Income at Voluntary Service Overseas has fallen by one-third in the past year, after what the charity called “a challenging funding situation”. VSO’s income in the year ending in March 2022 was £33.3m, down from £49.4m in 2020/21. It is the sixth year in a row that the charity’s income has fallen, Charity Commission data
Month: September 2022
Even with a Covid-shortened performance schedule, Lea Michele’s star turn in Funny Girl was serious business last week, with box office for the musical revival more than doubling from the previous week. For the week ending September 11 — Michele’s first week as Fanny Brice — Funny Girl grossed $1,639,212, a dramatic upturn from the
Jimmy Kimmel has come under some serious fire online after many believe a skit he and Will Arnett performed as presenters stole the spotlight from winner Quinta Brunson. Arnett and Kimmel presented the award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series at Monday night’s Emmy Awards. Arnett dragged a “passed out” Kimmel onto the stage
Indy Yelich, younger sister of pop star Lorde, is set to enter the music industry with her debut single, “Threads.” The 23-year-old has previewed her new song on Instagram with a note that the full version is coming “soon.” The video on Instagram presents the song as an acoustic piano ballad, though TMZ also has a
Robert Sarver of the Phoenix Suns takes notes inside the lottery room during the 2017 NBA Draft Lottery at the New York Hilton in New York, New York. Jennifer Pottheiser | National Basketball Association | Getty Images The NBA suspended Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver for one year and fined him $10 million
Image: Rolex Since its introduction in 1945, the Oyster Perpetual Datejust range has come to define the brand’s technical performance married to distinctive styles. It is a watch designed for everyday life, perfect for every occasion and built to last a lifetime. After more than 75 years, the Oyster Perpetual Datejust remains the epitome of
Comics artist Kate Beaton, creator of the award-winning satirical webcomic “Hark! A Vagrant,” demonstrates her remarkable range and storytelling prowess with her debut graphic memoir, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands. With strong prose and striking art, she captures the complexities of a place often defined by stark binaries: the Alberta oil sands, one
Looking for Alaska was published in 2005, but it’s being banned and challenged now more than ever, the author shared on TikTok. Alicia Farrant, a candidate running for school board in Orange County, Florida — which includes the school John Green attended as a student — has campaigned partly based on banning Looking for Alaska
Truly great cologne creators are few and far between, and finding a brand you love can really stink (sorry, couldn’t resist). Chanel is one of the biggest luxury lifestyle brands out there, so the best Chanel cologne for men is always pure class. Sure, they might make your mom’s favorite perfumes, but that doesn’t mean
The red carpet star power has returned in full force more than two years after COVID-19 changed the face of award shows. The 2022 Emmy Awards red carpet was a nice return to “normal,” with stars like Zendaya and Alexandra Daddario turning up the heat in classically tailored silhouettes. Alexandra Daddario arrives for the 74th
U.S. airlines are facing a severe pilot shortage. Management consulting firm Oliver Wyman estimates the industry is facing a deficit of about 8,000 pilots, or 11% of the total workforce, and says the shortfall could reach 30,000 pilots by 2025. In a bid to slash costs during the Covid pandemic, airlines grounded planes, and offered
An employee at advocacy charity Pohwer was constructively unfairly dismissed after working with a “controlling and aggressive” line manager, the employment tribunal has found. The tribunal judge concluded manager Gary Beer “was not held accountable” for his behaviour by senior colleagues and the charity did not follow its own policies in handling grievances raised by
Olena Ruban | Moment | Getty Images By next month, tens of millions of Americans should be able to start applying for student loan forgiveness. For a number of reasons, experts say borrowers should fill out their application sooner rather than later. These are 4 dates that should be on your radar, including three before
In addition to starring in fare like Alex Cross, Vice and Don’t Look Up, Tyler Perry has spent a lot of his career spearheading Black movies and TV shows, including the Madea film series (which returned earlier this year with A Madea Homecoming), Acrimony, A Fall from Grace and House of Payne. Perry’s next project
The Emmy Awards are always full of fun fashion and surprises. Did the right people win? Were there any surprises? Squid Game already made history this year: will they win any of the top prizes? So many talented people get nominated, and this year is no different. Check out the winners of the Primetime Emmys
