How Allergan went from a tiny but beloved Southern California eye care company to a dealmaking machine to falling out of grace with investors (AGN)

Reuters It’s been a rocky year for Allergan, the pharmaceutical company best known for making Botox.  Investors have been unhappy with Allergan’s stock performance over the last year, and some have expressed interest in seeing the pharma company explore splitting up. On Wednesday, Allergan announced it plans to sell its women’s health and infectious disease businesses. The […]

The Royal Ballets Manon review: A beloved masterpiece

With some of Jules Massenet’s most beautiful and expressive music danced within Nicholas Georgiadis’s huge, dark and deeply evocative 18th-century designs, the work has a depth and complexity involving the whole company. MacMillan surges through Paris’s underbelly dealing with individuals and crowds with equal dramatic impact, telling a tragic tale with a romantic spin. An […]

Avengers SHOCK : MCU bringing THIS beloved character back from the dead – OFFICIAL

Marvel fans are bracing themselves for a devastating end to Infinity War. Rumours are swirling that Captain America, Iron Man, Vision and Loki could all be making the ultimate sacrfice. So, it’s good to hear that one hugely popular character is about to make a big screen comeback. He was last seen breaking audience (and […]

Imaginative Postcards from Beloved Pop Culture Locations

A great movie, book, or television show can make its settings seem like real places – like you could find your way around if you found yourself there, randomly wandering through Beetlejuice or The Witch, as one does. Our friends at Gallery1988 have taken that idea a step further with their new exhibition “Postcard Correspondence,” […]

I tried the up-and-coming burger chain beloved by political elites that wants to be the next Shake Shack — here’s the verdict

Daniel Brown/Business Insider I tried the up-and-coming burger chain, Good Stuff Eatery, that is trying to become the next Shake Shack.  The chain is already has a cult following in Washington, DC — I ran into two members of Congress while eating.  I liked Good Stuff Eatery better than Shake Shack.    I was driving back […]

Fire Emblem Warriors review – A great spin-off to a beloved Nintendo series

Fire Emblem Warriors is, in many ways, the complete opposite of what the Intelligent Systems series is known for. The spin-off takes the measured, turned-based tactical gameplay of the 3DS games and turns it on its head to create a fast-paced, action-orientated hack and slash. And despite being the polar opposite to what the series […]

Ireland's Beloved Billionaire

You may not know their names, but the world’s Little-Known Billionaires wield a hidden economic clout. Read more of this OZY original series. There’s a buzz around Adare, a medieval village in County Limerick. The Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort, a stunning calendar house with 365 windows and 52 chimneys surrounded by 840 lush […]