As Regal parent Cineworld prepares to exit Chapter 11 this month, rumors are heating up over who will emerge as the giant theater chain’s new chief executive, with reports Monday pointing to Eduardo Acuna of Cinepolis. Longtime Cineworld CEO Moody Greidinger has a consulting contract during a transition period but isn’t likely to stay in the top job. Speculation on potential candidates escalated during the CineEurope trade show and Deadline understands that the new owners – who are now Cineworld lenders – have contacted the heads of a number of global exhibitors. Sky News reported today that Acuna of Cinepolis…
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WASHINGTON — Firefly Aerospace signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin to launch a small satellite aboard Firefly’s Alpha vehicle. The agreement, announced June 29, is to launch a Lockheed Martin technology demonstration mission. Firefly did not disclose the estimated timeline for this launch. “We are working with Firefly because of their innovative performance in offering access to space for small payloads on Firefly Alpha,” said Dan Tenney, vice president of strategy and business development at Lockheed Martin Space. Lockheed Martin is developing a number of self-funded space experiments to demonstrate technologies for government customers. The company in 2021 signed an…
Apple said on Monday it will ask the US Supreme Court to hear its challenge to a judge’s order in an antitrust case brought by Fortnite maker Epic Games that could force the iPhone maker to change payment practices in its App Store.Apple said in a court filing it will ask the justices to take up its appeal of a ruling on Friday by the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals that kept in place most of the order issued in 2021 by US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.The judge’s order said Apple could not prohibit developers from providing…
NewsBurial and Kode9 Announce New Infirmary / Unknown Summer EPThe electronic artists return to Fabric Originals after their Fabriclive 100 mixBy Jazz MonroeJuly 3, 2023FacebookTwitterFacebookTwitterKode9 and Burial will release a split single EP, Infirmary / Unknown Summer, on July 21. It marks the Hyperdub musicians’ return to Fabric and its in-house label, Fabric Originals, after their 2018 Fabriclive mix. The new songs will be pressed to clear, black, and silver vinyl, and get released digitally.Kode9’s last album, Astro-Darien, arrived last year, shortly before Burial’s latest release, the three-track ambient EP Streetlands, which was surprise-released in October. The new single follows…
FTC Chair Lina Khan speaks during a Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., April 21, 2021.Graeme Jennings | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesThe Federal Trade Commission on Friday proposed a new rule that seeks to ban fake online reviews, marking its most aggressive step yet to thwart review fraud.The proposed rule would prohibit companies from buying or selling fake reviews and suppressing negative reviews, as well as “review hijacking,” which involves repurposing positive reviews from one item for use on other listings, and can make new or questionable products appear trustworthy. It also bars company executives…
All the lies are starting to unravel. It’s only a matter of time before every secret is out in the open. It was a chapter of truths coming to light on Cruel Summer Season 2 Episode 6. Sometimes it was a dramatic reveal, like Jeff finding out the truth, to big game changers like Parker overhearing a chat. The pieces are moving together, and we’re diving deeper into what’s hiding beneath the surface. One of the big takeaways of “The Plunge” was seeing the first noticeable cracks in Luke’s facade. For much of Cruel Summer Season 2, he had always…
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Electric Literature recently launched a new creative nonfiction program, and received 500 submissions in just 36 hours! Now we need your help to grow our team, carefully and efficiently review submitted work, and further establish EL as a home for artful and urgent nonfiction. We’ve set a goal of raising $10,000 by the end of June. We’re almost there! Please give what you can today. While Finland is often depicted as a uniform country in which people are more likely to engage in cold-water swimming than small talk, the population is by no means homogenous, and there is no better…
Split ties: the so-called China Initiative has led to many Chinese scientists in the US to consider leaving (courtesy: iStock) Feelings of “fear and anxiety†have led many academic scientists of Chinese heritage to consider leaving the US since the launch in 2018 of the “China Initiative“. That is according to a new study from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and Princeton and Harvard universities, which also finds that the atmosphere has stopped Chinese scientists from applying for US government grants. The study’s authors warn that if the situation is not resolved, the US will lose “scientific talent to…
