Conflict has lengthy been a central driver of worldwide starvation. This enduring sample is on tragic show at this time in locations such because the Gaza Strip, Haiti, and Sudan, the place thousands and thousands of civilians at the moment are getting ready to famine. 

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“On September 9 this year, the State Bolshoi Theater of Russia will host a solemn ceremony of awarding the first laureates of this International Peace Prize named after Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy,” he stated throughout a spherical desk in TASS devoted to the preparation for the award. Gusman identified that a while in the past numerous Russian public organizations, specifically the Russian Historical Society headed by Sergei Naryshkin, the Russian Military Historical Society headed by Vladimir Medinsky, the Russian Peace Foundation headed by Leonid Slutsky and another organizations, took the initiative to create a basis that may cope with the issues of understanding the problems of conflict and the world at the moment stage. “An award was established, which was named after Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy — the International Peace Prize named after Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy.

We additionally name it the Tolstoy Prize,” added the first Deputy General Director of TASS. “As is customary at such ceremonies, the intrigue of who would be the first winner of this award will in all probability persist till the final or penultimate second,” Guzman said. Previously, there was a practice of awarding peace prizes in Moscow. In particular, in 1956, instead of the corresponding Stalin Prize (awarded since 1949), the International Lenin Prize “For Strengthening Peace between Peoples” was established. It was thought-about an analogue of the Nobel Peace Prize. In 1989, it was renamed the International Lenin Peace Prize. The final recipient in 1990 was the chief of the armed wing of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela.

Photo by Artyom Geodakian/TASS

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Radio, report folks, podcasters, performers, and everybody who works behind the scenes are in Toronto for the forty second annual Canadian Music Week, June 2-8. It’s the most important gathering of music business people wherever within the nation.

Plenty of schmoozing, deal-making, networking, award-giving, and knowledge-gathering will occur over the subsequent few days. CMW, because it’s recognized for brief, is one among many such business occasions that happen world wide. As an everyday attendee, I can inform you that the convention and related music competition are well-organized and orderly.

This, nevertheless, was not the case on the Americana Hotel in Miami Beach sixty-five years in the past. Things have been so wild on the Second Annual International Radio Programming and Disk Jockey Convention in May 1959 that Top 40 radio and rock ‘n’ roll have been practically damaged perpetually.

The story of what occurred in Miami Beach started a yr earlier in Kansas City with The Pop Music Disc Jockey Convention and Radio Programming Seminar, the primary such occasion. It attracted the most important names in radio together with reps from a half-dozen or so report labels. One visitor speaker was the rock-hating Mitch Miller of Columbia Records who noticed this new rock ‘n’ roll factor as a scourge on tradition, society, and particularly the youth of America. He scolded the assembled group for enjoying this music and urged everybody to return to taking part in correct songs by artists reminiscent of Frank Sinatra and Lena Horne. He was an actual downer.

Organizer Todd Storz, one of many inventors of the Top 40 radio format, determined to alter path in 1959. The new venue was the Americana, proper on the seaside alongside 97th Street in Bal Harbor. This second conference was billed as a possibility for folks concerned with the brand new Top 40 rock ’n’ roll radio format to trade concepts and to learn to make their packages and radio stations higher. There have been audio system, panels, and shows. President Dwight Eisenhower gave a filmed deal with. Robert King, the mayor of Miami, declared it “Disk Jockey Week” within the metropolis. On the floor, the conference seemed like some other business gathering.

Not fairly.

This was a possibility for 19 report labels and dozens of report males to wine and dine DJs — all of whom have been males, by the best way — in hopes of currying favour and affect over what data they performed on their radio exhibits again dwelling. They knew these males have been so highly effective and influential with their audiences that they might make or break songs. The males on the air needed to be onside if anybody hoped to have a success report.

And how did they plan to try this? By exhibiting them the perfect and craziest time of their lives.

About 2,500 DJs, about half the quantity working within the U.S., made the all-expenses-paid journey to Miami. Big singers and wannabe stars have been there to mingle and be interviewed. Everyone bought limo rides from the airport. Upon check-in, everybody was given $1 million in play cash which they have been inspired to gamble on video games fastened so they’d win. That cash may then be utilized in an public sale for actual merch like TVs, journeys to Europe, and even a model new Studebaker.

