Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour concerts scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday (August 8-10) at Vienna’s Ernst Happel Stadium have been canceled, after government officials thwarted a planned terrorist attack that was set to take place at the events. Austrian ticket agency Barracuda Music said in a statement on social media that “with confirmation from government …
Monthly Archives: August 2024
Maya Rudolph’s ‘Loot’ renewed for Season 3
Maya Rudolph’s comedy, Loot is returning for a third season on Apple TV+. Apple announced it has renewed the series, executive produced by Rudolph and also starring Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Nat Faxon, Ron Funches and Joel Kim Booster. Matt Cherniss, head of programming for Apple TV+, said in a statement: “With each season, Loot continues to …
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Pakistani national with ties to Iran charged in connection to foiled murder-for-hire plot targeting Trump
Per CNN, the United States Justice Department said on Tuesday that a Pakistani national with ties to Iran was charged in a foiled plot to assassinate U.S. government officials on American soil, including former President Trump. The FBI investigated the alleged international murder-for-hire plot in the weeks before a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania nearly assassinated Trump …
Kamala Harris chooses Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her vice-presidential running mate
Vice President Kamala Harris announced on Tuesday, August 6th that she has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to be her 2024 running mate on the Democratic ticket. Harris said in a statement posted on social media: “I am proud to announce that I’ve asked @timwalz to be my running mate. * One of the things …
USA’s Cole Hocker breaks Olympic record in Men’s 1500-Meter final to win gold
Team USA’s Cole Hocker upset world champion Josh Kerr just before the finish line in a last-minute surge to win the gold medal with an Olympic-record time in the men’s 1,500-meter final on Tuesday in Saint-Denis, France. Hocker, 23, clocked in at 3:27.65 (breaking the previous record of 3:28.32, set by Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen in …
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U.S. women’s soccer team defeats Germany, will play for Olympic gold medal
The U.S. women’s soccer team defeated fourth-ranked Germany 1-0 in a semifinal rematch in Lyon on Tuesday. Sophia Smith scored in extra time to help Team USA earn a spot in the gold medal match at the Paris Olympics. Smith said after the match: “I felt a lot of emotions. I was relieved, I was …
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Grateful Dead, Francis Ford Coppola, Bonnie Raitt named 2024 Kennedy Center honorees
Francis Ford Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Raitt and Arturo Sandoval were among those revealed as the 47th Kennedy Center honorees. The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts named rock icons Grateful Dead, acclaimed singer-songwriter Bonnie Raitt and legendary jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval among this year’s honorees, who will receive the 47th Kennedy …
MTV VMAs: Taylor Swift and Post Malone lead the list of nominees
MTV has announced the nominations for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on Tuesday, with Taylor Swift leads the nominees with 10 nominations (including Artist of the Year and Video of the Year for “Fortnight” featuring Post Malone). Post Malone closely followed Swift with nine nominations, while Ariana Grande, Eminem and Sabrina Carpenter each earned …
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Ex-Trump attorney Jenna Ellis agrees to cooperate in Arizona fake electors case
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced on Monday that Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign attorney charged in Arizona as part of the fake electors scheme, has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for getting her charges dismissed. Ellis is one of several former and current key aides to former President Trump who were …
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At least four dead, 300,000 without power as Tropical Storm Debby hits Florida
At least four deaths have been confirmed as a result of Hurricane Debby, which made landfall today on Florida’s Big Bend at 7 a.m. ET as a Category 1 hurricane with 80 mph winds. The National Hurricane Center said that Debby was downgraded at 11 a.m. on Monday to a tropical storm, but its affects …
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