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Brad Pitt cut a youthful figure as he brought his star wattage to the Formula One US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on Friday.Although there was a recent swirl of rumors linking him to Emily Ratajkowski, he is clearly an eligible bachelor now as she was seen last week kissing a DJ in New York.The 58-year-old movie star was seen flashing his ultra-charming smile as he strolled into the Circuit Of The Americas ahead of the free practice. Dashing: Brad Pitt cut a youthful figure as he brought his star wattage to the Formula One US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas on FridayBrad was agelessly handsome at the event, with the only sign of his advancing years being a distinguished touch of white scruff.His latest sighting came one day he held a dinner meeting with Lewis Hamilton to plot their upcoming Formula One blockbuster.

Comcast said chairman and chief executive Brian Roberts‘ pay package for 2023 totaled $35.47 million, up from $32 million the year before. It included a $2.5 million base salary, stock awards valued at about $15 million, $9.2 million in option awards and $8.55 million in what’s called non-equity incentive plan compensation – like a cash bonus.

William Earl QVC is bowing to the prevailing demographic trends with the launch of a massive business and programming initiative targeted women over the age of 50. The home shopping stalwart steered is introducing “The Age of Possibility” marketing and programming campaign highlighting female celebrities and leaders age 50 and over who are demonstrating the third act that modern women are experiencing. The list includes such boldface names as Martha Stewart, Queen Latifah, Naomi Watts, Christina Applegate, Billie Jean King, Patti LaBelle and Sherri Shepherd and prominent executives such as Dentsu’s Diane Epstein and Liberty Media’s Renee Wilm.

Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Paramount+ signed a promotional partnership for Formula 1’s 2023-24 season, making the streamer an official partner of Formula 1. The full-season partnership comes on the heels of a short-term deal between Paramount+ and Formula 1 in 2022, which saw the streamer gain exposure at key Formula 1 races including Silverstone in the U.K. and Monza in Italy. Under the sponsorship pact, Paramount+’s original series, movies and characters will take “center stage” inside Formula 1 Fan Zone areas “with the biggest stars coming together on and off the grid,” the companies said. Additionally, the partnership includes Paramount+ branding on track and physical trackside signage, digital sponsorships and promotional opportunities, which started in Melbourne, and will be followed by activity in Miami, Montréal, Austria, Silverstone, Monza, Suzuka, Austin, Mexico City, São Paulo and Las Vegas.

John Malone’s Liberty Media is splitting off 2021 World Series champions the Atlanta Braves Baseball Club and related assets into a separate public company “to better highlight its strong value.”

Formula One's ban on grid girls by bringing them back to the Marina Bay Street Circuit.Back in 2018, F1 owners Liberty Media banned grid girls at the start of the season as they believed that having them appear at race weekends was not beneficial to the sport's modern image.

Formula 1 calendar is seen as blasphemy by most followers of the sport.Corner names like La Source, Eau Rouge, Blanchimont and Bus Stop are part of the rich tapestry of the sport and roll off the tongue like few others on the schedule. The Belgian Grand Prix venue is a real favourite among drivers and fans, but in modern F1 no circuit can be considered safe from the chop, not even Spa or Monaco.Series owners Liberty Media are desperate to cash in on the sport’s heightened profile in America and will add a third stateside grand prix to the roadshow in 2023 with a Las Vegas street race planned for Thanksgiving weekend in November.

Formula 1 bosses Liberty Media attempt to thrash out a new contract.The current deal for the race is expiring, meaning there are no guarantees it will be on the calendar next year. Just a couple of years ago that would have seemed unthinkable, but with F1 keen to embrace exciting new destinations, long-standing venues like Monaco can no longer be considered safe from the chop.The tight and twisty street circuit, which has barely changed in decades and sees virtually no overtaking, has come in mounting criticism from fans. READ MORE: F1's most strangely-named races - including Grand Prix 50 miles away from border Meanwhile, the Automobile Club de Monaco (ACM) and F1 are also reportedly at loggerheads over the TV coverage of the race, which is controlled by ACM’s in-house broadcasters rather than F1’s production operation, and the unique commercial arrangements the race has long enjoyed.Negotiations are such a delicate stage that even Prince Albert of Monaco has even got involved as a mediator, according to 2016 world champion Nico Rosberg, who is a resident of the principality.“The prince even intervenes in these talks himself, because the Automobile Club continues to take this hard line,” Rosberg told Motorsport-Total.com. Should the Monaco Grand Prix stay on the F1 calendar? Have your say in the comments section below.“You need a bit of a mediator to bring people together now, i.e.

