Entertainment
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HBO Max’s ‘The Pitt’ and ‘Hacks’ lead among Emmy nominations
HBO Max’s hospital series The Pitt led the Emmy Awards candidates with 25 nominations in the drama category, the Television Academy announced Wednesday. Hacks, an HBO Max satire about a Las Vegas comedienne, led the comedy category with 24 nominations. That was most ever for a program in that category in a single year. Apple…
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Billionaire soccer fan Ken Griffin helped engineer Team USA’s best World Cup run in 24 years. Now, he looks ‘forward to building on that momentum’
The U.S. men’s national team’s World Cup run ended Monday night in Seattle, where Belgium beat the Americans 4-1 in the round of 16, eliminating the last of the tournament’s three co-hosts. The loss still made history: It the most-watched soccer telecast in U.S. history, with the audience peaking at more than 36.8 million viewers…
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Seventh film in animated franchise beats the fifth installment of another cartoon juggernaut at the box office
The Minions have taken down “Toy Story 5″ at the July Fourth weekend box office, but not by much. “Minions & Monsters,” the seventh film in the “Despicable Me” franchise, earned $36.4 million at the holiday weekend box office, according to studio estimates for North America. “Toy Story 5,” a juggernaut that last week beat “Supergirl,”…
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The Taylor Swift economy: Star-studded wedding at Madison Square Garden lifts luxury brands Christian Dior, Christian Louboutin, and Cartier
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce married Friday night at Madison Square Garden, where actor Adam Sandler was the surprising officiant at a ceremony and Stevie Nicks performed among a crowd packed with stars of sports and entertainment. The deep secrecy that surrounded the buildup to the nuptials lifted when a marquee outside the Midtown Manhattan arena proclaimed “JUST&T MARRIED” once…
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FIFA engineered a plan to get the USMNT and their fans singing ‘Country Roads’ — and it worked
It’s become one of the enduring scenes of the U.S. team during this World Cup: jubilant U.S. players joining tens of thousands of fans in singing John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” at the end of their matches. Even coach Mauricio Pochettino, who was born in Argentina and lives in Spain, got in on…
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The 1964 box set that predicted Dylan going electric — and still explains American music today
Long before the Revolutionary War, numerous traditions of Indigenous music flourished in places later incorporated into the United States. European music was heard in the New World from the earliest days of exploration and settlement. Disgruntled colonists in taverns and town squares borrowed British melodies to support new lyrics expressive of a developing national consciousness.…
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No holiday for New York City cops, who get a heat wave, World Cup and a Taylor Swift wedding at MSG
The New York Police Department will deploy thousands of officers to handle security for a slew of huge Independence Day celebrations and a World Cup match that will make the July 4 weekend especially challenging, even for one of the world’s largest police forces. Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday that there are no known…
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NYPD confirms ‘an event that we are tracking at Madison Square Garden on Friday night,’ declines to comment on Taylor Swift wedding
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will have their wedding at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, according to a law enforcement official briefed on the security plans. The festivities will kick off with a smaller rehearsal dinner planned for Thursday night, the official said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of…
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Big-budget ‘Supergirl’ is among DC Studios’ worst flops for an opening weekend and was reportedly trimmed significantly after test screenings
In a setback for Warner Bros.′ revamped DC movie operations, “Supergirl” was absolutely no match for “Toy Story 5” at the box office, opening a distant second to the Pixar blockbuster. After a near-record debut for an animated movie, “Toy Story 5” remained No. 1 at the box office with $70 million in domestic ticket…
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‘I’ll listen to ‘Only the Young’ at home on my own’: Zohran doesn’t know about a Swift-Kelce wedding at MSG, but he’s not going
Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce really getting married at Madison Square Garden? Frenzied speculation surrounding the superstar singer and football player’s upcoming wedding has spiked over the past few days as reports swirl that the two are getting married the first week in July at one of New York’s iconic landmarks. Yet nearly a…