With seven nods, Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone dominated the nominations for Film Independent’s Spirit Awards, announced Tuesday morning. The austere backwoods drama about a young woman’s search for her father, the best feature winner at Monday night’s rival Gotham Awards, will compete in the Spirit’s best picture race against 127 Hours, Black Swan, Greenberg and [...]
Hundreds of schools were closed on Tuesday as snow spread further across Britain causing treacherous conditions on the roads and widespread transport delays. Most areas of England and Wales woke up to 2-5cm of snow amid freezing temperatures and bitterly cold winds. The Met Office issued severe weather warnings for almost all regions, with alerts [...]
Online sales on Cyber Monday surged nearly 20% from last year, according to findings from an analytics group released Tuesday. “Cyber Monday came in as the biggest shopping day of the year so far,” said John Squire, chief strategy officer of Coremetrics, a unit of IBM Corp. (IBM, Fortune 500) Cyber Monday is the first [...]
Justin Bieber plans to continue with his education despite his worldwide singing success – the teenager wants to enroll at university. The 16-year-old found international fame last year and has a loyal following of millions of fans. Bieber currently studies with a private tutor so he can juggle his career with his education, but he’s [...]
The European Commission’s autumn forecast foresees a continuation of the economic recovery currently underway in the EU. GDP is projected to grow by around 1¾% in 2010-11 and by around 2% in 2012. A better than expected performance so far this year underpins the significant upward revision to annual growth in 2010 compared to the [...]
The Kardashian sisters have reportedly removed their backing from a pre-paid credit card amid allegations that it comes with hidden fees. Khloe, Kourtney and Kim were due to launch the Kardashian Kard, but according to TMZ, they signed a notice of termination, claiming to be unhappy about the ‘negative spotlight’ that has surrounded the card [...]
Around 80% of consumers plan to shop online this holiday season while only 65% will shop at the store. And Internet sales are expected to be up 15% this year over last. Retailers rang up strong sales online and in stores during the post-Thanksgiving shopping bonanza, sparking hopes for a merrier holiday season. E-commerce sales [...]
If you are a girl who begins as a shy guy, but do not know how to deal with, this article is for you. Even if a guy seems so hard to say, let's not forget that he was a man behind his silence. You just have to break his wall of silence and find [...]
