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CBS’s Tony Awards Spectacle: Showbiz Brainwashing
Behind the artsy façade, a community of media radicals. Source link
Enhancing Scrutiny of Chinese Foreign Students Is Essential for National Security
It’s not normal to have hundreds of thousands of students from an adversary nation able to commit acts of surveillance, sabotage, and subversion at our universities. Source link
Procter & Gamble’s job cuts raise questions over possible impact on Singapore operations, new facility plans
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has so far stayed silent about how its planned reduction of about 15 per cent of its global non-manufacturing workforce over the next two years will affect its…
Procter & Gamble’s job cuts raise questions over possible impact on 2,300 staff and operations in Singapore
Procter & Gamble (P&G) has so far stayed silent about how its planned reduction of about 15 per cent of its global non-manufacturing workforce over the next two years will affect its…
Venture capital investment is rising in Los Angeles — and not just for AI startups
Early this year, private equity firm Blackstone bet big on the future of artificial intelligence by investing $300 million in a Chatsworth company that’s been around for more than two…
Palomo Expands Into Womenswear, Relocates Headquarters to Madrid and Pursues Wholesale Accounts
Palomo, the 10-year-old Spanish luxury brand which has been primarily menswear, is shaking things up, most notably with the launch of womenswear for resort 2026. In January, the…
The Heartrending Movies of John Cazale
With his sallow face and boulder-like forehead, John Cazale was one of the indelible character actors of the nineteen-seventies, but his career was tragically brief. He appeared in only…
The Sixties Come Back to Life in “Everything Is Now.”
The film critic and cultural historian J. Hoberman’s new book, “Everything Is Now: The 1960s New York Avant-Garde—Primal Happenings, Underground Movies, Radical Pop,” is as jubilantly…
The Quest to Bring Young Men Back to the Democrats
Ross Morales Rocketto, a Democratic strategist who served as lead organizer of White Dudes for Harris ahead of the 2024 election, believes that, after an electoral loss, Democrats tend to…
The Real Reason Trump Has Created This Autopen Scandal
It is worth noting that the original autopen controversy stemmed largely around the president’s use of it to sign legislation, where the Constitution explicitly requires a signature. For…
Trump’s Odious New Demand of the Civil Service: Loyalty Oaths
As I say, that’s how it works under a normal president. Under the aberration that is Donald Trump, executive orders often have no role other than to express Trump’s crotchets, partisan or…
Hello Kitty owner overtakes Toyota in stock turnover
Shares of Sanrio, which was added to MSCI’s Japan index last month, jumped 12% in May Hello Kitty owner Sanrio surpassed Japan’s biggest company Toyota Motor in stock turnover last…
Singapore stocks rise post Trump-Xi talks; STI up 0.4%
Across the broader market, gainers beat losers 266 to 205 as 849.5 million securities worth S$1.1 billion change hands. The local bourse ended Friday (Jun 6) in a positive territory after…
‘Akira’ 4K Restoration, ‘Dan Da Dan: Evil Eye’ Lead POM Anime’s 2025 Theatrical Slate
Amsterdam-based Piece of Magic Entertainment‘s anime division has unveiled a 2025 distribution slate that puts theatrical exhibition at the center of its European expansion strategy, with…
From Cowboy Crops to Rebel Bobs, These Short Haircuts Will Dominate Your Social Feeds This Summer
This probably goes without saying, but bobs are having a moment—well, more like an entire era. "It’s like bob mania out here, and I’m not mad about it," declares celebrity hairstylist and…
Modi launches US$5.4 billion rail project in Jammu and Kashmir
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the world’s tallest railway bridge connecting the restive Kashmir valley with the rest of the country on Friday (Jun 6), marking his first…
Tom Brady explains how the best entrepreneurs make things look simple
Tom Brady’s post-football career has been as methodical as his two-minute drill, and arguably more lucrative. The seven-time Super Bowl champion has systematically built a business empire…
Why Trump-Musk Feud Suddenly Has White House In “Full Panic Mode”
As you’ve surely heard, the feud between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has erupted, with the two men trading attacks on each other for hours. As of this recording, the last big things to…
Inside the race to find GPS alternatives
“Just because of this shorter distance, we will put down signals that will be approximately a hundred times stronger than the GPS signal,” says Tyler Reid, chief technology officer and…
Why doctors should look for ways to prescribe hope
Researchers are still trying to understand the connection between body and mind, and how our thoughts can influence our physiology. In the meantime, many are developing ways to harness it…
12 Queer Tropes We're Glad We're Done With (Sort Of)
Audiences Are Rejecting These 12 Queer Tropes In Films SO MANY memorable queer characters on-screen have stolen our hearts. 💕 However, some of our favorite movies had the most cliché…
OTT Drop Alert: 8 Fresh Series And Films To Stream This Weekend
Top 8 Fresh Streaming Picks For Your Watchlist It’s the first week of June and OTT platforms are already moving like they’ve had 3 shots of espresso. Whether you’re into moody thrillers,…
Angelina Jolie-Produced ‘Bee Wild’ Buzzes at SXSW London World Premiere
Academy Award winner Angelina Jolie‘s latest venture as executive producer, the environmental documentary “Bee Wild,” made its world premiere at the inaugural SXSW London, drawing…