When Preston High School in the Bronx announced in February that it was closing, it seemed to many that it was just another in a long list of urban Catholic schools that lacked the money and enrollment to survive. Not even this girls’ school with a famous alumna (Jennifer Lopez, class of 1987) seemed immune…
Amazon’s movie strategy is finally ready for its close-up. After a decade-long dalliance with big-screen theatrical releases, the giant tech company will take center stage this week at the annual convention for theater owners, spending several millions of dollars to parade a stream of A-list stars including Ryan Gosling, Ben Affleck and Chris Hemsworth. It…
The Federal Aviation Administration will adopt two urgent recommendations issued by a federal safety board to reduce and reroute helicopter traffic around Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C., after a midair crash of a passenger jet and an Army helicopter on Jan. 29 killed 67 people. Sean Duffy, the U.S. transportation secretary, who oversees…
Luis Rubiales, the former head of Spain’s soccer federation, was convicted on Thursday of sexual assault for forcibly kissing a member of the women’s national team on the lips after the team won the 2023 Women’s World Cup. Mr. Rubiales’s kiss of the player, Jennifer Hermoso, set off a national scandal, deepened debates about longstanding…
Rumor mill is churning out that Barack Obama and Hollywood actor Jennifer Aniston are dating. However, there is no confirmation from anywhere. Barack Obama and Jennifer Aniston, renowned personalities, have reaped extraordinary amounts from their diligence, talents, and successful careers. Let’s dig into more about their net worth, income-generating sources, and the path of money…
A lavish, MGM-style musical is not typical Sundance Film Festival fare. But Sunday night Bill Condon brought such a creation—well, part of one—to Park City, Utah, with his adaptation of “Kiss of the Spider Woman,” starring Jennifer Lopez. Audiences broke out in spontaneous applause during the screening for Lopez’s song and dance numbers. She plays…
The slow-moving race to succeed Jamie Dimon at the helm of JPMorgan Chase has lost another entrant. The bank said on Tuesday that Jennifer Piepszak a longtime investment banker, would become chief operating officer this summer, succeeding Daniel Pinto, who is planning to retire. After the announcement, a bank spokesman said that Ms. Piepszak, 54,…
Around 2010, Dick Wolf’s vast television empire was suddenly coming undone. First, NBC abruptly canceled his network mainstay, “Law & Order,” which had been on the air for two decades, a move that stunned Mr. Wolf’s small production company. A year later, two “Law & Order” spinoffs were unceremoniously shown the door. All that was…