Universal and Illuminations latest animated film centers on a family of ducks who decides to leave the safety of a New England pond for an adventurous trip to Jamaica. However, their well-laid plans quickly go awry when they get lost and wind up in New York City. Universal Disney dropped…
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Hasbro laying off 1,100 workers as weak toy sales persist into holiday season
Hasbro is laying off about 1,100 employees as the toy maker struggles with soft sales that have carried into the holiday shopping season, according to a company memo obtained by CNBC. Hasbro had about 6,300 employees as of earlier this year, according to a company fact sheet. Shares of the…
Take a look inside the new Raffles hotel in London
History seeps from the walls of the Old War Office in Whitehall, London, Winston Churchill’s former workplace. Once the beating heart of Britain’s military empire, the headquarters from which some of the most consequential decisions in modern U.K. history were made, the building is now forging a new future as…
Here’s what’s new on Hulu in November 2023 — and what’s leaving
Hulu has a loaded lineup in November 2023, with a pair of highly anticipated FX dramas, an epic Baz Luhrmann miniseries and a slew of Christmas movies. FX’s “A Murder at the End of the World” (Nov. 14) was pushed back from an August release date due to the Hollywood…
From Kennedy To Ved, A Look At MAMI Mumbai Film Festival Lineup For This Year
Image shared on X. (Courtesy: EplanetKi) Mumbai (Maharashtra): The Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival on Monday announced its line-up for the year 2023, with over 250 films spread over 10 days. The festival will be held at the Jio World Centre, a convention, theatre and concert hall complex in the…
With booze, furniture and candles, Dungeons & Dragons makes itself at home
Inside the storefront of Cantrip Candles in Hollywood, CA. Sarah Whitten | CNBC It’s not every day that a spilled beer can start a company. But that’s exactly how Christoff Visscher got the idea for Cantrip Candles. An avid Dungeons & Dragons fan, Visscher was hosting a game when a…
Netflix subscriptions jump 8%, revenue climbs as password sharing crackdown takes hold
Netflix said Wednesday that its quarterly revenue and subscriptions rose, as efforts to curb password sharing took hold. Here’s what the company reported for the second quarter versus what analysts expected, according to Refinitiv: Earnings: $3.29 a share vs. $2.86 per share expected Revenue: $8.19 billion vs $8.30 billion expected…
Should you check emails on vacation or face a ‘tidal wave’ of messages later? These CEOs have some ideas
Should you check email on vacation or face a tsunami of messages once you’re back at the office? For workers at war with their inboxes, neither is a great option. That’s why many people choose something in the middle. But even monitoring email on holiday “is almost always a…
Question: How are some bars boosting profits? Answer: Trivia nights
Brooklyn Brewery hosts a Thursday trivia night on March 30. Noah Sheidlower | CNBC Megan Fitzgerald has always been a trivia fan, but as the director of brand experience at Talea Beer Co. in Brooklyn she wasn’t convinced it would be a good fit for the female-founded brewery. In February,…
I asked ChatGPT to help me plan a vacation. Here’s what happened next
Some people love travel planning. But I am not one of those people. So the idea that artificial intelligence chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Bing, can research travel destinations and create itineraries is intriguing. But I’m skeptical too. Do recommendations just scratch the surface — for example, suggesting that I…