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Ottawa Citizen
10 hours ago
- Sport
- Ottawa Citizen
P.E.I.'s Noah Dobson traded to Montreal Canadiens, according to multiple media reports
Article content Multiple reports indicate defenceman Noah Dobson of Summerside, P.E.I., is being traded to the Montreal Canadiens. Article content ESPN insider and analyst Kevin Weekes posted a video on X announcing the New York Islanders were moving Dobson to Montreal on June 27. Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content Article content According to Friedman, the Canadiens are sending defenceman Emil Heineman and two first-round draft picks – 16th and 17th overall – in the NHL Entry Draft on June 27. Heineman, a 23-year-old from Sweden, registered 18 points, including 10 goals, in 62 regular-season games with Montreal last season. Article content Friedman reported the 25-year-old Dobson, who was a restricted free agent, has agreed to an eight-year contract with the Canadiens for an annual average value (AAV) of $9.5 million. Article content Article content Return includes Emil Heineman and both of Montreal's first-round picks tonight. Will be interesting to see what NYI GM Mathieu Darche does with them — Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) June 27, 2025 Article content Article content Article content Article content Dobson participated in the Noah Dobson HockeyFest in his hometown last weekend. The event drew just under 150 teams and is believed to have been the world's largest HockeyFest tournament. Article content In an interview with The Guardian at HockeyFest, Dobson said he loved playing and living in New York. Article content 'It's been great for me,' said Dobson. 'They drafted me, and I've been there in my whole career.' Article content The Islanders have a new general manager with Mathieu Darche recently named to the position. Darche replaces Lou Lamoriello, who drafted Dobson 12ht overall in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft. Article content 'With the new GM coming in and he's kind of getting settled and so he's got to get a feel for everything,' said Dobson. 'There is process (to negotating a contract) that'll kind of figure itself out over the next little bit.'
Associated Press
15 hours ago
- Business
- Associated Press
RH ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF RH OKLAHOMA CITY, THE GALLERY AT OAK
CORTE MADERA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 27, 2025-- RH (NYSE: RH) announced today the opening of RH Oklahoma City, The Gallery at OAK, an immersive retail experience seamlessly integrating luxury home furnishings collections from RH Interiors, Modern and Outdoor with rare art, antiques and artifacts from across the globe. Reflecting the brand's continued commitment to hospitality, RH Oklahoma City debuts the Rooftop Restaurant offering a thoughtfully curated menu of enduring classics with the freshest ingredients, simply and elegantly prepared. Situated in the city's most dynamic retail destination, the debut location marks a bold new chapter for the leading luxury home furnishings brand in the world. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: RH OKLAHOMA CITY, THE GALLERY AT OAK RH Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Gary Friedman commented, 'RH Oklahoma City reflects our commitment to creating architecturally inspiring and immersive spaces that blur the lines between residential and retail, indoors and outdoors, home and hospitality. Spaces that engage all of our senses, and spaces that cannot be replicated online.' Mr. Friedman continued, 'Our hope is that RH Oklahoma City, The Gallery at OAK, becomes a destination that inspires the community to dream, dine, be inspired and design.' Unveiling a new contemporary concept for RH, the Gallery introduces the brand's first-of-its-kind artisanal brick facade in a custom parchment-cream palette. Crafted of hand-selected Italian bricks and finished with classic corbelling, the exterior is complemented by an expanse of glass-and-bronze doors. As night falls, the transparent, multi-level gallery is transformed through dramatic illumination, highlighting its architectural details and landscaping. Ascending the grand double staircase to the third level, guests will arrive at the Rooftop Restaurant where they will discover a striking open focal kitchen clad in natural Taj Mahal stone, flanked by a pair of cascading water walls. Set within a year-round, skylit garden escape, the restaurant offers a thoughtfully curated menu of enduring classics and fresh seafood dishes, all beneath a dramatic atrium with sparkling chandeliers, heritage olive trees and a cascading central fountain. Seamlessly extending from indoors to out, the restaurant will open onto a beautifully landscaped Rooftop Park. Influenced by the great classical gardens of Europe, this immersive destination will encompass a series of intimate RH Outdoor lounge spaces defined by a layered composition of London plane trees, shade canopies and littleleaf boxwoods. Occupying the second level, the RH Interior Design Atelier offers clients an unprecedented level of professional design services, including a private presentation room with state-of-the-art technology, design libraries showcasing a wide assortment of textiles, furniture and lighting finishes and an RH Rugs showroom