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03.07.2023 - 19:09 / deadline.com
The Senate subcommittee investigating the recent merger of rivals the PGA Tour and LIV Golf League has set its first hearing for next week, inviting two PGA Tour execs to testify.
PGA Tour COO Ron Price and board member Jimmy Dunne will testify before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations on July 11.
PGA Commissioner Jay Monahan has been on medical leave and was not on the two-person witness list released Monday.
The panel will probe the merger deal, reached June 6, citing its impact on the future of the sport as well its implications for Saudi Arabia’s influence in the U.S. LIV, which had lured several of the PGA Tour’s top players to its side as part of the bitter feud with the PGA, is backed by the Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund.
Before the surprise merger, major tournament winners including Brooks Koepka, Bryson DeChambeau, Patrick Reed and Dustin Johnson switched to LIV and were subsequently barred from the PGA for life. They did receive permission to play at major tournaments, and Koepka won the PGA Championship in May to become the first LIV golfer to break through at a major.
Both leagues are continuing their current tours separately, but all legal disputes including dueling antitrust lawsuits were dropped as part of the agreement to merge and form a new, unified entity. It’s unclear what the impact of the combination will have on pro golf’s current TV rights deals; The CW is in the first year of a two-year deal with LIV, while the PGA Tour has pacts with Disney/ESPN, NBCUniversal and Paramount.
In a letter to Monahan last month announcing the Senate probe, Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said the PGA’s “sudden and drastic reversal of position concerning LIV Golf raise[s] serious questions
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The Gaslight Anthem have shared a new single featuring Bruce Springsteen and announced their first album in nine years, ‘History Books’.The New Jersey four-piece are due to release the 10-track record on October 27 via their own label Rich Mahogany Recordings – pre-order/pre-save it here. Following on from 2014’s ‘Get Hurt’, the upcoming collection was first previewed earlier this year with the song ‘Positive Charge’.Today (July 21) sees the arrival of the title track from ‘History Books’, a “heavy-hearted” team-up with fellow New Jersey native Springsteen.Speaking about how the single came about, Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon explained: “When Bruce Springsteen said I should write a duet for us, I think my head exploded.“It will never get old to me that one of the greatest songwriters in the world, and the voice of one of my heroes will forever be captured in a song I wrote at a small wooden desk, in October, in New Jersey.”Per a press release, the collaboration explores “the power in letting go of what no longer serves you”.
Thania Garcia The first single from Travis Scott’s upcoming “Utopia” album is packing a lot of star power. Streaming juggernauts Bad Bunny and the Weeknd join Scott on “Kpop,” the racy new track that officially marks Scott’s post-Astroworld comeback. Scott officially announced a collaboration with Bad Bunny and the Weeknd (“Flame, Abe, Benito,” Scott captioned the single’s announcement post) on July 19 but both of Scott’s guests had been teasing their involvement in his new album for months. The Weeknd and Bad Bunny were seen photographed with a briefcase emblazoned with the title of Scott’s upcoming album “Utopia.” Mike Dean was also seen with the suitcase in hand before he confirmed his participation via social media with a photo of the album’s masters. (Dean also posted a teaser for “Kpop.”)
EXCLUSIVE: Vertical has acquired North American rights to All Fun and Games, a new horror thriller from Anton (The Night House) and the Russo Brothers’ AGBO (Everything Everywhere All at Once). The film starring Natalia Dyer (Stranger Things) and Asa Butterfield (Sex Education) has been slated for a day-and-date release on September 1, which will have it open against the Denzel Washington starrer The Equalizer 3 and the Olivia Cooke-Hilary Swank thriller The Good Mother, also from Vertical.
Jason Aldean kicked off his summer concert tour over the weekend, though he had to cut the second show short due to heatstroke.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor A federal court nixed the FTC’s request to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard, which could pave the way for the $69 billion deal to close as soon as this month. The U.S. District Court of the Northern District of California on Tuesday issued a ruling denying the Federal Trade Commission’s request for a preliminary injunction in its case regarding Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Microsoft has signaled it intends to close the takeover of Activision Blizzard — which would be the biggest ever in the gaming sector — by the July 18 deal termination date. In the ruling (available at this link), District Court Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley cited in part Microsoft’s commitment to keep Call of Duty on PlayStation for 10 years, on parity with Xbox, and that Microsoft inked an agreement with Nintendo to bring the game to Nintendo Switch. The judge found that “the FTC has not shown a likelihood it will prevail” on its claim that the merger “may substantially lessen competition,” she wrote. “To the contrary, the record evidence points to more consumer access to Call of Duty and other Activision content.”
