The Lakers did not make a trade at Thursday’s noon PST deadline, a move that at once signals they’re comfortable enough with their current roster, that they weren’t compelled by any perceived pressure from LeBron James and that their current roster is good enough to help push a .500 team into better position to contend. … Read more
When it comes to originals, Netflix and Amazon have the deepest libraries of prestige movies. But ever since CODA won the Best Picture Oscar, it’s become clear that some of the best movies are on Apple TV+. As with any streaming service, not every film on the roster is a winner, but from Billie Eilish documentaries to Sundance darlings, Apple’s … Read more
This week, Yinka Elujoba covers Hunter Amos’s paintings and Wawi Navarroza’s self-portraits in Chelsea, as well as Nathaniel Oliver’s fantastical worlds in the East Village. Chelsea Hunter Amos Through Feb. 24. Anna Zorina Gallery, 532 West 24 Street, Manhattan; 212-243-2100, annazorinagallery.com. Perhaps it is the colors — tones of a reddish brown almost the shade … Read more
It has taken perseverance, extraordinary musical gifts and a little luck for Usher to land where he is right now. At 45, the R&B singer and songwriter Usher Raymond is releasing his new album, “Coming Home,” just two days before he will headline the Super Bowl halftime show. In December 2023, he completed an acclaimed … Read more
Over 100 million people will watch some of the best athletes in the world compete for the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, but there will be a select group of observers who remember those athletes when they were less famous. High school coaches or teachers of … Read more
Hershey CEO Michele Buck opened up the company’s earnings call (pdf) Thursday (Feb. 8) by talking about “historic” cocoa prices. Thanks to speculators taking advantage of back-to-back West African rains and droughts, a metric ton of the brown stuff costs more than $5,400 for one contract traded out of New York, more than double what … Read more
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI’s) directive issued last month concerns Paytm Payments Bank, not the Paytm app, the banking regulator clarified in a press conference on Thursday. This was after the RBI, after a meeting of its monetary policy committee (MPC), announced the status quo on policy rates earlier in the day. The … Read more
Home security videos showed a Florida mother breastfeeding a newborn shorty before she was allegedly stabbed to death by her 13-year-old son, who is then seen on one of the videos calmly speaking to police. State prosecutors on Wednesday released four short video clips of moments before and after Derek Rosa allegedly killed his mother, … Read more
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian police are investigating several top allies of former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2022 election and searched their homes and offices Thursday. Bolsonaro was not himself the target of a search but, like others, was ordered to forfeit his passport, according to a decision by … Read more
Within hours of Prime Minister Narendra Modi praising his predecessor Manmohan Singh in the Rajya Sabha, the White Paper criticised almost all aspects of the UPA rule under Singh Source link