Disney CEO Bob Iger speaking with CNBC’s David Faber at the Allen&Co. Annual Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho. David A. Grogan | CNBCDisney CEO Bob Iger has taken the unusual step of paying former executives Kevin Mayer and Tom Staggs a consulting fee to help him solve a complex problem: what to do with ESPN.Mayer and Staggs are the co-CEOs of Candle Media. Both men are close with Iger and have served as informal advisors to him in the past. They’re working with ESPN President Jimmy Pitaro on the strategic options for ESPN and, to a lesser degree, Disney’s other linear…
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Pomade formulations have come a long way since the 18th century. Instead of weighing down hair in greasy oil, water based pomades are now considered the way to go for a variety of reasons. The very best water based pomade is going to care for the hair in addition to styling it.Where oil-based pomades are formulated with mineral oil or petroleum and can dry out the hair while being difficult to wash out, water-based pomades use water as the main ingredient. This makes them easy to rinse out and doesn’t accumulate build-up. They’re light, highly workable, versatile, and work on…
While the industry fears further theatrical date shake-ups for 2023 due to the strikes, next year is getting beefed up. Today, Lionsgate has dated another faith based music feature from Kingdom Story Company for April 26, that being Unsung Hero. The pic joins MGM’s Luca Guadagnino directed R-rated Zenday romance pic, Challengers, which is already on that date. Directed and written by Richard Ramsey and Joel Smallbone, pic follows the true story of David Smallbone, whose successful music company collapses. He moves his family from Down Under to the States, searching for a brighter future. With nothing more than their…
WASHINGTON — Innovative Rocket Technologies, known as iRocket, has signed an agreement with the Air Force Research Laboratory to jointly develop and test rocket propulsion hardware. The New York-based startup, founded in 2018, develops rocket engines and plans to build a small launch vehicle. iRocket signed a four-year cooperative research and development agreement, or CRADA, with AFRL’s Rocket Propulsion Division, the company said Aug. 2. The CRADA includes use of an Air Force facility, equipment and AFRL expertise “to enable both sides to develop, build, test and transition U.S. rocket engines at a fast pace,” said Shawn Phillips, chief of…
Amazfit has expanded its affordable smartwatch range with the new Bip 5 which has been launched in the US, UK, and a few other markets. Priced under $100 (roughly Rs. 8,259) in the US, the latest offering from the Amazfit sports a 1.91-inch HD display with a TFT touchscreen. The wearable device also has 2.5D tempered glass along with an anti-fingerprint coating. Powered by a 300mAh battery, it is claimed to offer up to 10 days of battery life on a single charge.Amazfit Bip 5 price, availabilityAmazfit Bip 5 price is set at $89.99 (roughly Rs. 7,400) in the US…
A bank employee count China’s renminbi (RMB) or yuan notes next to U.S. dollar notes at a Kasikornbank in Bangkok, Thailand, January 26, 2023.Athit Perawongmetha | ReutersBEIJING — U.S. investments in around 50 blacklisted Chinese companies have drawn the attention of the U.S. House of Representatives Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party.The committee on Tuesday announced it sent separate letters to MSCI and BlackRock asking for more information about the firms’ facilitation of U.S. investments into those Chinese companies.The Chinese companies were blacklisted over claims of supporting China’s military or alleged human rights abuses, the committee said. It noted…
NewsMary Lattimore Announces New Album and Tour, Shares Video for New Song: Watch“And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me” with Meg Baird and Walt McClements is the first single from Goodbye, Hotel ArkadaBy Matthew Ismael RuizAugust 2, 2023FacebookTwitterMary Lattimore (Photo by Rachael Pony Cassells)FacebookTwitterHarpist and composer Mary Lattimore has announced her new album Goodbye, Hotel Arkada with a video for its lead single “And Then He Wrapped His Wings Around Me.” The album is due out October 6 via Ghostly. She also announced a run of U.S. tour dates kicking off in Philadelphia on September 24. Check out the…
World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. Chairman Vince McMahon appears in the ring during the WWE Monday Night Raw show at the Thomas & Mack Center August 24, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada.Ethan Miller | Getty ImagesFederal law enforcement agents executed a search warrant on World Wrestling Entertainment boss Vince McMahon last month and served him with a federal grand jury subpoena, the company disclosed Wednesday.The actions represent an escalation of an ongoing investigation into allegations that McMahon paid millions of dollars over the years to women after being accused of sexual misconduct.WWE also revealed Wednesday that McMahon “went on medical leave…
Sofia Richie Grainge—empress of the quiet luxury movement—is back with another effortless, elevated look for our summer mood boards.The Nude Beauty director shared a photo of her latest summer outfit on Instagram yesterday, proving you actually can look elegant in 90-degree weather. The ensemble was composed of some easy staples, including a zigzag-print button-up and pants set by Missoni in white, black, red, and orange. (Similar styles here.)Richie Grainge styled the breezy loungewear set with a simple black clingy tank, black flip-flops by the Row, acrylic pink-frame square sunglasses by Saint Laurent, and one of the season’s It bags: Hunting…
