Sports Direct boss Mike Ashley wants to take advantage of empty stores shut down during the coronavirus pandemic in shopping centres to expand further. His Frasers Group results painted a confident picture for the future of the high street, despite Covid-19. Frasers, which includes House of Fraser, Sports Direct and Evans, among others, said the … Read more
Olivia Wilde picked to direct new female-fronted Marvel project rumored to be a Spider-Woman movie By Kelby Vera For Dailymail.com Published: 03:13 BST, 20 August 2020 | Updated: 03:13 BST, 20 August 2020 Olivia Wilde is set to direct a top-secret female-lead Marvel superhero movie for Sony. No character details have been revealed but insiders … Read more
Facebook rolled out an update that merges Instagram with Messenger, providing users with access to a list of features in Direct Messages. The move adds a ‘new colorful look for your chats,’ more emoji reactions, swipe-to-reply and the ability to chat with others who use Facebook. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced last year that the firm … Read more
Facebook bans news outlets which are ‘connected to political entities’ from its News tab and forces them to undergo ‘authorization process’ to publish ads about social issues or the election News outlets with ties to political entities became popular in 2018 Facebook is now cracking down on these publishers with a new policy The firm is … Read more
George Clooney in negotiations to direct a feature adaptation of Pulitzer Prize-winning writer J.R. Moehringer’s memoir The Tender Bar By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 23:42 BST, 24 July 2020 | Updated: 23:53 BST, 24 July 2020 George Clooney is an Oscar-winning actor and producer who is swiftly becoming a major player as a film … Read more
Richard Linklater to direct Jack Black and Zachary Levi in the upcoming animated Netflix film Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Adventure By Dailymail.com Reporter Published: 00:03 BST, 18 July 2020 | Updated: 02:17 BST, 18 July 2020 Richard Linklater is set to direct the animated Netflix film about the 1969 moon landing, Apollo 10 … Read more
A photographer has recreated the portraits of famous historical figures using their direct descendants – and the results are strikingly similar to the originals. British artist Drew Gardner spent years carrying out in-depth research tracing the relatives and verifying their lineage before creating the collection – which includes replica images of Charles Dickens and Emmeline Pankhurst. To … Read more
Ssssports Direct! Discovery of 6ft snake forces store to close on its first day trading since High Street lockdown ended The discovery of a 6ft snake forced a Sports Direct store to close on Monday A Honduran milk snake was spotted in the Newton Abbot store, Devon The shop manager stopped customers from entering and … Read more
FTSE CLOSE: Pound at $1.30 as May meets Merkel over Brexit; Debenhams slides into administration; US reveals plan for tariffs on $11bn of EU goods The FTSE 100 closed down 26.32 points at 7425.57 Debenhams crashed into administration after Ashley offer was rejected Cake Box said it expects to serve up a 30 per cent … Read more
Controversial businessman Mike Ashley is topping up his furloughed staff’s salary to 100% this month and says business has been better than expected as he prepares to open his shops on June 1. After criticism for asking employees to come back to work while on furlough, trying to pay discounted prices for stock and initially … Read more