presenting an exclusive collection. On the main level, visitors will pass through a 27-foot threshold into the Gallery's Great Room with its soaring floor-to-ceiling columns and natural light emanating from a monumental skylight three floors above. Along the periphery, barrel-vaulted passageways lead to a classical arrangement of rooms presenting artistic installations of RH Collections seamlessly integrated with one-of-a-kind antiques and artifacts from Friedman's world travels. RH Oklahoma City, The Gallery at OAK is located at 2110 Northwest Expressway. The Gallery can be reached at 405.445.3744. Gallery hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 10am to 8pm; Friday and Saturday 10am to 9pm; Sunday 10am to 8pm. The Rooftop Restaurant hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 11:30am to 2:30pm and 5pm to 8pm; Friday 11:30am to 2:30pm and 5pm to 9pm; Saturday 10am to 9pm; Sunday 10am to 8pm. For more, visit ABOUT RH RH (NYSE: RH) is a curator of design, taste and style in the luxury lifestyle market. The company offers collections through its retail galleries, sourcebooks and online at and FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the following: RH Oklahoma City presenting one of the largest collections of luxury home furnishings in the world; RH Oklahoma City being an innovative retail experience that seamlessly integrates RH's luxury home furnishing collections with rare art, antiques and artifacts from across the globe; the Rooftop Restaurant offering a thoughtfully curated menu of enduring classics featuring the freshest ingredients, simply and elegantly prepared; RH Oklahoma City being situated in the city's most dynamic retail destination; the RH Interior Design Atelier offering clients an unprecedented level of professional design services; the main level featuring rooms presenting artistic installations seamlessly integrated with one-of-a-kind antiques and artifacts from Friedman's world travels; and any statements or assumptions underlying any of the foregoing, and similar statements. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. We cannot assure you that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. Important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include, among others, risks related to civil unrest; risks related to general economic conditions and the housing market as well as the impact of economic conditions on consumer confidence and spending; changes in customer demand for our products; our ability to anticipate consumer preferences and buying trends; consumer spending based on weather and other conditions beyond our control; risks related to the number of new business initiatives we are undertaking; our ability to obtain our products in a timely fashion or in the quantities required; risks related to our sourcing and supply chain including our dependence on imported products produced by foreign manufacturers and risks related to importation of such products, as well as those risks and uncertainties disclosed under the sections entitled 'Risk Factors' and 'Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations' in RH's most recent Form 10-K and Forms 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and similar disclosures in subsequent reports filed with the SEC, which are available on our investor relations website at and on the SEC website at Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release speaks only as of the date on which we make it. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by any applicable securities laws. View source version on CONTACT: PRESS CONTACT:[email protected] INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT:[email protected] KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA CALIFORNIA OKLAHOMA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: HOME GOODS CONSTRUCTION & PROPERTY RESTAURANT/BAR LIFESTYLE CONSUMER LUXURY INTERIOR DESIGN RETAIL SOURCE: RH Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 06/27/2025 10:39 AM/DISC: 06/27/2025 10:39 AM
Business Wire
16 hours ago
- Business
- Business Wire
RH ANNOUNCES THE OPENING OF RH OKLAHOMA CITY, THE GALLERY AT OAK
CORTE MADERA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RH (NYSE: RH) announced today the opening of RH Oklahoma City, The Gallery at OAK, an immersive retail experience seamlessly integrating luxury home furnishings collections from RH Interiors, Modern and Outdoor with rare art, antiques and artifacts from across the globe. Reflecting the brand's continued commitment to hospitality, RH Oklahoma City debuts the Rooftop Restaurant offering a thoughtfully curated menu of enduring classics with the freshest ingredients, simply and elegantly prepared. Situated in the city's most dynamic retail destination, the debut location marks a bold new chapter for the leading luxury home furnishings brand in the world. RH Chairman & Chief Executive Officer Gary Friedman commented, 'RH Oklahoma City reflects our commitment to creating architecturally inspiring and immersive spaces that blur the lines between residential and retail, indoors and outdoors, home and hospitality. Spaces that engage all of our senses, and spaces that cannot be replicated online.' Mr. Friedman continued, 'Our hope is that RH Oklahoma City, The Gallery at OAK, becomes a destination that inspires the community to