Mark Miller

1 month ago | nytimes.com | Mark Miller

At IBM, he hired a young Jim Henson to make humorous corporate films using his puppet creations. Mr. Henson later hired Mr. Lazer to help run his company. David Lazer, who as an IBM executive in the mid-1960s hired Jim Henson's Muppets to star in a series of short films that injected laughs into sales meetings - and who a decade later joined Mr. Henson's company as a producer - died on April 10 at his home in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 89.

1 month ago | deadline.com | Mark Miller

The Chrisleys, or at least some of them, are heading back to the small screen. Lifetime has ordered a series on the family, coming after parents Todd and Julie Chrisley were sentenced to many years in prison. The untitled series will follow members of the family including Savannah and Chase Chrisley, who are executive producers of the show.

1 month ago | deadline.com | Mark Miller

For every generation, there is a Slayer star's kid attempting to break into Hollywood. After revealing Ryan Kiera Armstrong as the star of the upcoming Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot, Sarah Michelle Gellar recently teased that several children of her co-stars from the original WB/UPN series "came in" to audition for the revival as she reunited with castmate Alyson Hannigan.

1 month ago | retirementrevised.substack.com | Mark Miller

The Republican party seems intent on slashing Medicaid funding to offset their proposed tax cuts, despite a clear lack of public support for the idea. Polling by KFF shows that fewer than one in five adults (17%) want to see Medicaid funding decreased, and most think funding should either increase (42%) or be kept about the same (40%). These Medicaid cuts would have a devastating effects on health insurance coverage for millions of Americans.

1 month ago | retirementrevised.substack.com | Mark Miller

Whenever I write about the question of when to claim Social Security benefits, I underscore the idea that there is no one-size-fits-all answer. But for most people, a delayed claim is compelling from a financial standpoint. You can file for a retirement benefit as early as age 62, but most people will be better off delaying their claim. For every month of delay, up to age 70, your monthly benefit increases to reflect the delay in claiming.