Annual house price growth hit 9.8% last month as the market “defied expectations” in 2021 – but growth is likely to slow considerably in the coming year, Halifax said. The increase was the biggest since July 2007, according to the lender, as prices rose month-on-month by 1.1%. It is the latest confirmation of a buoyant
How did I not remember this? For those who may not know, or can’t quite remember, before Luke Grimes’ career as Kayce Dutton on Yellowstone, he also played a role in hit movie, American Sniper, starring Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the film also stars Yellowstone’s Luke Grimes as Marc Lee, Chris Kyle’s
It takes a special movie to bring together a cast like the one in The 355. This is an international, five-pointed star showcase of leading lady talent, with the female ensemble headed by Jessica Chastain, who is also a producer on the picture, and complemented by Lupita Nyong’o, Diane Kruger, Penélope Cruz, and Fan Bingbing.
A new Google foldable smartphone codenamed “Pipit” has been spotted on Geekbench, sporting an octa-core processor. The company is said to be working on a foldable smartphone which could feature its in-house Tensor SoC under the hood, and the listing reveals that it could come with 12GB of RAM. The smartphone is also listed to
Peter Bogdanovich — the filmmaker behind big movies like “The Last Picture Show” and “What’s Up, Doc?” — has died. Peter passed away Thursday at his home in Los Angeles as a result of natural causes … his daughter, Antonia Bogdanovich, told The Hollywood Reporter. PB vaulted to fame when he directed the critically-acclaimed 1971
The market of feature films based on viral Twitter threads is about to get bigger with the subgenre expanding from one movie (last year’s indie hit Zola) to two after the upcoming Dear David movie is released. In a new report The Hollywood Reporter reveals that Justin Long has been tapped to star in the
Fans of filmmaker Quentin Tarantino got an excellent treat last year when he released his prose novel adaptation of his Once Upon A Time in Hollywood screenplay. Doubling down on his “alternate history of Hollywood,” the book went into even more detail about the lives of characters Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Cliff Booth (Academy
The king of the monsters, Godzilla, returned to the depths last year following his battle against Kong, the ruler of Skull Island. With neither Legendary Pictures nor Toho Studios revealing any future plans for the king with either his MonsterVerse version or its Shin Godzilla remake, fans weren’t sure what was might come now. But
Scream is killing its red carpet premiere due to Covid safety concerns amid a surge in cases of the Omicron variant. The in-person premiere was scheduled for Tuesday, January 11, ahead of the new movie’s theatrical-exclusive release on January 14. Paramount will keep Scream on that date with in-theater fan events, featuring an early showing of the new
If you didn’t know, this year has a lot in store for Dragon Ball. From new merchandise to video game updates, Goku has a ton on his plate, and that isn’t even accounting for Dragon Ball Super. Aside from the manga’s monthly chapters, the anime will return this year with its second movie. And now,
Production on the upcoming sequel Evil Dead Rise wrapped last year, with director Lee Cronin taking to social media to confirm that progress was being made on the latest edit of the experience, though the behind-the-scenes photo he shared failed to offer any glimpses of actual footage. The filmmaker also noted that 2022 would be
Dalip Sethi has been promoted to partner at Los Angeles-based management/production company Rain Management Group. Dalip has been with RMG since 2009, joining the company as an assistant. He was promoted to Manager in 2012, and has since built an impressive television and film client roster with a focus on writers, filmmakers, producer-directors and showrunners.
California’s recycling system is rampant with fraud, potentially costing consumers as much as $200 million a year in stolen nickel and dime deposits, a new study alleges. The “Cash For Trash” report from Consumer Watchdog says past investigations by the State Auditor and a local news outlet show $40 million to $200 million dollars in
US President Joe Biden has marked one year since the 6 January deadly assault on the Capitol by condemning political violence in an address to the nation, as he also hit out at the former president. On 6 January 2021, Donald Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington DC, putting 15 police officers in hospital
Boris Johnson has hit out at anti-vaxxers, declaring they are “completely wrong” and spreading “mumbo jumbo” as the environment secretary said the country would soon get past the peak of Omicron infections. Speaking during a visit to a vaccination centre in Northampton, the prime minister said he wanted to keep a “voluntary approach” to COVID-19
A North Korean cyberespionage group named Konni has been linked to a series of targeted attacks aimed at the Russian Federation’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MID) with New Year lures to compromise Windows systems with malware. “This activity cluster demonstrates the patient and persistent nature of advanced actors in waging multi-phased campaigns against perceived high-value
Vanessa Bryant’s lawsuit over the graphic souvenir photos that Los Angeles County first responders allegedly snapped at the scene where her husband, daughter, and seven others perished in a helicopter crash two years ago can proceed to trial, a federal judge ruled Wednesday night. The widow of NBA superstar Kobe Bryant filed her lawsuit eight
A five-year mystery has been (mostly) solved, as the FBI arrested Italian citizen and UK publishing worker Filippo Bernardini yesterday on charges of impersonation and fraud. (Here’s the same story in The Guardian, in case you, too, have reached your NYT article limit.) This is such a bizarre case, and the arrest answers the question
No one knows the woman’s real name; her identity was purposefully kept secret. But she went by the handle “Agent 355,” serving under George Washington during the Revolutionary War. Some scholars believe this national woman of mystery was the code name of Anna Strong, the wife of a militia leader. Others speculate that it was
The scrapping of pre-departure coronavirus testing for people arriving in the UK has resulted in a leap in interest in international travel, companies have reported. The measure, which was introduced in the run-up to Christmas to combat the Omicron variant, will be withdrawn from 4am on Friday across the UK now Scotland has decided to