CNN — YouTube superstar MrBeast makes the world brighter – for at least 1,000 people. The content creator’s latest stunt is to pay for cataract removal for 1,000 people who were blind or near-blind but couldn’t afford the surgery. “We’re curing the blindness of a thousand people,” MrBeast – real name Jimmy Donaldson – says […]
WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – U.S. senators on Tuesday denounced Live Nation Entertainment’s lack of transparency and failure to block robotic ticket purchases, in a hearing called after a major fiasco involving ticket sales for Taylor Swift’s upcoming concert tour. Ticketmaster, a subsidiary of Live Nation Entertainment Inc (LYV.N), which has been unpopular with fans […]
New York CNN — Legislators are ready to grill the top leaders of the event ticketing industry on Tuesday after Ticketmaster’s inability to process orders for Taylor Swift’s upcoming tour left millions of fans unable to buy tickets or without their ticket even after purchase. Joe Berchtold, president and chief financial officer of Ticketmaster’s parent […]
London CNN — Buckingham Palace on Saturday revealed details of King Charles III’s coronation, which is expected to be less extravagant than his mother’s ceremony 70 years ago, reflecting the cost of living crisis facing many Britons. Three days of celebrations will take place, with the coronation on Saturday May 6, a “Coronation Big Lunch” […]
CNN — The Grammy-winning rapper Young Thug and a racketeering co-defendant conducted a melee drug deal during a court hearing, prosecutors said in a motion filed in Atlanta. Fulton County prosecutors said the alleged exchange was captured on courtroom surveillance video Wednesday. The rapper, real name Jeffery Lamar Williams, and Kahlieff Adams are charged with […]
CNN — Lisa Marie Presley’s cause of death has not yet been determined after an initial autopsy examination, according to the Los Angeles County Coroner. “Presley was examined on January 14 and the cause of death has been reported. Deferred means that after an autopsy the cause of death has not been determined and the […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Avatar: The Way of Water” topped the box office in its second weekend, bringing in what studios estimate on Sunday at $56 million in North America — a sign that the sequel can stay afloat in the new year and approach the massive expectations that met its release. James Cameron’s Digital […]
CNN — After convicting former movie producer Harvey Weinstein of rape and sexual assault, a Los Angeles jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict Tuesday on alleged aggravating circumstances that could have increased his sentence. The three counts Weinstein was convicted of — rape, foreign body sexual penetration and forced oral copulation — were […]
CNN — Drew Griffin, CNN’s award-winning senior investigative correspondent known for getting even the most temperamental interview subjects to commit to a story, died Saturday after a long battle with cancer, his family said. He was 60 years old. A gifted storyteller, Griffin had a well-deserved reputation for holding powerful people and institutions accountable. “Drew’s […]
CNN — Former film producer Harvey Weinstein was found guilty of three of seven charges against him, including rape, on Monday in a sexual assault trial in Los Angeles in which prosecutors said he had used his Hollywood influence to lure women into private meetings and assault them. He faces a 24-year prison sentence, according […]
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