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☆ 2024 Formula One season: How to watch the Bahrain Grand Prix and the biggest storylines to look out for this year
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Samuel Joseph | Sam Joseph | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The 2024 campaign will be the longest F1 season in history, featuring 24 race weekends. How to watch the season opener in BahrainThe 2024 season starts with the Bahrain Grand Prix after three days of testing in the Middle Eastern nation last week. Red Bull’s 2023 F1 season was the most dominant of all time. He was eventually cleared of any wrongdoing by the investigation, the team’s parent company, Red Bull GMBH, announced on Wednesday. Albon has bounced back from a disappointing spell at Red Bull in 2020 and is now a highly-sought after driver.

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☆ Uniper CEO: 2023 saw a 'spectacular recovery' after previous year's energy crisis
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailUniper CEO: 2023 saw a 'spectacular recovery' after previous year's energy crisisMichael Lewis, CEO at Uniper, discusses full-year results, and shares the company's plans for green investment.

Persons: Michael Lewis

☆ Liverpool: These three teenagers have inspired the club this week. The trio’s fathers were all professional soccer stars
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

With the English Premier League club vying to win an historic quadruple this season, and with injuries ravaging the senior squad, manager Jurgen Klopp has turned to the club’s famed academy for help. And while Danns and Koumas got on the scoresheet, 19-year-old Bobby Clark produced an assist for the latter. Jon Super/APHis father, former Premier League player Neil Danns, was at Anfield to watch his son score his first two goals for the senior side. Bobby Clark, perhaps the standout star from this latest crop of players, talking with Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp. Inglethorpe recently spoke to Liverpool Jamie Carragher about the demands and expectations set for youngsters coming through the ranks at the Premier League club, and it’s clear that character means just as much as talent.

Persons: Jurgen Klopp, they’ve, –, Lewis Koumas, Jayden Danns –, Koumas, Danns, Liverpool –, ”, Bobby Clark, James McConnell, Kaide Gordon, Trey Nyoni, Nyoni, it’s, Clark, Jayden Danns, Jon Super, Neil Danns, I’m, ” Danns, “, ” Lewis Koumas, Jason Koumas, Liverpool’s, Jayden, Richard Jolly, Peter Byrne, Lee Clark, “ I’d, ” Clark, Justin Setterfield, Alex Inglethorpe, Inglethorpe, Liverpool Jamie Carragher, Klopp, ” Inglethorpe, Carragher Organizations: CNN, English Premier League, hasn’t, Liverpool, Southampton, FA, Premier League, Anfield, Wembley, Chelsea, Tranmere, Athletic, Wales, Wigan, West Bromwich Albion, Newcastle, Fulham, Premier League club, Manchester United, Sparta Prague, Europa League Locations: Anfield, Newcastle, Sudan, Oman, Liverpool, The Telegraph

☆ Richard Lewis and Larry David, Best Frenemies Forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Maya Salam | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If ever a Hollywood friendship was destined to be, it might have been the one between the comics Larry David and Richard Lewis, who died from a heart attack on Tuesday at 76. That would set the tone that would define their friendship — and their onscreen relationship — for the rest of their lives. “I disliked him intensely,” Lewis told The Spectator last year, calling the young David cocky and arrogant. “We became instant best friends,” David said of Lewis during that 2002 interview, at the Paley Center for Media. In 2010, talking with Howard Stern, Lewis said, “When I became a comic, he loved my work, and I loved his work.”

Persons: Larry David, Richard Lewis, —, “, ” Lewis, David, Larry, I’m, ” David, Lewis, Howard Stern, ” Organizations: Paley Center for Media Locations: Brooklyn, York

☆ Jamie Lee Curtis credits Richard Lewis with her sobriety: ‘Rest in laughter’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Jamie Lee Curtis sent love to her late friend and former costar, comedian and actor Richard Lewis, who died at his home in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Curtis took to Instagram with a series of pictures of herself with Lewis, writing about their time working together on the sitcom “Anything But Love,” which ran for four seasons from 1989 - 1992. “I’ve just read that my friend Richard Lewis has died. He found love with Joyce and that, of course, besides his sobriety, is what mattered most to him. Rest in laughter, Richard.

