Lea Michele, the star of Funny Girl, ends her stay today in the Broadway revival. She noted the milestone with an Instagram post that touted thhe show’s recoupment of its $16.5 million capitalization. “For the past year, I’ve had the honor and privilege of playing the iconic Fanny Brice in Funny Girl on the August Wilson Stage,” she wrote. “An opportunity my younger self could have only dreamed of. And did.” The musical opened in April 2022 at the August Wilson Theatre, starring Beanie Feldstein in the title role of Fanny Brice. Although fans initially showed great enthusiasm and ticket-buying, critics and…
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WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency plans to set a target launch period for the first Ariane 6 in October, with the hopes that vehicle can finally take flight “not too late” into 2024. At a Sept. 4 briefing, officials from ESA and other partners on the Ariane 6 said they should be able to announce a range of dates for the rocket’s inaugural launch after a pair of static-fire tests of the rocket’s core stage and its Vulcain 2.1 engine on the launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. The first of those tests, slated to last about four seconds,…
Starfield is now available to those who pre-ordered the Premium Edition, and it’s being received fairly well — even more so on the performance front, which is unusual for developer Bethesda, whose titles have historically debuted with inconsistent framerates on consoles. As per Digital Foundry’s breakdown, the much-anticipated space sci-fi RPG runs at a solid 30fps on both the Xbox Series S and Series X, exactly as the studio advertised. At a glance, there doesn’t seem to be a concerning amount of disparity in visual fidelity between the two versions, though the higher-end Series X does appear to have more…
NewsSmash Mouth Frontman Steve Harwell Dies at 56The musician performed with the California band from 1994 until his retirement in 2021By Matthew Ismael Ruiz and Matthew StraussSeptember 4, 2023FacebookXSmash Mouth’s Steve Harwell, July 2013 (C Flanigan/FilmMagic)FacebookXSteve Harwell, the founding singer of Smash Mouth died at his home in Boise, Idaho, The New York Times reports. The musician was 56 years old.Harwell dealt with alcoholism and numerous health issues in the years preceding his death. In 2013, he was diagnosed with a heart condition (cardiomyopathy) and a neurological condition (acute Wernicke encephalopathy). He collapsed onstage during a concert a few years…
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks celebrating Labor Day and honoring America’s workers and unions at the Annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade at Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union 19, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., September 4, 2023. Joshua Roberts | ReutersPresident Joe Biden’s age and his handling of the economy are two of his greatest weaknesses as the 80-year-old incumbent gears up for a possible rematch with former President Donald Trump, a new poll showed Monday.Those major concerns could be what’s dragging Biden’s overall job approval underwater at 42%, versus some 57% who disapprove, according to the Wall Street Journal poll of…
Get your tissues ready, Days of Our Lives fanatics. We knew this day would come since the heartbreaking news that John Aniston had passed away in November of 2023. According to Days of Our Lives spoilers for the week of 9-04-23, the funeral is coming up on Thursday—and it promises to be equal parts drama and tears. Victor Kiriakis wasn’t only a beloved character but one of the most iconic and influential in the series’ history. He touched almost every Salemite’s life, and characters will likely continue to remember him for years. Unlike Alice and Tom Horton, who everyone remembers…
Lurking for decades: researchers have discovered Pines’ demon, a collection of electrons in a metal that behaves like a massless wave. It is illustrated here as an artist’s impression. (Courtesy: The Grainger College of Engineering/University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) For nearly seven decades, a plasmon known as Pines’ demon has remained a purely hypothetical feature of solid-state systems. Massless, neutral and unable to interact with light, this unusual quasiparticle is reckoned to play a key role in certain superconductors and semimetals. Now scientists in the US and Japan say they have finally detected it while using specialized electron spectroscopy to study…
Yung Mae and GreatDaeg will be making a special guest appearance on the Stoner Jordan’s “Doinks and Diamonds†Tour on Sunday, September 10th, 2023 in Spring Valley, California. The “Doinks and Diamonds†tour is taking place at Bancroft Bar. Bancroft Bar 9143 Campo Road Spring Valley, CA 91977 Doors Open at 7 PM PT. Get tickets at Eventbrite here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/doinks-diamonds-tour-tickets-652334388717?aff=ebdssbdestsearch The “Doinks and Diamonds†tour features headliner Stoner Jordan along with S.Dub, Young Bengy, HeyIts3vo, and more!!! Mickey Faerch (AKA Yung Mae) has just dropped her debut single “Whoop Whoop†on all digital platforms worldwide. Yung Mae is no stranger…
In this articleDELLMDBAVGOVMWLULUFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTRalph Orlowski | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines after hours.MongoDB — Shares of the database software maker gained 5% in extended trading. MongoDB reported earnings of 93 cents per share, excluding items, on revenue totaling $423.8 million in the second quarter. That came in ahead of the earnings per share of 46 cents and $393 million in revenue expected by analysts polled by Refinitiv. Dell Technologies — Dell popped 7.7% after reporting second-quarter earnings that surpassed Wall Street’s expectations. The technology company reported earnings per share of $1.74, excluding items, and $22.93…
