Play video content BACKGRID Hollywood was filled with celebs Saturday night, with pre-Golden Globe parties going full throttle all across L.A. The biggest bash was the Vanity Fair Party at the famed Chateau Marmont hotel on the Sunset Strip. Big stars, mostly nominees, hit up the event, including Nicolas Cage (nominated for best actor in … Read more
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Microsoft president Brad Smith wasn’t happy with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last year, after the regulator blocked Microsoft’s giant Activision Blizzard deal. Now that Microsoft has restructured its deal and won approval in the UK, Smith has kinder words for the CMA, describing the regulator as “tough and fair” in an interview … Read more
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s independent human rights commission said Monday there is little chance of free and fair parliamentary elections in the country next month because of “pre-poll rigging.” It also expressed concern about authorities rejecting the candidacies of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and most other members of his party. At a news conference in … Read more
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia’s ruling populists insisted on Tuesday that weekend snap elections were free and fair despite criticism from international observers who noted multiple irregularities and unjust conditions for parties during the vote. Political tensions in Serbia soared over the snap parliamentary and local election on Sunday. Several thousand people rallied on Monday to … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Sunday pledged to continue deepening reforms, expand free trade zones and relax market access for foreign investment while seeking to generate excitement around a largely lackluster economy. Li made the remarks when delivering a keynote speech at the opening of the 6th China … Read more
No. 24 Iowa suffered the cruelest of fates on Saturday, falling 12-10 to Minnesota in a game that left many an onlooker scratching their head. The Hawkeyes (6-2) had been second-best for much of the day, struggling to manage against a defense that ranked as one of the Big Ten’s worst. Kirk Ferentz’s squad netted … Read more
Good morning, and welcome to Friday! Atlassian’s purchase of Loom last week raised eyebrows, and not just because it missed unicorn status by a hair. But overall, it makes sense that Atlassian bought it. “Teaming and collaboration is moving to async video, and that was the one big piece missing for Atlassian,” Constellation Research’s Ray … Read more
Who’d have thought America’s first serial killer would become part of MCU canon? Incredibly, in its time-hopping, Loki Season 2 touches down during 1893’s iconic Chicago World’s Fair, which was a hunting ground for H.H. Holmes. The titular anti-hero (Tom Hiddleston)’s Gal Friday, Mobius (Owen Wilson) even name-drops the infamous murderer, exclaiming, “The white city! … Read more
Play video content A man with a gun wreaked havoc at the State Fair of Texas Saturday night, firing shots into the food court, injuring 3 and sending scores of people running for their lives, and you see the panic from above as someone shot video from the Ferris wheel. The incident occurred just before … Read more
The new movie Fair Play has been #1 on Netflix after debuting over the weekend and director Chloe Domont is now providing some insight into that shocking ending. In Fair Play, an unexpected promotion at a cutthroat hedge fund pushes a young couple’s relationship to the brink, threatening to unravel far more than their recent … Read more