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☆ ‘Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé:’ Everything you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” a documentary about the artist’s record-breaking world tour, will be released Friday, gracing fans with an early Christmas gift. A film poster for “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé" captures the Afro-futurist vibes of Beyoncé's tour. Kevin Mazur/WireImage for Parkwood/Getty ImagesDidn’t Taylor Swift also have a concert film this year? Taylor Swift attends the "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" movie world premiere at AMC The Grove 14 on October 11, 2023, in Los Angeles. (The Taylor Swift concert film has also played in Israel in recent weeks.)

Persons: Queen Bey, Beyoncé, ”, Blue Ivy, James B, Merryman, Mark Ritchie, Beyoncé’s, I’ve, Kevin Mazur, Didn’t Taylor Swift, “ Taylor Swift, Swift, “, Taylor Swift, Matt Winkelmeyer, there’s, they’ll Organizations: CNN, Parkwood Entertainment, Tottenham Hotspur, Parkwood, AMC, AMC Theatres, Chrome, ”, Israel Locations: London, Los Angeles, Europe, North America, Hollywood, Israel, Gaza

☆ Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Film: 4 Takeaways From the Premiere
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | More About Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I have nothing to prove to anyone at this point,” she says. Though Beyoncé made a posed appearance at the Oct. 11 premiere of “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour” — like that concert documentary, “Renaissance” will be distributed by AMC Theaters — she entered her own premiere only after the lights had been turned off and the movie was seconds away from beginning. Unlike Swift, who shares plenty about her life and is currently in a high-profile, well-documented romance with the N.F.L. player Travis Kelce, Beyoncé is one of our most private superstars. “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé,” which chronicles the most recent world tour in support of her seventh studio album, offers fans something new to interpret, pulling back Beyoncé’s curtain ever so slightly.

Persons: Beyoncé, ”, “, Tyler Perry, Ava DuVernay, Issa Rae, “ Taylor Swift, Swift, Travis Kelce Organizations: Los Angeles, AMC Theaters Locations: Lizzo

But next semester, he and his fearless students are shaking things up by turning their attention to Taylor Swift. Sean Kammer wanted his legal writing course to draw on music and art to help his students reconsider legal language and craft persuasive arguments. Political Cartoons View All 1240 ImagesCourses on Swift, Rick Ross and Succession supplement traditional law school courses with fun and accessible experiences that professors say they often didn’t have themselves. “It was never my experience that I walked out of a law school classroom excited about what I had learned,” Ivory said. Bella Andrade, a junior at Arizona State University, looks forward to her class on the psychology of Taylor Swift every week.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Sean Kammer, ” Swifties, Swift, Rick Ross, Moraima, Mo ” Ivory, “, ”, ” Ivory, could’ve, Luke Padia, I’m, Steve Sadow, ” Frances Acevedo, she's, Ross, Kinitra Brooks, Brooks, Bella Andrade, Andrade, Cathy Hwang, Hwang, it’s, ” Hwang, Sharon Johnson Organizations: DES, University of South Dakota Knudson School, Law, Georgia State University College of Law, Michigan State University, Brooks, Arizona State University, University of Virginia, Press Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, Dakota, Ross, Lawrence , Kansas, Pembroke Pines , Florida, Minneapolis, Atlanta

☆ 2023’s most popular Halloween costumes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Halloween, our annual celebration of the scary, has long been a showcase for ghost costumes and vampire teeth. CNN has you covered with five topical, yet still popular, Halloween costume ideas guaranteed to stun. The classic superhero is the third most searched Halloween costume this year (falling from its No. Chuck Hodes/FXBear — any bear — rounds out the top 20 most-searched Halloween costumes. With an apron and bear ears, you could even be a bear in “The Bear.” It’s Halloween; there are no rules.

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☆ 'Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour' box office gives theaters a sugar rush. What they need is a steady drip of hits
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-16 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

So while the this fall harvest is surely welcome, as is so often true, a Swift solution isn’t likely to be an enduring one. Advance sales for “The Eras Tour” left little doubt that the event would be a major success, leaving only the precise numbers in doubt. In that sense, the next blonde hero flying to the rescue might be more important: Brie Larson, a.k.a. Captain Marvel, whose sequel “The Marvels” hits theaters on November 10. Still, there aren’t many artists with the kind of followings that Swift and Beyoncé command.

