Original title: As Apple TV+ Raises Prices, Soccer Fans Score Big With Nearly 70 Percent Off Apple’s MLS Season Pass If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Fresh off LAFC star Son “Sunny” Heung-min’s home game debut and the Seattle Sounders’ first-ever Leagues Cup win, Apple TV is offering one of its best streaming deals for Major League Soccer superfans. For a limited time, the tech giant is dropping the price of the MLS Season Pass to just $25 for Apple TV+ subscribers for the rest of the season, while non-subscribers can sign up for only $29 — a savings of nearly 70 percent. The 2025 season ends with the MLS Cup on Saturday, Oct. 18. MLS Season Pass is available for those on Apple and Android devices (such as smart TVs, tablets, gaming consoles and smartphones) and includes access to every match, subscription sharing with up to five family members, MLS 360 highlights and live-look-ins in English and Spanish, pre- and post-match coverage, replays, exclusive interviews and more. Related: ...

Original title: Broadway Box Office: ‘Purpose’ Ends Run On $1 Million High Purpose played its final Broadway last week and brought in just over $1 million, marking the highest gross of its run. With that gross, the play, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, also broke a house Hayes Theater, besting the tally brought in by Appropriate, another Jacobs-Jenkins play, last season. Purpose played to 100 percent capacity last week and had an average ticket price of $219.52 last week, the highest of its run. The play, about a prominent Black family contending with their political legacy, opened March 17 and won the Tony Award for best play, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for drama. Art, starring James Corden, Neil Patrick Harris and Bobby Cannavale, started previews Aug. 28 and brought in a strong $668,504 across three performances at the Music Box Theatre. The play had an average ticket price of $223, which tied for the highest in the industry last week alongside Just In Time. Mamma Mia! continues to rise, bringing in $1.79 million at the Winter Garden Theatre last wee ...

Original title: Rosé Reimagines Puma Classics in First Collab — Here’s What’s Still in Stock If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, The Hollywood Reporter may receive an affiliate commission. Puma’s partnership roster — spanning Hello Kitty, Squishmallows, A$AP Rocky and Fenty by Rihanna — has a brand-new addition: fashion-forward pop superstar Rosé. The capsule is shoppable in limited quantities on puma.com, with select styles also available at nordstrom.com, urbanoutfitters.com, footlocker.com, champssports.com and journeys.com. In 2024, the Blackpink member released her debut solo studio album, Rosie, and that same year, she officially joined the Puma family as global brand ambassador. Cut to 2025: Puma x Rosé marks the first-ever co-designed capsule by the German and sportswear manufacturer and the K-pop icon. The collection spans clothing, footwear and accessories, including a micro bag ($80), duffel bag ($55) and baseball cap ($45). The full lineup takes on a black and white color scheme and is rooted in the singer’s d ...

Original title: Fox, Skip Bayless Settle Sexual Misconduct Lawsuit From Hairstylist A lawsuit against Fox Sports from a hairstylist accusing longtime talk show host Skip Bayless and network executive Charlie Dixon of making unwanted sexual advances has settled. Noushin Faraji moved on Thursday to dismiss claims for sexual battery, hostile work environment and retaliation, among others, with her lawyers proceeding with the prospective class action over failure to pay minimum wage on behalf of other workers. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed. “We are pleased that this matter has been resolved,” said Fox in a statement. “There will be no further comment.” Earlier this year, Faraji accused Bayless of offering her $1.5 million for sex and Dixon of groping her at a 2017 birthday party for Joy Taylor. She alleged Fox terminated her at Dixon’s direction for disclosing information about his sexual relationships with network employees. The lawsuit pointed to a “toxic culture at Fox, marked by bad faith promises and repeated failures to address a poisonous and entrenched ...

Original title: Petrobras Can Withstand Trade War and Sees India as Key Market Petrobras is in a favorable position to withstand the US trade war thanks to robust sales to other countries including India, Chief Executive Officer Magda Chambriard said. “There is a lot of demand in Asia for our products,” said Chambriard at a Bloomberg New Voices forum in Sao Paulo. Original article

Original title: Asian Stocks Poised to Track Wall Street Declines: Markets Wrap Asian stocks are poised to mirror a weak US session, where equities fell alongside bonds amid a rush of corporate-debt sales Bloomberg Terminal and worries over developed-world budgets. Equity futures pointed lower in Sydney and Tokyo, with little change in Hong Kong, after the S&P 500 pared earlier losses to close 0.7% down. US contracts edged higher in early Asia trading, following after-hours gains in Alphabet Inc. as a federal judge ruled Google won’t be forced to sell its Chrome browser. ...

Original title: China’s Rich Return to Risky ‘Snowball’ Derivatives for Yields China’s wealthy are once again pouring money into “snowball” derivatives for juicier returns, a year after the regulator curbed the product that was blamed for exacerbating a stock rout. High-net worth investors have snapped up tens of billions of yuan of revamped snowball derivatives since the beginning of this year as interest rates remain low. China Merchants Bank Co. alone has distributed more than 30 billion yuan ($4.2 billion) of such products issued by brokers, according to people familiar with the matter who asked not to be identified discussing private information. ...

Original title: UK Risks Exodus of North Sea Oil and Gas Contractors, Lobby Says UK oil and gas producers — already suffering from high taxes and waning output — now also face the imminent risk of being hit by a pullback in operations by equipment and services suppliers, a lobby group warned. Offshore Energies UK has previously said that the lack of new developments and uncertainty over projects mean firms in the supply chain — from engineers to specialist manufacturers to technology providers — could choose to instead invest overseas. On Wednesday it emphasized the urgency to address the risk, which could pose another headache for the government ahead of the autumn budget. ...

Original title: Thames Water’s Creditors Submit Revised Plan to Rescue Utility A group of Thames Water’s senior creditors has submitted a new operational plan to the UK regulator as part of its bid to rescue and take over the ailing utility. The proposal includes revised measures to reduce pollution and leaks through steps such as the replacement of older water mains, according to a statement Wednesday. The group is also set to soon finalize a revised proposal to restructure Thames Water’s finances, which will include a write-off of several billion pounds of liabilities and new funds in the form of equity and debt. ...

Original title: Google gets to keep Chrome, judge rules in search antitrust case Google will not have to sell its Chrome browser in order to address its illegal monopoly in online search, DC District Court Judge Amit Mehta ruled on Tuesday. Over a year ago, Judge Mehta found that the search giant had violated the Sherman Antitrust Act; his ruling now determines what Google must do in response. Mehta declined to grant some of the more ambitious proposals from the Justice Department to remedy Google’s behavior and restore competition to the market. Besides letting Google keep Chrome, he’ll also let the company continue to pay distribution partners for preloading or placement of its search or AI products. But he did order Google to share some valuable search information with rivals that could help jumpstart their ability to compete, and bar the search giant from making exclusive deals to distribute its search or AI assistant products in ways that might cut off distribution for rivals. It’s the most significant antitrust remedies ruling against a tech giant in about 25 ...