Month: March 2021

CBS reportedly paid more than $7 million for the rights to air Oprah Winfrey’s highly anticipated tell-all interview with Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle. The two-hour interview, set to air at 8 p.m. Sunday, cost the network a pretty penny — likely somewhere between $7 million and $9 million, the Wall Street Journal reported. CBS bought the lucrative rights — the network is charging $325,000 for every 30 seconds of commercial time — from Winfrey’s Harpo Productions, and can also license the interview in international markets. A spokesman for the Sussexes’ told the Journal they were not paid for the interview. In a snippet of the interview teased on “CBS This Morning” Friday, Markle tells Winfrey she feels “liberated” to speak for ...

WWE has a noticeable trend when on the road to WrestleMania. This is typically the time where the lapsed fan would return to see what’s in store for the biggest show. Normally I would say that SmackDown would be THE show I’d recommend watching to get into it. While it’s generally good, I’m starting to see the trend return. When they have a specific goal in mind, logic and common sense tend to get tossed out in favor of getting to the result they want. For example, and I touch on this momentarily, Roman Reigns should know that Jey Uso isn’t going to win a match. So why would he agree to let Jey wrestle someone where he has to win in order to let Roman get time off at Fastlane? Then we also have Reginald all over the SmackDown women’s division. Why? Sasha and Bianca can handle thi...

NEW YORK CITY -- Just about every New York City resident has a story about finding an apartment, but a woman from Roosevelt Island can probably top them all. Samantha Hartsoe discovered a vacant unit adjacent to the one she was living in. There was an entrance hidden behind her bathroom mirror. A mysterious draft is what tipped her off - she felt cold air blowing on her, and the air was coming from the mirror. Hartsoe made a four-part series on her TikTok about finding the apartment. It is unclear whether building management knew about the space. ALSO READ | Human remains found during construction reburied in NYC Copyright © 2021 WABC-TV. All Rights Reserved.

An overhaul of California’s COVID-19 safety regulations announced Friday could allow Disneyland, Universal Studios, Six Flags Magic Mountain and other theme parks to reopen their outdoor rides and attractions as soon as April 1 if they’re in counties where coronavirus transmission is low enough. Another caveat: In most of the state, parks will have to keep attendance at 15% of capacity — a rate so low that industry experts say the parks would certainly not clear a profit. Still, they say, parks are likely to embrace that money-losing mode for a while because they’ll need time to ramp up operations. “Fifteen percent is not sustainable as an operating level,” said John Gerner, a theme park expert and managing director of Leisure Business Advisors. “But as a transition toward fully opening ...

Nicolas Cage is again "Leaving Las Vegas" hitched. The 57-year-old Academy Award winner tied the knot for the fifth time to his 26-year-old girlfriend Riko Shibata in Las Vegas on Feb. 16, a nod to the Cage's late father's birthday, the actor's representative Shannon Barr confirmed to USA TODAY Friday.  "It’s true, and we are very happy," Cage said in a statement. It appears Shibata has taken on her husband's famous moniker. A Clark County, Nevada marriage license lists Shibata as Riko Cage. Cage first announced his engagement to Shibata in August on his brother Marc "The Cope" Coppola's Q104.3 radio show, where he opened up about his non-traditional proposal amid the coronavirus pandemic.   "She left New York and went back to Kyoto, Japan and I went back to Nevada and I haven’t seen her ...

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Talk isn’t cheap when it comes to Oprah Winfrey, Prince Harry and Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle. CBS VIAC 3.28% is paying a license fee of between $7 million and $9 million for the rights to air Ms. Winfrey’s interview with Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex, according to people familiar with the pact. The two-hour interview is scheduled for Sunday on CBS at 8 p.m. ET, after the network’s popular news magazine “60 Minutes.” Sunday is one of the biggest nights of television consumption. As part of the agreement between CBS and Ms. Winfrey’s production company, Harpo Productions, the network also has ...