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Elon Musk sold $6.9 billion worth of shares Tesla this month to help finance an acquisition of Twitter — a deal he is fighting in court to avoid. "In the (hopefully unlikely) event that Twitter forces this deal to close *and* some equity partners don’t come through, it is important to avoid an emergency sale of Tesla…

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is done with teasing. He jumped into the social media universe Saturday with a full post-credit scene from the animated DC’s League of Super-Pets. The social media-posted scene features Johnson as multiple characters – he provides the voice of Superman’s dog, Krypto, but also voices Black…

In the latest volley of tweets in the Elon Musk/Twitter purchase saga, the entrepreneur threw down a challenge today: either Twitter provide its method of sampling 100 accounts and how it confirmed that the accounts are real, or the deal is canceled. Musk’s $44 billion deal to buy the company should proceed on its…

Country music group Lady A (formerly known as Lady Antebellum) has canceled the rest of its 2022 tour to support singer Charles Kelley, who is "on a journey to sobriety," according to the group’s social media announcement. "We have decided to postpone our Request Line Tour until next year," the band said today…

Broadcaster Vin Scully will be honored with a commemorative black patch by the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team said today. The black patch will have a microphone and “Vin” on the uniforms. Scully, whose iconic voice long graced Dodger broadcasts in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, died Tuesday at age 94. The Dodgers next home…

James Gunn has a message for Peacemaker fans: “Calm down.” The writer/director of the HBO Max series took to Twitter to soothe jittery fans, who are understandably nervous about a Season 2 in the wake of the unexpected Batgirl cancellation by the new Warner Bros. Discovery management. The cost-cutting will apparently…

Stranger Things actor Joseph Quinn now has a Lollapalooza of a memory. The young star, who caused a sensation by having his Eddie Munson character breaking out a rendition of Metallica’s “Master of Puppets” in the show’s Season 4 finale, got to meet the band backstage at the Chicago music festival…

Claudia Forestieri, the creator of Gordita Chronicles, has posted her disappointment about the cancellation of her HBO Max show. HBO Max decided today not to renew the 1980s coming-of-age comedy series Gordita Chronicles for a second season. The decision comes a little over a month after the show…

Exactly one year after suffering a heart attack on the set of Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk took to social media Tuesday night to offer a “Thank You to you, whoever you are” for the “wave of goodwill and warmth towards me” after the event. The actor later described the incident to the New York…

Don’t expect “old Instagram” to return anytime soon. During Meta Platforms’ second-quarter earnings call with Wall Street analysts, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other execs emphasized the potential for video to unlock significant revenue-generating opportunities. They also said it’s a good thing that…

Dr. Oz can’t seem to catch a break. First, his own attempt at creating a meme targeting his Democratic opponent in the race for one of Pennsylvania’s Senate seats backfired. Now he’s being trolled by one of New Jersey’s most famous sons. "Yo! Dr. Oz.! Stevie VZ here," Sopranos star and longtime…

UPDATED with commentary from earnings call. Facebook parent Meta Platforms reported its first quarterly drop in year-to-year revenue, with earnings per share sliding 32%, as worsening economic conditions and increased competition squeezed results. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during an earnings call with…