(L to R) Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in ‘Dirty Dancing’. Photo: Vestron Pictures.Preview:1987’s ‘Dirty Dancing’ is being adapted as a stage musical.Original writer Eleanor Bergstein is scripting with Tony winner Lonny Price directing.Price also appeared in the film alongside Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey.Movies and TV shows have long been adapted into stage (and stage musical) versions, with examples including ‘Mean Girls,’ ‘Back to the Future,’ ‘The Color Purple’ and recent hit ‘Stranger Things.’We can now add 1987 hit ‘Dirty Dancing’ to the list, as Lionsgate is turning the movie into a stage musical with the help of Eleanor…
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The U.S. 10-year Treasury yield was on the move higher again on Tuesday after Federal Reserve officials urged caution on the path of interest rate cuts.The yield on the 10-year Treasury rose 2 basis points to 4.2036%, marking its first time above 4.2% in three months, after jumping 12 basis points on Monday.The yield on the 2-year Treasury was up 2 basis points to 4.0431%.Yields and prices move in opposite directions. One basis point equals 0.01%.It is a quiet week on the data front, but a busy week for Federal Reserve commentary, with an array of policymakers delivering speeches.On Monday, Minneapolis…
Oppo Enco X3 will be introduced in China on October 24 alongside the Oppo Find X8 series of phones and Pad 3 Pro tablet. Ahead of the launch, the company has revealed the design of the true wireless stereo (TWS) earphones. Some key features of the TWS alongside colour options have also been confirmed. Pre-reservations for the earphones are currently live. The upcoming Oppo earphones are said to be a rebranded version of the OnePlus Buds Pro 3, which launched in India in August this year.Oppo Enco X3 Availability, Design, Colour OptionsThe Oppo Enco X3 will launch in China on October 24 at 7pm local…
[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for What We Do in the Shadows Season 6, Episodes 1-3.] What We Do in the Shadows is back, and the final season is serving up plenty of supernatural shenanigans for fans to sink their teeth into as three all-new episodes landed on FX. While some things have changed for the Staten Island-based vampire roommates, a lot hasn’t. Following his vampire reversal, former familiar Guillermo (Harvey Guillén) has moved into the shed as Nandor (Kayvan Novak), Nadja (Natasia Demetriou), Laszlo (Matt Berry), and Colin Robinson (Mark Proskch) wake up their long-forgotten fifth roommate Jerry…
The General Motors headquarters inside the Renaissance Center in Detroit on April 15, 2024.Jeff Kowalsky | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesDETROIT — General Motors is set to report its third-quarter earnings before the bell Tuesday.Here is what Wall Street is expecting, according to average estimates compiled by LSEG:Earnings per share: $2.43 adjustedRevenue: $44.59 billionThose results would mark a 1% uptick in revenue compared with a year earlier and a 6.6% increase in adjusted earnings per share.GM’s 2023 third quarter included $44.13 billion in revenue, net income attributable to stockholders of $3.06 billion, or $2.20 per share, and adjusted earnings before interest…
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris (L) holds a moderated conversation with Former US Rep. Liz Cheney, Republican of Wyoming, at People’s Light performing arts theater Malvern, Pennsylvania, on October 21, 2024. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty ImagesVice President Kamala Harris and Republican former Rep. Liz Cheney participated in a series of moderated conversations on Monday across the “Blue Wall” battleground states of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.”It’s not about party, it’s about right and wrong,” Cheney said in Birmingham, Michigan. “I would just remind people, if you are at all concerned, you can vote your conscience and not…
Shakira is rescheduling her North American tour that was originally slated for this autumn. Now set to take place in 2025, the Colombian pop star’s revamped concerts include upgrades to bigger venues, like stadiums, in addition to some of the original arena locations. See her updated tour details below.Named after her new album, Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran, the world tour now begins in Rio de Janeiro, on February 11, and will last on through the summer, with Shakira’s last date scheduled for June 30 in San Francisco. Sandwiched in the tour is a special headlining set at the Welcome…
A still from Warner Bros. Discovery Blade Runner 2049 trailer and from Tesla’s Live robotaxi event.Source: Warner Bros. Pictures | TeslaElon Musk, his car company Tesla and Warner Brothers Discovery were sued Monday over their alleged artificial intelligence-fueled copyright infringement of images from the film “Blade Runner 2049” to promote Tesla’s robotaxi concept.The lawsuit by the dystopian sequel’s producer, Alcon Entertainment, says that the mega-billionaire Musk and the other defendants requested permission to use “an iconic still image” from “Blade Runner 2049” for the Oct. 10 event hyping the Cybercab at Warner Brothers Discovery’s studio lot in Burbank, California. That…
M Was Twenty August 1346 by Anthony Hamer The perfect cozy read for fans of historical fiction. What would you do if you could suddenly live hundreds of years? What would your future look like? Would you even know where to start? Anthony Hamer answers these questions and more in M Was Twenty August 1346, a historical novel that’s sure to excite every reader’s imagination. An Unexpected Turn in Medieval England August 1346. Marcel de Bois, known to most simply as M, was 20 years old but felt much older. After serving as a mounted swordsman for King Edward III…
