SAN FRANCISCO — This is supposed to be the season when star forward Paolo Banchero and the Orlando Magic improve hand in hand. That has not happened. At least not yet. One-third of the way through their schedule, despite injuries to key players and one of the league’s most difficult schedules so far, the Magic … Read more
William Brangham: You may have heard in the last couple of weeks about these new savings and investment accounts for kids known as Trump Accounts. They recently got a big boost from a philanthropic donation that’s among the largest ever delivered directly to Americans. The accounts are now available and the accounts are first expected … Read more
Nawazuddin Siddiqui has never been one to follow industry norms unquestioningly, be it the kind of roles he opts for or sharing his thoughts on the growing entourage debate and the overdependence on franchise filmmaking. Speaking about the entourage debate, the actor specifies how he chooses to have a small, limited team travel with him … Read more
London, Filmmaker Roger Kumble says “Just Friends” was not supposed to be a Christmas film, but eventually the crew realised it “could work as a holiday movie”. We realised it could work as a holiday movie, wasn’t a mandate: Roger Kumble on ‘Just Friends’ Directed by Kumble, the film released in 2005 and featured Ryan … Read more
Damola Adamolekun rose to popularity after becoming Red Lobster’s youngest CEO in August 2024, helping the restaurant chain recover from Chapter 11 bankruptcy and building a cult following of fans during the process. But Red Lobster isn’t his first CEO job. Adamolekun was appointed chief executive of P.F. Chang’s in April 2020, shortly following the … Read more
Stock markets and banking services have altered schedules ahead of Christmas Day and Eve. The markets will return to normal hours on Friday, December 26. Banks will be operating with reduced hours as well and will remain closed on Christmas Day. Christmas week will see reduced stock market and bank hours.( AFP) Here is the … Read more
Maddock Films has emerged as one of the pre-eminent Bollywood production houses in the last few years, largely due to the success of its horror comedy universe, one of India’s only successful cinematic universes. It all began for Maddock with Stree, the 2018 sleeper hit. Producer Dinesh Vijan has now revealed that he decided to … Read more
Since 2022, Dr. Gloria Washington has been spearheading an approach to the artificial intelligence boom that places people at the center. As director of Howard’s Human Centered Artificial Intelligence Institute (HCAI), funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR), she and her team of researchers are ensuring AI is useful for the actual people it serves. … Read more
Chitrangda Singh says her decisions have shaped her journey as an actor, but sometimes listening to voices that weren’t always her own has made her miss out on big projects too. “It’s part of the process,” she says, recalling, “I said no to Gangs of Wasseypur (2012). Anurag (filmmaker Kashyap) had come to me for … Read more