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Tom Cruise will work with NASA on first movie filmed in space, NASA says
NASA is working with Tom Cruise to film the first movie shot in space, according to NASA administrator Jim Bridenstine. The details of the project aren’t clear, but Bridenstine says the film will take place aboard the International Space Station. We don’t know yet how Cruise will be participating in the adventure, but he’s well-known for performing increasingly impressive stunts in his recent film...
Breaking: an Amazon warehouse worker in New York has died of COVID-19
A worker at Amazon’s Staten Island, New York, fulfillment center has died of COVID-19, the company confirmed. Workers at the facility, called JFK8, have been calling for greater safety precautions since early March. While Amazon has made changes, the number of workers diagnosed with the virus continues to climb. According to alerts viewed by The Verge, at least 29 workers have fallen ill. Managers...
Airbnb laying off 25 percent of its staff
Airbnb is laying off around a quarter of its employees today, or about 1,900 people. The company has been struggling over the last couple months as stay-home orders led to mass cancellations of bookings and as future bookings look likely to return very slowly as the United States and other countries carefully lift restrictions. Airbnb currently has 7,500 employees. The virus has led to a steep dro...
Streaming remains lone bright spot as Disney prepares for an unprecedented fight
Disney was at the top of the world at the end of 2019: a record-breaking year at the box office, the launch of Disney Plus, and a release of the biggest movie in history. Now, just five months into 2020, Disney is in for a bumpy ride. “While the COVID-19 pandemic has had an appreciable financial impact on a number of our businesses, we are confident in our ability to withstand this disruption and ...
Wait, THAT Kaylin?: Tory Lanez Witness In Assault Report After Confrontation IG Model
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Tory Lanez had a front-row seat to some drama, and the authorities have questions. Reportedly, the rapper and crooner’s girlfriend “friend,” who happens to be rapper Joe Budden’s ex, put hands on a woman who has a history of issues with the artist. According to TMZ, the woman on Team Tory was a Kaylin Garcia. You just might remember her as being romantically involved w...
Nicholas Cage Tapped To Play Joe Exotic In ‘Tiger King’ Scripted Television Series
Source: RB/Bauer-Griffin / Getty Weeks after Ed Norton and Dex Shephard took to social media to feud over who’d make a better Joe Exotic in a Tiger King film production, Nicholas Cage swooped in out of left field to land the first official role centered around the 2020 pop culture phenomenon. More than a decade after Ghost Rider seemingly ended whatever respectability he had left in his illus...
The Lincoln Project Takes Aim At President Donald Trump With “Mourning In America” Ad
Source: Chip Somodevilla / Getty A political action committee that has devoted much of its energy in decrying the policies of President Donald Trump just released a new ad slamming the former business mogul. The Lincoln Project, led by George Conway, the husband of Kellyanne Conway, shared the ad titled “Mourning In America,” which makes mention of Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic. The...
Nike To Donate 140,000 Air Zoom Pulse Sneakers To Healthcare Workers
Source: NIKE / NIke The fashion industry continues to step up during this health crisis. Nike has committed to support the true heroes that continue to fight this Coronavirus head on. Source: NIKE / NIke On Monday, May 4 the apparel giant announced they will be providing essential employees added comfort via their signature sneakers. According to a formal press release Nike will partner with nonpr...
EDM.com Presents Ultra Music Takeover Livestream
As the impact of COVID-19 continues to cast a dark spell over the music industry, its members have rallied to offer some truly incredible virtual concert experiences. Since the popularity of livestreaming is most likely going to persist following the end of the pandemic, music fans can look forward to dancing in their kitchens for the foreseeable future. Enter EDM.com and Ultra Music, who hav...
Tiësto Announces He’s Expecting a Baby Girl
Tiësto took to Instagram to share the exciting news that he and his wife, Annika Backes Verwest, are expecting. Sharing a screengab that displays a sonogram of his baby girl, he wrote, “In these challenging times this is how I saw my daughter for the first time through Face time!” Strength in adversity is crucial during this cataclysmic global pandemic, and conceiving a child duri...
Porter Robinson Unveils Huge Lineup for Virtual Music Festival Secret Sky
Only one day after announcing his new virtual music festival Secret Sky, Porter Robinson took to Twitter to share the lineup, and it’s a doozy. Featured on the lineup is Madeon, San Holo, Jai Wolf, and G Jones, among other heavy-hitters in the bass and future subgenres. Additional artists include rising dubstep trip WAVEDASH, UK trap producer Shadient, and electronic outfit Anamanaguchi...
Elon Musk’s Newborn Baby Has One of the Most Bizarre Names You’ll Ever Hear
Eccentric tech billionaire, Tesla boss, and DJ Elon Musk welcomed a newborn baby today alongside his longtime girlfriend, Grimes. X Æ A-12 was born this morning and, in true bizarre fashion, Musk shared a photo of the baby with a face tattoo filter. No, X Æ A-12 is not the serial number of one of Musk’s newest Tesla models. X Æ A-12 is the name of his child. The pecu...
