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They’re all winners: Gift bags aimed at Oscar royalty include Scottish land

Posted: 26 Mar 2022 12:31 PM PDT

It’s the Scottish ploy. Hollywood royalty who have been nominated for top prizes at Sunday night’s Academy Award are already set to take home a gift not usually associated with the razzle-dazzle of Tinseltown — a small plot of land in Scotland and the chance to be addressed as Laird, Lord or Lady of Glencoe. The Robb Report is reporting that the controversial company Distinctive Assets, which, much to the chagrin of the Academy of

District of Columbia aims to prevent migratory bird deaths with new building rules

Posted: 26 Mar 2022 12:00 PM PDT

The nation’s capital wants building owners to be more bird-brained. A new law proposed by Washington’s City Council aims to prevent hundreds of migratory birds from slamming into windows and falling to their deaths, DCist reported. It would require new buildings to include qualified “bird-friendly” materials to prevent such collisions, including screens or decals on glass visible to birds, or films and coatings to make windows less reflective. The Migratory Local Wildlife Protection Act would

Construction halted at Amazon’s $300M Africa HQ in Cape Town

Posted: 26 Mar 2022 09:00 AM PDT

A judge temporarily halted construction of Amazon’s first Africa headquarters, in Cape Town, saying the developer didn’t properly consult Indigenous people about building on sacred ground. Judge Patricia Goliath of the Western Cape High Court said the consultation process for the project, a $300 million development on a former golf course, was biased because it omitted many Indigenous groups, the New York Times reported. She ordered work to be stopped and said its owner must

Carlos Santana sells Hawaiian home for $11.9M

Posted: 26 Mar 2022 08:52 AM PDT

Man, it’s a hot one. Rock star Carlos Santana has sold his Hawaiian vacation home on the island of Kauai for $11.9 million, the Wall Street Journal reports, just months after purchasing a bigger home four miles away for $20.5 million. The celebrated guitarist, known for such hits as “Smooth” and “Black Magic Woman,” listed the home for $12.9 million last year. Located on a bluff above Anini Beach, Santana purchased the 4,000-square-foot, four-bedroom compound

Presidential surprise: Donald Trump kicks-off Grant Cardone’s 10X Growth Conference

Posted: 26 Mar 2022 07:07 AM PDT

In a surprise appearance, former President Donald Trump headlined the first day of Grant Cardone’s 10X Growth Conference in Hollywood. Inside a third-floor ballroom at the Diplomat Beach Resort Hollywood on Friday, a majority of the 3,500 attendees roared their approval when Cardone, a social media influencer and reality star who parlayed his fame into a crowd-funding real estate juggernaut, welcomed Trump to a spinning circular stage bathed in blue, red and white strobe lights.