The DJs have been supplied numerous liquor and medicines. One occasion hosted by Morris Levy, the infamous head of Roulette Records, went by 2,000 bottles of bourbon. Hookers have been introduced in — even from abroad. Promises of money funds for future concerns have been made. It was an extremely wild occasion that value the labels about US$120,000, which is value greater than US$1.1 million in right this moment’s cash.

Things have been so outrageous that on the final day of the conference (May 31, 1959), The Miami News ran a narrative beneath the headline “For Deejays: Babes, Booze, and Bribes.” DJs, the article stated, “were given the greatest buttering-up since Nero was persuaded he was a fiddle virtuoso. … One promotion man said, ‘You can buy some of them with an air conditioner; some with money, some with a girl.’”

[A typical DJ salary at the time was $50 a week, so any grease was welcome].

The article continued: “‘I would guess,’ said one [promotion man], ‘that the payoffs to the disc jockeys in one form or another run to well over $1,000,000 a year. It’s a lousy situation, but I don’t see how anything can be done about it. As we tell them all the time, without the disc jockeys, we’re dead.’”

This was dangerous — dangerous publicity. Payola — the follow of bribing somebody to play your music on the radio — had been round so long as business radio and wasn’t unlawful. Maybe business leaders didn’t prefer it, however what have been they going to do? The scandalous conduct in Miami opened the door to preventing again. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than business publications like Billboard, Variety, and Cashbox have been writing in regards to the scourge of payola and the distortions it created within the market.

The tales of what occurred in Miami solely added to a rising disaster of confidence in America. After having to endure Joseph McCarthy’s Red Scare earlier within the decade, one thing that shook America’s confidence of their leaders, the nation then needed to take care of the TV quiz present scandal. In the late Fifties, a giant authorities investigation revealed that common sport exhibits like Twenty One have been fastened in favour of sure contestants.

The following yr, there was the “plugola” disaster, the place the general public realized that some celebrities endorsed services which they didn’t use. It was all for the cash. This was branded as false, dishonest, and misleading promoting and wanted to be stopped.

And then, within the wake of duplicitous politicians spewing faux news about commies in Washington, rigged sport exhibits, and the revelation that TV promoting was constructed on lies, Americans realized that each one the music they heard on the radio was purchased and paid for.

Something wanted to be accomplished. And possibly, thought some politicians, church teams, and old-school report folks, the scourge of rock ‘n’ roll may very well be worn out on the identical time.

Throughout the summer season and fall of 1959, stress constructed on radio stations to do one thing about their DJs’ errant methods lest they lose their worthwhile broadcast licences. Even earlier than the House Special Subcommittee on Legislative Oversight held hearings on the matter in late 1959 and early 1960, DJs throughout the nation have been fired due to their payola practices. Again, whereas unethical was not unlawful, and one thing to which most turned a blind eye.

Some of the most important names in radio have been referred to as to testify. Alan Freed, the person who gave this new music the title “rock ‘n’ roll” whereas working at WINS in New York, grew to become the sacrificial lamb. He was charged beneath New York State’s business bribery legal guidelines and fined $300. The conviction ruined his profession, sending him right into a spiral of alcoholism. He died broke in 1965, owing the IRS practically $40,000.

Another individual within the sizzling seat was Tommy Smalls, a New York DJ who labored beneath the title Dr. Jive. He wasn’t convicted of something, however he was pushed out of radio. He’d later make a comeback as a promotion supervisor with Polydor Records and in addition co-founded the National Association of TV and Radio Announcers.

But man who skated probably the most was Dick Clark. As a radio man and host of American Bandstand, he was within the thick of every thing that was taking place in rock ‘n’ roll. He held shares in seven indie labels, six music publishing firms, three report distributers, two expertise companies, a report urgent plant — 33 music-related firms in complete. He was capable of escape any prosecution by promoting off all these pursuits. His clean-cut picture prompted committee chairman Oren Harris to name him “a fine young man.” He went on to grow to be one among America’s most beloved media personalities. When he died in 2012, his web value was estimated at US$150 million.

After the hearings wrapped up in 1960, payola was formally declared a criminal offense punishable by a effective of as much as $10,000 and a yr in jail. The American radio and report business was basically modified. DJs have been now not allowed to pick out what they performed on their exhibits. Management — program administrators and music administrators — now made these selections.

