This list of romances you may have missed was originally published in Kissing Books, our romance newsletter. Sign up for it here to receive news, book recommendations, and more for residents of Romancelandia. We are in “Best Of” season and everyone is putting their two shiny pennies into what they felt was the best romance
Talk about a duo we didn’t know we needed… Billy Strings played a show in Dallas, Texas earlier in December and brought out none other than Tyler, Texas native Paul “Big Velvet” Cauthen to join him for a few songs. They played two songs together. One was The Grateful Dead’s “Friend of the Devil,” and
Selfridges has been bought by a Thai retailer and Austrian property company in a £4bn deal, according to reports. The luxury department store chain was bought by the Weston family in 2003, who then went on to establish the Selfridges Group in 2010. But the Selfridges portfolio, which includes 18 sites across England, Ireland and
The nominees for quirkiest stories of 2021 are … CNN’s Jeanne Moos has the envelope. From the guy who swallowed an airpod to the teen smacked by a seagull while on an amusement park ride we look back at some of the videos that won over the internet in 2021. #CNN #News
On Saturday, Netflix celebrated the first anniversary — or paper anniversary — of its breakout smash hit series Bridgeton. Bridgerton, Chris Van Dusen’s adaptation of Julia Quinn’s series of Regency romance novels, debuted on Christmas Day 2020 and quickly became Netflix’s most-watched series ever. The streaming giant ordered three more seasons of Bridgerton and greenlit a spinoff series.
This article contains Don’t Look Up spoilers. In Don’t Look Up, the frequently searing new satire from filmmaker Adam McKay (Vice, The Big Short), astronomers Randall Mindy (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Kate Dibiasky (Jennifer Lawrence) discover that a previously undetected comet is headed straight for Earth, with six months to go before the object slams into
Oppo Reno 7 5G has received a special version that the Chinese tech giant has dubbed as Oppo Reno 7 5G New Year Edition. The special edition model brings a new colour to the smartphone and has a special logo etched at the back panel. Oppo Reno 7 5G New Year Edition has been launched
The James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s premier space observatory of the next decade, successfully launched from French Guiana. Webb will peer into the very atmospheres of exoplanets, some of which are potentially habitable, and it could uncover clues in the ongoing search for life outside of Earth. #CNN #News
The Grinch will be making its way to the NFL this Christmas … courtesy of Indianapolis Colts running back Nyheim Hines‘ super furry cleats!! TMZ Sports has learned … Hines hit up his go-to guy, artist Rodney Jackson, to make some cleats that will get him in the holiday spirit before taking on the Cardinals
A group of Apple workers in retail and corporate has issued a plea for the company’s employees to walk out or call out on Christmas Eve. The group has dubbed itself Apple Together. “Calling all Apple workers and patrons!” read the Tweet, “Tomorrow, December 24th, 2021, Apple workers are staging a walkout/callout to demand better
Inside the former Star-Kist plant on Terminal Island in San Pedro. (Photo Courtesy of Anthony Pirozzi) Exterior of the Star-Kist plant that once employed thousands in its tuna cannery in San Pedro. (Photo Courtesy of Anthony Pirozzi) Photo from inside the long-vacant Star-Kist plant on Terminal Island in San Pedro. Star-Kist cannery on Terminal Island
A White House Christmas event took an awkward turn on Friday when a caller dropped a vulgar anti-Biden slogan into a conversation with the US president. Joe Biden was hosting a traditional festive phone call with children tracking Father Christmas’ sleigh when their father told the president “Let’s go Brandon”. Mr Biden, apparently unaware of
The police watchdog has decided not to investigate a complaint about how Scotland Yard handled allegations of a Downing Street Christmas party. The Metropolitan Police referred itself to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) after Green Party peer, Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb, raised concerns over the force’s response to the event. The alleged party,
Ransomware groups continue to evolve their tactics and techniques to deploy file-encrypting malware on compromised systems, notwithstanding law enforcement’s disruptive actions against the cybercrime gangs to prevent them from victimizing additional companies. “Be it due to law enforcement, infighting amongst groups or people abandoning variants altogether, the RaaS [ransomware-as-a-service] groups dominating the ecosystem at this
Omicron is blasting through New York. And while the Covid-19 variant appears to be less harmful than other strains — particularly in vaccinated people — its highly transmissible nature has resulted in a record-breaking amount of new cases across the metropolis. Citizens are clamoring to get tested around the holidays, and some have stumbled upon
This roundup of under-the-radar 2021 mysteries was originally published in our mystery/thriller newsletter, Unusual Suspects. Sign up for it here to get news and recommendations for mystery/thriller/crime readers. Hello mystery fans! I am here to tell you that the ratings number on Goodreads and/or a book’s popularity is not indicative of the quality of the
Carrie Underwood is the queen of country Christmas music. Something about her voice is just perfect on a classic like some of the ones we’ve shared recently, “O Come All Ye Faithful” and “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, and now, she’s releasing her live performance of “Silent Night” from the 2021 Opry Live: USO Holiday Special
Central London saw the biggest drop in footfall of anywhere in the country as concerns about the spread of the Omicron variant kept shoppers at home. The number of shoppers in the capital was 30.3% lower on the morning of Christmas Eve than it was on the previous Friday, new data from Springboard has shown.
The following includes major Don’t Look Up spoilers. This was supposed to be a comedy, right? That’s what the marketing and 1960s-inspired opening title cards suggest for Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up, and yet one might think the happiest moment in the whole thing is when Leonardo DiCaprio’s Dr. Randall Mindy and Jennifer Lawrence’s PhD
Honor Magic V foldable smartphone may be launched on January 10, as per a claim by a tipster. The Chinese company has already confirmed that it will introduce its first foldable phone soon. A report has suggested that the flagship will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC, making it the first foldable