Month: April 2020

The Chancellor of Exchequer Rishi Sunak has announced a £750m emergency support package for “front-line charities” affected by the coronavirus crisis. In tonight’s daily government briefing, Sunak said £360m would be distributed as direct government grants to charities providing “essential services and supporting vulnerable people”, while £370m would be distributed to smaller community charities. He
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Thomas Barwick This year, the coronavirus relief law is letting savers bypass mandatory withdrawals from their retirement accounts. While that’s good news, it’s still generating plenty of questions from account holders. Generally, savers who turn 70½ must begin annual required minimum distributions, or RMDs, from their retirement accounts and pay taxes on those withdrawals. However,
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[Warning: The following contains spoilers for the series finale of Schitt’s Creek, “Happy Ending.” Read at your own risk!] If Schitt’s Creek looked like a simple show, that’s because it was doing its job. The Canadian sitcom worked hard to make good storytelling look easy, and its familiar premise (rich people lose their money) belied
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The John Wick saga is continuing this month with John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (the title of which means “Prepare for war,”) promising all-out action in the assassin community. Hopefully, the franchise won’t be stopping any time soon, as the CEO of studio Lionsgate has said he plans to make it “a multiple-title action franchise,”
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John Prine, the ingenious singer-songwriter who explored the heartbreaks, indignities and absurdities of everyday life in “Angel from Montgomery,” “Sam Stone,” “Hello in There” and scores of other indelible tunes, died Tuesday at the age of 73. His family announced his death from complications from the coronavirus; he died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in
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It’s been some time since the shocking events of The Good Doctor Season 3 Episode 20, including Neil Melendez’s untimely death, but the shockwaves and aggravation over the decision have not diminished. It’s something of which The Good Doctor fans, whichever of them remain, will be discussing for some time. It’s one of many frustrating
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Viking River Cruises Viking, last week, announced the official launch of Viking.TV, a new digital platform designed to provide enriching cultural content and live streaming video experiences from around the world.  The announcement was made by Executive Vice President Karine Hagen in a video for current and past Viking guests, posted on the homepage of Viking.TV.  “Right
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Celine Rotterman, a veteran advertising sales executive with more than 20 years’ experience in the media and publishing industries, has been named SVP Global Business Development & Strategic Partnerships at Deadline. She will be based in London and report to Stacey Farish, the Chief Revenue Officer & GM at Deadline, TVLine and GoldDerby. Rotterman has
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Exclusive Amazon’s hit series, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” is ripped straight from the pages of a 6-year-old book with an eerily similar and struggling character … at least according to the author. Jodi Parmley just sued Amazon Studios for allegedly jacking several different creative elements from her 2014 book, “F.I.F.I. Financial Infidelity F**k It: The
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