The 1959 DJ conference was Todd Storz’s final such occasion. And the issue of payola was solved, proper? Nope. Loopholes within the new legal guidelines allowed funds to proceed however in much less blatant and extra secretive back-door methods. Instead of getting to take care of a number of DJs, their level of contact was diminished to only one or two folks — this system director and/or music director — per station. Business continued as ordinary in a way more environment friendly method.

Payola scandals blew up once more in 1974, the late Nineteen Eighties, and the ’90s. New York state settled some excessive profile instances introduced in opposition to report labels and radio stations in 2005 and 2006. My contacts in U.S. radio inform me that variations of payola nonetheless exist right this moment. It’s simply that the primary rule of payola is that you just don’t speak about payola.

I do want to say this. I’ve been within the Canadian radio business for practically 43 years, working at and working some fairly large radio stations alongside the best way. I’ve by no means, ever been supplied something in trade for enjoying a report. I’ve by no means, ever heard of any existence of American-style payola on this nation. Not as soon as. We’re both super-squeaky clear up right here or I’m extremely naive.

Either method, I by no means bought my free air conditioner.

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The Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) is rolling with the punches and reinventing itself because it prepares for its twenty fifth anniversary.

The pageant has give you, not one, however many new spots to display screen movies with the lack of the Eau Claire Market cinemas. Eau Claire has served because the pageant hub for over a decade.

The organizers are calling it “constellation” — with the thought to attach venues and actions all through downtown Calgary. CIFF might be activating cinema capability in arts and multi-purpose areas, theatre venues, public plazas and different companion areas.

Executive Director Katherine Penhale says they may even be shopping for six high-end projectors to permit them extra freedom to create distinctive experiences.

“Like when we did ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ with Chad VanGaalen being able to do a live score in front of it,” she says. “These projectors will allow us to do more experimental, cross-collaborative programming with other organizations.”

The plan will assist enhance cinema capability downtown, which has dropped by greater than 85 per cent for the reason that pageant first began 25 years in the past. Penhale says the “constellation” might be prepared for the 2026 model of the pageant.

“The idea of being able to light up all of these venues in unison by September 2026 and create a really, really special experience for Calgarians, and for those who want to visit Calgary — it’s a pretty exciting plan,” she says.

This 12 months CIFF will display screen movies out of Contemporary Calgary, Globe Cinema, and The Plaza Theatre. Cineplex Scotiabank Chinook Theatre would be the fourth venue in 2024 to facilitate the screening capability CIFF must have fun the twenty fifth anniversary of the pageant.

The 2024 model of CIFF runs from Sept. 19 to Sept. 29. More data will be discovered right here.

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Jerry Seinfeld has shared yet one more sizzling take, this time saying he’s nostalgic for the “dominant masculinity” amongst males from many years prior.

During an interview look on The Free Press’ Honestly with Bari Weiss podcast, the 70-year-old comic promoted his new Netflix unique Unfrosted, a movie in regards to the fictionalized origin of the Pop-Tart.

Seinfeld stated a part of the rationale he needed to create the movie was for causes past jokes about breakfast meals. He stated the movie, set in Michigan in 1963, can be about an “agreed-upon hierarchy” that used to exist in society amid that period.

According to Seinfeld, that hierarchy, which allowed for social comfortability among the many lots, has been “absolutely vapourized in today’s moment.”

“I think that is why people lean on the horn and drive in the crazy way that they drive, because we have no sense of hierarchy, and as humans, we don’t really feel comfortable like that,” he described.

Seinfeld stated the social hierarchy of the Nineteen Sixties is what makes the period “attractive” wanting — that’s, other than the civil rights points and “a zillion” different issues from that period which host Weiss briefly acknowledged. When he was youthful, within the Nineteen Sixties, Seinfeld recalled at all times desirous to be a “real man,” like John F. Kennedy, Muhammad Ali or Sean Connery.

“I miss dominant masculinity,” Seinfeld proclaimed. “Yeah, I get the toxic masculinity thing. I get it, but still, I like a real man.”

Seinfeld, who alongside Weiss described himself as a “lone wolf,” additionally spoke extensively about comedy and comedy writing.

“Comedy is an extraordinarily simple binary outcome event,” he stated. “Is it funny? Or it isn’t. And nobody cares really about anything else.”