dream, dine, be inspired and design.' Unveiling a new contemporary concept for RH, the Gallery introduces the brand's first-of-its-kind artisanal brick facade in a custom parchment-cream palette. Crafted of hand-selected Italian bricks and finished with classic corbelling, the exterior is complemented by an expanse of glass-and-bronze doors. As night falls, the transparent, multi-level gallery is transformed through dramatic illumination, highlighting its architectural details and landscaping. Ascending the grand double staircase to the third level, guests will arrive at the Rooftop Restaurant where they will discover a striking open focal kitchen clad in natural Taj Mahal stone, flanked by a pair of cascading water walls. Set within a year-round, skylit garden escape, the restaurant offers a thoughtfully curated menu of enduring classics and fresh seafood dishes, all beneath a dramatic atrium with sparkling chandeliers, heritage olive trees and a cascading central fountain. Seamlessly extending from indoors to out, the restaurant will open onto a beautifully landscaped Rooftop Park. Influenced by the great classical gardens of Europe, this immersive destination will encompass a series of intimate RH Outdoor lounge spaces defined by a layered composition of London plane trees, shade canopies and littleleaf boxwoods. Occupying the second level, the RH Interior Design Atelier offers clients an unprecedented level of professional design services, including a private presentation room with state-of-the-art technology, design libraries showcasing a wide assortment of textiles, furniture and lighting finishes and an RH Rugs showroom presenting an exclusive collection. On the main level, visitors will pass through a 27-foot threshold into the Gallery's Great Room with its soaring floor-to-ceiling columns and natural light emanating from a monumental skylight three floors above. Along the periphery, barrel-vaulted passageways lead to a classical arrangement of rooms presenting artistic installations of RH Collections seamlessly integrated with one-of-a-kind antiques and artifacts from Friedman's world travels. RH Oklahoma City, The Gallery at OAK is located at 2110 Northwest Expressway. The Gallery can be reached at 405.445.3744. Gallery hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 10am to 8pm; Friday and Saturday 10am to 9pm; Sunday 10am to 8pm. The Rooftop Restaurant hours of operation are Monday through Thursday 11:30am to 2:30pm and 5pm to 8pm; Friday 11:30am to 2:30pm and 5pm to 9pm; Saturday 10am to 9pm; Sunday 10am to 8pm. For more, visit ABOUT RH RH (NYSE: RH) is a curator of design, taste and style in the luxury lifestyle market. The company offers collections through its retail galleries, sourcebooks and online at and FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws, including statements regarding the following: RH Oklahoma City presenting one of the largest collections of luxury home furnishings in the world; RH Oklahoma City being an innovative retail experience that seamlessly integrates RH's luxury home furnishing collections with rare art, antiques and artifacts from across the globe; the Rooftop Restaurant offering a thoughtfully curated menu of enduring classics featuring the freshest ingredients, simply and elegantly prepared; RH Oklahoma City being situated in the city's most dynamic retail destination; the RH Interior Design Atelier offering clients an unprecedented level of professional design services; the main level featuring rooms presenting artistic installations seamlessly integrated with one-of-a-kind antiques and artifacts from Friedman's world travels; and any statements or assumptions underlying any of the foregoing, and similar statements. You can identify forward-looking statements by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. We cannot assure you that future developments affecting us will be those that we have anticipated. Important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations include, among others, risks related to civil unrest; risks related to general economic conditions and the housing market as well as the impact of economic conditions on consumer confidence and spending; changes in customer demand for our products; our ability to anticipate consumer preferences and buying trends; consumer spending based on weather and other conditions beyond our control; risks related to the number of new business initiatives we are undertaking; our ability to obtain our products in a timely fashion or in the quantities required; risks related to our sourcing and supply chain including our dependence on imported products produced by foreign manufacturers and risks related to importation of such products, as well as those risks and uncertainties disclosed under the sections entitled 'Risk Factors' and 'Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations' in RH's most recent Form 10-K and Forms 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, and similar disclosures in subsequent reports filed with the SEC, which are available on our investor relations website at and on the SEC website at Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release speaks only as of the date on which we make it. We undertake no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, except as may be required by any applicable securities laws.
