BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish state prosecutors beneficial Wednesday that an investigating decide shelve a probe into one other alleged case of tax fraud by pop star Shakira.

The Colombian singer is beneath investigation for the alleged evasion of 6.7 million euros ($7.2 million) in taxes on her 2018 earnings through an offshore firm. She has denied wrongdoing.

State prosecutors, who had initially introduced the allegations ahead, are actually saying “there’s not ample proof” of a attainable fiscal crime.

It will likely be as much as the investigating decide to determine whether or not to proceed with the probe, and probably suggest that the case be tried, or dismissed.

In a separate case, Shakira struck a deal in November with prosecutors whereby she acknowledged she had didn’t pay Spanish authorities 14.5 million euros (about $15.6 million) in taxes between 2012 and 2014.

Shakira at present resides in Miami after having left Spain following her breakup with the now former soccer participant Gerard Pique.

Disney‘s adjusted earnings per share for the March quarter beat Wall Avenue forecasts — however the firm’s inventory worth stumbled amid regarding indicators for the Mouse Home.

Shares of Disney have been down 10.4%, to $104.41/share, as of midday ET on Tuesday, earlier than closing at $105.39/share (down 9.5% for the day). The pullback comes after the inventory was up 29% 12 months up to now as of Monday.

Whereas Disney’s theme parks enterprise drove top- and bottom-line development for the primary three months of 2024 — with income development of 10% and section working revenue up 12% — the corporate stated the June quarter’s section working revenue is anticipated to come back in roughly corresponding to the prior 12 months, with income flat.

On the earnings name, CFO Hugh Johnston informed analysts, “Whereas shoppers proceed to journey in file numbers and we’re nonetheless seeing wholesome demand, we now have seen some proof of a worldwide moderation from peak post-COVID journey” at Disney’s theme parks. He additionally stated rising prices and “demand impacts” will seemingly lower into the section’s earnings however that the enterprise is anticipated to rebound within the September quarter.

“Whereas pressures from wages, reopening prices and demand impacts are anticipated to persist in [fiscal] This autumn, we do anticipate year-over-year Experiences working revenue development to rebound considerably within the fourth quarter,” Johnston stated. The parks enterprise additionally will see some “one-time bills” within the June and September quarters. Backing out these one-time prices, Disney expects working revenue in fiscal Q3 to be within the mid-to-high single-digit vary and to extend double-digits for This autumn.

For the March quarter, the rise in working revenue on the firm’s home parks and experiences was as a result of greater outcomes at Walt Disney World Resort and Disney Cruise Line, partially offset by decrease outcomes at Disneyland Resort.

In the meantime, income for Disney’s linear TV enterprise (excluding ESPN) declined 8%, falling to $2.77 billion, whereas working revenue fell 22%, to $752 million — under analyst expectations. Within the U.S., Disney attributed the lower in working revenue to “the impression of the nonrenewal of carriage of sure networks by an affiliate” (a reference to Constitution dropping eight cable networks final fall) and a decline in advert income reflecting decrease common viewership.

CEO Bob Iger, on the earnings name, stated that within the March quarter, sequence that aired on Disney’s linear networks accounted for 17 of the highest 20 most-viewed sequence on its streaming platforms, with virtually 3 billion hours of consumption. “Our linear channels are deeply embedded in our direct-to-consumer technique, as they proceed to ship high-quality content material that reaches demographics not captured on streaming alone, permitting us to broaden our audiences and leverage our unmatched content material engine throughout an expansive base,” he stated.

And whereas Disney’s fiscal Q2 outcomes confirmed progress towards the corporate lastly attaining profitability in streaming — with its Disney+ and Hulu section reporting its first-ever working revenue — the corporate anticipates a loss for the leisure streaming section due to declines at Disney+ Hotstar, the service it provides in India and different Southeast Asian international locations.

On the decision, Iger stated Disney has stated the corporate’s “path to profitability” on streaming wouldn’t be “linear.”

As well as, Disney swung to a internet loss for the quarter due to a one-time $2.05 billion cost for goodwill impairments associated to Star India and unspecified “leisure linear networks.” The impairment at Star India was a results of the corporate’s take care of Reliance Industries to merge Star India operations with Reliance’s Viacom18 in a brand new three way partnership.

