The title card that opens writer-director Eugene Ashe’s Sylvie’s Love (now streaming on Amazon) informs us that we’re in New York City, in 1962. That announcement quickly becomes superfluous, however — as soon as you hear Nancy Wilson’s version of “The Nearness of You” over vintage yellow cabs whizzing by old-school cafeterias, cigar shops and
The annual Universal Hour of Peace meditation, at 4 a.m. Dec. 31, is facilitated online by the Center for Spiritual Living in Granada Hills. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming services and events that are online, and some in-person, in the San Fernando Valley area. Services with Temple Beth Hillel: Havdalah online,
Millions of Americans’ unemployment benefits have expired after the president refused to sign a $2.3trn COVID-19 relief and spending bill. Donald Trump, who is spending Christmas golfing at his Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, said the package did not do enough for everyday people. The bill sought to provide $892bn in coronavirus relief, including the
Boris Johnson has appealed to hardline Eurosceptic Tory MPs to back his post-Brexit trade agreement in next week’s 11th-hour vote. The prime minister admitted “the devil is in the detail” of the more than 1,000-page treaty due to come into force from 1 January, but insisted it is “the right deal for the UK and
21 people have been arrested across the UK as part of a nationwide cyber crackdown targeting customers of WeLeakInfo[.]com, a now-defunct online service that had been previously selling access to data hacked from other websites. The suspects used stolen personal credentials to commit further cyber and fraud offences, the NCA said. Of the 21 arrested—all
Mi 11 is all set to launch on Monday, December 28 and Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun has now confirmed that the flagship phone’s retail box will not bundle a charger inside. Jun says that this move has been adopted to reach its environmental goals. While reducing the carbon footprint is a wise goal to have,
The owner of a think-tank that became one of the most vocal advocates of a hard Brexit is in talks to buy a big stake in GB News, a new current affairs broadcaster that wants to challenge long-standing industry players. Sky News has learnt that Legatum, a Dubai-based group founded by Christopher Chandler, a New
As the search for “Glee” actress Naya Rivera continued Thursday, Ventura County officials released the 911 call made after her 4-year-old son was found on a boat on the lake.
Lin Qi, the Chairman and CEO of Chinese game developer Yoozoo and an executive producer on Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of The Three-Body Problem, has died after allegedly being poisoned by a colleague. The 39-year-old’s death was reported by local media and confirmed by Yoozoo in a statement posted to the Shenzhen Stock Exchange saying it
It’s almost that time. We are just a day out from Santa dropping by to bring some presents to all the good little boys and girls around the world, and while that’s all well and good, there are a few things that Santa can’t bring us this year. Things that only country music can offer.
The Mandalorian director Robert Rodriguez says he used his costumed children and an army of Star Wars toys to visualize the Boba Fett (Temuera Morrison) versus Stormtroopers action sequence in “Chapter 14: The Tragedy.” After revealing he was a “last-minute replacement” for another director on the Jon Favreau-created Star Wars series, the Sin City and
This article contains Soul spoilers. You can find our spoiler-free review here. 22, the incorrigible soul voiced by Tina Fey, has resided in the Great Before for a very, very long time. But just how long is that? Centuries? Millennia? By virtue of her name, a number designated to her soul upon arrival in the
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If you spent the day watching or re-watching The Santa Clause movies starring Tim Allen, know that even though the actor hasn’t reprised the role in fourteen years he keeps it very close to him. Back in November Allen posted a photo of himself with a great big bushy beard which looked a whole heck
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. After having its release date pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic, Wonder Woman 1984 is finally out. Here’s everything you need to
Police said the attempted robbery happened around 12:45 a.m. Saturday morning inside the Cozy Corner Drive-In on the 400 block of Harbor Boulevard in Santa Ana. Laurie Perez reports.
While the pandemic has interrupted our way of life in many ways, online shopping hasn’t lost a beat. In fact, it has continued to increase. From groceries to clothing, we are buying online like never before. Retail e-commerce sales in the U.S. Online shopping is growing so fast, it is predicted to nearly double from
An “intentional” explosion linked to a motorhome has rocked the city of Nashville in the US. It happened at 6.30am in an area of central Nashville packed with bars, restaurants and shops, police said. The blast sent shattered glass and debris flying through the air as black smoke and flames billowed from the vehicle. Image:
The home secretary has said the UK will continue to be one of the “safest countries in the world” despite being locked out of a key crime database from next year. Priti Patel said the EU and UK have “effective tools to tackle serious crime” going forwards. From July next year, the UK will start
Citrix has issued an emergency advisory warning its customers of a security issue affecting its NetScaler application delivery controller (ADC) devices that attackers are abusing to launch amplified distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against several targets. “An attacker or bots can overwhelm the Citrix ADC [Datagram Transport Layer Security] network throughput, potentially leading to outbound bandwidth