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☆ Wayfair is opening its first-ever physical furniture store
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Parija Bhatnagar | Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Online furniture and home furnishings seller Wayfair is set to open its first-ever namesake store next month, the company announced Thursday. It will also feature an onsite restaurant called “The Porch,” the company said, taking a page out of Ikea’s store setup. Furniture stores need to always be advertising, Saunders added, because people generally don’t buy furniture very often. This is particularly important in furniture and finishings where people like to see and try out products before buying,” Saunders said. “If this store is successful then it could be the start of wider physical expansion for Wayfair,” Saunders said.

Persons: Joss, ”, Neil Saunders, Saunders, Wayfair, it’s, Niraj Shah, Wayfair “, “ It’s, ” Saunders Organizations: New, New York CNN —, GlobalData Locations: New York, Edens, Wilmette , Illinois

☆ A 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' reboot could be on the way, says producer Dolly Parton
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | Tufayel Ahmed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Dolly Parton says there are plans to reboot "Buffy the Vampire Slayer." Advertisement"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" could be returning to screens, according to Dolly Parton. Online USA/Stringer/Getty ImagesAccording to The Hollywood Reporter, Fran Rubel Kuzui first attempted to reboot "Buffy" with a new movie in 2009. In 2018, Whedon and producer and screenwriter Monica Owusu-Breen collaborated on a proposed "Buffy" reboot with a Black lead, reported Deadline. "I have to give more people more credit on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' than me.

Persons: Dolly Parton, Parton, —, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Sandy Gallin, David Boreanaz, They're, Kristy Swanson, Fran Rubel Kuzui, Kaz Kuzui, Joss, Stringer, Whedon, Monica Owusu, Breen, Owusu, Indira, Laya DeLeon Hayes, James Marsters, Anthony Head, Charisma Carpenter, Juliet Landau, Emma Caulfield, Amber Benson, James Charles Leary, Danny Strong, Duncan Hines, Conagra Organizations: Sandollar Television, Service, Sandollar Productions, Sandollar, Kuzui Enterprises, Productions, Century Fox Television, Hollywood, Twitter, BI, Conagra Brands Locations: Nashville, Los Angeles

☆ British troops patrol Kosovo-Serbia border as tensions remain high
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-25 | by ( Fatos Bytyci | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/5] British troops part of the NATO reinforcements patrol at the Kosovo-Serbia border in Jarinje, Kosovo November 24, 2023. NATO has sent 1,000 extra troops to the region, bringing its presence there to 4,500 peacekeepers from 27 countries. British soldiers are now being deployed in 18-hour shifts in freezing conditions to make sure no weapons or armed groups enter Kosovo. Kosovo, which has an ethnic Albanian majority, declared independence from Serbia in 2008 after a guerrilla uprising and a 1999 NATO intervention. Around five percent of the population in Kosovo are ethnic Serbs, of which half live in the north and refuse to recognize Kosovo independence and see Belgrade as their capital.

Persons: Valdrin, Joss Gaddie, Jens Stoltenberg, Albin Kurti's, Fatos Bytyci, Mike Harrison Organizations: NATO, REUTERS, Atlantic Treaty Organization, Belgrade, KFOR, British Army, Reuters, Kosovo, Kosovo police, Thomson Locations: Kosovo, Serbia, Jarinje, NATO, Britain, Romania, Banjska, Balkans, Belgrade, Pristina

☆ HBO's CEO admits he used fake Twitter accounts, including one of a vegan Texas mom named Kelly, to troll critics who left negative reviews
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

HBO's CEO admitted to using fake Twitter accounts to hit back at critics' negative reviews. One of the fake accounts was reportedly for a fake Texas mom named Kelly Shepherd. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Bloys admitted Thursday that he made secret Twitter accounts to take digs at critics' negative reviews of HBO's programming. One of the troll accounts was created in the name of a fake Texas mom named Kelly Shepherd, whose bio describes her (ahem, Bloys) as a vegan, aromatherapist, and herbalist.

Persons: Casey Bloys, Kelly Shepherd, —, Bloys, Sully Temori, Stone, Kathleen McCaffrey, McCaffrey, Temori, James Poniewozik, Joss, Shepherd, Hale, Mike Hale, — Kelly Shepherd, Alan Sepinwall, Alan Organizations: Service, HBO, Max, Variety, Bloys, New York Times, Times Locations: Texas, York

☆ Wayfair’s Way Days Sale Is Your Chance to Score Furniture and Home Deals
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Buy Side Staff | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +2 min

By Buy Side StaffWayfair’s sitewide sale event, Way Days, is back, which means you can save big on an impressive variety of furniture, rugs, lighting, decor, cookware and more essentials for your home. FurnitureA wide variety of furniture is on sale during Way Days, whether you’re looking for a new sofa, a more comfortable desk chair for your home office or a media console with ample storage. Way Days includes impressive markdowns on both standing and wall-mounted mirrors, plus sheer and blackout curtains. Shop impressive deals on Moroccan and jute rugs, as well as geometric statement makers. Glasslock Glass Food Storage Container, Set of 18 $95 at WayfairHoliday decorGet into the holiday spirit with this seasonal decor while it’s marked down for Way Days.

