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Courtesy of Bre Morris/TikTok; Courtesy of Charity Livia/TikTok; Courtesy of Bella Grace Gates/TikTok The 2024 University of Alabama pledge class has arrived for the return of Bama Rush, and TikTok couldn’t be more excited. A whole new cast is slowly being revealed as viewers decide who will be this year’s sorority standouts. For the last four years, PNMs have shared daily updates with outfit and rush bag details, dorm tours, pledge reveals and more. The social media phenomenon was explored in Rachel Fleit’s documentary Bama Rush, which debuted on Max in 2023, but not much has slowed the trend. Bama…

The living-room centered in this listing photo for a West Village one-bedroom is small, but it feels more spacious with an open layout. Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Eastpointe Residential For under a million dollars, one can find all sorts of housing configurations: park- and subway-adjacent studios, one-bedrooms hidden in carriage houses or former shoe factories, and even the occasional true two-bedroom. We’re combing the market for particularly spacious, nicely renovated, or otherwise worth-a-look apartments at various six-digit price points.  This week, we have an entire house with a roomy backyard on City Island and a south-facing one-bedroom in the middle of…

A Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-7Q8 takes off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington Virginia on August 13, 2024. Daniel Slim | Afp | Getty ImagesElliott Management will launch a proxy fight at Southwest Airlines, and intends to nominate as many as 10 directors to the company’s 15-person board, the activist said Tuesday evening, a long-expected move following weeks of back and forth between the airline and the investor.Elliott plans to call a special meeting, rather than waiting for the company’s annual shareholder meeting. Southwest’s last shareholder meeting was held in May.The activist has already amassed an economic interest of…

A far-right Israeli minister has led hundreds of Jewish Israelis into Jerusalem’s most contested holy site, with many defying the Israeli government’s long-standing ban on Jewish prayer there.The visit by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to the al-Aqsa Mosque compound, known to Jews as Temple Mount, has been condemned as provocative by Palestinian leaders, as well as the US, France, the UN and several Arab states.Mr Ben-Gvir said in a video that “our policy is to enable Jewish prayer”.But the Israeli prime minister’s office insisted there had been no change to the status quo agreement that allows only Muslim worship…

Toby & Molly Music co-founder, Rob Filhart; Tia Sillers; Morris Higham Management President / Toby & Molly Music co-founder, Clint Higham (Photo: Toby & Molly Music) NASHVILLE, TN (CelebrityAccess) — Grammy Award-winning songwriter Tia Sillers has signed a publishing deal with Toby & Molly Music. With more than 40 singles and 30 million records sold worldwide, Sillers has writer credits on hits by The Chicks’ “There’s Your Trouble” and Kenny Wayne Shepherd’s “Blue On Black.” Her song, “I Hope You Dance,” was recorded by Lee Ann Womack, and was adapted into a New…

Use the word ‘fee’ vs the words ‘compensation‘ and ‘commission‘ There are a variety of reasons for making this shift. Due to the commission litigation, “commission” and “compensation” have become hot-button words. Sellers have repeatedly heard through the media that they only need to pay their half of the commission. Using the word “fee” opens up an infinite number of possibilities for how the sellers may choose to help the buyer — for example, a credit to repair the roof or to provide the buyer with an interest rate buy-down. Buyers are more likely to push back on paying their…

At the center: American gymnast Jordan Chiles and Romanian gymnast Ana Bărbosu, whose razor-thin fight for an Olympic medal has already blow up into threats of legal action and vows for “justice.”The drama kicked off last Monday during the floor exercise in Paris.Initially, Chiles finished fifth with a score of 13.666. But after her coach filed an inquiry, arguing Chiles should’ve been awarded more difficulty points, her score was upped to 13.766 — enough to net bronze.The stunning about-face unfolded in real time. Bărbosu, who’d been awarded bronze before the inquiry, looked up at the scoreboard mid-celebration to see that…

Stars like George Clooney frequent this scenic corner of northern Italy, but you might be surprised by how affordable it can be. Here’s an insider’s guide. Source link

Josh Gad is steaming mad at Germany’s flagship airline … he says his international travel experience on Lufthansa has been a complete nightmare … and he’ll never book them again. The “Frozen” star is going nuclear on Lufthansa on social media, accusing the airline of sticking him back in coach seats despite paying for business class on a flight from Frankfurt to Greece … a demotion Josh says is “insane.” It only gets worse from there … Josh says when he landed in Athens, he had an email from Lufthansa informing him his luggage wasn’t on the flight. Josh says…

Refinance activity last week hit its highest level since August 2022, when mortgage rates were closer to 5%. But it’s far too early to celebrate. Refinance activity received a major boost last week as mortgage rates declined on the back of expectations that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates and a possible recession looms. The dollar volume of refinance applications increased 32.8% for the week ending Aug. 9 from the previous week, according to Fannie Mae’s Refinance Application-Level Index (RALI). RALI dollar volume rose 94.4% compared to the same period in 2023 when the average 30-year fixed mortgage rate surpassed…