Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has urged the EU not to pick a fight over post-Brexit access for financial services and accused it of demanding tougher standards of the UK than other countries. Brussels has been slow to grant “equivalence” status allowing UK firms access to the bloc in the way that has already
CNN’s Chris Cuomo reviews the video and audio evidence played during the second day of former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, weighing the implications of a possible acquittal. #ChrisCuomo #CNN #CuomoPrimeTime
EXCLUSIVE: Asher Angel, who starred opposite Zachary Levi’s title superhero in Shazam!, has signed with Atlas Artists. In the 2019 New Line/DC hit, Angel played Billy Baston, the foster teenager who can transform into superhero Shazam. He is set to return for the sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods, which begins production in May. The original grossed
Morgan speaks. It’s been roughly a week since video surfaced of Morgan Wallen dropping the n-word outside of his house in the middle of the night. TMZ broke the story, Morgan issued a quick apology, and in a matter of 48 hours Morgan was virtually removed from the country music world. Radio dropped him, his
Restless Road — the rising country trio of Zach Beeken, Garrett Nichols and Colton Pack — are celebrating their signing to Kane Brown’s 1021 Entertainment with a brand-new single. “Took One Look at Her Momma” celebrates the women we love, and perhaps more importantly, the people who made them that way. The protagonist of Restless Road’s
Gina Carano, who is best known for playing Cara Dune on the first two seasons of Disney+’s Star Wars: The Mandalorian, will reportedly no longer be part of the franchise’s future. The news was first confirmed in a statement from a Lucasfilm spokesperson (which comes courtesy of io9), revealing that Carano is not expected to
Clerks II is among the new movies coming this week to Tubi TV, a completely free and ad-supported streaming service. The platform, which tends to have shorter leases on movies and TV series than bigger, subscription-driven apps, nevertheless manages to put together a compelling lineup month in and month out, and the new releases for
“Forgive me my impatience, but I hope you’ll reveal your plan for me soon,” says a young woman, walking down a narrow alleyway in a seaside English town. Her name is Maud, the “saint” in the title of writer-director Rose Glass’s unsettling, undeniably awe-inducing debut, and she is talking to God: “I can’t shake the
A man has been charged in connection with the ambush shooting of two Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies earlier this month in Compton. Kara Finnstrom reports.
In December I told you about the 2021 PEN America Literary Awards Longlist. As promised, they have now released their finalists. The virtual Literary Awards Ceremony will be held on April 8, 2021. This $75,000 award is given to “a book-length work of any genre for its originality, merit, and impact, which has broken new
On Christmas Eve, Steven Brandenburg, a Milwaukee-area pharmacist, attempted to destroy more than 500 doses of coronavirus vaccine, because, he admitted, he feared the Moderna drug would “alter the recipient’s DNA.” Described in law-enforcement documents as a “conspiracy theorist,” Brandenburg, 46, had reportedly warned his wife that “the world is crashing down around us” and
Netflix documentary Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel explores the strange case of Elisa Lam, a 21-year-old Canadian woman who disappeared in January 2013 while she was staying at the Cecil Hotel in downtown LA. It’s a very famous case with many theories posited across the internet, which captured people’s imaginations after some
PACOIMA — Fire ripped through a vacant home in Pacoima early Wednesday morning and burned for 43 minutes before being extinguished. Firefighters responded at 2:10 a.m. to the 11800 block of Fellows Avenue, near Corcoran Street, and found heavy fire coming from the boarded-up one-story home, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire
Huawei has filed a legal challenge against the US Federal Communications Commission which designated the company as a threat to US national security. The telecommunications company was one of two Chinese businesses, alongside ZTE, that received the formal designation last June, which prohibited American companies from spending federal subsidies on their equipment. In a petition
The prime minister has raised the prospect of people getting a coronavirus vaccine “booster” jab in the autumn. Boris Johnson said the move would likely be required as the UK battles the emergence of new variants of COVID-19. Live COVID updates from the UK and around the world “I think we’re going to have to
In what’s a novel supply chain attack, a security researcher managed to breach over 35 major companies’ internal systems, including that of Microsoft, Apple, PayPal, Shopify, Netflix, Yelp, Tesla, and Uber, and achieve remote code execution. The technique, called dependency confusion or a substitution attack, takes advantage of the fact that a piece of software
Micromax 5G phone is set to debut in India “very soon”, co-founder Rahul Sharma revealed in a video session with users. The executive also hinted at imminent launch of Micromax’s true wireless stereo (TWS) earbuds. Micromax made its comeback in the smartphone market last year with the launch of the Micromax In Note 1 and
Britons might not be able to enjoy a holiday either in the UK or abroad this summer, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has admitted. The government will next week introduce fresh border measures – including new testing requirements and hotel quarantine stays for some – in a bid to reduce the risk of new COVID variants
Hollywood has officially arrived in the small market town of Wales – population 65,000 – with Deadpool star Ryan Reynolds and It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia actor Rob McElhenney completing their takeover of local soccer club Wrexham. The deal was officially approved by the UK Financial Conduct Authority last week, concluding one of the more
You can’t tease us like that, Clint. The great Travis Tritt celebrated his 58th birthday recently, and the well-wishes were pouring in on Twitter all day. But this one from Clint Black definitely caught my attention. Wishing a Happy Birthday to my buddy, @Travistritt! We’ve had a lot of laughs and even wrote a cool