• Cannes 2020: Pixar’s ‘Soul,’ Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch’ lead 2020 lineup

    Cannes 2020: Pixar’s ‘Soul,’ Wes Anderson’s ‘French Dispatch’ lead 2020 lineup

    Pixar’s “Soul,” Wes Anderson’s star-packed “The French Dispatch” and Steve McQueen’s “Mangrove” and Lover’s Rock” are among the 56 movies which will receive a Cannes 2020 label as part of the festival’s eclectic Official Selection. Also included in this year’s lineup, are Cannes regulars such as Francois Ozon’s anticipated “Summer 85,” Naomi Kawase’s “True Mothers” …
  • LVMH wants to renegotiate $16.2 billion Tiffany deal

    LVMH wants to renegotiate $16.2 billion Tiffany deal

    LVMH Chief Executive Bernard Arnault is exploring ways to reopen negotiations on the French luxury goods giant’s $16.2 billion acquisition of jewelry chain Tiffany & Co, as US social unrest and the coronavirus pandemic weigh on the retail sector, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. LVMH agreed to acquire Tiffany in November, but …
  • K-pop fans troll #WhiteLivesMatter posts to drown out racist tweets

    K-pop fans troll #WhiteLivesMatter posts to drown out racist tweets

    On Wednesday morning, #WhiteLivesMatter was trending on Twitter — but not for the reason many first assumed. K-pop fans are mobilizing online this week for the #BlackLivesMatter movement by drowning out racist posts with flashy, cheerful “fancam” videos of BTS and other Korean performers. BTS’s so-called ARMY and fans of other K-pop artists are known …
  • Feds indict execs from chicken companies Pilgrim’s Pride, JBS USA for price-fixing

    Feds indict execs from chicken companies Pilgrim’s Pride, JBS USA for price-fixing

    The chief executive of Pilgrim’s Pride Corp, a major US poultry company, was indicted along with three other current and former industry executives on charges of seeking to fix the price of chickens, the Justice Department said on Wednesday. Pilgrim’s Pride shares fell more than 10 percent, to $18.70, during afternoon trading. A grand jury …
  • Marc Jacobs appears unfazed after his LA store is looted

    Marc Jacobs appears unfazed after his LA store is looted

    Looters smashed up and raided the Los Angeles Marc Jacobs store — but the designer seemed unfazed by the damage. Video posted to Twitter shows one glass door of the Melrose Place designer store completely smashed and another partly damaged, with the spray-painted message, “F–k capitalism.” The inside of the store appears near-empty. The large …
  • New York regulators may punish Deutsche Bank over Epstein ties

    New York regulators may punish Deutsche Bank over Epstein ties

    The long and murky relationship between Jeffrey Epstein and Deutsche Bank has caught the attention of New York regulators. Months of investigation by the New York’s financial watchdog agency, the Department of Financial Services, may spur a punishment of the German lender for its decision to keep the famous sex criminal as a client years …
  • Alicia Silverstone takes baths with 9-year-old son in quarantine

    Alicia Silverstone takes baths with 9-year-old son in quarantine

    Alicia Silverstone is soaking up some quality time with her son during quarantine. The “Clueless” star shared that she and 9-year-old son Bear Blu have been taking baths together to pass the time during COVID-19 isolation. “My son and I take baths together, and when he’s not with me, I take a bath and that …
  • Tiki Barber says he’s becoming a mixologist in quarantine

    Tiki Barber says he’s becoming a mixologist in quarantine

    Tiki Barber is perfecting his martini recipe while in quarantine. “People joke about drinking every day, I figure out a unique way to make a martini every day, that’s my goal. Or a Manhattan,” the former Giants running back recently told Page Six. “I’m becoming a mixologist.” While Barber, 45, has posted about his creations …
  • Yankees, Mets adding May games to awkward refund policy

    Yankees, Mets adding May games to awkward refund policy

    Three days into June, the Yankees and Mets finally acknowledged that their May home games will not be made up in any way, shape or form. You’re still going to have to break a sweat for that refund, though. On Wednesday, both New York baseball teams released statements on their team websites announcing the addition …
  • Steve King Loses Republican Primary after White Supremacy Comments

    Steve King Loses Republican Primary after White Supremacy Comments

    Republican Representative Steve King, whose comments about white supremacy earned him the condemnation of many members of his party last year, lost his primary bid early Wednesday morning. The nine-term Iowa congressman lost the race to state Senator Randy Feenstra. “I called Randy Feenstra a little bit ago and conceded the race to him,” King said …