Entertainment
NPR and PBS CEOs say they’ll challenge Trump administration over federal funding cuts
A sign for the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is seen on its building headquarters on Feb. 18, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. Kayla Bartkowski | Getty Images The CEOs of NPR and PBS said they’re looking into options to challenge the Trump administration following the president’s executive order to cut off public funding to the news […]
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Planned bombing at Lady Gaga’s Rio de Janiero show thwarted, police say
People gather to attend Lady Gaga’s open concert, in Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 3, 2025. Pilar Olivares | Reuters A planned bombing at a Lady Gaga concert in Brazil on Saturday night was foiled and a person is in custody in connection to the failed plot, Brazilian authorities said. Unidentified […]
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Disney and Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts*’ snares $76 million domestic opening
Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell and Hannah John-Kamen star in Disney and Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” Disney A group of unconventional antiheroes has jumpstarted the summer box office. Disney and Marvel’s “Thunderbolts*” tallied an estimated $76 million during its domestic opening weekend, the third highest debut of 2025. Including international ticket sales, the latest […]
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Netflix stock is trading at all-time high levels in unprecedented win streak
Netflix is on a winning streak. The streaming giant’s stock has traded for 11 straight days without a decline, the company’s longest positive run ever. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Netflix stock since April 17. Its previous record was a nine-day stretch in late 2018 and early 2019 when the stock traded up for four […]
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Mongolia’s ‘ambitious’ plan could boost tourism to 10% of GDP by 2030, says minister
Tourism could comprise 10% of Mongolia’s gross domestic product if the country can attract 2 million annual tourists by 2030, the country’s tourism minister told CNBC Wednesday. “We have a big, ambitious kind of goal, which is about 2 million tourists by 2030, which will be around a $4 billion contribution towards our GDP,” […]
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China looks set to turn to a tariff-proof sector as U.S. trade war bites: K-pop
Epex at the MBC Every1 variety show “Weekly Idol” at MBC Dream Center on April 23, 2024, in Goyang, South Korea. Mbcplus | Imazins | Getty Images Locked in a trade war with the United States and struggling with weak domestic consumption, China looks set to make a U-turn on an unlikely sector: K-pop. It […]
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Apple has managed tariffs so far, but Cook lacks long-term answers
Apple CEO Tim Cook, after nearly a month of anticipation from investors, on Thursday finally revealed how Apple was navigating the Trump administration’s tariffs. The company only saw a “limited impact” on tariffs between January and the end of March, Cook told investors on an earnings call for the company’s second quarter results. For the […]
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Amazon is stepping up to fill a gap in Hollywood’s movie slate
Cast of the Amazon MGM Studios CinemaCon 2025 seen at the Amazon MGM Studios CinemaCon 2025 presentation at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace on April 02, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Stewart Cook | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Tech is saving Hollywood — though not in the way you might think. Back in […]
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Court finds Apple, executive lied under oath in Epic Games trial
Customers walk past an Apple logo inside of an Apple store at Grand Central Station in New York on Aug 1, 2018. Lucas Jackson | Reuters Apple willfully violated a 2021 injunction that came out of the Epic Games case, Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said in a court filing on Wednesday. She wrote that Apple […]
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Spotify paid more than $100 million to podcasts in the first quarter, including Joe Rogan, Alex Cooper and Theo Von
Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Spotify said Monday it paid more than $100 million to podcast publishers and podcasters worldwide in the first quarter of 2025. The figure includes creators on the platform across all formats and agreements, including the platform’s biggest fish, Joe Rogan, Alex Cooper and Theo Von, the company said. […]
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