Oscar-winning actor Tim Robbins has told Sky News that “we all need a good laugh” right now, as he discussed his new star-studded satirical podcast Bobbo Supreme. He revealed that he wanted to make a film but due to the coronavirus pandemic, that was not possible – so he created a “film for the ears”
Month: October 2020
October 14th, 2020 by Jake Richardson At a restaurant, I overheard some other customers talking about how solar power is too expensive. As someone who follows solar power enough to know it actually is very affordable now and is well within the reach of many, many homeowners, I wanted to protest this very outdated notion.
A state of emergency has been declared in France, and President Emmanuel Macron has announced a curfew between 9pm and 6am for the areas worst-affected by coronavirus. Ile-de-France and eight metropolitan areas – including Grenoble, Lille, Lyon, Aix-Marseille, Saint Etienne and Toulouse – will face the curfews for four weeks, starting on Saturday. During the
Sir Elton John and his ex-wife Renate Blauel have resolved a reported £3m legal dispute over an agreement not to talk about their marriage publicly. Ms Blauel started proceedings against the star in the summer, accusing him of “repeated and flagrant” breaches of the agreement in his memoir Me and the biopic Rocketman, both released
With heightened COVID-19 restrictions announced for Liverpool, people may have been surprised to see part of the city transformed into Gotham for filming on the new Batman movie. Hollywood star Robert Pattinson, who plays the Dark Knight, and an unrecognisable Colin Farrell (wearing heavy prosthetics to become comic book villain the Penguin) have been photographed
7:13 AM ET Teofimo Lopez Sr. was in a hotel lobby in New York City in December 2018. The world didn’t know it yet, but when he ran into Vasiliy Lomachenko — the two-time Olympic gold medalist, three-division world titlist and boxing’s pound-for-pound king — and extended his hand, Lopez’s plan for his son was
The government is paying individual private sector consultants million-pound wages to work on its test and trace system, according to documents seen by Sky News. Some executives from Boston Consulting Group (BCG) helping the government set up and run its testing system are being paid day rates of around £7,000 – equivalent to an annual
Around three-quarters of medics in urgent and acute care believe hospitals are not prepared to cope over the next six months, a survey has found. In addition, just under three-quarters (70%) believe they will not be able to provide the level of care they want over the same period. The findings come from a snapshot
London Film Festival 2020 may have been robbed of the red-carpet glamour of previous years due to the coronavirus restrictions, but there was still much to enjoy from the slimmed-down programme. Here are some of the highlights that are worth checking out. Kajillionaire Image: Gina Rodriguez (left) and Evan Rachel Wood star in director Miranda
Boris Johnson has told MPs that “I rule out nothing” in the fight against coronavirus, but that he wants to “avoid the misery of another national lockdown”. The prime minister defended his three-tier system of local COVID-19 restrictions during a tempestuous PMQs clash with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer. Did you miss PMQs? This is
Tesla is increasing the range of the Model X with the new 2021 version, according to a new Monroney sticker. For the second year in a row, Tesla is moving to an early model year change like the rest of the auto industry instead of only changing its model year for cars actually produced in
Elderly voters helped put Donald Trump in office. They could also boot him out. The polls tell a worrying story for the president. In national and key battleground states, the turnaround from four years ago among voters 65 and over is pretty stark. Mr Trump captured the senior vote by almost ten points, according to
A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying a US astronaut and two Russian cosmonauts blasted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Wednesday and successfully reached orbit, live footage broadcast by Russia’s space agency Roscosmos showed. The crew members travelling to the International Space Station (ISS) are Kate Rubins, a NASA microbiologist who in 2016 became
The mayor of Liverpool says pictures of people partying on the street have “shamed” the city. Joe Anderson posted on Twitter: “These pictures shame our city, attacking our brave police officers is unacceptable. “Our health service is creaking, 300 in Hospital and 30 people dead in week. Ignoring these facts is why we are in
GUANGZHOU, China — Apple’s iPhone 12 range with 5G connectivity is going to be very important in China and key to achieving what analysts are calling an upgrade “supercycle.” 5G refers to next-generation mobile networks promising super-fast data speeds. On Tuesday, Apple unveiled four new 5G-capable iPhone models. While 5G networks are in their infancy,
Online fashion retailer Asos has reported a 329% rise in annual profits after sales held up thanks to demand for casual clothing and sportswear during lockdown. Revenues rose 19% for the year to the end of August – a slight slowdown compared to the 21% growth in the first half of the year, with smart
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