Unfrosted is Seinfeld’s directorial debut, however sadly for the comic, many viewers members felt the movie fell on the unfunny aspect of his described comedy binary. The film has been largely panned amongst critics and at present boasts a 43 per cent critic’s rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Still, the comic stated he doesn’t thoughts, and that he really enjoys studying unfavorable evaluations about his work.

“The only thing I want to read is the absolute worst reviews that the movie received,” he admitted. “There’s nothing funnier to me than people complaining that ‘I didn’t laugh,’ because they want to laugh. I relate to it. I get it.”

“It doesn’t matter what you think of me,” Seinfeld continued. “Why would I think that I’m going to make something that everyone will like? What sense does that make? You’ve got to be insane to think that.”

During the interview, Seinfeld acknowledged Pro-Palestinian protesters which have made demonstrations at a few of his occasions this 12 months, together with a scholar walk-out throughout his graduation speech at Duke University earlier this month.

The 70-year-old comic, who’s Jewish, has been an ongoing supporter of Israel. He was one among 700 Hollywood figures to signal an open letter condemning Hamas and supporting Israel’s proper to defend itself within the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 assault in southern Israel, which killed 1,200 folks.

1:35Jerry Seinfeld prompts Duke University graduates to go away graduation ceremony following Israel assist

“When we get protestors occasionally, I love to say to the audience, these young people, they’re trying to get engaged with politics, we have to just correct their aim a little bit,” he stated. “They don’t seem to understand that as comedians, we really don’t control anything.”

“They want to express this sincere, intense rage, but again, a little off-target,” he laughed. “That’s, to me, comedic.”

Seinfeld referred to as his journey to Israel after the Oct. 7 assault “the most powerful experience of my life.”

When requested why, Seinfeld choked again tears and struggled to talk.

He and Weiss agreed in in the present day’s society it’s straightforward to determine “mobs.”

“Let’s just talk politically, left and right. You’re watching mobs. They’re mobs,” Seinfeld stated. “They’re mobs believing their own crap. That’s what a political party is. We’re going to make up a bunch of nonsense and we’ll all agree to it, right? Right. Let’s print out some bumper stickers and get out there, kids.”

This interview was not the one time through the intensive Unfrosted press tour that Seinfeld has stated one thing to impress ire, specifically final month when Seinfeld stated “PC crap” and the “extreme left” have killed TV comedy.

6:23Unfrosted: Jerry Seinfeld on directing his first function movie

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Harvey Weinstein is anticipated to look earlier than a choose Wednesday afternoon in the identical New York City courthouse the place former President Donald Trump is on trial.

Weinstein is awaiting a retrial on rape expenses after his 2020 conviction was tossed out. Wednesday’s court docket listening to will handle numerous authorized points associated to the upcoming trial, which is tentatively scheduled for a while after Labor Day.

Weinstein’s authentic trial was held in the identical courtroom the place Trump is on trial now, however the two males are unlikely to stumble upon one another. Weinstein is in custody and shall be dropped at and from the courtroom beneath guard. He shall be showing in a courtroom on a distinct flooring than the place Trump is at present on trial.

Weinstein was convicted of rape within the third diploma for an assault on Jessica Mann, an aspiring actor, and of sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, a former TV and movie manufacturing assistant.

But final month New York’s highest court docket threw out these convictions after figuring out that the trial choose unfairly allowed testimony in opposition to him primarily based on allegations from different ladies that weren’t a part of the case. Weinstein, 72, has maintained that any sexual exercise was consensual.

The New York ruling reopened a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by highly effective figures. The #MeToo period started in 2017 with a flood of allegations in opposition to Weinstein.

Last week, prosecutors requested Judge Curtis Farber to remind Weinstein’s attorneys to not talk about or disparage potential witnesses in public forward of the retrial.

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s workplace argued that Weinstein’s lead lawyer, Arthur Aidala, made statements meant to intimidate Haley earlier this month.

Speaking exterior of court docket on May 1, Aidala mentioned Haley lied to the jury about her motive in coming ahead and that his crew deliberate an aggressive cross-examination on the difficulty “if she dares to come and show her face here.”

Aidala didn’t reply to an e-mail looking for remark Tuesday about Bragg’s request.

