New this year, Zurich has pledged an additional $25,000 to First Tee – Greater New Orleans to help empower local kids and teens through golf and $50,000 to the Ellis Marsalis Center for Music ...

It is perfectly logical to assume New Orleans-bred trumpeter and Pulitzer Prize-winning jazz composer Wynton Marsalis grew up as a fan of jazz pioneer and fellow New Orleans trumpeter/composer ...

Before Nasir Gaines was formally approved as the new head football coach at Shabazz, he’d already rounded up some of the most important pieces of his prospective staff. He recruited former ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Damon Hill believes some F1 drivers need “better contracts” as Jack Doohan’s time as a race driver at Alpine is set to come to an end. After the first six races of the F1 2025 season, Jack ...

Wynton Marsalis is looking snazzy in a suit and tie as our Zoom video call gets underway, having just returned from a faculty meeting at The Juilliard School in New York. We immediately catch up a ...

1996 F1 world champion Damon Hill has called on Lando Norris to be more “clinical” following his latest battle with Max Verstappen at the Miami Grand Prix. Norris spent several laps stuck ...

But just as often, it’s a winding road of coincidences, chance encounters, and perfectly aligned dominoes. That was the case for Matt Damon and the Coen brothers. Though he’d wanted to work with them ...

On a recent episode of Dennis Scully’s “Business of Home” podcast, interior designer and HGTV personality Joanna Gaines opened up about the three-month break she and her husband Chip took ...

Matt Damon turned heads at the "Shadow Force" premiere in New York City on Thursday night, stepping out with his wife of nearly 20 years, Luciana Barroso, looking every bit the rugged heartthrob. The ...

Former F1 world champion, Damon Hill, has dropped his four-word message to Max Verstappen and Kelly Piquet, announcing the birth of their first child together on Thursday. The Briton has claimed ...

Matt Damon has dug in for his new role as Odysseus in the film The Odyssey. He'sbeen sporting a gray overgrown look, letting his hair and beard grow out to get into character. Damon and the cast ...