The second episode of Marvel Studios‘ Loki, “The Variant” debuted on Disney+ on Wednesday and it gave viewers a lot to talk about. After spending its debut episode, “Glorious Purpose” catching viewers up on Loki’s (Tom Hiddleston) story and introducing the Time Variance Authority (TVA) as well as revealing that the organization is hunting down
Seth Rogen‘s got a new revenue stream if he wants it … because one of his ceramic vases just fetched nearly 5 figures at auction. Here’s the deal … Seth donated the ceramic sculpture to the Vancouver Art Gallery for its first-ever auction, and we’re told the winning bid came in Tuesday at a cool
When the musical In the Heights debuted in 2008, it was considered a triumph of Latin American story-telling. Written by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who is of Puerto Rican and Mexican descent, it brought the barrio to Broadway and centered Latino immigrants building a community in New York “north of 96th street” so their children could chase
Metroid Dread, a game more than 15 years in the making, is finally releasing this year from Nintendo. Not only does the new entry in the series revive a project originally conceived for the DS but it picks up story threads left over from 2002’s Metroid Fusion for the Game Boy Advance. But, while Metroid
America’s central bank jolted markets after signalling it may start hiking interest rates from their present ultra-low level earlier than previously planned. Wall Street shares slid after policymakers at the US Federal Reserve forecast that they would raise their benchmark rate twice by late 2023, having before now seen no increase taking place until 2024.
The Port of Los Angeles handled more than 1 million cargo containers in May, an achievement that continues a months-long streak of record breaking and came on the heels of the nation’s busiest port topping 10 million container units in the current fiscal year. Both milestones, said Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Gene Seroka,
Russia’s Vladimir Putin says he and US President Joe Biden have agreed to return their ambassadors to their respective posts in an attempt to lower tensions. It comes after around four hours of talks between the leaders at a summit in Switzerland. The two men have had face-to-face discussions at a villa on the shores
Boris Johnson’s former chief aide has shared a WhatsApp message in which the prime minister appears to call Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s efforts “totally f****** hopeless”. Dominic Cummings, who has been engaged in a weeks-long feud with Downing Street, published a lengthy blogpost that he claimed showed details of how “Number10/Hancock have repeatedly lied about
EXCLUSIVE: Miroma SET, a new branding and marketing firm, has been established through the integration of several companies previously managed by London-based Reach4Entertainment. Marc Boyan, head of the Miroma Group, will steer the new platform, whose activities span sports, entertainment and technology. Services include branding, marketing, advertising, creative design, digital product development, production and data
Rita Moreno defended Lin-Manuel Miranda against the accusations of colorism levied at the film adaptation of In the Heights. Following the release of the musical, the filmmaking team drew criticism for failing to represent Washington Heights’ Afro-Latino community, casting primarily “light-skinned or white-passing Latinx people,” as journalist Felice León told director Jon Chu. While Miranda
Ukrainian law enforcement officials on Wednesday announced the arrest of the Clop ransomware gang, adding it disrupted the infrastructure employed in attacks targeting victims worldwide since at least 2019. As part of a joint operation between the National Police of Ukraine and authorities from the Republic of Korea and the U.S., six defendants have been
Thomas Rhett joins forces with his musical dad —’90s hitmaker and in-demand country songwriter Rhett Akins — for “Things Dads Do,” a reflective ballad that is out just in time for Father’s Day. The pair shared the brand-new song on Wednesday morning (June 16). Part tribute to Rhett’s three daughters, part homage to Akins for teaching
One of the most memorable things about the original Space Jam is undoubtedly its soundtrack. The title song by Quad City DJ’s is still a hit with most ’90s kids, and the rest of the album consists of music from greats like Coolio, Seal, Busta Rhymes, D’Angelo, Monica, Salt-N-Pepa, Biz Markie, and so many others.
Apple Music Lossless Audio streaming, Spatial Audio along with Dolby Atmos will finally be available to its iOS, Android as well as desktop subscribers in India soon. The high-quality audio formats for Apple Music were announced globally last week. But these new features are yet to arrive on the Apple Music app in India. Apple has
Goodreads has released its list of the most popular books of the year so far. They do this by taking the books published in the first six months of 2021 that have been added the most to users’ Want to Read shelves, then eliminating any that fall below a 3.5 star average rating. There are
It’s a bit of an understatement to say we’ve been blessed to see some iconic performances by some great country artists over the years at Red Rocks in Morrison, Colorado. One in particular that always comes to mind is Cody Jinks, who put on a helluva performance at the venue, and even recorded a phenomenal
Did Loki‘s villain just create Marvel’s What If…? animated series? Of all the projects in the Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase 4 lineup, What If…? was expected to be more of an anthology series than a direct tie-in to the MCU saga – but Loki episode 2 just changed all that. Thanks to Loki’s villain (a
Lights, camera, PAYTON! That’s New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton getting all Hollywood in Louisiana … where he’s shooting a new movie based on the fallout from the NFL’s “Bountygate” scandal. Kevin James is playing Sean Payton in the flick, called “Home Team” — and even though they don’t look exactly alike, you get
In October 2014, 19-year-old Afrikka Hardy went to a Gary, Indiana, Motel 6 to meet a man she’d connected with through classifieds website Backpage.com. She’d told a friend where she was going, and when she didn’t answer her phone later that night, the friend came to check on her. Afrikka had been strangled to death
Penguins are perfect. Sardine-saturated floaties with ridiculous flappers and leather toes, the flightless birds are God’s most beautiful mistake. That’s undoubtedly why the tuxedo bois have become a fixture of nature documentaries, starring in full-length features like March of the Penguins and Disney’s Penguins. Now Netflix’s new docuseries Penguin Town, narrated by Patton Oswalt, is