Persons: Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Lewis, Curtis, Lewis, “ I’ve, Marty Gold, ”, “, can’t, snort, Richard, ” Curtis, Richard Frank, John Ritter, Joyce, Marty, Hannah !, Larry David, Lewis “ Organizations: CNN, ABC, Disney Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried is dispensing crypto investment tips to Brooklyn prison guards: NYT
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried might be in jail, but the NYT reports that he's still got a finger on the pulse with crypto. Bankman-Fried has been reportedly sharing crypto investment tips with prison guards, per NYT. Bankman-Fried is reportedly giving crypto investment tips and touting investments in the cryptocurrency Solana to prison guards, The Times reported on Tuesday, citing an unnamed source familiar with the matter. Bankman-Fried, Mukasey said, should be given a shorter sentence of five to six-and-a-half years. "A sentence that returns Sam promptly to a productive role in society would be sufficient, but not greater than necessary, to comply with the purposes of sentencing," Mukasey wrote.

Persons: Sam Bankman, he's, Fried, —, Solana, Michael Lewis, Lewis, Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, Marc Mukasey, Mukasey, Sam Organizations: Service, New York Times, The Times, Bankman, Times, Brooklyn's Metropolitan Detention Locations: Brooklyn, Brooklyn's, Bankman

☆ With Richard Lewis, Kvetching Was Charismatic
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

There were broadcasters (Howard Cosell) and the occasional talk show host (Joan Rivers), but no Jews leading a cast on prime time. Then in the final year of the decade, that changed, and a glut of anxious men arrived, kvetching, quipping and dating shiksas. For those who know him as the cranky friend of Larry David on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” it may be a surprise that Richard Lewis, who died at 76 this week, cut a seductive figure: clever, cool, darkly morose. (Second place: “Family Ties.”) But Lewis brought a nervy energy that pushed against the saccharine instincts of network sitcoms. He once told David Letterman, “The woman I’m with now insisted on having intercourse only with a raven on her shoulder.”

Persons: Howard Cosell, Joan Rivers, Jackie Mason, Jerry Seinfeld, Rob Morrow, Richard Lewis, ”, Jamie Lee Curtis, Michael Myers, Lewis bellyached, Larry David, Seinfeld, Lewis, David Letterman, “ Locations: Alaska, Chicago

☆ Judges in Trump-related cases face unprecedented wave of threats
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +20 min

These broadsides frequently trigger surges in threats against the judges, prosecutors and other court officials he targets, Reuters found. In that time, serious threats against federal judges alone have more than doubled, from 220 in 2020 to 457 in 2023, as Reuters reported on Feb. 13. For judges, threats have always been part of the job. Over the last four years, the Marshals investigated more than 1,200 threats against federal judges that they considered serious, according to the data provided to Reuters. Among the 57 federal prosecutions Reuters identified during that period, 47 involved threats against federal judges, six involved threats against state judges, and four involved threats against both.

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☆ The NFL is gearing up to change team ownership rules in what could be a massive win for Wall Street
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Tiara White | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Team owners will meet at the annual league meeting in March to discuss private equity. The investment ownership model is favored in the NBA, MLB and NHL— but not in the NFL. So, what will a rule change mean for institutional investors and their Wall Street brokers, as well as owners and sports fans? Experts also think NFL team owners' "wealth would increase drastically," said Rotthoff— due to the considerable profits they've already made from team valuations in the past decade. Wall Street investment banks could also benefit in their role as advisors to wealthy investors and sports teams, including helping to connect buyers with sellers.

