Author: Frank

Disney has reinstated Bob Iger as CEO. Until recently, the corporation was led by Bob Chapek, who took over in 2020. The announcement comes at a crucial time for Disney, even though it took the media and fans by surprise. The business has recently released a middling earnings report, which shows that Disney’s streaming division experienced a fourth-quarter loss of $1.5 billion. Susan Arnold, Chairman of the Disney Board of Directors, thanked Chapek for his contributions, saying he did a wonderful job managing the firm through the difficult pandemic times, reported CNN. Before he became a CEO, Chapek served as…

NBC is conducting an investigation into its “Today” show correspondent’s now-retracted story about the attack on Paul Pelosi, while the journalist is being suspended. It was reported by journalist Miguel Almaguer that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband didn’t let on that he was in danger when cops showed up at his San Francisco home right before he was assaulted with a hammer. The Daily Beast’s Confider newsletter reported that the correspondent has been suspended for the erroneous story, later reported by NY Post. The clip, which has been already deleted, says that the 82-year-old Paul Pelosi answered the door for…

CEO Chris Licht confirmed that Michael Bass, who is a top programming executive at CNN, is leaving the outlet. In a memo sent to employees of the network, Licht said: “Throughout his nearly decade-long run at this organization, Michael has demonstrated incredible leadership and perseverance.” “He has been a steady hand during some of the most turbulent times this network has faced,” he added. Bass made the decision to leave and a search for his replacement is underway, said Licht. Bass served as CNN’s executive vice president of programming, said The Hill. According to multiple reports, Bass is set to…

The committee is investigating President Joe Biden’s suspicious financial dealings with his son, Hunter Biden, and alleged connections to businesses in Communist China, Ukraine, and other nations, said Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), during a press conference on November 17 of House Oversight Committee Republicans. The committee is investigating the politicization and alleged corruption at the Department of Justice, Comer also said. Comer, who is the ranking member on the committee, said that the evidence obtained by Committee Republicans reveals that Joe Biden lied to the American people about his involvement in his family’s business schemes, reported CNS News. “The Biden…

The 2023 Golden Globes nominees announcement is still weeks away, but there is a signal already by one of the Best Actor front-runners that he has intentions to boycott the ceremony. Brendan Fraser told GQ for its cover story that he will not attend the Golden Globes ceremony in January if he is nominated, as he is widely expected to be. Fraser is receiving career-best reviews for his dramatic turn in Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale, which will come out in theaters on December 9. Here is what Fraser said: “I have more history with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association than…

Elon Musk announced a new wave of layoffs, sending more Twitter employees home for the holidays. Musk is cutting more workers to balance out each team, sources familiar with the situation have said, but it remains unclear how many people lost their jobs. Musk has already fired half of Twitter’s 7,500-person workforce after taking control of the company earlier this month, affecting staff members in product trust and safety, policy, communications, tweet curation, ethical AI, data science, and other departments. And now he has started to cut additional layoffs. The company’s head of ad sales, Robin Wheeler, and Twitter’s vice…

According to data from former CBS correspondent Mark Knoller, the president, Joe Biden, has made 57 trips to his home state of Delaware, spanning all or part of 185 days. So this means that, since the start of Joe Biden’s presidency, as per a report, the president’s frequent trips to Delaware have cost taxpayers at least $11 million, as reported by Fox News. Taxpayer dollars to fund costs associated with the use of either Air Force One or Marine One are required by the trips Biden has, and security costs for the Secret Service as well. The President often likes…

Controversial figure Al Sharpton received $648,794 in total compensation for 2021 and the National Action Network (NAN) spent almost $1 million on jets and limos according to reports. Rev. Al Sharpton and other bigwigs would attend important gatherings and Sharpton’s charity also shelled out close to $300,000, nearly doubling his compensation. In 2021, the latest tax filing shows that Sharpton was paid by the National Action Network $348,174 as its president and CEO, and he received a hefty bonus of $278,503, with an addition of $22,117 worth of benefits for total compensation of $648,794, revealed by the NY Post. The…

According to Politico, by invoking a constitutional amendment, House Democrats are attempting to block former President Donald Trump from running in the 2024 presidential election. A letter has been circulating among other House Democrats, by Democratic Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline, which urges them to back legislation that would invoke the 14th Amendment to stop Trump from running in the 2024 election, according to a report by Politico, arguing that his challenge to the 2020 election and actions preceding the Jan. 6 Capitol riots render him ineligible. Anyone who has engaged in an “insurrection or rebellion” from holding certain public…

Documents related to deceased convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his associates were ordered by a federal judge to be unsealed. Several documents filed in a defamation case against ex-Epstein handler and lover Ghislaine Maxwell were ruled by Judge Loretta Preska in a recent decision to be released amid objections they would harm the reputations of the people named in the documents. Much of the information in the patch of documents is publicly available from the other lawsuit, judge Preska said, so she ordered its release, said a report on Fox 10 Phoenix. The public interest outweighed the privacy rights of…