Madeon’s Good Faith Forever show was already a stunning visual experience before, but with the new production at Brooklyn Mirage, he and the team took things up a notch last night in New York. Updating the visuals for the massive wide screens at the venue made the whole show that much more immersive. Check out
Smart home technology and smart home solutions are growing in popularity and product availability. However, as with other new innovation-driven developments, a sizable portion of the audience views it as an unnecessary extra or a luxury option. In reality, smart home products provide numerous benefits and cost savings. Smart home appliances can certainly be entertaining,
Allison Saft’s second YA novel, A Far Wilder Magic, is an enchanting fantasy tale about two young people, Margaret and Wes, who are drawn together in pursuit of a mythical fox purported to hold alchemical power. Throughout the story, Saft creates magic that feels astonishingly real. Here, she offers a deeper look at A Far
Kindle Unlimited is Amazon’s subscription service which gives readers access to over 2 million ebooks, alongside audiobooks, comics, short stories, and more, and this summer, Kindle Unlimited users were voracious readers. Amazon Prime users, who have access to about 3,000 books, short stories, audiobooks, and comics through their subscription to the service, were also busy
Raul Lopez of Luar knew that we were hungry for a showstopper, so he gave us just that. On Sunday night at The Shed, hundreds of fans and family members rushed the doors to pay witness to the designer’s spring/summer 2023 show, titled “La Alta Gama” (translation: “high class”), a reference to the Rochy RD
In this article ORCL Oracle reported revenue that met expectations on Monday, while earnings and quarterly guidance came in below analysts’ estimates. Revenue climbed 18% in the quarter from a year earlier, thanks to a contribution from recently acquired software maker Cerner. Here’s how the company did: Earnings: $1.03 per share, adjusted, vs. $1.07 per
Charity leaders will find it “very difficult to survive in the sector” if they do not give up some of their power, according to the chief executive of Muslim Aid. Kashif Shabir told an online event today that global development charities in particular had changed in recent years, and charity bosses needed to adapt in
After two years of being the poster child of Covid border closures, New Zealand will finally reopen to fully vaccinated holidaymakers from 60 nations, including the UK, from May 1. Vaccinated Britons and children under 17 will be able to visit from the very specific time of 23:59 on the first day in May without
Global anime destination Crunchyroll will release the anticipated One Piece Film Red in the U.S. and Canada on Nov. 4. The film, produced by Toei Animation and One Piece creator Eiichiro Oda, will hit theaters in Australia and New Zealand the day before, on Nov. 3, following a release in Austria and Germany Oct. 13.
Stephen Amell has a new target in his sights — the guy’s taking his neighbors to court over what he claims is an unpermitted animal adoption biz … one that he says is super loud and stinky! The “Arrow” star and his wife, Cassandra, just filed suit against Kristen Stavola and Jeremy Gardiner — who
Britney Spears says it’s likely she’ll never perform on stage again … and rips her dad and her conservatorship for the trauma she went through over the years. The singer posted — then deleted — her frustration on Instagram Sunday … blasting the fact that she had no control over her music videos and photoshoots
In this article GS The weakest American borrowers are starting to miss payments and default on their loans, and that is showing up at a surprising place: Goldman Sachs. While competitors like Bank of America enjoy repayment rates at or near record levels, Goldman’s loss rate on credit card loans hit 2.93% in the second
Mary Roach investigates the uneasy relationship that exists between humans and wildlife in Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law. Traveling to India, Vatican City and other locales, she meets with a wide cast of characters that includes predator attack investigators, a bear manager and a human-elephant conflict specialist, all in an effort to understand how
If you’re a horror fan, or even if you’re not, the word possession often conjures images of an exorcism. You think Regan, taken over by Pazuzu right under her parents’ noses in The Exorcist or the subway scene in Possession. It makes sense, when these movies were, and still are, staples in the body possession
View gallery Image Credit: Guibbaud Christophe/ABACA/Shutterstock Britney Spears danced to “Honest” by Justin Bieber in a new Instagram video on Sunday, September 11. The singer stunned in a white crop top and black Nike shorts, as she busted moves in the brand new video. Britney, 40, swayed along with the mellow tune with a few different moves thrown
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