Persons: Wayfair’s, Novogratz, Joss, Wayfair, Le Locations: Moroccan

☆ Nitin Sawhney unites different voices in new album celebrating identity
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Musician, producer and composer Nitin Sawhney poses for a photo in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters on October 11, 2023. Warner Music/Ray Burmiston/Handout via REUTERS Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Oct 11 (Reuters) - Nitin Sawhney celebrates identity in his new album, bringing together different voices from singers Joss Stone and Guy Garvey to Asian women asylum seekers and television host Gary Lineker. "I thought ... here's a safe space that you could actually express whatever you want to and he did," Sawhney said. The result is track "Illegal", which also features the voices of Asian women asylum seekers and concludes with Lineker saying "No one is illegal". Sawhney, whose previous album was called "Immigrants", is known for playing different instruments and working in various genres.

Persons: Nitin Sawhney, Ray Burmiston, Joss Stone, Guy Garvey, Gary Lineker, Paul McCartney, Sting, Sawhney, it's, Lineker, Ayanna Witter, Johnson, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Christina Fincher Organizations: Reuters, Warner Music, REUTERS Acquire, BBC, Premier League, Thomson Locations: Handout, British, Britain, Caribbean

☆ BTS 10th anniversary: Superfans make pilgrimage to South Korea to celebrate the K-pop band that conquered the globe
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( Kathleen Magramo Yoonjung Seo Paula Hancocks | Kathleen Magramo | Yoonjung Seo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Scroll through the gallery to see how the K-pop group went global. ilgan Sports/Multi-Bits/Getty Images BTS fans at the "Love Yourself" North American Tour at the Staples Center on September 9, 2018 in Los Angeles. Andrew Lipovsky/NBC/Getty Images BTS won all three awards they were nominated for at the 2021 American Music Awards held in Los Angeles. Theo Wargo/Getty Images BTS addressed Asian inclusion and representation at the White House in Washington, DC on May 31, 2022. “Being in America and not seeing that much of Asian representation, when I saw that seven Asian guys were trending … that totally like piqued my interest immediately.

Persons: Rowan Joss, Katie Myles ’, they’re, ’ ”, Joss, HYBE, Myles, Kim Tae, Jung Ho, Kim Nam, Kim Seok, Jeon Jung, kook, Min Yoon, Psy’s, ”, Chelsea Guglielmino, Jimmy Fallon, Andrew Lipovsky, Matt Winkelmeyer, Theo Wargo, Kent Nishimura, CedarBough Saeji, ” Saeji, Katie Myles, –, hasn’t, Anthony Wallace, ’, Lisa Trinh, Diana Phung, they’ve, Trinh, they’ll, Jimin, Hwang Young, Startrip, Yoonjung Seo, Jungkook, dad, Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes, it’s, Michelle Cho, It’s, Phung Organizations: Seoul CNN —, BTS, Records, YouTube, ilgan, Staples Center, Chelsea, NBC, Getty, White, Los Angeles Times, East Asian Studies, Pusan National University, ARMY, Ministry of Culture, Tourism, Tower, CNN, The, Guinness, Spotify, University of Toronto Locations: Hong Kong, Seoul, South Korea, Scotland, Los Angeles, Washington , DC, Korean, AFP, Seoul’s, California, Gangwon province, Busan, Korea, Cafe, America

☆ Can HBO’s ‘The Idol’ Bring Back ’80s Sleaze?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Steven Kurutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The first episode begins with the pop star Jocelyn, played by Lily-Rose Depp, baring her breasts during a photo shoot as a team of handlers, crew members and an ineffectual intimacy coordinator look on. There will be no flannel PJs for Joss; a pair of wake-up scenes make it clear to viewers that she sleeps in a thong. It isn’t only the show’s gratuitous nudity that harks back to Mr. Lyne and company, but the overall look and mood, which recall a louche glamour from the time of boxy Armani suits and cocaine nights. A main setting is a $70 million mansion in Bel Air that looks like something out of Mr. De Palma’s “Scarface” but is in fact Mr. Tesfaye’s real-life home. A number of young viewers have said they find sex scenes embarrassing, but Mr. Levinson, who created the HBO drama “Euphoria,” and his fellow producers have made no secret of their desire to pay homage to the heyday of Cinemax (when it had the nickname Skinemax).

Persons: Jocelyn, Lily, Rose Depp, baring, Mr, Tesfaye, Joss, Lyne, De Palma’s, ”, Tesfaye’s, Levinson, Elizabeth Berkley, Longworth Organizations: Royce, HBO, Cinemax, Risky, ”, American Cinematheque Locations: Bel Air, Los Angeles

☆ 'The Time Traveller's Wife' musical to open in London
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Evelyn HocksteinLONDON, May 15 (Reuters) - A musical based on hit novel “The Time Traveller's Wife” is coming to London’s West End this autumn in a new theatrical adaptation featuring music and lyrics by Grammy Award winners Dave Stewart and Joss Stone. “The Time Traveller's Wife: The Musical,” about the relationship between artist Clare and her husband Henry who has a genetic disorder causing him to travel through time, will open at the Apollo Theatre in November after premiering last year in the British city of Chester for a short run. The musical is based on U.S. author Audrey Niffenegger’s 2003 debut novel, which has previously been turned into a film and television series. Stewart, 70, and Stone, 36, have long collaborated together, but writing songs for a musical brought new challenges. While Stewart previously worked on a musical adaptation of the film "Ghost," "The Time Traveller's Wife" was Stone's first foray into writing songs for a musical.