Haley has mentioned she doesn’t need to undergo the trauma of testifying once more, “but for the sake of keeping going and doing the right thing and because it is what happened, I would consider it.”

Her lawyer, Gloria Allred, declined to remark till after she attends Wednesday’s proceedings.

The Associated Press doesn’t typically establish folks alleging sexual assault until they consent to be named, as each Haley and Mann have.

Weinstein, who had been serving a 23-year sentence in New York, was additionally convicted in Los Angeles in 2022 of one other rape and continues to be sentenced to 16 years in jail in California.

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Selling a live performance ticket must be straightforward. At its essence, a ticket is a contract between you and a promoter that permits you entry to a selected venue at a said date and time to see a efficiency. In different phrases, it’s a factor you purchase to get you within the door. Yet promoting and shopping for live performance tickets is among the most opaque shopper experiences within the identified universe.

Misinformation, frustration, and ignorance about how the system works — and must work — have created a state of affairs the place followers and governments are fed up and need one thing finished about it. Good luck with that.

The newest salvo is an antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice towards Live Nation, the proprietor of Ticketmaster, accusing the corporate of being imply, monopolistic and utilizing unlawful techniques to stifle competitors. (Live Nation’s response to the lawsuit may be discovered on livenationentertainment.com.)

At the center of the lawsuit are 4 major issues:

1. Live Nation is just too massive and too highly effective. It obtained that method through the use of Ticketmaster and a sequence of unique ticketing contracts with venues.
2. Live Nation has an unfair benefit over rivals due to its management of excursions and the 250+ venues it owns.
3. These circumstances allowed Live Nation to take care of a de facto monopoly over the ticketing business, permitting it to lift costs and charges.
4. Ticketmaster’s dominance limits innovation within the ticketing trade, harming would-be rivals and driving up costs.

Live Nation is actually very, very massive, due to the 2010 merger with Ticketmaster, one thing that was authorized by the US Government. Last yr alone, the corporate promoted 50,059 exhibits globally, a brand new document. Ticketmaster sells about 500 million tickets a yr, and about 70 per cent of all tickets bought to main live performance venues are processed by means of Ticketmaster, in keeping with information in a federal lawsuit filed by shoppers in 2022.

And sure, the value of tickets has skyrocketed lately. And there’s no query the added charges and repair costs are annoying. But breaking apart Live Nation isn’t going to vary any of that.

Before you name me a Live Nation/Ticketmaster apologist, let’s have a look at some chilly, exhausting, irrefutable details about live performance tickets. You might not like what you’re about to learn, however that is the real-world state of affairs.

First, when setting the value of a live performance ticket, the buck at all times stops with the artist. An artist’s supervisor and agent will method Live Nation (or any promoter for that matter) and say, “We want to go on tour. Our costs are projected to be X and we’d like to make a profit of Y. How many tickets do we need to sell at what price in how many cities to make that happen?”

Live Nation then plugs every part right into a spreadsheet and comes up with a break-even quantity after which tiers of ticket costs that may make the tour worthwhile for the artist. Costs and expectations are adjusted earlier than the artist indicators off. Again the singer/band has the ultimate say on how a lot tickets will price at face worth.

Once that’s labored out, Ticketmaster is used to promote the tickets. It provides a charge (often a proportion of the face worth), which covers all its prices (consider the infrastructure and expertise required!) and permits it to make a revenue. Ticketmaster is, in any case, a business unto itself. And other than the odd glitch — hey, each website goes down now and again as a result of no expertise is ideal — Ticketmaster is excellent at promoting tickets. Given the quantity it offers with 24/7/365, nobody does it higher.

What in regards to the venue or facility charge? This cash covers the prices incurred by the venue (electrical energy, safety, and many others.) and to make a little bit of a revenue. These charges make it economically doable for a constructing to host a live performance. No charges, no exhibits. Would you do all the mandatory work without cost?

Having these charges separate from the face worth of the live performance ticket makes the act look good. It makes them seem that they’re on the facet of the followers and large, dangerous Ticketmaster and Live Nation are accountable for any monetary ache on the a part of the fan. And when one thing goes unsuitable — bear in mind the Taylor Swift Eras Tour debacle? — the blame falls on Ticketmaster and Live Nation and never the act.

