Ron Livingston and wife Rosemarie DeWitt hid from screaming ‘SATC’ fans over Berger Post-it hate

“I’m sorry. I can’t. Don’t hate me” is a phrase Ron Livingston will never forget. The actor, 57, famously played Jack Berger on “Sex and the City” and will forever be ingrained in fans’ memory as the man who cowardly ended his relationship with Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) on a Post-it note during Season … Read more

Whoopi Goldberg forces ‘The View’ to commercial break after co-hosts get in ‘messy’ on-air fight

Whoopi Goldberg on “The View.” The View Whoopi Goldberg cut off “The View” co-hosts Sunny Hostin and Alyssa Farrah Griffin during a heated debate about school vouchers on Wednesday’s episode of the daytime talk show. Goldberg, 69, got fed up, sending the show to a commercial break after Hostin, 56, and Griffin, 35, talked over one … Read more

National Book Award goes to father of Ta-Nehisi Coates, publisher of antisemitic books

W. Paul Coates, the father of journalist Ta-Nehisi Coates, has won a prestigious National Book Award despite claims his company published a brazenly antisemitic novel. The National Book Foundation, a literary nonprofit, has since defended its decision to award Coates its lifetime achievement award. “The National Book Foundation condemns antisemitism, homophobia, Islamophobia, racism, and hatred … Read more

NY factory that makes Dunlop tires shuttered, 1,500 workers fired as Japanese owner moves manufacturing overseas

The Japanese company that owns tire maker Dunlop shuttered a century-old New York factory — and fired 1,500 workers — as it moved manufacturing overseas. Sumitomo Corp, the Tokyo-based conglomerate that boasts a market capitalization of more than $25 billion, closed down the Dunlop plant located in Tonawanda, near Buffalo, on Nov. 7. The closure … Read more

Wall Street drifts as Target tumbles

The Standard & Poor’s 500 index finished Wednesday virtually unchanged after erasing a loss of 1% from the morning. Above, the illuminated facade of the New York Stock Exchange. (Peter Morgan / Associated Press) U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish on Wednesday, though the modest moves for indexes masked some thrashing underneath the surface. … Read more

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani indicted over alleged bribery, hiding scheme from US investors

Gautam Adani, the chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group and one of the world’s richest people, has been indicted in New York over an alleged multibillion-dollar fraud scheme, US prosecutors said Wednesday. Authorities charged Adani and two other executives at Adani Green Energy, his nephew Sagar Adani and Vneet Jaain, with agreeing between 2020 and 2024 to pay more than $250 million in bribes … Read more

L.A. hotel owners warn minimum wage hike would scuttle Olympics room deal

Members of Unite Here Local 11, a union representing hospitality workers at hotels, stadiums, convention centers and airport concessions, protest outside Los Angeles International Airport in 2021. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday postponed a vote on a major boost to wages for hotel and airport workers, voicing … Read more

Commentary: Hannah Gadsby’s “Woof!” barks a new message in queer stand-up “our comedy is for us”

Hannah Gadsby’s new show “Woof!” comes to L.A.’s United Theater on Broadway this Sunday (David Urbanke) Sitting in front of me is Hannah Gadsby. On my computer. It’s very disconcerting. For both of us. We are here to talk about “Woof!”— their new comedy show, which lands in L.A., for one night only this Sunday … Read more

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