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Oprah Winfrey for president? That was the burning question in American politics on Monday after the entertainment celebrity and entrepreneur delivered a barnstorming speech that had many hailing her as the antidote to Donald Trump. Speaking...

It seems January is Gwyneth Paltrow’s go-to month for promoting potentially dangerous things that should not go in or near an orifice. January 2015 brought us vagina steaming, January 2017 was jade eggs, and here we are in...

Internet advertising firms are losing hundreds of millions of dollars following the introduction of a new privacy feature from Apple that prevents users from being tracked around the web. Advertising technology firm Criteo, one of the largest...

An independent energy agency on Monday rejected a Trump administration plan to bolster coal-fired and nuclear power plants with subsidies, dealing a blow to the president’s high-profile mission to revive the struggling coal industry. The decision by the...

Zuckerberg wrote on Thursday that he wants to focus on protecting Facebook users from abuse, defend against interference by nation-states and “making sure that time spent on Facebook is time well spent.” “The world feels anxious...

Harvey Weinstein helped build the awards circuit as we know it. He’ll be gone from this year’s Golden Globes — denounced, derided, joked about — but his presence, and questionable legacy, will be everywhere. Back in the days...

Broadway musicians rarely have the opportunity to chat up Broadway stars. “There’s a reason they call it the pit,” Adam Krauthamer said. He was jokingly referring to the lower level of the theater where the orchestra is sequestered....

The Oscar-winning actress, criticized for repeatedly claiming that she didn’t know anything about Weinstein’s offenses, deflected the blame in a New York Times interview by asking to hear from other powerful women. Meryl Streep repeated that...

They have very different styles, but Stephen King and Beatrix Potter have something in common: They’re both authors whose books were initially rejected by publishers — and went on to become bestsellers. Here are more. About...

Apple has warned owners of its iPhones, iPads and computers that the devices are affected by a processor flaw that could leave them vulnerable to hackers. The company advised millions of customers to download software only from trusted...