UPDATE: Donald Trump sought multiple avenues to get the Justice Department to investigate election fraud even after Attorney General William Barr told him repeatedly that federal officials had done so and the allegations were without merit. Jeffrey Rosen, who Trump appointed as acting attorney general after Barr’s resignation in December, […]

The cost of buying a home was 55% higher in May than the year before, both as a result of prices increasing and higher mortgage rates, the National Association of Realtors reported. And rates have continued to rise since. For many Americans, renting is the only financially feasible choice. However, […]

WGA East members employed at NowThis, the progressive news site owned by Vox Media, have unanimously ratified their first-ever contract. The 65-member bargaining unit will see an average raise of 9% in the first year of the agreement, with the lowest-tiered employees receiving a minimum salary of $62,000 by the […]

Brad Pitt holds forth on what he calls “this last semester or trimester” of his career in a thoughtful and somewhat elegiac interview for the cover of GQ’s August issue. “I consider myself on my last leg,” the Academy Award winner says in the piece, “this last semester or trimester. […]

Following the mixed performance seen during trading on Tuesday, stocks showed a strong move to the upside in Wednesday’s session. With the upward move, the Dow and the S&P 500 regained ground after ending Tuesday’s session at their lowest closing levels in over a year. The major averages pulled back […]

CAA has promoted Chris Burrus, Inder Gill, Sophie Kavanagh, Zakaria Laaboudi,  Arlen Papazian and Kara Petit to Agent following the participation of each in CAA Elevate, the agency’s program for agents and executives in training. The Nashville-based Burrus will work within CAA’s Music Touring department. He represents many of the world’s […]

If there is any blossoming romance between Netflix and NBCUniversal amid speculation the former is looking for an ad sales partner, the latter’s CEO Jeff Shell wasn’t spilling the beans Wednesday when he sat down for a discussion at the Cannes Lions event. “I’m not going to comment on any […]

EXCLUSIVE: Prolific film and television writer-producer-director Akiva Goldsman and his Weed Road Picture have signed with TFC Management, the boutique lit management company launched in 2020 by WME’s David Stone and UTA’s Ben Jacobson. Oscar winner Goldsman has four series currently on the air, which he created/co-created and executive produces: […]

More than 40 million Americans live below the poverty line – an income threshold of about $35 per day, or $1,073 a month. Of those facing such extreme financial hardship, children are disproportionately affected, as the United States has one of the worst child poverty rates among wealthy, developed countries. […]

On the back of rising crude oil purchases, India’s bill for imports from sanctions-hit Russia jumped 3.5 times in a year in April to $2.3 billion, showed data from the commerce ministry. In April, India’s crude oil imports from Russia were valued at $1.3 billion, 57 per cent of India’s […]