Former health secretary Sajid Javid has warned that the NHS “won’t survive many more years” without “fundamental reforms”, urging the country to have an “honest debate” about the service. In his only broadcast interview since announcing he would stand down at the next general election, the MP told the Beth Rigby Interviews programme that tackling
EXCLUSIVE: Britton Rizzio’s boutique management firm Curate Management, focused on creators in film and TV, has announced its acquisition of Zipa Entertainment, the Mexico City-based management company founded by Sofia Escallon. Escallon now joins Curate as a Partner, and will spearhead the company’s efforts to expand internationally. Zipa’s focus on bilingual and bi-cultural showrunners, writers
Dec 15, 2022Ravie LakshmananAdvanced Persistent Threat A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor codenamed MirrorFace has been attributed to a spear-phishing campaign targeting Japanese political establishments. The activity, dubbed Operation LiberalFace by ESET, specifically focused on members of an unnamed political party in the nation with the goal of delivering an implant called LODEINFO and
Jessica Chastain and Miranda Lambert are two ladies after my own heart. Of course, Jessica is an Academy Award winning actress, and is currently playing Tammy Wynette in the new George & Tammy series, alongside Michael Shannon as George Jones. And she recently chatted with Audacy’s 103.7 KSON San Diego, where she talked about playing
Texas native Donice Morace explores the pain of a relationship’s final moments in his pure country track “Wait Til I’m Gone,” which is exclusively premiering at The Boot today (Dec. 15). The rising talent’s latest single presents the final chapter of romance captured through three songs. Released earlier this year, those two buzzed-about tracks — “One
Gangs of London is an explosive crime drama that blew up the streets of the capital when season one landed in 2020. Now the whole of season two is with us, available to stream in full on Sky Atlantic, Now and AMC+, and no expense is spared on the violence and the visuals as well
James Cameron‘s pissing off animal welfare activists by promoting his ocean-themed epic, “Avatar: The Way of Water,” with a dolphin show many see as, at least ironic, and definitely cruel. The director sat alongside stars Zoe Saldaña, Sam Worthington, Sigourney Weaver and others in Japan to promote the much-anticipated sequel — he kicked off the
The Vivo S16 series will launch on December 22 in China, the Chinese manufacturer confirmed on Thursday. A day after reported specifications of the Vivo S16 and Vivo S16e surfaced online, Vivo has officially raised the curtains on all three smartphones in the Vivo S16 series, which will also include the Vivo S16 Pro. In
Ammaar Reshi, a product design manager in California, used an AI-powered chatbot called ChatGPT to make a children’s book over a single weekend. After publishing the 12-page picture book, which he titled Alice and Sparkle, he even began selling it on Amazon. After Reshi’s tweets about the book went viral, there were many artists who
The Bank of England has revealed a 0.5 percentage point interest rate increase – its ninth consecutive rise as it maintains its battle against inflation. The decision, by its monetary policy committee (MPC), took the bank rate to 3.5% – a fresh high not seen since the 2008 financial crisis. The move, however, represented a
Kanye West still considers himself a prophet, even as the disgraced rapper’s disciples have dwindled from a rapt crowd to a few sparse holdouts. But perhaps no person is more determined to be the last one standing by Ye’s side than one of his biggest internet stans: Kanyewestlover911. “Ppl see me as the biggest Kanye
CHAPPELLE ATTACK Isaiah Lee, who tacked the comedian during his performance, was sentenced to 270 days in county jail The man charged with attacking Dave Chappelle onstage at the Hollywood Bowl last May pleaded no contest Wednesday to one misdemeanor count each of battery and entering a restricted area during a live event, Deadline reports. Isaiah Lee,
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 4,211 more cases of the coronavirus over the weekend, bringing the total number of cases to 3,592,066 as of Wednesday, Dec. 14. Officials reported 16 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Tuesday for a total of 34,368 deaths since tracking began. The were 37 more hospitalizations since
A mother and her eight-year-old son are among at least three people who died as a destructive storm system that stirred up tornadoes swept through the US. To the north, it delivered blizzard-like conditions to the Great Plains and was expected to push more snow and ice into Appalachia and New England. The wintery blast
Nurses will continue to strike in January if the government does not negotiate with them on pay, union leader Pat Cullen has told Sky News. Ms Cullen, of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), said it was “absolutely not true” that pay is a “tiny element” in the dispute as she hit out at “disparaging”
Chris Redd is opening up about his brutal attack outside a comedy club in New York City back in October and the former Saturday Night Live star feels that it was planned out. The comedian made an appearance on SiriusXM’s The Bennington Show where he shared he saw surveillance footage of his attacker hanging around
Dec 15, 2022Ravie LakshmananCyber Attack / DDoS-for-Hire The U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) on Wednesday announced the seizure of 48 domains that offered services to conduct distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on behalf of other threat actors, effectively lowering the barrier to entry for malicious activity. It also charged six suspects – Jeremiah Sam Evans Miller
SAD COUNTRY MUSIC MAKES ME HAPPY. And for my money, it doesn’t get much better – or sadder – than Doug Stone‘s “I’d Be Better Off (In a Pine Box).” The heartbreaker was Stone’s debut single from his self-titled album back in 1990, and peaked at #4 on the charts. And damn, it’ll punch you
Moto X40 is all set to launch in China today (December 15). The launch event will be streamed live via the Lenovo-owned brand’s official Weibo handle and its China website. Ahead of the launch, Motorola, via multiple teasers online, is revealing the smartphone’s complete design and specifications. Qualcomm’s latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 SoC is confirmed
The end of 2022 is fast approaching. How was your reading life this year? Did you read a ton of amazing books? Did you struggle through reading slump after reading slump? Did you discover any amazing new authors, or stick to your tried-and-true favorites? Are you feeling satisfied with what you read, or do you