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Jessica Simpson Reveals What Went Wrong In That Cringey ‘Ellen’ Interview

Jessica Simpson’s last on-air interview went about as smoothly as her sister Ashlee’s infamous “Saturday Night Live” lip-synch debacle. The singer generated all the wrong kind of buzz with her appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” back in 2017, when she elicited a strong side-eye from the host after fumbling over painfully off-topic stories about […]

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Manufacturers urge clarity on post-Brexit trade

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Car manufacturers are worried The UK’s biggest manufacturing lobby groups are calling for more clarity as efforts to establish a new post-Brexit trading relationship gather pace. Yesterday, ahead of Britain’s departure from the EU on Friday, representatives of business organisations met the senior cabinet minister Michael Gove to express

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Things to Do in N.Y.C. This February

Travel / En Sound Media

Looking for even more reasons to get out of the house? Visit our Arts & Entertainment Guide at nytimes.com/spotlight/arts-listings. Feb. 1 ‘Lunar New Year Festival: Year of the Rat’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This daylong celebration includes a parade, performances and family-friendly art activities. (While in the area, head to Rumsey Playfield in

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Ginni Rometty to Step Down as C.E.O. of IBM

Technology / En Sound Media

Ginni Rometty, the longtime face of IBM and one of the country’s most prominent female business leaders, is stepping down as chief executive, the company said on Thursday. Ms. Rometty, who became chief executive in 2012, struggled to achieve growth at the technology giant as it made the transition to new fields like cloud computing

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Baker takes over scam-marred Astros, set for ‘last hurrah’

Sports / En Sound Media

HOUSTON — Before he begins his “last hurrah,” Dusty Baker intends to talk to his new team. He hasn’t decided exactly what he’ll say to the scandal-riddled Houston Astros when spring training starts, but he’s certain of the message. “You got to go forward and make sure that it doesn’t happen again,” Baker said. “It

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Trump Impeachment Trial: Live Updates

Politics / En Sound Media

Lev Parnas and Igor Fruman worked hand in hand in Ukraine last year to help Rudolph W. Giuliani dig up damaging information about President Trump’s political rivals, an effort at the center of the impeachment trial. But in federal court in Manhattan on Thursday, their recent split was on display as a dispute erupted between

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The Fed Wants to Loosen Rules Around Big Banks and Venture Capital

Finance / En Sound Media

WASHINGTON — Banks could invest heavily in or even sponsor venture capital funds under a proposed change to a post-crisis rule that was intended to limit their risk-taking. The proposal, unveiled Thursday by the Federal Reserve and other banking agencies, would revamp the Volcker Rule, which was created as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law.

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How To Stop Being The Default Parent Once And For All

Lifestyle / En Sound Media

According to a new Gallup report released on Wednesday, women in committed heterosexual relationships are as likely as their partners to work outside the home, and yet they’re still more likely to do more work at home, too. Women are more likely to clean the house, prepare meals and care for children on a daily

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The Right Way For People Who Aren’t Mexican To Write About Mexico

Entertainment / En Sound Media

Ever since Jeanine Cummins’ novel “American Dirt” was released on Jan. 21, much of the media has described the ensuing controversy in terms of nationality and ethnicity. This question continues to come up: Is a non-Mexican allowed to write about Mexico? Accusations have flown back and forth on social media: cultural appropriation versus “cancel culture,”

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Huawei: US ‘to work with’ UK over Chinese firm

Business / En Sound Media

Image copyright PA Media US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said his country will help the UK reduce risks associated with involving Huawei in its 5G network. He said officials would work together to “get this right” after the UK’s decision to give the Chinese firm a limited role in building its system. Mr

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