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Ariana Grande Says “I Hate Americans. I Hate America.” After Appearing to Lick On-Display Doughnuts

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Grande's love interest also appeared to lick an unpurchased doughnut in the footage. BY THR STAFF Ariana Grande likes the taste of doughnuts, but she “hates” America and Americans. In security footage obtained by TMZ, the pop singer was in a doughnut shop and appeared to lick unpurchased doughnuts on a display rack twice while the shop’s employee wasn’t looking. Grande was accompanied by three friends, and the footage shows her kissing one of the two men, who also appeared to lick one of the doughnuts. Grande laughed out loud after he seemingly licked a doughnut and walked away. When the shop employee returned with a new tray of doughnuts, Grande asked, “What the f— is that?” “I hate Americans,” she continued. “I hate America.” On July 8, the singer issued an apology f...

Critic’s Notebook: The 94th Academy Awards Were Already Bad, But Then They Got Worse

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Will Smith responding to an ugly Chris Rock joke with onstage assault was only the nadir of an Oscars telecast characterized by unsuccessful innovations and upstaged emotional moments. The 94th Academy Awards telecast was already off the rails before the only thing anybody is talking about , the only thing anybody is likely to remember. After a fairly promising first hour, the show had begun to flag in basically the same ways Oscar telecasts always flag, proving conclusively that producer Will Packer’s attempt to fix the event was barely a band-aid. After months of big promises about finishing the telecast by 11 p.m. ET, the Oscars were running long, and one key decision after another was yielding something between embarrassment and a fizzle instead of firework...

U.K.’s BT Sport Secures German Soccer TV Rights Until 2017

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The telecom giant has been ramping up competition with U.K. pay TV operator BSkyB, in which Rupert Murdoch's 21st Century Fox has a 39 percent stake. BY STUART KEMP LONDON — BT Sport has won exclusive TV rights to live German Bundesliga soccer in the U.K. and Ireland until 2017, following a competitive auction, the firm said Thursday. The telecom giant has been ramping up competition with U.K. pay TV operator BSkyB, in which Rupert Murdoch‘s 21st Century Fox owns a 39 percent stake. The two-year contract, which kicks off Sept. 2015, gives BT Sport around 115 live matches a season from the German top-flight soccer league — 15 more matches than the current deal. BT Sport will also have the rights to the annual German-league Supercup matches plus previews and highlights shows. ...