Paramount Pictures, declared Joseph Patrick Kennedy, “is a chain of incompetent, unbusinesslike and wasteful practices” for which another receivership seemed inevitable. That was five years ago. Last week Paramount stockholders got their third-quarter report: profits were $3,071,000, highest since 1930 and almost double the $1,726,000 cleared a year ago. More significant, this net was twice that of archrival Loew’s Inc. After ten years of tussling, Paramount was again the biggest money-maker in show business. Read More...
The King of Kings statue – sometimes known as Touchdown Jesus – burned after a lightning strike in Monroe, Ohio on Monday night
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The White House on Wednesday released its summary of a July phone call between President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart that has triggered fresh calls for an impeachment inquiry from the highest echelons of Congressional Democratic leadership.
The summary, which is a not a “verbatim transcript” but rather a collection of “notes and recollections” from staffers listening to the call, comes after a whistleblower in the U.S. intelligence community filed a complaint in August regarding the leaders’ conversation. Read More...