The Big Picture The live-action adaptation of The Flintstones had a rocky production, involving 35 screenwriters over years of development. John Goodman felt “sandbagged” into playing Fred Flintstone and described shooting the film as “hot and sweaty.” The struggles to create an exciting new story for The Flintstones extended to other attempts to revive the … Read more
PARIS — France announced more planned deliveries of its Caesar artillery system to Ukraine on Thursday and accelerating weapons manufacturing as it seeks to avoid depleting its own military stocks while continuing to support the war effort against Russia’s invasion. “The logic of ceding materiel taken from the armies’ stocks is reaching its end,” the … Read more
BERLIN — Tesla says it’s temporarily halting most production at its German factory because of attacks in the Red Sea, a vital global shipping corridor. The electric vehicle maker said in a statement Thursday night that its factory near Berlin, which makes Model Y vehicles and batteries, will pause from Jan. 29 to Feb. 11. … Read more
Stranger Things season five has officially started production! Netflix just revealed the news in a press release and included a cast photo. Keep reading to find out more… The cast photo confirms what we already knew: that a majority of the original cast is returning. The photo shows stars including Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, … Read more
Cameras will soon be rolling on the final season of Netflix’s hit horror series. The Big Picture Stranger Things Season 5 has finally begun production after delays caused by strikes last year. The new season will once again star Millie Bobby Brown, David Harbour, Joe Keery, and the rest of the large ensemble cast. There … Read more
CAIRO — Production at Libya’s largest oil field was suspended Sunday, the country’s state-run oil company said, after protesters forced the facility to close over fuel shortages. The National Oil Corp. declared force majeure at the Sharara oil field in the country’s south starting Sunday. Force majeure is a legal maneuver that releases a company … Read more
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered authorities to increase production of mobile launch vehicles for missiles because the country faces a looming military showdown with its enemies, state media reported Friday, as it pushes to make its launches harder to detect. The report on Kim’s order came hours after the … Read more
Love Is Blind season 5 contestant Renee Poche has filed a lawsuit against Netflix and the production company behind the hit show, Delirium TV, claiming imprisonment while on the show and essentially being set up with “a walking red flag” when she got engaged to fellow contestant Carter Wall. In court documents obtained by ET, Poche … Read more
LONDON — Angola announced Thursday that it’s leaving the OPEC oil producers cartel, coming after it battled with the group over lower production quotas this year. Diamantino de Azevedo, the African nation’s oil minister, said Angola “does not gain anything by remaining in the organization,” according to state news agency Angop. The country joined OPEC … Read more
The advent of the Internet combined with the ability to customise items such as clothing long ago created a revolution in marketing, especially for merchandise purposes. I think we’re all familiar with the ‘merch’ phenomena by now, no? Benefitting from that long-term trend is SME-focused, customized merchandise startupBizay, which has been able to raise a … Read more