From next week, new UK border measures will come into force as ministers act to prevent the possible import of COVID variants. The UK government has been taking advice from officials in Australia over the fresh restrictions – a country that has been widely praised for its response to the coronavirus pandemic. The new action
Parents work from home with their two sons due to the coronavirus outbreak in Paris in 2020. Xavier Laine | Getty Images News | Getty Images People have changed their minds about working from home since the coronavirus prompted office closures last year, Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins said during an earnings conference call with analysts
Paris Hilton has testified about abuse she says she suffered as a teenager at a boarding school, including being forced into solitary confinement naked, made to take mystery pills, and subjected to beatings. She has previously spoken to Sky News about her treatment during her childhood, and has also released a documentary about it called
ViacomCBS-owned fight circuit Bellator MMA will have its matches air on corporate cousin Showtime as the premium network continues to ramp up its investment in ring sports. On three straight Fridays in April, primetime Bellator matches originating from Mohegan Sun Arena in southeastern Connecticut will inaugurate the relationship. The arena is part of a casino
EXCLUSIVE: Ray Romano has set an April 19th start date in New York City for an untitled dramedy he’ll direct and star in alongside Laurie Metcalf (The Conners). Romano has written the script with Mark Stegemann. Leo (Romano) and Angela (Metcalf) Russo live a simple, blue-collar life in Queens, surrounded by the big personalities of
Elliot Mazer—the prolific engineer and producer who worked on records by Neil Young, the Band, Linda Ronstadt, and more—has died, Rolling Stone reports. He died at his San Francisco home on Sunday (February 7) of a heart attack, Mazer’s daughter Allison confirmed to RS. She added that her father had been battling dementia for years.
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Los Angeles, February 9, 2021 – Pacific Event Services announces they have volunteered to donate their venue, staff, and expertise (labor, material, tenting, truss structures, audio, video, lighting and staging) to the COVID-19 vaccination effort. Pacific Event Services isn’t the only live and virtual event company doing so to help combat COVID. A recent news
The Queen’s Gambit was most of the most watched TV shows of 2020. The Netflix hit landed in October and quickly amassed huge viewing figures, with many of us hooked on the gripping story starring Anna Taylor-Joy as chess prodigy Beth Harmon. The show has achieved critical acclaim too, already receiving plenty of nominations this
Peter Ben Embarek and Marion Koopmans (R) arrive at a press conference to wrap up a visit by an international team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) in the city of Wuhan in China’s Hefei province on February 9, 2021. HECTOR RETAMAL | AFP | Getty Images An international team of scientists led
UK and Irish residents returning from 33 “red list” countries will have to pay £1,750 to quarantine in hotels for 10 days, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has told MPs. As part of a new quarantine system due to come into force from Monday next week, the government has booked 4,600 rooms across 16 hotels for
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk dances onstage during a delivery event for Tesla China-made Model 3 cars in Shanghai, China, January 7, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters Tesla announced Monday that it bought $1.5 billion worth of bitcoin, according to a filing with the SEC. The company said it bought the bitcoin for “more flexibility
Mary Wilson, the longest-reigning original member of The Supremes, has died at the age of 76. Along with Diana Ross and the late Florence Ballard, Wilson was part of the first successful configuration of the Motown group, who had hits including Where Did Our Love Go, Baby Love, You Can’t Hurry Love and Stop! In
Fox Corp. beat Wall Street expectations in its second fiscal quarter, with revenue of nearly $4.1 billion improving 8% from the year-earlier period. On an adjusted basis, earnings per share rose to 16 cents from 10 cents a year ago. The consensus forecast from analysts called for revenue of $4 billion and a loss of
The opening scene of Dara Of Jasenovac, Serbia’s submission to the International Feature Oscar race, gives a poignant hint of the horrors to come. The setting is rural Croatia in the 1940s. A large group of Serbian women and children are being marched to a train station by armed guards. Two Croatian women work in
Westerman has shared a remix of “Drawbridge” by Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Listen to the new version of the Your Hero Is Not Dead song below. Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson released the album IC-01 Hanoi in 2018—a collaboration with his brother, father, and the Vietnamese musician Minh Nguyen. Last year, he shared a remix of
In a coronavirus world, many families are worried about their children falling behind academically. School availability has varied widely across the country and many families are choosing to or having to take a much larger role in their children’s education. At the foundation of it all is literacy. Promoting literacy at home can have a
With IRL parties off the cards and Zoom get-togethers getting a *little* tired, how to celebrate a lockdown anniversary? Well, as with all the best birthdays, the celebrations should definitely last beyond just one day. One of Britain’s longest established luxury fashion brands, Mulberry, has a milestone birthday this year. Launched in 1971 by Roger
Oscar-tipped drama Nomadland has been crowned the big winner at the London Critics’ Circle film awards, picking up three main prizes. Starring Frances McDormand as a woman travelling in a van on a journey through the American West, it was named film of the year at the ceremony, which was held virtually due to the
Jeff Bezos would owe about $2 billion a year in state income taxes under Washington’s proposed wealth tax, according to legislators. As part of an effort to reduce inequality and offset the state’s lack of an income tax, Washington state legislators are proposing a 1% levy on wealth over $1 billion. Lawmakers say the tax