Despite the fact that in a poll organized by new Twitter owner Elon Musk a slim majority of Twitter users voted in favor of reinstating the former U.S. president, Donald Trump, back to the social media platform, he said that he had no interest in returning to it. 51.8% voted in favor of the reinstatement of the former president, out of a little over 15 million Twitter users.Musk did not hesitate, and was very clear, as he tweeted: “The people have spoken. Trump will be reinstated.” Before Trump’s Twitter account was banned on January 8, 2021, it counted over 88…

Elon Musk continues to restore previously banned or suspended Twitter accounts and one of them had previously accused Bill Clinton of horrendous crimes against her. She is Juanita Broaddrick and she once accused former President Bill Clinton of r-ping her back in 1978 while Clinton was an attorney general for Arkansas. Both Bill Clinton and his legal team/representatives have denied any and all allegations presented by Juanita Broaddrick, despite her remaining persistent on the accusations. Broaddrick made these accusations in the 1990’s when Bill Clinton was facing scrutiny for s-xual misconduct, reported Newsweek. Broaddrick has remained firm on her story,…

It turns out that the Chrisley’s really don’t know best. Reality stars Todd and Julie Chrisley were both sentenced to federal prison on charges related to tax fraud. The couple was found guilty on things like tax evasion, bank fraud and conspiring to defraud the IRS, which is not a good idea. The sentencing happened five months after a grueling trial in which the jury ruled against the television stars. Todd, 53, was sentenced to 12 years in prison. Julie, 49, was sentenced to only seven years in prison. Both are required to serve 16 months probation following the completion…

Andy Taylor, the guitarist for Duran Duran, has revealed he is battling cancer. Taylor said that he got his stage 4 prostate cancer diagnosis four years ago. Taylor, 61, was unable to attend the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in person due to health complications. However, during the induction ceremony, his bandmates read a portion of his acceptance speech. Taylor wrote expressed his gratitude for the exceptional accolade and explained that his body is going through a lot because of the illness, as well as his family, reported Guitar.com. The star explained that his condition is not…

It was vowed by House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-CA., that if he officially becomes House speaker, that Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-MN., will get the boot from the House Foreign Affairs Committee due to her past “anti-Semitic and anti-American remarks.” Sharing a video with his remarks, this is what McCarthy tweeted: “Last year, I promised that when I became speaker, I would remove Rep. Ilhan Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee based on her repeated anti-semitic and anti-American remarks.” “I’m keeping that promise,” he added. Comparing the Jewish state and the U.S. to Hamas and Taliban terrorist organizations, Omar…

CBS News announced its intention to pause its social-media activity on Twitter, but in less than 24 hours it reversed its decision and now intends to remain active on the platform. “In light of the uncertainty around Twitter and out of an abundance of caution, CBS News is pausing its activity on the social media site as it continues to monitor the platform,” one of the media outlet’s national correspondents stated. This announcement came after Elon Musk’s pledging to reinstate formerly banned Twitter accounts, including those of Kathy Griffin, Jordan Peterson, and the Babylon Bee. To determine whether users wanted…

The world’s richest man, Elon Musk, said that he does not want to be the CEO of any company, despite taking over as the chief executive at Twitter after buying the company. In order to defend himself in a shareholder lawsuit challenging a compensation package he was awarded by Tesla’s board of directors that is potentially worth more than $55 billion, the billionaire took the witness stand in a Delaware court. According to multiple media reports, Musk, who also heads SpaceX and Tesla, said this while testifying: “I expect to reduce my time at Twitter and find somebody else to…

CBS reported that a copy of the Hunter Biden laptop data appears genuine according to independent experts who’ve researched it and reported what they found. This comes after what may be about two years of many media outlets denying the laptop or the copy of the hard-drive data, suggesting it was nothing more than a conspiracy. In hopes to find more information on this, CBS News had commissioned an independent forensic review of, what people believe to be Hunter Biden’s laptop data, and the review came back in favor of the House Republicans seeking to use this information against Hunter…

The U.S. Trademark Trial and Appeal Board ruled that officially Mariah Carey is not the “Queen of Christmas” – or even the holiday’s “princess,” despite her music being the unofficial anthem of the holiday season. One of the most recognizable parts of the Christmas holiday season is Mariah’s 1994 hit “All I Want for Christmas is You.” So given this fact, last year, the singer filed a petition to trademark the name “Queen of Christmas.” But according to a press release by Elizabeth Chan, who is a Christmas music artist, Mariah’s petition failed. According to the press release, Chan is…

As two senators called for an audit of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, the GOP’s post-election finger-pointing has intensified. Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said during a three-hour-long and tense meeting of the Senate GOP Conference that there should be an independent review of how the party’s campaign arm spent its resources before falling short of its goal of winning the majority. After this story was first published, Scott responded in a statement, where he described the taking over the committee two years ago and “immediately” learning that previous staffers had been paid “hundreds of thousands of…

Former President Donald Trump was “channeling Jeb Bush” and had “very low energy” during the announcement of his 2024 presidential campaign, citing Republican losses in the 2022 midterms, said a CNN presidential historian. Tim Naftali said that it was teleprompter Trump, never been the most powerful or effective spokesperson. “Very low energy. Very, very unusual presentation from Donald Trump. It surprised me. It surprised me that given the amount of time he’s been thinking about this, this was the best product he could put out,” Naftali said. “I listened to him in the campaign in Pennsylvania. He was full of…