Month: August 2020

Scooby, Shaggy, Velma, Fred and Daphne are in mourning … ‘Scooby-Doo’ co-creator Joe Ruby has died. The animation writer and TV executive who co-created the famous cartoon series “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?” died Wednesday in Westlake Village, CA of natural causes … according to his family. Joe, along with his animation partner Ken Spears, worked
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Stock your closet with these quar-ready, WFH-friendly basics Like nearly every other facet of our lives, there’s a good chance the COVID-19 pandemic has totally upended your approach to fashion. Gone are the days of buying showy, impractical pieces just because. Our much narrower worlds means a few closet staples receive heavy rotation, while most
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The employability charity Shaw Trust has announced plans to recruit more than 600 employees to meet growing demand for its services.  The charity, which specialises in helping young people and adults into work, currently has 2,500 staff members and 1,000 volunteers. It said it was planning to grow these numbers by 25 per cent over
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Update: Focus Features’ Sundance acquisition of Annapurna/Plan B’s Kajillionaire will now open on Sept. 25, a week later than anticipated in select theaters. We also hear the Miranda July directed movie will hit PVOD around Oct. 16. Despite that, the pic’s marketing will be driven toward its theatrical release, and the movie will continue to be available to
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The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into a charity that promoted fake coronavirus protection kits.  In April, the regulator said it had opened a compliance case into The Kingdom Church GB, which runs a church in south London, after the National Secular Society said the charity had been advertising false coronavirus cleansing products
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CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Kevin Dietsch | Reuters Whichever coronavirus vaccine candidates win regulatory approval in the U.S. will likely be in short supply once they are cleared for public distribution, Director of the Centers for
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It’s an understatement to say that Cyril Kongo’s art is expressive. In 2016, a collaboration with Richard Mille saw the international street artist transform his namesake RM 68-01 Kongo Tourbillon into an unprecedented work of art.  Abstract yet avant-garde, his contemporary work is infused with street culture, boasting layers of heavy contextual expression. Kongo’s most
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Exclusive Kanye West‘s looking to expand his empire in the Cowboy State … so his family’s horsies have more room to roam. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … the rapper and presidential candidate has visited the Double Doc Ranch in Cody, Wyoming and expressed interest in buying the property. The ranch — which serves
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Tiger selfies in Thailand, donkeys buckling beneath heavy riders in Greece, guests doing yoga atop elephants at a luxury resort — these instances, and others, were the impetus behind new animal tourism guidelines published last week by adventure travel company, Intrepid Travel, and the global animal welfare organization, World Animal Protection.  The Animal Welfare Policy Toolkit says
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