There have been calls for for all-in pricing. Not that way back, airways used to promote fares that appeared insanely low as a result of they didn’t embrace all of the taxes and repair costs. By the time you bought your ticket, it may have been twice the marketed value. No longer. Airlines should give travellers the true value of the ticket with every part baked in. In the music world, many artists have balked at this as a result of they wish to make it seem like the excessive value of the ticket isn’t their fault.

What about Ticketmaster’s unique contracts (usually 5 years or so in size) with venues? This isn’t a lot totally different than a venue signing unique pouring rights with a brewery or a delicate drink firm. Margins may be so skinny that venues need actually and stability from their suppliers. Ticketmaster is simply one other provider.

What about Live Nation’s vertical construction? Live Nation books and promotes the exhibits that are bought by means of its Ticketmaster subsidiary with some gigs occurring in Live Nation-owned venues. On the floor, that does look fairly monopolistic. But it’s additionally extremely environment friendly. If every part is completed in-house, you may maintain prices decrease.

And once more, neither Live Nation nor Ticketmaster set the face worth of the live performance ticket. And as a result of many artists are given a assured per-show payout by Live Nation, the promoter assumes all the chance with regards to placing bums in seats, the price of operating Ticketmaster to promote tickets, and, within the instances the place it owns the amphitheatre, membership, or theatre, to eke out a revenue for these buildings.

Did I point out that the artist has the final word sign-off on the value of tickets? I did? Just wish to be certain.

So let’s say that the DOJ orders that Live Nation be damaged up. Ticketmaster must be bought off. It’s even doable that Live Nation may must promote its stake within the venues it owns. Then what?

We may return to the outdated days of a number of nationwide or regional promoters bidding on exhibits. The quickest option to achieve an act’s consideration is to supply the most important assure. The profitable promoter will then be below monetary stress to cowl prices. The solely method to try this is to elucidate to the artist that they should cost extra per ticket if they need that massive assure. Ticket costs will go up, not down.

Live Nation is enticing to artists as a result of it’s a one-stop-shop nationally and internationally. Sure, they may go along with one other promoter, however can they provide the identical phrases and performance-fee ensures? Maybe, however I’d guessing not. Ticketmaster has a lot of income streams like sponsorships that assist defray prices and to spice up ensures.

Other corporations might wish to tackle Ticketmaster. Go proper forward. Innovation by means of competitors is at all times good. But changing into a competitor to Ticketmaster would require billions in funding in software program, infrastructure, and promotion/advertising of the brand new entity, all in an effort to get right into a low-margin business. They can even have to attend out any exclusivity contracts Ticketmaster presently has in place with venues. When contracts come up, there’ll inevitably be bidding wars, the value of which will probably be handed on to the buyer by means of greater facility charges. Again, this can trigger ticket costs to go up.

Yes, it’s doable that an ordered breakup of Live Nation will assist different promoters and would-be ticket sellers. Any “monopolistic practices” will probably be quashed, which can be good for the ticketing trade. Maybe customer support — at all times a bugaboo with Ticketmaster — will enhance. Perhaps somebody will give you one other option to simplify pricing that doesn’t require new legal guidelines being handed. Someone would possibly give you a option to successfully police the resale of tickets.

But who may purchase Ticketmaster? The price can be very, very excessive, so it’s in all probability a play by an fairness fund or another Wall Street building.

And will this deal with the rising price of live performance tickets? No. Will this resolve the issue of 1,000,000 folks making an attempt to purchase 100,000 accessible tickets leading to instantaneous sellouts? No. Will it deal with bigger financial points like inflation and the rising prices of staging a tour? No. Will followers’ unrealistic expectations (calls for!) of shopping for a great seat to a high act for 50 bucks be realized? No.

What would be the benefit of a Live Nation breakup to the buyer?

I can’t see any. Not one.

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Rapper Nicki Minaj mentioned Saturday that police within the Netherlands found marijuana in her luggage as she was getting ready to depart the nation for her subsequent live performance.

Minaj tweeted that she was stopped on the Amsterdam airport as she was about to board a airplane for a live performance in Manchester, England. Police advised her they discovered marijuana in her luggage, and it must be weighed, she tweeted. Cannabis is prohibited within the Netherlands, however it’s tolerated for leisure use.

Robert Van Kapel, a spokesperson for the Netherlands navy police, mentioned a 41-year-old American girl had been arrested for exporting “soft drugs.” He didn’t determine the girl or elaborate on the kind of medication in query. Police later tweeted that they fined the girl and launched her.

