Warning: contains spoilers for the Harlan Coben’s Stay Close finale. “And that is it,” laughed Dave to Megan on their long-awaited wedding day, “there are definitely no more secrets.” Not quite, Dave. You may now know all about your new wife’s hidden past, but there’s still the matter of you and daughter Kayleigh inadvertently tag-teaming
Samsung Galaxy A33 5G and Samsung Galaxy A13 5G are tipped to launch in India by February, bringing two new smartphones to the company’s A-Series portfolio. They could be announced after the launch of the Galaxy S22 series which is scheduled to launch in February. The company could also be working on a 4G variant
Ice Cube is angry at critics who are grousing he shortchanged actors who appeared in his iconic movie, “Friday.” Cube lashed out on Twitter, responding to an interview Faizon Love did, claiming he was only paid $2,500 to pay Big Worm in “Friday.” That led others to accuse Cub of “robbing his own people.” Well,
Asian media giant CJ made one of the entertainment industry’s biggest plays in 2021. CJ ENM’s acquisition of 80% of Endeavor Content’s scripted business valued the firm’s drama offering at almost $1BN. Focus now shifts to the mega deal’s next steps, as Parasite distributor CJ ENM takes control of a portfolio featuring Once Upon a Time…
It’s been just under a year since the third season of the show premiered but Netflix has finally released Cobra Kai season four which is now streaming on the platform. Franchise stars Ralph Macchio and William Zabka once again reprise their roles of Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence from the classic 1980s film series, leading
Pasadena reported its highest-ever single-day rise in coronavirus cases on Thursday, Dec. 30, according to Dr. Ying-Ying Goh, but the city’s Public Health Officer confirmed that the city’s annual Rose Parade and Rose Bowl game would likely return Saturday. Pasadena reported 477 confirmed and 16 probable COVID-19 cases Thursday, almost double the previous one-day high
Lawyers for the woman who has accused Prince Andrew of sexual assault have rejected claims her lawsuit against the royal cannot go ahead because she is not a US resident. The Duke of York’s lawyers this week called for the civil case at a Manhattan court to be halted or thrown out because his accuser,
Boris Johnson has used his New Year’s message to claim that the UK finds itself in an “incomparably better” position than this time last year when it comes to coronavirus. In a message that will be posted on social media on Friday, the prime minister will say the country has met its target of offering
A never-before-seen China-based targeted intrusion adversary dubbed Aquatic Panda has been observed leveraging critical flaws in the Apache Log4j logging library as an access vector to perform various post-exploitation operations, including reconnaissance and credential harvesting on targeted systems. Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the infiltration, which was ultimately foiled, was aimed at an unnamed “large academic
Ghislaine Maxwell is guilty. Is Prince Andrew next? On Wednesday, a jury convicted Maxwell — the British socialite and longtime associate of disgraced billionaire Jeffrey Epstein — of five of six charges related to sex trafficking. She is facing up to 65 years in prison. Lisa Bloom, an attorney who has represented several Epstein accusers, thinks
Every year thousands of books are published for children. How do you choose what new books to stock your shelves with before the new year? Award-winning children’s books have always been a go-to resource for teachers, parents, and caregivers. Among the most prestigious awards given for children’s literature are the Caldecott and Newbery Awards. The
Some actors you just take for granted. You see them constantly popping up, beautifully supporting the above-the-marquee names, nailing a killer line here, stealthily stealing a scene or two there. Audiences turn in to the real-life equivalent of the DiCaprio-in-Once-Upon-a-Time-in-Hollywood meme whenever these performers show up. These familiar faces become part of the firmament. You
You already know the music on Yellowstone is the best soundtrack of any show… ever. And one of my favorite up and coming artists in Nashville at the moment, Lainey Wilson, has already had three of her songs featured throughout the hit series so far. Tracks like “Small Town, Girl,” “Straight Up Sideways,” and “Workin’ Overtime”
On the final day of the year, Alex Proud’s nightclubs are still not sold out for New Year celebrations. The founder of the Proud Group who runs a club on the Embankment in London told Sky News the situation is “disastrously bad”. “We’re not yet sold out but the whole of the UK is like
Cobra Kai continues to effectively mine the long-dormant characters and continuity of The Karate Kid film franchise. The strategy has yielded a successful series that basks in the built-in nostalgia of those old enough to recall the films’ heyday, and even fosters a new generation of fandom. However, the show’s fourth season taps into 1989’s
South Korean tech giant Samsung will be continuing to seed its stable One UI 4 update to more of its devices. According to a report by GSMArena, the latest ones on the list to get the new update are the first-generation Galaxy Fold and Galaxy Note 10 series in both its 4G and 5G trims.
The beef between Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Vin Diesel is far from squelched … because “The Rock” just blasted his former ‘Fast & Furious’ co-star, calling him manipulative. TMZ reported back in 2016, when they were filming the 8th installment of the franchise — “The Fate of the Furious” — the 2 men were
Hollywood’s guilds and unions saved the film and TV business in 2021. Working cooperatively with the industry’s companies, they adopted Covid-19 protocols that got production booming and their members safely back to work, all the while averting strikes that would have crippled recovery efforts. And earlier this year, Hollywood’s unions were among the first in
Before the year ends, let me dig into the mailbag for your comments on some recent, and at this point not so recent, topics. Nothing like a deadline of Dec. 31 to concentrate the mind. Tequila! (Tequila?) Ranchera music singer Vicente Fernandez, a titan whose death Dec. 12 at 81 was felt in the Inland
A past settlement between sex offender Jeffey Epstein and Virginia Giuffre, which could be key to a legal case involving Prince Andrew, is set to be made public next week. The 2009 agreement between Epstein and Ms Giuffre, formerly Virginia Roberts, will be released on or around 3 January following an order by US judges.