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Hayden Panettiere reflects on ‘brutal’ child star experience: ‘I’ve been groomed’
Hayden Panettiere is reflecting on the darker side of growing up in Hollywood. The “Nashville” alum, 36, got candid about her “brutal” experience as a child star during a panel discussion Tuesday night in West Hollywood, California, for her new memoir, “This Is Me: A Reckoning.” “I had my first identity crisis,” Panettiere shared. “I remember…
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When Did On-Screen Weddings Get So Bleak?
This article discusses the endings of The Drama, Ready or Not 2: Here I Come, Something Very Bad Is Going to Happen, and the first season of The Testaments. Wedding season has barely started, and already this year I’ve witnessed enough catastrophic nuptials for a lifetime. I’m not talking about tacky dresses or those ill-timed…
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Goldman and Lander spar hard over Israel
DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 57 BRIDGING THE GAP: The debate over Israel is proving to be a wedge issue in the competitive primary between Rep. Dan Goldman and former city Comptroller Brad Lander. But the incumbent, who’s fighting for his political life, is making the argument that he and his challenger aren’t so different…
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Truckloads of illegal fireworks found in South L.A., prompting evacuations
Parts of South Los Angeles were evacuated Wednesday morning after police found truckloads of fireworks, according to authorities. Los Angeles Police confirmed they were investigating a domestic violence call near the 100 block of East 85th Street just north of Manchester Avenue when they found the haul of pyrotechnics, which are illegal in the city.…
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Trump’s ex-border chief opposes MAGA scheme to paralyze airports — for a surprising reason
President Donald Trump’s new Homeland Security Secretary, Markwayne Mullin, is now actively floating the idea of stripping international airports in liberal cities of Customs and Border Protection officers, paralyzing their ability to accept international flights until they agree to roll back “sanctuary” laws limiting local police cooperation with federal immigration agents. But the plan has…
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What America’s Fastest-Growing Cities Tell Us About the Future
Fulshear, Texas is one of the fastest-growing cities in America. —Mark Mulligan—Houston Chronicle via Getty Images Last month, Walmart asked me to do a signing for my book, Capitalism For All: Inclusive Economics and the Future-Proofing of America, at their new store opening in Celina, Texas. The actor Anthony Anderson and I signed books, talked…
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Gen Z consumers swap bar tabs for gym memberships
At 7 p.m. on a Friday in London, the lobby of Third Space in Soho looks more like a members’ club than a gym. There’s a humming smoothie bar, 20- and 30-somethings in color-coordinated workout sets and a steady stream of arrivals heading to reformer Pilates classes. A decade ago, this crowd might have been…
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Mike Pence uncorks a blunt confession about his relationship with Trump
Former Vice President Mike Pence offered a blunt take on his strained relationship with his former boss in a recent interview. “What’s your relationship with him like now?” local news anchor Roop Raj asked Pence at the Mackinac Policy Conference this week. “When’s the last time you picked up the phone and said, ‘Hi, President…
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Debt Collectors Are Being Replaced With AI Agents
With inflation out of control amidst a low-fire, low-hire economy, the amount of private debt in the United States is at an all time high. That’s a grim milestone for any country, let alone one as technically rich as the US — and it’s leading to a massive rise in late payments and credit delinquency.…
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Angry Ferrari fans say the Italian company’s new EV is too Californian
Ferrari’s first-ever fully electric vehicle triggered some fans who said it looks more like an iPhone than an Italian supercar. The $640,000 Ferrari Luce, which was unveiled on Wednesday, looks like a distant relative of many Apple products. It was built with the help of Jony Ive, the person who designed the look and feel…