Willem Dafoe says it was ‘very special’ working alongside 2,000 trained rats in ‘Nosferatu’: ‘They were excellent co-stars’

Willem Dafoe says it was ‘very special’ working alongside 2,000 trained rats in ‘Nosferatu’: ‘They were excellent co-stars’

Though Willem Dafoe has starred in dozens of movies, acting in Nosferatu offered him the chance to try something he’s never done before — film with thousands of rats. “That was very special,” he told Yahoo Entertainment about sharing the screen with 2,000 trained rodents. “My only anxiety was, I love animals! I was worried … Read more

Chicago Blackhawks’ Biggest Upset in Recent History

Chicago Blackhawks’ Biggest Upset in Recent History

Team Canada was defeated by Team Latvia in the World Juniors which was one of the all-time biggest upsets in hockey history. If you are American, you love to see it. But a major upset isn’t absent from the Chicago Blackhawks’ history. This specific instance when the Blackhawks should’ve not only won, but dominated a … Read more

Warren Buffett stocks for your IRA in 2025

Warren Buffett stocks for your IRA in 2025

What Would Warren Do? – Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images Six blue-chip stocks aggressively backed by Warren Buffett are on sale on Wall Street as the year draws to a close, mainly due to broad economic factors and stock market fashion. That makes them worth a look, even for lower-risk investors whose retirement accounts are mostly invested … Read more

Edward Norton on digging into the activism of Pete Seeger for ‘A Complete Unknown’ and annoying his kids with banjo-playing

Edward Norton on digging into the activism of Pete Seeger for ‘A Complete Unknown’ and annoying his kids with banjo-playing

Though A Complete Unknown is about Bob Dylan, the film also dives deep into the life of Pete Seeger. The folk singer was instrumental in discovering and mentoring Dylan, and the film follows how Dylan ultimately grows restless with the genre over the course of the 1960s. Despite their diverging paths, Seeger is still there, … Read more

Oil prices rise 1% in thin pre-holiday trade

Oil prices rise 1% in thin pre-holiday trade

By Laila Kearney and Paul Carsten NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices rose more than 1% on Tuesday, reversing the prior session’s losses on a brightening short-term outlook tied to the prospect of slightly tightening supplies as trade thinned ahead of the Christmas and Hanukkah holidays. Brent crude futures settled at $73.58, rising 95 cents, or … Read more

Don’t compare your retirement investments to the S&P 500

Don’t compare your retirement investments to the S&P 500

– Getty Images/iStockphoto My husband is from Canada and often quotes temperatures in Celsius. When I’m trying to figure out how to pack for a trip, this can lead to some serious miscalculations. If he says, “Oh, it’ll be about 27 degrees,” I’m packing turtlenecks and scarves. But in Fahrenheit, that’s a balmy 80 degrees. … Read more

Shohei Ohtani and wife Mamiko Tanaka announce they’re expecting 1st child

Shohei Ohtani and wife Mamiko Tanaka announce they’re expecting 1st child

Nearly a year after abruptly announcing his marriage on Instagram, Shohei Ohtani announced Saturday he and his wife Mamiko Tanaka are expecting their first child, abruptly on Instagram. The Los Angeles Dodgers superstar didn’t provide any specifics about a due date or details about the upcoming child, but his post did feature yet another cute … Read more

Big banks, business groups sue US Fed over annual stress tests

Big banks, business groups sue US Fed over annual stress tests

By Pete Schroeder (Reuters) -Major banks and business groups sued the Federal Reserve on Tuesday, alleging the U.S. central bank’s annual “stress tests” of Wall Street firms violate the law. The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Columbus, Ohio, claims the Fed’s practice of determining how big banks perform against hypothetical economic turmoil, and … Read more