Tag: Business

Kevin Kiley Breaks Down House GOP Report Alleging FireAid Misused Some LA Wildfire Relief Funds

This month marks one year since devastating wildfires absolutely ravaged the Los Angeles area, burning thousands acres and causing tens of billions of dollars worth of damage. In the immediate aftermath, a star-studded FireAid benefit concert with performances by artists including Lady Gaga, Rod Stewart and Green Day raised $100M for relief efforts. A report […]

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Bruno Mars Breaks Live Nation Single-Day Ticket Sales Record With 2.1 Million Tickets Sold

Topline Popstar Bruno Mars’ “The Romantic Tour” sold 2.1 million tickets on Thursday, the largest single-day ticket sales volume across North America, Europe, and the UK in Live Nation’s history, according to ticket sales figures shared with Forbes. LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – NOVEMBER 21: In this image released on November 21, Bruno Mars of Silk […]

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If Packers’ Coach Matt LaFleur Returns, Finding High-Level Assistants Could Be Tough

Green Bay Packers head coach Matt LaFleur’s future remains up in the air. Getty Images Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator Jeff Hafley seems likely to land a head coaching position soon. Special teams coordinator Rich Bisaccia seems unlikely to return. And several other coaching changes could be looming in the NFL’s smallest city. If Matt […]

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Anne Hathaway To Star In And Executive Produce Paramount+ Limited Series ‘Fear Not’

Anne Hathaway stars in and executive produces “Fear Not,” a true-crime story of faith and survival. Anne Hathaway (Monica Schipper/Getty Images), Bash Doran (Ryan Liebe) What do you do when you don’t have an original hit series? You hire Anne Hathaway. The Academy Award-winning actress (Les Misérables, The Devil Wears Prada) will star in and […]

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Kansas City Chiefs Media Programming Director on Getting Into the Original Content Game With Foolish Club Studios

After winning back-to-back Super Bowls in 2023 and 2024, The Kansas City Chiefs launched Foolish Club Studios last year to capitalize on the NFL team’s meteoric rise and break into the game of original scripted and unscripted content. Foolish Club Studios is run by Gelsomina Picariello, who doubles as head of studio & development and […]

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Verizon Issues Apology And Says Its Services Are Back Online After 10-Hour Outage

Topline Verizon said it restored cellular service on Wednesday night after a nearly 10-hour outage impacted hundreds of thousands of users, leaving them unable to access wireless internet and phone services for most of the day. The Verizon outage lasted nearly 10 hours and impacted hundreds of thousands of customers. Getty Images Key Facts User […]

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‘Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere’ Gets Hulu Streaming Date, Report Says

Jeremy Allen White in “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere.” Searchlight Pictures The Bruce Springsteen biopic “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere,” starring Jeremy Allen White as The Boss, is reportedly coming soon to streaming on Hulu on Disney+. Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere opened in theaters on Oct. 24 and debuted on digital streaming via premium […]

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Emergence Of AI Personas As Simulated Therapists And Synthetic Patients For Psychotherapy Training And Research

AI personas can be useful in psychology and mental health, especially for training of therapists and conducting research. getty In today’s column, I examine the use of AI personas to simulate the roles of therapists and patients in the realm of psychotherapy and mental health, which is increasingly being undertaken for training purposes and to […]

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Cold War Espionage Has Never Looked As Good As It Does In ‘PONIES’

Bea (Emilia Clarke) and Twila (Haley Lu Richardson) in PONIES. Courtesy of Peacock From the opening scene of PONIES, Moscow in 1976, from the first moment we see a gorgeous weave in a character’s tie, it is obvious that Peacock’s new series, created and co-written by Susanna Fogel and David Ireson, is dedicated to every […]

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Hollywood Box Office Headed To Best Year Since 2019, But Not Fixed Yet

(Photo by AFP) / China OUT (Photo by STR/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images With a lengthy slate of auteur and blockbuster projects set for 2026, the movies of Hollywood’s media companies likely are headed to a $9.5 billion domestic box office, their best take since before the pandemic. That’s the good news […]

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‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Season 4 First Look Trailer Shows Mickey Behind Bars

Manuel García-Rulfo as Mickey Haller, finds himself behind bars after getting framed for murder. NETFLIX It’s been more than a year since The Lincoln Lawyer’s shocking cliffhanger that stunned defense attorney Mickey Haller himself, framed for a murder he didn’t commit. Now, Netflix, which renewed the series last January, has released the first look trailer […]

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‘Primal’ Creator Genndy Tartakovsky Talks Zombifying Spear, The Key To Non-Verbal Stories, And Odds Of Season 4

A zombified Spear appears in Season 3 of Adult Swim’s ‘Primal.’ Courtesy of Adult Swim Genndy Tartakovsky is no stranger to taking dinosaur-sized creative swings. This is the guy who told a mostly non-verbal ronin adventure for kids by way of Cartoon Network’s Samurai Jack. His follow-up to Dexter’s Laboratory proved to be nothing short […]

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Trump Says Iran Currently Has ‘No Plans’ For Executing Protesters (Live Updates)

Topline President Donald Trump said Iran had stopped “the killing” as well as its plans to execute protesters, as anti-government demonstrations continue and the U.S. reportedly considers military intervention in the Middle Eastern nation. President Donald Trump expressed solidarity with protesters Tuesday and canceled meetings with Iranian officials. Getty Images Key Facts “We were told […]

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Trump’s Obsession With Real Estate Is Fueling a Ruinous Foreign Policy

Everywhere you look, Trump’s foreign policy is driven by his instincts as a developer. Last February, he posted an AI-generated video showed Gaza, then in rubble due to Israel’s genocidal post–October 7 military campaign, transformed into a glitzy resort: “Trump Gaza.” “It acts as a synthesis of Trump’s old identity as a failed casino owner […]

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