We got the tease. Now it’s time for the big show. There’s an art to making jaw-dropping and captivating season teasers. The queens learned this lesson firsthand by creating their own outlandish season teasers on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 14 Episode 4. Acting challenges can be hit-or-miss, but the improv here hit it out of
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during his re-nomination hearing before the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee on Jan. 11, 2022 in Washington. Brendan Smialowski-Pool/Getty Images The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates soon from rock-bottom levels to cool inflation. The Personal Consumption Expenditures Price Index jumped by 5.8% in December
[embedded content] Playmobil’s “robotic genius” figure, also known as ROBert, paid a visit to the International Space Station (ISS) this week. The toy blasted off to the ISS on Wednesday and was soon greeted by European Space Station astronaut Matthias Maurer. ROBert had a guided tour of the ISS and in a video report (above),
One of the pioneers in the podcast space is John Lee Dumas, the founder and host of Entrepreneurs On Fire (EOFire). With over 100 million listens to his 3000+ episodes, JLD has turned Entrepreneurs On Fire into a media empire that generates over a million listens every month and 7-figures in annual revenue 8-years in
Broadway continued its winter freeze last week, with box office dropping 11% to a slim $16,494,289 for its meager 21-show roster. Attendance for the week ending Jan. 23 was 152,135, a slip of 6% from the previous week. The reduced roster – the previous week had 25 productions on the boards – did seem to
HELSINKI — China has released a new white paper outlining the centrality of space to the country’s “overall national strategy” as well as major plans for the years ahead. Over the next five years China will seek to develop its space transportation capabilities, test new technologies, embark on exploration missions, modernize space governance, enhance innovation
Smartphone market worldwide recovered to pre-COVID-19 level in 2021 by growing seven percent year-on-year to 1.35 billion shipments, according to a report. The growth reported despite component supply shortages due to the pandemic that are still being faced by most players in the market globally. Samsung retained its market leadership in the year with a
A collapsed bridge along Forbes Avenue near Frick Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty Images A bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh on Friday morning, hours before President Joe Biden was set to travel to the city to promote his legislative agenda — including the landmark infrastructure
Kanye West‘s bizarre behavior might be at a new low — he’s allegedly telling friends Pete Davidson‘s suffering with AIDS, and while the false rumor’s gotten back to Pete … people close to Ye are denying it. Sources close to Davidson confirm what DJ Akademiks claimed earlier this week, “Kanye’s been telling everybody within earshot”
JPMorgan is about to make a nearly $10 billion splash in the exchange-traded fund space. The firm will begin converting four of its mutual funds to ETFs in April, bringing its Inflation Managed Bond Fund, Market Expansion Enhanced Index Fund, Realty Income Fund and International Research Enhanced Equity Fund to the lower-cost, more tax-efficient investment
Courtesy of Dior/Frederique DUMOULIN By definition, haute couture is handmade, from start to finish. The labor-intensive process is hidden in the details, and to the untrained eye, all there is to see is exquisite runway plastered with detailed embroidery, fancy embellishments, and expertise in textile manipulation. But what we rarely think about is the time
Welcome to a very millennial murder mystery. The Afterparty Season 1 Episode 1 is a light-hearted, breezy take on the murder mystery. Many of the tropes are present, but the stacked cast, as well as the execution (pun intended), keep it engaging and dynamic. Playing the untimely death of a celebrity for laughs may not be
I’m the type of person that plans their travels around bookstores. A new city to explore means a route through bookish haunts: a walking tour of shops dedicated to words, my maps app aglitter with saved spots waiting to be discovered. I went to Maastricht once just to see a gorgeous 13th-century church converted into
In this article SBUX From coast to coast, young Starbucks baristas are pushing to unionize their cafes, flexing their collective power against the coffee giant in a fight that could change the broader restaurant industry and its workforce. After notching a first win late last year, two Starbucks company-owned stores have formally organized after a
Traders on the floor of the NYSE, Jan. 26, 2022. Source: NYSE Stock futures rose in overnight trading Thursday, boosted by a jump in Apple shares, as Wall Street looks to wrap up a roller-coaster week on a high note. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 200 points. S&P 500 futures climbed 0.8%
Paramount/Nickelodeon/Spin Master’s Paw Patrol: The Movie has sauntered across the $100M threshold at the international box office. The Cal Brunker-directed animated action adventure now counts $100.3M to date overseas, and over $140M global. The film has been on a staggered overseas rollout, beginning in just six markets in mid-August last year, and continuing to add new hubs throughout September and
by Trevor Kimball, January 22, 2022 (Trae Patton/NBC) There’s a little bad news for fans of the Small Fortune TV series. NBC has cancelled the competition series so there won’t be a second season. Based on the British game show of the same name, the Small Fortune TV series is hosted by Lil Rel Howery.