Photo Credit: Getty Images As any businessperson will tell you, marketing is vital when selling a product. In this case, the product is a cleaner, healthier planet, though some of its most prolific marketers don’t seem to understand the concept. Leonardo DiCaprio is one example, as a post in the r/Fauxmoi subreddit pointed out. “They…
There was a time when, as a showbusiness journalist, an angry – or occasionally threatening – phone call from a celebrity’s publicist following a story they didn’t like was the ultimate reproach. I’ve been on the receiving end of many of those, some relations never mended – Geri Halliwell-Horner really didn’t like it when, in…
China’s decision to keep its new rare-earth quotas secret is fresh proof that it means to tighten control of the market — and that President Trump is absolutely right to make US independence on the vital resource a top priority. The quotas themselves aren’t new: The Chinese Communist Party has been using them since 2006…
Even if Bill Gates lost 99 percent of his fortune, he’d still be richer than almost anyone on Earth. With a net worth of roughly $117 billion, losing nearly all of it would still leave him with a jaw-dropping $1.17 billion. That’s enough to buy private jets, luxury homes, and even entire sports teams, and…
The stars were shining bright on Saturday at Comic-Con. San Diego was the scene of an all-star lineup of actors appearing at the convention center to discuss the latest in TV and films. Here were some of the sightings. Comic-Con 2025: Here are some of the celebrities we spotted Friday in San Diego Sam Rockwell…
President Donald Trump shared a deranged meme showing former President Barack Obama behind the wheel of the white Ford Bronco in O.J. Simpson’s 1994 car chase. The meme, which has a watermark from the pro-Trump account @grandoldmemes, features Trump and an unflatteringly edited version of Vice President JD Vance as police officers pursuing Obama. It…
The pledge from Japan to invest $550 billion in key U.S. industries could show other countries how to clinch a trade deal with the U.S., even as analysts question how real that money is. As part of the agreement that set a 15% tariff rate on Japan, the White House said it includes a “Japanese/USA investment vehicle”…
Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email Federal government agencies are reportedly using an artificial intelligence tool from Elon Musk’s DOGE initiative to identify regulations to cut, with a goal of cutting…
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) holds many prominent household names in its portfolio. But not all of them have been doing well in recent years. A great example of that is Kraft Heinz (KHC -0.35%). Despite being a big name in the food industry, it has been a brutal investment to hold —…
Venezuelans that the Trump administration expelled to El Salvador’s most notorious megaprison endured “state-sanctioned torture”, lawyers for some of the men have said, as more stories emerge about the horrors they faced during capacity. When José Manuel Ramos Bastidas – one of 252 Venezuelan men that the US sent to El Salvador’s most notorious mega-prison…