Disney said an upcoming restructuring under new/old CEO Bob Iger could result in impairment charges. It also noted that, as expected, it’s acquired the remaining 15% of streaming tech company BamTech it didn’t already own, paying $900 million. The news was tucked in a long year-end SEC filing today after a tumultuous ten days for
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Los Angeles County registrar officials have filed court papers disputing allegations that they improperly invalidated signatures on petitions seeking to force a recall election against District Attorney George Gascón, a process that ultimately killed the high-profile campaign. Monica Flores, acting assistant registrar-recorder for the county’s Candidate and Voter Services Bureau, said in a 186-page sworn
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China’s military advances could “eventually lead to a clash” and the UK has been “asleep” to the threat it poses for the last 30 years, an influential Tory MP has warned. Tobias Ellwood, the chairman of the defence select committee, said Beijing is “taking advantage of a timid West” and Rishi Sunak’s speech declaring the
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A malicious Android SMS application discovered on the Google Play Store has been found to stealthily harvest text messages with the goal of creating accounts on a wide range of platforms like Facebook, Google, and WhatsApp. The app, named Symoo (com.vanjan.sms), had over 100,000 downloads and functioned as a relay for transmitting messages to a
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DAVID LACHAPELLE HAS a flight to catch. This flight is leaving imminently, and its imminence is made highly apparent by people associated with LaChapelle, within earshot of LaChapelle, who nonetheless settles deeper into a chartreuse velvet sofa near the crackling fire of the Greenwich Hotel and orders tea and scones. “The crazy ones with the
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More energy suppliers could go bust this winter potentially taking government payments intended for customers with them, the chief executive of British Gas owner Centrica has warned. Chris O’Shea told Sky News that the UK energy market, regulated by Ofgem, offers “wealthy individuals” behind some retail suppliers a “free bet” to speculate, with other bill
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Jaimee Harris offers comfort amidst grief with her powerful new track “Love is Gonna Come Again,” which is exclusively premiering at The Boot today (Nov. 29). Penned by Harris and Graham Weber, “Love is Gonna Come Again” is the impressive second single from the talented Texas-born singer-songwriter’s upcoming album, Boomerang Town. The intricate, emotional song taps
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Los Angeles County public health officials reported 2,370 more cases of the coronavirus since Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 3,538,009 as of Tuesday, Nov. 29. Officials reported nine more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Monday for a total of 34,179 deaths since tracking began. There were 33 more hospitalizations since Monday,
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Kim Kardashian and Ye have reached a settlement in their divorce, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles. The documents were asking for a judge’s approval of terms agreed on by the former couple, including $200,000 per month child support payments from Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. The two will have joint custody
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