The leading kitty in the new live-action “Cats” film is played by a black woman — but you wouldn’t know it by looking at her fur. The film’s trailer dropped Thursday and received a horrified reaction from viewers, who complained that the human-cat hybrid CGI is nightmarish — and outraged tweeters are claiming it “white-washes” … Continue reading "People are furious ‘Cats’ star Francesca Hayward has white fur"

Click:tapered roller bearing Knicks rookie RJ Barrett completed summer league last weekend with a Las Vegas bang, posting 21 points, 10 assists and eight rebounds. After looking horrendous in the first two games, the former Duke stud got better with each one that followed. But as his 33.8 overall shooting percentage in the five games … Continue reading "RJ Barrett’s Knicks summer league breakdown: ‘He\u2019s not the savior’"

see also Nordstrom Anniversary Sale public access: Start date, time and FAQ It’s the most wonderful time of the year! No, not… The Nordstrom Anniversary Sale 2019 is here. The pre-season sale — offering discounts on fall items before they’re officially available — is also the department store’s biggest, with deals on beauty, mens and … Continue reading "Nordstrom Anniversary Sale: Best items and biggest savings"

see also ‘Veronica Mars’ review: Series still slinging sass in superb return Can you go home again? Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell) certainly… Prepare yourselves, Marshmallows: Hulu’s revival/continuation of “Veronica Mars” was supposed to drop on July 26 — but it’s been moved. It’s coming right now. The streamer announced this during the show’s Friday panel … Continue reading "‘Veronica Mars’ revival debuts a week early on Hulu"

Mayor Bill de Blasio told New Yorkers that the heat index over the weekend could reach 110 degrees. “We’ve got a really challenging next few days coming and this kind of heat can be dangerous,” de Blasio said Friday on WNYC. “In terms of the heat index, we’re talking later today, Saturday, Sunday well over … Continue reading "De Blasio warns heat index could reach 110 degrees"

Now the Rangers are officially in a bind. As expected, the club signed restricted free agent defenseman Jacob Trouba on Friday to a seven-year, $56 million deal that carries an annual salary cap hit of $8 million. That temporarily puts the Blueshirts into the summer allowance over the cap ceiling of $81.5 million, with just … Continue reading "Jacob Trouba deal puts Rangers deeper into salary-cap hell"

PORTRUSH, Northern Ireland — It’s no secret that golf, for as long as it has been in existence, has been a male-dominated sport. Nowhere more so than in Scotland, England and Ireland, the places where the game essentially was born. That’s what makes this 148th British Open all the more fascinating: Because the world’s oldest … Continue reading "Wilma Erskine is the trailblazer behind this British Open"

No one doubts that the biggest achievement of the July 20, 1969, lunar landing was simply getting there. It was a monumental triumph of will — and technology. Yet once Neil Armstrong took that historic step, the point of the mission switched: Armstrong and fellow astronaut Buzz Aldrin set out to further man’s understanding of … Continue reading "What the moon landings taught us"

Every morning, Dan Kaplan finds an article next to his plate at the breakfast table, placed there by his wife, Sandy. It is always a jeremiad against Donald Trump. Dan had done business with Trump and was impressed with his decisiveness. “Trump gets things done,” he said, and voted Republican for the first time in … Continue reading "How to put love above politics"

Just as we had feared, the drive to replenish the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund has stalled in the Senate, held up in the name of “fiscal responsibility.” The House last week voted 402-12 to advance the legislation to ensure funding through 2092, but Mike Lee (R-Utah) placed a procedural hold on it Wednesday that … Continue reading "Senate games must not delay cash for the 9\/11 victims fund"