Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn Center for the Study of Existential Risk LONDON – Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn has identified what he believes are the three biggest threats to humanity’s existence this century. While the climate emergency and the coronavirus pandemic are seen as issues that require urgent global solutions, Tallinn told CNBC that artificial intelligence,
Fashion designer Pierre Cardin has died at the age of 98, according to France’s Fine Arts Academy. The French star, who was born in Italy, was known for his avant-garde style and futuristic designs in the 1960s and 70s. He first worked at couture houses before launching his own brand and pioneering the use of
A high school English instructor and creative writing teacher in North Carolina has filed a lawsuit against Netflix’s Outer Banks citing copyright infringement. The North Carolina teacher, named Kevin Wooten, accuses Outer Banks creators Jonas Pate and Joshua Pate of stealing the plot of his 2016 young adult novel, Pennywise: The Hunt For Blackbeard’s Treasure!. Both
As pollyannaish as it sounds, especially as the domestic 2020 box office crumbles to a historic all-time low of $2.27 billion due to the coronavirus pandemic, the global theatrical business is poised for a comeback in 2021. However, it might take a few months. How in God’s name can such a ridiculous projection be forecasted?
Arthur P. Siccardi, a longtime Broadway production supervisor whose five-decade career included work on such notable original and revival stagings as Sweeney Todd, Whose Life is it Anyway?, Sunday in the Park with George, Gypsy, The Heidi Chronicles and Sunset Boulevard, to name a few, died December 23 of complications from pneumonia. He was 89.
Kelsey Lu and Yves Tumor have teamed up for a new song. The track, titled “let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out,” also features Kelly Moran and Moses Boyd. Check it out below. In a statement, Kelsey Lu said: “let all the poisons that lurk in the mud seep out” is
We’re revisiting some of our favorite posts of 2020 this holiday week! Grab a cup of cocoa and look back on some fun bookish goodness with us as we head toward the new year. Would you consider yourself an avid reader? A book pundit? A literature aficionado? And would you say the same is true
Six years ago, Makela Saint Fort was eating just one orange a day and having suicidal thoughts about her body. Now she’s a plus-size model. This is her journey from self-loathing to self-love… When I was 16, I would watch the Victoria’s Secret fashion show five times a week. The host called the models the
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Only ET has your exclusive sneak peek of the ‘Outlander’ cast’s on-set shenanigans in the season three gag reel. For more behind-the-scenes bonus material like this one, pick up your copy of ‘Outlander: Season Three’ which will be available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital as well as on a Limited Collector’s Edition from Sony Pictures
When an announcement came in late November that Lauren Hobart would take the reins as chief executive at Dick’s Sporting Goods in early 2021, corporate America hit another major milestone for inclusivity that has been driven, in large part, by the retail industry. A record 41 female CEOs are soon going to be leading Fortune
The military is being called in to help secondary schools and colleges with coronavirus testing at the start of the spring term. Some 1,500 personnel will give planning support, training and phone advice to English schools needing help with the testing process and setting up facilities. The government is pressing ahead with plans for primary
Ryan Smith, Co-Founder and CEO of Qualtrics peaks on stage during the 2015 Web Summit on in Dublin, Ireland. Clodagh Kilcoyne | Getty Images Qualtrics is about to go public, for real this time. The cloud software vendor, which SAP acquired two years ago on the eve of a planned IPO, filed its paperwork with
There has been an increase in the number of books being consumed since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The Publishers Association said that while sales for print books fell by 17% in the first half of 2020, demand for digital books rose by 13%. Adult fiction proved to be the most popular genre, seeing
The music documentary resurgence is alive and well and set to continue into 2021 with an insatiable appetite for weird and wild movies about bands and artists. The release over recent years of films such as Amy and Searching For Sugar Man kicked off a trend that has been amplified by interest from the streaming
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is urging the film and TV industry to consider pausing production for a few weeks during the ongoing surge in coronavirus cases throughout the county. “Although music, TV and film productions are allowed to operate,” the health department said, “we ask you to strongly consider pausing work
Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical will have an all-star cast for its one-time-only streaming performance, a line-up that includes Wayne Brady, Kevin Chamberlin, Adam Lambert and André De Shields, with Tituss Burgess as Remy the rat. Casting for the Jan. 1 Actors Fund benefit performance was announced today by production company Seaview. The musical was created
Grimes has announced a new album of Miss Anthropocene remixes. The record, called Miss Anthropocene Rave Edition, is out on January 1 and includes contributions from Channel Tres, Modeselektor, BloodPop®, and more. The collection also features two remixes that Grimes recently premiered in a DJ mix for Apple Music. Check out the tracklist and cover
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Thinking back to March when the pandemic was at its peak and Boris Johnson announced we were heading into a ‘lockdown.’ We weren’t sure what life was going to be like, we swarmed the supermarkets, stocked up on the ‘essentials’ (definitely not booze) waved to our colleagues and families on Zoom and embraced a new