UPDATED with share price, quarterly stats: Shares of Snapchat parent Snap soared 60% on fourth-quarter gains in revenue and daily active users and a chorus of relief across Wall Street that it’s not Facebook. Why? Shares of Facebook parent Meta went the opposite direction, falling 25% and shedding more than $230 billion in market value,
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn is a YA fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy, that came out in 2020. It spent nine weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and won a Coretta Scott King Award/John Steptoe Award for New Talent award, among other accolades. The book follows Bree, a young Black woman whose
Rihanna has shared a photo of her baby bump after announcing she and rapper boyfriend A$AP Rocky are expecting their first child together. The singer and businesswoman, 33, showed off her growing bump to her 120 million Instagram followers as she stood in a white-tiled bathroom lifting her sports jersey. “How the gang pulled up
Two more senior officials are leaving Number 10 in an apparent mass exodus from Downing Street amid the fallout from the partygate scandal. Number 10 revealed on Thursday night that both Dan Rosenfield, the prime minister’s chief of staff, and Martin Reynolds, Mr Johnson’s principal private secretary, are leaving their roles. It came just hours
In space, no one can hear you scream. In cavernous, half-empty IMAX theaters, however, you can definitely hear other people laughing at the unintentional comedy of a truly bad movie set in space, which is as close as we can get to saying that you may want to see Moonfall with an audience, should you
Representatives from California Faculty Association, the union that covers faculty at Cal State University, announced their new contract with the CSU via Zoom on Thursday, Feb. 3, which includes higher pay for all faculty. (Screenshot of CFA press conference) California Faculty Association President Charles Toombs talks about the new contract the union and Cal State
An ongoing search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning attack campaign has been observed abusing trust in legitimate software utilities to trick users into downloading BATLOADER malware on compromised machines. “The threat actor used ‘free productivity apps installation’ or ‘free software development tools installation’ themes as SEO keywords to lure victims to a compromised website and to
Two of Jeffrey Epstein’s underage victims in Florida filed a shocking defamation lawsuit Thursday against Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown. Brown’s award-winning investigation into the disgraced financier’s prior sweetheart deal with prosecutors helped trigger Epstein’s 2019 sex trafficking indictment. Plaintiffs Haley Robson and Courtney Wild claim in their new complaint filed in Miami-Dade County
California country soul outfit Wreckless Strangers bring the heat in their brand new track “Sun State,” which is premiering exclusively at The Boot today. The sexy, fiery track was co-written by all six members of the group and features the incomperable Charlie Musselwhite on harmonica. With a mixture of powerhouse vocals, clever lyrical imagery and richly layered
Keep calm people, the album is coming tonight. NEW ALBUM DROPPING AT MIDNIGHT. ⛽️ — Muscadine Bloodline (@MuscadineBLine) February 3, 2022 Anyone with a pulse has been anxiously waiting for the release of Muscadine Bloodline’s sophomore album, Dispatch To 16th Ave, since it was announced at the end of last year. The title track is a direct
The Bank of England has raised interest rates, slashed its growth forecast and warned that families are about to suffer the biggest fall in living standards since comparable records began three decades ago. On a red letter day in Britain’s cost of living crisis, the Bank said that households will see their post-tax disposable income
Motorola has been slowly adding budget 5G smartphones to its G series over the past year. We recently tested the Moto G51 and were happy with its performance. Motorola has now launched the Moto G71 5G, which is the first smartphone to sport the new Snapdragon 695 SoC in India, and also boasts of a
Play video content There’s new alleged video proof that supports a man’s claim he was injured during a Jet Ski stunt gone wrong involving “Jackass” stars Steve-O and Chris Pontius. TMZ broke the story, Michael Vicens-Segura is suing the veteran stuntmen for an incident he says, left him badly injured, suffering a gash on the
The Los Angeles City Clerk approved a petition for circulation today that aims to have the City Council repeal its requirement that people show proof of vaccination against Covid-19 before entering certain indoor public spaces and outdoor “mega-events.” The effort is backed, in part, by the Libertarian Party of Los Angeles County. The full text
Super Bowl 2022 commercials have hit record high costs, as NBC’s ad inventory for the Super Bowl LVI has all been sold out, across NBC, Telemundo, and Peacock. Reports are that “multiple 30-second spots” were sold for costs reaching $7 million. In general, rates are said to be up 20% over what NBC charged for
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The leader of Islamic State has been killed during a raid by US special forces in Syria. Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi died by exploding a bomb that killed himself and members of his family as American forces approached a house in the rebel-held province of Idlib, a US official said. He was among at least
The “vast majority” of households will receive £350 of help to take the “sting” out of rising energy bills, the chancellor has announced. Rishi Sunak said 80% of all homes in England will get a £150 discount on their council tax bill in April, while all domestic electricity customers will get £200 in October off
The creators of Jackass Forever — that’d be head jackass Johnny Knoxville, longtime director of jackassery Jeff Tremaine, Spike “Patron Saint of Overall Jackassitude” Jonze and the rest of the battered, banged-up gang — have asked that critics, reviewers, pundits and wags not reveal the specifics of what you’ll see in their new (final?) collection
Annan Affotey’s “Green Mood” is part of a new art exhibit “Intersecting Identities,” opening Feb. 10 at Arushi Gallery in Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy of Arushi Gallery) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, Feb. 3-10. Check websites or call for updates,