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☆ Diddy tape puts renewed focus on the women in his life
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Misa HyltonMisa Hylton-Brim, Justin Dior Combs and Sean "Diddy" Combs are seen in 2010. Kim PorterKim Porter and Sean "Diddy" Combs appear with their twin daughters D'Lila Star Combs and Jessie James Combs in 2007. Lopez and Combs split in 2001, and two years later she told Vibe magazine infidelity played a role in their breakup. Caresha “Yung Miami” BrownleeYung Miami and Sean Combs are seen in 2023. Dana TranTran, a cybersecurity specialist, is the mother of Combs’ youngest child, a daughter named Love Sean Combs.

Persons: Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Cassie Ventura, Janice Combs, Ventura, Combs, Misa Hylton Misa Hylton, Justin Dior Combs, Sean, Diddy, Chance Yeh, Patrick McMullan, ”, Sean Combs, “, Andre Harrell, ” She’s, Lil Kim, Mary J, Blige, Hylton, Justin, Kim Porter Kim Porter, Star Combs, Jessie James Combs, Mat Szwajkos, Quincy Brown, Al B, Porter, Christian, Jessie, Sarah Chapman, I’ve, Kim, Jennifer Lopez Sean Combs, Jennifer Lopez, Ethan Miller, Caesars Entertainment Lopez, Anthony “ Wolf ” Jones, Shyne Barrow, Lopez, Jones, Sarah Chapman Sean Combs, Earl Gibson III, Chapman, Chance, Chance Combs, Laverne Cox, “ Yung Miami ” Brownlee Yung Miami, Angela Weiss, Brownlee, Yung, ” Combs, Dana Tran Tran, Love Sean Combs, Tran Organizations: CNN, Billboard, Uptown Records, Boy Records, CP Porter, Los Angeles County Coroner’s, Las, Caesars Entertainment, Club New, Vibe, Getty, City Locations: Hylton, Atlanta, Los Angeles County, Las Vegas, Club New York, Manhattan, Yung Miami

☆ Meet the diehard music fan who runs one of the world's busiest arenas
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

London's O2 Arena is one of the world's busiest and sold a record 2.5 million tickets last year. The venue is managed by Steve Sayer, a music fan who previously worked for Manchester City. The O2 Arena presents comedy, boxing, UFC, esports and even monster trucks as well as music. AdvertisementIt may not be the world's most famous, but London's O2 Arena is now one of the busiest. Elton John on his "Farewell Yellow Brick Road" Tour at the O2 Arena in April 2023.

Persons: Steve Sayer, —, Tom Jones, James Bond, Jason Derulo, Luke Dyson Sayer, Ateez, Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, Prince, Sayer, Elton John, Monty Python, Adele, Simone Joyner, they're, Philip Anschutz, Dua Lipa, Karwai Tang, Joseph Okpako, there'd, that's, Madonna, Kevin Mazur AEG, It's, Liam Gallagher, Girls, Billy Joel's Organizations: London's O2, Manchester City, O2 Arena, UFC, Service, O2, AEG, London, AEG Europe, Billboard, The O2, WWE, Gorillaz, National Health Service, Qatar Airways, Madison Locations: Manchester, Paris, Berlin, Hamburg, Dua, London, New, COVID

☆ Usher to headline Super Bowl 2024 halftime show
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 24 (Reuters) - Grammy-winning artist Usher will headline the halftime show at the 2024 Super Bowl in Las Vegas, Nevada, the National Football League (NFL), Apple Music and label Roc Nation announced on Sunday. The 58th Super Bowl is scheduled to take place at Las Vegas' Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11, 2024. "It's an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list," Usher said in the statement. Last year's Super Bowl Halftime Show, headlined by R&B star Rihanna, was the most-watched halftime performance of all time, organizers said. Iconic artists including the Rolling Stones, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Prince and Bruce Springsteen have taken the Super Bowl stage over the years.

Persons: Usher, Karl Lagerfeld, Andrew Kelly, Usher Raymond IV, Seth Dudowsky, Rihanna, Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Maria Caspani, Bill Berkrot Organizations: Metropolitan Museum, Art's, REUTERS, National Football League, Apple Music, Roc Nation, Billboard, of, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, Las Vegas , Nevada, Las Vegas

☆ Opinion | Living and Dying in ¾ Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Maureen Dowd | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Think of them as elusive, shimmering creatures from another planet. I don’t think I ever met anyone as warm. Maybe he liked reporters because he started as a journalist, writing for Billboard magazine. I went with him to Walter Reed medical center when he sang for wounded Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. During the Covid years, he did “cabin fever Zooms” with health care workers from across the country who were Parrotheads.

Persons: WASHINGTON, Jimmy Buffett, Carl Hulse, —, “ You’re, Jimmy, Walter Reed Organizations: Billboard, The Locations: Washington, Iraq, Afghanistan

☆ Jimmy Buffett, legendary 'Margaritaville' singer, dies at 76
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Henry Austin | Phil Helsel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Jimmy Buffett of Jimmy Buffett and the Coral Reefer Band performs during the 2022 New Orleans & Jazz festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 08, 2022 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Jimmy Buffett, the singer-songwriter who drew millions of fans with his folksy tales of living and loving on tropical sandy beaches, frozen concoction in hand, died Friday night. But it was in Key West, Florida, in the 1970s that Buffett "found his true voice," according to his website. As time went on, Buffett also appeared on TV, movies and his work became a musical. There was also a Broadway show based on Buffett's music, " Jimmy Buffett's Escape to Margaritaville," which debuted in 2017.

