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U.S. vs. Paraguay: Breaking down the challenges in World Cup opener
The first time a World Cup game was played in the U.S., the opening ceremony featured Oprah Winfrey tumbling off a stage and Diana Ross shanking a penalty shot several yards wide of the goal. “At the time, it was a little bit of a panic,” said Alan Rothenberg, the man who organized that tournament.…
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6 states publicly decline to participate in Trump’s Great American State Fair
Connecticut, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, North Carolina, and Oregon have publicly declined to send official delegations to President Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair on the National Mall, opening June 25. Three additional states remain uncommitted two weeks before the grand opening, according to reports by NOTUS. The boycotts follow a wave of musical acts dropping…
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After Addressing Hollywood’s Filming Crisis, California Is Helping Post-Production Workers Next
After approving a dramatic expansion of the California production tax incentive last year, Sacramento legislators may soon come to the aid of the state’s struggling post-production industry. Assembly Bill 2319, which passed the California State Assembly and is awaiting a vote in the State Senate, would establish a $100 million budget allocation that would give…
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Trump administration identifies ‘super-sponsors’ of immigrant children in possible prosecution tack
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has identified more than 15,000 cases of adults gaining custody of multiple immigrant children who enter the U.S. without a parent, officials said Thursday, signaling a potential push to prosecute prolific child sponsors. The Justice Department highlighted cases against three Guatemalan nationals that they say underscore the dangers of improper vetting of…
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Disclosure Day pits aliens against religion. But faith leaders are ready to believe.
With his new film Disclosure Day, filmmaker Steven Spielberg is returning to the subject that helped make him one of the most successful directors in the world: extraterrestrials (or ETs). But his movie also focuses on a second topic that has long preoccupied Spielberg and other sci-fi directors: faith. It’s a story about believing in…
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Trump ‘wants to sink his party’s fortunes’: Data guru draws mind-boggling conclusion
President Donald Trump‘s economic polling looks so bad that CNN’s Harry Enten wondered whether he was engaged in self-sabotage. The president blurted out “I love the inflation” when asked about the last month’s 4.2 percent spike in costs, and the data analyst said that certainly won’t help Trump or his Republican allies on the most…
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Why Josh Johnson Stepped Away From Topical Humor to Get Personal in ‘Symphony’
While many stand-up specials are versions of a show that a comic has been performing on the road for some time, that wouldn’t work for Josh Johnson. For years, he’s been putting clips from his stand-up gigs on social media for free; if you add them up, he released about 30 hours of material in…
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I Walked More Than Six Hours to the World Cup Stadium
The 90-degree sun was making a mockery of my sunblock, as evidenced by the bright red hue of my hand (and face and neck and legs). Truck exhaust made the mid-afternoon air even more suffocating, doing my hydration woes no favors. I was about halfway into a 13-mile journey, almost exclusively by foot, from Penn…
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Massive Effigy of Elon Musk Raised Over Times Square to Protest Grok
In the middle of New York City’s Times Square, a massive, inflatable effigy of billionaire Elon Musk towered over tourists and commuters earlier today. It was surrounded by black banners with statements alleging “Grok makes AI child porn” and “SpaceX owns Grok,” referring to the Musk-owned AI chatbot whose image generation tool was used to…
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Slovenia’s new government lifts entry ban on Netanyahu and other measures against Israel
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia — Slovenia’s new conservative government abolished an entry ban on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and two of his ministers Thursday, marking a shift in policies toward Israel that had been pursued by the previous center-left government. The government of populist Prime Minister Janez Jansa also lifted a ban on imports from Jewish settlements and…