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Nine women who accused convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein of sexual misconduct and filed a class-action lawsuit against him and the Weinstein Company have agreed to an $18.875 million settlement with the former Hollywood mogul. The settlement, which was announced Tuesday by New York Attorney General Letitia James and Chicago attorney Elizabeth A. Fegan and still
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Raymond McGuire has been a Wall Street investment banker for nearly 36 years. Currently, he is a vice chairman at Citigroup, the Wall Street behemoth, and the chairman of the firm’s banking, capital markets, and advisory businesses. For 13 years, he ran Citigroup’s corporate and investment banking division. Prior to Citigroup, McGuire worked at Merrill
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Welcome to On the Radar, your monthly reminder of what’s coming down the pike in the world of entertainment. We’ve got the latest TV shows, movies, books and more — all coming out in July. Read more: Jenny Slate leaves ‘Big Mouth,’ says Black characters ‘should be played by Black people’ Take a look and see
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Christopher Nolan is firmly pro-chairs on set, despite what the internet believed about him for a brief, bizarre 24 hours. In a statement to IndieWire Tuesday, the Oscar-nominated director’s rep clarified a recent statement from Anne Hathaway, in which the Oscar-winning actress claimed that Nolan bans chairs on his film sets because such furniture induces
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When Sanders delegates first started their organizing effort, the California governor was widely viewed as the expectant heir to the chair. “Everybody I talked to had the assumption that Gavin Newsom would be the chair of the delegation,” Norman Solomon, a Sanders delegate and the national director of RootsAction.org, told me. “It was seen like
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Paris Jackson discussed her sexuality during the premiere of her new docuseries, ‘Unfiltered’ with boyfriend Gabriel Glenn on June 30. Paris admitted she ‘never’ thought she’d ‘end up with a dude,’ and revealed she’s been with more women than men. Paris Jackson got candid about her sexuality and past relationships with both men and women on
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The White House has apparently known of possible Russian bounties on Americans in Afghanistan since early 2019, pushing the timeline back a full year earlier than when the administration was initially thought to have learned of the intelligence. The shocking findings that a Russian military intelligence agency offered rewards to Taliban-linked militants for attacks on
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Only hours after posting public praise for Stephen King on her Twitter account, British author J.K. Rowling deleted her remarks on Sunday as the fellow novelist showed support for transgender women on the social media platform. Rowling, who has become the subject of widespread controversy after repeatedly making transphobic comments last month, commended The Shining writer after
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In the 1970s, French artist César, known for his large-form hydraulically compacted sculptures that used automobile parts, scrap metal, and other discarded items, began a series of small totemic compressés made from family heirlooms and friends’ jewelry. Now, more than two decades after César’s death, Hedi Slimane, the artistic, creative, and image director of Celine,
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WARNING: This video contains explicit language. YouTuber Shane Dawson has addressed the criticism he has received for using blackface, saying the N-word and other racial slurs, insulting people living with disabilities, joking about pedophilia and more. In a 20-minute video released on Friday, titled Taking Accountability, the 31-year-old YouTuber issued public apologies to his 23
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