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Paramount sued over ‘Top Gun’ copyright as ‘Maverick’ soars at the box office
Tom Cruise in “Top Gun: Maverick” Source: Paramount Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun: Maverick” had another blockbuster weekend at the box office, but the studio behind the film could be feeling the heat from a lawsuit filed Monday. The family of the author whose article inspired the original 1986 “Top Gun” is suing Paramount Pictures for […]
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Taiwan cheers ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ for defying Chinese censors
Tom Cruise on the set of “Top Gun.” Paramount Pictures | Sunset Boulevard | Corbis | Getty Images After 36 years, the sequel to the Tom Cruise movie classic “Top Gun” is a critical and commercial success, earning $248 million at the global box office on its opening weekend. In Taiwan, it’s also being celebrated for another reason: not […]
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Queen Elizabeth thanked for being ‘still in the saddle’ after 70 years
A general view of the National Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral, during Britain’s Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations, in London, Britain, June 3, 2022. Dan Kitwood | Pool | Reuters Horse-loving Queen Elizabeth was thanked for being “in the saddle” for 70 years as head of state at a service on Friday to […]
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Apple’s big annual conference kicks off next week: Here’s what to expect
Apple CEO Tim Cook will present the latest versions of Apple’s software for iPhones, iPads, Mac, Watch, and TV on Monday to kick off WWDC, Apple’s annual developer conference. The new “bits,” as attendees often call the updates, are the biggest Apple software announcement of the year and set the public strategy for Apple’s platform […]
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Queen Elizabeth II will miss Platinum Jubilee church service due to discomfort
Queen Elizabeth II stepped gingerly onto the Buckingham Palace balcony Thursday, drawing wild cheers from the tens of thousands who came to join her at the start of four days of celebrations of her 70 years on the throne. Her fans sported Union Jack flags, party hats or plastic tiaras. Some had camped overnight in […]
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Dave Roberts is one of the most powerful executives at ESPN – and he wants more diversity behind the scenes
Dave Roberts Provided by ESPN Dave Roberts is a creature of habit. The ESPN executive, who has emerged as an influential force behind the scenes at the network, prefers to take business meetings at the Four Seasons, for instance. In 2015, sports media personality and regular ESPN panelist Bomani Jones was in Los Angeles to […]
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Harvey Weinstein’s sex crime convictions upheld by New York court
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein listens in court during a pre-trial hearing for Weinstein, who was extradited from New York to Los Angeles to face sex-related charges in Los Angeles, California on July 29, 2021. Etienne Laurent | AFP | Getty Images A New York appeals court has upheld Harvey Weinstein’s rape and sexual assault […]
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Michael Avenatti sentenced to 4 years in prison for stealing from Stormy Daniels
Stormy Daniels and attorney Michael Avenatti are seen at The Abbey on May 23, 2018 in West Hollywood, California. Tara Ziemba | Getty Images A federal judge in New York on Thursday sentenced disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti to four years in prison for stealing from his former client, onetime adult film actor Stormy Daniels, who […]
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Consumers spend an average $133 more each month on subscriptions than they realize, study shows
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc | DigitalVision | Getty Images There’s a decent chance you don’t have a good handle on how much your subscriptions are really costing you. Consumers’ offhand guess of how much they spend monthly on subscriptions averaged $86, according to a survey commissioned by market research firm C+R Research. Yet when asked […]
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First time on a yacht? Avoid these 7 amateur mistakes
While most of the travel industry struggled to get back on its feet, the yachting industry had a different problem during the pandemic: serving everyone wanting to charter a boat. Like the rise in private jet travel during the pandemic, charter demand remains “extremely strong,” said Crom Littlejohn, chief commercial officer of the yacht brokerage […]
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