Entertainment
Meta will pay Instagram, TikTok and YouTube creators with big followings to post on Facebook
Mark Zuckerberg attends the UFC 320 event at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Oct. 4, 2025. Chris Unger | Ufc | Getty Images Meta on Wednesday launched a new program aimed at luring top creators from TikTok and YouTube to Facebook, offering guaranteed pay and boosted reach. The Creator Fast Track program offers social media […]
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Disney embarks on new chapter as Josh D’Amaro takes over as CEO
Larissa Manoela and Josh D’Amaro, Chairperson of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, wave to the audience after Panel Disney Experiences during Day 2 of the D23 Brazil: A Disney Experience at Transamerica Expo Center on November 09, 2024 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Ricardo Moreira | Getty Images Disney is turning the page on a new […]
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Tim Cook squashes retirement rumors, says he ‘can’t imagine life without Apple’
Apple CEO Tim Cook gestures as he departs after a business leaders reception with the U.S. president on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos on Jan. 21, 2026. Fabrice Coffrini | Afp | Getty Images Apple CEO Tim Cook used a “Good Morning America” appearance on Monday to shut down […]
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Senators tell ByteDance to ‘immediately shut down’ Seedance AI video app
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Peter Welch are calling for a halt to the new version of ByteDance’s artificial intelligence app, Seedance, which generates videos of real people and licensed characters, raising copyright and intellectual property concerns. Seedance 2.0 “is the most glaring example of copyright infringement from a […]
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‘Significant, but not catastrophic’: A fall in Chinese visitors barely dents tourism numbers to Japan
Visitors (L) dressed in kimonos look at photos they took during a visit to Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa district of central Tokyo on September 16, 2025. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images After living in Tokyo for over a year, Karin Nordin noticed something peculiar. The hot spring towns of Kusatsu and […]
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Apple acquires video editing company MotionVFX to boost subscribers
Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple Inc., opens the door during the first day of in-store sales of Apple’s latest products at Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York, US, on Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. Kena Betancur | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apple has acquired video editing company called MotionVFX, which offers plugins, templates […]
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‘One Battle After Another’ takes best picture at the Oscars
Hollywood star and founder of CORE (Community Organized Relief Effort) Sean Penn holds a press conference at a building housing refugees from Ukraine after signing an agreement with authorities to help refugees from Ukraine on March 25, 2022 in Rzeszow, Poland. Darek Puchala/ | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images The darkly comic thriller “One Battle After Another” won best picture at […]
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Democrats blast FCC Chair Carr’s broadcast license threats as anti-First Amendment, ‘totalitarian’
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has drawn fierce backlash from Democratic lawmakers and free speech advocates for threatening to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over their coverage of the war in Iran. Carr on Saturday blasted broadcasters shortly after President Donald Trump called reports that Iran struck five U.S. tanker planes “fake news.” In a post on X, Carr […]
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Fertitta in weekend deal talks to acquire Caesars, while billionaire Carl Icahn waits in the wings
Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel and Casino located along the Las Vegas Strip in Las Vegas, Nevada Robert Alexander | Getty Images Tilman Fertitta’s Fertitta Entertainment is actively negotiating a deal to acquire Caesars Entertainment, according to sources close to the situation. The deal terms currently stand at $32 per share, with an equity value […]
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A seat at the table, but no vote yet for a Democratic lawmaker in the Kennedy Center board showdown
Workers stand on lifts in front of the newly added lettering for President Donald Trump’s name at the facade of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, a day after its board announced it would rename the institution in Washington, Dec. 19, 2025. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters A federal judge ruled on Saturday […]
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