Billionaire Issa brothers' EG Group agrees major US expansion deal

EXCLUSIVE: The general wisdom is that the United States mainland was not attacked during World War II.

Lots of stars are stepping out on the red carpet at the 2021 American Music Awards on Sunday (November 21) at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

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World Cups, also bid.NBC's previous six-year deal, which began in 2016, was worth $1 billion.“We are excited to come to this long-term extension with the Premier League. Our Premier League team, led by Jon Miller, has been incredibly dedicated to growing the Premier League in the United States over the last nine years," NBC Sports Chairman Pete Bevacqua said.

New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics has revoked its conditional approval of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo book deal for 2020’s “American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic.”JCOPE voted 12-1 on Tuesday to rescind their earlier decision granting approval.

EXCLUSIVE: Cinedigm has acquired North American rights to Roshan Sethi’s feature directorial debut, 7 Days, with plans to release it in theaters early next year.

Presidents Of The United States Of America have responded to Larry David poking fun at them on Curb Your Enthusiasm.The US grunge band acknowledge the episode from a couple of weeks ago, in which actor Dylan O’Brien threw a rock concert which David attended.O’Brien performed a cover of Presidents OF The United States Of America’s ’90s track ‘Peaches’, after which David spoke to the actor backstage and asked: “What would prompt a person to sing such an idiotic song?”The actor then replied in the

Rabbi Earl A. Grollman was a grief expert who appeared on “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” and counseled grieving Americans after the Oklahoma City bombing and the 9/11 attacks.Grollman began studying grief as a young rabbi, frustrated that he had not been taught in seminary how to help his congregation in times of mourning.

EXCLUSIVE: Tom Daley, who has four Olympic medals as the most decorated British diver of all time, is looking to break into the television business in the United States after signing with CAA.

Jamie Lang Filmax has announced the first of what is sure to be many key sales for its award-winning Spanish drama “Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea” to Adler Entertainment in Italy, hot off the heels of an Audience Award at the country’s Rome Film Festival.News of the deal comes as Filmax presents “Mediterráneo: The Law of the Sea” at this week’s American Film Market.Marcel Barrena, a filmmaker with a knack for retelling true stories on the big screen in both documentary and biographical films

Griff has announced details of a UK headline tour for March 2022, which will follow on from a US and European run – check out the dates below.READ MORE: Griff live in London: a slick operation ready for bigger roomsTaking place in March, the seven-date UK run will include a show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. It kicks off at Brighton’s Chalk before moving through Bristol, Manchester and Leeds.

U.S. regulators are suing to block a $2.2 billion book publishing deal that would have reshaped the industry, saying consolidation would hurt authors and readers.German media giant Bertelsmann's Penguin Random House, already the largest American publisher, wants to buy New York-based Simon & Schuster, whose authors include Stephen King, Hillary Clinton and John Irving, from TV and film company ViacomCBS.The Department of Justice filed an antitrust suit in the U.S.

A luxury Edinburgh hotel has allegedly transformed its wine cellar into a ‘nerve centre’ for security agents as they welcome the US President Joe Biden.

Celebrities are known to go above and beyond for Halloween, but Kelly Dodd and her husband Rick Leventhal went way too far with their costumes this year!

Tencent intends to purchase Sumo Group, but a US national security panel is investigating the deal.Sumo, which is based in Sheffield, England, also has studios in the US and they told Reuters that Tencent had agreed to offer undertaking to gain approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which assesses deals to ensure they do not hurt national security.The task force is also looking into the sale of the US video-sharing app TikTok.

Katie McGlynn has revealed she is still in the Strictly Come Dancing group chat, despite being eliminated from the show earlier this month. Former Coronation Street star Katie, 28, took part in this year's series as she was paired with professional dancer Gorka Marquez.

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