Some years ago, I was writing a science fiction short story in which I wanted to incorporate verses from a 1928 song, “Button Up Your Overcoat.” However, when I sold the story, my editor told me that since the song was still copyrighted, it was safer not to include the verses. If I had written…
Bollywood Hungama was one of the first ones to break the news that Sidharth Malhotra has bagged an out-and-out commercial entertainer, which will be produced by Mahaveer Jain’s Mahaveer Jain Films. Now, Bollywood Hungama brings to you another exciting update about this film. We have learned that none other than Rajkumar Santoshi is expected to…
Financial pressures have fueled a fifth day of demonstrations around Iran, with at least one person killed in the protests so far, according to the authorities.
Visual China Group via Getty Images In Roald Dahl’s novel James and the Giant Peach, magic crystals cause a withered peach tree to produce a spectacular, juicy, house-sized peach. How nice would it be, people thought, if we could grow massive fruit in real life – perhaps without also spawning giant insect pests and having…
The Kennedy Center is defending this year’s Kennedy Center Honors after the Donald Trump hosted telecast delivered all-time low viewership for CBS. The Dec. 23 telecast averaged 3.01 million viewers on CBS, according to Nielsen Live + Same Day Panel + Big Data. That is an all-time low audience for the annual special, down from 4.1M…
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Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning 18 January in Melbourne. The tournament said Friday that the 45-year-old Williams would make a return to Melbourne Park 28 years after her first appearance. In 1998, she defeated her younger sister Serena in the second round before…
Mel Gibson once was one of the biggest movie stars in the world, but then his racism, abuse, fundamentalism and antisemitism came to light, and his career has never been the same. He still pops up in weird moments, and Hollywood “welcomed” him back in 2016-17 when he directed Hacksaw Ridge and it got nominated…
People celebrate the New Year at the Bank of China building in Central in Hong Kong, China, January 1, 2026. Lam Yik | Reuters South Korea’s Kospi hit a new record Friday as Asia-Pacific markets kicked off the new year trading mixed. The Kospi was up 0.65%, and hit a record high. Heavyweight Samsung Electronics…
