It’s been hailed as the most scenic road in America. “A journey through time” is the description on one travel website. People put it on their bucket lists. Motorcycle clubs treat it like it’s the holy grail. Tracy Sidwell has another name for Utah’s fabled Highway 12. He calls it his mail route. For the […]
Omerta. It’s the Italian word for “code of silence.” And it’s tattooed on the back of Kentucky’s most notorious marijuana-growing ringleader. But while secrets around the Cornbread Mafia will forever be rooted in Marion County, there is now one undeniable fact about its most high-profile resident. The Godfather of Grass is gone. A good ol’ […]
Albert S Ruddy, a colourful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for The Godfather and Million Dollar Baby, developed the raucous prison-sports comedy The Longest Yard and helped create the hit sitcom Hogan’s Heroes, has died aged 94. Ruddy died “peacefully” on Saturday at the UCLA Medical Centre, according to a spokesperson, who added […]
Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of The Godfather Part II who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, has died aged 89. He died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, a representative said on Tuesday, just days after his and Francis Ford Coppola’s latest film Megalopolis […]
A violent Brooklyn Bloods “godfather” leader who once blasted a disloyal gang member’s leg off was sentenced Thursday to 23 years in federal prison. Quandell “Chucky” Smothers, 33, was such a terrifying presence in East New York that the man whose leg he shot off lied about it on the witness stand, the feds said […]
Hype around artificial intelligence (AI) rocked the markets in 2023, sending the tech-heavy Nasdaq soaring more than 40%. The megacap Magnificent Seven stocks were at the epicenter of AI mania, and perhaps their most influential member is semiconductor manufacturer Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The company saw its market cap balloon in 2023, and it joined Apple, Microsoft, […]
Hollywood stars have joined figures from the food world in paying tribute to chef Bill Granger, who has died aged 54. The restaurateur, chef and food writer “died peacefully in hospital” in London on Christmas Day, according to a statement from his family. Fellow Australian Hugh Jackman made a joint statement with his former partner […]