Arts & Entertainment

Review: Denzel Washington’s ‘Othello’ Has Star Wattage But No Illumination

First time I saw Denzel Washington do Shakespeare it was free. Central Park, 1990: He was a stone-cold Richard III worth waiting hours for at the Delacorte. Thirty-five years on, I still get to see him declaim the Bard gratis—through the privilege of a press comp. It would be unaffordable otherwise. Perhaps you’ve read about

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The Essentials With Alexandra Popa: La Mer, Lingerie and Earl Grey Tea

When Alexandra Popa launched her lingerie brand, Bordelle, in London in 2009, she was simply looking to create something she would wear. At the time, she found that lingerie was either cute and romantic or overly focused on fit. She wanted to create something edgier and more opulent. “I thought, ‘What is missing?’” Popa tells

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A New Cultural Center Opens Honoring the Legacy of L.A.’s Pop Art Nun

There are many art spaces in Los Angeles, but very few honor women. That’s what makes the newly opened Corita Art Center in the downtown Arts District so special. Dedicated to the artist, activist and art professor Corita Kent—once known as Sister Mary Corita and, more colloquially, the Pop Art Nun—the center will elevate her

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Private Space Stations Are the Next Frontier of the Billionaire Space Race

Forget building rockets. Nowadays, the ambitions of wealthy space entrepreneurs are focused on building commercial space stations that can act as a successor to NASA’s International Space Station (ISS) when it retires in the next coming years. While a handful of private companies are already racing to develop ISS alternatives, startup Vast Space has something

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10 Best CBD Gummies for Pain & Inflammation to Buy in 2025

Research is ongoing, but many people dealing with chronic pain and inflammation often report excellent results from CBD gummies. Despite the success of oils, creams, tinctures, vapes and even flowers, CBD gummies remain the industry’s mainstay. Given the array of flavors, potencies and ingredients available on the market today, CBD gummies for pain offer users

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The Perilous Race to Superintelligent A.I.: Progress or Pandora’s Box?

Two horizons lie before us. Equally attainable. The first leads to providence. The other, to ruin. We must walk the line of artificial intelligence growth well intended. A slip to either side leads to dangers. Unregulated handover of controls to the few and mighty leads to absolute corruption. The overabundance of caution and regulation leads

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EV Makers Polestar and Lucid Are Cashing In On the Tesla Backlash

Amid declining stock price, political backlash and investor apprehension, Tesla is currently facing one of the worst crises in its 22-year history. For less established rivals like Lucid and Polestar, however, it’s a prime opportunity to cash in. The two EV companies are offering discounts specifically targeted at Tesla owners, many of whom are looking

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Michael Porter’s Cure for America’s Self-Inflicted Economic Wounds

In the world of business strategy, few intellectual frameworks have been as transformative as Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter’s Five Forces. This innovative model became the intellectual backbone of the management consulting industry, systematically analyzing competitive dynamics and unlocking economic potential for their clients. Porter’s Five Forces—the threat of new entrants, bargaining power of

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