The withdrawal of reigning World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen from the Sinquefield Cup pro tournament in St. Louis, Missouri this month sent shockwaves of suspicion and paranoia through the chess community. The 31-year-old Norwegian grandmaster quit after a surprise loss to a 19-year-old American, Hans Niemann, and his tweet about the decision included a video
You gotta love those friendships you didn’t know existed, right? I mean, I’m a huge professional wrestling nerd, so I’m always excited to see a new singer/wrestler friendship. It’s not like the relationship between these two forms of entertainment is unheard of. The Undertaker used Johnny Cash’s “Ain’t No Grave” as entrance music for a
American actress Scout Taylor-Compton was just 20 years old when she was cast as Samantha — the babysitter who naively allows a stocker to kidnap a young boy on her watch — in the film “Obsessed” back in 2009. Scout shared the big screen with Beyonce as the wife and mother who does not shy
Redmi Note 11R was launched in China on Thursday. The new 5G smartphone by the Xiaomi sub-brand comes in three colour options and features 90Hz refresh rate display. The Redmi Note 11R is powered by MediaTek Dimensity 700 SoC, coupled with up to 8GB RAM and 128GB onboard storage. It has a dual rear camera
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. If you’ve always wanted a Roomba, this is your chance to get the popular robot vacuum for a steal. Amazon’s robot vacuum deals this week has the top-rated iRobot Roomba 692 vacuum for
As conservative groups are making their presence known in Canada by proposing book bans, they’re hitting a bit of a road block. Turns out, Canadian school boards have limited control on what is taught in classrooms. Similar to book banning groups in the U.S., conservative groups like ParentsVoice B.C. are targeting books like All Boys
Liz Truss and Kwasi Kwarteng will meet the head of the UK’s independent fiscal watchdog today. The talks with the Office of Budget Responsibility come after a week of economic turmoil following last Friday’s mini-budget. It is highly unusual for a PM to attend an OBR meeting – but the Treasury has denied that this
Animation workers at Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News have voted overwhelmingly to join The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839. The animated comedy news program, which debuted in 2020, moves to Comedy Central next month. Its third season premieres October 5. “The organizing work done by the Tooning Out the News crew is a
This Dennis McCarthy column was first published on Nov. 14, 2004 under the title “A league of her own — pro baseball legend Pepper Davis recalls her diamond days in the sun.” Pepper Davis opens the screen door of her tiny Van Nuys bungalow on a Friday, sliding another bowl of cat food out onto
Hurricane Ian is gaining strength and now on course north to South Carolina after devastating a large cross-section of Florida. Emergency crews were wading through water and using boats on Thursday to rescue stranded Florida residents after the storm front tore a coast-to-coast path of destruction across the state, leaving behind deadly floodwaters, downed power
Labour has surged to record leads in multiple polls in the wake of the economic turmoil after the government’s mini-budget. A YouGov/Times poll placed Labour 33 points ahead of the Conservatives, believed to be the largest lead for Labour in any recorded poll since 1998, when the-then PM Tony Blair was enjoying his “honeymoon period”.
A Brazilian threat actor known as Prilex has resurfaced after a year-long operational hiatus with an advanced and complex malware to steal money by means of fraudulent transactions. “The Prilex group has shown a high level of knowledge about credit and debit card transactions, and how software used for payment processing works,” Kaspersky researchers said.
After years of delays and inaction at the top of the state, New York’s adult-use cannabis bill is now on its way to implementation. The excitement for the market’s expansion is warranted, but not without understanding the drug war’s impact on citizens, predominantly black and brown individuals. While we champion legal access to cannabis, it
Pony Bradshaw has a new project on the way. He just announced his forthcoming album North Georgia Rounder is slated to drop on January 27th, 2023. The follow-up to his 2021 Calico Jim record, the Georgia native says the album was inspired by his travels out on the road playing music, as well as his life
Every week, The Boot highlights recent favorites from country, Americana and everything in between. In each list, music fans will find picks from our contributing team that we think you’ll love. Keep reading to check out the latest installment of The Boot’s Weekly Picks. Tiera Kennedy “Alabama Nights” This breezy, fun new cut from burgeoning
On Tuesday, September 13, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini, came out of a subway station in central Tehran, walked through a park, and in that park was arrested by Iran’s Moral Security Police. The morality policemen bundled her into their standard white and green Morality Patrol van. And, according to Amini’s family, they beat
Sarah Jessica Parker had a lot of people concerned when she unexpectedly walked out of a gala in NYC … and we’ve now learned she left to be by her dying stepfather’s side in his final moments. The Parker family tells TMZ … Sarah’s stepdad, Paul Giffin Forste, died unexpectedly Wednesday. We’re told, he was
Amazon Great Indian Festival 2022 Sale has brought great deals on some of the bestselling smartphones on the market. There are also bank offers, no-cost EMI offers, and exchange offers that further sweeten the deal, including the 10 percent instant discount available to SBI card holders. Here we have picked some of the best deals
Vintage Video Alex Turner previously said he was inspired by the work of film editor Walter Murch when making LP, The Car Arctic Monkeys are continuing to tease the release of their upcoming album, The Car, with a new single. On Thursday, the British band released the LP’s second single, “Body Paint.” “Straight from the
Transcendent Kingdom is one of those rare books that is about so much, and yet fits together flawlessly. Yaa Gyasi tackles science, faith, work, addiction, grief, complicated family relationships, immigrant experiences, race, Black girlhood and womanhood, and more. It is a richly layered novel full of seemingly endless stories, and it is also intensely focused