Minaj, who’s 41 years previous, tweeted that she believes police simply wished to make her late for her live performance in Manchester.

“Told you, it’s to try to make me late so that they can write negative stories. Jealousy is a disease. You know the rest,” Minaj tweeted.

Her representatives didn’t instantly reply to messages Saturday.

The Trinidadian-born rapper is greatest recognized for her hits “Super Freaky Girl,” “Anaconda” and “Starships.” She has been nominated for 12 Grammy awards over the course of her profession. The Manchester live performance is a part of her “Pink Friday 2” tour, which incorporates stops in Paris, Poland, Germany, Romania and Switzerland.

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Céline Dion is able to open up in regards to the challenges she faces dwelling with stiff particular person syndrome (SPS), as proven within the trailer for her upcoming documentary, I Am: Céline Dion.

In the trailer, shared by Amazon MGM Studios on Thursday, the Quebec chanteuse turns into emotional speaking about how the uncommon dysfunction has affected her life.

“I have been diagnosed with a very rare neurological disorder and I wasn’t ready to say anything before,” she says within the clip. “But I’m ready now.”

“I see my life and I love every piece of it. When a girl loves her shoes, she always makes them fit,” she continues. “It’s not hard to do a show. It’s hard to cancel the show. I’m working hard every day. But I have to admit, it’s been a struggle. I miss it so much.”

The documentary will discover her struggles to get again on stage and do what she loves finest: singing.

The movie, following Dion via her each day life, is described as “a deeply personal exploration of perseverance and inner strength, as well as daily battle and sacrifice. It is a celebration of the human spirit’s immense will to keep going, even when the only sense of self they’ve ever known has been lost.”

“This last couple of years has been such a challenge for me, the journey from discovering my condition to learning how to live with and manage it, but not to let it define me,” Dion stated in an announcement saying the movie.

“As the road to resuming my performing career continues, I have realized how much I have missed it, of being able to see my fans. During this absence, I decided I wanted to document this part of my life to help others who share this diagnosis.”

3:51What is ‘Stiff-Person Syndrome’?

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Dion has largely pulled again from the general public eye since she introduced her analysis in late 2022, shortly after suspending a number of of her European tour dates.

She did, nevertheless, supply followers an enormous shock when she appeared on the Grammy Awards stage in February to current the award for Album of the Year. She has additionally made a number of appearances at NHL video games in latest months, sharing her locker room visits to numerous groups visiting Las Vegas.

SPS, researchers suspect, could also be the results of an autoimmune response the place the physique assaults nerve cells within the central nervous system that management muscle motion. There is not any recognized treatment.

The most typical signs are muscle rigidity, stiffness and spasms within the muscle groups of the trunk, together with the again and limbs.

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‘I Am: Céline Dion’ can be out there to stream on Prime Video on June 25.

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An investigation has been opened into the loss of life of Matthew Perry and the way the “Friends” actor obtained the anesthetic ketamine, which was dominated a contributing consider his loss of life.

Los Angeles Police Capt. Scot Williams stated in an electronic mail Tuesday that the police division was working with the Drug Enforcement Agency and U.S. Postal Inspection Service with a probe into why the 54-year-old star had a lot ketamine in his system when he died in October. The investigation was first reported by TMZ.

Perry was discovered unresponsive within the sizzling tub of his Los Angeles dwelling. His post-mortem, launched in December, discovered that the quantity of ketamine in Perry’s blood was within the vary used for basic anesthesia throughout surgical procedure. The drug is typically used to deal with melancholy.

The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner stated within the post-mortem report that Perry additionally drowned in “the heated end of his pool,” however that it was a secondary consider his loss of life, deemed an accident.

According to Perry’s post-mortem, folks near the actor informed investigators that he was present process ketamine infusion remedy, an experimental remedy used to deal with melancholy and nervousness. But the medical expert stated that his final remedy 1 1/2 weeks earlier wouldn’t clarify the degrees of ketamine in Perry’s blood. The drug is often metabolized in a matter of hours.

Perry was among the many largest tv stars of his technology when he performed Chandler Bing alongside Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc and David Schwimmer for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004 on NBC’s megahit sitcom “Friends.”

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