Entertainment
Apple offers holiday discount in China as Huawei competition heats up
People walk past an advertisement for the iPhone 16 Pro at an Apple store during National Day holiday on October 3, 2024 in Chongqing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images Apple is offering discounts on its top-end iPhones and other products in China for the upcoming Chinese New Year as the […]
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‘Noctourism’ is expected to be a big travel trend in 2025
Rebecca Douglas has been to Iceland 29 times. And she’s already booked her 30th trip. The goal of every trip is the same: photographing the aurora borealis, or Northern Lights. Douglas has been photographing this spectacular phenomenon since 2010. It’s colors — which can paint the sky a dazzling array of green, purple, yellow and […]
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‘Seeing through debt-colored glasses.’ Author details main character being trapped in credit card debt
J Studios | Digitalvision | Getty Images In Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s fictional short story, “Minimum Payment Due,” the main character is trapped in credit card debt and desperate for a way out. The fact that the experience is common — more than a third, or 38%, of adults in the U.S. have credit card debt, according […]
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I’ve written over 175 books, though I never set out to be an author: Creativity ‘has absolutely nothing to do with IQ’
Over the last 45 years, I have written and published over 175 books for adults and children. Sometimes the number surprises me, as I didn’t set out to be an author. Early on in my career, I realized that being a successful writer wasn’t just about crafting compelling stories. I needed to be a sponge, […]
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Winning ticket for $1.22 billion lottery jackpot sold in California, Mega Millions says
A customer plays Mega Millions lottery at the Downtown Miami Souvenirs store on December 26, 2024 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images At least one Mega Millions player has plenty of dough to ring in the New Year after drawing the winning number. After three months without anyone winning the top prize in […]
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Ad revenue should stabilize for media companies in 2025 — if they have sports
The New York Liberty celebrate after wining the 2024 WNBA Championship against the Minnesota Lynx during Game 5 of the 2024 WNBA Finals on October 20, 2024 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. David Sherman | National Basketball Association | Getty Images The advertising market has positive momentum going into 2025 — especially for […]
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Asia’s year in review: Who had it good — and who had it bad — in 2024
This aerial picture shows flooded streets and buildings in Thai Nguyen on September 10, 2024, a few days after Super Typhoon Yagi hit northern Vietnam. Xuan Quang | Afp | Getty Images Curtis S. Chin, a former U.S. ambassador to the Asian Development Bank, is managing director of advisory firm RiverPeak Group. Jose B. Collazo […]
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‘Do the upright thing.’ A petition to ban reclining on airplanes has garnered 186,000 signatures
Spilled drinks, crunched laptop screens and crushed knees. A new video shows the reasons why reclining your seat on airplanes morphed from an acceptable practice into a top irritant for many air passengers. The video is part of an ad campaign launched in late November by the furniture company La-Z-Boy, which includes a petition […]
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Lego is reinventing its iconic brick sets and keeping the toy industry afloat
A customer reaches for a box from the Lego Dots range at the Lego A/S store in London, U.K., on March 7, 2022. Bloomberg | Getty Images The toy industry is headed for its second consecutive annual sales decline, but it’s got one thing propping it up: colorful, interlocking plastic bricks. At a time when […]
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13 anonymous media executives make predictions for the new year
Bob Iger, CEO of Disney (L), and Brian Roberts, CEO of Comcast (R). Getty Images Ho, ho, ho! It’s a holiday tradition: Anonymous media executives make their 2025 industry predictions. In honor of the 12 days of Christmas, we give you 12 predictions from some of the most powerful media and entertainment executives in the […]
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