The 9 most talked-about Netflix shows in 2024
Richard Gadd in “Baby Reindeer” and Michelle Keegan in “Fool Me Once.” 2024 has been a huge year for Netflix, with the streamer’s shows sparking huge conversations. Here are the nine most talked-about shows on Netflix in 2024. “Fool Me Once” Michelle Keegan as Maya Stern and Richard Armitage as Joe Burkett in “Fool Me…
21 of the most notorious feuds between actors and directors
The feud between Justin Baldoni and Blake Lively heat up in December when Lively sued Baldoni for sexual harassment. “It Ends With Us,” the long-awaited film adaptation of the Colleen Hoover novel of the same name, had no shortage of controversies, starting with its subject matter — some critics said the story “romanticizes” domestic abuse.…
Justin Baldoni’s ex-publicist says smear campaign against Blake Lively happened behind her back
Stephanie Jones filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Justin Baldoni and his PR representatives, bringing a new dimension to Blake Lively’s claims against him. A publicist who previously represented Justin Baldoni says one of her former employees orchestrated a smear campaign against Blake Lively without the public relations firm’s knowledge — and then stole Baldoni and…
How the cast of ‘A Complete Unknown’ compares to the real-life people they’re playing
Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet as Sylvie and Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown.” James Mangold’s highly anticipated film “A Complete Unknown” follows Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan during his rise to renown in the early ’60s. The movie, which hits theaters on Christmas Day, also stars Monica Barbaro as the legendary folk singer Joan…
I shopped at Kohl’s to see how stores are taking ‘aggressive action’ to boost plummeting sales
Kohl’s. In 2018, Kohl’s was hailed as a “winner of the retail apocalypse,” boasting strong sales over its struggling counterparts like Sears and JCPenney. Now, Kohl’s is feeling the strain. Its third-quarter earnings report found that net sales decreased 8.8% and comparable sales fell 9.3%. “We are not satisfied with our performance in 2024 and…
Guaranteed basic income isn’t a silver bullet, says the lead researcher behind Sam Altman’s major study
Universal basic income provides recurring cash payments to everyone with no strings attached. The lead researcher for Sam Altman’s basic-income study says guaranteed no-strings payments are not a silver bullet for issues facing lower-income Americans. Elizabeth Rhodes, the research director for the Basic Income Project at Open Research, told B-17 that while basic-income payments are…
I went to HomeGoods for some last-minute holiday gifts, and the selection was overwhelming
I almost knocked things off this table with how overflowing it was. In addition to being a fan of HomeGoods, I’m also a bit of a procrastinator. With traffic at my local mall reaching Black Friday levels this week, I decided to skip that chaos. Instead, I stopped by HomeGoods, the successful home decor chain…
Denmark boosts Greenland defense spending after Trump’s call for US ownership of the key Arctic territory
The governments of Denmark and Greenland said the island wasn’t for sale after Donald Trump expressed intentions to buy it. Denmark’s government announced a defense package for Greenland worth at least $1.5 billion after President-elect Donald Trump reiterated that he wanted the US to purchase the Arctic territory. The Danish defense minister, Troels Lund Poulsen,…
Russia’s economy is entering a year of pain in 2025
President Vladimir Putin said inflation was at “a relatively high level” at an investment forum in early December. Since launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin has restructured its economy to prioritize its war efforts, imposing export bans, tapping its national wealth fund, and strengthening trade with non-Western countries. But unprecedented defense spending,…
