Новости за 18.01.2022

Olivia Colman has already taken down one Princess Diana at the Emmys and she may just do so again at the Oscars. The Oscar winner has knocked out Kristen Stewart from the No. 1 spot in the Best Actress odds, less than a week after the race was turned upside down with the “Spencer” star’s […]

Dawn Clarke plans to walk 10,000 steps every day in February, raising money for Brain Tumour Research.

The White Lotus is quickly running out of rooms! Four additional actors — Oscar winner and Mythic Quest star F. Murray Abraham, among them — have boarded the upcoming second season of Mike White’s resort-set HBO dramedy as series regulars, TVLine has learned. Also newly cast in the anticipated follow-up: Adam DiMarco (Magicians, The Order), Tom Hollander […]

The Book of Boba Fett manages to redeem a classic Star Wars antagonist; something Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker fails at spectacularly.

Wales coach Wayne Pivac is confident the extra responsibility of captaincy will "add' to the game of Dan Biggar after he named the flyhalf as skipper for his side's Six Nations title defence in place of the injured Alun Wyn Jones.

Dominic Cummings said on Monday the Prime Minister knew in advance about a drinks party at his residence during the first coronavirus lockdown.

Microsoft's buyout deal values the company at a whopping $69 billion, despite the scandal that has put an unflattering spotlight on the "Candy Crush" maker's leadership and company culture. Founded in 1979 by former Atari programmers unhappy with their pay, Activision had more than $8 billion in sales in 2020. It relies on a few major franchises, namely "World of Warcraft", a multiplayer game that is still very popular almost 30 years after it launch, the first-person shooter "Call of Duty" and the "Candy Crush" puzzle game. Читать дальше...

The large sculpture of a blue man sitting on the roof is invisible to the naked eye but it is there -- in augmented reality. The sculpture is part of an installation by the American artist Kaws at the gallery, reproduced for the hundreds of millions of users of the video game Fortnite for the first time. Artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist said the New Yorker's exhibition -- "New fiction", which opened Tuesday and ends on February 27 -- has three "layers". "It's the Serpentine Gallery on Fortnite... Читать дальше...

University of Pennsylvania graduate student Mackenzie Fierceton won the Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford University. But she lost the scholarship after it came out that she lied on her application about being poor, abused and growing up in foster care.

The UAE wrote a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday condemning Yemen’s Houthi attack on Abu Dhabi which killed three people and said the Iran-backed militia “spreads terrorism” in the

Pokemon Go is holding a second Community Day this month on Jan. 22.

The dialogue coming from your TV could be overwhelmed by music and sound effects. Changing a setting or two can help.

Shares of Kohl’s are up by more than 7 percent on Tuesday after an activist investor urged the budget department store to sell itself or bring in new board members.

Tottenham manager Antonio Conte has expressed his dismay at the Premier League's decision to call off Sunday's north London derby with Arsenal.

Leicester vs Tottenham will be a beauty of a game at the King Power Stadium on Wednesday as both teams need a win to boost their European hopes.

BILLY Bodin’s first-half double helped Oxford United beat Cheltenham Town 4-1 in today’s behind closed doors friendly.

Russia, the leader of the non-OPEC producers in the OPEC+ pact, is unlikely to deliver all the 100,000 bpd monthly increases under the agreement this year, analysts tell Bloomberg, in another bullish factor for oil market tightness and prices in the first half of 2022. Under the OPEC+ agreement, Russia, like Saudi Arabia, is allowed to increase its oil production by around 100,000 bpd each month out of the total OPEC+ monthly production growth of 400,000 bpd. Russia, however, has seen setbacks recently in its attempt to pump to its quota... Читать дальше...

After sitting dormant for more than a decade, BHP Group -- once mining’s most aggressive dealmaker -- is positioning itself for a return to large-scale M&A. BHP has expanded its dealmaking team, including in London, and is interested in pursuing a transformational deal, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified discussing private information. The company is evaluating rivals including Freeport-McMoRan and Glencore, they said, while emphasizing that there is... Читать дальше...

Back in the spring and summer of 2020, travel came with unprecedented flexibility. Flights, car rental reservations, and hotel bookings could be cancelled at the last minute, change fees were mostly eliminated, and airlines blocked middle seats.

The 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald, a 17-year-old Black teenager, by a Chicago police officer and the eventual release of the video that showed the fatal shooting led to protests across Chicago. People were angry and frustrated with not only his killing, put CPD’s handling of the case and how long it took for the…

Apparently the NFL has no fear of Covid-19.

Read more...

Photo by Jeff Bottari/Zuffa LLC

UFC bantamweight Zviad Lazishvili received a nine-month suspension on Tuesday for a failed drug test in relation to his UFC debut against Jonathan Martinez, the Nevada Athletic Commission announced.

Gains on Wall Street trading desks may be slowing, but Goldman Sachs is still placing bets on a steadier future.

TEHRAN, Jan. 18 (MNA) – A member of the Iranian Parliament pointed to President Raeisi’s visit to Russia amid the ongoing Vienna talks, calling on Moscow to play an active role in achieving a win-win agreement in the talks.