Persons: Taylor Swift’s, “ Taylor Swift, “ Barbie ”, ”, Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, Swift, –, Brie Larson, a.k.a, Captain Marvel, underwhelming, “ Indiana Jones, “ Barbie Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, “, Marvel, Guardians, Galaxy Locations: North America

☆ Beyoncé showing up for Taylor Swift’s movie premiere was a ‘fairytale’
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-12 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Forget about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, she and Beyoncé are the true power pair of the year. On Wednesday night it was the era of two queens when Beyoncé attended the premiere for Swift’s “Eras Tour” concert film in Los Angeles. First up is Swift’s, which “due to unprecedented demand” opened with early access shows on Thursday and will have additional showings over the weekend. Queen Bey, who recently wrapped her “Renaissance Tour” in Kansas City, has announced that her “Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé” will hit theaters on December 1. Swift wrote in the caption, “I’m so glad I’ll never know what my life would’ve been like without @beyonce’s influence.”“The way she’s taught me and every artist out here to break rules and defy industry norms,” Swift wrote.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Beyoncé, Queen Bey, Beyoncé ”, Swift, “, I’ll, would’ve, ”, she’s, ” Swift, She’s Organizations: CNN Locations: Los Angeles, Kansas City

☆ I missed Beyoncé’s European tour, so I flew 4,600 miles to New Orleans to see her in concert — by myself
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-11 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Afterward, I listened to "Summer Renaissance," Beyoncé's reworking of one of my favorite songs, Donna Summer's 1977 disco hit "I Feel Love," on repeat. Beyoncé's daughter, Blue Ivy, dances, as her mother sings behind her on the London, U.K. leg of the Renaissance World Tour in May 2023. Virgin Hotels New Orleans, where I stayed, is only a half-mile from the Superdome stadium, and was well-prepared to host the many concertgoers who stayed there. Members of Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour band perform at jazz club Snug Harbor in New Orleans, led by saxophonist Kat Rodriguez (second from right). Caesars Superdome stadium in New Orleans is illuminated by thousands of lights attached to audience members' wristbands during Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour.

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Taylor Swift attends the 2023 MTV Video Music Awards at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, U.S., September 12, 2023. In her next act, Swift is poised to lift another corner of the economy: a movie box office still trying to recover from the pandemic and Hollywood strikes. “Swift and Beyonce will certainly fill some of the gaps,” said Box Office Pro senior analyst Shawn Robbins. BLOCKBUSTER SALESAdvance sales for "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour" are on pace with a Star Wars or Marvel blockbuster. “But there's no question that the Eras Tour with Taylor Swift has really launched that into a new atmosphere.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Andrew Kelly, Swift, Taylor, Beyonce, ”, Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, “ Swift, Shawn Robbins, “, it's, Hunter, “ We’ve, Rolando Rodriguez, Brock Bagby, Queen Bey, Bruce Nash, Nash, Riley, Eric Wold, Dawn Chnmielewski, Lisa Richwine, Kenneth Li, Mark Porter Organizations: Prudential Center, REUTERS, AMC Theatres, Hollywood, Pro, SAG, Marvel, National Association of Theatre Owners, B, ”, Wedbush Securities, Thomson Locations: Newark , New Jersey, U.S, United States, Canada, Missouri, Los Angeles, New York

NEW YORK (AP) — D’Wayne Wiggins and Timothy Christian Riley didn’t realize that Raphael Saadiq was planting the seeds for a Tony! “We have to be us first before we could talk to anybody because that’s what happened the last time.”Cut to last month, when Tony! “I think it’s been really cool to hear younger kids sample our music and make new songs with our music,” Riley said. “We did always feel the love from our peers and fans and people just in general — it felt really good,” he said. He remembers a younger Beyoncé asking to hear some of the music he was working on.

Persons: — D’Wayne Wiggins, Timothy Christian Riley didn’t, Raphael Saadiq, Tony, Toni, “, ”, Wiggins, ” Saadiq, …, Saadiq, Riley, Toné, Raphael Saddiq, Tone, It’s, that’s, “ There’s, Little Walter, Jack Swing, DJ Quik, ” “, “ I’ve, Nat King Cole, Tonyies, ‘, We’d, ” Wiggins, Amar Khalil, Will Smith, Alicia Keys, Badu’s, Lady ”, Whitney Houston, Mary J, Blige, Dawn Robinson, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Lucy Pearl, it’s, ” Riley, ” RAPHAEL SAADIQ, Raphael Saadiq's, D’Wayne Wiggins, Beyoncé, who’s, Knowles, Solange’s, she’s, Oscar, ’ ” Saadiq, Gary Gerard Hamilton Organizations: Music, TLC, En, Associated Press Locations: Oakland, Oakland , California, Southern California, @GaryGHamilton