Persons: —, Josh Harris, Mark Patricof, Carrie Potter, Mellody Hobson, Condoleezza Rice, Sir Lewis Hamilton, Kurt Rotthoff, Dwayne Wade, Venus Williams, Eric Thomas, Gil Fried, Rotthoff, Rob Gronkowski, Spencer Platt, Goldman Sachs, Thomson, Taylor Swift, Jamie Squire, Potter, Fried Organizations: NBA, MLB, NHL, NFL, Service, Silicon, Forbes, The, Patricof, Rice, Denver Broncos, Seton Hall, Wall, Kansas City Chiefs, West, Sport Finance, Sports, Group, Wall Street, Chiefs, Dolphins, Getty Locations: The Washington, Crestview, United States, Orlando , Florida, West Florida

☆ $2 Million Homes in Missouri, California and the District of Columbia
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Angela Serratore | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The property is across the street from Forest Park, which has more than 1,300 acres of green space and is home to the Saint Louis Zoo and the Saint Louis Art Museum. Driving to downtown St. Louis takes about 15 minutes. St. Louis Lambert International Airport is about 20 minutes away. From there, another pair of doors opens into a grand, wood-paneled foyer with a fireplace flanked by built-in bench seats. A dining room with yet another fireplace and a crystal chandelier that once hung in a St. Louis hotel can be reached from the library or the foyer.

Persons: Louis, Lewis Dozier, Dozier, Louis Lambert Organizations: Arts, Nabisco, Mr, Saint Louis Zoo, Saint Louis Art Museum, Louis Lambert International Locations: Forest, St

☆ Richard Lewis, Acerbic Comedian and Character Actor, Dies at 76
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Clay Risen | More About Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

His publicist, Jeff Abraham, said the cause was a heart attack. Mr. Lewis announced last year that he had Parkinson’s disease. Mr. Lewis was among the best-known names in a generation of comedians who came of age during the 1970s and ’80s, marked by a world-weary, sarcastic wit that mapped well onto the urban malaise in which many of them plied their trade. He became a regular on late-night talk shows, favored as much for his tight act as for his casual, open affability as an interviewee. And he was at the forefront of the boom in stand-up comedy that came with the expansion of cable television in the late 1980s.

Persons: Richard Lewis, Robin Hood, HBO’s, ”, Jeff Abraham, Lewis Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Richard Lewis, 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' star and comedian, dead at 76
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Comedian Richard Lewis died at 76 on Tuesday night after suffering a heart attack. He's best known for roles in "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" and "Curb Your Enthusiasm." AdvertisementComedian and actor Richard Lewis has died at the age of 76 years old, Deadline first reported on Wednesday. According to his publicist Jeff Abraham, Lewis died of a heart attack in his Los Angeles home on Tuesday night, Business Insider has confirmed. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: Richard Lewis, He's, Robin Hood, —, Jeff Abraham, Lewis, Joyce Lapinsky, Abraham Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Richard Lewis Riffing in One of His Last Interviews
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Melena Ryzik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Richard Lewis called me barely a month ago, on Jan. 22, to gush about his friend Susie Essman. “I adore her,” he said, eagerly offering his thoughts for a profile of his co-star on the Larry David series “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” “She’s so on the money with her delivery.”Lewis, who announced last year that he had Parkinson’s disease, played himself as David’s friend on the show (as he was in real life). He and Essman, the comedian and actress behind the invective-spewing Susie Greene, the wife of David’s manager, provoked very different reactions from fans, he recalled. “When I’ve been with her in public, they want her to yell things back at them,” he said. “For me, it’s like, ‘You’re going to be all right, Richard.’”He dialed me directly, rather than having a publicist connect us, as is more common, and seemed happy to stay on the phone and crack jokes.

