On a cool December evening as raindrops polka-dotted the pavement, longtime street performer Onunze Ubaka, 72, crooned Motown classics to a virtually empty corner off the usually busy Jackson Square in the French Quarter.
—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
12 Dec. 2025
Singing only in Spanish, the unassuming math teacher crooned his way into our hearts within seconds.
The broad stock market hummed along in 2025, with the S&P 500 posting a 16% return — the index’s third consecutive year of double-digit gains.
—
Ryan Ermey,
CNBC,
7 Jan. 2026
By Monday, with Paramount’s David Ellison tilting at windmills to try to stop Ted Sarandos’ Netflixian invasion, the studio executive hummed a different tune.
—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Dec. 2025
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