Tipping culture is out of control, customers say — and service industry workers agree: survey

Tipping culture is out of control, customers say — and service industry workers agree: survey

Tip culture has reached a tipping point. A new survey of American consumers and service workers found that 76.1% believe tipping has “gone too far” — but it’s not only diners who dread it as more than half (51%) of service workers agree, saying they would prefer to be paid a living wage and receive … Read more

Taylor Swift’s presence at Super Bowl prompts Las Vegas nightlife industry to expand entertainment offerings

Taylor Swift’s presence at Super Bowl prompts Las Vegas nightlife industry to expand entertainment offerings

Taylor Swift’s decision to travel to Las Vegas for the Super Bowl to support her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, has changed the nightlife experience for fans. Fox News Digital confirmed Swift plans on being in Las Vegas for the big game between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 11. The “Midnights” singer is even … Read more

‘Bar Rescue’s’ Jon Taffer says Biden’s electric push will ‘haunt’ restaurant industry

‘Bar Rescue’s’ Jon Taffer says Biden’s electric push will ‘haunt’ restaurant industry

As restaurants continue to grapple with inflation and labor shortages, a new “haunting” obstacle may be on the horizon for the industry. “Bar Rescue” Executive Producer and host Jon Taffer is sounding the alarm on a potential industry switch from gas to electric stoves that could pose a massive challenge to restaurants.  “These are not small matters. … Read more

Britney Spears bashes ‘trash’ rumors — says she ‘will never return to the music industry’

Britney Spears bashes ‘trash’ rumors — says she ‘will never return to the music industry’

The Princess of Pop has hung up her crown for good. Britney Spears, 42, debunked recent rumors that fellow pop writers Charli XCX and Julia Michaels are helping her work on what would be her first album since 2016. “Just so we’re clear most of the news is trash !!!” the “Toxic” singer wrote Wednesday … Read more

Ridley Scott warns AI will be ‘technical hydrogen bomb’ in film industry

Ridley Scott warns AI will be ‘technical hydrogen bomb’ in film industry

Ridley Scott, director of sci-fi classics like “Alien” and “Blade Runner,” is terrified about AI technology running away with society. In an interview with Rolling Stone promoting his film “Napoleon,” Scott was asked if artificial intelligence worried him, and the answer was an emphatic yes. “We have to lock down AI. And I don’t know how you’re … Read more

Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson warned by ‘somebody in the industry’ over glowing Travis Kelce comments

Erin Andrews, Charissa Thompson warned by ‘somebody in the industry’ over glowing Travis Kelce comments

Erin Andrews has a two-word message to critics: Calm down. When discussing the buzz surrounding glowing comments she and her “Calm Down” co-host, Charissa Thompson, made about pal Travis Kelce — who is currently dating Taylor Swift — Andrews revealed on Tuesday’s show that “somebody in the industry” offered a critical take to Thompson about … Read more

Hulu thriller ‘The Other Black Girl’ mocks publishing industry: review

Hulu thriller ‘The Other Black Girl’ mocks publishing industry: review

The new Hulu thriller “The Other Black Girl” mixes suspense and satire for a sharp dig at the publishing industry.  Premiering Wednesday, Sept. 13 and based on the best-selling novel by Zakiya Dalila Harris, “The Other Black Girl,” is executive produced by Rashida Jones. The plot follows Nella (Sinclair Daniel), an editorial assistant who works … Read more

I made hundreds of thousands of dollars on OnlyFans — but now I’m quitting this unstable industry

I made hundreds of thousands of dollars on OnlyFans — but now I’m quitting this unstable industry

An Australian star of explicit videos has said she’s quitting the industry because of its “unstable nature.” Lucy Banks, who has made more than $1 million [Australian] sharing adult content on OnlyFans, announced her departure from the platform on Thursday. In a statement, the Western Australian woman claimed that despite significantly contributing to the site’s … Read more

Boy George: Gay people are still not ‘in a better place’ in music industry

Boy George: Gay people are still not ‘in a better place’ in music industry

Becoming a Grammy-winning, multifaceted musician that pioneered a new creative direction for an entire generation is no small feat — but for Boy George, it’s even more impressive considering how tough it was to hit the ground running. The musician, who was propelled to fame and fortune as one-fourth of Culture Club in 1982, has … Read more

