The Corporation for Public Broadcasting said Friday it would begin winding down its operations after its funding was eliminated by the Trump administration and Congress. The CPB is a private nonprofit founded in 1967 that serves as a steward of funding for public media. It provides funds to 1,500 local public radio and television stations…
Comcast is doubling down on its bid to become the entertainment one-stop shop for customers in its cable footprint. The company is launching Xfinity StreamStore, a hub for purchasing and managing streaming apps, channels and networks, available to Xfinity TV and Internet customers. Comcast touts StreamStore as having “one of the world’s largest catalogs of…
SAN FRANCISCO — Microsoft on Friday said it will stop using China-based engineers to provide technical assistance to the U.S. military after a report in investigative journalism outlet ProPublica sparked questions from a U.S. senator and prompted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to order a two-week review of Pentagon cloud deals. The report detailed Microsoft’s use…
Mark Geragos, the Los Angeles-based lawyer to the stars who made a name for himself representing deeply beloved and maligned celebrities and public figures like Michael Jackson, Sean Combs and Erik and Lyle Menendez, must pay $100,000 to a youth basketball coach for his role in the 2018 Nike extortion scheme, a jury has decided….
The prosecutor made a bold prediction during her closing argument. “For 20 years, the defendant got away with his crimes — that ends in this courtroom,” declared Assistant U.S. Attorney Maurene Comey last week in the government’s case versus Sean “Diddy” Combs. “It is time to hold him accountable … the defendant is not a…
WASHINGTON — Cybersecurity investigators noticed a highly unusual software crash — it was affecting a small number of smartphones belonging to people who worked in government, politics, tech and journalism. The crashes, which began late last year and carried into 2025, were the tipoff to a sophisticated cyberattack that may have allowed hackers to infiltrate…
Just as Joan Didion slouched toward Bethlehem, I dragged my melted brain toward my screen for And Just Like That … season three, episode four. I have to admit, the misplaced nostalgia is starting to get to me. These outfits feel like costumes, while the ensembles we saw in SATC were clothes. Pat Field drew…
For the past two seasons of And Just Like That …, I have written these fashion recaps with a tinge of guilt. As someone from the Midwest, where honking at a person is considered so rude it’s practically a capital offense, outright blasting the creative decisions in the show (the fashion, the lighting, the mutual…
A stunning Hallmark star recently admitted that her daughter’s approach to fashion sometimes leaves her mother feeling guilty and torn. Andie MacDowell opened up about how her daughter Rainey Qualley influences “The Way Home” star’s decisions. Andie MacDowell Loves Fashion, But Her Daughter Tends Toward Minimalism On April 24, MacDowell and Qualley talked with People…