There aren’t many comedies in which characters are routinely rounded up to be executed or shipped to a gulag. Nor is a pistol to the head necessarily cause for a stifled guffaw. But then, any comedy set in the Soviet Union in 1953, under the oppressive regime of a dictator, […]
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Lisa Bonet says she’s “not surprised” by Cosby allegations
NEW YORK — After years of headlines about Bill Cosby, Lisa Bonet has broken her silence about her former TV dad, saying she isn’t surprised he’s facing sexual misconduct allegations and claiming he gave off a “sinister” energy. Bonet says in an interview with Net-a-Porter’s Porter magazine that she wasn’t aware […]
Jimi Hendrix’s new album, “Both Sides of the Sky,” drops
Fans of Jimi Hendrix received a big treat on Friday when the late artist’s new album dropped posthumously. “Both Sides of the Sky” contains unreleased songs recorded by the legendary rocker between 1968 and 1970. Experience Hendrix and Legacy Recordings released the album together, and on Friday a new music […]
Trump Org says it donated $151,470 in profits to U.S. Treasury
WASHINGTON – The Trump Organization has donated $151,470 in foreign government profits at its hotels and similar businesses last year to the U.S. Treasury, an executive said in a statement Friday. George Sorial, the executive vice president and chief compliance counsel, said the Feb. 22 voluntary donation fulfills the company’s […]
Teacher placed on leave after being caught on video telling couple “go back to your home country”
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A teacher accused of telling a California couple to go back to their home country was placed on leave by her college employer after a video that captured the encounter went viral, CBS Los Angeles reports. Coast Community College District (CCCD) workers said Tarin Olson was placed […]
Blankfein jokes on Twitter that he feels like Huck Finn at his own funeral after WSJ reports he’s leaving Goldman
Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein might not be leaving the bank immediately or even this year, but he’s inching closer to saying outright that he will leave, eventually. On Friday, after The Wall Street Journal reported the CEO could be leaving by the end of this year and a spokesman […]
New liberal Super PAC is digging up dirt on Republican incumbents in state races
A liberal Super PAC, Forward Majority, is digging up dirt on hundreds of incumbent Republicans running in local races across the country, deploying opposition research to try to improve Democrats’ dismal numbers in state legislatures in 2018. Co-founded by David Cohen, a top Obama 2008 official, Forward Majority entered the […]
GE explores divesting electrical engineering business: Report
General Electric is exploring a sale of the electrical engineering business which it acquired for $3.2 billion in 2011, as the U.S. industrial conglomerate continues to shed unwanted assets, according to four people familiar with the matter. John Flannery, who took over as GE’s chief executive last summer, indicated to […]
Sobbing ‘Pharma Bro’ gets 7 years after begging for leniency from judge
“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli was sentenced today to seven years in prison with credit for six months served. The sentence, which was less than half of what the government had asked for but more than the 18 months requested by the defense, came after Shkreli sobbed and begged a federal […]
Colin Firth’s wife Livia had an affair with alleged stalker
Livia Giuggioli made a shocking confession this week. Colin Firth’s wife of nearly 21 years revealed that she once had an affair with the man that has allegedly been stalking her. Giuggioli claims that Marco Brancaccia, an Italian journalist, has been harassing her with “frightening” messages that police are reportedly […]