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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. MGM / UA In Barry Sonnenfeld’s 1995 showbiz comedy “Get Shorty,” John Travolta plays Chili Palmer, a loan shark from Miami who possesses more cool than anyone currently living. He’s also a deep-cut movie buff, and bought a leather jacket specifically because it looked exactly like the one Al Pacino wore in “Serpico.” Chili is sent to Los Angeles to shake up a low-budget movie producer named Harry Zimm (Gene Hackman) who owes a great deal of cash. Harry Zimm most often…
LISTED Golden MV Holdings, Inc. has acquired 396.88 hectares of land in Villar City, a large-scale urban development project in southern Metro Manila and Cavite, for P5.2 billion. The company’s board approved the acquisition of all the issued and outstanding capital stock of three companies from other companies owned and controlled by Manuel B. Villar, Jr., Golden MV said in a regulatory filing on Tuesday. The acquired companies — Althorp Land Holdings, Inc., Chalgrove Properties, Inc., and Los Valores Corp., previously owned by Fine Properties, Inc. and Hollinger Holdings Corp. — own the 396.88 hectares of recently acquired land. Broken…
Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD A personalized fitness and nutrition program is the antidote to one-size-fits-all, generic advice. If you’re tired of trying programs that just don’t fit with your lifestyle or preferences, a personalized program may be what you need to get—and stay—on track. We’ll explore what a personalized coaching program includes, as well as the many health and wellness benefits you can enjoy when you follow one. What does it mean to have a personalized coaching program? In a personalized coaching program, you work with a health coach who tailors a plan to fit your unique…
On Wednesday, Oct. 2, the sun will be transformed into a dramatic “ring of fire” as an annular solar eclipse sweeps over parts of the Pacific Ocean, including Hawaii, southern Chile, and southern Argentina, then reaching. For eclipse watchers not lucky enough to live on its path across the globe, you can track the celestial event on Space.com’s solar eclipse live blog and watch the action unfold live here on Space.com courtesy of TimeandDate.An annual eclipse consists of five key stages. Here, we outline each stage and provide details on the regions of the world that will witness them on Oct. 2, along…
Politics / September 30, 2024 For the Republican candidate, riling up the right-wing base outweighs alienating everyone else. Ad Policy Republican vice presidential nominee US Senator JD Vance visits The Story with Martha MacCallum at Fox News Channel Studios on September 11, 2024, in New York City.(Dia Dipasupil / Getty Images) A skilled opportunist who has risen by sheer ambition from genuine poverty to the brink of the White House, JD Vance has spent a lifetime ingratiating himself to the powers that be. He’s been strikingly successful at pleasing centers of influence of various stripes, ranging from his professors at…
Have you ever wanted to travel through time to see what your future self might be like? Now, thanks to the power of generative AI, you can.Researchers from MIT and elsewhere created a system that enables users to have an online, text-based conversation with an AI-generated simulation of their potential future self.Dubbed Future You, the system is aimed at helping young people improve their sense of future self-continuity, a psychological concept that describes how connected a person feels with their future self.Research has shown that a stronger sense of future self-continuity can positively influence how people make long-term decisions, from one’s likelihood…
A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges. KrebsOnSecurity has learned that many of the man’s alleged targets were members of UGNazi, a hacker group behind multiple high-profile breaches and cyberattacks back in 2012. A photo released by the government allegedly showing Iza posing with several LASD officers on his payroll. A federal complaint (PDF) filed last week said the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Before the season kicked off, you would have been hard-pressed to find many pundits, or fans for that matter, that predicted Ipswich Town would remain in the Premier League, and understandably so. However, we are now six games in, and even though the newly promoted side have played three of last season’s top four, they are sat in 15th place with four points to their name, and most importantly, they look like they belong in the top-flight. Kieran McKenna has his side playing some great football, and the draw against Aston Villa on Sunday is evidence of that, with a…
Getty ImagesTens of thousands of dockworkers have gone on strike indefinitely at ports across much of the US, threatening significant trade and economic disruption ahead of the presidential election and the busy holiday shopping season.Members of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) walked out on Tuesday at 14 major ports along the east and gulf coasts, halting container traffic from Maine to Texas.The action marks the first such shutdown in almost 50 years.President Joe Biden has the power to suspend the strike for 80 days for further negotiations, but the White House has said he is not planning to act.What is…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Financial services myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Accounting firm BDO lost celebrity clients led by the rapper Jay-Z following accusations that a staff member had been stealing money from customer accounts.People familiar with the matter said Jay-Z and Megan Thee Stallion were among the stars to have severed relationships with BDO’s Miami operations, which manages personal and business finances ranging from paying bills to filing taxes on behalf of the rich and famous.Jay-Z’s departure stemmed from anger over how BDO dealt with accusations in 2022 that a staff member…