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Milan Fashion Week carries on amid virus, economic concern

Milan Fashion Week carries on amid virus, economic concern

MILAN — Runway shows continued apace on the fourth day of Milan Fashion Week as the itinerant fashion crowd took an analytical attitude toward the cases of the virus from China clustered not far away in northern Italy.

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

WASHINGTON — Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows: ABC's “This Week" — TBA. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press" — Marc Short, chief of staff to Vice-President Mike Pence; Rep. James Clyburn, D-S.C.
Alice Munro among Nobel Prize winners urging Trudeau to deny oilsands project

Alice Munro among Nobel Prize winners urging Trudeau to deny oilsands project

Canadian author Alice Munro and dozens of other Nobel Prize winners around the world have joined the heated opposition facing a massive oilsands project in northern Alberta, decrying the proposed development as "a disgrace.
Armani rails against baring trends by fellow designers

Armani rails against baring trends by fellow designers

MILAN — How much to show and how much not to show, that is the fashion question this season. It may be reductive to say that runway shows are about how women dress. But the conversation has sharpened in the #MeToo era.
HIV-themed 'Friends' edit pulled after copyright claim from Warner Bros.

HIV-themed 'Friends' edit pulled after copyright claim from Warner Bros.

TORONTO — A Toronto-based HIV-AIDS hospital has pulled an edited "Friends" episode aimed at addressing stigma after receiving a copyright claim. Casey House says it immediately complied with a takedown notice from Warner Bros.
OWN's 'Cherish the Day' is a rare celebration of black love

OWN's 'Cherish the Day' is a rare celebration of black love

LOS ANGELES — To separate filmmaker and TV producer Ava DuVernay’s trenchant, history-driven projects, including “Selma” and “When They See Us,” from her new romantic drama series is to sell short the determined thoughtfulness that shapes all her wor
Online daters looking for more than endless swiping

Online daters looking for more than endless swiping

LONDON — While taboos surrounding online dating are long gone, some of today’s app users are sick of the endless swiping and virtual pen-paling that leads nowhere when it comes to long-term relationships, according to industry leaders who are respond

WALL STREET JOURNAL-BEST SELLERS

Bestselling Books Week Ended February 15th. FICTION 1. “Dog Man: Fetch-22” by Dav Pilkey (Graphix) 2. "Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam's Sons) 3. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy (HarperOne) 4.
Spin Master to turn 'Paw Patrol' into first of multiple feature films

Spin Master to turn 'Paw Patrol' into first of multiple feature films

TORONTO — Preschool puppy series "Paw Patrol" is heading to the big screen. Spin Master Corp. says it's turning its popular franchise into an animated feature film that will hit theatres in August 2021.
Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome's founder, Romulus

Roman Forum find could be shrine to Rome's founder, Romulus

ROME — Italian archaeologists unveiled to the press Friday an exciting new find from the Roman Forum, which they say could be the lost shrine dedicated some 2,600 years ago to Romulus, Rome's legendary founder and first king.
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