Dan Rather, the disgraced former CBS anchor, has returned to network news for the first time in nearly two decades. Rather received an invitation to appear in an interview about his time at the network and the rise and fall of his journalistic career. Over his career, he had many notable moments that changed how news was reported in the United States. Dan Rather’s Early Career Source: brotiN biswaS/Pexels Dan Rather began his journalism career in Texas and quickly gained national recognition after his reporting saved thousands of lives during Hurricane Carla in 1961. His national broadcast helped initiate the…
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Alyssa Miller
Alyssa Miller is a writer, editor, and educator with a passion for entertainment and pop culture. She graduated from the University of San Francisco with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a minor in Communications. Before graduating, Alyssa worked as a freelance entertainment and film education writer, contributing to a variety of publications, including Britain’s First Frame Magazine. She also continued to write short stories and screenplays in her free time.
After convicting him of real estate fraud, the court sentenced a former reality TV star of “Flip It to Win It” to four years in jail and ordered him to pay $9.4 million in restitution fees. The 58-year-old Charles “Todd” Hill, who starred in the renovation competition series, will remain in jail while he pays back all of his victims. The Multiple Fraud Scheme Source: Pixabay Prosecutors said Hill, residing in Los Gatos, admitted to “grand theft against all victims” and acknowledged the aggravated white-collar enhancements, leading to his indictment in 2019 for committing “multiple fraud schemes” the previous September.…
Last Monday, Marvel Entertainment in New York and Marvel Studios in Burbank, California, laid off around 15 people, including junior-level employees in production and development. These layoffs came at a time when Marvel was attempting to salvage the crumbling empire of the MCU amidst controversies, strikes, poor box office performances, and negative receptions from critics and audiences. When Did Disney Purchase Marvel? Coolcaesar/Wikimedia Commons Disney purchased Marvel back in 2009. While Disney CEO Bob Iger admitted that some Disney execs were concerned about “edgy” characters hurting the Disney brand, the move to buy the comic book behemoth paid off. The…
Elon Musk continues its push for video by launching a dedicated app for smart TVs. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Musk is focusing on competing with other top streamers and video services with the X video app. The company is promoting a handful of features in the new app, including a trending video algorithm, AI-powered trending topics, and cross-device compatibility, which allows users to watch on their phones and continue watching on their smart TVs. Another incentive for users is that the X TV app will not have any ads at launch. “We’re focusing on launching this new feature for…
After reporting an impressive first quarter of 2024, Netflix announced it would stop reporting quarterly subscriber figures. Starting next year, Netflix will stop reporting how its subscriber bases have grown (or shrunk) for each quarter (via Variety). This news comes after the streaming giant’s stock dropped by 9.1 percent on Friday after investors began to worry about the lack of visibility into the slow growth in the streamer’s customer numbers. Subscriber numbers have become crucial for many entertainment studios, with the numbers serving as a key factor that a streaming service is performing well and continues to grow. Netflix reached…
A proposed class action lawsuit has targeted the United States movie theater chain Cinemark, accusing it of duping customers on concessions for its largest beverage container. Texas resident Shane Waldrop filed the complaint in Texas federal court on Tuesday, alleging that Cinemark’s 24-ounce cups do not hold the advertised amount. According to Waldrop, the cups can only be filled with a maximum of 22 ounces of liquid. The class action asserts that this alleged deception is “part of its systemic packaging pricing practice.” Concessions are where cinemas make their money. While half of ticket sales go back to studios, all…
Disney CEO Bob Iger has announced that the Walt Disney Company’s streaming service, Disney+, will start cracking down on password sharing. The company’s streaming service will limit accounts to people living inside the account holder’s home, echoing Netflix’s shift last year, which subscribers highly criticized but made the streaming service money. Disney CEO Ends Password Sharing Source: nagi usano/Wikimedia Commons In an interview with CNBC, Iger announced that Disney is “launching [its] first real foray into password sharing” sometime this June. The rollout will affect a few countries in the streaming market, but Iger did not specify which countries. Instead,…
A Danish man is sentenced to 18 months in prison after being found guilty of fraudulently profiting from royalties on hundreds of tracks on music streaming sites. The court found the 53-year-old consultant guilty of data fraud and copyright infringement for using bots to listen to his music through fake profiles on popular music streaming platforms like Apple Music and Spotify, generating about 2 million Danish kroner ($290,000). The copyright infringement found that the consultant used edited versions of other musicians’ work and profited from it. Prosecutors accused the man of taking others’ work, changing their length and tempo, and…
Streaming platform Roku announces that a new data breach has impacted over half a million accounts in the United States. While investigating last month’s security breach, Roku discovered that 576,000 accounts have been compromised, surpassing the estimated 15,000 compromised accounts. “After concluding our investigation of this first incident, we notified affected customers in early March and continued to monitor account activity closely to protect our customers and their personal information,” the company said in a statement. “Through this monitoring, we identified a second incident, which impacted approximately 576,000 additional accounts.” The company, which has more than 80 million active accounts,…
Orenthal James ‘OJ’ Simpson, the former American football star, actor, and infamous suspect behind a double homicide, has passed away from cancer. The 76-year-old died in Las Vegas on Wednesday, surrounded by family and friends, after losing his battle with cancer. Simpson’s family announced his death on X, formerly Twitter, in a simple message. “On April 10th, our father, Orenthal James Simpson, succumbed to his battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and grandchildren. During this time of transition, his family asks that you please respect their wishes for privacy and grace,” the statement said. According to attorneys…