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Millions of Americans are missing payments on credit cards and car loans as the coronavirus pandemic squeezes consumers’ wallets, data shows. Nearly 15 million credit cards, or about 3.2 percent of the nation’s accounts, were in “financial hardship” status in April, according to figures from credit-reporting company TransUnion. That means the accounts were frozen, in …
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Megan Fox remains proud of her married name even after she and Brian Austin Green called it quits. The “Transformers” actress, 34, appeared in an Instagram Live on Wednesday with Redline Steel founder Colin Wayne to show off a customized Green family crest that had been created by the company, which specializes in steel fabrication. …
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“Total Bellas” fans won’t have to worry about missing their favorite show because of quarantine restrictions. Nikki and Brie Bella revealed that they are currently in production for Season 7 of the E! show, telling Maria Menounos on Wednesday’s episode of “Better Together with Maria Menounos,” that their crew is back in action. “We all …
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A former Florida state health employee who says she was dismissed from her position for refusing to “manually change data to drum up support for the plan to reopen” had multiple performance issues that led to her removal, according to Florida Department of Health officials. Rebekah Jones, who worked as a data manager for Florida’s …
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A 25-year-old skin care consultant gets several text messages and calls each day meant for Tesla CEO Elon Musk, all because AT&T assigned her the billionaire’s old phone number. Lyndsay Tucker, who works at a Sephora in San Jose, Calif., was unwittingly given Musk’s old digits as a college student. Suddenly, she began receiving a …
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A group of GOP senators has begun to push for a coronavirus relief bill with a focus on infrastructure progress, even as others in Senate Republican leadership remain wary of an additional massive spending package. “I want to do infrastructure,” Senator Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) told CNN on Wednesday. “I told Trump, this is the …
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An additional 2.4 million Americans filed jobless claims during the past week, bringing the total number of unemployed Americans to 38.6 million, or about 23 percent of the workforce. “The hemorrhaging has continued,” Torsten Slok, chief economist for Deutsche Bank Securities, told the New York Times. Stanford University economist Nicholas Bloom has authored a study claiming …
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Cue your tears — “This Is Us” probably won’t return until 2021. On Wednesday, co-star Jon Huertas, who plays Miguel Rivas on the show, shared the unfortunate update about the impact of the coronavirus on NBC’s series while on a call with California Governor Gavin Newsom. “I was just on the phone with [creator] Dan …
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Talk about meta. “Smash,” the TV series about backstage drama that attracted a rabid but small fanbase when it aired for two seasons on NBC, has inspired an upcoming show that is eyeing a Broadway run. “Smash, A New Musical” is setting its sights on the Great White Way and its mega-watt producing team includes …
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So much for giving vague reasons about “creative differences.” In February, the shocking news came out that “Scream” star Skeet Ulrich, 50, was leaving The CW’s “Riverdale,” where he plays gangster-turned-sheriff FP Jones. Usually actors give politely vague reasons for TV departures, but Ulrich’s gloves came off in an Instagram video he posted Wednesday night. …
Millions of Americans are missing payments on credit cards and car loans as the coronavirus pandemic squeezes consumers’ wallets, data shows. Nearly 15 million credit cards, or about 3.2 percent of the nation’s accounts, were in “financial hardship” status in April, according to figures from credit-reporting company TransUnion. That means the accounts were frozen, in …
