Theatre

Senator Elizabeth Warren has introduced legislation that would prohibit private equity firms from owning medical practices. The bill targets growing private equity acquisitions of physician groups, a trend critics link to higher prices, staffing cuts and degraded patient care. Commenters online are debating whether ownership restrictions would protect patients or overreach into healthcare markets, with many supporting the ban and others questioning its feasibility.

Silvio Berlusconi reportedly planned a large-scale Broadway-style musical about his own life, according to image consultant Pasquale Gasparotti. He says Berlusconi asked for maximum secrecy about the project, which already had scenography prepared, and that the former Italian premier saw himself as a 'prince charming' figure at the centre of the show.