After decades of nearly slapstick mismanagement spinning off TV and missing the internet the studio behind The Godfather is fighting for its life. The pop culture phenomenon and the luxury group are teaming up, and its about a lot more than fashion. The pop culture phenomenon and the luxury group are teaming up, and its about a lot more than fashion. Across the country, pawnbrokers report they are seeing a steady trickle of federal employees, many of them first-time customers, looking for short-term loans. The competitions third round, when the Premier Leagues giants join the lower-level dreamers, has been devalued by disinterest. But theres still joy if you know where to look. The investment bank is campaigning to convince the authorities that a former partner, Tim Leissner, was a master con man and that is how the bank became ensnared in a vast fraud. Yannick Nzet-Sguin's latest conducting appearance at the Metropolitan Opera and a newly reissued boxed set of music by black composers were among the highlights.