A trio of new shows joined Broadway last week to mostly decent box office figures as the fall season begins to take shape. Most impressive was Gutenberg! The Musical! starring Josh Gad and Andrew Rannells under the direction of Alex Timbers. For the first three previews of its run, the musical filled 96% of seats at the James Earl Jones Theatre. The performances grossed $376,300, with an average ticket price at a solid $122.65. Opening night is Oct. 12. The subscription-based Manhattan Theatre Club unveiled its production of Jocelyn Bioh’s Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, directed by Whitney White. The play…
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by Trevor Kimball, September 18, 2023(Photo: HBO) The Winning Time TV series is out. HBO has cancelled the low-rated series but gave producers time to give the show an ending. The season and series finale aired tonight. A sports comedy-drama series, the Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty TV show is based on a book by Jeff Pearlman. The second season cast includes John C. Reilly, Quincy Isaiah, Adrien Brody, Jason Clarke, Gaby Hoffmann, Jason Segel, Hadley Robinson, DeVaughn Nixon, Solomon Hughes, Tamera Tomakili, Brett Cullen, Stephen Adly Guirgis, Spencer Garrett, Molly Gordon, Joey Brooks, Delante Desouza, Jimel…
WASHINGTON — CACI International’s optical communication terminal passed initial ground tests required to compete for Space Development Agency satellite contracts, the company announced Sept. 18. CACI, a defense contractor based in Reston, Virginia, said its optical terminal successfully completed an interoperability test, bringing it closer to meeting technical requirements set by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for its constellation of military satellites in low Earth orbit. SDA, an agency under the U.S. Space Force, plans to deploy a layered network of satellites. It includes a Transport Layer of interconnected communications satellites that will transmit data collected by a Tracking Layer…
India’s antitrust body has appointed three new members to oversee cases, including a former government official from the commerce ministry and a former interim compliance officer of WhatsApp, sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.The new members appointed are Anil Agrawal, a former police official who recently worked at India’s commerce ministry and worked on various startup initiatives and setting up of government’s e-commerce network, Open Network For Digital Commerce. He confirmed the appointment to Reuters, but declined to elaborate.Two other appointments are Sweta Kakkad, a lawyer whose LinkedIn profile showed she is a former interim chief compliance officer…
Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, arrives at federal court to plead guilty to two misdemeanor charges of willfully failing to pay income taxes in Wilmington, Delaware, U.S., July 26, 2023. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersHunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, will plead not guilty during his initial court appearance on three federal felony gun charges, his attorney said Tuesday.That lawyer, Abbe Lowell, revealed Biden’s intended plea as he asked a federal judge to hold that court appearance by video conference instead of in person.Hunter Biden “will waive reading of the indictment, which is merely a few pages and…
Lil Kim is one of several hip hop legends picked to grace Ebony magazine’s new cover to celebrate the culture’s 50th anniversary, but one of the people involved in the job isn’t taking credit for the photo-op!!! Fans took serious issue with Kim’s front page spread on Tuesday, for its cutout-like appearance and NFT glow as the publication rolled out others with 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Rick Ross and Swizz Beatz. Waiting for your permission to load the Instagram Media. Renowned photographer Keith Major, who served as Director of Photography for the project, clearly couldn’t stomach seeing his work slandered…
In this articleLLYFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTA pharmacist displays boxes of Ozempic, a semaglutide injection drug used for treating type 2 diabetes made by Novo Nordisk, at Rock Canyon Pharmacy in Provo, Utah, March 29, 2023.George Frey | ReutersEli Lilly on Tuesday sued 10 medical spas, wellness clinics and compounding pharmacies across the U.S. for allegedly selling cheaper, unauthorized versions of the company’s diabetes drug Mounjaro. The actions come as Eli Lilly grapples with a shortage of Mounjaro in the U.S. due to skyrocketing demand. Much of the drug’s popularity comes from its off-label ability to help patients lose unwanted…
Luxury is often associated with unattainability—high cost, utmost quality, and opulence. What if it didn’t have to be quite so impossible to achieve?Since the onset of the pandemic, the cost of a classic Chanel flap bag has gone up from $6,500 to over $10,000. Other classic luxury labels like Hermès and Dior have also raised their prices. For the shoppers interested in high-caliber bags, but unwilling to invest in a style with such a steep price tag, a new era of contemporary labels have come to offer an alternative—for under $1,000. And they aren’t only meant to look expensive, they’re…
Dark Winds will have another case to solve at AMC and AMC+. The hit drama series has been renewed for Dark Winds Season 3. A renewal was a no-brainer, with the cabler and its streaming sibling previously touting the show’s continued success. Dark Winds Season 2 averaged 1.7 million viewers during its first three days on the linear cable service. Numbers for AMC+ have not been made available, but the network indicated that it had a strong footprint on the streaming service as the series aired. Episodes were made available before their debuts on the service, so there was an…
