While she was ebullient about Leopoldstadt‘s Tony Awards wins, including a crowning one for Best Play, producer Sonia Friedman offered some sobering thoughts about plays of its scale and cost Sunday night. “Oooh, this is a big conversation,” Friedman said when asked about the challenges of producing a show like Tom Stoppard’s multi-layered look at the persecution of Jews in Poland, with action spanning the years 1899 and 1955. Before mounting Leopoldstadt, Friedman had backed large-scale plays like The Ferryman and Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which also struck Tony gold. “Plays of this scale are under threat right…
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TAMPA, Fla. — Iridium Communications is redoubling efforts to reverse U.S. regulatory approval for Ligado’s terrestrial wireless plans after Canada rejected the network following GPS interference concerns. Ligado had sought similar approval from Canada that it secured from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission in 2020 to deploy a 5G network using satellite L-band spectrum, including with restrictions designed to guard against interference. However, the Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED) declined to approve the request May 31 following a public consultation. Of the 38 comments ISED’s consultation received, 36 expressed concerns about potential spectrum interference. The Canadian regulator said…
iPhone 15 series is expected to be unveiled later this year as the successor to the current-generation iPhone 14 lineup. The company’s upcoming handsets are tipped to feature hardware upgrades such as a periscope camera for the top-of-the-line Pro model, as well as USB Type-C ports. According to a noted Wall Street analyst, Apple’s purported iPhone 15 series of smartphones will push owners of millions of older iPhone models to upgrade their handsets, despite an expected increase in pricing for the upcoming phones.Apple typically launches new iPhone models in the third quarter of the year, and the company is expected…
In this articleJPMFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTJeffrey Epstein attends Launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT on May 18, 2005.Patrick McMullan | Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase said Monday it has reached a settlement with one of late sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein’s victims, who had been suing the bank.The bank’s litigation with the U.S. Virgin Islands in the Epstein matter remains, however. Its claims against former executive Jes Staley, who was friends with Epstein, are also active, the bank said. The victim and the Virgin Islands, where Epstein owned a private island, both claim JPMorgan continued working with Epstein after learning…
Tyga and Travis Barker are linking up again and it has nothing to do with any old family ties … the duo’s actually getting ready to drop some new music. Witnesses tell TMZ … Tyga and his buddy, Alexander “AE” Edwards, strolled into Travis’ studio Tuesday in Calabasas … something that’s become a common sight lately. Play video content 6/6/23 TMZ.com Sources familiar with the situation say the rapper and drummer have been spending a lot of time together in the studio, and the tunes they’re cooking up will be for an upcoming EP. They plan to drop the project…
In this articleAAPLFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTKif Leswing/CNBCApple announced a 15-inch MacBook Air last week. It hits store shelves on Tuesday and costs $1,299 for the base model or as much as $,2499 with upgraded RAM and storage.The MacBook Air has come in 11-inch and 13-inch versions in the past, but this is the first time it’s had a 15-inch screen, which is the most popular laptop size. It could seriously boost Mac sales, which have been falling for the past two quarters. related investing newsWhat Apple’s entry into virtual reality means for the future of Meta Platforms and the…
Just in case anyone out there is keeping a formal list of Reasons Zendaya Is Amazing, please go ahead and add “she put up with Tom Holland having very bad hair for almost a year” to the official record. Tom is currently making the rounds doing press to promote his new Apple TV+ series, The Crowded Room, which means new tidbits about his and Zendaya’s relationship for the rest of us. In an interview with Radio Times published earlier this month, Tom addressed the truly unfortunate hair he sports in the series, which is set in 1979. The hair in…
Did the gang manage to save Grace and Finch? On Fear the Walking Dead Season 8 Episode 5, a deadly mission got underway as PADRE closed in. Meanwhile, Morgan tried to reason with Shrike that her plans had not yielded much results. Elsewhere, Mo and Dove had one final battle as they both tried to do what they thought was right. Use the video above to watch Fear the Walking Dead online right here via TV Fanatic. Catch up on all your favorite shows and reviews and join in the conversations with other fanatics who love TV as much as…
The Perfect Beach Weather for Every Gender Marne Litfin Share article Daisies by Marne Litfin Neither of my girlfriends would take me to the beach. When I told Miller, they yelped into the phone like they’d broken a toe: But it’s summer! That’s what summer is for! And you live so close! Their voice cracked, on summer and summer and close. I heard them bend down and whisper to one of their chihuahuas: can you believe that? The chihuahua tippy-tapped back. Two days later, they put the dogs in daycare then drove three hours down from Binghamton. I watched from…
