An aluminum company headquartered in Chicago has singled out northeastern Kentucky as its preferred site for a new aluminum smelter that would bring about 1,000 permanent jobs to an Appalachian region hard hit by the loss of coal and steel production, Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday. Plans by Century Aluminum Co. to build a smelter… Continue reading Century Aluminum says preferred site for new smelter is a region of Kentucky hit hard by job losses – Chicago Tribune
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New Covid Vaccines Hit Insurance Snags: What to Do if Yours Gets Denied
Vero Lopez was excited about getting the new Covid vaccine. She’s cautious about the virus, still carrying a mask around and avoiding indoor dining. So Ms. Lopez, 52, contacted her health care provider, Kaiser Permanente, as soon as she found out the shots were approved last week. She couldn’t get the vaccine through them yet,… Continue reading New Covid Vaccines Hit Insurance Snags: What to Do if Yours Gets Denied
Richard Linklater’s Hit Man Will Make Glen Powell a Star
Photo: Courtesy of All The Hits “How many of you really know yourselves?” Philosophy lecturer Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) posits this question to his University of New Orleans class early on in Richard Linklater’s Hit Man. “What if your self is a construction, an illusion … a role you’ve been playing since the day you… Continue reading Richard Linklater’s Hit Man Will Make Glen Powell a Star
How ‘1883’ Became Cable’s Biggest Hit of the Year
Photo-Illustration: Vulture. Photo: Emerson Miller/CBS The 2010s USA Network drama Suits might have been the hottest thing on Netflix this summer, but over on cable, audiences spent the warm-weather months flocking to reruns of another semi-vintage show. Back in June, Paramount Network quietly took 1883 — the 2021 Yellowstone prequel series produced for sibling streamer… Continue reading How ‘1883’ Became Cable’s Biggest Hit of the Year
From Deep Cut to Hot 100 Hit
Easter egged: Taylor promoting Lover in 2019. Photo: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Spotify Almost every Taylor Swift album includes a song adored by fans that, for whatever reason, never gets released as a single. On 2012’s Red, it was the wounded breakup ballad “All Too Well.” On 2017’s Reputation, it was the exhilarating, bittersweet “Getaway… Continue reading From Deep Cut to Hot 100 Hit
Kyle Gordon Talks TikTok Eurodance Hit ‘Planet of the Bass’
If you’re looking for this year’s song of summer, don’t turn to the Billboard charts; Morgan Wallen’s “Last Night” has been squatting at No. 1 for so long that flies are starting to buzz around it like roadkill. Instead, head over to TikTok, where a shiny space-age utopia is unfolding, and an unlikely champion of… Continue reading Kyle Gordon Talks TikTok Eurodance Hit ‘Planet of the Bass’
Netflix’s South Korean Actors Seek Residuals For Hit Shows
Netflix isn’t paying some of their most successful actors residuals. Photo: Netflix As the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes wage on in Hollywood, the Korea Broadcasting Actors Union is attempting to meet with Netflix over its members’ own labor concerns, which bear many similarities to the issues on the bargaining table in the United States. One… Continue reading Netflix’s South Korean Actors Seek Residuals For Hit Shows
Cardi B Will Not Tolerate Getting Hit at Her Concerts
Photo: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Fendi Update, Thursday, August 3 at 6:26 p.m.: The criminal battery investigation into Cardi B’s latest throwing incident has been thrown out. “This afternoon we were notified by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept., that as a result of their investigation, there will be NO charges against Cardi,” her lawyers… Continue reading Cardi B Will Not Tolerate Getting Hit at Her Concerts
Cardi B Will Not Tolerate Getting Hit at Her Concerts
Photo: Daniele Venturelli/Getty Images for Fendi Cardi B is the latest to fall victim to the weird trend of audience members throwing things at performers, but she responded by sending a clear message about concert etiquette to her fans. During a set at Drai’s Beachclub in Las Vegas on Saturday night, Cardi was performing “Bodak… Continue reading Cardi B Will Not Tolerate Getting Hit at Her Concerts