Karl Williams, the longtime Paramount Pictures publicist who was integral in campaigns for the studio’s Transformers, Iron Man, Star Trek, Indiana Jones and other franchises, died Sunday of liver complications at Glenbrook Hospital in Glenview, IL. He was 52. For those like me who worked with Karl, he was a hysterically funny, good-guy, cinema savant
Month: February 2021
Eight hours just doesn’t seem to cut it these days, eh? For the Super Bowl this year, Dolly Parton’s iconic 1980 hit “9 To 5” is getting a side hustle remake. Partnering with Squarespace and La La Land director Damien Chazelle, the new “5 To 9” version is for anybody working after hours to achieve their dreams.
Valerie June fans have waited four years for a new album from the Memphis-based, genre-blending singer-songwriter with a spellbinding voice. On March 12, they’ll get their wish: June’s ambitious new album The Moon and the Stars: Prescriptions for Dreamers is due out that Friday. For the uninitiated, June’s first single from her new record, “Call Me a Fool,”
Kat Dennings made her return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe in last week’s episode of WandaVision, “We Interrupt This Program”, returning to the role of Darcy Lewis that she first debuted in 2011’s Thor and then played again in 2013’s Thor: The Dark World. While she was absent from the MCU for several years after
Hal Holbrook — the longtime, award-winning actor known for playing Mark Twain for more than 60 years — has died … TMZ has learned. Hal’s son, David, tells us … his father passed away of old age at his Beverly Hills home on January 23. We’re told he had a number of medical conditions and
The debut of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story brought with it many new and exciting characters, along with some surprising returns of well-known characters, including Darth Vader and Grand Moff Tarkin. The two villains were integral components of Star Wars: A New Hope, with the film’s animation supervisor taking to Twitter to reveal that
For the past few weeks, a trend called the #silhouettechallenge has been going viral on TikTok. To a remix of Paul Anka’s “Put Your Head on My Shoulder,” participants in the trend (mostly, but not all, women) stand in front of the camera fully clothed, then stand in their doorway in silhouette with a red
A Moscow court sent Alexey Navalny to prison for more than two and a half years on Tuesday, closing a heated hearing in which the Kremlin critic ridiculed claims he broke his parole conditions while recovering from poisoning, and denounced Russia’s leader as “Putin the poisoner.” The decision is likely to inflame anger among Navalny’s
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Netflix’s new movie Finding ‘Ohana is a family film you’ve got to put on your must-watch list. “Sometimes you see a description of a movie and know, or at least hope, that it’s going to be fun. When I saw the promotions for Netflix’s latest family film Finding ‘Ohana describe it as ‘The Goonies but
Los Angeles County reported 4,223 new cases, bringing the total number of coronavirus cases to 1,120,895, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health as of Friday, Jan. 29. The county reported 85 new fatalities linked to coronavirus, for a total 16,854 deaths since tracking began. There were 70 new hospitalizations, bringing the
Six people – including five children – have been killed in a shooting at an Oklahoma home Police responded to a call that “multiple people” had been shot at the house in Muskogee, a town southeast of Tulsa. Officers found one man and four children dead at the scene, and a fifth child died at
The government has been urged to “reverse this reckless policy of leaving our borders unlocked” after it was claimed scientific advisers warned only a total shutdown would stop new COVID-19 variants entering the country. It comes amid fears the more infectious South Africa coronavirus variant is spreading across England. According to The Times newspaper, the
Security researchers on Tuesday uncovered new delivery and evasion techniques adopted by Agent Tesla remote access trojan (RAT) to get around defense barriers and monitor its victims. Typically spread through social engineering lures, the Windows spyware not only now targets Microsoft’s Antimalware Scan Interface (AMSI) in an attempt to defeat endpoint protection software, it also
Nokia 8.3 5G has started receiving the Android 11 update. A Nokia staff member confirmed the rollout through an official community post. Nokia will dispatch the Android 11 update to Nokia 8.3 5G in waves to ensure a smooth rollout. It will roll out to phones in 27 countries in the first wave. India is
Interest-free “buy-now-pay-later” (BNPL) deals face tighter regulation under plans announced by the government. A review published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) found that the currently unregulated use of BNPL products nearly quadrupled to £2.7bn during 2020 and five million people had used them since the start of the pandemic. It concluded that the market
SiriusXM swung to a $677 million net loss last quarter from a $243 million profit the year before on a one-time, noncash charge of $976 million at Pandora. The anticipated hit was based on Pandora’s royalty cost structure. Quarterly revenue rose 6% to $2.19 billion, beating Wall Street expectations. The shares were up 1.4% in
Ahead of the Super Bowl last year, Fox and the NFL debuted a brand new commercial featuring Johnny Cash’s “Ragged Old Flag.” The commercial was dubbed a “Tribute to America,” and featured Medal of Honor recipient Kyle Carpenter and families of 9/11 victims, as well as various scenes of the American Flag throughout history. It’s
Luke Combs has built a career on songs such as the heartaching “Hurricane,” the sentimental “Better Together” and the party-ready “Beer Never Broke My Heart,” but a new collaboration with rising bluegrass star Billy Strings shows off a different side of his music. “The Great Divide,” released Monday (Feb. 1), is a timely track, reflective of
In December, Star Trek: Picard star Jeri Ryan revealed that the show’s second season would begin on February 1st. It seems things didn’t go as plan. The actress who plays Seven of Nine confirmed via Twitter that production was delayed again but that cameras would start rolling “soon.” The second season of the CBS All