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☆ Live Aid the musical coming to London decades after fundraising extravaganza
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Musician Bob Geldof attends the world premiere of 'The Beatles: Eight Days a Week - The Touring Years' in London, Britain September 15, 2016. Organised by rockers Bob Geldof and Midge Ure almost 40 years ago, Live Aid was watched by an estimated 1.5 billion people. "Just For One Day" written by author John O’Farrell and directed by Luke Sheppard, will run at The Old Vic from January 26 to March 30, 2024. The theatre said the production had the permission from the Band Aid Charitable Trust, which will get 10% from the sale of each ticket. "We all remember where we watched Live Aid, who we watched it with, and the pure amazement at the feat that was unfolding before our eyes."

Persons: Bob Geldof, Neil Hall, London's Old Vic, Midge Ure, Geldof, John O’Farrell, Luke Sheppard, Matthew Warchus, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Queen, Paul McCartney, Elton John, John F, Ure, Marie, Louise Gumuchian Organizations: REUTERS, London's Old, Aid Charitable Trust, London's Wembley, Kennedy, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Ethiopia, Philadelphia

☆ Wrestling With His Past. And an Animatronic Shark.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Dave Itzkoff | More About Dave Itzkoff | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ian Shaw has worked steadily in theater, TV and film projects while striving not to trade on the renown of his illustrious father. “You still have to have the conversation about your validity in comparison to your father,” he said. “As I’ve gotten older and more mature, I feel less burdened about that. Robert Shaw was a celebrated man of letters, a friend of Harold Pinter (whose play “Old Times” he starred in with Ure) and an accomplished playwright himself. He also made no secret of his heavy drinking, in an era when such habits were fundamental to the machismo of a generation of actors.

Persons: Ian Shaw, “, ”, I’ve, Robert Shaw’s, Mary Ure, Robert Shaw, Harold Pinter, Ure

☆ TikTok is the best platform to make money on, according to a new survey of 1,500 creators. But YouTube reigns supreme for high earners.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Royalty-free music provider Epidemic Sound surveyed 1,500 content creators on their businesses. The best platform to earn was TikTok, creators said, closely followed by YouTube. "This tells me that previously content creators were more dependent on external props to grant their content the production value that they thought would determine success. The majority of creators say TikTok is the best platform to make money, followed by YouTubeWhen asked which platforms are the best to generate income, 30% of creators mentioned TikTok, while about 26% said YouTube. A May report from influencer-marketing firm The Influencer Marketing agency found that 94% of surveyed creators used AI; in another report from video-and-image app developer Lightricks, 62% of creators said they used it.

Persons: we'll, Oscar Höglund, Höglund, TikTok, ure Organizations: YouTube, Influencer

☆ 77% of creators say their incomes have gone up in the last year, but the vast majority are looking to cut costs. Here are 4 key takeaways from a new survey.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Royalty-free music provider Epidemic Sound surveyed 1,500 content creators on their businesses. The best platform to earn was TikTok, creators said, closely followed by YouTube. 76.5% of creators had seen their income increase significantly over the past 12 monthsThat's compared to 23% who said their income had gone down or stayed the same. "This tells me that previously content creators were more dependent on external props to grant their content the production value that they thought would determine success. A May report from influencer-marketing firm The Influencer Marketing agency found that 94% of surveyed creators used AI; in another report from video-and-image app developer Lightricks, 62% of creators said they used it.

Persons: we'll, Oscar Höglund, Höglund, TikTok, ure Organizations: YouTube, Influencer

☆ 'They took everyone': Video shows Border Patrol arresting migrants in El Paso
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Julia-Ainsley-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Julia Ainsley | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A group of El Paso residents and volunteers have formed an ad-hoc, “night watch” to monitor U.S. border agents as they arrest migrants sleeping on the city’s streets. In new video filmed by one of those volunteers and obtained by NBC News, migrants sleeping outside a bus station are seen being apprehended by Border Patrol officers on Jan. 4, the week before President Joe Biden arrived in the border city. In the video, several migrants are escorted off a bus by Border Patrol with their hands above their heads. A spokesperson for Customs and Border Protection in El Paso said those arrested had evaded detection when they crossed the border. “We formed a night watch, since the incident with the mother being pulled out.

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