Author: Alta Militello

Tuesday was the third day in a row that U.S. stocks went down. This continued a slide that began Friday after Fed Chair Jay Powell gave a speech in Jackson Hole. When the Wall Street bell rang, the S&P 500 was down 1.1%, the Dow was down 1%, and the tech-focused Nasdaq was down 1.1%. The drop on Tuesday happened even though economic data continue to show that the U.S. economy is strong, despite early summer fears that the economy would fall into a recession. With a stronger economy, the Fed is probably more likely to keep raising interest rates.…

Stock futures were up early Wednesday after Wall Street’s losing streak went on for the third day, which threatened the market’s recent recovery from the summer slump. Shares of Chewy fell more than 11% in after-hours trading after the retailer of pet products gave bad guidance about future sales. The stock of HP Inc. went down after the company didn’t make as much money as expected. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average went up by 178 points or 0.56 percent. The S&P 500 also went up by 0.56%, and futures for the Nasdaq 100 went up by 0.65%. Investors…

Jackman Thomas Harlow is a rapper from Louisville, Kentucky who was born on March 13, 1998. Before being signed to Don Cannon and DJ Drama’s Generation Now label in 2018, an imprint of Atlantic Records, Harlow released a string of EPs and mixtapes beginning in 2015. Harlow’s “What’s Poppin” single from 2020 was his first commercial success. TikTok helped the song reach the top two on the US Billboard Hot 100, and with a remix including rappers DaBaby, Tory Lanez, and Lil Wayne, the song became a Grammy Award nominee. Before the release of his platinum debut studio album, That’s…

Actor, the comedian, and singer Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), better known by his stage name Jamie Foxx, has won numerous awards for his work. These include an Oscar, a BAFTA, a Golden Globe, a Grammy, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Starting in 1991, he was a regular on the cast of the sketch comedy show In Living Color until its cancellation in 1994. As a result of his breakthrough, Foxx was offered and accepted the lead role in his own comedy, The Jamie Foxx Show, which he not only starred in but also co-created and produced,…

Demi Gene Moore was born in the United States on November 11, 1962. Moore made her first movie in 1981. From 1982 to 1984, she was on the soap opera General Hospital. After that, she became known as a member of the Brat Pack with roles in movies like Blame It on Rio (1984), St. Elmo’s Fire (1985), and About Last Night.. (1986). Her big break came when she played the lead role in Ghost (1990), the most successful movie of that year. Her work was praised, and she was nominated for a Golden Globe. In the early 1990s, she…

As soon as Amazon bought season one of The Legend of Vox Machina, season two was set in stone. The first season was made possible by a successful Kickstarter campaign. When Amazon decided to air the first ten episodes, they ordered fourteen more episodes (expanding season one to twelve episodes, with the same schedule for season two). “Critical Role paved a new way for original digital content with fresh new voices and humor that won them fans all over the world,” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios. “Their wildly successful Kickstarter campaign is proof of that” (via Variety). “We’re…

Given that the first season of the Amazon Prime Video series Hunters is based on both true and fictional Holocaust horrors and interactions with Nazis, it’s not surprising that the show has been met with mixed reviews from viewers and critics alike. Nikki Toscano, the show’s executive producer, and co-showrunner remarked at an Amazon TCA event, “We’re not making an attempt to humanize Nazis” (via IndieWire). “Some Nazis are too far to one side, while others have varying justifications for their actions… Our hunters just don’t buy this line of reasoning… In no way are we attempting to anthropomorphize them,…

Fans will always want more of their favorite show no matter how many seasons it has. Now that we’ve seen the Animal Kingdom series, fans are wondering whether and when they’ll get confirmation of another season. If you’re one of them, and you want to know the renewal status of Animal Kingdom season 7, then read this post. It has been almost ten years since the launch of Animal Kingdom on TNT, a crime drama that has received widespread critical acclaim. Since then, viewers have come to accept and even root for the gang of villains despite their many shortcomings.…

Throughout his career, Weird Al has lived up to his moniker with humorous and off-the-wall song parodies, and now, with the release of the music biopic Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, starring Daniel Radcliffe, fans can learn the story of how and why Al became so strange. Films on legendary musicians like Ray Charles (Ray), Johnny Cash (Walk the Line), Queen (Bohemian Rhapsody), Aretha Franklin (Respect), Elton John (Rocketman), NWA (Straight Outta Compton), and, most recently, Elvis Presley (All About the King) have become commonplace in Hollywood (Elvis). Now Weird Al will have his own (satirical) genuine story turned into…

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is one of those anime that has swiftly become a fan favorite. Based on the manga of the same name, which concluded in 2020. The show, on the other hand, has hardly begun. Mixing semi-modern Tokyo with demons, magic swords, and mountain castles, Demon Slayer is set in early twentieth-century Japan. Follow Tanjiro as he fights to stop his sister from becoming a demon. Season 3 of the anime has been confirmed, but it still has a ways to go before it can be watched by fans. Fortunately, there is a plethora of exciting anime…