Formula 1, under the ownership of Liberty Media, are determined to take the sport to exotic new venues.Miami has been added to the calendar this year and a third American race, in Las Vegas, will join in 2023. Talks are also advanced about taking the series back to South Africa as soon as next year. The increasing number of new races has cast doubt over some of the venues in the sport’s traditional European heartlands, with some set to lose their spots in the coming years.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaIt’s that time of year again. That post-July 4th period when media barons and billionaires break out the Brooks Brothers casual and don their sweater vests to hit an idyllic Idaho resort town of Sun Valley for another edition of “lets make a deal.”Many of the names expected to rub elbows next month are familiar ones. Microsoft founder Bill Gates, Liberty Media’s John Malone, Comcast chairman Brian Roberts, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple pasha Tim Cook and Berkshire Hathaway guru Warren Buffett are among those who have once again made the cut for Allen & Co.’s annual media conference.

Formula 1 is back on familiar turf this weekend at the Monaco Grand Prix, a glamour-wrapped race that has been a fixture since 1929.

Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone has declared that nobody has 'the balls' to remove Monaco from the race calendar despite speculation Monte Carlo's position is under threat.

Formula One owners Liberty Media as they push the product in the United States.Miami joins Austin on the calendar, with two races in the United States this season, and that number is due to rise to three next season with the introduction of a night race in Las Vegas.F1's popularity stateside has boomed following Netflix's Drive To Survive series and it's market importance is highlighted by the fact that the United States will have more Grand Prix races than some continents have combined, though it's not necessarily an easy nut to crack.It's not that motorsport isn't popular in the US, with IndyCar and NASCAR extremely successful, but the fact that there have been 10 different United States venues for Formula One races tells the story itself - and one of those venues is remembered for all the wrong reasons.While there is significant excitement about the addition of a Las Vegas street race next year, it won't be the first time that Formula One has taken centre stage in Sin City as there was a two-season period from 1981 that saw F1 held in the Caesar's Palace car park.Flat, repetitive and taking place in a car park, the Caesar's Palace Grand Prix was an unmitigated disaster and is widely renowned for being one of the worst venues that Formula One has ever raced at - with additional problems due to an anti-clockwise circuit that put significant strain on driver's necks and the soaring Nevada heat.In the first race in 1981, Nelson Piquet clinched the title with a fifth-placed finish but required 15 minutes to recover from heat exhaustion and intense heat was also a feature of the 1982 race, won by Michele Alboreto, which proved to be the last of F1's failed Las Vegas venture.With the attraction only drawing in tiny crowds,

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSamuel Di Piazza Jr. will serve as the chairman of Warner Bros.

Formula One bosses are reportedly closing in on a deal that would see the sport return to Las Vegas.Sin City is no stranger to F1, having hosted two races at the Caesars Palace Grand Prix Circuit in 1981 and 1982.But after disappointing crowds on both visits to Nevada, racing didn't return in 1983 and hasn't been back since. However, that could be about to change as F1 chiefs look to capitalise on the sport's boom in America.

Formula 1 has introduced a new rule obliging celebrities to lose their bodyguards before the start of races, according to Sky Sports commentator Martin Brundle. The 62-year-old former McLaren and Williams driver’s eccentric grid walks, where he interviews drivers, team principals and VIPs just before the start of a Grand Prix, have been a cornerstone of motorsport coverage in the UK across ITV, the BBC and Sky Sports since his media career began in the 1990s.

John Malone, the billionaire media mogul who is a longtime stakeholder in Discovery, said its pending merger with WarnerMedia will incur debt but will make up for it in cost savings.

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the home of Howard Stern, said on Wednesday that it added self-paying subscribers in its satellite radio unit during the first quarter, but its user count dropped due to a decline in promotional customers. The company added 113,000 net self-pay subscribers in its Pandora music streaming business,ending the first quarter with 6.4 million total users, compared with nearly 6.3 million as of the end of 2020.

Liberty Media CEO Greg Maffei saw his total compensation rise to $47 million last year from $44 million in 2019 on large option and stock grants.

Liberty Media, the company controlled by billionaire mogul John Malone that houses assets like audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the Atlanta Braves baseball club and the Formula One racing circuit, on Thursday detailed its third-quarter financials amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Liberty Media posted a loss attributable to its stockholders of $114 million, compared with a year-ago profit of $193 million.

Audio entertainment giant SiriusXM, the home of Howard Stern, on Thursday said it added 169,000 self-pay subscribers in its satellite radio and 105,000 in its Pandora unit during the third quarter. The company, controlled by John Malone's Liberty Media, saidthat at SiriusXM total net subscriber additions were 186,000, resulting in 34.4 million total users at the end of September.