CNBC’s Jim Cramer criticized the United States’ response to the coronavirus on Monday, saying that other nations around the world have been examples of how to keep deaths from the disease low. “I’m trying to find out what kind of disaster our country has had that has been as bad …
Read More »World exhibitors lament the “forgotten” box office abroad
When theaters in Europe slowly reopened in mid-June, exhibitors hoped that after a few weeks of warming the public up with archival films and re-releases, they would have great new US films to attract customers. en masse in mid-summer. But successive delays by tents like Disney’s Warner Bros. “Tenet” and …
Read More »Google Maps now displays bike routes using coupled bike sharing schemes
Starting today, Google Maps can show you directions using rented bikes from docked bike sharing schemes like Citi Bike in New York or Santander Cycles in London. It works by giving walking directions to get to a nearby pier, cycling directions to get from one pier to another, and finally …
Read More »Without music, Tanglewood is empty, mysterious and beautiful
LENOX, Massachusetts. André Bernard was three months old when he attended his first concert in Tanglewood: Benny Goodman playing Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto in 1956. For almost each of the next 63 years, he has made the pilgrimage to the lush and sprawling lawn of this Mecca of the summer music …
Read More »Peacock is not revolutionary, but it’s free
The logo of the new Peacock streaming service is not actually a peacock, but six colored dots. Both the name and the palette are meant to invoke Peacock’s parent company NBCUniversal under the umbrella of cable giant Comcast. But at the same time, it’s not supposed to remind viewers too …
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