People walk by electric truck maker Rivian’s newly opened storefront in the Meatpacking District of Manhattan on June 23, 2023 in New York City.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesCheck out the companies making headlines in midday trading.Electric vehicles — Electric vehicle makers such as Rivian Automotive surged following Tesla’s better-than-expected second-quarter production and delivery numbers. Rivian jumped 14%, Fisker rose 4% and Lucid Group advanced 5%.XPeng — The U.S.-listed shares of XPeng climbed more than 4%. The Chinese electric vehicle maker returned to growth for car deliveries. In the second quarter, it delivered 23,205 vehicles, a 27% quarter-over-quarter increase.Tesla — Shares…
Vietnam has banned commercial screenings of Warner Bros’ Barbie due to a scene that depicts a map of the South China Sea with the “nine-dash line” that is contested by the Vietnamese government. The film, directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, was scheduled for release in Vietnam on July 21. The controversial “nine-dash line” represents China’s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which Vietnam disputes. The U-shaped line was also repudiated in an international arbitration ruling by a court in The Hague in 2016. China refuses to recognise the ruling. Vi Kien Thanh, director…
WASHINGTON — The Space Development Agency on June 28 released a final request for proposals for its next procurement of 100 satellites as the agency continues to build out a military constellation in low Earth orbit. These 100 satellites, named Alpha, will be part of a mesh network known as Transport Layer Tranche 2. The Transport Layer Tranche 2 also includes 72 Beta satellites for which SDA already has requested bids. The procurement of 100 Alpha satellites will be split between two vendors. SDA issued a draft solicitation in May. The final proposals are due July 28. Each Alpha satellite…
Elon Musk’s Twitter has put a temporary limit on the number of tweets that users can see each day, a move that has sparked some backlash and could undermine the social network’s efforts to attract advertisers.The limit, imposed to “address extreme levels of data scraping and system manipulation”, is the latest change by Twitter, which was last year acquired by Musk for $44 billion (nearly Rs. 3,60,550 crore). What does the latest change mean and what are the alternatives to Twitter?How do the changes impact users?Users cannot view tweets without logging in to the platform. Verified accounts can now read 6,000…
The former US President announced his intention to create a new social media platform after he was banned from Facebook and Twitter last year.Leon Neal | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Three Florida men were charged Thursday in criminal and civil complaints with insider trading of a shell company’s stock before it announced plans to merge with a social media firm launched by former President Donald Trump.The men, Michael Shvartsman, Gerald Shvartsman, and Bruce Garelick, allegedly netted more than $22 million in illicit profits from trading in shares of Digital World Acquisition Corp.All three were arrested Thursday morning, said the Justice Department.The…
Drake is about to hit the road on his highly-anticipated tour — and he’s doing his best to make sure he looks damn good in doing so — stopping to get his hair and nails done. Drizzy and 21 Savage are scheduled to kick off the “It’s All a Blur” tour on July 5 in Chicago, and Drake’s been teasing the whole thing with some pics from rehearsal on his social media accounts. Play video content Well Sunday night, he also teased fans by showing off his new look — some freshly styled hair and pink fingernails. Unclear if Drake…
In this articleSTLAFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT2021 Dodge Durango SRT HellcatFiat ChryslerDETROIT – Higher sales of the Chrysler Pacifica minivan and Jeep Compass and Dodge Durango SUVs pushed Stellantis’ second-quarter U.S. new vehicle sales up 6.4% from a year earlier.The uptick is another sign of demand for new vehicles rebounding, as inventories of cars and trucks improve from historically low levels during the coronavirus pandemic and supply chain problems.Stellantis’ sales increase is expected to be among the lowest of the second quarter, according to auto industry forecasters who project industry sales to have increased 16% to 18% during that…
This weekend, Kourtney Kardashian was in Denver with her husband Travis Barker in anticipation of his band Blink-182’s concert in the city. She’s been sharing some clips from her trip, and one image showed off her maternity style and baby bump all at once. On her Instagram Stories, she shared a pic standing in the elevator and taking a classic mirror selfie.In the shot she shared on July 2, the Poosh founder is wearing a white Beastie Boys Licensed to Ill 1987 tour t-shirt that stretched over her growing baby bump. Over that, she wore an oversized black trench coat…
The murder mystery is halfway through its chapters on Cruel Summer Season 2, and we’re getting deep into the many suspects at play. Jeff Pope, the movie-obsessed filmmaker with a burning crush on Megan, is one of those individuals. Jeff seemed like a nice guy in love during the summer of 1999, but his future animosity against Megan and Isabella left us with plenty of questions. We can’t rule him or his blackmail scene out yet. Nile Bullock, who plays Jeff, is setting the record straight about the love and suspicions of his character, Below, we chatted with Bullock about…