The gap between housing benefit and the actual cost of private rent has risen by 40% in just five months, Sky News has learned. Figures from the homeless charity Crisis and Zoopla show that affordable homes in England, for those on housing allowance, have declined by more than a third. It means only 8% of
EXCLUSIVE: Tony Award-winning director Anna D.Shapiro (August: Osage County), Oscar-nominated producer Leelai Demoz (On Tip-Toe), Tony-nominated actor/writer Ian Barford (Linda Vista) and entrepreneur Brad Keywell (Groupon, WNDR Museum) have teamed up to create multimedia venture Highwire Media, an artist-first production company that is developing and producing projects across film, theater, and television. Highwire Media’s debut
“Nights of the Jack” walk-through experience of Halloween lights and jack o’ lanterns runs through Oct. 31 at King Gillette Ranch In Calabasas. (Photo courtesy of “Nights of the Jack”) Here is a sampling of things to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, Oct. 27-Nov. 3. EVENTS Dine LA: The special
Elon Musk has said he is buying Twitter to “try to help humanity”. The billionaire tweeted a statement explaining his reasons for purchasing the social media site, saying he believed it was “important for the future of civilisation to have a common digital town square”. Mr Musk’s long -running bid to purchase Twitter is reportedly
Security services could be reluctant to share sensitive information with Suella Braverman after her controversial reappointment as home secretary, Lord Blunkett has warned. The Labour peer, himself a former home secretary, suggested “there could be two really unfortunate outcomes to the reappointment of the current home secretary” just six days after she was forced to
A 34-year-old U.K. national has been arraigned in the U.S. for operating a dark web marketplace called The Real Deal that specialized in the sales of hacking tools and stolen login credentials. Daniel Kaye, who went by a litany of pseudonyms Popopret, Bestbuy, UserL0ser, and Spdrman, has been charged with five counts of access device
That’s a hell of a way to go. If you’re not familiar with stone-cold country newcomer Mae Estes, she’s already won us over with heaters like the honky tonk heartbreaker “Thinkin Bout Cheatin” and the rockin’ “I Quit Smoking.” And she’s done gone and done it again with her newest release. With an ode to
This article contains mild Moon Knight spoilers. You wouldn’t know it if you watched the Disney+ TV series, but Moon Knight is a superhero with at least one foot planted firmly in the spookier corners of the Marvel Universe. The character first appeared as an antagonist in an issue of Werewolf by Night, for one
There are a lot of reasons to increase one’s information literacy and as we age, it may become even more important that we review how to evaluate useful information from information meant to mislead. For some, we may also work with older populations and may want to consider how to help them improve their information
R OGER DALTREY WALKS through Kore Studios near London’s Shepherd’s Bush, opening doors and looking for Yungblud. “Is he here?” the Who frontman asks. Yes, he is. “A young musician on time! Unheard of,” Daltrey booms. Everyone within earshot laughs. This location was chosen for its familiarity (Daltrey has recorded here) and for ease —
Over a year after Prince Harry first revealed he was writing a memoir, his publisher announced Thursday that the much-anticipated book, Spare, will arrive in Jan. 2023. “It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and
Leslie Jordan was a treasure to folks in Chattanooga, Tennessee, his hometown … and now the city plans to honor the late actor, and it’s working with his family to make it happen. Leslie, who died Tuesday in Los Angeles, is being remembered as “one of the cherished sons of Chattanooga,” according to a rep
Smartphone shipments in China fell 11 percent year-on-year in the third quarter as the country’s slowing economy took a toll on consumer demand, research firm Canalys reported on Thursday. Brands shipped a total of 70 million smartphones to sellers in the period, down from 78.9 million in same period last year. While Apple was the only brand
Shell has reported operating profits of $9.5bn (£8.19bn) for the third quarter of this year, lower than that of the three months before but still more than double the same period in 2021. The London-listed energy giant reported two consecutive quarters of record profit in the first half of the year at a time of
Hollywood’s Covid protocols have been extended until Jan. 31, 2023, per an agreement between the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers and Hollywood’s unions. The vaccination mandate, which gives employers the limited option to require Covid vaccinations as a condition of employment, will remain in place. This is the tenth time the return-to-work protocols
Just a day after Adidas dropped its partnership with Ye, also known as Kanye West, for recent anti-Semitic remarks, the rapper showed up uninvited at the Manhattan Beach headquarters of lifestyle and performance footwear company Skechers. It’s unclear what the purpose of his visit to the company’s corporate headquarters was, but Skechers, in a statement,
Skechers escorted Kanye West off its premises in Los Angeles after he “showed up unannounced and uninvited” – with Madame Tussauds removing its waxwork of the controversial rapper from public view. An increasing number of companies are distancing themselves from the award-winning musician – who has legally changed his name to Ye – after he
Rishi Sunak is facing pressure to protect the triple lock on state pensions – and a growing backlash over his decision to reappoint Suella Braverman as home secretary. The new prime minister has confirmed that a planned Halloween budget will be delayed until 17 November so the latest economic forecasts can be taken into account.
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If you crack open the dictionary and look up the definition of “cool,” you’re gonna get a full page picture of Waylon Jennings. He was as badass as it gets. Just watch this performance from Cowboy Jack Clement’s TV show from back in the day. Sitting alongside his wife Jessi Colter, Waylon asks if they