NEW YORK (AP) — A documentary chronicling Beyoncé's just-concluded 39-city Renaissance World Tour will premiere in North American theaters Dec. 1, AMC Theaters announced Monday. Like “Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour,” which debuts Oct. 13, “Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé” is being released directly by AMC, the movie theater chain, without studio involvement. Beyoncé's previous films include the acclaimed 2019 Netflix film “Homecoming," which captured her Coachella performance in 2018. In the deals with AMC, Beyoncé and Swift are both reported to be receiving at least 50% of ticket sales. The film charts Beyoncé's tour on behalf of her 2022 Grammy-winning album “Renaissance.” It mixes concert footage and elements of a visual album while trailing the tour from its launch in Stockholm, Sweden, in May to the finale Sunday night in Kansas City, Missouri.

Persons: Beyoncé's, that's, “ Taylor Swift, ”, Swift, Beyonce Organizations: AMC Theaters, AMC, Netflix, Billboard Locations: Stockholm, Sweden, Kansas City , Missouri

☆ Taylor Swift and Beyoncé and could save movie theaters. But for how long?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Add to the list of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé’s accomplishments an unlikely new mission: Helping to save movie theaters, as theater owners – apparently tired of waiting for Hollywood to mount a rescue mission – have seemingly opted to take matters into their own hands. Swift’s deal with AMC to play a concert movie based on her “Eras Tour,” opening October 13, will be followed by Beyoncé’s plan to do the same with her “Renaissance World Tour,” destined to hit theaters in December. Taylor Swift performing in August during her "Eras Tour." Getty ImagesWhether this amounts to a stopgap measure or a full pivot into a new opportunity for theaters remains to be seen. For now, the twin power of Beyoncé and Swift could represent the unlikely heroes for which theaters – having spent the last few years grappling with existential questions about the future – have been waiting.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Beyoncé’s, “ Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, –, ” “ Indiana Jones, ”, Swift, Beyoncé, Marvel’s, DC’s Organizations: CNN, AMC Locations: Hollywood

☆ Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour: Best looks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Kristen Rogers | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —It’s not the diamonds or the pearls that make Beyoncé that girl, but fashion is a critical part of what’s made her Renaissance World Tour unforgettable. In celebration of her seventh album of the same name, Beyoncé’s first solo tour in seven years featured a wardrobe fit for a queen. For me, during her Renaissance tour she is Queen B Beyond, a timeless queen that moves in a dazzling constellation.”“This ethereal and futurist femininity complements and extends her other looks in the tour that beautifully highlight other aspects of feminine empowerment,” van Herpen added. Here are some of the best looks from the Renaissance tour. Kevin Mazur/WireImage/Getty ImagesThis custom Balmain look by Olivier Rousteing was one of multiple silver ensembles Beyoncé wore on tour.

Persons: CNN — It’s, what’s, Beyoncé’s, ” Beyoncé, “ Beyoncé, ”, Iris van Herpen, Beyoncé, “, ” van Herpen, David Koma, ” Koma, Kevin Mazur, Alexander McQueen bodysuit, Courrèges, ” Kevin Mazur, Roksanda Ilincic, Loewe, Shiona Turini, Jonathan Anderson, Gucci, Frank Micelotta, Casey Cadwallader, Turini, ” Coperni, Bob Mackie, Iris, Herpen, David Koma “, Sylvia Earle, — “, Daniel Roseberry, Richard Quinn bodysuit, Gaurav Gupta’s, ” Gupta, Elie, Karen Langley, Tara Greville, Olivier Rousteing, Peter Dundas, Ibrahim Kamara Organizations: CNN, Chrome, Beyoncé, Paris Haute Couture, Elie Saab Locations: Stockholm, London, Amsterdam, Chicago, Atlanta, Warsaw, Minneapolis

For all the versions of Beyoncé we’ve seen in her career — beauty queen, vixen, scorned women — stand-up comedian might be her most uninhibited. But as much as the Renaissance World Tour is limned with the beauty of aliveness and vitality, it is also preoccupied with mortality. She is deeply aware of the precarity of Black, queer and trans life. The shift between the ecstasy of the concert and the reality of the world was so disconcerting it was almost physically painful. But Beyoncé isn’t the undertaker; she is directing the second-line band at the funeral procession.

