It is not always the sunshine that spreads the seed. Darkness makes the heart’s case fragile, pain breaks it open, courage teases us, and life unfurls and expands….while our future is not fully unwrapped, iconic artist Ruby Mazur is celebrating the sunshine after vanquishing cancer and selling his first “Mouth and Tongue” NFT for 1.1
There was at least one Englishman with something to celebrate on Sunday night. It will go down in the life story of Sir Richard Branson as the day he was officially handed the title of astronaut after his successful trip to the edge of space and back. And if the live feed of the England game
Completing its stirring tale of football rebirth, Italy won the European Championship for the second time by beating England 3-2 on penalties on Sunday, July 11. And the cheering resonated all the way to San Pedro. Related: Italy wins Euro 2020 final, beats England 3-2 in penalty shootout after 1-1 draw More than 1,000 fans
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said “caution is absolutely vital” as he prepares to address the nation on Monday to announce whether the final stage of releasing coronavirus restrictions can go ahead. The prime minister is expected to confirm that England can move to step four of the government’s roadmap out of lockdown, but to
Los Angeles is experiencing an uptick of coronavirus cases in the last three days, with more than 3,000 incidences since Friday. Today the LA County Department of Public Health has reported 1,113 new cases, 4 new deaths and 373 current hospitalizations. This brings the county’s total deaths to 24,542 and 1,257,628 Covid-19 cases to date.
Florida-based software vendor Kaseya on Sunday rolled out software updates to address critical security vulnerabilities in its Virtual System Administrator (VSA) software that was used as a jumping off point to target as many as 1,500 businesses across the globe as part of a widespread supply-chain ransomware attack. Following the incident, the company had urged
Less than two days after a rare sealed copy of The Legend of Zelda broke the record for most expensive video game sold at auction, a pristine unopened copy of Super Mario 64 toppled that record Sunday with a $1,560,000 high bid. The sealed copy of the 1996 video game was notable for receiving a
Just when they were taking off, they were pushed right back down. Bishop Gunn was poised for stardom after the success of their debut album Natchez in 2018, which included their two biggest hits to date in “Shine” and “Alabama”, but unfortunately was plagued by internal issues which caused the band to “suspend all future activity,” surprising
Dennis Quaid joins the Bellamy Brothers for a thoroughly enjoyable new cover of the Billy Swan classic “I Can Help.” The actor and musician teamed with the classic country sibling duo of David and Howard Bellamy for the spirited new track, which arrived on Friday (July 9) as the lead single from the Bellamys’ upcoming covers project,
Rick and Morty has dropped a wild new episode in Season 5! One of the throughlines we have seen in the first few episodes of the new season thus far has been how Morty is growing and developing in surprising new ways. After being dumped by his long time crush, Jessica, in the season premiere,
Black Widow is out, bringing the women-led spy genre to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The film follows Natasha Romanov in the time between Captain America: Civil War and Avengers: Infinity War as she works to bring down the Red Room, aka the Soviet-affiliated program that took her as a baby and brainwashed her into becoming
Ben Affleck was on dad (and possibly stepdad) duty this weekend — with not just his kids in tow, but with one of the children of his beloved, Jennifer Lopez, too … the first time we’ve actually seen that happen. The actor was out Sunday with his son, Samuel, his daughter, Seraphina … plus, J
Black Widow director Cate Shortland and actor David Harbour hope Alexei Shostakov gets his glory in a Red Guardian movie from Marvel Studios. Spoiler warning for Marvel’s Black Widow. Taking place in 2016, just after Captain America: Civil War and before Avengers: Infinity War, Marvel’s latest reunites super-spy Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) with her family
WhatsApp users often face a lot of trouble while switching phones, especially when switching between operating systems. The social media platform is reportedly working on a solution to ease that process, but, until then, there are workarounds that users will have to make do with. At the moment, WhatsApp allows users to keep their account
There was a time, in the wake of the first wave of COVID-19, that politicians and economists yearned for a V-shaped recovery – an immediate bounce-back from the financial devastation of lockdowns. The second wave put paid to that, and as we tiptoe out of the most recent restrictions, the line drawn by GDP is
Two years of practice were enough to crown a brand-new, history-making winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde from New Orleans, Louisiana, won the competition, correctly spelling “querimonious,” “solidungulate,” and the final winning word “murraya” — a type of tree. “Does this word contain the English name Murray, which could be the
For Independence Day weekend, the New York Times’ Jill Cowan wrote a few days beforehand, “antsy Californians are projected to hit the road in record numbers for a newly unfettered Fourth of July holiday. And, as usual, many of us are headed for the coast.” Your columnist, meanwhile, was headed for the San Fernando Valley.
Sir Richard Branson’s private space tourism company will launch its first flight carrying the billionaire, two pilots, and three mission specialists to the fringes of space. The VSS Unity spaceplane will be launched in mid-air after dropping from the belly of its mothership at an altitude of about 9.4 miles (15km) before its rocket fires
An eight-week interval between vaccine doses provides “much better” protection from coronavirus, vaccines minister Nadhim Zahawi has said, as he dismissed reports that the gap is due to be reduced from eight weeks to four. Mr Zahawi also told Sky News he is “confident” that Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce on Monday that COVID
Disney has soft opened the latest of its classic attractions to receive a makeover. The Jungle Cruise was announced to be reopening on July 16 at Disneyland, but guests at the park began posting their thoughts about — and images of — the reimagined ride on Friday as its tramp steamers once again began accepting