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Black America Web
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- Black America Web
Sittin' Sidewayz: Beyoncé Stuck In Dangling Car At Hometown Concert As Beyhive Comes To The Rescue
Source: Lyvans Boolaky / Getty Beyoncé survived a scary moment in the midst of her Cowboy Carter tour at its hometown stop at NRG Stadium in Houston. While performing '18 Carriages,' where she performs mid-air in a Cadillac retrofitted specifically for the tour, it began to sway and tilt. She continued singing but finally said, 'Stop. Stop, stop, stop, stop. Stop,' prompting the concert crew to lower her back to the stage. Fans cheered as the 43-year-old superstar was then led off the stage after saying, 'Thank you for your patience.' This was the first of two shows at the venue in Beyoncé's hometown. She's on the last leg of the Cowboy Carter tour, which continues through July, ending in Las Vegas. After returning to the stage, a smiling Beyoncé then said, 'I wanna thank y'all for loving me. If I ever fall, I know y'all would catch me,' to cheers from the crowd. Per the New York Times, Parkwood Entertainment, Beyoncé's production company, issued a statement, which read: 'a technical mishap caused the flying car, a prop Beyoncé uses to circle the stadium, and see her fans up close, to tilt. She was quickly lowered, and no one was injured.' Beyoncé's eighth studio album, Cowboy Carter , won the Grammy for Best Country Album this year, despite not being publicly endorsed by the genre's biggest stars or either of its main award organizations, the CMA and the ACM. A visibly shocked Beyoncé took the stage to deliver an acceptance speech encouraging people to genre-bend. 'I think sometimes genre is a code word to keep us in our place as artists, and I just wanna encourage people to do what they're passionate about and to stay persistent,' she said in part. Ever the professional, Beyoncé took the incident in stride, even posting pictures on her IG account accompanied by the song, 'Sideways' by Big Pokey and Paul Wall. The Beyhive rose up and said they'd be willing to save her if the car were to fully malfunction. See the reactions below. Sittin' Sidewayz: Beyoncé Stuck In Dangling Car At Hometown Concert As Beyhive Comes To The Rescue was originally published on
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Disney's blowout quarter proves it can still turn stories into empires. The stock soars 10%
Photo: Lyvans Boolaky (Getty Images) Disney's (DIS) latest earnings report delivered a bit of old-school magic. Revenue rose 7% to $23.6 billion, up from $22.1 billion last year. EPS rose to $1.45 from last year's $1.21. As the company works to steady its streaming ship, it's the theme parks that continue to do the heavy lifting, with higher prices, fuller cruise ships, and longer guest stays all contributing to that rising bottom line. Disney stock rose 10.4% in Wednesday morning trading. The shares are still down about 8% so far this year. Standout performance in parks Revenue in the Parks, Experiences, and Products segment jumped 10% year over year to $8.4 billion, while operating income from domestic parks climbed 12% to $1.9 billion. Disney Cruise Line added the Disney Treasure to its fleet and expanded its itineraries. Guest spending also rose, thanks to add-ons like Genie+ and Lightning Lane. Defying some analysts' fears that the trade war is weighing on American brands overseas, Disney's international parks turned in a strong quarter, with operating income up 7%. Hong Kong Disneyland even turned a profit—something that hasn't happened in years. CEO Bob Iger called the parks 'a cornerstone of our business,' and with $60 billion earmarked for further buildouts over the next decade, the company is clearly betting that physical experiences will keep driving real-world dollars. So far, the bet is working. Even amid a softening consumer economy, guests aren't balking at the price hikes. Disney's storytelling machine is humming again, too. Mufasa: The Lion King has now quietly pulled in over $720 million globally since its holiday release, and as Iger pointed out in his comments, Marvel's Thunderbolts is the top film in the world. The rest of the 2025 lineup reads like a greatest-hits remix: Freakier Friday, Zootopia 2, Elio, Avatar: Fire and Ash, and The Fantastic Four: First Steps are all examples of the franchise extensions Disney is well known for. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Moana universe 'knows the way.' Moana 2 became one of the top three films of 2024, earning $1 billion at the box office, and has clocked 139 million streaming hours on Disney+ since March. The original remains the most-streamed film on the platform with an eye-watering 1.4 billion viewing hours — and like other Disney IP goes on minting cash by fueling attractions, stage shows, and character meet-and-greets across parks and cruise ships. It's less a virtuous cycle than a virtuous voyage. Content powers streaming to modest growth All this momentum is translating into modest growth for Disney+. The service added 1.4 million subscribers in Q2 to reach 126 million overall, driven by both domestic and international gains. Executives credited the strong content bank — especially Moana 2, Mufasa, and Daredevil: Born Again — for the bump in subscriptions and streaming revenue.