Appearing itself serves different functions, too: “I positively am in it for some kind of egocentric reasoning, within the sense of, I do profit from the way it makes me really feel but additionally that I study loads about myself. I get to place a variety of closure on stuff and to revisit sure moments of my life,” Keoghan admits. “I don’t even like the concept of individuals being paid to behave. I’d prefer to be paid for the opposite bullshit, however I don’t wish to be paid for one thing that’s therapeutic. Between motion and minimize, and the entire getting the half and discovering the half, the method is all for me. You may pay me for the remainder of the stuff.”

This mode of reflection ties into his Met Gala ensemble, a tawny velvet three-piece go well with custom-made by Burberry with a frill-trimmed gown shirt, a silky cream ribbon tie wound tautly as much as his chin, and a tall black prime hat. The inspiration, certain sufficient, is the Mad Hatter, a really thespian nod to this yr’s “Backyard of Time” gown code. “And I ain’t mad!” he jokes. “I ain’t that mad.” What are the possibilities, in any case, that he landed on this backyard to start with?

Doubling down on the Carrollian issue, Keoghan is carrying a trio of Omega watches, although solely two of them are functioning. He and his stylist, Ilaria Urbinati, determine to set the working pair to London and Dublin time, whereas the non-working third is about to a poetic “nowhere.”

This third watch, the actor explains, is “as a result of I wish to give time an opportunity to face nonetheless. It’s all the time ticking ahead.” A ticking clock, a crashing wave, a heartbeat—all dependable, reliable progressions. “There’s a variety of rhythm there that comforts me. It’s just like the mom’s heartbeat, you seek for that. It comforts us.”

Attendees of the 2024 Met Gala weren’t simply handled to a uncommon Ariana Grande live performance Monday evening (Could 6), but additionally an unique sneak peek at how the singer and Cynthia Erivo‘s voices will sound collectively as Glinda and Elphaba within the upcoming Depraved movies. 

The 30-year-old pop star was charged with delivering an ethereal efficiency to match this 12 months’s occasion theme, “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Style,” and she or he greater than delivered. First, a “sleeping” Grande was carried into the Metropolitan Museum of Artwork occasion house after the pink carpet by a troupe of fairy-like dancers as a stunning orchestral association performed, as captured in a video the Grammy winner later posted on Instagram and TikTok. 

After making her entrance, Grande “wakened” and commenced singing “As soon as Upon a Dream” from Disney’s Sleeping Magnificence because the viewers applauded. Swathed in a teal chiffon robe, she went on to carry out her Billboard Scorching 100 No. 1 hits “Sure, And?” and “We Can’t Be Mates” from her new album Everlasting Sunshine, in addition to a few of her older smashes, “7 Rings” and “Into You.” 

One of many largest highlights from her whimsical showcase was when Erivo — with whom Grande had walked the pink carpet on the Met steps earlier that night — joined her on stage. The pair synced their voices for a duet of “When You Imagine” by Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston, joined by a gaggle of backup gospel singers. 

“@cynthiaerivo i like you,” the R.E.M. Magnificence founder wrote on Instagram Tales, sharing a clip of the show-stopping duet. 

She additionally gushed in regards to the efficiency on TikTok. “had the distinction and most particular time acting at @metmuseum in @maisonmargiela by the one and solely, most good angel of all @jgalliano (how i wept in our becoming !!!!)… engaged on this efficiency was an expertise i’ll cherish ceaselessly,” she captioned one video. Her observe included thanks messages to Vogue editor Anna Wintour, Baz Luhrmann and others. Final however not least, she gave a shout-out to Erivo. “thanks to the divine and magical @cynthiaerivo for becoming a member of me in the long run and for lighting up the museum brighter than any star within the sky ever might. it was my honor to have you ever and to sing with you as all the time. i like you !”

Grande and Erivo weren’t the one Depraved stars to point out out on the Met Gala. The 2 ladies have been additionally joined by Jeff Goldblum, who will play the Wizard of Oz in Jon M. Chu’s two-part duology — the primary installment of which hits theaters this Thanksgiving — in addition to Jonathan Bailey, who will play Fiyero.  

Her first Met since 2018, Grande attended the occasion – which was co-chaired by Zendaya, Dangerous Bunny, Jennifer Lopez and and Chris Hemsworth — in a customized white robe designed by Loewe artistic director Jonathan Anderson, accented by a sculpted bodice made totally of mom of pearl. “I cherished the tie-in of the opalescence and little hues of pink and inexperienced for Glinda’s bubble and for Depraved,” she informed Vogue of the gown on the pink carpet. “Pearls are simply made in probably the most sudden of the way. You by no means know what lovely issues you will see that in sudden locations.” 