Persons: Richard Lewis, Susie Essman, “, ”, Larry David, ” “, ” Lewis, Susie Greene, I’ve, You’re, Richard, ’ Locations: gush

☆ FTX fraudster Bankman-Fried seeks less than 7 year sentence, claims he is at risk of 'harm and extortion' in prison
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Sam Bankman-Fried, co-founder of FTX Cryptocurrency Derivatives Exchange, arrives at court in New York, US, on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023. "The harm to customers, lenders, and investors is zero," Bankman-Fried's lawyers wrote. The lawyers wrote that Bankman-Fried has a "neurodiversity" that "greatly affects how he perceives and is perceived." It is not a disease or a condition that needs to be cured," the lawyers wrote. "Individuals with ASD are often at considerably greater risk of physical harm and extortion in prison than other inmates," the lawyers wrote.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, Lewis Kaplan, —, Michael Milken, Damian Williams, Williams, Kaplan, Marc Mukasey, Sam, Drexel Burnham Lambert, Milken Organizations: Bankman, Alameda Research, The Manhattan U.S, PSR, Defense, Drexel, CNBC PRO Locations: New York, FTX, Manhattan, Alameda, Brooklyn , New York

CNN —Comedian and actor Richard Lewis, whose self-deprecating humor and acerbic wit in shows like “Curb Your Enthusiasm” and “Anything but Love” entertained audiences for decades, has died, according to his publicist Jeff Abraham. In April of 2023, Richard revealed that he had been living with Parkinson’s disease. ‘Enthusiasm’ for a lasting friendshipArguably best known for his role on “Curb,” Lewis just recently shared that the decision to play himself on the hit series was creator David’s idea. Lewis and David’s relationship extended beyond the screen, having been in each other’s lives since their 20s. Lewis performed stand-up comedy for 50 years until he took his final bow in 2018 at Chicago’s Zanies.

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☆ Richard Lewis and ‘The (Blank) From Hell’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Aimee Ortiz | More About Aimee Ortiz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Go ahead and call Richard Lewis the comedian from hell. But his most indelible legacy could be one simple phrase, spoken so often that its origin might never be questioned. “The (insert hated thing here) from hell.”It’s a phrase that seemingly has been around since time immemorial. The flight from hell, the day from hell, the lunch from hell. According to Richard Lewis and the “Yale Book of Quotations,” it came from him.

Persons: Richard Lewis, You’d, HBO’s, “, Lewis, ” Organizations: Yale, Twitter, UPI

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyers push for 6-year sentence in multibillion-dollar FTX fraud
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Under federal sentencing guidelines, he could face a maximum of 110 years. In the memo, Bankman-Fried’s lawyer, Marc Mukasey, asks the judge overseeing the case to reject the pre-sentencing report prepared by the Probation Department, which recommends a 100-year sentence. Considering Bankman-Fried’s “charitable works and demonstrated commitment to others” Mukasey recommends a prison sentence between five and six-and-a-half years. The judge overseeing the case, Lewis Kaplan of the Southern District of New York, will weigh several factors in deciding Bankman-Fried’s sentence, including arguments from prosecutors, defense counsel and the recommendations from the Probation Department. Typically, in white-collar crimes, the bigger the financial loss, the longer the sentence.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Marc Mukasey, ”, “, ” Mukasey, —, Mukasey, FTX, Lewis Kaplan, Jordan Estes, Kramer Levin, Estes Organizations: New, New York CNN, Probation Department, Southern, of, Department, ”, US Attorney’s, Southern District Locations: New York, Manhattan, FTX, Brooklyn, of New York

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried's parents are begging a judge to keep him out of prison, warning their son's social awkwardness could put him in 'extreme danger'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Bankman-Fried's lawyers filed a sentencing submission, asking for a prison sentence of no longer than 78 months — or six-and-a-half-years. The US Probation Office, which issues sentencing reports that judges typically rely on, recommended 100 years behind bars — which Bankman-Fried's lawyers called "barbaric." Advertisement"That recommendation is grotesque," Bankman-Fried's lawyers wrote. Sam Bankman-Fried's approach to veganism illustrated both his selflessness and awkwardness, his younger brother, Gabriel Bankman-Fried, wrote in a letter to the judge. In the sentencing submission, Bankman-Fried's lawyers argue that "the most reasonable estimate" for how much his victims lost was "zero."

