Fright Fest came early this year for Six Flags investors: The theme park chain said earlier this month that Q2 attendance was down 9% from last year and it had recorded a third straight quarterly loss. Shares are also down 47% year to date—not exactly the thrill ride you might expect from a company with…
Launching and scaling a startup is no easy task. That is, unless you have Taylor Swift backing your product. The pop star’s economic pull is so strong, she can turn a one-off outfit appearance into a sell-out, a casual lyric into a travel pilgrimage — and, apparently, an unsexy, medical-grade garment into a viral must-have. Forme Science’s Power…
In the recent romance Materialists, Pedro Pascal’s character is revealed to have undergone a leg-lengthening surgery to become taller. This is a real surgery. And while it’s just one of many cosmetic procedures people can buy, it sounds pretty harrowing and requires months of recovery. How it works Doctors break both legs and insert lengthening devices into the femur or shin bones. This…
MSNBC is changing its name to MS NOW, which does not stand for Maddow Supplies Nightly Opinionated Wisdom—but rather My Source for News, Opinion, and the World. The rebrand, announced yesterday, aims to create distance between the liberal news network—home to Rachel Maddow, Ari Melber, and Nicole Wallace—and NBC Universal, which owns NBC, amid an ongoing corporate…