The Fearless Girl sculpture wearing a mask stands next to a large Christmas Tree lit up displayed in front of the New York Stock Exchange on December 06, 2020 in New York City. Alexi Rosenfeld | Getty Images It’s not often that celebrity home-buying sprees give me insights into the stock market. However, when I
India successfully launched its latest communication satellite CMS-01 on board its Polar rocket from the spaceport here on Thursday, the second and last launch this year amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ISRO’s trusted polar satellite launch vehicle, PSLV-C50, injected the satellite into the predefined orbit around 20 minutes after the lift-off from the second launch pad
Boris Johnson is facing calls to overhaul the way peerages are awarded, after he handed more out more places in the House of Lords and overrode the appointments watchdog. The prime minister nominated seven Conservative figures to get law-making privileges, including old party Treasurer and donor Peter Cruddas, ex-minister Richard Benyon, and former MEPs Daniel
I’m feeling a little nervous. Not about the borders being shut, nor about the new variant of Covid-19 sweeping the nation (although, I have experienced my fair share of fear over them both). No, I’m nervous that people are thinking all of this will magically be over once the clock strikes midnight on 31st December.
The actress and her husband’s ex-wife, Sheree Zampino, got candid about their relationship on Jada’s Facebook Watch Series, ‘Red Table Talk.’
Discovery has upped its stake in OWN to 95% with the network’s founder and namesake Oprah Winfrey receiving $35 million worth of Discovery stock in exchange, according to an SEC filing Tuesday. Discovery and Winfrey launched OWN in 2008 and the David Zaslav-led media company has periodically raised its stake in the joint venture. It
Signs have emerged a post-Brexit trade deal with the EU is still possible – with just nine days to go until the deadline. Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen held a secret call on Monday evening, according to Reuters. The news agency cited sources who said the two leaders
Ariana Grande has announced her engagement to estate agent boyfriend Dalton Gomez. The 27-year-old posted a series of photos on Instagram showing her cuddling her fiance and showing off her ring. A close-up of her tattooed left hand showed the ring to be two-stone with a large diamond set next to a pearl. Next to
The Recording Academy has announced its 2021 Special Merit Awards. Receiving Lifetime Achievement Awards are: Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, the late jazz musician Lionel Hampton, opera singer Marilyn Horne, Salt-N-Pepa, Selena, and Talking Heads. In addition, Ed Cherney, Benny Golson, and Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds will receive Trustees Awards, while Daniel Weiss is recognized
EXCLUSIVE: As 2020 winds to a close, talent reps are fighting with Warner Bros for back end compensation their clients would have earned had WarnerMedia waited out the pandemic instead of putting a year’s worth of theatrical films on HBO Max alongside U.S. theaters. And only telling filmmakers, casts and even financiers moments before the
Girls Aloud star Kimberley Walsh has announced she is pregnant with her third child. The 39-year-old singer is already mum to two little boys – Bobby, six, and Cole, four – with her husband, former boyband member Justin Scott. Walsh posted the happy update on Instagram, writing: “They say 3 is the magic number! It’s
CEO of Tesla Motors Elon Musk poses during a television interview after his company’s initial public offering at the NASDAQ market in New York, June 29, 2010. Brendan McDermid | Reuters LONDON —Tesla stock is too expensive and in bubble territory compared to its performance, according to Vitali Kalesnik, partner and head of research in
We know they’re fictional characters. We know it’s just for entertainment value and we shouldn’t take it all so seriously. But when your favourite TV show ruins your favourite relationship, botches a storyline, or throws away nine years of planning your schedule around a show (we’re looking at you, How I Met Your Mother) by
St. Vincent performed a cover of the Beatles’ 1968 track “Martha My Dear” during the Ally Coalition’s Annual Talent Show. The livestreamed event raised money for homeless LGBTQ+ youth and featured performances from Sleater-Kinney, Brittany Howard, Lana Del Rey, Hayley Williams, and more. Watch the cover below. Earlier this month, St. Vincent revealed in an
Shortly before noon EST on Saturday, history was made when Pennsylvania—and its 20 electoral college votes—was called for Joe Biden, pushing him over the 270 electoral college votes needed to beat the sitting president, Donald Trump. Celebrations ensued across the United States, and the world, with jubilant Biden supporters dancing, singing and popping bottles of
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple. John Chiala | CNBC The Securities and Exchange Commission filed charges Tuesday against Ripple, the fintech company best known for cryptocurrency XRP, and two of its executives, for allegedly violating investor protection laws. The SEC alleged that Ripple, co-founder Christian Larsen and CEO Bradley Garlinghouse, raised more than $1.3 billion through an
EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Malkovich are starring in pandemic thriller The Survivalist for Yale Productions, with the project having recently wrapped in the Tri-state area. Jon Keeyes directed the movie from an original script by Matthew Rogers. It takes place a year and a half after the fall of civilization from a virus
Winter Solstice this year will see a rare astronomical event – the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. True to the saying that ‘every cloud has a silver lining,’ the pandemic-ridden 2020 is bringing a year-end treat for all of us. Google is also celebrating the Winter Solstice and the Great Conjunction with its latest
Ann Reinking, a Broadway veteran who starred in the 1990s revival of Chicago, won a Tony Award as its choreographer and also co-starred in the films Annie and All That Jazz, has died. She was 71. Her death Saturday was announced by a family friend on social media and confirmed by a relative to our sister site.
In a very competitive situation. Blumhouse has won the screen rights to a Dec. 13 New York Times story which chronicled one desperate mother’s revenge spree in Mexico, when she avenged her daughter’s murder by taking on the drug cartels and tracking down the perpetrators by herself. She saw ten of them apprehended by police