PGA officials were in the hot seat on Tuesday as they faced lawmakers questions about the tour’s abrupt reversal that led to a deal with Saudi-backed rival LIV, despite months of criticism over the human rights record of the Saudi gpvernment.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director In a new video interview with GQ magazine, Harrison Ford revealed that he pushed back against Indiana Jones’ iconic costume when he first saw the plans for his character during the development of Steven Spielberg’s “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981). The costume included a leather jacket, a bullwhip and a pinch-front fedora that Ford stapled to his head during production so that it would not fly off during action scenes. Ford told GQ he still has the staple scars. “It was presented to me as an aspect of character in the first film,” Ford said about Indiana Jones’ costume. “My questions about it were many. Why am I wearing a leather jacket in the jungle? Isn’t it hot here? Why am I carrying a whip? What am I going to do with a fucking whip? I’m going to whip people?”
Selome Hailu Sasheer Zamata has set a new comedy special titled “The First Woman,” which will be released for purchase via 800 Pound Gorilla on Aug. 15 before arriving on YouTube on Aug. 29. “The First Woman” was taped at Union Stage in Washington D.C. Per the logline, the one-hour show sees Zamata discuss “getting scammed by dates, masturbating in cars and being visited by witches in her sleep.” “The First Woman” is executive produced by Sam Saifer, Ian Adkins, Ryan Bitzer, Damion Greiman, and Anthony Leo. Producers include Zamata, Scott Moran and Matt Schuler. On the 800 Pound Gorilla site, the special will be available with a pay-what-you-wish model.
Randall Stephenson, the former chairman and CEO of AT&T and architect of the telecom giant’s ill-fated acquisition of Time Warner, has resigned from the policy board of the Professional Golf Association at a critical moment.
Rod Stewart's son Liam has shared heartwarming snaps of his younger brothers Alastair and Aiden getting their first cuddles with his newborn son Louie.
Madonna seems to be doing well!
announced that they would be performing their first live show in more than two decades back in February – their last taking place in September 2002 – to headline Mosswood Meltdown in Oakland, California on July 2.Vocalist Allison Wolfe and drummer Molly Neuman were joined by Rose Melberg (of Tiger Trap), Audrey Marrs and Marty Key. Original guitarist Erin Smith was unable to join due to “other commitments”, as they shared in a statement.Ahead of their Oakland show, the band also performed a warmup gig at Zebulon in LA on June 26.During their festival set, Bratmobile performed The Runaways‘ ‘Cherry Bomb’, for which they were joined by young rock band The Linda Lindas and the daughters of Neumann and keyboard player Mars, along with the children’s’ friends from rock camp.Watch clips of the set below.“It was funny because we did a warm up kind of unannounced warmups show in LA like last Wednesday, and they also came up for ‘Cherry Bomb,’ with the Linda Lindas,” Wolfe told Rolling Stone.“We gave one of the mics to the little girls, and they were really cute, but they were kind of too shy to sing.
Wall Street Journal they were letting go of their beloved estate, known as Hollister Ranch, since they spend most of their time in New Zealand.The main house occupies over 8,000-square-feet and comes with five bedrooms and six bathrooms, and is surrounded by various hiking trails. The estate also contains a 2,000-square-foot guesthouse and a tennis court. There is also a 24,000-square-foot equestrian barn, which Cameron said has been used to store a helicopter and various other vehicles, sometimes working on submarines there for his famous underwater expeditions.Cameron initially purchased the property to find a more rural, agricultural property to escape their Malibu lifestyle.
Ryan Reynolds is back in action!
Alicia Keys is back on tour and we have the set list from the first night of 2023′s Keys to the Summer Tour!
This is the heartwarming moment when a chimpanzee survivor of a grisly laboratory experiment programme saw the sky in her new home for the first time. Vanilla the chimp looked delighted as she arrived at the sanctuary in Fort Pierce, Florida.
Migos‘ Quavo and Offset performed together for first time since bandmate Takeoff‘s death at last night’s (June 25) 2023 BET Awards.Takeoff (real name Kirsnick Khari Ball) was killed on November 1, 2022 in what Houston police said was a “lucrative” game of dice outside a bowling alley at around 2.30am. The police have said that the rapper was not involved and was “an innocent bystander”.
Taylor Swift is looking back at one of her most iconic breakup songs – “Dear John.”