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Jeff Bezos is reportedly attempting to join the club of very rich Americans buying stakes in U.K. soccer teams. Bezos, alongside others including Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, is looking to buy at least a 30% stake in the English soccer team Liverpool at a £1.35 billion valuation (around $1.8 billion), the Guardian reports. If the deal closes, it will be the first sports investment for the billionaire, although he reportedly previously looked at buying a stake in a US football team. Liverpool is one of the most notable sports teams in Europe and is worth about $6 billion, reports Forbes.…

Merlin has tapped Jon Glass, a longtime digital legal executive at Warner Music Group (WMG), as its new general counsel. Glass will be based in New York and report to Merlin CEO Charlie Lexton. In a statement announcing Glass’ appointment on Monday (Aug. 10), Lexton said he’s “delighted to welcome Jon to Merlin.” Related “Jon is one of the most respected legal executives in the digital music business,” said Lexton. “He brings an exceptional combination of legal expertise and commercial judgement with a highly developed understanding of the opportunities and complexities facing Merlin.” In addition to running business and legal…

Japan has weighed in on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s cringeworthy ‘melons’ comment about counterpart Sanae Takaichi in an attempt to defuse the ongoing saga.It has been a month since Albanese made the remarks during a controversial appearance on Nikki Osborne’s Beep Bush podcast.He reflected on being gifted two Shizuoka-grown melons during Takaichi’s recent visit to Australia.Osborne jokingly asked whether Japan’s first female PM had ‘smuggled’ the highly prized melons through customs, making a hand gesture and referring to former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson.’Got a couple of melons,’ Albanese replied, while making a similar gesture.’She brought two, as you do … and…

Veteran unscripted producer Rachel Tung has renewed her development deal with ABC and Hulu, Variety has learned exclusively. Under the renewed deal, Tung will continue developing original unscripted programming for Disney and serve as showrunner on select projects for ABC and Hulu. Tung, who was formerly a vice president of unscripted at Paramount, developed and served as showrunner & executive producer on the first season of the popular Hulu reality series “Love They Nader.” That show followed model and actress Brooks Nader and her sisters as they try to break into the modeling industry in New York. The show debuted…

Jeffrey Dean Morgan knows the Hollywood struggle, having grinded for several years before finally booking his breakout roles on Grey’s Anatomy, Supernatural and Weeds. But the actor, who most recently starred in Prime Video’s new series Sterling Point, told host Josh Horowitz on a new episode of his Happy Sad Confused podcast that his former manager fired him right before he landed these shows due to his age. “I remember being in my mid-30s going, ‘This didn’t work out,’” the now 60-year-old recalled. “And my manager had just fired me right before I got the three shows. I’d been with…

By now, any serious gamer is familiar with a favorite title becoming unplayable after a centralized online server gets shut down, or being unable to purchase and download a digitally delisted, critically acclaimed title from yesteryear. Can anything be done about this video game preservation problem? To help answer that question, we’ll be hosting a live conversation with Ross Scott, the founder of the Stop Killing Games campaign, on August 11 at 2:30 pm ET as part of the Ars Live series. As Ars’ Senior Gaming Editor, I’ve documented countless examples of once vibrant games being left for dead by…

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A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 struck western Colombia on Monday, killing more than 100 people, injuring dozens and causing major damage across the region. It was the largest quake to hit the South American country on record.The epicenter was in San José del Palmar, a community in the rural Chocó province about 250 miles west of Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, the U.S. Geological Survey and its counterpart in Colombia reported. The quake hit at about 8:34 a.m. ET and was followed by a 5.0 magnitude aftershock less than an hour later, USGS reported.At least 111 people were killed…

All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. WWE has gone through plenty of eras, but few have left a mark quite like the Golden Era and Attitude Era. From The Undertaker’s larger-than-life presence to “Stone Cold” Steve Austin’s rebellious persona, the Superstars of those generations helped turn WWE into a pop culture phenomenon. Their impact can still be felt today, whether fans are tuning into WWE Raw and WWE SmackDown each week, playing…

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Flight operations at Washington’s Reagan National Airport are expected to temporarily pause from 10:15 a.m. (1415 GMT) to 1:15 p.m. on August 23, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said on Monday. The brief closure is being put in place to accommodate the Freedom 250 Grand Prix IndyCar race. Scheduled for August 22 to 23, the motorsport event will see cars racing through the streets…