Persons: —, Sam Bankman, Barbara Fried, Joseph Bankman, Gabriel Bankman, neurodiversity, Sam, Bankman, Lewis Kaplan, Fried, Jane Rosenberg, FTX, Michael M Santiago, Carmine Simpson, Simpson, That's, Gabriel, Seth Wenig, Marc Mukasey, Torrey Young, weren't, Barbara Fried —, John J, Ray III, John Ray Organizations: Service, Business, US, Prosecutors, Alameda Research, Office, Stanford Law, MIT, Wall, of Prisons, San, United, AP Locations: Manhattan, FTX, Brooklyn, Bahamas

☆ An ex-cop in jail with Sam Bankman-Fried says he's eating 'disgusting-looking beans and week-old brown lettuce' because of his veganism
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewSam Bankman-Fried is maintaining his vegan diet in jail, but it's not going very well. Carmine Simpson, an ex-NYPD officer behind bars with Bankman-Fried, wrote a letter to US District Judge Lewis Kaplan where he pleaded for leniency on Bankman-Fried's behalf. Kaplan is set to sentence Bankman-Fried on March 28, months after the FTX founder was found guilty of seven counts of fraud and conspiracy in November. First photo of Sam Bankman-Fried in jail at MDC Brooklyn. Representatives for Bankman-Fried did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: —, Sam Bankman, it's, Carmine Simpson, Lewis Kaplan, Kaplan, Sam, Simpson, Fried, Marc Mukasey, Joseph Bankman, Barbara Fried, Tiffany Fong, He's, I've, Fong Organizations: Service, ex, Business, MDC Brooklyn, Bankman, Business Insider

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried Makes His Last Stand
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-27 | by ( David Yaffe-Bellany | Matthew Goldstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Since Sam Bankman-Fried was convicted of fraud last year, he has hired a new lawyer known for courtroom showmanship. A group of sympathetic law professors has pushed for a reappraisal of his actions. And his parents have turned for help to former employees of FTX, the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange he founded. From a federal detention center in Brooklyn, Mr. Bankman-Fried, 31, has continued to fight his case behind the scenes, as he argues for a lenient sentence and prepares to appeal his conviction. Since last year’s trial, Mr. Bankman-Fried has hired Marc Mukasey, who once represented former President Donald J. Trump, to oversee his sentencing, as well as a separate lawyer at the law firm Shapiro Arato Bach to handle the appeal.

Persons: Sam Bankman, Fried, Bankman, Lewis A, Kaplan, Marc Mukasey, Donald J, Trump, Shapiro Arato Bach, Joe Bankman, Barbara Fried Organizations: FTX, Stanford University Locations: Brooklyn, U.S, Manhattan, FTX

☆ The Risk of a China War Over Taiwan Is Rising - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Ben Lewis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 2020, the balance of military power in the Taiwan Strait began a gradual but profound shift in China’s favor. That August, then-Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar became the highest-ranking U.S. cabinet official to visit Taiwan in more than four decades. responded by carrying out large-scale military exercises around the self-governing island, sending aircraft over the median line of the Taiwan Strait for only the third time in more than 20 years. Alarm bells should be ringing, but neither Taiwan nor the United States have taken meaningful action to deter China, and Taiwan’s response has been inconsistent and lacks transparency, which may further embolden Beijing. A more robust approach is needed to deter China from escalating the situation.

