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‘The Phantom of the Opera’ is closing soon — meet some of the lifers who have worked on it for decades
After more than three decades, “The Phantom of the Opera” is getting ready to hang up its mask on Broadway. The Andrew Lloyd Webber musical has played to over 145 million people worldwide in 41 countries, 183 cities, and in 17 languages — and it has received 70 major theater awards including seven Tony Awards […]
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FuboTV hit with cyberattack during World Cup semifinal match
Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images FuboTV, a live-TV bundle streaming service, said it was the target of a criminal cyberattack Wednesday, affecting customers trying to access their subscriptions during the World Cup semifinal match between France and Morocco. Once the attack was detected, FuboTV said, it took immediate steps to contain the incident […]
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‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ could be heading for a $175 million box office opening
Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, “Avatar: The Way of Water” tells the story of the Sully family. Disney It’s been more than a decade since James Cameron’s “Avatar” shattered box office records. To this day, it remains the highest-grossing title globally, aided by several re-releases. Its long-awaited sequel, […]
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‘Harry & Meghan’ becomes Netflix’s biggest-ever documentary debut
Netflix’s series about Prince Harry and Meghan has become the streaming giant’s biggest documentary debut yet. Daniel Leal | Afp | Getty Images Netflix’s documentary series about Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has become the streaming platform’s biggest documentary debut yet. “Harry & Meghan” racked up 81.55 million viewing […]
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U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm while covering World Cup in Qatar, his wife says
Soccer journalist Grant Wahl died of an aortic aneurysm in Qatar, where he was covering the World Cup, his wife said Wednesday, citing an autopsy. Wahl, 49, was covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal match Friday when he “fell ill” and was tended to on-site by paramedics and taken to a hospital, Qatar officials said last week. He was […]
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Twitter suspends account devoted to tracking Elon Musk’s non-public jet
SpaceX operator and Tesla CEO Elon Musk speaks throughout a conversation with famous activity designer Todd Howard (not pictured) at the E3 gaming convention in Los Angeles, California, June 13, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Twitter has suspended the account dedicated to tracking the spot of billionaire Elon Musk’s non-public jet. The account, @ElonJet, was […]
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Billionaire Ken Griffin sues the IRS after his tax records were disclosed
Ken Griffin, Citadel, at CNBC’s Delivering Alpha, Sept. 28, 2022. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Hedge-fund billionaire Ken Griffin has sued the IRS and the Treasury Department over the “unlawful disclosure” of his tax information, escalating the battle in Washington over leaked tax filings of super-wealthy people including Warren Buffett and Jeff Bezos. In a complaint […]
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Blizzard seeks new partners to go on giving Entire world of Warcraft in China
The brand of movie sport publisher Blizzard Amusement. CFOTO | Future Publishing via Getty Images Blizzard Leisure is in talks with potential companions about continuing to give its well known Earth of Warcraft title in China, as its offer with Chinese gaming huge NetEase is set to wind down. The company is “now negotiating with […]
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U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl dies while covering World Cup in Qatar
In this 2014 photo, sportswriter Grant Wahl works as a sideline reporter during halftime. Andy Mead | YCJ | Icon Sportswire |Corbis | Getty Images Grant Wahl, a longtime soccer sportswriter, died Friday in Qatar while covering the World Cup. NPR national supervising editor Russell Lewis tweeted that Wahl was covering the Argentina-Netherlands quarterfinal match […]
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CBS-owned stations added to free, rapidly growing local news streaming service VUit
The streaming platform VUit is bulking up with newscasts from Paramount Global‘s owned and operated local CBS TV stations as the fledgling service looks to take a bigger foothold in the sprawling U.S. local news market. The streaming newscasts from CBS’s 13 owned and operated stations, two of which are in the major markets New […]
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