Taylor Swift is opening up about the inspiration behind several of her tracks on her 11th studio album Tortured Poets Department.
03.04.2024 - 19:01 / deadline.com
Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger touted as a “win-win” the recent settlement of litigation with the Ron DeSantis-appointed special district board that oversees the company’s Florida theme park properties.
At the company shareholders meeting Wedenesday, Iger said that the settlement “will actually enable us to pursue the kinds of significant investment in our Florida parks.” During a long battle with DeSantis, Iger had previously raised some doubts about the company’s continued investments in its Florida properties. Iger also said that the investments will support “thousands of direct and indirect jobs and economic opportunity” in the state.
Last week, the board of the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District approved a settlement with the company. Disney agreed to set aside a set of development agreements it entered into with the special district in the final weeks before DeSantis’ allies took control. Those agreements, which ensured that the company would maintain considerable autonomy over its properties, will now be null and void. The DeSantis-selected district board had sued the company in state court to challenge their validity.
Disney has not yet settled federal litigation that the company has against DeSantis over his move to strip the company of control of the theme park district. The company sued the governor, claiming that his actions were retaliation after Disney came out against parental rights legislation, known by detractors as the “don’t say gay” law. A federal judge tossed out the case earlier this year, but Disney has agreed to defer court briefing of its appeal, as negotiations continue on a new development agreement between the company and the oversight district board.
For a time, DeSantis had made
Taylor Swift is opening up about the inspiration behind several of her tracks on her 11th studio album Tortured Poets Department.
One of the most-talked about songs off of The Tortured Poets Department so far is the track “Florida!!!” and we’ve learned that Taylor Swift enlisted a famous friend to help write the song.
Emma Stone has been credited for contributing “oddities” to Taylor Swift’s new album ‘The Tortured Poets Department’.Swift dropped the album yesterday (April 19), before later revealing that it is in fact a double album, sharing 15 additional tracks. She has also released the official video for the single ’Fortnight’, which features Post Malone.The track ’Florida!!!’ on the album includes a feature from Florence Welch, but the official credits also list Stone as having added “oddities” to the track.No further information has been provided about exactly what the double Oscar winner added to the final song.
Millie Radford, reality TV star from hit Channel 5 show 22 Kids and Counting, is engaged.The 22-year-old looked completely taken by surprise as her boyfriend of two years Harley Passmore popped the big question during their magical family Disney holiday on Thursday. The reality star has been on holiday with her huge family, just a year after her fall-out with mum and dad, Sue and Noel Radford.
Charli XCX and Troye Sivan are heading out on the road together!
Psychic powers apparently run in the Caputo family! How fortunate for them!
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are coming to a TV near you. Netflix on Friday confirmed to Fox News Digital that Archewell Productions is working with the streaming service to produce two non-fiction shows as part of their multiyear overall deal. The first series, which was curated by Markle, focuses on cooking, gardening, entertaining and the joy of friendship.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are branching out and expanding their roles at Netflix.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have two new nonfiction projects with the streamer — one a cooking show and the other a series about polo.Both programs fall under the deal they signed with Netflix under their Archewell Productions company.The first series will feature Markle and “celebrate the joys of cooking, gardening, entertaining and friendship,” according to Deadline. It will be produced by an arm of Sony Pictures Television, which is also behind “The D’Amelio Show” (Hulu) and “Leah Remini: Scientology & the Aftermath” (A&E).The showrunner will be Leah Hariton (“Selena & Chef“) and the series will be directed by Michael Steed (“Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown”).
EXCLUSIVE: Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry are cooking up two new projects with Netflix.
A Florida woman is dead after her son stabbed her over 70 times — because he didn’t like her?! Over the weekend Polk County Sheriff Gr
The contrast between Donald Trump on Univision last year and Joe Biden on Univision Tuesday was night and day, but the result was still pretty much the same.
Sue and Noel Radford, and a number of their children and grandchildren have jetted off on a luxury holiday to Disneyland. And this time, their daughter Millie, 22, and her three children joined them in Florida.
Hayley Erbert announced Friday that she will be rejoining husband Derek Hough on their “Symphony of Dance” tour. She is returning just four months after an emergency craniectomy.
After Disney declared victory in its proxy battle with activist investor Nelson Peltz, CEO Bob Iger went on a theme-park offensive during the company’s annual shareholder meeting.
Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor “Donating sperm makes me feel good. Maybe it makes me feel wanted, and needed. Worth something to somebody else,” says Stefan, one of the subjects of “Spermworld,” the new FX on Hulu documentary that delves into the landscape of unregulated babymaking and just why prospective parents have sought out these unconventional solutions.
Former Nickelodeon star Melissa Joan Hart responded to the startling new docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV.
2 Live Crew rapper Luther Campbell is planning to run for Congress to rep his home state of Florida — accompanied by a flashy documentary film to chronicle his challenge to the Washington establishment, The Post can confirm.Campbell, 63, the frontman of the hip-hop legends whose 1989 album “As Nasty As They Wanna Be” was the center of a landmark obscenity case, told Page Six last week that he was plotting a run for federal office.“I’m gonna make an announcement in a couple of weeks,” he said. “I think I have a great chance of winning.”Campbell, also known as “Uncle Luke,” officially launched a political committee in January to explore unseating incumbent Rep.
Tony Hawk became the first skater to ever pull off a 900-degree aerial spin.25 years later, he’s still on his board every day.“I skated yesterday and learned a new trick,” the 55-year-old icon told the New York Post on in an exclusive interview.However, rather than just walk the walk, Hawk also talks the talk now, too.Along with fellow extreme pioneer and Bones Brigade member Rodney Mullen, he’s embarking on a two-show ‘ Darkslides and Secret Tapes Tour’ where the pair will stop into New York City’s Beacon Theatre on Thursday, April 4 and Austin’s Moody Theater on Sunday, April 7.“I’ve been friends with Rodney for 40 years, and I feel like we each bring a very different perspective on our careers and our success,” Hawk explained.“He lived on a farm in Florida and grew up skating on a concrete pad. I lived in the surf culture of Southern California and started skating because my brother was a surfer but we found ourselves with kind of the same trajectory and motivations.”At both shows, the legendary duo will chat and share rarely seen videos.“We have a lot of historical footage and stuff that was documented when we were kids and stuff that we didn’t realize at the time but were milestones of our sport,” Hawk said.“You’ll see Rodney’s first kick flips, my first aerials and spins.
Jennifer Leak, who shot to fame in the series “The Young and the Restless” and the 1968 film “Yours, Mine and Ours,” has died.She was 76.Her ex-husband, actor Tim Matheson, announced her death on Wednesday. “It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of Jennifer Leak’s passing,” the “Virgin River” actor, 76, penned on Facebook.“She wasn’t just my screen sister in ‘Yours, Mine and Ours,’ but also my beloved first wife.
Jennifer Leak, the first wife of Tim Matheson who met when they played step-siblings in the 1968 film Yours, Mine and Ours, has died at 76. She died March 18 at her home in Jupiter, Florida,