Entertainment One CEO Darren Throop is stepping down, per The Hollywood Reporter
Darren Throop, president and CEO of Hasbro’s Entertainment One division, will step down at the end of 2022. Throop’s current contract runs through the end of the year and follows Hasbro’s acquisition of eOne in 2019 as part of a $4 billion cash transaction. Hasbro then sought the eOne deal to turn the toymaker into a media competitor as it combined the indie studio’s film and television unit with its own. The pandemic disrupted this media strategy with a shutdown of Hollywood production and delays in content deliveries as the industry reopened. More recently, Hasbro, under newly installed CEO Chris…
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Ex-Trump Org. Officer Allen Weisselberg is expected to plead guilty in a tax case
Former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg is expected to plead guilty to criminal charges related to his indictment by the Manhattan district attorney’s office in an investigation into the former president’s business dealings Donald Trump, according to two people familiar with the matter and a public document. Weisselberg is expected to be sentenced to 5 months in prison as part of that plea, which could come as early as Thursday morning, the two sources said. Other terms of the plea were not immediately disclosed, but sources said Weisselberg is expected to cooperate against the Trump Organization itself. However, there are…
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First Lady Jill Biden tests positive for COVID-19
First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive COVID-19[feminine]according to his office. Jill Biden tested negative Monday during her routine tests and then developed “cold-like symptoms” Monday night, according to her communications director, Elizabeth Alexander. “He tested negative again on a rapid antigen test, but a PCR test came back positive,” Alexander said in a statement. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden exit Marine One at Charleston, SC Executive Airport, Wednesday, August 10, 2022. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP, FILE He has been prescribed the antiviral treatment Paxlovid, which President Joe Biden also took after testing positive last month. President Biden…
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MPs to hear more evidence on alleged political meddling in NS shooting investigation
MPs hear more testimony about alleged political meddling in the NS shooting investigation Nova Scotia RCMP Supt. Darren Campbell and Lia Scanlan, former director of communications for the Nova Scotia RCMP, testify at a parliamentary hearing to address allegations of possible political interference in the Nova Scotia mass shooting investigation. Two of the people behind an allegation of political interference in the investigation of the April 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia will appear before a House of Commons committee on Tuesday. RCMP Chief Supt. Darren Campbell and Lia Scanlan, director of strategic communications, have accused Commissioner Brenda Lucki of…
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Breaking News: Acclaimed Journalist and Founding Anchor of Fox News Uma Pemmaraju Dies at 64
Uma Pemmaraju, one of the founding anchors of Fox News, died on August 8. He was 64 years old and is survived by his daughter Kirina. The cause of death was not immediately released. She was one of a handful of anchors who helped launch the network in October 1996 and was one of the first American Indian women to anchor a news program on national television. In a statement, Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said Pemmaraju “was an incredibly talented journalist as well as a warm and charming person, best known for her kindness to everyone she worked…
Read More »Two men injured in shooting in Hartford Monday – Hartford Courant
Two men were injured in a shooting in Hartford Monday night, according to the Hartford Police Department. Police first responded to a local hospital for a gunshot victim around 9 p.m. Police met with the victim, a man in his 20s, who was alert and conscious. It was determined that the victim was shot near 435 Franklin Avenue. Police found signs of gunshots in the area. The victim is in critical but stable condition, according to police. Less than an hour later, police responded to the area of Francis Avenue at Park Street to activate ShotSpotter. While on scene, police…
Read More »BBC news journalists consider strike over plans to cut 70 jobs – deadline
BBC News journalists are considering going on strike over the merger of the national and international news channels which will see 70 jobs cut. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ), which represents hundreds of BBC staff, said an advisory vote is being held on actions in response to the plans, which will see the creation of a continuous news service which will broadcast news from both the UK and the world. The two are currently separated. A vote for industrial action could take place at a later date as journalists at UK newspaper publications, including the Daily Mirror, prepare to…
Read More »Iraq’s finance minister resigns due to political crisis
BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s finance minister resigned Tuesday, two government officials said, in the country’s worst political crisis in years involving an influential Shiite cleric and his Iran-aligned rivals. The officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations, said Finance Minister Ali Allawi resigned during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday to protest political conditions. They said that Oil Minister Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar will become acting Finance Minister. Allawi’s decision came weeks after members of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s parliamentary bloc resigned from parliament and his supporters stormed the Parliament building in Baghdad. Al-Sadr later demanded the dissolution…
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