(CNN)“CODA” won best picture, but that historic breakthrough for streaming service Apple TV+ at the Oscars was overshadowed by one spontaneous act, as Will Smith delivered a viral moment that will be remembered and talked about for years. The most memorable exchange on the film industry’s biggest night wasn’t the kind anyone would have anticipated or wanted. Before winning his […]

Originally published by The Spinoff Just five years after launching, online investment platform Sharesies has half a million New Zealand users with $2b invested. Simon Pound spoke with co-founder Brooke Roberts for returning podcast series Business is Boring. For a long time investing felt inaccessible to a lot of New Zealanders – the sharemarket was seen as an exclusive space […]

Americans have actually run into problems buying cars. Shortages have been triggered by an extremely low supply of the chips used in electronic and navigation systems. Additionally, supply chain issues have cut the availability of other parts. The chip shortage could last well beyond the end of this year. The problem has damaged both dealers and manufacturers. Dealers often have […]

Cable TV outlet Black News Channel has abruptly shut down after two years on the air, and just after hitting new viewership highs during this week’s confirmation hearings for Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson. In a memo to employees, CEO Princell Hair cited “challenging market conditions and global financial pressures” for the decision to wind down operations, according to […]

AT&T has firmed up more details of its spinoff of WarnerMedia, which is poised to combine with Discovery in a $43 billion merger. In an SEC filing, the telecom giant said it will issue its shareholders a special dividend on April 5. For each share of AT&T common stock, holders will get 0.24 share in Warner Bros Discovery. AT&T’s stock […]

EXCLUSIVE: TelevisaUnivision is adapting literary Nobel Prize-winner Mario Vargas Llosa’s novel “Captain Pantoja and the Special Service” as an exclusive Spanish-language series for its premium streaming service Vix+. The series will feature a modern take on this story about a Captain who leads a secret mission for the army to recruit women who use their feminine wiles to motivate the […]

Girl From The North Country, Conor McPherson’s acclaimed musical that reimagines the songs of Bob Dylan, will return to Broadway from its three-month Covid hiatus, with a return date set for April 29. The production will conclude its 50-performance limited engagement on June 11. “We are so thrilled to bring this incredible production back to Broadway and to return to […]

The National Association of Realtors released a report on Friday showing a sharp pullback in U.S. existing home sales in the month of February. NAR said existing home sales plunged by 7.2 percent to an annual rate of 6.02 million in February after surging by 6.6 percent to a revised rate of 6.49 million in January. Economists had expected existing […]

Since jobs will remain scarce for the foreseeable future, an unemployment allowance should be the next big social-security initiative, suggests T N Ninan. Crises in the Indian economy used to be the ‘normal’. In the 12 years from 1962 to 1974, India fought three wars, suffered four droughts that produced famine in places like Bihar, and lived through the first […]