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According to Variety, Amazon has spent weeks negotiating a deal to acquire MGM for somewhere around the $9 billion mark. The outlet adds that rumors that Amazon/other tech companies were interested in acquiring MGM had circulated for awhile, but that this new development goes beyond mere gossip. Names attached to the move include Amazon Studios and Prime […]
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin company is taking bids for a trip of a lifetime. On Wednesday, the aerospace manufacturer announced it was auctioning off a single seat for its first-ever space tourism trip aboard the New Shepard. The five-week public auction is divided into three separate phases; the first of which is a sealed online auction that runs through May […]
Serena Williams has secured a first-look deal with Amazon Studios. Deadline reports the world class athlete will work with the company to create both scripted and unscripted content, including a biographical docu-series centered on her professional and personal life. The as-of-yet-titled project will be produced by the streaming giant alongside Plum Pictures, and Goalhanger Films. Williams will co-executive produce […]
Justin Bieber is still doing his part to help others in need. The Grammy-winning artist appeared at downtown Los Angeles elementary school on Thursday, where he treated students to a mini-concert. Billboard reports the performance was part of a welcome back charity event organized by Amazon and Baby2Baby—a nonprofit that provides basic necessities to LA children living in poverty. Bieber reportedly […]
It appears that Amazon employees in Alabama have voted not to unionize, marking the tech giant’s biggest win in its fight against attempts at labor organizing. Wall Street Journal reports that an initial count of 72 percent of the ballots showed that around 71 percent of workers in Bessemer, Alabama decided not to join the […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders is expected to visit the Bessemer area of Alabama—where workers at an Amazon fulfillment center will soon vote on whether to form a union—later this week. Given Sanders’ political history, specifically his passionate public support for a $15-per-hour federal minimum wage, many are excited by the former presidential candidate’s decision to pay […]
As Justin Bieber’s latest album Justice is poised to take the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200, the “Peaches” singer joined DJ Khaled for his podcast The First One. The pair discussed how rap has influenced Bieber’s music, with the pop star revealing his top five emcees around the 20:35 mark in the longer clip […]
Amazon is requiring that its 75,000 delivery drivers sign a “biometric consent” form by this week. Anyone who refuses to sign will lose their job, Motherboard reports. The form the company is requiring drivers to sign will allow Amazon to utilize AI-supported cameras inside their trucks that can detect a driver’s movements, sensing when they perform the smallest of […]
Selena Gomez continues to embrace her Mexican roots with Revelación, her first full-length Spanish-language project. The 28-year-old singer teased the effort in early 2020, shortly after she delivered her chart-topping third studio album Rare. Gomez released the EP’s first single “De Una Vez” in January 2021, and followed it up with “Baila Conmigo” with Rauw Alejandro, and, most […]
Sales of books written by Dr. Seuss soared after the author’s estate announced earlier this week that six titles would no longer be published because they contained racist and insensitive imagery, Rolling Stone reports. As of Wednesday evening, Dr. Seuss books occupy all but one entry in the top 10 of Amazon’s Best Sellers in Books […]
