She’s played the manipulative Amy in Gone Girl, has portrayed real people including the war journalist Marie Colvin, and was nominated for a Golden Globe just last year for her performance in black comedy thriller I Care A Lot. But the new adaptation of The Wheel Of Time sees Rosamund Pike in a fantasy role,
Tiger King star Carole Baskin has reacted to claims that her former husband is alive and well, having apparently been found in Costa Rica. Don Lewis went missing in 1997, after marrying Baskin six years earlier, and was later legally declared dead in 2002. In the first season of Netflix’s smash-hit Tiger King, producers explored
In this article DISCA The CNN building in Atlanta, Georgia, on Monday, May 17, 2021. Elijah Nouvelage | Bloomberg | Getty Images There’s a place for CNN in the proposed $43 billion combination of WarnerMedia and Discovery, billionaire media mogul John Malone told CNBC in a recorded interview that aired Thursday. “I would like to
From leaves on the line to the wrong kind of snow, rail travellers are used to creative excuses. Today, Boris Johnson and Grant Shapps asked the travelling public of the North and the Midlands to swallow another. A long-promised plan for new high-speed lines linking Birmingham, Leeds, and Manchester has been abandoned, they said, because
7:33 AM ET Bobby Marks The NBA season is a month old, and already we’re seeing the impact of the biggest moves of the offseason. After a run to the NBA Finals, Chris Paul re-signed in Phoenix and has the Suns near the top of the West again. Kyle Lowry went from Toronto to Miami
Data from almost four decades ago can suggest the presence of a ninth planet in the Solar System. The hypothetical Planet Nine has been in the talks among scientists for some time but no one has yet observed it. Michael Rowan-Robinson, professor of astrophysics at Imperial College London, dived into 38-year-old data and now he
The eastern leg of HS2 has been scrapped and plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail have been downgraded, Grant Shapps has confirmed. The transport secretary told MPs that a new £96bn Integrated Rail Plan for the north and the Midlands will instead deliver “faster” train journeys both earlier and cheaper than the original HS2 plans would
More than 400 migrants, who have camped for weeks at Belarus’ borders with the EU, have boarded a deportation flight bound for Iraq. Some 430 people, mostly Iraqi Kurds, were booked onto a flight due to leave this afternoon from Minsk airport, the Iraqi foreign ministry said. They were due to board the flight at
CNN’s John Berman and CNN legal analyst Elie Honig break down the fines that former Trump associate Steve Bannon could face after he was indicted for contempt in the January 6 investigation. CNN’s Brianna Keilar then speaks with former Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (R-VA) about what Bannon’s indictment could mean for other Trump allies, including former
Mars has now emerged as the new frontier, with most space-faring nations focussing on the exploration of the Red Planet. The idea behind exploring Mars is to find signs of life, understand its climate, and figure out natural resources. However, a new research suggests that explorers looking for ancient life on Mars could be misled
Fans have been given a first look at footage from the new Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee comedy drama, which features Lily James and Sebastian Stan in the titular roles. The eight-part show, called Pam & Tommy, will tell the story of the pair’s infamous sex tape that was stolen and released to the public.
Over the years, businesses have increasingly turned to automation and robotics for undertaking many jobs. Since COVID-19 forced people to the confines of their homes, many enterprises introduced robots to perform tasks to help reduce human contact. From cleaning floors to disinfecting, the kind of tasks that robots can do has expanded manifold. Yet when
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It may be evidence inflation is meaningfully stretching budgets. According to economic forecaster Lakshman Achuthan, Wall Street is ignoring a striking consumer spending slowdown that will translate into an underwhelming holiday season. “There’s still this narrative that the rebound is there,” the Economic Cycle Research Institute co-founder told CNBC’s “Trading Nation” on Wednesday. “The hope
4:18 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas judge ordered former Raiders receiver Henry Ruggs III to appear before her on Monday after learning he missed a required alcohol test while on house arrest following a fatal crash he’s accused of causing by driving drunk at speeds up to 156 mph. Ruggs’
Grammarly CEO Brad Hoover. Grammarly Grammarly, a start-up whose software highlights issues as people write in its web app and other programs, said Wednesday that it sports a $13 billion valuation after taking on $200 million in new funding from Baillie Gifford, General Catalyst, funds and accounts managed by BlackRock and other investors. The backing
Frozen vials apparently containing the deadly virus smallpox have been discovered in a freezer at a US facility that conducts vaccine research. Federal health authorities confirmed the vials “were incidentally discovered by a laboratory worker” who was cleaning out the freezer in Pennsylvania. “CDC, its administration partners, and law enforcement are investigating the matter and
3:02 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPN.com Serena Williams is still haunted by her experience at Indian Wells in 2001 and the mental anguish that she says she endured when returning to the event in 2015 after a lengthy boycott. “Even when I went back 14 years later, it was very traumatizing,” Williams said in an interview
US rapper Young Dolph has been shot dead at a cookie shop in his hometown of Memphis, police have said. The 36-year-old star, real-name Adolph Roberton Thornton Jr, was gunned down outside Makeda’s Cookies near Memphis International Airport on Wednesday in the US state of Tennessee. Memphis Police said they had no information on the
The chairman of M&S has written to Brexit minister Lord Frost to warn that EU plans to end its stand-off with the UK over Northern Ireland threaten to add to, not ease, red tape. Archie Norman said the Brussels offer “could result in worsening friction and cost and a high level of ambiguity and scope