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Sumner Redstone, the billionaire media magnate whose family company controls CBS and Viacom, and whose career spilled over from boardrooms to gossip sheets, has died. He was 97. Redstone’s health had been declining before his passing Tuesday, according to the Hollywood Reporter. President and CEO of ViacomCBS Bob Bakish hailed the mogul as “a brilliant …
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Meghan Markle will vote in the presidential election in November because she knows “what it’s like to feel voiceless.” The Duchess of Sussex opened up about what’s driving her to the polls in a new interview with Marie Claire. “I know what it’s like to have a voice, and also what it’s like to feel …
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Joe Biden has picked California senator Kamala Harris to be his vice presidential nominee for the 2020 election. “I have the great honor to announce that I’ve picked Kamala Harris — a fearless fighter for the little guy, and one of the country’s finest public servants — as my running mate,” Biden wrote on his …
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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday rejected a plan from the Tampa-area school district to begin the school year with online classes only, insisting that schools must allow parents to send their children back to school if they so choose. “Some of this stuff is just not debatable anymore,” DeSantis said during a Monday roundtable at a …
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The United States has entered an agreement with drugmaker Moderna Inc to acquire 100 million doses of its potential COVID-19 vaccine for around $1.5 billion, the company and White House said on Tuesday. The United States in recent weeks has made deals to acquire hundreds of millions of doses of potential COVID-19 vaccines from several companies …
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This was always the day that was going to cause the most dread among a preponderance of sporting citizens. Maybe not around here: New York City, after all, hasn’t been much of a college football town since Fordham’s Seven Blocks of Granite were terrorizing visitors to the Polo Grounds in the ’30s, since West Point’s …
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Stephen Ross’s SoulCycle has a pattern of firing women who’ve gotten pregnant — and then blaming it on the coronavirus, according to a new lawsuit. The popular fitness chain, whose motto is “Your Soul Matters,” fired a veteran executive on April 27, just 32 days after she gave birth, and falsely claimed it was eliminating …
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Kiesha (Birgundi Baker) has been freed from her underground prison on “The Chi” — but her struggles are only beginning. “It’s going to continue to be tough for Kiesha,” says Baker, 28, as the Showtime series heads toward its Aug. 23 season finale. “She’s not the same person she was in Seasons 1 and 2 …
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Nick Cannon says that his maternal great-grandfather was a Spanish rabbi. The comedian made the claim while appearing on the American Jewish Committee’s online program “AJC Advocacy Anywhere,” telling the host that he only learned about his family’s Hebraic roots after he was fired from ViacomCBS last month for spouting anti-semitic comments. “My mother has …
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Apple has snagged Hollywood legend Martin Scorsese to produce and direct content for its new streaming service, Apple TV+, as the battle for home viewers heats up, according to a new report. Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions has signed a multiyear deal to give Apple a first look at its TV or film productions, according to a …
Sumner Redstone, the billionaire media magnate whose family company controls CBS and Viacom, and whose career spilled over from boardrooms to gossip sheets, has died. He was 97. Redstone’s health had been declining before his passing Tuesday, according to the Hollywood Reporter. President and CEO of ViacomCBS Bob Bakish hailed the mogul as “a brilliant …