Persons: Beyoncé, we’ve, —, “, livin, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, O’Shae Sibley, vogueing, Barbara Ann Teer, Albert Einstein Organizations: National Black Theater Locations: York, Brooklyn, Las Vegas, Jacksonville, Fla

☆ Beyoncé wants everyone to wear silver and Etsy sellers are benefiting
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Ramishah Maruf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The Queen, better known as Beyoncé, had a dress code in mind for Renaissance tour concert goers attending her “House of Chrome,” as she described her concerts. Unprecedented salesAt a pivotal moment during each concert, Beyoncé flicks her wrist and pans out her black handheld fan. A group of fans pose for a portrait before entering Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour on Friday, Sept. 1, 2023 in Inglewood, CA. “I did not see them becoming my best seller, much less my by-far-best-seller, because of something as random as a concert tour,” Fritts said. That demand was quickly replaced with silver bedazzled shades earlier this month after Beyoncé’s silver announcement.

Persons: Etsy, Taylor, “, ” VenuezNVibez, ”, Beyoncé, Erin Fritts, she’s, Taylor Swift, it’s, ” Fritts, Jason Armond, Fritts, Sydney Baloue, ” Baloue, Tracy Swank, Swank, DaKeitha Bennett, I’ve, ” Bennett Organizations: New, New York CNN, Chrome, New York Times, CNN, Los Angeles Times Locations: New York, ”, Charlotte , North Carolina, Inglewood , CA, Florida, California, Baltimore, Etsy, Flint , Michigan

☆ Beyoncé Fuels a Small-Business Boom
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Sanam Yar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Virgo season dawned, Beyoncé — perhaps the world’s most famous Virgo, who named a track on her seventh album, “Renaissance,” after the star sign — had a birthday request. The performer, now in the last month of her Renaissance World Tour, posted a message on her website and Instagram on Aug. 23 encouraging fans to wear silver to her concerts through Virgo season, which ends on Sept. 22. “We’ll surround ourselves in a shimmering human disco ball each night,” the message read. Virgo season together in the house of chrome.”The tour has already been a fashion show, with attendees wearing bejeweled cowboy hats and more looks inspired by the album’s visuals and Beyoncé’s stage outfits. On TikTok, concertgoers posted videos of their original non-silver looks set to audio of high-pitched screaming.

Persons: Beyoncé —, —, concertgoers, Gayle King, Rosie O’Donnell Locations: Las

☆ Beyoncé got a birthday serenade from Diana Ross
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-05 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —It would be hard to imagine a bigger or better birthday celebration than Beyoncé’s on Monday. During the singer’s “Renaissance World Tour” concert in Los Angeles, Diana Ross surprised the crowd when she stepped on stage to serenade Bey with a rendition of “Happy Birthday.”“I’m here to celebrate Beyoncé’s birthday,” Ross said as Beyoncé hugged her tight. When Ross was finished, Beyoncé, who turned 42, told her, “Thank you so much, you are so amazing.”“This is the legendary Diana Ross! Thank you so much.”Diana Ross just sang happy birthday to Beyonce!!! #RENAISANCEWorldTour pic.twitter.com/KMtsFQISQ1 — kelechi (@its_kelechi) September 5, 2023Kim Kardashian was in attendance and shared a video of the two on stage on her Instagram Story, writing, “A birthday song from @dianaross.”Beyoncé had previously serenaded Ross in 2019 when Ross turned 75.

Persons: Diana Ross, Bey, ”, ” Ross, Beyoncé, Ross, Beyonce, Kim Kardashian, “, ” Beyoncé, serenaded Ross Organizations: CNN Locations: Los Angeles

☆ Coco Gauff says Justin Bieber inspired her comeback victory at the US Open
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-02 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Coco Gauff says she drew inspiration from Justin Bieber during her third-round comeback victory at the US Open on Friday, rallying after she saw the singer in the crowd on the big screen. “I definitely saw who was there,” the 19-year-old said on the ESPN broadcast after the match. I guess it was a little date night for them, which was really cool.”Coco Gauff reached the fourth round of the US Open. But there is one celebrity who has not yet seen Gauff play and who she said would leave her completely starstruck. “If (Beyoncé) ever came, oh, my goodness, I hope they would not show her on the screen.

