Jimmy Kimmel says his longtime friends Ben Affleck and Matt Damon made a very generous offer at the start of the writers' strike.
On the newly launched 'Strike Force Five' podcast featuring Kimmel, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers and John Oliver, Kimmel revealed the duo offered to pay his staff's salaries for two weeks after his ABC late-night show, 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!', shut down in May.
Jimmy Kimmel's 7-year-old son Billy just had his third (and hopefully last) open heart surgery. The ABC late-night host shared that Billy had the operation over Memorial Day weekend. Kimmel shared this photo of his son on Instagram and wrote, "We went into this experience with a lot of optimism and nearly as much fear and came out with a new valve inside a happy, healthy kid."
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Matt and Ben's latest team up is headed for Netflix! The streaming service has acquired the rights to 'RIP,' the thriller costarring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Damon and Affleck's production company, Artists Equity, is behind the project which is being directed by Joe Carnahan. Plot details for the film are still being kept under wraps but is aiming for a fall shoot.
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Mortgage Rates Continue , to Fall, Raising Hopes of the , Fed Cutting Rates.
ABC reports that borrowing costs for
home loans continued to ease this week,
with the average rate on a 30-year mortgage
falling to its lowest level since April.
According to mortgage buyer
Freddie Mac, the rate fell from
6.95% to 6.87% last week. .
That figure is still significantly higher than
what the rate was during the same time last year,
which was at an average of 6.67%. .
15-year fixed-rate mortgages
also eased, falling from
6.17% last week to 6.13%. .
During the same time last year,
the average rate was at 6.03%.
Those higher rates can add hundreds of dollars
to monthly costs for borrowers, which limits the
purchasing options of potential homebuyers.
Mortgage rates fell for
the third straight week
following signs of cooling
inflation and market
expectations of a
future Fed rate cut, Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief economist, via ABC.
ABC reports that rates are influenced by a number
of factors, including the Federal Reserve's interest
rate policy and the 10-year Treasury yield.
ABC reports that rates are influenced by a number
of factors, including the Federal Reserve's interest
rate policy and the 10-year Treasury yield.
Due to yields also beginning to ease, the Federal
Reserve could start to drop its main interest rate
after hiking it up to the highest level in over 20 years.
Last week, Fed officials suggested that they would make
just one cut to their benchmark interest rate in 2024,
down from previous projections of three cuts for the year.
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Surge of New Applications for , Unemployment Benefits , May Signal Cooling Job Market.
Last week, the number of people in the
United States filing for unemployment benefits
reached the highest level in ten months last week. .
ABC reports that the news comes as a potential
sign that the U.S. labor market may be slowing
under the burden of high interest rates. .
The week ending June 8 saw
applications for jobless benefits
rise by 13,000 to reach 242,000. .
According to Labor Department
data, that is up from 229,000 new
applications the week before.
The number also represents the highest
number of new applications since August
of 2023, while also being significantly higher
than the 225,000 new claims forecast.
ABC reports that weekly unemployment claims have
lingered at historically low levels since millions of
jobs disappeared with the COVID-19 pandemic.
ABC reports that weekly unemployment claims have
lingered at historically low levels since millions of
jobs disappeared with the COVID-19 pandemic.
Since March of 2022, the Federal Reserve has raised
benchmark rates 11 times in an attempt to reign in
inflation which has risen to a four-decade high.
While the latest data suggests that consumer
inflation cooled in May, the Federal Reserve
has decided to leave rates at a 23-year high.
According to Fed Chair Jerome Powell, officials
are waiting for more evidence that prices
are reaching their target of two percent.
ABC reports that a total of 1.82 million
Americans were collecting unemployment
benefits in the week ending June 1. .
ABC reports that a total of 1.82 million
Americans were collecting unemployment
benefits in the week ending June 1.
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T-Mobile Announces Deal , to Acquire Most of , U.S. Cellular .
T-Mobile Announces Deal , to Acquire Most of , U.S. Cellular .
On May 28, T-Mobile announced that
it will acquire most of competitor
U.S. Cellular in a massive $4.4 billion deal.
ABC reports that the deal would give T-Mobile,
already one of the largest wireless providers in
the United States, an additional 4 million customers.
ABC reports that the deal would give T-Mobile,
already one of the largest wireless providers in
the United States, an additional 4 million customers.
The deal will also see T-Mobile acquire
hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores
and a wider presence in rural areas.
The deal will also see T-Mobile acquire
hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores
and a wider presence in rural areas.
The acquisition will also expand T-Mobile's
spectrum rights, a federal license permitting
the transmission of mobile signals.
According to T-Mobile, the deal
is expected to close sometime
in the middle of 2025.
As customers from both
companies will get more
coverage and more capacity
from our combined footprint,
our competitors will be forced
to keep up -- and even more
consumers will benefit, Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile, via ABC.
As customers from both
companies will get more
coverage and more capacity
from our combined footprint,
our competitors will be forced
to keep up -- and even more
consumers will benefit, Mike Sievert, CEO of T-Mobile, via ABC.
T-Mobile added that U.S. Cellular
will retain control of a portion of the
company's spectrum rights and cellular towers. .
According to T-Mobile, the deal will provide
customers with more competitive options to the
two largest U.S. wireless carriers: Verizon and AT&T.
According to T-Mobile, the deal will provide
customers with more competitive options to the
two largest U.S. wireless carriers: Verizon and AT&T.
By tapping into the additional
capacity and coverage created
through the combined spectrum
and wireless assets, T-Mobile
will spur competition, T-Mobile statement, via ABC.
The news comes after a series of
acquisitions for T-Mobile aimed at
accelerating the wireless provider's growth
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In a concerning development, John Oliver's Last Week Tonight has been censored in India after criticizing Prime Minister Narendra Modi. This censorship raises serious questions about freedom of speech and expression in the country. The recent episode, unavailable on platforms like Jio Cinema and YouTube, is just the latest instance of content critical of the government being suppressed. Join us as we delve into the details of this censorship, explore Oliver's critique of Modi's policies and actions, and discuss the broader implications for press freedom and government accountability in India. Stay informed on this pressing issue and join the conversation on defending democratic values.
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John Oliver is joining the growing list of Hollywood notables who have reacted to Donald Trump's guilty verdict in his New York hush money trial. A jury found the former president guilty on all 34 counts of falsifying business records after weeks of testimony. Trump also became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes. Oliver reacted to the news on 'Last Week Tonight' opening with, "A New York businessman got into some legal trouble, which was undeniably fun to watch unfold live."
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Jimmy Kimmel says that he was ready to retire from his late-night show before the writers' strike. The 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' host shared the revelation during the first episode of the limited Spotify..
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Late Night is headed to Spotify! Amid ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, late night hosts Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers are embracing a new medium announcing..
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