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BOSTON/NEW YORK — Prominent U.S. fund managers piled into big-name technology stocks and bottom-fished in the beaten-down energy sector as markets reeled from the coronavirus-fueled selloff in the first quarter, regulatory filings released on Friday showed.They also cut exposure in restaurants, retail and airlines as the mounting number of deaths from the coronavirus — which…
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In Alberta, a couple we’ll call Barry, 61, and Marissa, 63, are suffering from the virus-driven financial meltdown. Barry, formerly a contractor in the building industry, has been feeling the effects of corporate spending cutbacks. Business has dried up. Marissa, a clerk in office administration, recently lost her job. Their present combined income, less than…
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What's perhaps most memorable about 1983's classic, Martha Coolidge-directed teen romance, Valley Girl, is its "trippin'-dicular" soundtrack, anchored by Modern English's "I Melt with You," which plays over one important montage and closes out the end credits. The iconic track makes a reprise in the musical update to the charming '80s time capsule, which arrived on-demand on May…
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Getty Images The search for the ever-elusive "bop" is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't discriminate by genre…
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Miss Rona can't keep television's fiercest competition down. RuPaul's Drag Race season 12 will sashay forward with an innovative presentation for its upcoming finale and reunion specials, both of which the network confirmed Friday will air as originally scheduled in the weeks ahead. Though the coronavirus pandemic complicated production, the RuPaul's Drag Race Season 12…
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Heading into 1993, Saskatchewan was a leading candidate for a dubious honour: provincial bankruptcy.No province had defaulted on its debts since Alberta during the Great Depression, but Saskatchewan’s borrowing had soared throughout the 1980s and its credit rating had been downgraded, making it harder to sell its bonds to investors.Compounding the problem were the after-effects…
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'Cause the world keeps spinnin' round and round — even in quarantine! EW can exclusively debut an epic at-home performance of the uplifting and high-energy "You Can't Stop the Beat" from the Broadway musical Hairspray. In a video created in partnership with Marc Shaiman — who wrote the music and co-wrote the lyrics for the musical adaptation…
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