In its second weekend in theaters, MGM and director Emma Seligman’s teen comedy Bottoms broke into the top ten films for the weekend (no. 7) on 715 screens, a major North America expansion from a 10-theater opening last week. An estimated $3 million gross for the three days, and $3.6 million for the four-day Labor Day holiday (PSA $4,206 and $5,019 respectively) means the film will continue to expand, with about 1,200 screens planned for next weekend. Estimated cume to date is $4.3+ million for the $11.3 million-budget title produced by Elizabeth Banks, Max Handelman and Alison Small. It’s holding a…
HELSINKI — Emerging trends in how China is utilizing and operating its Tiangong space station could impact how the country’s space program is viewed internationally. “The People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA’s) intention to allow civilian astronauts and nonstate-owned enterprise (SOE) companies to participate in the Chinese Space Station (CSS) are two trends that will probably change the global image of the Chinese space program,” according to a report from the Department of the Air Force’s China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI), published Aug. 28. The PLA’s China Manned Space Engineering Office (CMSEO) stated in 2016 that it intended to draw on civilians…
WhatsApp has been spotted rolling out a new toggle for the recently introduced instant video message feature. The messaging platform added the ability to record and send real-time video messages last month. The feature, which allows users to send a short video of up to 60 seconds, is enabled by default in the app’s settings. However, the latest WhatsApp beta update for Android and iOS has reportedly added a new toggle in the app’s settings that will give more control to users.According to a report by WhatsApp development tracker WABetaInfo, WhatsApp beta for iOS 23.18.1.70 and WhatsApp beta for Android…
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency in Washington, D.C., Aug. 31, 2023.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The White House is requesting an additional $4 billion from Congress to bolster funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which is down to its last $3.4 billion after a string of major disasters.Friday’s request is in addition to a $12 billion ask last month for FEMA’s disaster relief fund, part of an overall $40 billion stopgap funding ask. It also comes a day after the White House asked Congress to pass a…
Britney Spears has been steering clear of a bunch of different social media deals, TMZ has learned … despite a potentially big payday for some Instagram posts. We’ve learned several companies have contacted Britney’s reps, asking if she’d promote their products online for a decent chunk of change. We’re told Britney has turned thumbs down on the offers, in part because she wasn’t crazy about the companies. We’re also told the companies wanted more than just a post … they wanted a photo shoot and some video of her pitching the product. Play video content There is big money to…
China is facing a growing list of problems — real estate, semiconductor bans and labor market gyrations.The world’s second-most populous country also has a major youth unemployment problem.China’s urban youth unemployment rate has risen to 21% as of May 2023, up from 15.4% two years earlier.”Let’s not forget about the draconian lockdown measures,” says Fang Xu, urban sociologist at the University of California, Berkeley. “The young people are still recovering.”This comes as the world’s second-largest economy faces a tougher time getting out of the Covid pandemic than many experts estimated, which has broader impacts on the ability of investors to…
Give Joe Leaphorn credit for finding a way to get justice for his murdered son, J.J. But he didn’t exactly go through proper channels to do so on Dark Winds Season 2 Episode 6. Although he didn’t need to be told about the concepts, Joe was caught between white man’s justice and Indian justice. Fortunately, he had his father, Henry, the former Navajo police chief, on hand to explain the situation to him. Henry has been an enjoyable character addition in Dark Winds Season 2. He had Joe’s job before him, and he doesn’t hesitate to tell his son what he’s…
Michael Nason, 29, left, and Donna Nason, 25, right, both of Bakersfield are wearing a face mask in Union Station on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023, in Los Angeles, CA. COVID-19 making a comeback in California.Francine Orr | Los Angeles Times | Getty ImagesAn uptick in Covid cases and hospitalizations in the U.S., and the emergence of new variants of the virus, are prompting questions about whether Americans should start masking up again. One thing’s for sure: People infected with Covid should wear masks around others to prevent the spread of the virus. For those not infected, the decision to mask depends on…
Mike Green | CNBCThe Federal Reserve “didn’t do their homework” and mischaracterized the spike in inflation that has plagued the U.S. economy over the last two years, according to Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz.U.S. inflation started to gain pace in early 2021 as the economy emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic, rising from an annual 1.2% in December 2020 to a 40-year high of 9.1% in June 2022.The Fed didn’t start hiking rates until March 2022 and Chair Jerome Powell repeatedly insisted that inflation was “transitory,” indicating that it could be easily tamed.”The Fed thought the source of the inflation that began in…