The World Bank has warned of a “pronounced slowdown” in global growth as threats from new COVID-19 variants and cost of living pressures bite. It also pointed to the risks of debt and income inequality as it stressed in particular the risk to emerging and developing economies. The warning came as separate figures showed inflation
Month: January 2022
In the first official trailer for their upcoming horror-comedy film Studio 666, the Foo Fighters gain a seventh member — that is, if the paranormal demon possessing Dave Grohl’s body and trying to kill his fellow bandmates counts toward the lineup. Directed by BJ McDonnell, Studio 666 takes some creative liberties in the retelling of
Waylon Jennings was a masterful storyteller, there’s no doubt about that. He wrote a fascinating book about his life, Waylon: An Autobiography, and there are some great tales about his time in the music industry and some of the crazy stuff he experienced in it. At the time of the books release, Waylon did several TV appearances
The recent release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition on Xbox Game Pass has inspired many people to pick up the trilogy for the first time and try to answer that question that has haunted Mass Effect players for years: “Paragon or Renegade?” Well, at the risk of negating the rest of this article, the fact
WhatsApp is testing a global voice message feature on Android that would let users continue to listen to voice messages even when they switch from one chat to another. The instant messaging app at present stops playing a voice message when a user leaves the chat in which that particular message is available. The update
Someone’s about to have trouble falling asleep — the infamous home from the OG “A Nightmare on Elm Street” has a new owner, who’s dropping $2,980,000 to toss and turn … TMZ has learned. Aside from being a kickass location for a Halloween party … the 3 bedroom, 4.5 bath L.A. home has some impressive
With infections still surging, Los Angeles County’s cumulative number of Covid cases throughout the pandemic surpassed the 2 million mark today, with 43,582 new cases confirmed. Those new cases lifted the county’s cumulative case total to 2,010,964 since the pandemic began. Daily cases in the county set an all-time high on Sunday at 45,584. Another
The day started and ended with a fiery sky ablaze with color – and when darkness fell, a bright white halo illuminated around the moon, watching down as candlelight flickered in honor of Los Angeles County firefighter Jonathan Flagler. “For a day like today, nothing more fitting,” said Los Angeles County Fire Department Chaplin Vince
A terminally ill man has been given the chance of life after his own diseased heart was replaced by a genetically-modified pig’s heart. In a medical first, doctors in Maryland transplanted the animal’s organ into 57-year-old David Bennett and said on Monday that he is doing well three days after the experimental surgery. It is
Boris Johnson has said the UK is making “great progress” in tackling Omicron – but warned the variant remains “incredibly contagious”. Speaking following a pharmacy visit, the prime minister said 36 million people have now received the booster jab and are more protected from Omicron, but acknowledged that the number of people in hospital with
Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of the popular encrypted instant messaging service Signal, has announced that he is stepping down as the chief executive of the non-profit in a move that has been underway over the last few months. “In other words, after a decade or more, it’s difficult to overstate how important Signal is to
The Los Angeles prosecutor who spent eight years pursuing Robert Durst before convincing a jury the eccentric millionaire murdered his best friend Susan Berman says it’s “absurd” to suggest the technicality that will posthumously void Durst’s conviction is a victory. Durst died Monday at age 78, four months after he was convicted of killing Berman
Superman & Lois returns for its second season on Tuesday night on The CW and with that second season comes a new set of challenges for the Kent family. Season 1 of the Arrowverse series saw Clark Kent/Superman (Tyler Hoechlin) battle his Kryptonian half-brother Tal-Rho/Morgan Edge (Adam Rayner) while the whole Kent family adjusted to
Daunis Firekeeper is not someone to be messed with. If you recently finished Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley then you know this well. When Daunis witnesses the death of someone she loves, she is thrown head over heels into a top secret undercover investigation. People are dying in connection to the selling of deadly batches
Heathrow Airport has called for all coronavirus testing to be dropped for fully-vaccinated people while revealing that “at least” 600,000 passengers cancelled flights during the key holiday month of December. The UK’s largest airport said “swiftly imposed” action during the month to tackle the Omicron variant in the run-up to the festive season prompted uncertainty
The Jackass crew, those lovable, ever-inventive scamps with impossibly high pain thresholds, brave unexpected gut punches, angry animals, electric shocks and more in the new trailer for Jackass Forever. The movie, which was supposed to be released last fall, is now set to arrive Feb. 4. The new trailer boasts a cavalcade of obscene stunts: Steve-O
Patsy Cline has one of the absolute best, most distinct voices in all of country music history. Oddly enough, she credits that voice to a major throat infection and rheumatic fever she had at 13 years old which took an awful toll on her, even stopping her heart at one point. The doctor put her
This Dexter: New Blood review contains spoilers. Not many shows get a second chance at a finale. But then again, not many shows’ first finales are as bad as Dexter’s was. After the original Dexter series finale back in 2013 was received, let’s say, less than warmly, Showtime decided to try it again. Following a
Honor Magic V foldable smartphone has been launched in China. The feature-loaded handset becomes the first foldable phone to come with Qualcomm’s flagship Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC. It also comes with a separate security chip, a triple rear camera setup, two hole-punch front cameras (one on the outside and one on the inside), and
Play video content TMZ.com Bob Saget wasn’t just “America’s Dad,” he filled that role in the stand-up comedy community too, always going above and beyond for fellow comics … according to Adam Carolla. The comedian and radio personality joined us Monday on “TMZ Live” and talked about Bob’s legacy … the one that was going
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