Monster redo of Vegas' Wet Republic promises an even splashier pool party
When Las Vegas’ longest-running pool party reopens this spring, visitors will find a new multimillion-dollar playground. A top-to-bottom reboot of Wet Republic Ultra Pool at MGM Grand will introduce new plunge pools, reimagined artist performance spaces and cabanas, a revamped culinary program and an audio-visual experience that insiders promise will be without equal on the…
Pauly Shore seeks $9.5 million for Hollywood Hills spread
Stand-up comic and actor Pauly Shore has put a house in Hollywood Hills West up for sale at $9.5 million. The single-story house, built in 1959 and since remodeled, is gated from the street and takes in sweeping views of downtown Los Angeles, the ocean and the surrounding mountains. Designed for indoor-outdoor living, the house…
Visa will pay $5.3 billion to buy Plaid, a fintech firm
Visa has agreed to acquire Plaid, a group that connects financial-technology companies with their customers’ bank accounts, for $5.3 billion in the latest large tech-focused deal by the payments company. The acquisition of the Silicon Valley company, which is backed by high-profile tech investors including Mary Meeker and Andreessen Horowitz as well as Goldman Sachs,…
Stocks climb to new record highs as U.S.-China trade deal nears
Technology companies led stocks on Wall Street to broad gains Monday, driving the Standard & Poor’s 500 and Nasdaq composite indexes to more record highs. Financial, communications services and industrial stocks also notched solid gains. Healthcare stocks were the only decliners. Bond prices fell, sending yields higher, and the price of gold fell — signs…
U.S. Supreme Court signals interest in child-slavery cocoa lawsuit
The U.S. Supreme Court signaled interest in giving companies a broader shield from lawsuits by victims of overseas atrocities, asking the Trump administration for advice on a case stemming from child slavery on cocoa farms in Ivory Coast. Nestle’s U.S. unit and Cargill Inc. are urging the court to end a suit that accuses them…
Try these at home: Top 8 beauty and hair tips for a red-carpet look
View this post on Instagram That CLOSE UP. A post shared by Thuy Nguyen (@thuybnguyen) on Jan 12, 2020 at 4:33pm PST She placed nail tape in various, alternating directions. A layer of gel couture top coat (also $11.50) sealed the miniature wearable art. How to do a modern take on Old Hollywood-style lashes Lashify…
Oscars 2020: What the nominations mean for high-profile red-carpet style
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Beyoncé (@beyonce) on Jan 6, 2020 at 1:05am PST Although she skipped the red carpet at this year’s Globes, Beyoncé still managed to generate buzz (and not just from the Beyhive, either) thanks to the custom Schiaparelli Haute Couture gown designed by Daniel Roseberry she wore…
Anger over plane crash swells in Iran; videos appear to show police firing on protesters
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Popular anger swelled Monday in Iran over the accidental shootdown of a Ukrainian jetliner and the government’s attempt to conceal its role in the tragedy, as online videos appeared to show security forces firing live ammunition and tear gas to disperse protests in the streets. Iranians, already suffering under crippling U.S.…
U.S. service members on Iraq base describe hours-long drama during Iran missile strike
ASAD AIR BASE, Iraq — Cpl. Joel Valdivia scanned the sky. It was a little after 1:30 in the morning on Wednesday; for hours, he and the thousands of other personnel in Iraq’s Asad Air Base had been warned of an impending Iranian attack in retaliation for a U.S. drone strike that killed Gen. Qassem Suleimani.…
Wisconsin judge orders that up to 209,000 voter names be deleted
PORT WASHINGTON, Wis. — A Wisconsin judge on Monday ordered the state’s elections commission to immediately begin removing up to 209,000 names from the state’s voter rolls or face hundreds of dollars in fines for each day they don’t do so. Judge Paul Malloy said in his ruling that time was of the essence and the…