A cavalcade of blacked out Mercedes, flanked by police cars, rolled into the Fifa headquarters in Rabat, Morocco, earlier this week. Infantino had summoned a select few members of the Fifa management board to discuss his plan to sell off 21% of the commercial and ticketing business to a private equity firm. This is how … Read more
Fifa and Infantino wanted to create a commercial subsidiary to run its main events, including its World Cups, with external investors able to buy stakes in it. It said it would “invite third parties to make minority, non-controlling investments” in a new subsidiary – Fifa Forward Enterprise (FFE). Infantino set a deadline of 19 September … Read more
Boston Globe Steve Dunn tests a slice of Neapolitan pizza during Lan Lam’s recipe test. Steve Cleese By Aidan Ryan, Boston Globe Updated on July 15, 2026 | 10:21 am 7 minutes to read When private equity firm Marquee Brands bought America’s Test Kitchen in 2023, the Boston food media company’s new leaders assured employees … Read more
Sophie Thatcher in Her own hell. Courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival Rarely does a Cannes filmmaker talk about his resurrection, in the literal sense of the word. “Three years ago, I died,” Nicolas Winding Refn told a black-tie audience after they cheered at the premiere of his latest film. Her own hell. “You’ve been … Read more
Willem de Kooning Milk maid (1984) will be LGD Hammer’s first work (estimate: $10-15 million). LGD hammer Recent auctions have made clear that market dynamics are primarily concentrated at the top, where sustained global demand for masterpieces is finally colliding with new supply as the long-awaited intergenerational transfer of wealth begins. At the same time, … Read more
Since the end of the twentieth century, private tutoring has transformed from a supplementary aid into a primary driver of academic achievement for many families in Egypt. Although public education in Egypt is officially free, the experiences of many students and parents tell a different story: educational progress, especially in high-risk years, e.g. Secondary school … Read more
Andy Cohen talked about his messy dinner with… Southern charm Stars Shep Rose, Craig Conover and Austin Kroll…and how his good friend John Mayer, who crashed the party, felt about the charismatic trio. On a recent episode of his radio show Andy, Andy Cohen Live!, Cohen shared that he took Rose, Conover and Kroll to … Read more
chicago — A day after former presidents, governors and local Chicagoans alike attended a colorful, televised celebration for the late Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., family and friends who knew him best will privately mourn the civil rights leader at his organization’s headquarters. The private memorial service at the Rainbow PUSH Coalition headquarters on Chicago’s South … Read more
The sight of Jodie Foster speaking fluent French is the most engaging element of this limp and convoluted psychodrama from the usually reliable Rebecca Zlotowski. Foster plays a psychiatrist named Lillian Steiner who we meet just before she storms upstairs to tell her neighbour to turn down the volume on ‘Psycho Killer’ by The Talking Heads. … Read more
Rich people are paying up to $350,000 to flee the Middle East on private planes as missiles continue to hit the region. Rich elites living in Dubai and Abu Dhabi have been frantically reaching out to private security companies to find a way out after the US and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over … Read more