Arizona residents rally for abortion rights on April 16, 2024 in Phoenix, Arizona.Gina Ferazzi | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesAbortion is an important issue for many voters, especially young women, heading into the November election.Abortion access is about more than politics or health care; it’s also a personal finance issue, said Diana Greene Foster, a demographer who studies the effects of unwanted pregnancies on people’s lives.Foster, a professor at the University of California San Francisco, led The Turnaway Study, a landmark research study on the socioeconomic outcomes for Americans who are “turned away” from abortion. The study tracked 1,000…
This year’s Academy Museum Gala was overflowing with makeup inspiration, so it’s only fair we share the beauty look we haven’t gotten over since it first glided onto the red carpet on actress and model Kaia Gerber. For a while, we wondered what it was about Gerber’s effortlessly elegant look that felt so familiar, and then it hit us—the F/W 97 Givenchy dress recalled Audrey Hepburn’s iconic appearance as Natasha in King Vidor’s film adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace, penned in 1869.However, there was also something dark and alluring about the makeup look—what Gerber herself referred to as…
Eva Mendes says the only way that she could be convinced to return to acting is if it’s alongside her husband Ryan Gosling. It’s been a decade since Mendes stepped away from acting. Her last role was a small part in Gosling’s feature directorial debut Lost River. The actress’ last credit, though, was lending her voice to a 2021 episode of Bluey. “I was never in love with acting. I don’t mean this in a self-deprecating way, but I wasn’t a great actress. I had my moments when I worked with really great people,” she said in an interview with…
iPad Mini (2024) with an 8.3-inch display and Apple’s Intelligence features was launched last week in India. As always, the RAM details of the new tablet are still under wraps, but an alleged benchmark listing reveals the RAM of the iPad mini and the performance of the A17 Pro chip inside. The listing suggests that the iPad mini’s benchmark scores are slightly lower than the iPhone 15 Pro Max despite sharing the same A17 Pro chipset.iPad mini Eearly Geekbench Results Are OutApple’s new iPad mini surfaced on the Geekbench website with the model name iPad 16,2. The listing suggests iOS 18.0…
Joan Vassos suggests she may leave The Golden Bachelorette alone. Pic credit: ABC The first season of The Golden Bachelorette is heading toward its end as Hometown Dates approach. Joan reduced her men from 24 on the premiere day to just four for the upcoming episode: Chock, Jordan, Guy, and Pascal. Several fan favorites have already been sent home. It has viewers debating over which one may be cast as The Golden Bachelor lead. Others have even called for Pascal and Charles to get an Odd Couple-inspired spin-off, as the two men are so different but beloved by Bachelor Nation.…
Former President Donald Trump’s campaign plans would significantly accelerate the already-fast-approaching date when Social Security is projected to run out of money, a nonpartisan budget group said Monday.Trump’s agenda would make the popular government program, relied upon by millions of American seniors, insolvent in six years — shrinking the current timeline by a third, the group found.The Republican nominee’s proposals would also expand Social Security’s cash shortfall by trillions of dollars and lead to even steeper benefit cuts in the coming years, said US Budget Watch 2024, a project of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget.”We find President Trump’s…
WASHINGTON — Defense contractor Northrop Grumman has demonstrated new technology that turns aircraft into a flying data center, processing real-time intelligence from satellites and drones to aid military operations. The system, called Deep Sensing and Targeting (DSAT), was showcased at a U.S. Army exercise last month, the company said Oct. 21. “We’re providing intelligence collection from space-based sensors to the airborne platform and delivering it to operators in real time,” said Brent Swift, director of the DSAT program at Northrop Grumman’s Colorado-based intelligence unit. The technology could help solve a persistent military challenge: getting precise targeting data quickly enough to…
Disney has tapped James Gorman to replace Mark Parker as the company’s next chairman, effective in January, as the media giant lays the groundwork to name a successor for CEO Bob Iger in early 2026, the company said Monday.Gorman joined Disney’s board less than a year ago and was named the head of the succession planning committee in August. He will continue to lead that committee after he takes over as board chairman from Nike Executive Chairman Parker.”The Disney board has benefited tremendously from James Gorman’s expertise and guidance, and we are lucky to have him as our next chairman…
Taylor Swift has written a letter to Barstool Sports‘ David Portnoy, thanking him for “having my back when a lot of people didn’t”. Portnoy is the founder of an American blog site and digital media company called Barstool Sports. Founded in 2003, it publishes a range of content related to pop culture and sports journalism. According to a new update by the BFFs podcast on Instagram, Portnoy was given a handwritten note from Swift while he was at her ‘Eras Tour’ show at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. “What a gift from @taylorswift to @stoolpresidente at last night’s…