Here’s the downside to having an Oscar shortlist: Completely sidelining great contenders so early in the season. One oversight by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Music branch this year was the “sexy and dangerous” original score, as the pic’s composer Isabella Summers puts it, of Netflix’s feature take on D.H. Lawrence’s Lady … Read more
England fast bowler Olly Stone is “hungry” to return to Test cricket after a litany of injury problems and is hoping to play in The Ashes next summer. Stone admitted last year that he considered retiring from the longest form after suffering a fourth stress fracture of the back, which resulted in a metal screw … Read more
The FTX downfall is not so much a Lehman moment as an Enron one. So says former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers about the once-heralded cryptocurrency exchange that today declared bankruptcy and announced the resignation of founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried after a sudden and dramatic collapse this week. “A lot of people have compared this … Read more
New York CNN Business — Former US Treasury Secretary Larry Summers said on Tuesday that the growing chorus of economists and politicians urging the Federal Reserve to pause its aggressive rate hikes in order to fight inflation are misguided. Those critics say that the Fed could throw the economy into recession, but Summers argued there’s … Read more
Veteran Canadian-American voice actress Cree Summers has joined the cast of Marvel’s upcoming Disney+ series Ironheart, sources tell Deadline. A rep for Marvel declined comment. Primetime-Panic Your Complete Guide to Pilots and Straight-to-Series orders As Deadline reported earlier this month, Sacha Baron Cohen also has been tipped for a role in the series. Since our story … Read more
JUMPING BRANCH, W.Va. (WVVA) – Ryan Cook has been growing over-sized crops since just last year. Accumulating six West Virginia state records, including the largest butternut squash in the process. Last weekend, Cook added another accolade to his gargantuan gardening reputation when he broke the world record for most giant varieties grown in a season. … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers said it’s important for the Federal Reserve to deliver on the further monetary tightening it has signaled, even in the face of financial risks stemming from its actions. Most Read from Bloomberg “It’s a real mistake to suggest that somehow we shouldn’t do the monetary policies that are … Read more
Anyone who’s heard or read any news stories about inflation in the past few months can’t escape the pair of Delphic oracles, Larry Summers and Jason Furman. Summers is the former president of Harvard who once speculated that genetic differences may cause women to have a harder time competing for math and science jobs. Before … Read more
The Federal Reserve has been intensely criticized this year for failing to do enough to rein in inflation. Last week, the Bureau of Labor Statistics revealed that prices rose again in August following a brief pause in July. On Friday, Harvard University economist Larry Summers spelled out what he thinks the Fed should do next. … Read more
(Bloomberg) — Former Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers argued against the Federal Reserve holding back from aggressive monetary tightening, saying that greater economic damage would result from any hesitation. Most Read from Bloomberg “History records many, many instances when policy adjustments to inflation were excessively delayed and there were very substantial costs to that,” Summers told … Read more