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☆ T-Pain in your living room: Are virtual concerts the future of live entertainment?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Samantha Bresnahan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

T-Pain is performing songs that will become a virtual reality (VR) concert, delivered directly to fans via VR headsets. “(Virtual reality) is a very big shift,” says Kyung Kuk Kim, vice president and head of production for AmazeVR. (AmazeVR says it plans to launch the T-Pain concert this Fall.) According to AmazeVR, pricing is currently per concert; it will cost $6.99 for one year of access to the T-Pain concert, for example, after that content launches. It is also producing and releasing mixed reality (MR) concerts – a combination of virtual and augmented reality – by overlaying virtual elements onto live, real-world video.

Persons: ”, I’m, Faheem Rashad Najm, “ I’m, AmazeVR, Megan Thee, “, Kyung Kuk Kim, Kim, Lance Drake, Drake, Mel Slater, Slater, ‘, ’ ”, ” Slater, ’ ” Slater, Jamie McCarthy, they’re, Taylor Swift’s, don’t, AmazeVR’s Kim, it’s, you’re, ” CNN’s Leif Coorlim Organizations: CNN, Florida -, Apple, VR, Dire, YouTube, University of Barcelona, Neuroscience, Technology, UN, Apple Vision Locations: Culver City , California, American, Florida, New York City

☆ Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour Speed Round, Part 1
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The first leg of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has come to a close, with the pop superstar having performed in stadiums across North America for several million people. A few of those people are friends of Popcast. This week and next, we’ll speak with a few of them about their experiences at the show. On this week’s Popcast, conversations about the consonances between the Eras Tour and Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour, the way Swift does (and does not) deploy dance as part of her arsenal and the thrills of seeing Swift perform for the first time.

Persons: Taylor, Swift Locations: North America

☆ Beyoncé and Taylor Swift are 2023’s biggest concert tours. Here’s how they compare, by the numbers
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Leah Asmelash | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —It’s like the “Barbie” v. “Oppenheimer” of concert tours. For months now, fans have been packing stadiums for Beyoncé’s “Renaissance World Tour” and Taylor Swift’s “Eras” tour, paying up to thousands of dollars for premium seats to see two beloved performers at the top of their game. The tours are cultural behemoths, attracting such celebrities as Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande, Nicole Kidman and yes, “Barbie” director Greta Gerwig while giving a Midas-like boost to the economy of every city they visit. With Swift launching her international dates in Mexico this week and Beyoncé wrapping her tour in Kansas City in October, here’s a by-the-numbers comparison of 2023’s two most monumental entertainment events. History has graced us in this moment with two singular artists, and we fans are the winners.

Persons: CNN —, ”, “ Oppenheimer, Taylor Swift’s, Paul McCartney, Ariana Grande, Nicole Kidman, Barbie, Greta Gerwig, Swift, here’s, It’s Bey Organizations: CNN Locations: Mexico, Kansas City

☆ ‘Swifterature:’ Belgian university launches course to analyze Taylor Swift lyrics
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-15 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Poetry, prose and now songwriting: Ghent University in Belgium is launching a new literature course dedicated to the literary merit of Taylor Swift’s discography. “Highly prolific and autobiographical in her songwriting, Swift makes frequent allusions to canonical literary texts in her music,” the class syllabus explains. “Using Swift’s work as a springboard, we will explore, among other topics, literary feminism, ecocriticism, fan studies, and tropes such as the anti-hero. In 2016, the University of Texas launched an English Literature course unpacking Beyoncé’s visual album “Lemonade” and its relationship to Black feminism. “But if anyone can teach you a lesson in how to respond to trolls, it’s Taylor Swift,” she concluded.

Persons: Taylor, Elly McCausland, McCausland, Sylvia Plath, Charles Dickens, William Shakespeare —, Geoffrey Chaucer’s “, Criseyde, Charlotte Brontë’s “, Margaret Atwood, Simon Armitage, “, Swift, Taylor Swift, ” McCausland, ”, Sylvia Plath’s, —, I’ll, “ I’m, There’s, it’s Taylor Swift Organizations: CNN, Ghent University, Oxford University, University of York, University of Oslo, New York University, Arizona State University, Berklee College of Music, Rice University, University of Texas, University of Copenhagen Locations: Belgium, Charlotte Brontë’s “ Villette, ”, ’, United Kingdom, Norway, Europe, United States, Houston

This summer, she and Taylor Swift seemed to prove it. Some estimates suggest that Beyoncé’s world tour could gross even more than that by the time it wraps in October. Taylor Swift and Beyoncé fans have been shelling out on everything from secondhand tickets that cost more than a flight to Europe to fancy fingernails to match the singers’ wardrobe. Beyoncé’s shows are expected to spur $4.5 billion in spending, based on a separate QuestionPro survey. Both the hotel and its neighbors reported surging demand that pushed up room rates and sold out many properties.

