Last month, amid the hubbub over rumored drama behind the scenes of “Don’t Worry Darling,” director Olivia Wilde noted that male filmmakers are held to “very different standards” from their female counterparts. Men are “praised for being tyrannical,” she said on a late-night talk show, adding that their behavior can be repeatedly called into question … Read more
Early in the 1996 meta-horror movie “Scream,” a group of teens are trying to guess who murdered Drew Barrymore’s character. A nerdy cinephile named Randy, played by Jamie Kennedy, quipped that being the killer “would certainly improve your high school Q.” Q? What’s that? Someone born in the internet age might think Randy’s a conspiracy … Read more
This year’s Nobel Peace Prize is going to jailed Belarus rights activist Ales Bialiatski, the Russian group Memorial and the Ukrainian organization Center for Civil Liberties, the award’s judges said Friday. Berit Reiss-Andersen, chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, said the judges wanted to honor “three outstanding champions of human rights, democracy and peaceful coexistence … Read more
My late father-in-law, a senior Eisenhower-era Justice Department official, complained four decades ago that commercial values infecting the practice of law would ruin America. That’s because lawyers make and interpret the rules. “We’re learned professionals with duties to society and the rule of law, not businessmen out to make a buck,” George S. Leonard often … Read more
More U.S. workers are being handed pink slips as the Fed pumps the economic brakes in a bid to slow inflation, with layoff announcements spiking in September. Job cuts rose 46% from August to nearly 30,000 in September. Workers suddenly out in the cold may wonder about their rights when they lose their jobs and … Read more
ORANGEBURG, S.C. — Man, that face. That was some face now, Dec. 18 in the rowdy spaceship of a stadium in downtown Atlanta. That face, 68 years old as the game clock struck 0:00, could reach right out of a TV screen and lasso your whole damned heart with all its disbelief and striving and … Read more
He’s one of the greatest players of all time but nobody appears interested in Cristiano Ronaldo — ESPN’s Insider Notebook has the latest. PLUS: Could Lionel Messi make a sensational return to Barcelona? Jump to: Messi back to Barca? | Chelsea left it too late on Leao | Pep targeted Lisandro Martinez | PSG eye … Read more
The suspect who allegedly kidnapped and killed a Merced, California family had once worked for the family’s business and had a longstanding feud with them before committing “pure evil”, a sheriff said Thursday. The bodies of each of the four family members, including an 8-month-old child, were found in an almond orchard in a remote … Read more
About 23 million California residents may get an “inflation relief” check within days, part of Governor Gavin Newsom’s plan to offer financial assistance to many working families walloped by high gasoline prices. The checks are part of a $17 billion relief package that also suspended the state’s sales tax on diesel fuel and provided additional … Read more
20/20 (ABC at 9:01) A Louisiana teacher disappears, leaving her 3-year-old daughter as the only witness. The Lincoln Project (Showtime at 8) A group of former Republican operatives and strategists work to prevent Donald Trump from winning the 2020 election; the Lincoln Project is shaken by internal upheaval, a sexual harassment scandal and negative press. … Read more