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The actor, singer and dancer took up dancing at age 8, beginning with ballet and tap lessons and later performing with the L.A. Civic Light Opera in her early teens. She danced in her 20s when filming 1958’s “South Pacific,” in which she played Ensign Nellie Forbush in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical. She also won the hearts of audiences in the 1950s films “Anything Goes” with Bing Crosby and “The Joker Is Wild” with Frank Sinatra. Later in her career, she endeared herself to younger audiences in many TV specials. She also had a hefty career onstage, notably starring in her annual “Mitzi Gaynor Show” doing stand-up comedy in which she delivered her bits in dialects, one of which she attributed to her father, a cellist born in Hungary. She also appeared in the national tour of “Anyth...

Who hasn’t been hoodwinked by an on-line marketing ploy?  We trusting souls see an ad on the web offering a deal, product or service we can use, and we bite, having been assured in bold red type that our privacy would be fully respected.  It seems safe enough, so we dutifully type in our email address and phone number and… how gullible, we should have known better! For the next three weeks we’re besieged by emails and sales reps calling incessantly.  So think twice, then twice again before responding to any presumably innocuous offers on cyberspace.  Venders will say virtually anything to snag your electronic address and once they get it, be prepared to add a gig to your Spam repository because it will fill up rapidly. For advertisers to deliberately mislead and do what they said they...

As Musk has continued his trajectory into the MAGA-verse — pledging allegiance to right-wing conspiracies, amplifying racist and antisemitic messages, disparaging trans people, including his own daughter, and endorsing Donald Trump — his stock in Hollywood, and that of his brand, has plummeted. Shifts are now occurring in local consumer interest and purchase behavior with a significant sales drop this year. It seems quite likely that there will be a lasting impact in response to Musk’s provocations, especially in Hollywood, and given the industry’s influence over consumer behavior, this effect will likely become more pervasive nationally, or even globally,

More than 25 million Americans have a severe fear of flying, or aerophobia, which can cause extreme anxiety before and during a flight. Aerophobia commonly causes people to experience a range of symptoms, from jitters to total panic. You can ease anxiety with these tips to help you fly more comfortably. Breathing exercises help achieve a relaxed state. In one method called box breathing, you inhale deeply for four seconds, hold for four seconds, exhale for four seconds and hold again for four seconds. Repeat this cycle three to four times, until you feel calmer. Understand how pilots do their jobs. Try listening to the podcast Dial a Pilot, specifically geared toward nervous fliers, in which the hosts, pilots themselves, explain the flying process and crew training. Take advantage of...

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Unlike the existing Lightning Lane offerings, which Disney says will continue to be offered, Premier doesn't require users to book a time to ride in advance. Pass holders can simply walk up to the ride and enter the Lightning Lane. While the pass sounds like a golden ticket to fans of the parks' most popular attractions, the pricing has raised some eyebrows. A family visit to the park is becoming too expensive to take the family!

Average salaries and wages in the United States have been increasing year after year, but the landscape looks different depending on a range of factors, from where you live to how old you are. We’ve compiled the official numbers to produce a comprehensive breakdown of average salaries in the country. We’ve split salary data by age, race, gender, occupation, state and educational background, then analyzed the results to see who earns what in the United States.What is in this guide?How much does the average American make a year?U.S. average salary by ageU.S. average income by stateU.S. average salary by occupation U.S. average salary by race and ethnicityU.S. average household incomeU.S. average salary by education levelU.S. wage growth vs infl...

Inflation is clearly top of mind, not just for retirees, but for Americans generally, and the annual COLA provided by Social Security is a critical feature of the system. The 2.5 percent COLA will bump up the estimated average Social Security retirement benefit by $49 a month, from approximately $1,927 to $1,976, starting in January. Some may feel the increase for 2025 is low relative to the inflation they feel in their pocketbooks, still, it’s a welcome increase that builds on a 5.9 percent increase in payments in 2022, 8.7 percent in 2023 and 3.2 percent this year.” Social Security is almost entirely funded by a payroll tax of 12.4 percent on eligible wages, with employers and employees each paying 6.2 percent. (Self-employed people pay the full 12.4 percent.) The tax is applied to ...

COVID-19 cases continue to fall throughout the country after a summer wave peaked in early August, surveillance data shows. The percentage of positive COVID-19 tests dropped from 17.8% the week of Aug. 10 to 14.9% the week of Sept. 7, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Walgreens’s national respiratory disease tracker showed a similar trend. Americans can prepare for the respiratory virus season by ordering free tests from COVIDtests.gov,