Asos, the online fashion retailer, has emerged as the surprise frontrunner to buy TopShop from the administrators to Sir Philip Green’s former high street empire. Sky News has learnt that Asos has moved into pole position to buy the brand for more than £250m, days after a consortium led by Next withdrew from the race.
Another week during the coronavirus pandemic, another grim milestone for Los Angeles County. Los Angeles has exceeded 15,000 total coronavirus-related deaths, Public Health officials announced on Saturday. The county has counted a total of 15,162 deaths and 1,064,887 confirmed Covid-19 cases. Saturday’s stats show 269 new deaths and 10,537 new cases. There are also 6,881
25 years ago today… This year marks 30 years in the country music business for Tracy Lawrence, who took to Instagram today to celebrate the career milestone. Making his debut in 1991 with “Sticks and Stones,” Tracy boasts a several #1 hits and more than 20 top 1o singles. “It’s hard to believe, but 2021
Floyd, Va., native Morgan Wade generated quite a buzz with the release of her song “Don’t Cry” just before Christmas, and her debut album lives up to it. Reckless is due out on March 19, the singer announced on Friday (Jan. 22). Ten gorgeously crafted tracks await listeners on Reckless, combining Wade’s ace songwriting skills with lush, but not
The third episode of WandaVision arrived on Disney+ this week and featured a lot of Teyonah Parris as “Geraldine.” Of course, we know the actor is actually playing the adult version of Monica Rambeau, who we last saw as a kid in Captain Marvel. Fans suspect that Monica was sent into Westview by SWORD to
This Star Wars: The High Republic contains spoilers. With Star Wars: The High Republic, Disney and Lucasfilm set out to explore a new galactic era that looked and felt different from anything that came before. Long before the rise of the Empire and the fall of the Jedi, the Republic was stable and prosperous. In
Hunger Games fans are putting their money on District 3 after a viral TikTok segmented the United States into a new map. Now, this argument has taken place in the earlier parts of the coronavirus pandemic. (s/o to @alostrich for the post and argument) A lot of people are still of the mind that a
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Boogie Like many high schoolers, Alfred “Boogie” Chin has dreams of playing in the NBA. Only, for Boogie, there are a few key differences. One, that he’s an actual prodigy with a shot at success. Two, that other people see his Chinese heritage as a reason to count him out. Even his own mother discourages
Larry King, the longtime CNN host who became an icon through his interviews with countless newsmakers and his sartorial sensibilities, has died. He was 87. King hosted “Larry King Live” on CNN for over 25 years, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie stars and everyday people. He retired in 2010 after taping more than 6,000
California’s case count is 3,097,902 on Jan. 22, 2021. According to data gleaned from local public health departments across the state, there were 25,246 new cases and 740 new deaths reported from Friday, Jan. 22. And, of the 3.2 million vaccinations distributed throughout the state, 1.39 million have been administered, tracking showed. There are 19,855
Up to 200 members of the National Guard on duty in Washington DC for inauguration day have tested positive for coronavirus, an official has said. More than 25,000 troops were drafted in from all over the US to ensure a smooth transition of power. An official who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity said
The introduction of “COVID hotels” and other curbs on international travel are to be discussed by senior ministers on Monday. It comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson hinted that further border restrictions were needed to stop dangerous new coronavirus variants entering the country. Government sources say while completely closing the border is not the likely
More details have emerged about a security feature bypass vulnerability in Windows NT LAN Manager (NTLM) that was addressed by Microsoft as part of its monthly Patch Tuesday updates earlier this month. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2021-1678 (CVSS score 4.3), was described as a “remotely exploitable” flaw found in a vulnerable component bound to the
The Mi 10i is Xiaomi’s first smartphone to launch in 2021, and is aggressively priced at Rs. 20,999 for the base variant. Undercutting the OnePlus Nord has helped Xiaomi make an impact in the sub-Rs. 30,000 price segment. Both these smartphones offer impressive hardware on paper, so we can imagine that it isn’t easy for you
The London Stock Exchange is hatching plans to create a £300m listed vehicle aimed at bolstering the survival chances of companies hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. Sky News has learnt that David Schwimmer, the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) chief executive, has been spearheading talks with top City figures and the Treasury about establishing
There was good news and bad news on the LA Covid-19 front on Friday. On the one hand, the key numbers were down virtually across the board. On the other hand, with virus variants worrying officials and the region’s vaccine rollout sputtering, there was concern of another surge. “Cases have peaked at about 15,000 a
“The road is long and it ain’t paved well…” The Oklahoma-based country rock group Read Southall Band just dropped the music video for their latest release, “Where We Belong.” Channeling their inner Kings Of Leon, the new offering is much more atmospheric than we might be used to hearing from Read and company, who have
No matter how you try, you can’t pull one over on the people who know you best. Singer-songwriter Sam Williams sings about the times we try — and fail — to do so, and the desire to break away from those familiar patterns, in his new song, “Can’t Fool Your Own Blood.” Co-written by Williams with
WandaVision creator Jac Schaeffer considered filming all nine episodes in front of a live studio audience like the decades of classic sitcoms that inspired the Marvel Studios series, but the “pipe dream” was “never gonna happen.” Like The Dick Van Dyke Show-channeling series premiere, “Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience,” the first episode of the