(CNN) — For many visitors to the Netherlands, one of the great discoveries when wandering through the streets of Amsterdam or other towns and cities is that you can often take a look inside people’s homes when it gets dark. That’s because many Dutch people never close their curtains or blinds. Often, people don’t even
Climate change is hard to deny when we see how much change has happened in the time we’ve been practicing social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the carbon dioxide levels in New York City were 50% lower than they were in March 2019. Environmentalists are also tracking the air pollution above Wuhan
Jordan Peele has had a successful career as a comedian, but has become an extremely celebrated director over the past few years. His first two directorial outings were Get Out and Us, both of which were critical and box office hits when they arrived in theaters. Peele clearly has a passion for horror, writing and
Nikki Bella took to Instagram to share a gorgeous photo of herself rocking a jogging suit and letting her bare baby bump peek through while standing in a mirror. Nikki Bella, 36, is loving her growing baby bump! The mom-to-be shared an amazing photo of her 23-week bump on full display and it was an
Labour has appointed Rachael Maskell as the new shadow charities minister. The MP for York Central, who entered parliament in 2015, last week replaced Vicky Foxcroft, who has become shadow minister for disabled people. The changes came as part of a wider reshuffle of Labour’s ministerial team after the election of Sir Keir Starmer as
urfinguss | Getty Images A fight could be brewing over your coronavirus stimulus check. Your opponent could be your very own bank. If you have outstanding debts, your stimulus payments could be reduced or taken by creditors or debt collectors, in what 25 state attorneys general called a “legislative oversight” in a letter sent to
Roganic Hong Kong, acclaimed British chef and founder Simon Rogan’s Michelin-starred urban farm-to-table concept introduces a series of new baking classes on Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays led by Executive Chef Oli Marlow. Guests may choose between two sessions throughout the day, including a morning (10 am start) and afternoon (3 pm start) class. On Thursdays
Arcade Fire’s Win Butler has shared a handwritten update with fans, saying “work is flowing” on the follow-up to Everything Now. Although the record will be out “eventually, not soon,” Butler says “writing has intensified” during coronavirus lockdown. “We had been exploring a lot of lyrical and musical themes that feel almost eerily related to what
Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Giulia Marchi | Bloomberg | Getty Images JPMorgan Chase is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings before the opening bell Tuesday. Here’s what Wall Street expects: Earnings: $1.84 per share, a 31% decline from a year earlier, according to Refinitiv. Revenue: $29.67 billion, a 0.6% decline
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[Warning: The following contains spoilers from the series premiere of The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart. Read at your own risk!] I didn’t know what to expect from The Bachelor Presents: Listen to Your Heart, but the series premiere of this musical spin-off hit the right notes (I’ll try to keep the corny music
. There’s good news, if you’re in the market for that sort of thing. Yes, the headlines are apocalyptic (like actually apocalyptic) but this is not the end, at least not according to Madeline Ashton and Helen Sharp’s timeline. Death Becomes Her, the campy dark comedy classic that follows the accidental immortality of two rivals,
Mary Poppins is leading her own creepy team of gifted youngsters in a fan artwork that’s inspired by the X-Men and will give you nightmares. Both the Mary Poppins and X-Men film rights now reside with the House of Mouse, so while it’s pretty unlikely there will ever be a crossover between Mary Poppins and the X-Men, it technically
On Global medical drama New Amsterdam, Canadian actor Tyler Labine plays Dr. Iggy Frome, the head of the psychology department. Over the show’s past two seasons, Labine’s character has weathered some intense changes; aside from the obvious stress of working in a hospital on any given day, the good doctor also grapples with disordered eating
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Wanstead Park is providing respite for the residents of east London during the coronavirus lockdown. But how many visitors know about its fascinating history? The Duke of Wellington’s nephew has plenty to answer for. Were it not for William Wellesley-Pole’s rakish ways, east London might have a stately home – perhaps even a royal palace – to
JPMorgan kicks off earnings season on Tuesday. The bad news: Short-term guidance will be very ugly. But there’s some good news: 1) The Securities and Exchange Commission has told corporations that this earnings season is not routine and has encouraged companies to provide forward-looking guidance, and not be concerned that the information may change rapidly.