From stinky armpits to funky-smelling feet and a grim groin, body odor is a major turn-off. But thankfully, whatever the cause, finding out how to smell good is a lot easier than you may think.Sweat makes us smell, and guys produce more sweat per gland than women. Another reason men sweat more is that we tend to be physically larger. Bigger bodies generate more heat and take longer to cool down. Also, as we age, our bodies become less tolerant of heat. When our body gets hot, its natural cooling mechanism kicks in, and this makes us sweat. “Sweating helps…
In the opening pages of David Diop’s Beyond the Door of No Return, Michel Adanson, a renowned botanist, is dying. He thinks about a bush fire he started on the banks of the Senegal River years before, and remembers the way the trees split open violently and creatures, in their attempts to flee, emitted sounds of terror. Having spent his life dedicated to the work of cataloguing the flora and fauna of Senegal on behalf of the Royal Academy of Sciences in Paris, he wonders, maybe for the first time in his career, whether the “burning trees must have screamed…
In Love Letters to Ukraine from Uyava (River Paw Press, 2023), Kalpna Singh-Chitnis writes an urgent tribute for Ukraine, the same urgency she employed when putting together her Ukraine anthology Sunflowers: Ukrainian Poetry on War, Resistance, Hope and Peace. In Love Letters, Singh-Chitnis compiles a series of echo refrain poems for an embattled nation. Her own sympathy is not sentimental so much as pragmatic and hopeful. Hers is not a patronizing tone but a welcoming one: meditate on these things, help others, be more. It is both an antithesis to the me, me, me modern culture and a meditation on…
In this articleDISFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTDisney World celebrated its 50th anniversary in April 2022.Aaronp | Bauer-Griffin | GC Images | Getty ImagesDisney said it will nearly double its planned investment in the parks and cruises business.The company said in a securities filing on Tuesday it will nearly double its planned investment to $60 billion over the course of 10 years.While the company is grappling with the changing media and entertainment landscape – and trying to make its streaming business profitable while considering sales of its traditional TV networks – the theme parks, experiences and products division has been…
WASHINGTON — A Rocket Lab Electron failed during a launch of Capella Space radar imaging satellite Sept. 19. The Electron lifted off at 2:55 a.m. Eastern from Launch Complex 1 in New Zealand after a delay of about 20 minutes because of space weather conditions. The liftoff and ascent of the first stage appeared to go as expected, with “nominal” calls by controllers up until stage separation. Live video from the second stage, though, was lost right after separation, when the single Rutherford engine ignited. Telemetry displayed on the webcast for several seconds after stage separation showed the vehicle’s velocity…
Sony WF-1000XM5 truly wireless stereo (TWS) earphones will be launched in India soon. The company unveiled the wireless headset in global markets in July. It is the successor to the Sony WF-1000XM4 TWS headset that made its debut in 2021. Sony has equipped the new headset with its next-generation Integrated Processor V2 chip, along with a QN2e processor for noise cancellation. It features the company’s 8.4mm Dynamic Driver X and is claimed to provide half a day of battery life with normal use.Sony WF-1000XM5 price in India (expected)The Japanese tech conglomerate has confirmed the launch of the Sony WF-1000XM5 in India will…
Getty ImagesGREENBELT, Md. — It’s barely 10 a.m. on a Wednesday, but the day at Greenway Learning Center is well underway. Story time is done, jelly sandwiches have been eaten and the kids have been divided into the preschoolers and the “twos”, with infants in another room. As the preschoolers review their numbers, the 2-year-olds play with brightly colored blocks.Ashleigh Proctor, who works nearby as a facilities manager, dropped in to see her son, Ahmad, who’s been attending the center since he was 8 months old. Proctor said being around teachers and other kids has helped his development and the…
NewsWatch Weyes Blood’s New Video for “Twin Flame”Her And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow cut gets a moody, medieval visualBy Nina CorcoranSeptember 18, 2023FacebookXWeyes Blood in “Twin Flame,” directed by Ambar NavarroFacebookXWeyes Blood has unveiled a new music video for “Twin Flame,” which appears on her 2022 album And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow. Directed by Ambar Navarro, the moody, medieval visual follows Natalie Mering herself in a red dress as she traverses through the candlelit halls of a castle, waiting for her husband to return on horseback. Watch it below.“Twin Flame” is the latest song from Weyes Blood’s most…
Blue Cross Blue Shield employees show their support to members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) union as they march through the streets of downtown Detroit following a rally on the first day of the UAW strike in Detroit, Michigan, on September 15, 2023. Matthew Hatcher | AFP | Getty ImagesDETROIT – The United Auto Workers union will announce additional strikes at General Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis plants if the sides don’t make “serious progress” in negotiations by noon ET Friday, UAW President Shawn Fain announced Monday night.The timing of the additional plants would come just over a week after…