(Photo Illustration: Jack Forbes/Yahoo News; Photos: DHS, Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images, Ted S. Warren/AP) Americans looking to travel by air domestically or enter federal government facilities without showing a U.S. passport will need to obtain a REAL ID, an updated driver’s license that complies with new federal standards, by May 3, 2023. … Read more
Rank Name Film Distributor 1 Ke Huy Quan “Everything Everywhere All at Once” A24 An aging Chinese immigrant is swept up in an insane adventure, where she alone can save the world by exploring other universes connecting with the lives she could have led. 2 Brendan Gleeson “The Banshees of Inisherin” Searchlight Pictures Two lifelong … Read more
Sometimes, a single worry grows so large that it obscures all the good things happening at the same time. That’s the case with the stock of pharma giant AbbVie whose blockbuster drug Humira faces patent expirations. Humira is an immunosuppressive that’s racked up nearly $200 billion in sales since its 2002 approval. AbbVie (ticker: ABBV) … Read more
A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. If you didn’t think the awards season was in full bloom by now, rest assured it is. With today’s particularly and predictably quirky New York Film Critics Circle winners, the Gotham Awards earlier this week, The Oscars basically confirming their 95th ceremony is striving to … Read more
A documentary about Oscar-winning Korean film director Bong Joon Ho is underway and will launch on Netflix next year. Titled “Yellow Door: Looking for Director Bong’s Unreleased Short Film,” the doc is being directed by Lee Hyuk-rae and produced through Broccoli Pictures. More from Variety The film will trace the quest for Bong’s unreleased first … Read more
Untouchable ace Jacob deGrom has agreed to a deal with the Texas Rangers, the club announced Friday. The contract is for five years and $185 million with a conditional sixth-year option that would increase its value to $222 million, per ESPN’s Jeff Passan. deGrom reportedly received a full no-trade clause. Having watched the average annual … Read more
Carnival Valor, pictured here in 2010, was re-routed to Mobile, Alabama this week as the Port of New Orleans shuttered for the arrival of tropical storm Barry.(AP Photo/J Pat Carte The man who tumbled off of the Carnival Valor cruise ship the day before Thanksgiving spoke out. In an interview with ABC’s “Good Morning America,” … Read more
Intel Corp’s (NASDAQ: INTC) Irish operation doled out three months’ unpaid leave to up to 2,000 staff as part of cost-cutting measures. Intel offered the workers at its manufacturing division unpaid leave as part of a “voluntary time off” program, the Business Post reports. “Voluntary time off programs allow us an opportunity to reduce short-term costs and offer … Read more
Another 4,744 Covid infections were reported today by Los Angeles County. That’s up from 4,353 yesterday, continuing a surge in daily cases that could soon lead to a renewed requirement for people to wear masks in all indoor public spaces. The county has been logging steady increases in daily infections and hospitalizations since the beginning … Read more
Ranking All Round of 16 Games in 2022 World Cup originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The beauty of the World Cup is in full effect. Qatar has certainly delivered in the group stage with a plethora of impractical upsets, score lines and drama, but none of that is vanishing anytime soon. Thanks to the … Read more