Pricey handbag industry at risk of losing Gen Z, millennial women as they ditch purses for backpacks and fanny packs

Pricey handbag industry at risk of losing Gen Z, millennial women as they ditch purses for backpacks and fanny packs

Handbags aren’t their bag, baby! Makers of pricey handbags are at risk of losing a generation of customers as millennials and Gen-Zers ditch purses, clutches and pocketbooks in favor of backpacks and even fanny packs – and that’s if they carry a bag at all, according to a study. Just 39% of women aged 18 … Read more

Dan Le Batard finds it ‘deeply offensive’ Craig Carton got FS1 gig: ‘Awful industry’

Dan Le Batard finds it ‘deeply offensive’ Craig Carton got FS1 gig: ‘Awful industry’

Dan Le Batard takes offense to Craig Carton’s career resurgence. Or, more specifically, what it says about his profession. Carton is leaving WFAN next month to solely do his Fox Sports 1 television show “The Carton Show” full-time for a seven-figure salary, The Post’s Andrew Marchand reported. “As it relates to our sorry sad sack, … Read more

The Whitney Museum of Art sale at Sotheby’s is an industry scandal and art world is furious

The Whitney Museum of Art sale at Sotheby’s is an industry scandal and art world is furious

The art world is up in arms, from collectors to curators – donors to docents. They are all furious about a host of major museums selling works by some of America’s best-loved artists.  And one of the most contentious of these sell-offs is happening this week at the venerable Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan. … Read more

Actor Djimon Hounsou slams Hollywood for feeling ‘tremendously cheated’ by industry

Actor Djimon Hounsou slams Hollywood for feeling ‘tremendously cheated’ by industry

“Shazam! Fury of the Gods” actor Djimon Hounsou confessed that Hollywood life isn’t all it’s cut out to be.  After acting in the industry for more than 30 years, Hounsou revealed he felt slighted by the Hollywood pay and said he’s faced challenges with money. “I’m still struggling to try to make a dollar!” he expressed during … Read more

The strange dark world of the for-profit blood industry

The strange dark world of the for-profit blood industry

Donating blood is a charitable gesture that saves lives and conjures up images of Red Cross drives and good Samaritans doing their part. Selling plasma — the watery, yellowish protein component of blood — is something else entirely.  In a sign of just how desperate some members of America’s working poor are for money, they sell their … Read more

Chloe Cherry reveals why she left porn industry after ‘Euphoria’ success

Chloe Cherry reveals why she left porn industry after ‘Euphoria’ success

Chloe Cherry doesn’t want the royal treatment. In the latest episode of Emily Ratajkowski’s podcast “High Low,” the 25-year-old actress revealed why she ended her career as an adult film star following her turn as Faye in HBO’s “Euphoria.” “I’m just not comfortable with being that actress girl that everyone in the industry is going … Read more

‘I don’t see Johnny Depp being redeemed’ in Hollywood: industry source

‘I don’t see Johnny Depp being redeemed’ in Hollywood: industry source

Earlier this week, big-time movie producer Jerry Bruckheimer (“Top Gun,” “Bad Boys,” “Black Hawk Down”) revealed he would like to cast the most obvious but least likely actor to star in a possible sixth edition of his “Pirates of the Caribbean” franchise: Johnny Depp. “I would love to have him in the movie,” Bruckheimer told … Read more

Jamaica reimposes ‘state of emergency,’ tourism industry threatened by high crime rate

Jamaica reimposes ‘state of emergency,’ tourism industry threatened by high crime rate

Jamaica’s state of emergency may threaten its tourism industry as crime continues to increase in the country and local authorities struggle to clamp down on it. “That is all the government is trying to do,” Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness said, adding that Jamaicans “have to hide under their beds, hide their daughters, can’t go to church, … Read more

Lab-grown meat is ‘safe to eat,’ FDA says — but will it revolutionize food industry?

Lab-grown meat is ‘safe to eat,’ FDA says — but will it revolutionize food industry?

Lab-made meat might soon be coming to a dinner plate near you. The Food and Drug Administration has declared laboratory-grown chicken is “safe to eat,” potentially revolutionizing America’s food processing practices forever. The agency’s declaration, which came on Wednesday, pertains specifically to cultivated chicken produced by a California start-up, Upside Foods. However, it may soon … Read more