See clips from Grande’s Met Gala efficiency under. 

This yr has been an thrilling one for Ariana Grande: Her new album, Everlasting Sunshine, was launched in March, and the celebrity will star as Glinda within the movie adaptation of Depraved come November. Final evening, then, it was solely pure that Grande continued her 2024 takeover—by hitting the Met Gala crimson carpet in superb type for the primary time since 2018. She was positive to honor the “Sleeping Beauties” theme. “I felt so related to this theme; it’s really so aligned with every thing I really like aesthetically, and so inspiring to me,” says Grande, who wore a customized Loewe search for the affair. “As quickly as I heard this was the theme, I couldn’t wait to get began. I used to be additionally so inexplicably excited to work with one in all my favourite designers, Loewe’s Jonathan Anderson; I really like the best way he makes use of and performs with unusual supplies, applied sciences, and shapes to inform tales and to push the envelope.”

On the well-known Met steps, Grande wore Loewe’s bustier gown in mother-of-pearl, full with a hand-pleated, multilayered skirt in silk chiffon. Anderson and his atelier appeared to “sensorial craft strategies”—drawing upon the fantastic thing about nature to encourage craftsmanship and textile choice. (Grande’s skirt was designed to imitate the iridescence of the nacre mineral.) “The thought for my outfit was to create an ethereal look, impressed by nature and by the best way that mother-of-pearl displays mild,” says Grande. “Pearl is my birthstone, so it’s very significant to me for that motive—in addition to the delicate methods wherein I really feel prefer it nods to Glinda’s bubble and to Depraved with its delicate opalescent winks of pink and inexperienced.”

Macklemore hasn’t been one to mince phrases previously when talking up for a trigger he believes in. Now, the Seattle native is throwing his assist behind Gaza and school scholar protests throughout America on the politically charged track “Hind’s Corridor.”

The “Thrift Store” rapper uploaded the fiery observe to social media on Monday night (Might 6), and promised as soon as the track makes it onto streaming providers, all proceeds will go towards the United Nations Reduction and Works Company (UNRWA), which presents help and safety to Palestinian refugees.

“Hind’s Corridor” is the brand new identify scholar protestors have given to the Columbia College residence Hamilton Corridor, in tribute to six-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed in Gaza.

The jarring visible accompanying the observe exhibits footage of police getting violent with college students protesting in school campuses, in addition to lethal explosions going down in Gaza Metropolis.

Macklemore kicks off with a salute to N.W.A and the group’s specific 1988 anti-police anthem. “Once I was seven, I realized a lesson from Dice and Eazy-E/ What was it once more? Oh yeah, f–okay the police,” he raps.

The Billboard Sizzling 100-topping artist goes on to name out President Joe Biden and America’s diplomatic assist for Israel whereas revealing he received’t be voting for the incumbent once more this fall.

“The place does genocide land in your definition, huh/ Destroyin’ each school in Gaza and each mosque/ Pushin’ everybody into Rafah and droppin’ bombs/ The blood is in your palms, Biden, we are able to see all of it/ And f–okay no, I’m not votin’ for you within the fall,” Macklemore declares.

The 40-year-old rapper additionally challenges these equating anti-Zionism with antisemitism, mentioning that he sees Jewish individuals standing in solidarity with the Palestinian individuals as properly. “We see the lies in ’em/ Claimin’ it’s antisemitic to be anti-Zionist/ I’ve seen Jewish brothers and sisters on the market and ridin’ in/ Solidarity and screamin’ Free Palestine with them,” he raps.

With the hip-hop world distracted by the Drake and Kendrick Lamar feud, Macklemore needs to shift the main focus to ceasefire talks somewhat than listening to what the 6 God has to say subsequent. “What occurred to the artist? What d’you bought to say/ If I used to be on a label, you possibly can drop me immediately/ I’d be high-quality with it ’trigger the guts fed my web page/ I desire a ceasefire, f–okay a response from Drake/ What you willin’ to danger? What you willin’ to offer,” he asks.

Greater than 2,000 college students have been arrested throughout the nation in pro-Palestinian protests, in line with The Guardian. Greater than 100 of these have been booked by New York law enforcement officials throughout protests at Columbia College final week.

On Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas terrorists invaded Israel, killing round 1,200 individuals and taking about 250 hostages, lots of whom stay in Gaza, in line with The Related Press. Israel and Hamas have been entrenched in a lethal battle since that has decimated Gaza; greater than 34,500 Palestinians have been killed, per the AP, and greater than 1,700 individuals in Israel have been killed, per ABC Information. Ceasefire talks involving the discharge of hostages stay ongoing.

Earlier in 2024, Israel accused 12 UNRWA staff of being a part of Hamas and serving to coordinate the assaults towards them; the group instantly terminated or suspended the accused people, however misplaced a lot of its worldwide funding because of the claims. Since then, an impartial research concluded that no proof was discovered connecting the UNRWA to the Oct. 7 assaults, in line with NPR. Many countries have resumed funding to UNRWA since then.

Watch Macklemore’s “Hind’s Corridor” visible under.

American rap artist Macklemore, identified for hit songs like ‘Thrift Store’ and ‘Can’t Maintain Us’, launched ‘Hind’s Corridor’ on 6 Could – a music in solidarity with Palestine.

The rapper’s newest three-minute monitor attracts inspiration from world scholar protests and honouring 6-year-old Hind Rajab, just lately killed by the Israeli navy in Gaza.

The music, sampling Fairuz’s ‘Ana La Habibi’ for the instrumental, additionally addresses the American expertise of witnessing the warfare on Gaza. Macklemore highlights the continued police brutality on peaceable protestors, indicators of white supremacy, youth activism, and difficult the present authorities.

“The folks, they gained’t go away…What’s threatening about divesting and wanting peace…Block the barricade till Palestine is free,” Macklemore raps firstly.

Talking out on the Israel-Gaza battle, he critiques legislation enforcement’s position in oppressing protests. The music encourages listeners to face up for justice, notably in solidarity with Palestine, asking, “What for those who had been in Gaza? What if these had been your children?”

Macklemore later highlights the present Jewish help for Palestine, stating that it isn’t anti-Semitic to oppose Israel’s “apartheid system” in his lyrics.

Proceeds from the monitor, which stay unavailable on streaming platforms, might be donated to the United Nations Reduction and Works Company for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Nonetheless, the music has garnered thousands and thousands of views shortly after its launch on Macklemore’s Instagram – showcasing a rising consciousness of the Palestinian trigger.

The artist’s advocacy for Palestine just isn’t new both. Macklemore had beforehand signed letters calling for a ceasefire and spoken at pro-Palestinian rallies.

Throughout a live performance in December 2023, Macklemore carried out a self-written poem in dedication to Palestine – expressing that supporting Palestine means advocating for equality, respect, and peace for all.

The rapper is ready to go to the Center East on 4 October – virtually a yr after the beginning of the warfare – to carry out dwell in Dubai.

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Susan Buckner, finest identified to moviegoers as Grease‘s bubbly cheerleader Patty Simcox, died peacefully surrounded by family members in Miami on Could 2.

Her loss of life was introduced by household.

Buckner’s Grease character was the Rydell Excessive cheerleading pal of Olivia Newton-John’s Sandy. The 1978 movie additionally starred John Travolta and Stockard Channing.

Born on January 28, 1952, in Seattle, Washington, Buckner was topped Miss Washington in 1971 and represented the state within the Miss America pageant the next 12 months. Quickly after, she grew to become certainly one of The Dean Martin Present’s Golddiggers dancers, and that led her to turn out to be a part of the all-girl group Fantasy and the musical duo Buckner and Pratt.

She additionally appeared on such selection exhibits as The Mac Davis Present, Sonny and Cher and, as a dancer and synchronized swimmer, The Brady Bunch Selection Hour.

In 1977, she landed her signature function of perky Patty Simcox, Grease‘s embodiment of pep and college spirit. “Do the splits, give a yell!” she cheered alongside Newton-John. “Present slightly spirit for previous Rydell! Option to go, purple and white! Go Rydell, combat, combat, combat!”

Grease was the top-grossing film of 1978 with $132.4 million in field workplace. Its soundtrack spawned 4 High 5 singles, earned an Album of the 12 months Grammy nom and has bought greater than 8 million models within the U.S. alone.

