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AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
Josh Duggar, a member of the family made famous by the long-running TLC series "19 Kids and Counting," is being held in an Arkansas jail following his arrest for possession of child pornography. Duggar, 33, was once a religious and political lobbyist, but has been out of the spotlight following reports in 2015 that he had assaulted five underage girls (including two of his sisters).
AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
Much of the action in science-fiction thriller "Stowaway" takes place inside an overcrowded spaceship. The challenge for production designer Marco Bittner Rosser: making the set seem as small as possible yet functional for the shooting crew. The film, which debuted April 22 on Netflix, stars Anna Kendrick, Toni Collette and Daniel Dae Kim as astronauts on a mission to Mars.
AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
Ahead of the third and final season of Pose, the groundbreaking FX series about the ballroom scene and LGBTQ community of color, the cast and crew gathered for a fabulous premiere at New York City's Jazz at Lincoln Center in Columbus Circle.
AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
The inaugural MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted has a host in Nikki Glaser. The comedian will host the upcoming awards show on May 17, it was announced on Friday. The MTV Movie & TV Awards: Unscripted ceremony will highlight and celebrate the best in reality television, including RuPaul's Drag Race, 90 Day Fiancé, Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness, Selling Sunset and more.
AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
Cardinals and bishops will now be allowed to be tried by the Vatican's lay criminal tribunal, according to a decree issued Friday by Pope Francis. Until now, the Catholic Church's most senior officials accused of criminal offenses could only be tried by their peers in the Corte di Cassazone (Court of Cassation), which is presided over by a cardinal.
AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
TikTok announced a new CEO and COO, in what its Chinese parent company ByteDance said was "a strategic reorganization" to optimize the popular short-form video app's global teams and support its continued growth. Shou Zi Chew, who joined ByteDance last month as CFO, will now also become CEO of TikTok.
AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
AstraZeneca said it delivered roughly 68 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine over the first three months of the year. Most of the doses went to the European Union and the U.K.. It's approved for use in dozens of countries but not in the U.S..
AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
Remember Outdoor Voices' best-selling Exercise Dress? Well, the five-star garment is back in stock, and it's better than ever. Outdoor Voices just announced that it's re-launching The Exercise Dress, which is a flattering (and functional) athleisurewear option. Unlike the original design, the newly improved version features additional pockets and adjustable straps that can offer more (or less) support.
AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
The city of Chicago is clearly glad that the Bears got Justin Fields in the NFL Draft yesterday. And if you're not convinced, the reaction during yesterday's White Sox game should convince you. The Chicago White Sox were in the middle of a game against the Detroit Tigers last night when news of the Fields [...]
AOL AOL / Apr 30, 2021
Five quarterbacks were taken in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft. But NFL analyst Chris Simms believes that there's still a top 20 prospect at the quarterback position still available. Taking to Twitter this morning, Simms listed Texas A&M quarterback Kellen Mond as his "#4 QB" in the draft.
AOL Ars Technica / Apr 29, 2021
Verizon is reportedly ready to give up on Yahoo and AOL after spending a combined $9 billion on the once-dominant Internet brands that fell from prominence years before Verizon bought them. "Verizon is exploring a sale of assets including Yahoo and AOL, as the telecommunications giant looks to exit an expensive and unsuccessful bet on digital media," The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
Ars Technica
AOL PitchBook News & Analysis / Apr 29, 2021
Private equity firms including Apollo Global Management have shown interest in acquiring digital media companies AOL and Yahoo from Verizon in a deal that could be worth between $4 billion and $5 billion, The Wall Street Journal reported. Verizon acquired AOL in 2015 for roughly $4.4 billion, then two years later purchased Yahoo in a deal worth roughly $4.5 billion.
PE firms circle AOL, Yahoo in possible $5B media deal
PitchBook News & Analysis
AOL Reuters / Apr 29, 2021
Posted Verizon Communications Inc is exploring a sale of its media assets, including Yahoo and AOL, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Reuters
AOL AOL / Apr 29, 2021
DENVER (AP) - Three more police officers involved in the rough arrest of a 73-year-old Colorado woman with dementia have been placed on leave, an official said Wednesday. Officer Daria Jalali, Officer Tyler Blackett and Sgt.
AOL AOL / Apr 29, 2021
VACAVILLE, Calif. (AP) - A man charged with killing a woman in Northern California was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of setting a fire to cover up the crime that spread and killed two other people, authorities said. Victor Serriteno, 29, of Vacaville was booked after an eight-month-long criminal investigation, the Solano County Sheriff's Office said.
AOL AOL / Apr 29, 2021
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal grand jury brought additional charges on Wednesday against three men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, saying they planned to use weapons of mass destruction to blow up a bridge.
AOL AOL / Apr 29, 2021
It's no surprise to anyone sitting at home watching the Amazon trucks drive by every day, that Amazon posted a whopping $108.5 billion in quarterly revenue, a 43% increase from Q1 2020. Google and YouTube's parent company Alphabet reported first-quarter sales were up 34% from a year before with much of that coming from products like Google search.
AOL AOL / Apr 29, 2021
Over a year after the initial COVID outbreak shut down schools, businesses, eateries and everything else that makes the Big Apple great, Mayor de Blasio announced Thursday the city would "fully reopen" on July 1. "We can see that light at the end of the tunnel," he said at a press conference.
AOL AOL / Apr 29, 2021
