Yvonne Guidry Hosted A Latina Leaders Celebratory Dinner This Past Tuesday
December 5, 2018. Hennessy had big plans for Yvonne this month. On top of her third consecutive celebration of Spoiled Latina Day, Hennessy has tapped Yvonne to present the first Latina Leaders Dinner in Houston honoring 25 women who have made a significant impact in the community. Yvonne will take part in the special toast honoring Hennessy’s special guests.
NFL Christopher Halpin Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy and Growth Officers
The NFL has named CHRISTOPHER HALPIN Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy & Growth Officer, NFL Commissioner ROGER GOODELL announced today.
Essence and FORD Host My City 4 Ways Culture Festival
Over the weekend, Essence and FORD once again joined forces to bring the My City 4 Ways Culture Festival to Houston for its last stop. Ford brought the festival to White Oak Music Hall, to celebrate the city’s most notable tastemakers, innovators and leaders across music, art, lifestyle, and food.
Live Nation To Exclusively Book California’s Historic Majestic Ventura Theatre
Ventura County’s Majestic Ventura Theatre and Live Nation today announced that the venue will become part of Live Nation’s Clubs & Theatres national portfolio of exclusively booked properties.
Rebecca Morris: The Ache of Bright - January 11 --- March 16, 2019
Since the early 1990s, the Los Angeles-based artist Rebecca Morris has explored the vast visual language of abstract painting. Inventing an extensive array of original forms, compositional rules, and improvisational associations, Morris creates highly considered images that simultaneously construct and disassemble themselves. Varying widely in scale and density, her paintings are both unpredictable and precise, often featuring an ebullient cacophony of hues, patterns, layers, and gestures.
Imaginations Rum Wild at RHUMBAR at The Mirage
Reimagined lounge brings new flavors to cocktail destination
The music is on, the cocktails are flowing and the party is just getting started at RHUMBAR at The Mirage. The newly re-opened venue welcomes a refreshed bar program, cigar menu, snack selection and entertainment line-up - ready to host guests at any stage of their Las Vegas experience.
Body fat levels linked to breast cancer risk in post-menopausal women
Older women with excess body fat, even if they have what's considered a normal body-mass index, could be at greater risk for breast cancer, according to a study published Thursday in the medical journal JAMA Oncology.
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou arrested in Canada, faces extradition to United States
The chief financial officer of Chinese tech giant Huawei has been arrested in Canada. She faces extradition to the United States.
Supreme Court double jeopardy case could impact presidential pardon power
The Supreme Court grappled on Thursday with a case concerning an exception to the Fifth Amendment's ban on prosecuting an individual twice for the same offense in a case that could also possibly impact President Donald Trump's pardon power as it applied to the Robert Mueller probe.
Salvation Army bell ringer steals kettle with $400 inside
Residents in Fort Collins are shaking their heads in disbelief after a holiday Grinch stole a kettle full of cash from the Salvation Army.
Dow slides more than 500 points after Huawei executive's arrest renews trade fears
Market sentiment is so fragile that news of an arrest is enough to set off a selling wave.
Maria Butina plea deal may be near
Attorneys for Maria Butina and the Justice Department gave more signs Thursday morning they are negotiating a plea deal for the accused Russian spy.
Nicole Kidman and more react to Golden Globe nominations
Hollywood woke up to Golden Globe nominations news on Thursday morning.
The slow-motion disaster of Trump's Khashoggi strategy
Shortly before 1 p.m. on Tuesday, having just received a classified briefing from the director of the CIA in the basement of the Capitol, two Republican senators stepped to a crowd of cameras and reporters. With a few pointed words, the pair blew up the Trump administration's efforts to minimize the political damage stemming from journalist Jamal Khashoggi's murder.
House passes two-week government funding extension to avert shutdown
The House of Representatives on Thursday approved a two-week extension for a government funding deadline in an effort to avert a partial government shutdown this week but setting the stage for a partial one on December 21.
Rwandan court acquits prominent opposition leader of forgery, incitement
Diane Rwigara, the 37-year-old human rights activist who had once hoped to run for the Rwandan presidency, has been acquitted of charges of fraud and inciting insurrection.
Angela Merkel said 'shitstorm,' but it's not as bad as you think
When German Chancellor Angela Merkel said "shitstorm" during a speech this week, it had nothing to do with the fact that she is about to step down as her party's leader.
Judges grill DOJ on claims that District Court erred in approval of AT&T-Time Warner merger
A panel of three appellate judges aggressively questioned the Justice Department Thursday over its argument to overturn District Court Judge Richard Leon's approval of AT&T's acquisition of Time Warner.
Pelosi calls for one-year spending bill for Homeland Security in wall fight
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi laid down her position Thursday on the border wall negotiations, proposing an agreement to fund for a full year the Department of Homeland Security while passing the other six remaining spending bills that have already been resolved.
OPEC still debating oil production cut
OPEC is still debating how much oil it should remove from world markets following a price crash in recent months.
