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Certain Walmart managers are getting a pay bump, pushing their total compensation, including stock grants and bonuses, to well over $600,000.  The nation’s largest private employer is raising the salary range for its market managers, who supervise store managers in about a dozen locations, from $130,000–$260,000 to $160,000–$260,000. However, Walmart said that the majority of the … Read more

Michael Acton Smith, co-founder of the meditation app Calm, has set his sights on building an L.A.-based empire that marries mental health and entertainment. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) With his intentionally messy hair, boyish charm and rock star wardrobe, Calm cofounder Michael Acton Smith gives off an air of a younger Mick Jagger, … Read more

I was in the midst of a personal meltdown. My divorce after a long marriage was heartbreaking and painful. A job transition was taking longer than I had thought, causing financial concerns, and loneliness and stress were taking their toll on me. I’m not the type of person who embraces being alone. Don’t get me … Read more

Ladies and gentlemen, it’s Friday. Ladies and gentlemen, you’ve had a long week. Five whole days of time’s horrid fardel bruising your shoulders, grinding you into the earth with the same routine: You wake up, eat, work, sleep and do it all over again, as often as 52 weeks a year. Who did this to … Read more

Getty Images for Vox Media John Lithgow couldn’t wait to strip down for his latest role in “Jimpa.” When the 79-year-old actor learned he’d have to take off his clothes in the 2025 drama that premiered Thursday at the Sundance Film Festival, he couldn’t wait, according to the flick’s director, Sophie Hyde. “John was so … Read more

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Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Pax found himself in yet another electric bike accident on Friday just six months after he was hospitalized for injuries he sustained in a previous crash. The 21-year-old was riding his BMX-style bike through the Los Feliz neighborhood in Los Angeles when he barreled into the side of car, … Read more

Charles Sykes/Invision/AP Drew Barrymore is still reeling from her divorce. The talk show host, 49, got candid about the end of her four-year marriage to Will Kopelman, revealing she’s deeply affected by their split. Barrymore and Kopelman, 46, started dating in 2011 and said “I do” one year later. The exes share two children: daughters … Read more

DJ Unk Getty Images DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper best known for his hits “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” has died. He was 43. Born Anthony Leonard Platt, Unk passed away on Friday, according to a statement from Korey “Big Oomp” Roberson, who founded the record label Big Oomp Records, which signed Unk in … Read more

Angelina Jolie and Pax Jolie-Pitt are seen on August 16, 2023 in New York City. GC Images Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt’s son Pax crashed his electronic bike in Los Angeles on Friday, just six months after a similar accident landed him in the ICU with a head injury. Pax, 21, was driving in the … Read more