Amazon has agreed to buy film studio MGM for $8.45bn, the two companies said in a statement. The deal brings together “nearly a century of filmmaking history” at MGM with Amazon Studios, which makes films and TV series for customers of its Prime subscription service, they said. “Amazon will help preserve MGM’s heritage and catalogue
Month: May 2021
Dominic Cummings has said Boris Johnson initially considered COVID a “scare story” like swine flu. Boris Johnson’s former adviser kicked off a morning of questioning by MPs over the lessons learnt from the pandemic by saying the government did not do as much as it could in the early months of 2020. Explaining why Mr
Los Angeles National Cemetery in the Sawtelle community of Los Angeles on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Government offices, courts, libraries and schools — Los Angeles city and county, national and state — are normally closed for Memorial Day. Here is a sampling of other services that are
George Floyd’s daughter led a chant of “say his name” outside the White House, a year after the 46-year-old man was murdered by a police officer. Gianna, seven, joined other members of her family and their legal team as they met President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. And Chris Stewart, one of the
Women In Animation has unveiled the program for its fifth World Summit, which is part of the virtual programming for the hybrid version of the Annecy International Animation Festival taking place this year. The event, produced in concert with South African animation studio Trigger Fish, will be available exclusively to WIA members from Monday, June 14th at
WhatsApp on Wednesday fired a legal salvo against the Indian government to block new regulations that would require messaging apps to trace the “first originator” of messages shared on the platform, thus effectively breaking encryption protections. “Requiring messaging apps to ‘trace’ chats is the equivalent of asking us to keep a fingerprint of every single
The more things change, the more they stay the same — even when it comes to heartbreak, as Stephanie Erin Wittmer discovers in her new song “The Difference.” She’s premiering the brand-new track exclusively with The Boot; press play below to listen. “Nothing’s different, it’s all the same,” Wittmer sings in the chorus of “The Difference”
Vivo Y73 2021 and Vivo V21e 5G smartphone models have allegedly been spotted in Google Play Console listings. Vivo Y73 2021 has also been spotted in an alleged IMEI listing that shows its model number to be V2059. Vivo V21e was launched in Malaysia last month along with the Vivo V21 5G and Vivo V21.
Broad City’s Ilana Glazer plays a mom-to-be who suspects she’s carrying something sinister in the new trailer for the horror film False Positive, heading to Hulu on June 25th. In the trailer, Glazer’s Lucy and her partner (played by Justin Theroux) recruits the services of an illustrious fertility doctor (Pierce Brosnan), who helps Lucy get
Disney’s recent slate of live-action remakes have mostly felt like pale imitations of their animated counterparts, but Cruella manages to stand above the rest thanks to its original story. The new movie is a prequel starring Emma Stone as Estella, the younger version of 101 Dalmatians‘ infamous villain, Cruella de Vil. This 1970s romp explains
Yellowstone is BACK. When? We don’t really know for sure, but it’s coming soon. All signs point to June being the target month for the premiere of Season 4. After all, every season so far has premiered in June, and the Chief Joseph Ranch (the real life location of the Dutton Ranch) said that it would be
The CW has released a preview for “Holding the Wrench”, the upcoming eighth episode of Superman & Lois‘ first season. The episode is set to air on Tuesday, June 1st. This week’s episode, “Man of Steel” came with a major revelation regarding the mysterious “Captain Luthor” (Wole Parks) with it being revealed that he is
New York City native Michael Tucci was actually in his 30s when he was cast in his most notable role as Sonny LaTierri — the wrench-twisting T-Birds member and Danny Zuko’s sidekick — in the iconic 1978 musical movie “Grease.” The T-Birds posse consisted of Kelly Ward as the blonde bomber, Putzie, Barry Pearl as
Gallery Books Today’s edition of Daily Deals is sponsored by Gallery Books. Today’s Featured Deals $2.99 All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr Get This Deal $1.99 Weather by Jenny Offill Get This Deal $2.99 I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan Get This Deal $1.99 Magic Bitter, Magic Sweet by Charlie
The last time David Kushner saw his older brother, it was 1973. He was only four years old, and he’d been hassling 11-year-old Jon to bring him back candy from the 7-Eleven near their Florida home — alligator candy, to be specific, gumballs packaged inside a plastic alligator head. Jon promised to get it for
New York federal prosecutors investigating Rudy Giuliani have seized material from a wider array of individuals than previously disclosed, according to an unsealed court document. This video and headline have been updated to reflect that it was not the prosecutors who made the faulty court filing. #CNN #News
The following contains THE FLASH spoilers through Season 7, Episode 11. Good news, The Flash fans: Our long national nightmare that was the Forces of Nature storyline is finally over. Granted, “Family Matters, Part 2” has many of the same problems as last week’s installment – the nonsensical sibling connection between the various Forces of
There were at least 455 violent or abusive attacks on retail workers every day between March 2019 and March 2020, new research from the British Retail Consortium shows. Such incidents rose by 7% in the space of 12 months, many of which were triggered by staff asking customers to verify their age when buying alcohol
Local authorities worst affected by the Indian variant have insisted no further COVID-19 travel restrictions apply to their areas after meeting government officials. The eight councils affected have said people are still allowed to travel in and out of the areas listed on the government website which were interpreted as having stricter measures placed on
As of Tuesday, May 25, the California Department of Public Health’s vaccine dashboard showed about 5.2 million doses have been shipped throughout the state (1.5 million more than a week ago) and of those, 36.5 million have been administered. Vaccinations in California According to Bloomberg’s dashboard tracking vaccine distribution, 55.6% of California’s population has received
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