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Brian Henson of the Jim Henson Co. sits for portraits at the Jim Henson Creature Shop on Thursday, Jan. 28, 2021 in Burbank, CA.

It might be Hollywood’s toughest role to land. And he’s in charge of auditions. Brian Henson on carrying on his dad’s legacy

February 2, 2021 at 8:30 a.m.

The Jim Henson Company is having a busy pandemic. Ten new episodes of the Disney Plus series "Earth to Ned," a semi-improvised talk show hosted by a big puppet alien...

DETERMINE YOUR TIME FRAME | Before determining what investment options are right for you, you need to figure out what your financial goals are and what time frame you're working with. The longer you have until retirement, the more financial risks you are able to take. If you have decades to go, the stock market is a fitting option, while those who have just a few years to go should focus more on steady investments like bonds.

GameStop investors’ motives: Take a YOLO bet. ‘Ruin a billionaire’s life.’

February 1, 2021 at 10:43 a.m.

For some, it was the desire to make a buck. For others, it was fear of missing out, anger at elites or idle curiosity about what was possible in a...

How to honor Cicely Tyson by streaming her celebrated film and TV performances

January 30, 2021 at 7:43 a.m.

The late Cicely Tyson's body of work, which spanned 1951 to 2020, is a rich mix of roles in film, television and theater, with an emphasis on portrayals that uplifted...

Lucid Motors set to go public thanks to Saudi money and blank-check-shell-company mania

March 12, 2024 at 12:20 p.m.

Lucid Motors was near death and desperate for cash in 2018 when it was handed a lifeline. The savior was Saudi Arabia. The desert kingdom's sovereign wealth fund invested $1.3...

Compensation costs | According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, wages and salaries <a href=https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/eci.pdf>increased</a> by 2.9% in the year ending June 2020, while compensation and benefit costs increased 2.7% and 2.2%, respectively, in the same period.

Sweetgreen and Shake Shack are going all in on drive-thrus. And they’re not alone

January 29, 2021 at 9:46 a.m.

Drive-thrus are on special order at many restaurants as owners race to put customers at ease during the pandemic and prepare for a food service future increasingly ruled by convenience....

How many people have been vaccinated so far? | <p>The up-to-date numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations can be found on the CDC COVID Data Tracker website. As of Jan. 9, 2021, a total of 6,688,231 had received the first dose of one of the two vaccines, and 22,137,350 doses had been distributed.</p>

What ran through Fauci’s mind when Trump suggested injecting disinfectant?

January 27, 2021 at 1:32 p.m.

With a new administration in the White House, infectious disease expert Dr. Anthony Fauci is free to reflect on how former President Donald Trump managed the pandemic, including his incorrect...

WriteGirl is an organization that pairs young writers with mentors and runs workshops. Amanda Gorman was among its members. (WriteGirl/TNS)

Meet Amanda Gorman’s mentors: The teachers who nurtured the inauguration poet

January 27, 2021 at 10:45 a.m.

LOS ANGELES — Shelly Fredman, a third grade teacher at New Roads School in Santa Monica, spent a good chunk of Inauguration Day in tears. From her home in View...

Even with Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan front and center, little in the trailer of "The Dig" seemed particularly promising,? I gave it a go and it's good. Some of it's true, too: Along the east coast of Britain in 1939, with war clouds looming, self-taught Suffolk archeologist Basil Brown was hired by ailing widow Edith Pretty to discover if anything of value lay beneath the earth mounds on her property. There was indeed, and the remains and artifacts of a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship stunned the world. Fiennes is Basil; Mulligan is Edith; around the halfway point of director Simon Stone's film, the focus (for better or worse) shifts to others in the orbit of the excavation effort, particularly characters played by Lily James and Johnny Flynn. Based on the 2007 novel by John Preston, "The Dig" freely mixes fact and invention, overloading the crises a bit but generally succeeding. A fair amount of screenwriter Moira Buffini's dialogue plays out as Terrence Malick-styled voiceover, while the camera focuses on the stark beauty of the surroundings, and men and women actually doing the work. The results are trim, well-made and quite moving. So much for my prejudgments. (Netflix) — Michael Phillips

‘Penguin Bloom’ review: A bird inspires Naomi Watts in family drama

January 27, 2021 at 8:01 a.m.

"Penguin Bloom" is a touching and inspiring, if often painful, look at a family dealing with the aftermath of a singular tragic event. In 2013, Samantha "Sam" Bloom (Naomi Watts),...

Officials remove a body from the wreckage in Calabasas on Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, where Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among nine dead in a helicopter crash.

The final hours of Kobe Bryant’s life: An oral history

January 26, 2021 at 11:03 a.m.

A year ago, Kobe Bryant, his 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others boarded a Sikorsky S-76B helicopter at John Wayne Airport in Orange County. They were headed to a youth...

A beautiful tart to showcase the scariest of fruits

January 25, 2021 at 9:51 a.m.

Every January, I anticipate buying nothing but citrus. Walking the farmers market aisles, I get too excited by the sight of it to resist grabbing as much as I can...

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