☆ Wayfair crashes 31% as the online furniture retailer says it lost more than 5 million customers last year and posts wider quarterly loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-23 | by ( Carla Mozée | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Wayfair stock plunged as much as 31% Thursday after the online furniture retailer said it lost 5 milion customers in 2022. Its 22.1 million active customers is closer to the count it had at the start of the COVID pandemic. Wayfair reported a wider loss for its most recent quarter. The company, whose brands include AllModern and Joss & Main, had 27.3 million active customers in the year-ago period. Later in 2020, in the fourth quarter ended in December, the customer count surged 51% to more than 31 million.

☆ U.S. freestyle skier dies in avalanche in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A U.S. freestyle skier has died after being caught in an avalanche in Japan on Sunday, his family confirmed. Weather authorities had issued an avalanche warning for the area after days of heavy snowfall. Police officers board a gondola heading to the site of an avalanche in the village of Otari, Japan on Sunday. "Such a bright light lost," wrote Marielle Thompson, a Canadian Olympic freestyle skier. “Wish we had more time to ski these past few years,” Joss Christensen, a U.S. freestyle skier from Park City, Utah, wrote.

☆ In rural eastern China, not testing for COVID becomes the norm
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Brenda Goh | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Breathing problems, body aches and lethargy had prompted her to visit a hospital in her home village in Tonglu county in eastern China's Zhejiang province' for treatment. It was a common reaction among patients in Tonglu, illustrating how COVID-19 is spreading across China without recognition, especially in its vast rural regions. Several residents around Tonglu county told Reuters they had COVID symptoms or believed they had been infected previously, but that testing was not that common, especially for those living in the villages. Medical facilities visited this week by Reuters in Tonglu county, in one of China's most prosperous regions and known for farming, were relatively calm. In Tonglu county, residents described how crowded the local crematorium was, echoing what funeral home staff in other cities such as Beijing and Shanghai have told Reuters.

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☆ (video) Surpriză pentru fanii DC. A fost publicat noul trailer pentru Justice League
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-20 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +2 min

Justice League este departe de a fi unul dintre cele mai apreciate filme din universul DC, dar va avea parte de o a doua iterație, pe HBO Max. Destinul filmului Justice League a fost unul foarte controversat. Pentru cea mai mare parte a producție, Zack Snyder a ocupat poziția de regizor, în timp ce soția sa, Deborah Snyder, a fost producător. Frustrat în ceea ce privește rezultatul final, Zack Snyder a stabilit împreună cu Warner Bros. că va relansa Justice League într-o ediție Director′s Cut. Pentru a defini tonul din spatele Zack Snyder′s Justice League, pe coloana sonoră a trailer-ului a fost utilizată piesa Hallelujah.

Persons: HBO Max ., Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Joss Whedon, Snyder, IMDb, HBO Max Organizations: Justice League, HBO, League, Metacritic, Warner Bros, Justice

☆ Un bărbat de 91 de ani a supraviețuit după ce a căzut cu parapanta în mijlocul oceanului
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-16 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Un bătrân de 91 de ani din Australia a ajuns vedetă în presă după ce s-a prăbușit cu parapanta în mijlocul oceanului și a reușit să supraviețuiască. S-a ales cu câteva vânătăi și zgârieturi și spune că abia așteaptă să fie din nou în aer. Poliţia a precizat că paraşuta sa a fost recuperată din apă. A fost o chestiune de câteva minute", a povestit Joss pentru publicația citată. El le-a mulțumit celor care i-au salvat viața și că i-au dat ocazia să-și exercite din nou marea pasiunea pentru zbor: "Le datorez viața, cu siguranță.

Persons: paraşutistul, Sydney, Poliţia, Le Organizations: Royal, Royal North Shore Locations: Australia, Warriewood, Sydney, Royal North

Bărbatul a fost internat la spitalul Royal North Shore din Sydney pentru examinări ulterioare. Poliţia a precizat că paraşuta sa a fost recuperată din apă. Un bătrân de 91 de ani / Sursa:dailymail.co.uk„M-am prăbușit ca o piatră și am căzut imediat în apă. A fost o chestiune de câteva minute", a povestit Joss pentru publicația citată. El le-a mulțumit celor care i-au salvat viața și că i-au dat ocazia să-și exercite din nou marea pasiunea pentru zbor: „Le datorez viața, cu siguranță.

Persons: paraşutistul, Sydney, Poliţia Organizations: Royal, Royal North Shore Locations: Warriewood, Sydney, Australia, Royal North

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