, the region’s trade chief told
Getting a COVID vaccine could be made mandatory for care workers who look after the most elderly, the health secretary has told Sky News. Matt Hancock said that, while vaccines would not be made mandatory for the general public, they could be required for those whose profession sees them work with the most vulnerable. He
In this article GOOGL GME AMC PLTR JD Lasica | Flickr In a year of historically wild stock moves, often driven by chatter on Reddit boards, financial software vendor Upstart Holdings is the latest company to see its stock soar to inexplicable heights. Founded in 2012 by former Google executive David Girouard, Upstart went public
Jamie Foxx will play Mike Tyson in a TV series based on the former heavyweight boxing champion’s life and career, producers have said. The Oscar-winning actor joins movie legend Martin Scorsese and another Hollywood director, Antoine Fuqua, as executive producer. Fuqua, a filmmaker best-known for 2001 crime thriller Training Day, will also direct the limited
Jordan Belfort, the inspiration for Martin Scorsese’s The Wolf Of Wall Street, is to host a fast-turnaround Discovery+ documentary on the surge in GameStop’s share price. ITN Productions is making the special film, which is working titled GameStop: The Wall Street Hijack and premieres in the UK on April 8 before an international rollout. Narrated
Cineworld and Warner Bros have hatched a multi-year agreement that will see the No. 2 global exhibitor show the studio’s 2021 theatrical and HBO Max day-and-date titles in the U.S. as of their theatrical release. Then, beginning in 2022, Warner Bros theatrical releases will have a 45-day window of theatrical exclusivity at Cineworld’s Regal chain
News Bad Bunny Will Wrestle at WWE WrestleMania 2021 It’s Bad Bunny vs. the Miz at the biggest wrestling event of the year By Evan Minsker March 22, 2021 Facebook Twitter Bad Bunny with the WWE 24/7 Championship on SNL (Will Heath/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Bad Bunny has been a staple
We were hanging around the virtual Book Riot water cooler the other day and someone mentioned they’d love to see a post featuring literary cinnamon rolls. I, as a consumer of growing quantities of manga and manhua (and a few American comics that have learned of the differences from their brethren) immediately asked, “Okay, but
Ah, Brighton. Easily one of the most popular spots for a weekend break in the UK among Londoners (it’s just an hours’ train ride from London Victoria), this seaside city is bursting with colour and spirit. So it’s no surprise Airbnbs in Brighton are booking up at an alarming rate right now. Staycations are the
Three of the nation’s great regional theaters will change ownership this month, with the Ambassador Theatre Group acquiring San Francisco’s Golden Gate and Orpheum theatres and Detroit’s Fisher Theatre from The Nederlander Co. The transaction is scheduled to close on March 29. Financial terms were not disclosed. The acquisition was announced jointly today by Nederlander
In this article .IXIC .SPX .DJI URI CMI CAT CSX NSC AGCO DE F UAL GM BA LUV NUE UNP CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Monday that after a brief dip in cyclical stocks, investors now have a chance to trim their tech holdings and buy industrial plays. The “Mad Money” host, who made a case