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In the summer of 2018, CBS hired two prominent law firms, Debevoise & Plimpton and Covington & Burling, to conduct an investigation into the sexual-misconduct allegations swirling around Les Moonves—CEO of CBS Corporation at the time—and the CBS News unit. Under the promise of confidentiality, a number of people spoke to the two law firms,

Welp, it’s March, marking a full year of face masks, hand sanitizer everywhere, and panicked toilet paper hoarding. And while it has been an undeniably brutal 12 months, the streaming gods have gifted us with a fountain of never-ending content. Yes, you may not be able to leave your house, but at least you’ve got

By Michael Holden Reuters Posted March 2, 2021 11:05 am Smaller font Descrease article font size –A Larger font Increase article font size A+ Britain’s Prince Philip was receiving treatment and undergoing heart tests on Tuesday, two weeks after the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth was admitted to hospital in London as a precaution after

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  In April of the pandemic, my mother was diagnosed with lung cancer. It was not an optimal moment to need a pulmonary specialist. In September we learned that my father had ALS. That was it for me—it was time to go home. That I’d now taken

If you’ve signed up to receive and send texts with the Little Gold Men podcast team (here’s the link! It’s never too late!) you had the chance to send your burning questions about the Golden Globes while they were happening on Sunday night. And based on the texts we received, you mostly had one question:

You could practically see and hear the ground shifting underneath Governor Andrew Cuomo. On Saturday evening The New York Times posted a devastating story: highly detailed, highly credible accusations of sexual harassment from Charlotte Bennett, a former aide to Cuomo, three days after another former staffer, Lindsey Boylan, said Cuomo had planted an unwanted kiss

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there’s been a significant uptick in violence against Asians and Asian Americans. The organization Stop AAPI Hate collected more than 2,800 reports of verbal abuse, harassment, and physical assaults against Asians in the United States from March to December 2020. These reports depict a disturbing reality, especially for

Britain’s Prince Philip, the 99-year-old husband of Queen Elizabeth, was transferred to a different hospital in central London on Monday to have tests for a pre-existing heart condition as well as receive treatment for an infection. “The Duke remains comfortable and is responding to treatment but is expected to remain in hospital until at least

He’ll be back: Netflix and Skynet Skydance are collaborating to turn the iconic Terminator franchise into an anime series. Netflix will be producing the series with The series is being produced with with Japanese animation studio Production I.G., which has produced the Ghost in the Shell series, Guilty Crown, Psycho-Pass, and Eden of the East,

“We fixed it!” Amy Poehler exclaimed after best supporting actor winner Daniel Kaluuya conquered a bad connection and was finally able to give his acceptance speech. She was, of course, referring to Kaluuya’s video conference issue. But one could almost hear the Hollywood Foreign Press Association saying it through Poehler, issuing a sigh of relief

This story is part of GQ’s Modern Lovers issue.  GQ: You’ve been writing about climate change and environmental disasters for more than 15 years. How has that shaped the way you think about love?NAOMI KLEIN: Love, broadly defined, is central to whether or not we are going to survive the shocks ahead. I think the

Awards season starts out Sunday night with the 2021 Golden Globes, the 78th version of the annual TV-and-movies ceremony — though this’ll be an unusual one. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony was delayed two months; normally taking place in January as the first awards show of the season, for the first time, this

Wearing Gucci. Andra Day By Myriam Santos/Courtesy of HFPA.  Kate Hudson A flash Q&A with Kate Hudson What are you most looking forward to from this year’s show?  Well, that’s actually a hard question to answer because we’re doing the show remotely, so I don’t even know what to expect or what’s ahead of us,

If you came of age musically in the 1970s and ’80s, you probably spent a lot of money on audio equipment. And I mean a lot. If you’re a guy — and this was an overwhelmingly male thing — a sizeable portion of your disposable income went to things like speakers, amps, turntables, tape decks,

If you’ve been a fan of English folk rock band Mumford & Sons since their early days, you probably know of their lead singer, Marcus Mumford. But not everyone was singing “Little Lion Man” at the top of their lungs in 2010 or spent way too much money on tickets to their “Gentlemen of the

Paris Hilton appeared on Friday’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon to hype her new podcast This is Paris and accept some congratulations concerning her recent engagement to her venture capitalist boyfriend Carter Reum. (“I mean, stop it, right now …” Jimmy Fallon gushed while looking at the lovely down-on-one-knee snaps.) In Hilton’s recent biographical

Saturday Night Live (SNL) took aim at America’s rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine in its newest cold-open, this time using a game show hosted by the country’s top public health doctor in order to determine who gets inoculated next. Hosted by Dr. Anthony Fauci, the show featured three U.S. governors as judges and several contestants

[embedded content] Ever since Game of Thrones ended in 2019, studios have been scrambling to find the next fantasy series with global appeal. Amazon Prime is working on their Lord of the Rings series, HBO is developing multiple GOT spinoffs and prequels, and now Netflix is placing their bets on Shadow and Bone, a new

On Monday Governor Cuomo made a surprise announcement that movie theaters in America’s biggest market, New York City, could reopen on March 5. They would be restricted to 25 percent capacity, with no more than 50 people per screen, and audience members would be asked to wear masks and maintain social distancing. Further guidelines of

There’s no shortage of good crime dramas to watch or rewatch—Breaking Bad, Ozark, Sopranos, The Shield, The Wire, Fargo, and True Detective (all three seasons, to be honest). And you can never forget the infinite catalog of CSI and Law and Order episodes which are perfect for lazy Sundays and lulling you to sleep after

Prince Harry said he and his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, stepped back from their royal duties because of the toll that British tabloids were taking on their mental health, in his first interview since the couple’s high-profile move to North America. “It was destroying my mental health,” Harry told British TV host James

On Friday, Joe Biden’s administration released a CIA report concerning the murder of Saudi dissident (and U.S. resident) Jamal Khashoggi that confirmed what everyone has known for more than two years: The grisly killing was approved by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who has continually denied that he had anything to do with it, claiming

Lady Gaga’s two French bulldogs, which were stolen by thieves who shot and wounded the dog walker, were recovered unharmed Friday, Los Angeles police said. A woman brought the dogs to the LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station, just northwest of downtown, around 6 p.m, said Capt. Jonathan Tippet, commanding officer of the department’s elite Robbery-Homicide

Let’s talk about WandaVision’s Agatha, now that we know more about her. ** Spoilers for WandaVision‘s “Previously On” lie within.** Agatha Harkness has been around for a long time, not just in the life of Wanda Maximoff but in general, and this week’s episode of Marvel’s WandaVision showed us her struggle for power and the life she’s led. This

Executives from Canada’s major broadcasters and a Netflix official spoke before a parliamentary committee on Friday, saying changes need to be made to bring Canada’s broadcasting landscape into the 21st century. Read more: Liberals propose new rules for streaming platforms like Netflix, Spotify Where they differed, however, was in how best to go about it.

You would think doing business with Saudi Arabia has always been a dicey proposition for many of America’s biggest and best-known corporations, what with, among other human rights violations, the Saudis’ penchant for impromptu incarcerations, random killings, and the second-class treatment afforded most women in the oil-rich nation. But it really wasn’t. Most American corporations did

You mentioned in an article with your fiancée [poet Rachel Rabbit White] that in terms of writing you’re “fucking miserable if I’m not doing it.” Has that changed at all? And do you and Rachel bounce ideas off one another? I try to write every day. I always try to get something out of it.