Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Lights, begins at sundown on Dec. 7 and ends at sundown on Dec. 15, 2023. Three blessings are recited before one candle is lit on the hanukkiah, the special nine-branch menorah, on the first night of the festival (an extra candle is used to light additional candles on each
Month: December 2023
Four people, including two children, have been killed by a relative in New York, according to police. Those stabbed to death included a 12-year-old boy, an 11-year-old girl, a 44-year-old woman and a man in his 30s. Officers were called to reports of an incident in the city’s Queens borough after a girl said “her
Film Liaisons in California Statewide (FLICS) has announced winners for the 28th annual California on Location Awards (COLAs), presented Friday at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City. More than 650 supporters of California-based productions attended this year’s awards ceremony, which recognizes exceptional location managers and teams, public employees, and production companies that help facilitate on-location filming
Dec 01, 2023NewsroomMalware / Cyber Espionage A suspected Chinese-speaking threat actor has been attributed to a malicious campaign that targets the Uzbekistan Ministry of Foreign Affairs and South Korean users with a remote access trojan called SugarGh0st RAT. The activity, which commenced no later than August 2023, leverages two different infection sequences to deliver the
Taking back to the 2016 when Chris Stapleton teamed up with the great Dwight Yoakam for a cover of Willie Nelson and Ray Charles’ “Seven Spanish Angels.” Written by Troy Seals and Eddie Setser, “Seven Spanish Angels” was recorded by Willie Nelson and Ray Charles in 1984, and released on Charles’ album Friendship, and then later
Johnny Depp hasn’t been widely embraced by very many A-listers in Hollywood since his trial with Amber Heard — but one star’s welcoming him back with open arms … Will Smith. The two actors were both at the Red Sea Film Festival in Saudi Arabia this past week, and they each walked the carpet separately
The life of former New York Rep. George Santos, who was expelled from the House last week, will be dramatized and likely lambasted in a new movie in the works from HBO Films, Deadline reports. The production company optioned the rights to a new book from Mark Chiusano, The Fabulist: The Lying, Hustling, Grifting, Stealing,
Alice Nuttall (she/her) is a writer, pet-wrangler and D&D nerd. Her reading has got so out of control that she had to take a job at her local library to avoid bankrupting herself on books – unfortunately, this has just resulted in her TBR pile growing until it resembles Everest. Alice’s webcomic, writing and everything
Oppo has dropped the price of Reno 10 Pro 5G by Rs. 2,000 in India. The price slash comes close to the expected launch of the next-generation Oppo Reno 11 lineup in the country. The Oppo Reno 10 Pro 5G was launched in July this year alongside the regular Oppo Reno 10 5G and Oppo
Green desert. To my left, the waves of sand are broken by sparse scrubby trees. To my right, the towering skyscrapers of Dubai. But beneath my feet, a solar power station on top of a school. The petrostate is changing. Kings’ School Al Barsha provides some evidence, where 3,000 pupils study here beneath two megawatts
Sir Keir Starmer has launched an impassioned pitch to woo Conservative voters – urging those who feel abandoned by their party “to take a look at Labour again”. In a comment piece for The Sunday Telegraph, the Labour leader said he is extending a hand of friendship to all Britons – irrespective of who they
Hundreds of people gathered Saturday to protest the war in Gaza and to advocate for children affected by the conflict, activists said. A diverse coalition of community groups join in the Children’s March for Palestine at Gloria Molina Grand Park in Los Angeles to show solidarity for Palestinians and to call for an end to
Derek Chauvin – the ex-police officer jailed over the murder of George Floyd – was stabbed 22 times with an “improvised knife” in prison, it has emerged. Fellow inmate John Turscak has been charged with attempted murder following the attack on 24 November, which was Black Friday. The 52-year-old, a former member of the Mexican
Saturday Night Live went with the big political news of the week for its cold open, giving a musical send-off to now expelled fabulist congressman George Santos. Bowen Yang plays Santos as a victimized con man, singing a new rendition of Elton John’s “Candle in the Wind.” Goodbye, Congress queen, they’ll never know anything about
Dec 01, 2023The Hacker NewsMalware / Cyber Threat The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI recently collaborated in a multinational operation to dismantle the notorious Qakbot malware and botnet. While the operation was successful in disrupting this long-running threat, concerns have arisen as it appears that Qakbot may still pose a danger in
Elon Musk, whose antisemitic remarks have been at the center of a mass X (formerly Twitter) exodus, told advertisers boycotting the company to “go fuck yourself” during The New York Times’ DealBook Summit on Wednesday. “It’s gonna kill the company,” Musk lamented of the ongoing boycott, adding, “That will be what bankrupts the company and
Everybody got their bags packed for Bozeman, Montana? Spotify dropped their annual “Spotify Wrapped” this week, showing everybody just how good (or bad) their taste in music was this year – and apparently telling everybody that they should move to Bozeman for some reason. Of course there was a lot of Taylor Swift and Morgan
There’s a 100% chance Amanda Seyfried has (already) been makin’ it rain for years! Going back to North Shore High School … here is a 18-year-old version of the stunning star looking oh so “fetch” — playing “Mean Girls” Karen Smith — in her Santa talent show outfit back in 2004 (left). And, 19 years
Late Autumn Indie singer-songwriter debuts on the late night show with two tracks from latest album Indie singer-songwriter Noah Kahan debuted on Saturday Night Live with a performance of “Dial Drunk” from his third studio album, Stick Season (We’ll All Be Here Forever). Kahan had released a shorter version of the album last year, but
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