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Patricia J. Garcinuno/WireImage Shakira decided to settle her $15 million tax fraud case for her two sons’ sake. “I did it to protect my children and to get on with my life, not out of cowardice or guilt,” Shakira, 47, wrote in an essay published in Spanish newspaper El Mundo on Thursday, September 5. The Colombian singer was accused of defrauding the Spanish government of more than $15 million in taxes from 2012 to 2014. The prosecutors alleged that Shakira claimed to live in the Bahamas while actually residing in Catalonia, Spain. (At this time, Shakira’s then-partner, Gerard Piqué, played…

Updates to presentation templates and the ability to include offered buyer-broker commissions as a percent or dollar are among the buyer-focused tools touted by the company on Wednesday. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. Seattle-based software company MoxiWorks is introducing a series of new updates and features to help buyer agents navigate complicated…

Telegram CEO Pavel Durov made his first public statement on Thursday since getting detained by French authorities last month.In a lengthy post that was published on his Telegram channel, Durov said that his arrest came as a surprise to him.”Last month I got interviewed by police for 4 days after arriving in Paris. I was told I may be personally responsible for other people’s illegal use of Telegram, because the French authorities didn’t receive responses from Telegram,” Durov wrote.But the authorities, Durov said, could have contacted Telegram for assistance if they’d wanted to.”Telegram has an official representative in the EU…

Tech founder says French authorities are putting innovation at risk in first public comments since his detention.Telegram CEO Pavel Durov has criticised French authorities for pursuing “misguided” criminal charges against him instead of approaching his company with their concerns in his first public comments since his arrest. In a post on Telegram on Thursday, Durov said it was “surprising” to learn that he could be held personally responsible for illegal activities carried out by other people on his social media-cum-messaging platform. “If a country is unhappy with an internet service, the established practice is to start a legal action against…

LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) — The nu-metal band Linkin Park announced the debut of their first new music in almost a decade along with plans for a series of live shows in both the U.S. and abroad. The band, consisting of Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson, Phoenix, Joe Hahn, alongside new members Emily Armstrong [of critically acclaimed band Dead Sara] as co-vocalist and Colin Brittain [songwriter/producer for G Flip, Illenium, One OK Rock] as drummer, are scheduled to perform in Los Angeles, London, New York, Seoul, Hamburg, and Bogota. The tour kicks off on September 11th…

Declining mortgage rates have yet to break the dam on the stalled housing market, but the sweet spot on rates that would get the market moving again is about 5%. That’s according to a new survey from Mphasis Digital Risk, which revealed that 42% of prospective buyers said a 5% rate would get them back in the market. An additional 27% said they’re targeting a 4% rate, while 20% say it’s 6%. “Many prospective buyers started questioning the American dream of home ownership as inflation brought mortgage rates to a cyclical peak of 8% in October 2023,” Mphasis co-founder and…

Instead of high-net-worth individuals, C-suite executives in China are increasingly using business jets, said Paul Desgrosseilliers, general manager at ExecuJet Haite General Aviation Services. The company opened a new service center at Beijing Daxing International Airport on Aug. 27, 2024.ExecuJet HaiteBEIJING — China’s wealthy are increasingly looking for ways to move capital outside the mainland to pursue business opportunities, rather than just chasing investment returns, according to asset managers and consultants.This year, there’s been a “very significant” trend of requests from Chinese family offices that want to acquire smaller businesses in Japan, said Ryota Kadogaki, co-founder and global CEO of…

Mark DouetPlaywright and actor Ins Choi was born in Korea but grew up and lives in TorontoKim’s Convenience, a heart-warming comedy-drama play about a Korean immigrant family running a corner shop in Toronto, inspired a hit sitcom and is now on stage in London.”This is a love letter to my parents and all first-generation immigrants who have made the country they have settled in their home,” says the show’s creator, Ins Choi. He wrote the play, which revolves around the everyday life of a family-run Korean store, and starred as the son when it was first staged in Toronto in…

Prosecutors in New Mexico want another bite at the apple when it comes to Alec Baldwin, Jamie Foxx is going to address his health scare for the first time, and Ludacris is breaking out the big guns … all this on today’s TMZ TV Hot Takes. TMZ Live Play video content TMZ.com First up on “TMZ Live,” Charles and Babcock explain why prosecutors are trying to get another trial in the “Rust” shooting case. TMZ on TV Play video content TMZ.com Meanwhile over on “TMZ on TV,” our crew reacts to Jamie saying he’s going to finally address his health…

It’s been three years since Anders Boisen, 36, left the city to live in a tiny house in the woods in Denmark — and he’s never been more content with life.This drastic lifestyle change was driven by his desire to break free from societal standards and live life on his own terms.Like many Danish millennials, Boisen attended university, where he did his bachelor’s in English and Business Communication and obtained a master’s in Experience Economy. He spent the year after graduation living with a former girlfriend in a three-room apartment in Aarhus, the second-largest city in Denmark. He says he…