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On the Shelf The Colonel and the King: Tom Parker, Elvis Presley, and the Partnership That Rocked the World By Peter GuralnickLittle, Brown & Co.: 624 pages, $38If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. As the author of multiple books about…
Shaun Ilten had a problem. The senior director of turf and grounds for the Galaxy and Dignity Health Sports Park had 26 full-size practice fields, two game fields and a warm-up pitch to line ahead of last winterβs Coachella Valley soccer tournament. And he had less than five days to do it. Since it takes…
BP has signalled an accelerated effort to bring down costs ahead, refusing to rule out further job losses as artificial intelligence (AI) technology helps drive efficiencies. The company, which revealed in January that it was to axe almost 8,000 workers and contractors globally as part of a cost-cutting plan, said alongside its second quarter results…
The premise of Billy Wilderβs critically acclaimed 1959 comedy, βSome Like It Hot,β starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon, is almost as famous as its stars. Two jazz musicians witness a mob hit and disguise themselves as women in order to escape town as members of an all-female band. Hilarity ensues as the…
The City watchdog has provisionally banned former star fund manager Neil Woodford and fined him and his former fund company almost Β£46m. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said it planned to prevent Mr Woodford from holding senior manager roles and managing funds. The watchdog also aimed to fine him Β£5.89m and Woodford Investment Management (WIM)…
The Dodgersβ Tyler Glasnow and the Cardinalsβ Sonny Gray squared off in an old-school pitchersβ duel Monday. But both were watching from the clubhouse when pinch-hitter Yohel Pozoβs two-out single in the ninth lifted the Cardinals to a 3-2 victory at Dodger Stadium. Glasnow gave the Dodgers seven strong innings for the second time in…
Permission for the first vertical space launch from UK soil by a British rocket company has been granted by the air safety regulator. The licence from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) gives Glasgow-based Skyrora the green light to launch its Skylark L rocket from the SaxaVord Spaceport in the Shetland Islands. “Skyrora is proud to…
Los Angeles County Museum of Art is being gifted its first paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Γdouard Manet, in addition to four works by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Alfred Sisley, Wilhelm Lehmbruck and Maurice Brazil Prendergast. The artwork comes from the Pearlman Foundation, which is dividing its collection of Impressionist, Post-Impressionist and Modernist art β…
Years and years ago, Pamela Adlon, the actor and co-creator of βBetter Things,β had to trade a Fox Body Ford Mustang with a V8 engine for a white minivan. βIt was when I became a mom and I said, βI cannot go down like this,β β Adlon says. So, she had the minivan painted with…
Amazon on Monday said it is cutting 110 roles from its audio division Wondery as part of a restructuring effort. The cuts reflect an industry shift toward producing more podcasts with video, a format that has become more popular with consumers who listen to their favorite hosts on platforms including YouTube and Spotify. The layoffs…
