CNT Photo of the Day August 26, 2021 Sunset Waves
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This Day in History August 26, 1939 First Televised Major League Baseball Game
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NATIONAL DOG DAY | August 26
Troy Warren for CNT #Celebrations NATIONAL DOG DAY | August 26 National Dog Day on August 26th encourages dog ownership of all breeds. While seeking a new companion, be sure to consider the mutts, mixes, purebreds, and everything in between. Whether mixed or purebred, embrace the opportunity for all dogs to live a happy, safe, and abuse-free life. They all give us companionship. Additionally, they keep us safe, and they aid those in need. Dogs play. Well, they play many roles in our lives, too! They keep us healthy, both physically and mentally. While many days aim to find…
IHG Launches New Luxury and Lifestyle Brand, Vignette Collection
PATRICK CLARKE | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Travel IHG Hotels & Resorts is launching a new luxury and lifestyle brand in the Vignette Collection. The 17th addition to IHG's brand portfolio and the sixth in the last four years alone, the Vignette Collection's first two properties will include the five-star Hotel X in Brisbane, Australia and Thailand's Pattaya Aquatique hotel. The collection will provide independent hotel owners the opportunity to retain their property's distinctive identity while benefiting from IHG's global scale, expertise and IHG Rewards loyalty program. The collection will eventually expand to include dozens of exclusive properties…
How the ‘Black Widow’ Battle Could Break the Mold on Hollywood Dealmaking
BY ERIQ GARDNER | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Business #Entertainment In the past, a little ambiguity in entertainment contracts wasn't necessarily a bad thing, but Disney's reaction to Scarlett Johansson has lawyers less willing to leave things between the lines. When Scarlett Johansson sued Disney on July 29 over her Black Widow pay, one community in Hollywood took the development especially personally: the ranks of transactional attorneys who negotiate deals for top talent. For many of them, the suit over the film’s concurrent release in theaters and on Disney+ not only highlights the complexity of compensation in the streaming era, it’s also evidence of…
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Dunkin’ Is Releasing a Donut Made with IPA (and More Donut-Themed Beers, of Course)
By Mike Pomranz | FoodAndWine.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Foodie The limited-edition Dunkin' Harpoon IPA donut celebrates three new collaboration beers being released this September. Plenty of brands have dipped their toe in the collaboration beer waters as a one-off stunt to get some easy press. (Who doesn't love a good beer headline?) But a few brands have dived right in after that initial test, making new branded beers a regular thing: names like Wawa, Sheetz, and Dunkin'. Dunkin' specifically tried a couple of branded beers with smaller brewers in local markets back in 2017 before finally teaming up with the fellow Massachusetts-based Harpoon Brewery in 2018. That…
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Back to School Spurs Anxiety (and Relief) Among Industry Parents as COVID-19 Rages
BY KIRSTEN CHUBA | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Lifestyle As the delta variant spreads, districts open with mask and vaccine mandates: "It's just becoming more a part of how we have to do business." As the delta variant spurs a spike in COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles — along with vaccine mandate rollouts and indoor mask rules being restored — children across the city are returning to in-person school, eliciting emotions ranging from delight to dread from parents. LAUSD public schools welcomed students back to the classroom Aug. 16, while charter and private schools’ first days are staggered now through…
Fox Invests in Blockchain Distribution and Monetization Platform Eluvio
BY J. CLARA CHAN | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT #Digital In a deal valued at $100 million, Eluvio will provide the technology powering Fox Entertainment and Bento Box Entertainment's NFT arm, Blockchain Creative Labs. Fox Corp. is deepening its commitment to cryptocurrency with a new investment into Eluvio, an end-to-end platform for managing, distributing and monetizing content on the blockchain, the companies said on Wednesday. As part of the investment, which was valued at $100 million, Eluvio will provide the underlying technology powering Blockchain Creative Labs, an NFT company from Fox Entertainment and Bento Box Entertainment. Fox’s chief technology officer and president of…
Did that passenger just light up? Here’s what happened on smoky Spirit flight
By Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald (TNS) Troy Warren for CNT #Travel MIAMI — A Spirit Airlines passenger disobeyed a law that went into effect more than 30 years ago and lit up a cigarette on board. Cellphone video taken by fellow passenger early Tuesday shows the chaos on the flight from Detroit to Fort Lauderdale once smoke started billowing into the aisle. Alexa Majdalawi of Boynton Beach told the Miami Herald the woman lit up a little after landing as the plane taxied on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Majdawali said she first asked the woman to stop smoking,…
Delta to levy $200/mth health care surcharge on unvaccinated employees
By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT #EditorsPicks #Business Atlanta airline also introduces weekly COVID-19 testing for holdouts Delta Air Lines plans to charge employees who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 an extra $200 a month beginning in November as part of the company’s health care plans. Atlanta-based Delta, which cited high hospitalization costs, also will require unvaccinated employees to be tested weekly for the coronavirus starting Sept. 12 while cases are high. About 75% of the airline’s 75,000 employees are already vaccinated, and the company already requires new hires to get shots. Others have been advocating more strongly for vaccine mandates since…