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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.

Is 2024 about to become the new 1972?

The Walt Disney Co. has released the official vote totals from its April 3 annual shareholder meeting, the event that featured the culmination of a proxy fight waged by Nelson Peltz.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Disney released the official vote counts from its 2024 meeting of shareholders held April 3 — in which investors decisively defeated a campaign by activist investor Nelson Peltz to win a seat on its board. According to the votes disclosed in an SEC filing Tuesday, nine of the Disney-backed director candidates received more than 90% of the shares voted in their favor.

have launched a campaign in the fight against election misinformation—in their latest move in the world of politics.The Duchess of Sussex has long faced speculation that she could be entering the political sphere, with the couple hiring Obama’s PR guru to work on their team and speaking out about the US election back in 2020. During the last cycle four years ago, feminist activist previously told Access Hollywood that Meghan had joined her in calling Americans and asking them to vote.

A new pizza takeaway could soon be opening based at Salford Shopping Centre.

Salford residents will go to the polls on Thursday, May 2 to vote in the local elections.

The list of candidates for this year’s Manchester City Council election have been confirmed.

An unlikely alliance has formed between Rochdale MP George Galloway and one of his by-election rivals from February.

Elections for Bolton Council are less than a month away with 21 of the 60 seats in the borough’s wards up for grabs in the poll. Residents are voting to elect a representative in each of the borough’s 20 wards on polling day on Thursday, May 2.

Elections for Bury Council are less than a month away with 17 of the 51 seats in the borough’s wards up for grabs in the poll. Residents are voting to elect a representative in each of the borough’s 17 wards on polling day on Thursday, May 2.

Dozens of election hopefuls will be hoping to pull off a similar upset in the local elections to Rochdale MP George Galloway did in the February by-election.

Candidates for the Local Elections in Trafford on Thursday May 2 have been announced. Each of the borough's 21 wards has three councillors, with one seat being contested at this election.

Barry Hayes is the landlord of the Circus Tavern, one of Manchester’s most recognisable pubs. But he admits he’s ‘sick of the place’.

For a politician who’s had to convince Greater Manchester he’s not a Liverpudlian lad, it was an odd choice to play ‘Penny Lane’ by The Beatles at Andy Burnham’s campaign launch.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic SPOILER ALERT: This article discusses plot points from the series finale of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” Larry David got the opportunity to revise the controversial ending he’d chosen for his first widely loved TV series, and he stayed pretty close to the formula. But while his previous series ended with its protagonist in prison, his current one is ending with David himself walking free.

The Scottish Greens will not stand aside in marginal seats to help the SNP at the upcoming general election, Patrick Harvie has insisted.

Dreamworks animation production workers have officially unionized.

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson will not be voicing support for either of the candidates in the 2024 presidential election.

Brian Teta, the executive producer of The View, has signed a new contract for the show that will keep him at the often buzzy daytime talker for the next four years.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Dwayne Johnson will not endorse any presidential candidate this year, he confirmed during an interview with Fox News. It’s a change of pace for the celebrity, who publicly endorsed Joe Biden for president during the 2020 election. “The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best decision for me at that time,” Johnson said.

Editors note: Running until the final general election results come in, the Deadline ElectionLine podcast spotlights the 2024 campaign and the blurred lines between politics and entertainment in modern America. Hosted by Deadline’s political editor Ted Johnson and executive editor Dominic Patten, the podcast features commentary and interviews with top lawmakers and entertainment figures. At the same time, you can follow all the news in the Biden & Trump rematch and more on the ElectionLine hub on Deadline.

Police Scotland has been urged to make a public statement on Operation Branchform on the first anniversary of the arrest of Nicola Sturgeon's husband.

Forget the 2024 election, the Final Four, and every other major event. A breathless Drew Barrymore has got the REAL news.

Brits will once again take to the polls to have their say in their local government this month.

Train services across Greater Manchester and the UK will be crippled again this weekend due to a fresh wave of train strikes. All the major train companies which operate in the region will be affected.

Voters are being issued with an important reminder ahead of elections taking place across Greater Manchester on Thursday, May 2 this year.

Elon Musk is backing Nelson Peltz in the proxy battle for the future of Disney.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic “Bad Faith: Christian Nationalism’s War on Democracy” is the scariest film I’ve seen in a long time. It’s a documentary that explores the rise of Christian Nationalism, and much of what it shows you, about the mutation of the Christian Right into a movement that has openly abandoned any loyalty to democracy, has been covered in the mass media in recent years.

Ghost of John McCain, the musical comedy set inside the brain of Donald Trump that got under the skin of Meghan McCain, will make its world premiere Off Broadway this fall, producers announced today.

Georgia’s Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger recently fired off a letter to Larry David over a key storyline in the final season of HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm.

, or perhaps you have been scouring street style round-ups and felt inspired to purchase some —which almost every fashion outlet declared “the shoe of the summer” in 2023. There’s good reason both of these trainers have been popularized on the street—they provide a palatable scaffolding to almost every outfit—but there is perhaps a new pretender to the Samba’s reign: the A little more unusual than the failsafe Samba—it’s more of a ballet slipper than a traditional sneaker and was originally designed for Formula One drivers in 1998—the SpeedCat’s presence within the mainstream is beginning to mushroom.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Usually, shareholder votes for corporate board directors have all the suspense of a Soviet-style election. Most of the time, director candidates are backed by the company, and they run unopposed — winning election or reelection in a landslide. In 2022, only 75 board-endorsed candidates at companies in the Russell 3000, less than 0.5% of almost 17,500 board members on the ballot that year, failed to get elected by shareholders, per an analysis by the Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance (which also noted that, while small, the number had dramatically risen vs.

Saturday Night Live is back! With Ramy Youssef on hosting duty!

Residents in a Cheshire village feel 'trapped' as a bridge closure had now continued for months. Local politicians and frustrated villagers are demanding urgent repairs to the Hobb Lane bridge, which has been out of action for months after being damaged by HGVs taking the wrong diversion when Daresbury Expressway was closed.

Ethan Shanfeld In his “Saturday Night Live” monologue, Ramy Youssef called for a free Palestine and for the release of the hostages taken in the Israel-Hamas War. At the top of his monologue, Youssef joked, “This is an incredibly spiritual weekend. We’re in the holy month of Ramadan.