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As Disney has raised the cost of tickets and hotel rooms at its theme parks, and added pricey, difficult-to-navigate tools, even its most loyal fans are asking themselves if they should rethink their vacations. Source link

(CelebrityAccess) — Meta and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced an expanded multi-year licensing deal that will create new creative and commercial opportunities for UMG artists on social media platforms that include Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, Horizon, Threads and, for the first time, WhatsApp. As part of the expanded partnership, Meta and UMG will continue to work together to address unauthorized AI-generated content on Meta’s social media platforms. The expanded deal continues an agreement that was first reached in 2017 when UMG became the first of the major label groups to license its recorded music and…

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) established name recognition and political bona fides from his military service in the U.S. Marine Corps, his education at Yale Law School, his work for state and federal politicians, and his time as a venture capitalist. He published his memoir, Hillbilly Elegy, in June 2016. The book reached The New York Times’ bestseller list and was adapted into a movie in 2020. But Vance’s aspirations were larger, and after vying for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in Ohio, he won the 2022 election for the seat and has been serving since early 2023. Vance’s political…

I’ve written about golf for the past 30 years, though I’ve been playing since I was about 10.I’ve also been privileged to visit over 200 courses around the world, including legendary spots like Pebble Beach, Cypress Point, and Southern Hills — home to many PGA tournaments over the years.But I know very well that the game can frustrate and frazzle even the best players.Think strategically before booking your next golf outing or extended vacation, and avoid these mistakes I often see first-timers make when visiting high-end courses.Choosing the wrong course and teeGolf courses are like fingerprints: Each has its unique…

On June 25, the United States Justice Department announced the arrest of two high-ranking leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel – co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. “Both men are facing multiple charges in the United States for leading the Cartel’s criminal operation,” US Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement on June 25. Zambada, 76 and Guzman, 38, are the latest Sinaloa cartel leaders arrested by the Justice Department. El Chapo and another of his sons, Ovidio Guzman Lopez – along with Nestor Isidro Perez…

Sabrina Carpenter got quite a scare during her California concert over the weekend – she was filmed dashing away in terror after hearing exploding fireworks. The pop star was performing onstage in front of a packed audience at San Francisco’s Outside Lands music fest Saturday when pyrotechnics started going off behind her. Play video content Check out the video … Sabrina is dancing with her cast and crew while asking the crowd to give it up for everyone. She then charges to the back of the stage, where a slew of fireworks detonated all at once. Moments later, she reacts…

Photo-Illustration: Curbed; Photo: Clockwise from top left: Soobin Jeon/Allen Street Gallery, Arturo Aranda/Found Objects/Collette Home, Eric Firestone Gallery, Seth Caplan/Piscina August in New York can often feel like a month of limbo with all the comings and goings, out-of-office replies, and galleries closed for installations. This month’s picks highlight the transient and the reemerging: A massage parlor in Chinatown is transformed into a gallery of rare decorative objects and antiques; a Lower East Side gallery run by an architecture studio returns with its first show post-pandemic; and in Red Hook, designer Piscina turns compartmentalizing into a work of art. From left:…

The London skyline.Andrea Pucci | Moment Open | Getty ImagesLONDON — European stocks kicked off the new trading week cautiously higher, with U.S. and U.K. inflation data set to dominate focus in the coming days.The pan-European Stoxx 600 index was up 0.2% at 12:30 p.m. in London, as investors hunt for signs that the recent market rout is finished. Oil and gas stocks led gains, trading 1.06% higher, even after the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) trimmed its 2024 global oil demand growth forecast.European stocks followed their counterparts in Asia-Pacific into the green, continuing to shake off recent volatility. Global…

Getty ImagesIsaac Hayes was one of the most prolific and successful soul musicians of the 1960s and 70sThe family of the late soul singer Isaac Hayes has ordered Donald Trump to stop playing the star’s song Hold On, I’m Coming at his campaign rallies.A letter sent to Trump and his team, and shared by Hayes’ son on social media, threatens to sue the former US President if he does not comply by 16 August.The family is also demanding $3m (£2.4m) in licensing fees for the campaign’s repeated use of the song between 2022 and 2024.The song, which was made famous…

Last month Nashville shut down its legendary Broadway for Post Malone, one of the biggest pop stars in the world, who would be singing with one of the biggest names in country. “We’re shooting a video with Mr. Luke Combs,” Malone said. “We’re gonna be performing on the back of a semi-truck.”Malone’s duet with Combs, “Guy For That,” is featured on Malone’s new album, “F-1 Trillion.” It also also includes duets with other country superstars, including Morgan Wallen, Blake Shelton and Dolly Parton.Stars like Combs signed up quick for Malone’s country album. “I heard he was gonna be working on…