Month: September 2020

Taylor Swift fans are taking a swing at her ex Jake Gyllenhaal. On Monday, the "Spider-Man: Far from Home" star, 39, took to Instagram to promote a collaboration between two charities working to help students amid the coronavirus pandemic. Gyllenhaal shared a black-and-white throwback photo -- which appears to be from a yearbook -- of himself donning a pair of dark, round eyeglasses. "I’ve worn my glasses ever since I parted my hair meticulously with gel (see above), which is why NEW EYES has always been near and dear to my heart. Since 1932, @neweyes_ has provided eyeglasses to people who needed them most," he wrote in the caption of the post. TAYLOR SWIFT STALKER SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR SENDING THREATENING LETTERS The star continued: "I’m thrilled that they’ve partnered with @thei...

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Prolonged closures at Disney's California-based theme parks and limited attendance at its open parks has forced the company to lay off 28,000 employees across its parks, experiences and consumer products division, the company said. In a memo sent to employees on Tuesday, Josh D'Amaro, head of parks at Disney, detailed several "difficult decisions" the company has had to make in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, including ending its furlough of thousands of employees. Shares of the company fell less than 2% after the closing bell on Tuesday. Around 67% of the 28,000 laid off workers were part-time employees, according to a statement by D'Amaro on Tuesday. The company declined to break down the layoffs by individual park locations. While Disney's theme parks in Florida, Par...

Spotify made major headlines last year when it announced an exclusive podcast deal with the Obamas’ production studio Higher Ground. Today, the company made a perplexing about-face. The company says it’ll be releasing the first season of The Michelle Obama Podcast on “a number” of other podcast listening platforms starting tomorrow, September 30th — two weeks after the show’s season 1 finale. The company hasn’t detailed which platforms will have the show, but it’s in conversations with several, including Stitcher, Google, Apple, and iHeart. A Spotify spokesperson says future seasons, if the show’s renewed, will “debut exclusively” on Spotify, but didn’t say whether the show will be windowed or fully exclusive to the service. Obama’s show expansion could help Spotify find a larger...

It’s hard to imagine Jennifer Aniston doing anything besides acting, but she admitted during a recent podcast that she toyed with the idea of quitting the business. What would the Friends star do if she wasn’t acting? Her career would be far different, but doing something that is her “happy place.” Jennifer Aniston | Leon Bennett/Getty ImagesJennifer Aniston said she almost quit acting because of 1 role During an episode of the SmartLess podcast with co-hosts Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, and Will Arnett, Aniston opened up about a particularly taxing project that made her consider quitting the acting business altogether. Bateman asked, “What’s the closest you ever got to quitting the business?” “I would have to say the last two years that has crossed my mind,”...