Facebook is 20 years old today. On 4 February 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launched ‘thefacebook.com’ from his Harvard dormitory. Two decades later, many users struggle to remember a time they weren’t scrolling through its news feed – or that of its social media sibling, Instagram. While allowing us to find long-lost friends and family, and supporting
The UK government is tabling legislation to end post-Brexit checks on goods moving between Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Significantly, the Withdrawal Act will also be amended, meaning EU law will no longer apply automatically in Northern Ireland. The details are contained in a government document which effectively details the deal to restore power-sharing at
Universal Music has accused TikTok of bullying and threatened to pull millions of songs from the platform following a breakdown in payment negotiations – which would remove access to music by artists including Taylor Swift and Drake. In a scathing open letter shared online, titled Why We Must Call Time Out On TikTok, Universal said
For every Denzel Washington or Julia Roberts, there are hundreds of actors who help populate our favorite movies and TV shows, and bring to life essential characters for our beloved stars to work for, fight with, date, and more on screen. Many of these actors, while not so famous that they have name recognition to
Photography courtesy of Sandy LiangRing in the Year of the Dragon in style. By Jennifer Nguyen Date January 30, 2024 Lunar New Year, a widely celebrated holiday in the East Asian community, marks a new beginning. It’s a time for people to come together with friends and family, share meals and engage in traditions such
N. Scott Momaday was the first Native American author to win a Pulitzer Prize, with his novel House Made of Dawn. He passed away on January 24th at age 89. Momaday wrote novels, poetry, essays, and memoirs, and he incorporated his Kiowa heritage in his writing. He published House Made of Dawn in 1968, and
Kieran Culkin and Emma Stone are coming together again in the city of stars. The Succession alum and Easy A actress—who dated from 2010 to 2011—recently reunited to collaborate on the upcoming film A Real Pain, which she produced and he stars in as a man traveling to Poland following his grandmother’s death. So, how does Kieran feel about working with his ex?
The new chief executive of BT Group and the boss of Britain’s biggest high street lender are among a cohort of business leaders who will be unveiled by Downing Street on Wednesday as advisers to Rishi Sunak. Sky News has learnt that Allison Kirkby, who will replace Philip Jansen as BT CEO on Thursday, is
Alec Baldwin will be arraigned on Thursday after he was again charged with involuntary manslaughter over the shooting of a cinematographer. Halyna Hutchins died in October 2021 when the star shot her during an on-set rehearsal for Western movie Rust. The movie’s director, Joel Souza, was wounded in the shoulder by the same bullet. The
Joe Biden has promised the US will “respond” to the attack on Tower 22, which left three US military personnel dead and dozens wounded. The problem is that the US has already been responding to attack after attack on its bases in the Middle East – and has nevertheless failed to deter them. There have
Food and fresh flower imports from the European Union are subject to new Brexit customs controls from today, adding more than £300m a year to the price of trading with the continent and forcing up the price of food for British consumers. Under the new Brexit red tape, imports of chilled and frozen meat and
The government has produced a rabbit out of the hat, just as we teeter on the edge of a deal to restore Stormont. Suddenly they’ve revealed the fruits of months of secret negotiations with the EU, to change the legal text governing the way trade operates in Northern Ireland. After some speculation the UK was
The Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) are “in a position” to restart the executive in Northern Ireland after a near two-year absence – if ministers keep to the “agreed timeline” over a fresh deal on post-Brexit trade, their leader has said. The power-sharing agreement between the main parties at Stormont collapsed in 2022, with the unionist
Undercover Israeli troops dressed as civilian women and medics have stormed a hospital in the West Bank – killing three people Israel claimed were militants. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) said its troops shot dead three men after entering the Ibn Sina hospital, in the northern city of Jenin, early on Tuesday. Security camera video footage
Australian heartthrob and newest fan girl idol, singer/songwriter Luke Harrison will be coming to New York to be filmed on the iconic intimate talk show “Profiles With Mickey Burns” and the new late night variety/ talk show “Soho At Night” on February 6, 2024. The new industry phenomenon has already made the Billboard AC charts
We have gotten a number of biopics for certain, specific Black figures over the course of many years. For example, in our article on movies to watch on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day, there were a total of three movies that featured an actor playing Dr. King in a prominent role. However, there