Buckner later was featured in a number of TV exhibits, together with The Love Boat, B.J and the Bear, The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries, and co-starred within the ABC collection When the Whistle Blows. She starred within the 1981 Wes Craven horror movie Lethal Blessing alongside Sharon Stone and in 1989’s Police Academy 6: Metropolis Underneath Siege. She later stepped away from present enterprise to boost a household.

Buckner is survived by her son Adam Josephs, daughter Samantha Mansfield, grandchildren Oliver, Riley, Abigail and Ruby in addition to her sister Linda, daughter-in-law Noel Josephs, son-in-law Adam Mansfield and longtime associate Al.

In lieu of flowers, the household requests that donations be made to Miami’s Fairchild Tropical Botanic Backyard in Susan’s honor.

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Susan Buckner, an American actor greatest identified for her position as Patty Simcox within the 1978 musical “Grease,” died Could 2. She was 72. Her loss of life was confirmed by her publicist.

On the age of 25, Buckner was forged within the position of the Rydell Excessive cheerleader, becoming a member of a forged that included John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John. As Simcox, Buckner performed a solider of college spirit, with an iconic cheer cemented into followers’ minds: “Do the splits, give a yell! Present just a little spirit for previous Rydell! Option to go, crimson and white! Go Rydell, combat, combat, combat!”

Buckner continued working as an actor with visitor credit throughout a number of tv reveals, together with “The Love Boat,” “B.J and the Bear” and “The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries.” She co-starred within the ABC collection “When the Whistle Blows.” Amongst different notable characteristic credit, Buckner appeared in Wes Craven’s 1981 horror movie “Lethal Blessing” reverse Sharon Stone, in addition to the 1989 comedy sequel “Police Academy 6: Metropolis Beneath Siege.”

Buckner spent the latter a part of her life instructing, directing a number of kids’s theater productions at Pinecrest Elementary College and main dance lessons at Physique and Soul Health club in Coral Gables, Fla.

Born on Jan. 28, 1952 in Seattle, Wash., Buckner was a embellished magnificence queen, topped Miss Washington in 1971 and represented the state within the Miss America pageant the next yr. She later turned a part of Dean Martin’s Golddiggers and would go on to affix the all-girl group Fantasy and based her personal music duo, Buckner and Pratt. Buckner additionally appeared as a dancer on reveals like “The Mac Davis Present,” “Sonny and Cher” and the “Telly Savalas Dwell Touring Present,” in addition to performing as a synchronized swimmer on “The Brady Bunch Selection Hour.”

Buckner is survived by her two kids, son Adam Josephs and daughter Samantha Mansfield; her 4 grandchildren; her sister, Linda; her daughter-in-law and son-in-law; and her longtime associate, Al.

The Social Safety and Medicare belief fund — the cash that pays for these applications — received’t have the ability to pay everybody’s full advantages beginning in 2033; finest case situation, 2035, the Social Safety Administration reported to Congress on Monday. 

If the Pentagon desires cash, Congress decides, or generally fails to determine, to provide it, together with how a lot to provide and pay for it. That’s not how Social Safety and Medicare work.

“The Social Safety and Medicare applications function out of belief funds. They’re not a part of the federal funds,” mentioned Invoice Sweeney, senior vp of presidency affairs at AARP. 

Cash goes into these belief funds from taxes on our paychecks and goes out to individuals who’ve reached retirement age. No Congress, simply formulation and math. Sadly, the maths isn’t mathing.

“When this system was arrange, there have been about 4 employees for each individual receiving Social Safety advantages. That quantity’s below three immediately, and it’s anticipated to get nearer to 2,” Sweeney mentioned.

So by about 2033, the system begins to interrupt. Social Safety and Medicare don’t go broke, they only can’t pay what they’re presupposed to. 

“This projection signifies advantages might be reduce instantly after 2033 by 21%,” mentioned Will McBride, vp of federal tax coverage on the Tax Basis.

“Which is terrible,” mentioned Teresa Ghilarducci, an economics professor on the New College for Social Analysis.

“It would set off big will increase in poverty charges,” Ghilarducci mentioned.

The date at which Social Safety and Medicare fall quick was pushed out just a few years on this forecast, helped by rising wages for decrease earnings employees, Ghilarducci mentioned. But it surely’s been floating round 2035 for many years.

“Individuals who examine politics say Congress in all probability received’t do something till we’re proper on prime of that date,” she mentioned.

And by then will probably be far more costly to repair.