• Prince Harry pal ‘punished’ over Meghan Markle romance doubts, book claims

    Prince Harry pal ‘punished’ over Meghan Markle romance doubts, book claims

    Prince Harry’s childhood best friend warned him off rushing into his relationship with Meghan Markle — and was “punished” with a snub during the royal wedding, according to a new biography. Tom “Skippy” Inskip — who had been Harry’s right-hand man during many of his rowdiest escapades as a bachelor — advised his royal BFF …
  • Robinhood app luring and robbing amateurs — like in the dot-com era

    Robinhood app luring and robbing amateurs — like in the dot-com era

    The 1990s were simpler times. The news was dominated by Bill Clinton’s various sexual escapades, but also a bubble in internet-related stocks that was partly fueled by the democratization of stock trading. The latter inflated the stock market generally, and if you’re old enough to remember, pretty much crashed it. Newbie investors took the brunt …
  • Slap Shots: NHL going crazy inside bubble

    Slap Shots: NHL going crazy inside bubble

    Let me be the first to observe that there has never been a week like this in NHL history. The teams that finished 22nd, 23rd and 24th in the overall standings are in the Stanley Cup playoffs ,and a team that finished in the top 10 is alive in the lottery for the first-overall draft …
  • Leafs pull off absurd comeback to stun Blue Jackets in NHL playoffs

    Leafs pull off absurd comeback to stun Blue Jackets in NHL playoffs

    TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs rallied from a three-goal deficit in the third period and Auston Matthews scored on a power play 13:10 into overtime to beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-3 on Friday night, tying the best-of-five qualifying series at two wins apiece. The Leafs scored three times in 3:34 to knot the …
  • Bill Lawrence teams up with Jason Sudeikis for soccer comedy ‘Ted Lasso’

    Bill Lawrence teams up with Jason Sudeikis for soccer comedy ‘Ted Lasso’

    Writer/showrunner Bill Lawrence has entered the streaming series world with the Apple+ comedy “Ted Lasso.” Premiering Aug. 14, it follows Ted (Jason Sudeikis, the show’s co-creator and star), an affable American college football coach who’s hired to run a Premier League soccer team in the UK — despite having no knowledge of the sport or …
  • Free trading app Robinhood may be behind Virtu’s stellar 2Q

    Free trading app Robinhood may be behind Virtu’s stellar 2Q

    Mom-and-pop investors spending their stimulus checks on no-fee trading apps like Robinhood weren’t all winners in the June rally they fueled, but one Wall Street firm that executed their trades appears to have made out big. Virtu Financial, a $10 billion Manhattan-based provider of trading services, announced gangbuster trading income on Friday, which Wall Streeters …
  • More Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars exit amid disputes with Condé Nast

    More Bon Appétit Test Kitchen stars exit amid disputes with Condé Nast

    The talent roster behind the popular Bon Appétit Test Kitchen series on YouTube continues to unravel. Two more BA Test Kitchen hosts said Friday they won’t appear in the videos anymore — continuing the string of allegations that Condé Nast is not delivering on its promise to support diversity in its entertainment division. Gaby Melian, …
  • ‘Young and the Restless’ star Melody Thomas Scott describes cast’s return to set

    ‘Young and the Restless’ star Melody Thomas Scott describes cast’s return to set

    Melody Thomas Scott, who has played Nikki Newman on “The Young and the Restless” for the past 40 years, tells us that returning to set two weeks ago was “kind of like stepping into ‘The Twilight Zone.’” The long-running soap opera — the second daytime drama to resume filming since production was shut down due …
  • Bon Appétit Test Kitchen star Molly Baz resigns in solidarity amid controversy

    Bon Appétit Test Kitchen star Molly Baz resigns in solidarity amid controversy

    Yet another Bon Appétit Test Kitchen star has resigned — but this time in solidarity with colleagues at the controversy-ridden video channel. Molly Baz, the senior food editor at Bon Appétit, announced her exit Friday to show support for three colleagues who left the channel. Bon Appétit Test Kitchen contributing writer Priya Krishna, assistant food …
  • Rangers playoff fallout includes Jacob Trouba-induced dilemma

    Rangers playoff fallout includes Jacob Trouba-induced dilemma

    Regarding the Rangers, who under the NHL’s best-case scenario will reconvene for training camp on Nov. 17. 1. That date is closer to the end of the qualifying round than the beginning of the qualifying round was to the date the season ended. Maybe that is a primary reason the Rangers “did not pick up …