Hamilton Spectator
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Hamilton Spectator
Toronto filmmaker Barry Avrich investigated an infamous art-world scandal — now he's written a book about it
In the spring of 2000, a well-dressed woman named Glafira Rosales walked into the posh Knoedler Gallery on New York's Upper East Side to sell a painting that she claimed was made by famed artist Mark Rothko. She said it originated from a collector who preferred to keep his identity a secret. Gallery director Ann Friedman was all too willing to look past the murky provenance and do business with her. For the next 14 years, Rosales returned to the Knoedler (owned by Michael Hammer, grandson of business magnate Armand and father of actor Armie), delivering dozens of masterfully crafted forgeries that she would sell for nearly $80 million, including phoney Warhols, Motherwells and Pollocks. Toronto's Barry Avrich is perhaps best known for his filmmaking, having produced and directed dozens of awards shows, filmed plays and documentaries , including 'The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman,' 'Guilty Pleasure: The Dominick Dunne Story,' and 2020's 'Made You Look,' which was the catalyst for his new book, 'The Devil Wears Rothko: Inside the Art Scandal That Rocked the World' (Post Hill Press). 'The Devil Wears Rothko,' by Barry Avrich, Post Hill Press, $39.99. In it, Avrich chronicles the jaw-dropping twists and turns that led to the biggest art fraud in history . On this whirlwind journey, we meet art forgery victims Domenico and Eleanore De Sole in their gated community on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina; sit down with criminal mastermind Carlos Bergantiños, who successful staves off extradition from Spain; and tour a factory in Shenzhen, China, where dozens of gifted painters mimic the output of world-famous artists. Despite the colourful mise en scene, it is the lustreless Friedman who Avrich foregrounds. He describes her in the book as 'a strange blend of your kooky aunt that keeps talking and the icy character that Meryl Streep played so well … in 'The Devil Wears Prada.'' Though Friedman could be manipulative and ruthless, Avrich purposely leaves her moral culpability up to the reader, and in the process raises timely questions — not just about the contemporary art world, but about the psychology behind human deception, the pernicious powers of the con artist, and why we are so prone to believe the most implausible and often contradictory claims. In what ways was Ann Friedman the perfect candidate to be conned? She was a born salesperson with a brilliant Rolodex. You could go into the gallery with a Rothko, or a Pollock, and she could always find a customer. The Knoedler Gallery had missed a key period in the art world — the one defined by Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons. Michael Hammer, the owner, was losing interest in the gallery. He was sitting on a building that could be worth $60 million. She was looking for a Hail Mary. So, she was in this unique position: she had this pressure on her to sell, she had missed the boat on a key period in the art world, and (Rosales's inventory) was all too good to be true — although Friedman believed it to be true. Friedman was in Act 3 of her career, and in the art world, status is everything. If she's not the most powerful person in the art world of New York City, then artists and collectors are not coming to her first with new works. In the book, journalist Michael H. Miller tells you that Friedman was either complicit in the con or 'one of the stupidest people to have ever worked in an art gallery.' You seem to make more of an institutional indictment, shining a light on the scholars, curators and exhibitors who were all too eager to judge the forged works favourably — frequently collecting consulting fees along the way. Was the idea to frame Friedman's dubious behaviour within the larger moral rot of the New York art world? Friedman was the conduit to the collector, the aggregator of these fakes … but yes, everyone was guilty … The fact that she was selling lots of art made all these prestigious art shows like the Armory and Miami's Art Basel and Frieze exciting. 