Persons: Alex Azar Organizations: Health, Human, Liberation Army Locations: Taiwan, Taiwan Strait, China, Taipei, Washington, United States, Beijing

☆ Personal pilot for billionaire Joe Lewis pleads guilty to insider trading scheme
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Damian Williams, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a press conference in New York City, Sept. 22, 2023. A personal pilot for British billionaire investor Joe Lewis pleaded guilty Monday to securities fraud related to the same insider trading scheme that Lewis admitted guilt in a month ago, federal prosecutors in New York said. The pilot, Patrick O'Connor, on multiple occasions, received material, nonpublic information about companies from Lewis that O'Connor then used to trade in shares of those firms, prosecutors said. Lewis is the principal owner of the Tavistock Group, a private investment firm, and controlled one or more board of director seats at companies in which he shared nonpublic information with O'Connor that the pilot then traded on, prosecutors said. Lewis, through a family trust, formerly controlled a majority ownership stake in the English Premier League soccer team Tottenham Hotspur.

Persons: Damian Williams, Joe Lewis, Lewis, Patrick O'Connor, O'Connor, Mirati Organizations: Attorney, Southern, of, Tavistock Group, English Premier League soccer, Tottenham Hotspur, Mirati Therapeutics, Manhattan U.S, Attorney's Locations: U.S, of New York, New York City, New York

☆ Generative AI startup Latimer, known as the 'BlackGPT', will launch a new bias detection tool and API
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-23 | by ( Monica Melton | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The AI startup, named after inventor Lewis Howard Latimer and affectionately known as "The BlackGPT" is an answer to the bias, lack of cultural competency, and erasure found in popular AI tools like ChatGPT, says Latimer CEO and cofounder John Pasmore. Pasmore said the company has plans to launch about five more products specifically focused on bias detection. The move-fast, break-things energy in AI created an opportunity for Latimer, Pasmore said. This method is baked into Latimer's nascent suite of business offerings set to launch after the release of its API. He is confident that there is "a billion-dollar opportunity" to address bias in incumbent AI offerings for enterprises.

Persons: —, Latimer, Lewis Howard Latimer, John Pasmore, Pasmore, Molefi Kete Asante, Brown, it's Latimer, Esther Dyson Organizations: Service, Business, Black, Morgan State, TRS Capital, Syncom Venture Partners Locations: Swiss

☆ ‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Review: Ethan Coen’s Sluggish Joyride
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Manohla Dargis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The title of Ethan Coen’s leaden romp “Drive-Away Dolls” summons up the vulgar excesses of old-school exploitation cinema, with its horrors and pleasures, carnage and flesh. This is the most recent movie that Ethan Coen has made without his brother, Joel, his longtime collaborator. (Ethan also made the 2022 documentary “Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind.”) To a degree, “Drive-Away Dolls” seems of a piece with the Coens’ practice of playing with story forms (film genres and otherwise), which they have consistently satirized, upended and all but gutted. Written by Coen and his wife, Tricia Cooke, “Drive-Away Dolls” opens on an old-style neon bar sign spelling out the word “Cicero,” immediately suggesting that you’re in familiar Coen territory. After some character introductions — enter Jamie, Marian et.

Persons: Ethan Coen’s, —, Margaret Qualley, Jamie, Geraldine Viswanathan, Marian —, Ethan Coen, Joel, Ethan, Jerry Lee Lewis, Coen, Tricia Cooke, “, Cicero, ”, Pedro Pascal, Marian et, Bill Camp, Marian’s, Beanie Feldstein, Marian Locations: Philadelphia, Florida, Tallahassee

☆ J. Lo and Behold: Is She for Real?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Wesley Morris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Nobody who winds up at a “what’s the strangest moment in this new J. Lo thingy” contest should worry. None of these people appears to have been on the set at the same time. The only performers persuasively sharing the screen are Jenifer Lewis and Jenifer Lewis, and that’s only because she’s doing Gemini. A number about a quickie wedding is called “Midnight Trip to Vegas,” but the groom has already hand-delivered Lopez’s invitation.

Persons: Lo thingy, Joe, Melfi, Jennifer Lopez’s Tony Soprano bewilder, Jane Fonda, Trevor Noah, Keke Palmer, Post Malone, Kim Petras, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Jenifer Lewis, It’s Locations: Vegas

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