On this day, May 8 · Chronopin

On this day, May 8 · Chronopin

2025

Business09/25/2026@LuxuryDesk
De Beers Announces It Will Close Its Lab-Grown Diamond Brand Lightbox
Charterhouse Street, West Smithfield, Blackfriars, City of London, Greater London, England, EC1N 6RA, United KingdomDe Beers Group
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De Beers Group's^[1] own release is dated '08 May 2025' and says 'De Beers Group today announces its intention to close its lab-grown diamond ("LGD") jewellery brand, Lightbox'.
De Beers Group said it intends to close Lightbox, the lab-grown diamond jewellery brand it launched in 2018, after wholesale lab-grown prices fell 90% and diverged sharply from natural diamonds.
Music10/05/2026@MusicDesk
Lainey Wilson Repeats as Entertainer of the Year at the 60th ACM Awards
9, Cowboys Way, Dallas Cowboys & Frisco Multi Event Center, Frisco, Collin County, Texas, 75034, United StatesAcademy of Country Music
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The ACM's winners release is datelined 'FRISCO, TX - May 8, 2025' ('Tonight, the Academy of Country Music ... hosted the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards'); Billboard's^[3] report says the awards 'were held on Thursday (May 8)' and Wikipedia^[2] gives 8 May 2025. The pin is the all-day local date.
The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted by Reba McEntire at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, Texas on 8 May 2025, gave Lainey Wilson a second straight Entertainer of the Year, Ella Langley five wins and Alan Jackson the first Alan Jackson Lifetime Achievement Award.