Ruth Marx, whose singing voice was heard on classic TV commercial jingles that likely reached as many ears as the pop songs of her famous son Richard Marx, died of lung cancer at her home in California on Aug. 24. She was 85.
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Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorReddit announced that it is raising up to $700 million in new funding, giving the community-discussion site a post-money valuation of more than $10 billion, the company said.Reddit, founded in 2005, has raised $410 million in funding to date. The new Series F funding, led by previous investor Fidelity Management and Research Co., includes participation from previous investors.
Ruth Marx, whose singing voice was heard on classic TV commercial jingles that likely reached as many ears as the pop songs of her famous son Richard Marx, died of lung cancer at her home in California on Aug. 24. She was 85.
A new era of Survivor will begin as season 41 premieres this fall. As the 18 new castaways are announced, Jeff Probst is also introducing new elements to the game, starting with the length of it, which has always been 39 days.
Matthew Mindler, best known for acting alongside Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Adam Scott, and Kathryn Hahn in the 2011 dramedy, has passed away. On Saturday, Millersville University in Pennsylvania announced Matthew’s death in a letter posted to social media.
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Right in the middle of Big Sky‘s panel at TCA on Thursday, actor John Carroll Lynch popped up on the screen, to announce that he will be returning for Season 2.
“F9,” the ninth film in the “Fast & Furious” saga, on Wednesday has officially grossed over $700 million worldwide. It’s not only by far a pandemic record for an American film, but it’s also the first MPA film to cross that threshold since 2019.
Sleater-Kinney joined Wilco onstage in New York at the latest stop on their co-headlining tour last night (August 21).The two bands are currently on the road together in North America and played at Forest Hills Stadium in Queens.Sleater-Kinney appeared onstage during Wilco’s set at the venue to play the song ‘A Shot In The Arm’ with them.
As we’ve seen with the recent lawsuit between Scarlett Johansson and Disney, there’s a lot of complicated math that goes into an actor’s contract with a studio for a project. In previous years, the biggest names in Hollywood would earn an upfront fee, but they would then have the chance to earn a lot more with “back-end” deals that include profit-sharing with the studio.
As she prepares for her upcoming 90th birthday, actress Rita Moreno can look forward to the release of Steven Spielberg’s highly-anticipated take on West Side Story, in which she plays a significant role, and to the PBS debut of a new documentary about her life.
Trippie Redd has unveiled the tracklist for his new album and it features a number of high profile musical guests.‘Trip at Knight’ is Redd’s fourth studio album, the follow-up to 2020’s ‘Pegasus’.Guests appearing on the album include Drake, late rappers Juice WRLD an XXXTentacion as well as Lil Uzi Vert (on previously released ‘Holy Smokes’) and Playboi Carti (on previously released ‘Miss The Range’).The album’s full 18-track list can be seen here:A post shared by ༒ ꧁₁₄₀₀꧂ ༒ (@trippieredd)n a
Reddit did wonders for GameStop and AMC Entertainment stocks during the throws of the COVID-19 pandemic, and now the website is raising (even more) massive amounts of capital for itself.In a Thursday blog post, Reddit said it will “raise up to $700 million” in the company’s Series F funding, which is being led by Fidelity Management and Research Company LLC. The latest round also includes other previously existing investors.
Mark Schilling Japan CorrespondentA sequel to the 2019 hit comedy “Fly Me to the Saitama” has been announced. Stars Nikaido Fumi and Gackt will return, as will director Takeuchi Hideki.Details about the production start date and story are sparce, though Takeuchi earlier told “Variety” that he was thinking of setting the sequel in the Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, Kobe) region.
PBS on Tuesday introduced several new funding initiatives, revealed updated producing partner criteria and announced that it has hired an SVP Diversity Equity and Inclusion.
In Marvel Studios’ first animated series, “What If…?,” Tony Stark’s critical opening origin moment from “Iron Man” in war-torn Afghanistan is retold. However, instead of being captured and critically wounded when shrapnel embeds into his heart from an explosive device of his own Stark Industries making—a brush with death that leads him to an epiphany about his life as an arms-dealing war profiteer— he is saved and rescued by the militant soldier Erik Killmonger (Michael B.
Naman Ramachandran Vax.India.Now, a virtual fundraiser to support India in its fight against COVID-19, has raised more than $5 million.Liam Neeson, Annie Lennox, A.R. Rahman, Pia Toscano, Zubin Mehta, Gloria Estefan, Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, David Foster, Norwegian DJ Alan Walker, Asif Mandvi, Nishat Khan, Ranjani Gayatri Sisters and Matteo Bocelli participated in the July 7 event, which was globally livestreamed by CNN and Dreamstage.live, and hosted by Hasan Minhaj.
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