Persons: Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Swift’s, Swift, Haze Organizations: Beijing Locations: Europe, North America, Shade, Manhattan Beach, Calif

☆ 'Barbie,' Taylor Swift and Beyoncé provide women-powered economic boost
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —It’s the summer of girl power, fueled by Beyoncé, Taylor Swift and “Barbie.”Millions of people across generations are paying through the nose for these experiences, providing a women-powered boost to the economy. “I loved going with my family” to Taylor Swift and “Barbie,” said 15-year-old Chelsea Deutsch. A positive messageEleven women and girls from Chelsea’s extended family – spanning ages 12 to 54 – went to see Taylor Swift at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. ‘I made it happen’Helen Polise was not going to let two canceled flights stop her from seeing the last Taylor Swift concert in Los Angeles with her daughter Julie. Julie and the young girls from the family of 11 who all saw Taylor Swift walked away from the “Barbie” movie with their moms in mind.

Persons: New York CNN —, Taylor Swift, “ Barbie, ”, Chelsea Deutsch, “, ” “ Barbie ”, Taylor, “ Barbie ”, Kristina Chiapetta, Landor & Fitch, –, Barbie, Jennifer Deutsch, Chelsea’s, Chiapetta, Helen Polise, Julie, Polise, Swift, that’s, Julie Polise, “ We’re, Dylan Ritcher, Lisa Van Strat Organizations: New, New York CNN, California Center, Jobs, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., Landor &, “, MetLife, of Labor Statistics Locations: New York, Stockholm, Los Angeles, East Rutherford , New Jersey, United States

☆ O'Shae Sibley's killing unites New York's Black LGBTQ community in grief, defiance
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Chandelis Duster | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —O’Shae Sibley’s passion for dance was transcendent. Sibley’s death has renewed fears for their safety, several members of New York’s LGTBQ+ community told CNN. “I’m just trying to keep going.”Kemar Jewel, left, and O'Shae Sibley are seen together in this image provided by Jewel. After news of his death broke, Beyoncé honored Sibley, posting, “REST IN POWER O’SHAE SIBLEY” on her website Wednesday. He even volunteered to teach others how to do the dance, Jewel told CNN.

Persons: O’Shae, ”, Kayden Coleman, Sibley, they’ve, Jewel, ” “, “ I’m, O'Shae Sibley, voguing, Beyoncé, Big, DJ, Honey Dijon, SIBLEY ”, ” Jewel, Coleman, Shneaqua Purvis, ” Purvis, “, … Organizations: CNN, Sibley ., New York City Police Department, New York Division, Criminal, Services, Human Rights, Madison, National Museum of, House Old Navy, House, Violence Inc Locations: Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York, Versailles

☆ Here's what CEOs are saying about consumers this earnings season
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-08 | by ( Krystal Hur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Consumers have more cash on hand now than before the pandemic, according to a July analysis from the JPMorgan Chase Institute. So, what do corporate earnings reveal about the health of the consumer? “The consumer is in good financial shape, particularly the premium consumer base that we target,” Ed Bastian, chief executive of Delta Air Lines (DAL), said last month. “Both the lower-income consumer and our higher-income consumers are showing really good strength,” said Brian Niccol, chief executive of Chipotle, during the company’s post-earnings call. “The macro effects of higher inflation and a slowing US economy have put increased pressure on the price-sensitive consumer,” said Chip Bergh, chief executive of Levi Strauss.

Persons: Taylor Swift’s, ” Ed Bastian, ”, Robert Jordan, “ We’re, Laxman Narasimhan, Chipotle, Brian Niccol, Levi Strauss, LEVI, Chip Bergh, “, Tarang Amin, Zachary Kirkhorn, Peter Valdes, Kirkhorn, Tesla, Elon Musk’s, Vaibhav, Read, Jennifer Korn, it’s, Google Organizations: CNN, JPMorgan Chase Institute, Airlines, Consumers, Delta Air Lines, DAL, Southwest Airlines, Papa Johns, Apparel, Tesla, Google Locations: United States, Pacific, Papa Johns ’ North, bitcoin

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