US equities rise after inflation report as Nasdaq heads for best quarter in 2 years

US equities closed sharply higher on Friday after a lower-than-expected inflation report for February. The Nasdaq Composite ended March with its biggest quarterly gain since 2020. For the week, the Dow gained 3.2%, while the S&P was up 3.5% and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 3.4%. The Dow and S&P 500 each posted their best week … Read more

What the hell is going on at Marvel?

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is in a weird phase right now, and no, I don’t mean phase five that it started with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. In just a few short days, it became clear that the shared movie universe is changing a lot, and not for the best reasons. From actors to workers … Read more

Tesla, Nikola, Bed Bath, Virgin Orbit, BlackBerry and more stock movers

Tesla (ticker: TSLA) is expected to release first-quarter shipment numbers over the weekend. According to 10 estimates from FactSet, Wall Street expects the electric vehicle company to ship 432,000 units in the first quarter, up from about 405,000 in the fourth quarter of 2022. In the first quarter of 2022, Tesla delivered about 310,000 vehicles. … Read more

Keanu Reeves celebrates the death toll of John Wick Stunt Actor

John Wick star Keanu Reeves is widely regarded as a pretty cool dude. Maybe it’s his contagious giggleare flowing locksor his dealings with a litter of golden retriever puppies. His roles as a stoic assassin in John Wicka stoic supernatural detective Constantineor a sweet bastard Cyberpunk 2077 don’t do justice to the man’s sympathy in … Read more

‘A Thousand and One’ Review: Teyana Taylor’s New York Blues

After fresh out of prison in New York in 1994 and trying to reestablish a meaningful connection to her past, a neighborhood hairstylist named Inez begins asking questions about her son, Terry, who was taken from her by the authorities and placed in a foster home. . It turns out he fell out of a … Read more

Disney lays off more than 300 streaming-focused employees in China

Walter Disney Co. DIS 2.16% has laid off more than 300 Beijing employees working on its streaming services, according to people familiar with the situation, as part of a cost-cutting and restructuring effort at the entertainment company. The layoffs in China come after Disney this week began implementing the first wave of cuts in a … Read more

Melissa Joan Hart says she helped “little kids” in the shooting

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Actor Melissa Joan Hart said she and her husband helped a class of preschoolers fleeing the Nashville school shooting earlier this week. Hart said in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday that her children go to a school next to the private Christian Covenant School. She said she and her … Read more

Best restaurants in Asia – most of them are in Japan, Singapore and Thailand

Japan is Asia’s top destination for gourmets this year, according to new rankings released by the 50 Best organization. The country is home to 17 of the region’s “best” 100 restaurants, which were released in two parts in March. Singapore and Thailand share second place, with 15 restaurants each on the list. Hong Kong – … Read more

The military is quickly planning new ads after the arrest of Jonathan Majors

WASHINGTON (AP) — The military is working to quickly put together some new recruiting ads to air during NCAA’s Final Four basketball games this weekend after it was forced to snatch commercials featuring actor Jonathan Majors following his arrest last Saturday. Army chiefs were excited to feature Majors in the ads, as a key part … Read more