More than 100 Conservative MPs have made a fresh plea to Chancellor Rishi Sunak to do more to support pubs and clubs at next week’s budget. In a letter to Mr Sunak, the group of Tory backbenchers have called on the chancellor to maintain a freeze on alcohol duties when he delivers his budget on
Jerry Pinkney, beloved author and illustrator of over 100 books for children and adults, winner of five Coretta Scott King Awards, a Caldecott Medal, and a Horn Book Award, among many other honors, passed away on October 20, 2021 at the age of 81. His agent, Sheldon Fogelman, confirmed to NPR that the cause of
Morgan Wade has an absolutely incredible voice. If her debut studio album, Reckless, isn’t enough to prove that, I have something that will. Back in 2019, she absolutely crushed a cover of “Me and Bobby McGee” that is absolutely stunning, to put it mildly. The song was originally written by Kris Kristofferson, who shared writing
In 2020, the Steel Wheels began telling their fans’ stories through music. Everyone a Song, Vol. 1 shared just a few of the resulting songs, so on Nov. 5, the band will release more of the tracks — including “Adventures of Grace and Henry,” which is premiering exclusively on The Boot — on Everyone a Song, Vol. 2.
Hisense on Thursday expanded its range of smart QLED TVs in India by launching its new models that feature full array local dimming backed by Quantum Dot technology. The built-in technology is claimed to help deliver brighter whites, deeper blacks, and an enhanced contrast ratio by controlling the backlight evenly across the screen. The new
This article contains major Dune spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review here. Paul Atreides has survived the fall of his father’s house. When you get right down to it, this is very much the central conflict and core narrative arc to writer-director Denis Villeneuve’s Dune, a film which waited until its opening title card to reveal
5:22 PM PT — The 42-year-old director of photography died from her injuries … according to the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office. Alec Baldwin was filming a scene for a movie that required someone to fire a gun loaded with blanks, but when the gun discharged either shrapnel or a bullet hit 2 people on
Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Fans of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi saga Dune will finally get a chance to see the Denis Villeneuve-directed blockbuster, which is now playing in
Mike Farrell’s “Late in the Day Dreams” is part of Santa Clarita Artists Association’s “Solitude” group show exhibit through Nov. 21 in Newhall. (Photo courtesy of Santa Clarita Artists Association) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, Oct. 21-28. EVENTS Ghostwalk –
Staff at Netflix’s headquarters in Hollywood have staged a walkout in protest at the release of a controversial special by the stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle. Chappelle, one of the biggest names in American comedy, has been accused of making anti-transgender comments in the hour-long special The Closer. But Netflix has refused to remove the special
Boris Johnson has admitted the level of COVID cases is “high” and he is “watching the numbers very carefully every day” – but insisted he is “sticking with our plan”. The government has so far resisted calls to move to Plan B of its autumn and winter COVID response for easing pressures on the NHS.
AT&T CEO John Stankey said the approval process for a deal to shed WarnerMedia and merge it with Discovery “is consistent with what we would have expected as we walked into it.” Speaking on the company’s third-quarter earnings call, the executive said, “We are moving through the steps with the various regulatory agencies in the
A new security weakness has been disclosed in the WinRAR trialware file archiver utility for Windows that could be abused by a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on targeted systems, underscoring how vulnerabilities in such software could beсome a gateway for a roster of attacks. Tracked as CVE-2021-35052, the bug impacts the trial version
Simone Biles revealed she’s still suffering from “the twisties” — a disorienting condition that forced the gymnast to withdraw from events during the Tokyo Olympics — in a new interview with the Today show. “I’m still scared to do gymnastics,” Biles admitted. “To do something that I’ve done forever and just not be able to
The maker of a host of well known consumer brands has revealed a big lift in prices and warned of worse to come as it battles “unprecedented cost inflation” around the world. Unilever, which produces foods such as Marmite, Cornetto ice creams and Hellmann’s mayonnaise alongside goods including Dove soap, said it had raised prices
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Brent Cobb has some big news coming our way… We all know the man’s an incredible singer, songwriter, and all-around musician. But now, he’s trying add even more diversity to his music career, as he’s gearing up to drop his first ever gospel album, And Now, Let’s Turn To Page…. The project is slated for January 28th,
Pop-country duo SixForty1 know what it feels like to have your heart broken. They channeled those experiences into their new song “Me and Your Memory,” premiering exclusively on The Boot. “We all have the ‘one that got away,’ whose memory we still live with,” SixForty1 tell The Boot. “We just wanted to shed some light on
Redmi Note 11 specifications have been suggested through teasers shared online ahead of the October 28 launch. The new Redmi phone will come alongside the Redmi Note 11 Pro and Redmi Note 11 Pro+. Early teasers show that it will carry triple rear cameras and a glass back in matte finish. One of the teasers
When most fans think of Mark Hamill’s legacy, they likely think of his time spent in the galaxy far, far away, or possibly his work voicing the Clown Prince of Crime for Batman: The Animated Series, as they likely won’t connect the figure directly with the world of horror. However, following his time in the original