March 2020

Patti LuPone’s Basement Tour Is The Quarantine Content We All Need

Entertainment /

Even with Broadway shuttered for the foreseeable future, Patti LuPone remains a source of pure joy.  The two-time Tony winner appeared on the livestreamed reboot of “The Rosie O’Donnell Show” Sunday, performing the standards “A Hundred Years From Today” and “Smile” in an oversized T-shirt and sweatpants.  On social media, however, the buzz centered on the fixtures visible in […]

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‘I bought a winery and it caused a US-French row’

Business /

Image copyright Famille Carabello-Baum Image caption Michael Baum with a barrel of grapes The BBC’s weekly The Boss series profiles different business leaders from around the world. This week we speak to Michael Baum, US software multimillionaire and vineyard owner. When American tech entrepreneur Michael Baum bought a prestigious winery in France’s Burgundy region it

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In Pandemic, Justice Dept. Seeks Video Court Hearings and Home Detention

Politics /

WASHINGTON — Invoking the coronavirus crisis, the Justice Department has asked Congress to let more federal inmates serve their time at home and to steer scarce masks and testing kits to federal prisons ahead of other agencies, according to draft legislation submitted last week to congressional leaders. The department has also asked Congress to relax

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The President Of Slovakia Has, Uh, Nailed Her Coronavirus Look

Lifestyle /

As the world attempts to contain the coronavirus outbreak, many people who are lucky enough to work from home kick off another week of wearing cozy, comfy and couch-friendly work attire. Not Zuzana Čaputová, president of Slovakia. She attended a swearing-in ceremony of the new four-party coalition government in Bratislava, Slovakia’s capital, on Saturday in

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Kim Kardashian Cursing As She Squeezes Into A Latex Suit Is Pure Comic Relief

Entertainment /

Reality TV is a form of escapism and the newest episodes of “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” are arriving just in time.  On Sunday, “KUWTK” released a sneak peek from Season 18 of the show and helped us all self-distance ourselves from reality for one, brief, hilarious moment.  In the two-and-a-half-minute clip, Kim Kardashian does

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