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Redeem now Tradeblock on Thursday announced an $8.9 million seed investment round. The company, a trading platform for sneakers, previously raised $4.6 million.  The investment solidifies Tradeblock as one of the most promising sneaker startups. The sneaker-trading app Tradeblock has raised an $8.9 million seed round, with investments coming from CourtsideVC, Trinity, and Concrete Rose. The investment solidifies it as one of the most promising startups in the booming secondary market for collectible kicks.

Celebrity / Movies 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective' was a vehicle for Jim Carrey, but his insistence on one of his co-stars really helped her out during a difficult time. Published on March 23, 2021 3 min read Ace Ventura: Pet Detective is the movie that made Jim Carrey a movie star. He was beloved as a cast member of the sketch comedy show In Living Color but Ace Ventura began a quick succession of hit movies.

Kim Kardashian West is speaking out in the latest escalation of tensions between herself and Taylor Swift.  Hours after Swift broke her silence regarding the recently leaked, unedited phone call between her and Kanye West, Kardashian followed suit and unleashed a storm of tweets accusing Swift of twisting the truth about the tapes. "@taylorswift13 has chosen to reignite an old exchange - that at this point in time feels very self-serving given the suffering millions of real victims are facing right now,"

Basically consisting of four nighttime two-handers set in dingy Barcelona apartments, each dealing with solitude, defeat and ways of escape, the script is brilliantly brought to life by a gathering of fine thesps. “Big issues in small rooms” could be an alternate title for “Barcelona: A Map,” a typically thought-provoking item from one-a-year Catalan helmer Ventura Pons.

The Rolling Stones have a new album under their thumb, and it’s their first of original music in 18 years: Hackney Diamonds, the most British diptych of words you’ll read today. Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood confirmed their very loud return to the studio at a September 6 press conference, where they revealed the energizing lead track, “Angry.” (Our current contender for best lyrics: “Don’t just bitch at my face!

High in the Andes Mountains, Peruvians have been lining up to see a collection of antiquities that have finally returned home. The objects from the Inca site of Machu Picchu spent the past 100 years at Yale University in Connecticut, where they were at the center of a long-running international custody battle. Now, the university is giving back thousands of ceramics, jewelry and human bones from the Peabody Museum in New Haven to the International Center for the Study of Machu Picchu and Inca Culture.

Film industry This article is more than 5 years oldGet Out producer booed off stage at Israeli film festival for criticising TrumpThis article is more than 5 years oldJudd Apatow and Jamie Lee Curtis among those defending Jason Blum’s comments Jason Blum is one of Hollywood’s biggest film producers, known for taking risks in the horror genre and with more adventurous independent films. This has been a good year for him: he saw one film he produced, Get Out, nominated for best picture at the Oscars and another, BlacKkKlansman, win the Cannes grand prix.

Usher is headlining the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show. The big game's big show will take place on February 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. Here are 11 of Usher's best songs to listen to ahead of the event. "Yeah!" (2004) Yeah! Usher/YouTube The biggest hit of Usher's career, "Yeah!" shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and stayed there for 12 consecutive weeks.

Peter Brown, who played Deputy Johnny McKay on 1960s TV Western “Lawman,” died March 21 in Phoenix, Arizona. He was 80. Brown played McKay on ABC’s “Lawman” during the entire 1958-62 run of the series, which starred John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop.