#Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine approved by FDA

#Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine approved by FDA

“#Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine approved by FDA” Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine was granted approval by the Food and Drug Administration on Friday night — yet another glimmer of hope as infections continue to ravage the country. The vaccine is now the second to get the OK for use in the US behind Pfizer-BioNTech, whose shot was approved…

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#Nike’s free workout apps are a gateway to gaining pricey sales

#Nike’s free workout apps are a gateway to gaining pricey sales

“#Nike’s free workout apps are a gateway to gaining pricey sales” CHICAGO – With consumers under lockdown logging into Nike’s workout apps and digital store, the Beaverton, Oregon-based company has been able to gather additional data on purchasing habits, personal information and exercise routines of tens of millions of people. Between January and November this…

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#The worst TV renderings of the COVID-19 pandemic

#The worst TV renderings of the COVID-19 pandemic

“#The worst TV renderings of the COVID-19 pandemic” The COVID-19 pandemic threw the entire world into disarray — and it also gave TV a unique challenge: How should entertainment address “the new normal?”  In 2020, shows grappled with the question of whether it’s better to depict our current reality of social distancing and mask-wearing —…

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#Hunter Doohan got close with Bryan Cranston on set of ‘Your Honor’

#Hunter Doohan got close with Bryan Cranston on set of ‘Your Honor’

“#Hunter Doohan got close with Bryan Cranston on set of ‘Your Honor’” Hunter Doohan co-stars opposite Bryan Cranston in “Your Honor,” the 10-episode Showtime drama executive-produced by Peter Moffat (“The Night Of”). Doohan plays Adam Desiato, the asthmatic teenaged son of respected New Orleans judge Michael Desiato (Cranston). Driving home after setting up a makeshift…

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#Old-Hollywood throwback with a twist

#Old-Hollywood throwback with a twist

“#Old-Hollywood throwback with a twist” Running time: 114 min. Rated PG-13 (smoking, sexual content). Tessa Thompson radiates retro glamour in “Sylvie’s Love,” an old-Hollywood throwback with a modern twist: its predominantly black cast. Writer/director Eugene Ashe (“Homecoming”) sets this romance in the New York of the 1950s and ’60s, with a Technicolor sheen to match…

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#Support NYC restaurants and shops with these edible gifts

#Support NYC restaurants and shops with these edible gifts

“#Support NYC restaurants and shops with these edible gifts” Gifts of love are the best gifts. And nothing says love better than holiday-season food and drink to savor at home. Lucky recipients will cherish them more than a lumpy sweater or another iTunes gift certificate. There are certainly plenty of delicious options to choose from…

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#De Blasio degrades school standards

#De Blasio degrades school standards

“#De Blasio degrades school standards” It’s remarkable enough that a leader sitting in America’s financial capital would deliver such a faithful update of Karl Marx’s disastrous dictum, “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” But to do so as a preamble to announcing the removal of selection criteria in middle-school…

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#Ex-Goldman Sachs exec warns of wealth gap ‘revolution’

#Ex-Goldman Sachs exec warns of wealth gap ‘revolution’

“#Ex-Goldman Sachs exec warns of wealth gap ‘revolution’” One Wall Street power player is urging his fellow one-percenters to help close the growing wealth gap — or risk staring down pitchforks and guillotines. Ex-Goldman Sachs chief financial officer Marty Chavez sounded off on income inequality during an interview with financial news site The Business of…

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