After something as monumental as July’s ‘Barbenheimer’ event, any impending films in the year are bound to appear less enticing. However the month of August isn’t without its highlights, with Bollywood serving two highly-anticipated sequels — OMG 2 and Gadar 2. The former sees Akshay Kumar returning as a godlike figure – this time as Lord Shiva – to partake in an amusing courtroom drama at the request of an unhappy civilian. OMG 2 is out August 11 in theatres. On the same day, Sunny Deol’s Tara Singh once again embarks on a trip to Lahore, Pakistan, to bring his…
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Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) reaches out to help Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) after McConnell froze and stopped talking at the microphones during a news conference after a lunch meeting with Senate Republicans U.S. Capitol 26, 2023 in Washington, DC.Drew Angerer | Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell abruptly froze and was briefly unable to speak at a Senate press conference Wednesday, prompting his colleagues to rush in and help him walk a few feet away from the cameras.The chilling moments came during the Senate GOP leadership’s weekly press conference in the Capitol, where McConnell, 81, was…
Ariana Grande’s boyfriend wants a totally clean slate going into his new relationship with the singer … filing to divorce his estranged wife. According to legal docs, obtained by TMZ, Ethan Slater decided to legally end things Wednesday with Lilly Jay … filing divorce papers in New York. We don’t yet know the specific reason Ethan’s listed for the split. Ethan and Lilly were high school sweethearts — getting hitched back in 2018 — and welcomed a son together last year. The move isn’t necessarily surprising, TMZ broke the story … Ariana and Ethan have been together for several months…
In this articleAMZNFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTPeople walk past an Amazon Fresh store in Washington, DC, on August 26, 2021.Nicholas Kamm | AFP | Getty ImagesAmazon is cutting some jobs at its Fresh grocery stores, CNBC has confirmed.The company said it’s restructuring the in-store staffing and operations model at its Amazon Fresh stores in the U.S., and as a result is eliminating its “zone lead” role. Zone leads are lower-level management positions, with responsibilities including oversight of specific store departments and assisting with training new employees.”Like any retailer, we periodically assess our stores’ organizational needs and make decisions to…
As a producer and lead actress on Barbie, Margot Robbie is arguably having one of the biggest summers of her career. As for Robbie’s character in real-life, well, the star revealed on CBS Sunday Morning that paying off her mom Sarie Kessler’s house mortgage was a top priority once she was able to do so. It was a surprise gesture to her mom, but an obvious choice for Robbie.“Everything I owed my mom, I had it written down,” Robbie said, via People. “She’d take money out of the, like, house mortgage [to] lend me money. So I always knew, I…
One of Days of Our Lives’ most familiar faces is speaking out about reports of a toxic workplace on the Peacock daytime soap opera. The Bo Brady actor took to Twitter Wednesday to share his thoughts on the bombshell expose shared by Deadline this week. “We have learned disturbing news about the environment at DOOL,” the post reads. “It’s shocking to all who care deeply about the show, it’s legacy, and the audience who love it so much.” “With quick resolution, I hope to see a return to its past values of family and respect for all,” he concluded. Reckell…
Tania Malik’s new coming-of-age novel, Hope You Are Satisfied, takes place in 1990s Dubai, during the lead-up to Operation Desert Storm. The story follows Riya, a twenty-something Indian immigrant sending money home to her family while working as a guide for “rinky-dink” tour company Discover Arabia. Riya has a fraught relationship with Dubai: she’s making money but has limited control over her circumstances. Her passport is kept in a safe in Discover Arabia’s office, “assurance against their sponsorship of [her] work visa.” “There was no future here,” Riya says. “Wherever in the world we hailed from, our time in Dubai lasted…
In this articleWBDFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTBarbie The MovieCourtesy: Warner Bros. It’s Barbie’s world and we’re just living in it.The Warner Bros. flick based on Mattel’s iconic fashion doll continued to tally record ticket sales following its historic opening weekend.related investing newsAfter the big ‘Barbenheimer’ weekend, Wells Fargo thinks this Hollywood stock can rally nearly 50%Alex Harringa day agoSell Disney as falling Marvel popularity and lower TV ad revenue pressure stock, Atlantic Equities saysBrian Evansa day agoThe ‘Barbenheimer’ box office success can help a range of stocks, analysts say. Here are some of themAlex Harring2 days agoOn Monday, “Barbie” added…
Photo by Lorraine KinnearTlotlo Tsamaase’s science fiction “Peeling Time (Deluxe Edition),” which asserts a feminist agency and voice in a patriarchal and oppressive speculative world, was shortlisted for this year’s Caine Prize for African writing. Tsamaase is a Motswana author. Xer debut adult novel, Womb City, comes out in January 2024 from Erewhon Books. Xer novella, The Silence of the Wilting Skin, was a 2021 Lambda Literary Award finalist. Tsamaase has received support from the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative, and xer story “Behind Our Irises” jointly won the Nommo Award. Tsamaase was a writer-in-residence at Casa Snowapple Writers Residency.…
