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Former Disney Channel teen star-turned pop powerhouse Selena Gomez will produce a docuseries for Netflix that follows the lives of illegal aliens who are living in the U.S. The series is meant to “humanize” the plight of illegals trying to “attain the American dream.” The series, titled Living Undocumented, follows the lives of eight families […]

Oprah Magazine would like you to know Baltimore is “anything but full of rats.” “President Donald Trump took to Twitter to attack the city of Baltimore, calling it a ‘disgusting, rat and rodent-infested mess,’” the latest edition of Oprah Magazine screeches. “His ill-informed comments were met with much criticism—particularly from the city’s residents, who defended the many things […]

EU Commissioner of Competition Margrethe Vestager | John Thys/AFP via Getty Images Vestager’s tax crusade faces judgment day Rulings involving Apple, Fiat and Starbucks come into the spotlight. By Simon Van Dorpe 9/16/19, 5:00 PM CET Updated 9/18/19, 1:52 PM CET EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager faces a white-knuckle ride over the next two weeks as […]

Comedian Shane Gillis said President Donald Trump getting shot “would be funny to see” in his first stand-up comedy show since he was fired from Saturday Night Live, following the surfacing of old jokes where he used slurs against Asians and gays. Performing a 10-minute stand-up set at the New York comedy club The Stand on Wednesday evening, Gillis […]

EU leaders and senior officials were dismayed but hardly surprised as the U.K. parliament rejected the Brexit deal for a second time. With U.K. politics in crisis and the course of Brexit highly uncertain, they quickly expressed a willingness to consider an extension to the Article 50 negotiating period that would prevent Britain from crashing […]

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker | Frederick Florin/AFP via Getty Images Brussels approves plan for European Labor Authority EU countries won’t have to work with the new agency, but contribute voluntarily. By Joshua Posaner 2/14/19, 11:45 AM CET Updated 4/30/19, 12:04 PM CET The EU is set to open its next agency later this year […]

Margrethe Vestager's October 2015 orders on Luxembourg and the Netherlands to each claw back between €20 million and €30 million in unpaid taxes from Fiat and Starbucks | Diarmuid Greene /Web Summit via Getty Images Vestager loses Starbucks tax case, wins Fiat ‘All companies should pay their fair share of tax,’ Vestager had said when […]

When Amsterdam-based fashion brand Daily Paper presented its first collaboration with Vincent van Gogh Museum on Friday, the coming together of the two Dutch icons not only fused streetwear with post-impressionist art – it revealed fashion’s power to conceive identity and connect communities. The Van Gogh Museum, where the launch party of the collaboration took […]

Phil Neville has named his full 23-woman squad for the upcoming tournament being held in the United States Toni Duggan has been included in England’s SheBelieves Cup squad, with Chloe Kelly also drafted in to replace the injured Beth Mead. The Lionesses will come up against 2019 World Cup winners USA, Japan and Spain in the four-team round-robin […]

D’ordinaire, les jeunes pousses musicales rejouent les titres qui ont fait la renommée de leurs aînés. Mais Aretha Franklin bouleverse les codes, puisqu’elle signe son retour musical avec une dizaine de reprises à la clé. L’idée de remanier des hits à sa sauce était une perspective envisagée par Aretha Franklin. Elle s’est d’ailleurs exprimée à […]