SeaWorld hires a new CEO, its fourth in five years
SAN DIEGO — SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. on Thursday named Sergio “Serge” Rivera, an executive in the hotel and vacation ownership industry, as its new chief executive. He will be the theme park company’s fourth CEO in the last five years. Rivera, 57, who had been a top executive at Starwood Hotels & Resorts and most recently…
Former New Mexico state Sen. Phil Maloof sells flashy Vegas penthouse for $12.475 million
Click:Hinode 350GH-160UL Fuses Atop a Las Vegas skyscraper, an extravagant penthouse that reflects the city’s over-the-top glitz and glamour just traded hands for $12.475 million. The three-bedroom condo was owned by former New Mexico state Sen. Phil Maloof, whose family developed the building, as well as the Palms Casino Resort next door. He first floated…
Clippers coach Doc Rivers puts Hamptons-style Hollywood Hills home back in play
Los Angeles Clippers head coach Doc Rivers has put his home in the Hollywood Hills back in play at $11.25 million, down from about $12 million earlier this year. Set on a cul-de-sac in the Bird Streets neighborhood, the Hamptons-inspired traditional house has a fireplace in the living room, a skylight-topped dining room and pocketing…
A new low-tech guide to choosing native plants for your yard
If you’ve ever walked into a native plant nursery and felt defeated because — admit it — all the offerings looked like 4-inch pots of weeds, do we have the shopping/planning guide for you: a set of easy-to-carry flash cards that explain in brilliant color what those nondescript little plants will look like when they’re…
U.S. border agents wrote fake court dates on paperwork to send migrants back to Mexico
Asylum seekers who have finished their court cases are being sent back to Mexico with documents that contain fraudulent future court dates, keeping some migrants south of the border indefinitely, records show. Under the Migrant Protection Protocols policy, asylum seekers with cases in the United States have to wait in Mexico until those cases are…
Emmanuel Macron laments NATO's 'brain death' due to U.S. absence
BRUSSELS — French President Emmanuel Macron claimed that a lack of U.S. leadership is causing the “brain death” of the NATO military alliance, insisting in an interview published Thursday that the European Union must step up and start acting as a strategic world power. Macron’s public criticism of the state of the world’s biggest military alliance…
Why Chrissy Teigen Is So Excited That Her Second Baby Is a Boy
If you’re on the hunt for serious maternity inspo, look no further than Chrissy Teigen. The model is five months pregnant with her second child, and she’s upped her maternity fashion game to the next level. And in case her glamorous pre-Grammys gala gown wasn’t evidence enough, her latest ensemble might be. Gotham/GC Images During an appearance…
Kim Kardashian Gets Political Following Florida High School Shooting
Kim Kardashian is leading a pack of celebrities who are calling for change after yet another devastating school shooting this year. As classes came to a close on Wednesday afternoon, a student opened fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, killing 17 victims and wounding more than a dozen, with an AR-15 style semiautomatic gun. It’s a tragedy that prompted…
Sex and the City‘s Jason Lewis Supports Sarah Jessica Parker After Kim Cattrall’s Angry Comments
Sex and the City‘s Jason Lewis is supporting costar Sarah Jessica Parker after Kim Cattrall directed angry comments at her. Lewis, who played Cattrall’s on-screen love interest Jerry “Smith” Jerrod on the series and film, sat down with KTLA 5 on Wednesday when he was asked about Cattrall and Parker. “If you can’t say something…
Ashton Kutcher Coped with His Divorce from Demi Moore by Fasting in the Woods
Ashton Kutcher isn’t the type to drown his breakup sorrows with a carton of ice cream and a box of tissues. Instead, when the actor-entrepreneur divorced Demi Moore in 2013, he retreated into the woods with nothing but some water, tea bags and a notebook. “Right after I got divorced, I went to the mountains…