Leon Neal | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesThe Securities and Exchange Commission wants corporate America to tell investors more about cybersecurity breaches and what’s being done to fight them. Much more. The SEC is scheduled to vote today on rules that would require public companies to disclose “material” cybesecurity breaches within four days after a determination that an incident was material. related investing newsChevron issues preliminary second-quarter earnings. Here’s what the pros are sayingChristina Falso2 days agoThe SEC says it is necessary to collect the data to protect investors. Corporate America is pushing back, claiming that the short announcement period is unreasonable, and…
Editors Rating What We LikeIt’s a distinct smell. While it may be divisive, there isn’t another fragrance out there quite like it. Gucci Mémoire d’une Odeur is perfect for uniqueness.Perfect for summer. That fresh, green coolness has the right amount of bitter. It radiates in the sunshine, and it’s a great choice for warmer months.It’s unisex. For the first time, Gucci has made a scent for anyone and everyone, regardless of gender. Who doesn’t love that? What We Dont LikeGucci Mémoire d’une Odeur is a beautiful, fresh scent, but it’s not perfect. Some find its bitterness unappealing and its sillage…
Amid all the noise about studios taking apart the fall and fourth-quarter release schedule over the SAG-AFTRA strike, here’s some good news: Amazon is taking its Emerald Fennell-directed movie Saltburn out on Black Friday, November 24, in New York and Los Angeles. Pic will expand December 1. In the wake of releasing Ben Affleck’s Air in theaters over Easter (it opened to $20.2 million over five days stateside and made close to $90M worldwide), the streamer is going theatrical again, and that’s a big thing to applaud. Amazon is excited about Fennell’s next big feature, which has a plot that’s…
TAMPA, Fla. — A Spire Global-led group has won European Space Agency funds to develop a satellite to demonstrate a civil aviation tracking constellation that would not rely on GPS, or any other global navigation satellite system (GNSS) vulnerable to interference. Most commercial aircraft must have an Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast (ADS-B) transmitter that periodically sends out the location data they get from GNSS satellites. Modern air traffic surveillance systems augment this GNSS-supported ADS-B data to provide air traffic controllers with more precise flight information, such as U.S-based Aireon, which uses payloads on Iridium’s low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite network. However,…
Threads has rolled out a new Following tab on iOS and Android that allows users to see posts from users they have followed on the platform. Meta’s text-based microblogging platform that was launched as an alternative to Twitter — recently rebranded by Elon Musk to ‘X’ — will now allow users to see posts on the platform in chronological order. Until now, the platform offered an algorithmic feed that showed recommended posts along with posts from people they followed on the app. Meanwhile the platform has also confirmed that it is working on a web version of Threads, another feature that has…
Semiconductors are a key focus in the technology trade war taking place between the U.S. and China.William_potter | Istock | Getty ImagesThe Senate overwhelmingly backed legislation Tuesday that would require U.S. firms to notify the Treasury when investing in advanced Chinese technology on national security concerns.That’s a toned-down version of the initial Outbound Investment Transparency Act introduced two years ago, which called for restricting investment — and attracted a fair amount of pushback, according to a Senate aide.The latest legislation, which does not require review or investment curbs, still faces a process before it can become law. It is one…
NewsWatch the First Trailer for Netflix’s New Documentary Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-HopThe film—featuring interviews with Queen Latifah, Tierra Whack, Da Brat, Coi Leray and more—hits the streaming service early next monthBy Matthew Ismael RuizJuly 26, 2023FacebookTwitterQueen Latifah in a still from the trailer for Netflix’s Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-HopFacebookTwitterNetflix has shared the first trailer for its new documentary Ladies First: A Story of Women in Hip-Hop. The film features artists such as Queen Latifah, Sha-Rock, Roxanne Shante, MC Lyte, Remy Ma, Yo-Yo, Da Brat, Rah Digga, Coi Leray, Bahamadia, Tierra Whack, Latto,…
In this articleBAFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTAn employee walks past a Boeing 737 Max aircraft seen parked at the Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Washington, January 10, 2020.Lindsey Wasson | ReutersBoeing’s second-quarter results topped analyst expectations thanks to a pickup in commercial aircraft deliveries as the manufacturer increases production.The company generated $2.6 billion of free cash in the quarter and reiterated its full-year guidance of between $3 billion and $5 billion of free cash flow. related investing newsGeneral Motors shares drop after second-quarter earnings. Here’s what the pros are sayingChristina Falso16 hours agoIts shares were up about 4% in…
Maybe it’s the 30-year anniversary of Issey Miyake’s iconic Pleats Please line that’s having a ripple effect on the fashion world, but variations on the brand’s signature micro pleats seem to be everywhere at the moment. The impeccable heat-set pleating on a Pleats Please garment—which put the style on the map when the brand launched in the early ’90s—is enduringly appealing today, and you might be tempted to dabble in the trend, considering all the micro pleated styles bubbling up across price points right now. It’s not hard to see why the trend is seeing a resurgence. The curve-hugging, divinely…