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Pokemon fans can book a space to visit the Pokemon Center pop-up shop in the UK this April. Coinciding with the Pokemon Europe International Championships at the ExCeL in London, the Pokemon Center will be open from April 4 until April 7. The shop opens from 10am until 6pm GMT UK time on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and from 10am until 4pm on Sunday. Unfortunately, however, you'll need to book a slot if you want to visit the shop, even if you're attending the championships.With only a few slots available, fans are…

Usher has added a 10th and final show at London’s The O2 Arena for 29th March 2025. The R&B superstar has already sold-out 9 nights at the venue and extended the European dates for his ‘Usher: Past Present Future’ tour. This follows Usher’s powerhouse Apple Music Super Bowl LVIII Halftime performance, his incredibly successful two year, 100 sold out shows, ‘My Way: The Las Vegas Residency’ run, and the now legendary 8 night residency at Paris’ La Seine Musicale.  Aside from that 2023 Paris run, these will be his…

A view of the vehicles parked on the street in Paris, France on Nov. 22, 2023. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty ImagesParisians have voted to hike parking fees on large SUVs — and it's not the only European city to set its sights on heavier, more polluting cars.At a referendum in Paris last month, almost 55% voted in favor of a specific parking rate for sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for non-residents. With a turnout rate of 5.7%, however, the poll represented only a small proportion of the capital's electoral list.The measure…

Posted in: Comics, DC Comics, Preview | Tagged: BatmanWhen the world's grimiest detective meets Gotham's grimmest hero, Batman: Dylan Dog #1 delivers an unholy crossover chaos.Published Fri, 08 Mar 2024 17:26:08 -0600 by Jude Terror | Article Summary Batman: Dylan Dog #1 features a crossover in London, out 3/12/2024. The comic pits Batman and Dylan against Joker and Professor Xabaras. Previews and solicit info for the gloomy detective duo's adventure. LOLtron AI plots world domination, inspired by…

LONDON (AP) — Now that he's been doing it for well over half a century, Anthony Hopkins believes acting is much “easier” now. HT Image “As you get older, you have a little more knowledge of life. When you’re young, you think you know a thing or two, but you don’t. When you get to my age, you know a couple of tricks for a living,” the 86-year-old, who stars as real-life hero Nicholas Winton in “One Life,” said in a recent interview with The Associated Press. Hindustan Times - your fastest source for breaking…

Brixton Academy is to reopen for the first time since it closed in December 2022 after a fatal crowd crush resulted in two deaths.Tribute acts for Nirvana and the Smiths will perform at the O2 venue on 19 April, followed by tribute acts for Oasis and the Foo Fighters on 26 April.More conventional acts will appear the following month, with the indie band Editors on 2 May and a two-night residency by the Black Keys on 7 and 8 May.The reopening comes after a ruling in September that the venue could retain its licence if it…

Last Updated: March 01, 2024, 15:35 ISTNissan Reveals Plan for Self-Driving Services in Japan by 2027. (Photo: Nissan)Nissan's roadmap for autonomous-drive services marks a significant stride towards redefining transportation in Japan, promising enhanced mobility. Nissan has unveiled its plan to launch self-driving services in Japan, marking a crucial step towards its ambitious goal, Nissan Ambition 2030.The automaker aims to tackle transportation challenges faced by local communities, especially the…

British-Pakistani writer Huma Qureshi’s Playing Games presents two thirty-something sisters, the story of a failing marriage, and the life of a woman who is struggling to write a play. As alternating chapters show each of the sisters’ perspectives, the reader follows the women as they attempt to understand life and its heartbreaks in London. Mira, the younger of the two, works at a café when she’s not fighting with herself to write a play about a woman lying on the pavement. She wants to apply for a playwriting prize…

Sony Interactive Entertainment Sony is the latest company in the video game industry to announce massive layoffs in 2024. We’ve learned that Sony Interactive Entertainment is letting go of about 900 people across several studios; PlayStation’s London Studio will shut down as a result. In a blog post, soon-to-depart Sony Interactive Entertainment President and CEO Jim Ryan says these cuts amount to about 8% of PlayStation’s workforce. “Through discussions over the past few months about the evolving economic landscape,…

Japan's Sony is cutting about 900 jobs at its PlayStation unit and shutting a studio in London, it said on Tuesday as the videogame industry struggles to recover from a post-pandemic slump.The layoffs will affect about 8 percent of the division's staff in regions from the Americas to Asia and come days after Sony slashed the annual sales expectation for its PlayStation 5 console."We have concluded that tough decisions have become inevitable," said Sony gaming chief Jim Ryan, blaming it on changes in the way the videogame…