“Stardust” – the new David Bowie Biopic. Raindance 28th London Film Festival 2020 Looking too far into the past doesn’t bring you up to date with the future? Screenplay by Christopher Bell. Directed by Gabriel Range. Piccadilly Picture and Son/Salon Pictures The story opens in Washington DC in 1971 when David Jones aka Bowie arrives…
Cartoon Network made a Powerpuff Girl inspired by US Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris to congratulate her on the win. The Powerpuff Girls is an American superhero animated television series created by animator Craig McCracken and produced by Hanna-Barbera (later Cartoon Network Studios) for Cartoon Network. Cartoon Network shared this post on their official Instagram account on…
Pfizer and BioNTech have tested their first effective coronavirus vaccine on 43. 500 people spanning six countries and so far no safety concerns have been raised. Preliminary analysis reveal the vaccine can prevent more than 90 per cent of people from getting Covid-19.The companies plan to apply for emergency approval to use the vaccine by…
Queen Elizabeth wore a face mask for the first time in public as she marked the centenary of the burial of the Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey. Prince Charles laid a wreath at the Cenotaph on behalf of the Queen who watched the tributes in Whitehall from a nearby balcony as did the Duchess of…
ISRO on Saturday launched EOS-1 , an earth observation satellite, and nine other satellites of international customers onboard the carrier vehicle PSLV-C launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. The EOS-01 will be providing agriculture, forestry and disaster management support. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle is an medium-lift launch vehicle…
The University of Cambridge said mammals, birds and amphibians globally could lose 23 per cent of their natural habitat range due to climate change and land by 2100. The species have lost an average of 18 per cent of their natural habitat. The latest study analysed changes in. the geographical range of 16, 919 species…
Kamala Harris, just a year ago the senator from California hoping to win the Democratic nomination for the presidency, launched a potent attack on Joe Biden over race during a debate, and although many thought it inflicted a serious blow on his ambitions, by the end of the year her campaign was dead and it…
Joe Biden in his first speech as president-elect at Delawaret said it is “Time to heal”, vowing “not to divide but to unify” the country. “Let’s give each other a chance” he said addressing those who did not vote for him. Although Mr Biden defeated incumbent President Donald Trump who has yet to concede and…
Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States pending the outcome of any legal challenges, after his victory in Pennsylvania took his over the winning line of 270. President elect Biden now has 279 electoral college votes, taking him past the 270 needed to win. Donald Trump is stuck at 214.…
Dublin-born Brian Dillon has been collecting sentences and describes as “affinity” a scrupulous but perplexing attachment to the written expression with a full stop. In Suppose a Sentence, Dillon makes these mementos into the 27 one-liners, a literary hitchhikers pickup over the course of his research. A series of essays prompted by a single sentence…