'Wow, the Knoedler booth has a Pollock? Wow!' So, everyone was excited about this. They were pissed off about her individual success, but it was very good for the art world. The Knoedler Gallery had a history of dubious transactions with murky provenance. There isn't a gallery in New York City, London or Paris (with) a pedigree of 50-60 years that has not been involved in a murky transaction. It's unavoidable. There are murky transactions that are going on daily in galleries. And, of course, Friedman was aware of it. But it's not like, when Armand Hammer called to offer her a job in 1977, she thought to herself, 'Oh, the Knoedler Gallery, they deal in Nazi-looted art' or 'They've had situations with fakes.' Every gallery has had a problem, at some point or another. What made Carlos Bergantiños and Glafira Rosales such good con artists? Carlos Bergantiños arrived in the U.S. the way Tony Montana in 'Scarface' arrived — with a dream, the American dream. He gets a job delivering caviar to various restaurants and then he starts his own business with an ambulance that he buys so he can turn on the sirens and drive through red lights. Then, he starts delivering caviar that was fake and putting it into beluga cans. And so (after deliveries), he hangs around Christie's and Sotheby's for a couple of auctions and says to himself, 'Wait a minute, I'm selling fake caviar at $1,000 a tin. I could be selling fake paintings for millions.' And he's got charisma. Even when I went to see him in Lugo, Spain: cashmere or Vicuña coat, gorgeous silk tie, the Audemars Piguet watch. Glafira Rosales may not have a lot of charisma, but she came across as an academic and was very well dressed. Bergantiños schooled her in a 'My Fair Lady'/Eliza Doolittle way, gave her a backstory and dressed her up with a Birkin bag and a Max Mara coat. And Ann Friedman always understood you could walk into a gallery, unshaven and poorly dressed, and still you might spend $5 million. So, she would never turn her nose up at anyone. But how did the holes in their stories not set off alarms? On one of the fake Jackson Pollock paintings, his signature was misspelled! How in the world did people look past telltale signs like that? They looked past it. Eleanor De Sole, the wife of Domenico De Sole, who is a very prestigious man — chairman of Tom Ford International, CEO of Gucci, chairman of Sotheby's — they both fall to their knees: 'We can own a Rothko?' They're already imagining it on the wall. The story in the provenance documents seems improbable, but they have to have it! And as far as Ann Friedman looking past it? She believed anything was possible: You can find something in your attic. You can find something at a garage sale. So, Jackson Pollock was in a rush, he was drunk, he misspelled his name, he was depressed. It happens! And her defence, of course, was that she went to all these experts who are being paid and wanted it to be real: 'This art expert said it was authentic.' Later, during the litigation, (the experts) of course changed their tune, claiming that they never said it was 'real,' only that it 'looked good.' In both the film and the book, you go to great lengths to portray the efforts Friedman undertook to authenticate the paintings and sculptures, so it was surprising that she ended up unhappy with your work. Were you surprised? Ultimately, everyone has a sense of vanity, and it took about six bottles of very expensive Montrachet at a hotel in the Upper East Side in New York City to get her to do the film. She had said no to (CNN's) Anderson Cooper and to 'CBS This Morning.' I said, 'I'm giving you an opportunity to tell your story unedited. It's not 20 minutes. It's not a 15-minute segment. It's not 'American Greed' (the TV series that ran from 2007-23). This is your opportunity to tell your entire story unedited. And she said, 'OK, I'm in.' And I said, 'All right, Ann, but I want you to understand, the purpose of this film is not to simply vindicate you. It is not a Bat Mitzvah (celebration) film. And there's going to be two sides to it: Your story and victims and other people, the doubters and the journalists.' (And she said,) 'I know, I understand that.' And as I say in the book, for the year we were making the film, she was constantly sending me suggestions and friends of hers to