‘Thor’ Director Taika Waititi, Rita Ora Developing Musical About Disastrous Fyre Festival
Sept. 9 (UPI) — Filmmaker Taika Waititi and his wife, singer-songwriter Rita Ora, are producing a stage musical about the failed 2017 Fyre Music Festival.
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Billy McFarland, Convicted of Music Festival Fraud, Announces Another Fyre Festival
Billy McFarland, who was convicted of defrauding music lovers of $26 million after the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival, is now out of jail and is announcing the return of his festival.
Report: Fyre Festival Social Media Team Tried to Broker Deal with Trump Impeachment Org
Jerry Media, the social media company behind the disastrous Fyre Festival, reportedly tried to broker a deal between the anti-Trump organization “Need To Impeach” and a world-record breaking egg account on Instagram.
Chuck Schumer’s Press Secretary Admits Friendship with Fyre Festival Fraudster Billy McFarland
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) press secretary has admitted to being friends with disgraced Fyre Festival organizer Billy McFarland, who is currently serving a six-year sentence in federal prison for fraud.
Chaotic Start to CoinDesk’s Blockchain Tech Conference: ‘It’s Like the Fyre Festival’
“If the line gets much longer, this could go Lord of the Flies,” one attendee says at the big blockchain technology conference in New York City.
Promoter of Failed Fyre Festival Pleads Guilty to Fraud, Faces Up to 10 Years in Prison
The promoter of the failed Fyre Festival in the Bahamas — once billed as the “cultural experience of the decade” — pleaded guilty to wire fraud charges Tuesday, agreeing to serve up to a decade in prison for lying to investors who lost over $26 million.
Fyre Festival Organizer Arrested in New York City on Wire Fraud Charge
The promoter behind a failed music festival that was in the Bahamas was arrested Friday in New York on a wire fraud charge.
Fyre Fest Fallout: Organizer Ja Rule Sued Over $3M Loan
Rapper Ja Rule must personally pay back a $3 million loan relating to the ill-fated Fyre Festival, according to a lawsuit filed by his creditor in Manhattan this week.
FTC Reminds Celebrity Social Media ‘Influencers’ about Brand Endorsement Rules
The Federal Trade Commission has issued letters warning big-name celebrities about the laws and guidelines that regulate how they promote products via their respective social media accounts.
Kendall Jenner Sparks Outrage with ‘Vogue India’ Cover Shoot
Model Kendall Jenner has again found herself at the center of social media backlash, this time over her selection as the cover star of Vogue India‘s tenth anniversary issue. The 21-year-old model and social media star appears on the cover of
Fyre Festival Organizers Slapped with $100 Million Fraud Lawsuit
Organizers of the now-scrapped Fyre Festival — a promised “luxury” music festival in the Bahamas that left guests who paid tens of thousands of dollars scrambling immediately to find flights home — have been hit with a $100 million lawsuit alleging the whole enterprise was a “get-rich-quick scam” from the beginning.
Models Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid Under Fire for Promoting ‘Scam’ Luxury Music Festival
Models Kendall Jenner, Bella Hadid, Emily Ratajkowski, and Hailey Baldwin are facing fierce backlash on social media for promoting the Fyre Festival, a promised luxury music festival experience that spectacularly collapsed Friday and left many ticket buyers feeling like they had been scammed.
Luxury ‘Fyre Festival’ in Bahamas Cancelled As Irate Fans Flee ‘FEMA Death Camp’
The inaugural Fyre Festival in the Bahamas — billed to offer the “best in food, art and music” and promising celebrity chefs, supermodels, and top-tier musical acts — has been cancelled after a chaotic start that left many ticket buyers stranded, hungry and angry after having shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to attend.
Report: Festival Goers Expecting Tropical Paradise Packed with Instagram Models Face Assaults, Wild Dogs Instead
An elite and luxury “rich kids of Instagram” festival on an island in the Bahamas instead turned into a nightmare according to a report by The Telegraph.
