Honoring the finest works of translated fiction from around the world, the International Booker Prize has announced its 2021 longlist. The prize is awarded every year to a single book translated into English and published in the UK and Ireland. It aims to encourage more publishing and reading of international fiction from all over the
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Federal prosecutors on Monday expanded their case against Ghislaine Maxwell, former associate of Jeffrey Epstein, bringing two new charges: sex trafficking of a minor and sex trafficking conspiracy. The indictment identifies a new accuser, referred to as “minor victim-4,” whom Maxwell allegedly met when the girl was around 14 years old. The documents claim “minor
Lionsgate has released the first full-length trailer for Spiral: From the Book of Saw, the latest film in the Saw franchise, starring Chris Rock and Samuel L. Jackson. Originally scheduled to be released last spring, the horror movie was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and will now be released May 14th, 2021 in theaters. Spiral follows
Warning: contains some plot details for The Irregulars There are Sherlock Holmes purists in this world, but I’m not among them. You want to put Sherlock Holmes on a spaceship, or make him a quarterback, or a hedgehog, or a woman? Go for your life. Make him Elton John for all I mind. Just show
Over-65s are leading the way back to the supermarket aisles as the largely-vaccinated generation grows more confident about shopping in physical stores again, new figures show. Monthly data from market research firm Kantar showed there were 13 million more trips to grocery shops in the four weeks to 21 March than in the previous month.
LOS ANGELES — A man and woman were killed and three other people — including a child — injured in a wrong-way crash early Tuesday morning possibly involving a drunken driver on the northbound 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. The accident was reported about 2 a.m. near Ninth Street, according to the California Highway
The videos of the last minutes of George Floyd’s life are haunting and awful, one man’s very public death recorded for the world to see. But those same videos have now become the cornerstone of the criminal case against the man accused of Mr Floyd’s murder. Prosecutors seeking to have former police officer Derek Chauvin
It is time to “move on” from a row over David Cameron’s dealings with a financial services company, a minister has told Sky News. “I think people have looked at this. As far as I know, David Cameron did absolutely nothing wrong,” Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng said when asked about the former prime minister’s links
Netflix Tuesday joined a growing group of companies exploring the environmental footprint of their businesses as the streamer committed to pollute less and increase investment in prevention, conservation, and regeneration projects. It is committing to reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions by the end of next year and years thereafter. In a blog post, the
Popular Indian mobile payments service MobiKwik on Monday came under fire after 8.2 terabytes (TB) of data belonging to millions of its users began circulating on the dark web in the aftermath of a major data breach that came to light earlier this month. The leaked data includes sensitive personal information such as: customer names,
Bluegrass band the Grascals put their spin on “Traveling the Highway Home,” a song that dates back seven decades, in a new recording, premiering exclusively on The Boot. Press play below to listen. The Bailes Brothers, a sibling quartet from the early days of country music, wrote “Traveling the Highway Home,” which West Virginia Music Hall
OnePlus has announced that those who purchase the recently launched OnePlus 9 Pro smartphone, and subscribe to the company’s OnePlus Red Cable Life plan, will get a total of 6TB cloud storage for one year. It is to be noted that this storage is inclusive of the upgrade that was announced last week. Furthermore, the
Miranda Lambert is a bad one. She was recently on Apple’s Essentials Radio podcast to talk to Kelleigh Bannen about some of her most iconic and recognizable songs and the stories behind them. They cover everything from her debut single “Me and Charlie Talking,” to her first CMA performance of “Kerosene” in 2005, to writing
The latest online trend is cryptoart and non-fungible tokens, or (NFTs), and Saturday Night Live couldn’t resist touching on the controversial subject in last night’s return episode after a month-long hiatus. The musical sketch casts Kyle Mooney as a professor introducing guest lecturer Janet Yellen, the Secretary of the Treasury, who here is played by
Prince William is the hottest bald guy on this planet — so concludes a new study that ranked where he lands on Google searches … but the internet doesn’t seem to be buying it. A cosmetic surgery company named Longevita apparently did this “research” — basically checking to see how many times certain bald male
After a recent interview in which actor and filmmaker Seth Rogen shared behind-the-scenes details about Emma Watson‘s time on This is the End, including a scene that she was unwilling to shoot. Talking with GQ, Rogen confirmed long-standing rumors that one comedic setup went too far for Watson, and the Harry Potter veteran chose to
I’ve always been an indoorsy person. Holed up in my bedroom with a pile of books instead of wandering around the neighborhood with friends. Scared that the outdoors — all bugs and blaring sun and ocean waves — would swallow me up. As an adult, I am a full-on Scrooge. My husband takes our 6-year-old
A teen and her niece were able to safely conceal themselves when a burglar broke in and looted a Montclair home Tuesday afternoon.Tom Wait reports.
A judge has rejected Johnny Depp’s bid to challenge the ruling in a libel case he lost last year against the publisher of The Sun over an article that identified him as a “wife-beater,” the BBC reports. The initial ruling, which came after a three-week trial last July, found a judge dismissing the actor’s libel
Warner Brothers and Legendary Pictures’ Godzilla vs. Kong, directed by Adam Wingard, may not hit HBO Max or U.S. theaters until this Wednesday, but it already opened in 38 markets overseas this past weekend, setting box office records for pandemic-era releases — “the biggest debut for a Hollywood film in China since 2019,” swoons the