Congress plans to hold a hearing on Ticketmaster, prompted by problems with Taylor Swift ticket sales this week and long-running issues like hidden fees, a key senator has said. Here’s what you need to know. Senator Amy Klobuchar, chair of the Senate antitrust panel, did not give a date for the hearing but said it would be this year. Ticketmaster has been sharply criticized for mishandling ticket sales for Swift’s 2023 tour, her first in five years. Congress Takes Action Following Taylor Swift’s Ticketmaster Debacle In the presale round on Tuesday, many fans faced site outages and long wait times…
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This either comes as a surprise or it doesn’t come as a surprise for some people. The sale of alcohol to fans at World Cup stadiums in Qatar has been banned with just two days to go until the tournament kicks off. Fans will no longer be able to buy Budweiser, which would have been the only alcoholic beverage available to fans due to its sponsorship of FIFA. Here’s what you need to know. Now no one attending matches will be able to consume alcohol within the stadium perimeter, with the exception of corporate spectators. FIFA released a statement confirming…
British Royal News says that King Charles asked the British parliament on Monday to amend the law to allow two more of his siblings to act on his behalf in his absence, adding them to a group which currently includes his disgraced brother Prince Andrew. Here’s what you need to know. In a statement read out on his behalf in the House of Lords, the upper chamber of parliament, Charles, who on Monday turned 74, asked for the number of Counselors of State to be increased to include his sister Princess Anne and youngest brother Prince Edward. King Charles III…
He’s certainly got a point. Brendan Fraser has said he won’t attend the Golden Globes in January if nominated for his performance in The Whale. Here’s what he has to say. In 2018, Fraser said that he was groped by Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) member Philip Berk, a former president of the organization behind the Globes. Fraser said the incident took place at a Beverly Hills, California, luncheon in 2003. Berk, a member from South Africa, was expelled from the HFPA last year after calling Black Lives Matter “a racist hate movement.” Brendan Fraser Says He’s Not Going To…
Well, no one surely predicted this to happen. Or maybe they did. Chaotic scenes broke out inside and outside the fan festival at Al Bidda Park in Doha on Sunday an hour before the kick-off of the opening World Cup match between hosts Qatar and Ecuador after organizers allowed too many fans to flood the precinct. Here’s what you need to know. The venue has a capacity of 40,000 but at least double that number of people tried to make their way in and for a long time many were let into a holding area between the main festival park…
Cristiano Ronaldo said the death of his newborn son in April was “the most difficult moment” of his life. In the latest excerpt of his interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV, the 37-year-old spoke about more personal moments having heavily criticized Manchester United in previous clips. Here’s what you need to know. Ronaldo’s girlfriend Georgina Rodriguez gave birth to twins earlier this year but while his daughter Bella survived, Angel tragically died. And the Portuguese said he cannot understand why it happened to his family. Ronaldo said on Piers Morgan Uncensored: “Probably the worst moments that I passed through my…
Donald Trump’s Twitter account has been reactivated and let’s just say that people sure have a lot to say about it. Elon Musk, the new owner of Twitter, made the announcement – of course – with a tweet, following an online poll that triggered at least 15 million votes. Here’s what you need to know. It’s claimed that 52% of the votes backed Trump’s return to the platform on which he sowed so much disinformation for so long. Musk finished his tweet with a Latin phrase that translates as “The voice of the people is the voice of God.” Twitter…
David Beckham has met questions over his controversial 2022 FIFA World Cup ambassadorship with silence, when ITV News approached him as he made his first public appearance in Qatar. The former star footballer did not respond or visibly react to the question— instead smiling as he made his way to an event in Doha on Saturday afternoon. Here’s what you need to know. Beckham has come under fire for accepting a reported multimillion-dollar deal to promote Qatar’s World Cup. Qatar has faced international criticism over its migrant labor human rights record and hardline anti-LGBTQ+ laws. David Beckham Refuses To Say…
As the furore continues over Cristiano Ronaldo’s explosive interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored, the 37-year-old has lashed out at former teammates Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney, while claims Manchester United owners, the Glazer family, do not care about the club. Here’s what he has to say. Ronaldo insists he does not speak to the family, who have owned United since 2005, and they do not have the club’s best interests at heart. “The Glazers, they don’t care about the club. I mean, professional sport, as you know, Manchester is a marketing club,” he said. Cristiano Ronaldo Goes Off On His…
New life, new title, who dis? The King has honored the nation’s war dead for the first time as monarch and laid a wreath at the Cenotaph after a two-minute silence on Sunday morning. Here’s what you need to know. Thousands of veterans proudly wearing their medals, military families and the public packed Whitehall for the Remembrance Sunday ceremony and watched as Charles placed his floral tribute at the base of the memorial on Whitehall. King Charles III Leads Remembrance Sunday Service For The First Time As King of England In recent years, Charles had performed the role on behalf…