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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos plans to give away most of his $124 billion fortune during his lifetime. In an interview with CNN, Bezos was questioned if he intended to donate the majority of his money to charitable causes, to which he replied: “Yeah, I do.” He plans to focus his charitable giving on…

Dolly Parton this weekend was presented with the Bezos Award for Courage & Civility by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and partner Lauren Sanchez. The $100 million prize recognizes “leaders who aim high, find solutions and who always do it with civility,” said Sanchez. The money is granted "to direct to the…

UPDATED, 7:45 AM: Fantasy author Neil Gaiman is not taking Elon Musk’s criticism of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power sitting down. In a tweet Tuesday that has gone viral, Gaiman wrote, “Elon Musk doesn’t come to me for advice on how to fail to buy Twitter, and I don’t go to him for film, TV or…

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is the biggest thing Amazon Prime Video has ever done, and it looks like the TV series based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s writing has delivered big time. Launching with two episodes in 240 counties and territories across the globe on September 1, the J.D. Payne & Patrick McKay…

Jeff Bezos made a surprise appearance at The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power global premiere last night, joking about his notes to showrunners and son’s “Don’t f*ck it up” advice as the battle of the tentpole prequels between Amazon Prime Video and HBO’s House of the Dragon hots up. Demonstrating Lord of the Ring…

Most of the giant cast of Amazon’s upcoming The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power series turned out tonight for the show’s Los Angeles premiere. They were joined on the red carpet by famous fans like Michael B. Jordan, Cynthia Erivo, Lena Waithe and Catherine Hardwicke. Showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne…

The White House responded for at least the second time in as many days today to tweets from Amazon founder Jeff Bezos in a war of words over, well — the parties also argued over what the argument was about. Bezos tweeted this morning that “the administration tried their best to add another $3.5 TRILLION to federal…

Andy Jassy, a longtime Amazon exec who became the company’s CEO last summer, received $212.7 million in total compensation in 2021, according to an SEC filing. The pay package, virtually all of it in the form of a stock award, was roughly six times what he received in 2020, $35.8 million. Jassy had previously been CEO…

UPDATED with delay news: Blue Origin said Thursday night that it has delayed the launch of its 20th mission, which was scheduled to take place March 23. The shift, the company said, means SNL‘s Pete Davidson “is no longer able to join the NS-20 crew on this mission.” No reason was immediately given for him being left…

A day after Neil Young's music left Spotify, the “Heart of Gold” singer is showing nothing but love for Jeff Bezos' Amazon Music. Big free-trial love that is, and a solid middle finger to Spotify. Having requested earlier this week that his songs leave the Swedish music streamer if Spotify continued to support Joe Roga…

Good Morning America co-host Michael Strahan was the latest celebrity figure to be given a ticket to ride on a Blue Origin space mission Saturday, in what is undoubtedly a promotional opportunity for Jeff Bezos’ venture. ABC News covered the mission live, along with cable news networks, and the network plans a special…

Billionaire Jeff Bezos doesn’t see us lasting much longer on earth. Speaking at the Ignatius Forum in Washington, DC this week, Bezos provided his vision for where humanity is headed. He claimed earth might one day become a vacation destination, just like our national parks. All manufacturing would be in outer space…