Bafta nominations 2023: nominations list including Best Actor and Best Actress January 19, 2023 The Bafta nominations for the 2023 awards have been revealed. The annual ceremony celebrating the best films released over the past year will take place on 19 February, just a few weeks before the Oscars. World War 1 epic All Quiet On The Western Front leads with 14 nominations, and comedy-drama The Banshees of Inisherin [...]
Paul Mescal roars onto London stage in gripping new Streetcar Named Desire January 19, 2023 ★★★★☆ The Almeida’s production of Tennessee Williams’ steamy southern gothic A Streetcar Named Desire was one of the most hotly anticipated plays of 2022, with Normal People star Paul Mescal lending some zeitgeist-capturing sex appeal to this sad tale of fantasy, identity and mental illness. But on the eve of opening, lead actor Lydia Wilson [...]
Deliveroo: UK orders pass £1bn mark as takeaway giant remains upbeat about 2023 January 19, 2023 Quarterly orders on Deliveroo in the UK and Ireland passed the £1bn mark for the first time at the end of last year, the takeaway giant reported today, adding that it was confident about the year ahead despite much economic uncertainty. The food delivery company reported a seven per cent increase in gross transaction value [...]
Alice, Darling review: Anna Kendrick is peerless in gripping abuse drama January 19, 2023 ★★★★☆ Alice, Darling is a subtly gripping and deftly effective portrait of coercive control in an abusive relationship, and one of the most staggeringly realistic. It also has a bravely simplistic premise which only makes its case stronger. It’s a cause Pitch Perfect’s Anna Kendrick is clearly passionate about: she’s producing and playing the lead [...]
Babylon film review: Brad Pitt can’t save this mess January 19, 2023 ★★☆☆☆ In the first ten minutes of Babylon, an elephant excretes faeces explosively down the camera, a woman pees on her sexual partner and partygoers are seen shovelling cocaine up their noses from a pile almost as high as the elephant. The party kicks on for another half an hour, when naked people start having [...]
Bitcoin and wider crypto markets take a breather January 19, 2023 Bitcoin is trading for $20,789 this morning, down by 2.25% over 24 hours, while Ethereum is in the red by 3.32%, changing hands for $1,527.
Boohoo shares slide after PrettyLittleThing owner admits consumer squeeze has hit profits January 19, 2023 Online fashion retailer Boohoo expects full year revenue to be below market expectations as it continues to suffer from the squeeze on consumer spending. The company anticipates revenue will fall by 12 per cent over the financial year ending 28 February, after it reported a fall in revenue in a trading update released this morning. [...]
Crypto Exchange OKX builds user trust by taking proof of reserves to the next level January 19, 2023 | City Talk In the crypto markets, transparency is everything, and the most important metric to demonstrate transparency is Proof of Reserves (PoR). OKX is leading the industry in transparency through our efforts to prove our holdings using blockchain technology. Proof of Reserves provides assurances that exchanges are able to match customer holdings with an equal or greater [...]
Twitter in trouble? Over 500 advertisers quit the platform after Musk takeover January 18, 2023 Over 500 advertisers have reportedly either pulled or paused their presence on Twitter following Elon Musk’s takeover of the website last autumn, according to a report by The Information. Major spenders including General Mills, Pfizer, Audi, Volkswagen and Mondelez are among some of the big names to have stopped advertising on Twitter since Musk’s took [...]
Davos round-up: Goldman’s consumer banking headache, Big Tech layoffs and Germany’s green drive January 18, 2023 As some of the world’s most important CEOs, politicians and thinkers gather at the World Economic Forum in Davos to discuss an array of economic, political and social challenges, Morning Wire wraps up some of the top lines from the day. Goldman Sachs’ consumer banking headache Goldman Sachs’ foray into consumer banking has not gone [...]