In this articleCSG.N-CHUBSUBSG-CHFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTUBS expects to complete its takeover of Credit Suisse “as early as June 12”, which will create a giant Swiss bank with a balance sheet of $1.6 trillion.Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty ImagesSwiss bank UBS on Monday said that it had formally completed the takeover of its rival Credit Suisse.UBS agreed to the $3.2 billion deal in March, with Swiss regulators playing a key role in the acquisition amid worries that severe losses at Credit Suisse destabilizing the banking system.The newly-enlarged UBS will have a balance sheet of $1.6 trillion.Regulators said Friday that…
Both sides now: artist’s impression of bilayer graphene with an electron-hole symmetric double quantum dot, where the electron and the hole are in different layers. (Courtesy: Sebastian Staacks) Several unique phenomena that could benefit quantum computing have been observed in quantum dots made from bilayer graphene. The research was done by Christoph Stampfer at RWTH Aachen University and colleagues in Germany and Japan, who showed how the structure can host an electron in one layer and a hole in the other. What is more, the quantum spin states of these two entities are near perfect mirrors of each other. A…
Utopia’s Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) grossed an estimated $10k from one engagement at NYC’s Film Forum, where it was the top-ranking pic. Celebrated filmmaker and photographer Anton Corbijn’s first feature documentary is the story of Hipgnosis, the iconic album art design studio that was a force in the music industry behind some of the most recognizable covers of all time. It features new interviews with Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Noel Gallagher and others. Turnout was backed by a multi-generational crowd of music, design and cinema enthusiasts, Utopia said, with multiple sold-out shows and…
WASHINGTON — A new State Department space policy framework is intended to align and guide ongoing work on space diplomacy by the department, including its work to support the Artemis Accords. The State Department published May 30 the Strategic Framework for Space Policy, a first-of-its-kind document that outlines the efforts by the department to use diplomacy to advance space policy goals and also use space to advance broader diplomatic aims. The document stemmed from discussions within the department on making sure its efforts were aligned with national space policy, including the space priorities framework published by the White House in…
Meta announced to extend verified services to India on June 7. It will allow users to get verified badges in the country for their Facebook and Instagram accounts. Users will be able to purchase Meta Verified which will provide them a blue tick and certain additional features. Meta Verified is a subscription-based service that allows users to buy verification badges at monthly rates of Rs. 699 on iOS and Android apps for Facebook and Instagram. Meta is also planning to introduce a web-based subscription plan for Rs. 599 per month in the coming months.Meta Verified will help users get verification…
In this articleJPMFollow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNTLawyers for a Jeffrey Epstein victim asked a federal judge on Friday to allow them to take new testimony from JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and others as part of a lawsuit against the bank over its dealings with sex predator Epstein.The lawyers, who deposed Dimon for the suit last month, alleged in a Manhattan District Court filing that JPMorgan has “strategically” failed to promptly turn over documents to them as part of the case, as required by Judge Jed Rakoff.That prevented the accuser’s lawyers from asking questions about those documents at the…
NewsFiona Apple Covers Idaho State Song for This American Life: ListenApple recorded her version of “Here We Have Idaho” for a recent episode of the NPR showBy Madison BloomJune 11, 2023FacebookTwitterFiona Apple in 2018 (Photo by Gary Miller/Getty Images).FacebookTwitterFiona Apple contributed a version of the Idaho State song for a May 26 installment of NPR’s This American Life, Stereogum points out. The episode, titled “Jane Doe,” chronicles a 19-year-old intern at the Idaho state legislature, who suffered repercussions after accusing state Representative Aaron von Ehlinger of raping her in 2021. Apple’s rendition of “Here We Have Idaho” plays at the…
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump applauds as he attends the North Carolina Republican Party convention in Greensboro, North Carolina, U.S. June 10, 2023. Megan Varner | ReutersAfter a 37-count criminal indictment against Donald Trump was unsealed Friday, Trump’s former Attorney General Bill Barr said there is trouble ahead for the 2024 Republican presidential hopeful.”If even half of it is true, then he’s toast,” Barr told “Fox News Sunday.” “It’s a very detailed indictment, and it’s very, very damning. And this idea of presenting Trump as a victim here, a victim of a witch hunt, is ridiculous.”The indictment revealed allegations that the…
Sweet Magnolias is making a big change ahead of its return on Netflix. Deadline broke the news this week that the role of Katie Townsend would be recast. The publication revealed that Ella Grace Helton will take on the role for Sweet Magnolias Season 3 — and beyond. Helton takes over for departing star Bianca Berry Tarantino. Scheduling conflicts triggered producers to make the move, with the departing star set to star opposite Natalie Portman on the Apple TV+ drama Lady in the Lake. As previously reported, Netflix will welcome viewers back to Serenity on Thursday, July 20, with all…