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Christmas isn’t canceled. Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there will still be a Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center for the 2020 holiday season — but maybe not the traditional crowds. Tishman Speyer, the real estate firm that owns the Manhattan landmark, has confirmed that the beloved annual happening will go on this year, even if …
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Google is getting fat off the struggling news industry by using its position as the nation’s dominant search engine to force publishers into unfair agreements, according to a new research report. The Alphabet-owned internet company has become such a powerful force for driving Web traffic that it even dictates how news publications format their web …
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Camila Mendes is defending her recently-accused-of-sexual-assault “Riverdale” co-stars. “Someone saying to me that somebody would do such a thing to prove a point? It seems so trivial,” Mendes said on SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show” Tuesday. “You really went to that extent? To damage not only the integrity of the #MeToo movement, but to potentially …
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Tom Brady has gone from defying age to defying common sense. Despite Florida recently surging past 100,000 coronavirus cases — including at least two Buccaneers players and one assistant coach — and the urging of the NFLPA medical director to stop all group workouts prior to training camp, Brady held a practice session with at least …
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Miley Cyrus is no longer drinking or smoking weed, she revealed in a new interview on Tuesday. “I’ve been sober sober for the past six months,” the pop star told Variety, adding that the reason behind her lifestyle change — at first — was “just about this vocal surgery.” In November, Cyrus, 27, revealed she …
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Tennis has turned upside down. The world’s top player, Novak Djokovic, is setting back the sport. The ATP’s long-running headache, Nick Kyrgios, is the voice of responsibility. Djokovic, who became the fourth player to test positive for COVID-19 — along with his wife — from the exhibition tournament he hosted in Serbia and Croatia, was …
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Gold prices surged to their highest since October 2012 on Tuesday, driven by a weakness in the US dollar and widespread monetary stimulus packages by central banks as a jump in coronavirus cases dents the economic outlook. Spot gold climbed 0.7 percent, to $1,767 per ounce, in the early afternoon, having hit $1,768.96, its highest …
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Normally the summer music-festival season would be in full swing now, but this year it’s been put on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic. So instead, the Governors Ball Music Festival is pressing rewind and replaying some memorable sets from over the years on Thursday and Friday on YouTube. On Thursday’s bill is Travis Scott …
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Governor Greg Abbott warned Monday that the coronavirus is now spreading in Texas at an “unacceptable rate” and pleaded with residents to wear masks in public and continue practicing social distancing. “To state the obvious, COVID-19 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in Texas, and it must be corralled,” Abbott said at a news …
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Protestors in Washington, D.C., set up barricades and pitched tents on H Street NW near the White House and graffitied the historic St. John’s church with “BHAZ” — Black House Autonomous Zone — on Monday, drawing warnings from President Trump. A plywood sign on H Street was also spray-painted “BHAZ: Black House Autonomous Zone,” in …
Christmas isn’t canceled. Despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, there will still be a Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center for the 2020 holiday season — but maybe not the traditional crowds. Tishman Speyer, the real estate firm that owns the Manhattan landmark, has confirmed that the beloved annual happening will go on this year, even if …