Cosmetic surgery solicitor Michael Saul explains why there is a need for a dedicated law firm to deal with cosmetic surgery claims and discusses his concerns over the lack of regulation of the cosmetic procedure industry that currently allows anyone to offer Botox and dermal filler treatments. Michael Saul, founding partner of Cosmetic Surgery Solicitors.
With tours being grounded left and right due to the pandemic, concert-goers are now looking to their ticket retailers for refunds. However, they just might be met with more questions than answers. As Digital Music News points out, Ticketmaster has quietly changed its refund policy, and the new language used could spell trouble for fans
Readers of the annual Top 100 Superyachts of Asia-Pacific will recall that, a decade ago, the first Madsummer, a 78.5m Lurssen designed by Espen Øino, was part of a complex swap in which a Mexican billionaire acquired the vessel and renamed her TV. She then cruised extensively in the Pacific and visited many Asian ports.
Overseas students attend a long-table feast marking the upcoming Chinese Lunar New Year in China on Jan. 4, 2020, as the coronavirus in China was just becoming known to the world. Xinhua | Huang Zongzhi | Getty Images With the coronavirus initiating international travel bans and campuses shut down, colleges and universities are seeking alternative ways to
FOX has renewed its top-rated drama series, 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star, from creators and executive producers Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, for the upcoming 2020-2021 television season. The news was announced Monday by Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment, FOX Entertainment. The series renewals allow 9-1-1 to enter its fourth season and 9-1-1
One of the more dispiriting aspects to our new COVID-19 reality is that the virus sucks the air out of every room in the house, the very one we’re stuck inside for the foreseeable future. There is no getting away from it, every topic of conversation–homeschooling, zooming, social-distancing, quarantining, what time to start drinking–circles back
Lionsgate, in conjunction with Fandango, YouTube and NATO, is launching Lionsgate Live! A Night at the Movies a four-consecutive Friday night live-stream of movies which kicks off on April 17 with The Hunger Games on the distributor’s YouTube page and Fandango’s Movieclips YouTube page. Lionsgate’s initial donation as well as the audience and partner donations throughout
A few weeks ago, on Instagram Live, D-Nice started playing DJ sets and Swizz Beatz and Timbaland went song-for-song. The latter two started organizing a series of follow-up battles, and this livestreaming format has become a regular way of following music during the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday Lil Uzi Vert joined Rihanna’s stream. On Saturday
Charities, social enterprises and small businesses affected by the coronavirus crisis can apply for a total of £100m in loans as part of a programme launched by a group of social investors. The programme of loans, organised by the Impact Investing Institute, Big Society Capital and the Social Investment Business, is designed to ease cash-flow
[The stream is slated to start at 3:00 p.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is holding his daily press conference on the Covid-19 outbreak, which has infected more than 61,800 people in the state as of Monday. On Saturday,
Agriculture in the future will see increasing use of scientifically precise farming techniques, where automated ‘agro-bots’ monitor, treat and work the land, using advanced technology designed to help maximise yields and minimise disease. With its extensive experience in automation and agricultural mechanisation, Yanmar is now showing the way in advanced field robotics research. Time for
Concerts “Realistically” Won’t Return Till Fall 2021 In today’s terrifying Covid-19/Coronavirus news, the vice provost for global initiatives and director of the Healthcare Transformation Institute at the University of Pennsylvania; host of a new podcast about coronavirus, “Making the Call”; and author of the forthcoming book “Which Country Has the World’s Best Health Care?” Zeke Emmanuel
Silhouette of Permian Basin pumpjacks taken at dusk, north of Midland, Texas, U.S. in late 2019. Richard Eden | via Getty Images Oil prices moved lower in overnight trading after OPEC and its allies agreed to cut production by 9.7 million barrels per day. The deal, which was finalized on Sunday after marathon discussions that