JERSEY CITY, N.J. – New Jersey officials say financial concerns spurred state lawmakers to rescind $24 million in funding for a planned outpost of Paris’ acclaimed Pompidou Center in Jersey City. But the city’s mayor said he believes his deteriorating relationship with Gov. Phil Murphy led to the decision. Centre Pompidou x Jersey City was … Read more
NEW YORK – President Joe Biden’s fitness to serve a second term in office has been a top story since his halting performance in last week’s debate against Donald Trump, where the president at times appeared unable to complete or articulate some thoughts in the pressure of the moment. To some press critics who are … Read more
There was a scene in Season 10 of Bravo’s “Vanderpump Rules” — before the real-life cheating fiasco dubbed Scandoval was revealed — where Ariana Madix and her then-boyfriend Tom Sandoval acknowledged they weren’t spending enough quality time together. Sandoval wanted to party like a rock star while Madix wanted him to stay in with her, … Read more
LOS ANGELES – Once a year, law professor Moraima “Mo” Ivory usually brings celebrities like Steve Harvey, Ludacris and Rick Ross into her Georgia State University classroom for some entertainment legal talk. But this time, she’s taking her next lesson across the Atlantic Ocean, from Atlanta to the Paris Olympics. Ivory and her law students … Read more
NEW YORK – In the winter of 1789, around the time George Washington was elected the country’s first president, a Boston-based printer quietly launched another American institution. William Hill Brown’s “The Power of Sympathy,” published anonymously by Isaiah Thomas & Company, is widely cited as something momentous: the first American novel. Recommended Videos Around 100 … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Podcast host and comedian Andrew Schulz has announced a San Antonio show for the second leg of “The Life Tour.” Schulz will visit the Majestic Theatre on Sept. 12. Tickets are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com. Recommended Videos A news release from Live Nation states “The Life Tour” touches on current events, … Read more
TIRANA – Thousands of people paid their last respects to Ismail Kadare in a state funeral held in Tirana Wednesday, with a minute’s silence held nationwide in memory of the renowned Albanian novelist and poet who died earlier this week. Kadare’s coffin, surrounded by National Guard officers, lay in state in the entrance hall of … Read more