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Chelsea Freeman Signs With The Team (Exclusive)
Chelsea Freeman, wife of Los Angeles Dodgers star Freddie Freeman, has signed with talent and management firm The Team for all-round representation. The move is aimed at expanding her influencer platform, which sits at the crossroads of sport, fashion, lifestyle and family content, and reflects the growing business opportunities available to sports spouses with substantial…
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Creator Talent Agency Ponte Firm Expands Teams On Both Coasts
Ponte Firm, the creator-focused talent management agency led by Shana Davis-Ross, is expanding its leadership team across New York and Los Angeles, alongside a promotion in Texas. The move reflects the wider boom in the creator economy, as digital talent increasingly seeks professional management and guidance, prompting several agencies to grow their rosters and staff…
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Boohoo fined €2.3m by French watchdog over deceptive discounts
Boohoo has been fined €2.3m (£2m) by France’s consumer watchdog after an investigation found the online fashion retailer had misled shoppers with fake discounts and mislabelled synthetic products as leather or suede. The penalty adds to a difficult period for the Manchester-based firm, whose parent company rebranded as Debenhams Group last year, as it faces…
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I ruined my cats’ toilet time with a motion-activated neon litter box sign
A Verge editor recounts how his partner’s joke about buying a motion-activated neon “On Air” sign for their cats’ litter box turned out to be entirely serious, resulting in the sign illuminating whenever their cats Noodle or Loaf use the toilet. The idea grew out of a motion sensor originally supplied with the cats’ water…
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The British Sussex squad: The allies set to rally round Harry and Meghan as they return to UK
As Prince Harry and Meghan Markle prepare to relocate to Britain after six years based in Montecito, California, attention has turned to which figures from their past social circles may re-emerge to support them. The couple’s children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, are due to start school in September, and while King Charles is said…
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Boeing passenger jet’s tail hits the ground on take-off after plane carrying 287 mysteriously braked and ran off German runway in ‘near disaster’
A Boeing passenger aircraft carrying 287 people suffered a “near disaster” in Germany after mysteriously braking during its take-off run, causing the plane to run off the runway and its tail to strike the ground. The incident highlights the serious risks posed by unexplained braking events during take-off, a critical phase of flight when aircraft…
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Lanterns season 2 will be told in a “slightly different way” but seemingly won’t be a True Detective-style anthology
DC television series Lanterns is set to return for a second season with a storytelling approach described as “slightly different” from its first outing, though it appears the show will not adopt a full anthology format in the style of HBO’s True Detective, which reinvents its cast and setting each season. The distinction matters for…
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Sales of trainers dive as cost of living pressures hit JD Sports performance
JD Sports has cut its full-year profit forecast after cost-of-living pressures, worsened by the US war on Iran, hit sales of trainers and other footwear, particularly in the United States. The retailer’s shares fell 12% on the news, dropping to their lowest level since July, as investors reacted to signs that inflation is making shoppers…
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‘Game of Thrones’ Play ‘The Mad King’ Reveals Behind-The-Scenes Secrets in Stage Transformation Video (EXCLUSIVE)
A new video shared exclusively with Variety reveals the elaborate stage transformation behind “Game of Thrones: The Mad King,” the HBO/Royal Shakespeare Company stage production currently running at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. The footage showcases production design by Chloe Lamford that the theatre describes as unlike anything previously staged there, involving major structural…