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Paul Archuleta / Getty Images The Golden Raspberry Awards, more commonly known as the Razzies, were forced to issue an apology for the second year in a row due to backlash over the nomination of 12-year-old actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong. This latest comes on the heels of the parody awards issuing Bruce Willis his very own category in 2021, which was swiftly rescinded after the 67-year-old’s aphasia diagnosis was later revealed. Following the Razzies announcements this week, which coincides annually with the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe Razzies have responded to criticism about nominating 12-year-old actor Ryan Kiera Armstrong in the “worst actor” category.On Monday (23 January), the Razzies – formally known as the Golden Raspberry Awards – announced their nominations for 2023 ahead of the Oscars.In the worst actor category, the award’s organisers nominated Armstrong for her performance as a pyrokinetic child in…

Coinbase COIN -6.00% Global Inc. Chief Executive Brian Armstrong believes that regulation will help fuel the rise of a stablecoin backed by his exchange. USD Coin will become “the de facto central bank digital currency” of the U.S., he said in a Friday interview.  “If we can get regulatory clarity, I think it will sort of shepherd in or grandfather in some of these stablecoins that have been…

Coinbase’s Brian Armstrong States He Has 2 Million Bitcoin, While Big Eyes Coin Raises $10.3 Million In Presale by IndustryTrends November 25, 2022 Cryptocurrencies have had a difficult 2022 due to the frequently occurring market crashes. The oversaturation of cryptocurrencies on the market has caused prices to fall as people lose faith in their value and switch their purchasing options. However, crypto analysts predict that cryptocurrencies will continue to be a popular digital component for users despite the…

Image: Hot Toys, Hasbro, and SmythsWelcome back to Toy Aisle, io9's regular roundup of the most fun geeky merch around. This week, the Transformers get into the holiday spirit, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’s new hero gets a new Hot Toys figure, and all hail the gooiest Star Wars toys around. Check it out!Image: HasbroHasbro Transformers Generations Holiday Optimus PrimeEven the ho-ho-holidays need defending from the Decepticons, so this year Optimus Prime is stepping up to the job with a complete festive makeover…

He was a founding father of jazz, a trumpet virtuoso and a gravel-voiced singer revered across the world, with Mack the Knife and Hello, Dolly! among his enduring hits. Yet Louis Armstrong was so focused on how history would judge him that he sought to preserve his own story for posterity by taping his recollections, including about the prejudice he suffered over the colour of his skin.Now the makers of a major documentary on the celebrated musician, nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, have been given unprecedented access to that…

In Laurence Sterne’s 1759 novel Tristram Shandy, the hero describes how his good-natured uncle Toby is plagued by a particularly large and annoying fly which “buzzed about his nose, and tormented him cruelly all dinner time”. Eventually he manages to catch the offending insect, but instead of killing it, he releases it out of the window.“Why should I hurt thee?” he says. “This world surely is wide enough to hold both thee and me.” The novel’s hero is a child at the time, but this “lesson of universal good-will” leaves an…

Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong doesn’t wanna be an American idiot.At a London Stadium concert on Friday, the Oakland-born singer and guitarist vowed to renounce his United States citizenship shortly after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision.“F— America,” Armstrong shouted. “I’m f— renouncing my citizenship. I’m f— coming here.”The 50-year-old musician added that there is “too much f— stupid in the world to go back to that miserable f— excuse for a country.”After a pause, he…

Armstrong Flooring Inc., a publicly traded manufacturer founded in 1860, has filed for bankruptcy, saying it couldn’t raise prices enough to counter supply-chain disruptions and higher costs for materials and transportation. The Lancaster, Pa.-based company, along with subsidiaries AFI Licensing LLC, Armstrong Flooring Latin America Inc. and Armstrong Flooring Canada Ltd., filed for chapter 11 protection Sunday in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. In November, Armstrong warned about…