CLEVELAND – Cleveland Cavaliers center Tristan Thompson was suspended 25 games without pay by the NBA on Tuesday for violating the league’s anti-drug policy. According to the league, the 32-year-old Thompson tested positive for ibutamoren, a growth hormone, and SARM LGD-4033, commonly used by body builders and weight lifters for muscle enhancement. Thompson will begin…
Oh, it’s crucial for me. I don’t think I could have made this film with anyone else, without that level of trust that goes back six movies and 20 years. He really, really pushed me and I wanted to be pushed. He expects excellence from you because that’s what he delivers himself every single day….
H&M pulled an ad for school uniforms that featured two young schoolgirls with the tag line “make those heads turn” after being accused of “promoting pedophilia.” The $29.99 school dresses from the Swedish retailer were part of a sponsored ad on social media in Australia. The promo shows two young girls who appear to be…
Frank Farian, the German record producer who was best known as the mastermind of Milli Vanilli, the duo that scaled the charts in 1989 but fell from grace when it was revealed that they didn’t do any of the singing on their records, died on Tuesday at his home in Miami. He was 82. His…
Amazon Labor Union, the first group of Amazon workers to organize in the US, is reportedly struggling to make ends meet and is far from establishing a labor contract with the e-commerce giant, according to a report. ALU’s vice president Michelle Nieves told The Wall Street Journal that the organization is “pretty much broke.” Chris…
How does it feel to be an Oscar nominee? It’s like getting the M.V.P. at the Super Bowl. Crazy. It’s what I always just hoped and dreamed would happen, but for it to actually happen, I’m in shock! It’s like what it says in “The Color Purple”: “Look what God has done.” What did you…
Martin Shkreli, known for once hiking the price of a life-saving drug more than 4,000%, cannot return to the pharmaceutical industry after a federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld his lifetime ban. A three-judge panel of the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan said a lower court judge acted properly in imposing the…
Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it had reached a tentative settlement to resolve probes by states into whether it misled consumers about the safety of its talc products, which thousands of lawsuits claim can cause cancer. The deal includes 42 states and Washington, DC. The company tentatively agreed to pay about $700 million to settle the…
As stock markets soared in 2023, so did the fortunes of many of the world’s biggest hedge funds. The 20 best-performing hedge funds made $67 billion in gains last year, triple what they reported in 2022, according to data released by LCH Investments, a so-called fund of funds that ranks the top 20 firms based…
Procter & Gamble’s price hikes boosted its earnings in the latest quarter, the company reported Tuesday, indicating that inflation-battered consumers haven’t turned away from the company’s higher-priced household items. Aside from price increases largely fueling sales growth, shoppers also bought more products across P&G’s beauty lines and health and family care offerings. P&G said that…
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