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ESPNβs new direct-to-consumer streaming service will be the new home for WWEβs biggest live events including WrestleMania, the companies announced Wedesday. The Walt Disney Co.βs sports media unit will pay around $1.6 billion in a five year deal with the WWE, which will begin in 2026. The rights fee is nearly double the $180 million…
For the second summer in a row, “asylum hotels” have become a flashpoint of protest, with some turning violent. The government has said the asylum system is under “unprecedented strain”, forcing it to use hotels to accommodate migrants. Meanwhile the number of asylum seekers crossing the Channel has surpassed 25,000 this year – the earliest…
More than 200,000 people are missing out on a benefit that could provide them with extra cash in their retirement, new data obtained by the Money team shows.Β At least 214,000 people are not claiming child benefit and the free national insurance credits that come with it, despite being eligible, according to HMRC data released…
A cabinet minister has said attempts to deport asylum seekers could be delayed in the courts, amid confusion over whether there is a human rights “loophole” in the UK’s migration deal with France. The “one in, one out” agreement will see migrants ineligible to stay in the UK sent back across the Channel. In exchange,…
Salzburg, AustriaΒ βΒ The news of Robert Wilsonβs death at age 83 in New York reached me in a Wilsonian way β at the theater and absorbed in the kind of uncompromisingly slow, shockingly beauteous and incomprehensibly time-and-space-bending weirdness Wilson took infinite pleasure in hosting when he made what he called operas. He called everything he staged…
The Southern California Independent Bookstore Bestsellers list for Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, including hardcover and paperback fiction and nonfiction.
Martin Scorsese is one of our greatest directors, but heβs rarely celebrated for his talent in front of the camera. At long last, though, heβs received recognition for his acting, earning a guest acting Emmy nomination for his work on the satirical Apple TV+ show βThe Studio.β Itβs a fitting acknowledgment of his underrated chops,…
A sprawling social club centering on racquet sports β the ubiquitous pickleball and rising padel, a blend of tennis and squash β is making its way to downtown L.A. next summer. With the cheeky name Ballers, the club will be housed in the former Macyβs building at The Bloc, which spans 100,000 square feet. It…
The jewellery retailer Claire’s is struggling to find a buyer for its British high street operations, stoking fears over thousands more retail jobs. Sky News has learnt that advisers to Claire’s Inc, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the US on Wednesday, are not expected to land a solvent bid for its UK…
Continued growth in streaming subscriptions and strong domestic tourism to its theme parks propelled Walt Disney Co.βs fiscal third quarter earnings, even as its theatrical results dipped, the company said Wednesday. The Burbank media and entertainment giant reported $23.7 billion in revenue for the three-month period that ended June 28, up 2% compared with the…