A lot has happened since the hijackers took flight KA29; it was easy to forget that everything happened in less than a day. Goes to show how much a difference a day can make. When he woke up in the morning, Kai didn’t know his dad’s plane would be hijacked, he would be held hostage, and the man he hates who’s dating his mother would save his life. When she woke up and was late to take her kid to school, Alice didn’t know the plane she’d been assigned would be hijacked, and she would help it land. When they…
Questions for My White Therapist Questions for My White Therapist Yes, I’m sure you were wild as a teenager, Linda, much more than my parents, Indians, all about their tradition. Tell me about your private school, Linda. Did you have a uniform? Plaid dress, white shirt, knee-high socks? Did you wear a black skirt? Did the bad girls duck under the stairwell to hitch their skirts up higher? Did they get busted or were they too rich? Did you do this? You tell me how you loved smoking cigarettes in the car with your friends. Were they bad girls too?…
HSBC’s U.K. headquarters are seen at the Canary Wharf financial district of London on July 31, 2018.Tolga Akmen | AFP | Getty ImagesLONDON — HSBC CEO Noel Quinn said Tuesday that the lender would not “exit a client based on their lawful personal views,” after Coutts’ termination of Brexit figurehead Nigel Farage’s account sparked a banking scandal in the U.K.Internal documents obtained by Trump ally Farage revealed that Coutts — a high-end private bank and wealth manager requiring clients to hold a minimum of £1 million ($1.29 million) in investments or borrowing, or £3 million in savings — had opted…
Communication competition Organizers and winners of the 2023 MedPhys Slam. From left to right: Rachel Trevillian, Kelsey Bittinger, Jason Luce, Ellie Bacon, Aroon Pressram, Emilie Carpentier and Emily Thompson. (Courtesy: Sarah Aubert/AAPM STSC) Launched in 2018, the MedPhys Slam is now an established feature of the AAPM Annual Meeting. The popular session is a communication competition in which students and trainees present their research projects in just three minutes using just three slides. The winners are selected by a panel of judges, all non-medical physicists, who assess the talks based on how well the speakers explain their research question, its…
You wouldn’t wear sweatpants to the club—or would you? As long as athleisure continues flooding the market, turning a trend into a full-blown lifestyle, you’ll need to know the different types of joggers. Which one works when, and most importantly—why.It isn’t as simple as wearing gym clothes to a restaurant. It’s about how material, construction, and style dictates its occasion. A jogger for fitness, a jogger for fashion, and a jogger for fun. Catching on? But what all joggers have in common is what we love about them: a comfortable drawstring waistband and a tapered elastic ankle. In the age…
EXCLUSIVE: With such big 2023 movies such as Kraven the Hunter, the next Ghostbusters, the Zendaya romance Challengers and more moving into 2024 due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, exhibition is facing another possible recession should stars remain unable to promote. Movie theaters are currently relishing a box office boom in Barbie and Oppenheimer with the last weekend of July at $217M setting a record for the month’s final frame. The domestic box office per Comscore for the period of Jan. 1-July 30 is coursing 20% ahead of last year at the same point in time with $5.8 billion. But dark…
TAMPA, Fla. — Small satellite builder Astro Digital plans to add an Astroscale docking plate to upcoming spacecraft to make it easier for them to use in-orbit services being developed by Astroscale and others. The companies said July 31 the first docking plate would be attached to an undisclosed satellite later this year for a launch in the fourth quarter of 2024. It is the first time 10-year-old Astroscale has announced a commercial partnership for the hardware, as work continues to demonstrate how upcoming servicers could perform de-orbit and life-extension missions after latching onto the docking plate. Tokyo-based Astroscale declined…
AirPods — Apple’s truly wireless stereo (TWS) earphones — could double as a health monitoring tool in the future, according to a patent application recently published by the US Patent Office (USPTO). The Cupertino company appears to have invented an AirPods sensor mechanism that would allow the earphones to monitor electrical impulses from the wearer’s brain. The patent describes a system that can monitor brain activity that is typically monitored with the use of electrodes on a patient’s head but the use of AirPods could provide a more discreet way to monitor brain activity.A patent recently published on the USPTO…
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump covers his face from lights as he holds a campaign rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S., July 29, 2023. Lindsay Dedario | ReutersFormer President Donald Trump’s once-formidable and lucrative political action committee is down to $3 million on hand while committees allied with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and President Joe Biden have well over $100 million combined ready to deploy, new data shows.Trump’s Save America PAC raised over $15 million in the first half of 2023, spent over $30 million and now has about $3.6 million on hand, according to Federal Election Commission…