Persons: Jimmy Buffett, Jimmy, Buffett, Hank Williams, Alan Jackson, —, Jerry Jeff Walker, margarita, Tom Selleck, Jimmy Buffett's, Joe Merchant, Jane Slagsvol, Cameron, — Christopher Cichiello Organizations: Reefer, Orleans & Jazz, Forbes, Alabama's Auburn University, University of Southern, Billboard Magazine, Key West, University of Miami, Men's, Associated Press Locations: Orleans, New Orleans , Louisiana, Pascagoula , Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi, New Orleans, Nashville , Tennessee, Key West , Florida, South Florida, Margaritaville, Pitcairn, Savannah

☆ Opinion: The Donald Trump and Hunter Biden surprises
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

So it was remarkable Wednesday when the deal for Hunter Biden to plead guilty to two misdemeanors for his failure to pay taxes on time fell apart in a federal courtroom after the judge raised questions about it. Special counsel Jack Smith unexpectedly added a major allegation to the indictment charging former President Donald Trump with mishandling classified documents. The Trump and Hunter Biden developments underlined how America’s political climate is being shaped by what happens in the courts. This addition, an alleged surveillance tape conspiracy, almost reads like a spy novel.”“It features Trump employee and co-defendant Walt Nauta’s surprise clandestine trip to Florida. To W. James Antle III, it was the Hunter Biden plea deal snafu that brought to the forefront the “powerful split screen that drives” how Republican voters see the emerging 2024 presidential race.

Persons: Robert Burns, beasties, ”, Burns, aren’t, Hunter Biden, Jack Smith, Donald Trump, ” Smith, Trump, Dana Summers, Norman Eisen, Walt Nauta’s, Nauta, De Oliveira, De Oliveria, ’, ” Eisen, James Antle III, Hunter, Joe Biden’s, Maryellen Noreika, ” “ Noreika, couldn’t, Joe Biden, wasn’t, ” Bill Bramhall, Mitch McConnell, Sen, Dianne Feinstein, Julian Zelizer, “, ” “, Walt Handelsman, Elon Musk’s, Twitter “, Bill Carter, it’s, … Musk, —, Musk, ” Carter, Bill McGuire, ” McGuire, Mark Wolfe, Cassandra Lovejoy, Clay Jones, David Grusch, Jason Colavito, Colavito, Barbara Lee, Abigail E, Moore, ” Lee, Michael Bociurkiw, Odesa, Vladimir Putin’s, ” Bociurkiw, “ Handshakes, ” Netanyahu Israel’s, Benjamin Netanyahu, Frida Ghitis, Netanyahu, Drew Sheneman, Peniel, Joseph, Kamala Harris, Sophia A, Nicole Hemmer, Patrick T, Brown, David J, Skorton, Frank R, Lisa Benson, Barbie, Dean Obeidallah, ‘, GOP Sen, Ted Cruz, Mattel, Barbie —, Greta Gerwig’s, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling —, ” Obeidallah, Taylor Swift Taylor Swift, Swift, Barbra Streisand, Margaret H, Willison, O’Connor Sinéad O'Connor, Andrew Chin, Sinéad O’Connor, Sarah Gundle, Taylor, Sinead O’Connor’s, ” Don’t, Lawrence, Kara Alaimo, Jill Filipovic, Jeff Pearlman, He’s, Catherine Steenkeste, David A, Andelman, Mort Rosenblum, who’s, he’s, ” We’ll Organizations: CNN, Mar, Trump, Justice Department, Fox, Republicans, GOP, of Justice, New York Daily, Times, Twitter, SpaceX, World Meteorological Organization, University College London, Pentagon, “, Disney, Supreme, Agency, Education, African, Trinity, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., Billboard, Machine, Vogue Theatre, International Herald Tribune Locations: Scottish, Florida, Bedminster, New, California, Rhodes, Corfu, Evia, Europe, United States, Odesa, Miami, York, Ukrainian, Kyiv, Israel’s, North America, Vancouver, Canada, White, Paris, Seine, gunpoint, ”

☆ The CEO of the world's biggest record company just got a new contract with stock options worth as much as $100 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-01 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Universal Music's CEO could receive stock options worth up to $100 million under a new contract. He took a annual pay cut to $5 million in the new contract that runs to 2028. Half of the $100 million equity option will be paid out in installments if the share price hits the targets of 26.50 euros, 30 euros, and 38 euros. The stock closed Friday at 23.30 euros in Amsterdam, valuing the company at just over 42 billion euros ($45 billion). Apple CEO Tim Cook collected almost $100 million last year alone, making about $83 million in stock awards, $12 million in incentives and salary of $3 million, CNBC reported.

☆ 6 things Taylor Swift has taught me about living well
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Over that time, here is what I’ve learned from Taylor Swift about living better. Taylor Swift performs at the 41st Annual Country Music Association Awards, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2007, in Nashville, Tennessee. When “Taylor Swift is canceled” was trending on Twitter, she turned the experience into an album. I’ve learned from Swift not to take life too seriously and to be the first to laugh at my blunders. Many young people growing up alongside Taylor Swift have learned so much as she shares her growth with us.

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