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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) – The Girl Scout Cookie season has launched, which means the sweetest form of salesmanship is unavoidable. Olive Gordon of Charlotte is highly motivated to shatter her own North Carolina sales record set last year. When we interviewed her, the numbers 28833 were boldly on display outside her home. That number is not her Zip code, it’s the mind-blowing amount of Girl Scout Cookie boxes that local Troop 219 sold last year. ‘Hidden treasure’: Charlotte woodcarvers help keep ‘dying art’ alive Gordon is simply a super-seller, with 12,801 boxes sold in 2024. “It feels wonderful,…
EXCLUSIVE: Oscar winner F. Murray Abraham (Amadeus, The White Lotus), Caroline Aaron (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, 21 Jump Street), Noam Ash (The Other Two), and Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll, The Acolyte) are set for 5x Media’s Bookends from filmmaker Mike Doyle. The movie, off a screenplay by Ash, follows Nate (Ash), an excitable millennial novelist, who […]
Will TikTok sell to Elon Musk? Bloomberg News reported that China was considering options in the event that a new law goes into effect to force ByteDance to sell the platform or face a ban on U.S. app stores. Among the options that Chinese authorities are considering: Selling to the billionaire owner of X, who […]
Will TikTok sell to Elon Musk? Bloomberg News reported that China was considering options in the event that a new law goes into effect to force ByteDance to sell the platform or face a ban on U.S. app stores. Among the options that Chinese authorities are considering: Selling to the billionaire owner of X, who […]
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel penned a heartfelt note to his hometown of Los Angeles and employees following the Palisades Fire, which he revealed destroyed his father’s home — the original headquarters for Snapchat (see photo above). The social media app co-founder also pledged $5 million and counting toward wildfire relief efforts. “Dear Los Angeles, I […]
The Eva Longoria Foundation with support of the Courage and Civility Award on Monday pledged $1 million to support California wildfire relief efforts. Former HUD Secretary Julian Castro announced the pledge on social media today, saying the funds will support both Castro’s Latino Community Foundation’s Wildfire Relief Fund and the California Community Foundation’s Wildfire Recovery […]
Warner Bros Discovery has pledged $15 million to help Los Angeles combat and rebuild from the wildfires currently ravaging the county, the company announced on Monday afternoon. Warner Bros is the latest to donate, following Sony, which pledged $5 million, and Amazon, which pledged $10 million. In a statement, a spokesperson for the conglomerate said, […]
Sony will donate $5 million in support of wildfire relief, as Southern California works its way toward containment of numerous fires in the region, the company announced on Monday. Sony plans to allocate funds to organizations supporting first responders, community relief and rebuilding efforts, and employee assistance programs. The corporation is just the latest to […]
The Getty Villa will remain closed until further notice due to the Palisades Fire, the museum announced today. The Getty Center in Brentwood will likely remain closed until Monday, January 20. The Getty Villa is located on a hilltop overlooking Pacific Coast Highway in Pacific Palisades. “The Getty Center and Getty Villa remain safe from […]
The Weeknd on Monday said he was canceling his planned January 25 concert at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena “out of respect and concern for the people of Los Angeles County” as deadly wildfires continue to wreak havoc in the region. The concert was to serve as part of the launch of The Weeknd’s new […]