interview who would vindicate her. I think she felt that ultimately the film did not vindicate her. When she saw the film, she called and left me a voicemail. She said, 'Barry, it's Ann. I saw the movie. Lots of editing.' And that was it. Never heard from her again. In your films, your subjects are often powerful figures like Friedman who struggle in their twilight years. What do you think your work communicates about power? The Lew Wasserman film was my first major documentary. He had an almost Mafia-like grasp on Hollywood, having the entire equation of an industry in his head without a calculator or one note of paper on his desk. To me, what was staggering was, how do you go from that to sitting alone at a Universal Studios commissary eating tuna loaf every day, and nobody comes up to talk to you anymore and you're miserable? I've seen that with people in my own world, who have the greatest lives ever and cannot deal with the fact time has passed. Instead of just enjoying what they've had, they cannot deal with the loss of power. I find it incredibly fascinating. They don't know what to do with the drive that got them to the top. One hundred per cent. You have money, so it's no longer a quest for real estate or cars or private planes. It becomes an almost relentless addiction to the next famous person that you can meet or even who you can get to pick your children up from school. It just becomes insane. I've seen this with the most powerful people losing all sense of reality. How do you fight that off in your own inner world? I try to be a concierge. I try to help people. It makes me happy. I try not to feel like I'm above anyone or anything.
Time of India
2 days ago
- Sport
- Time of India
NHL Trade Rumors: Buffalo Sabres spark outrage with cold approach toward JJ Peterka as Bowen Byram trade rumors explode
NHL Trade Rumors: Buffalo Sabres spark outrage with cold approach toward JJ Peterka as Bowen Byram trade rumors explode (Image via Getty) A bold claim hit the hockey airwaves recently and it got fans talking. On June 25, 2025, top hockey reporter Elliotte Friedman shared two surprising insights about the Buffalo Sabres during SN 590 radio talk. First, he believes they are likely to trade defenseman Bowen Byram. Second, he said the team's interest in star forward JJ Peterka appears weak. Why did Friedman say this? What did he mean? And where did he share these thoughts? The answers reveal shifts in how the Sabres may be planning their next season. Elliotte Friedman says Bowen Byram likely to be traded and Peterka may not stay On the June 25 SN 590 show, Elliotte Friedman explained why he thinks the Sabres will move Bowen Byram this offseason. He said the team is 'gauging the market' for offers and added, 'I think the chances are pretty good that Sabres Bowen Byram gets dealt". Byram, a former first-round pick in 2022, played 82 games last season and scored 38 points. Friedman also talked about forward JJ Peterka, who earned 68 points in his NHL breakout season. He said that while Peterka has been productive, 'I still don't think Buffalo's heart is really in it' when it comes to keeping him. That suggests the Sabres may consider moving him despite his success. Another site noted the Sabres are now 'listening on offers' for Peterka after initially not wanting to trade him . Elliotte Friedman reveals changing Sabres plans ahead of offseason Friedman's comments point to a shift in Sabres management, led by GM Kevyn Adams, as they head into the offseason. Currently, both Byram and Peterka are facing restricted free agency and eligible for new contracts starting July 1 . But Friedman says Buffalo's stance is changing. Friedman noted the difference in tone: 'It's gone from we don't want to do it and we're not doing it to we don't want to do it but we at least have to look into it'. This shows the Sabres are seriously exploring trades to reshape their roster. Also Read: NHL Trade Rumors: JJ Peterka Emerges As Potential Trade Piece In Buffalo Sabres' Offseason Plans This news signals a major move for the Sabres. Fans and analysts will now watch what happens with Byram and Peterka as the team prepares for the NHL Draft and free agency. Game On Season 1 continues with Mirabai Chanu's inspiring story. Watch Episode 2 here.
