when cirque du soleil acquired blue man group, you said it would broaden your horizons? rque du —— blue man group, we see huge potential. that is how my life has changed since last week. now when i am meeting potential partners, i not only offer the cirque du soleil shows, i am now selling blue man group as well. one of the oldest circus acts, the swinging brothers, had to shut down after almost 150 years. is that something you fear could happen to you? the challenge we have is to remain the leader, but rain on the edge of the time. we want to bring new ideas, new technology is going to play a major role in our future. 3-d to play a major role in our future. 3—d technology, virtual reality. we are investing a lot in research and development. it is our challenge to remain relevant to the public. so far, it's working very well for us. time for a look at the markets before we go. some of the asian markets have opened. australia's all ordinaries are already down, this is due to the falls in oil prices on friday. that is taking a real hit on commodity stocks. a lot of nervousn

the concept for blue man group began in the late '80s >> if this is to diversify away from the circus arts what the blue man group in terms of its market differentiation what do you call them. they are not circus senators. >> they do a lot with music. they record some all bups. they are big into the music scene. a different type of audience according to people close to the deal i asked would we see a blue man theme circus show. >> have you been i've been. it's interactive a part where you swing if you're picked from the audience >> yeah. >> i guess they are performers. >> performance art >> a lot of toilet people. >> throwing things splashing. messy. >> that's your house on a friday night. >> thank you >>> coming up on the closing bell an interview with daniel lamar at 4:00 p.m. eastern time. >> most vending machines dispense so darks candy. this one dispenses porsche, lo athe mpws a okt coany that look at the way used cars are bought and sold ♪ [brother] any last words? [boy] karma, danny... ...karma! [vo] progress is seizing the moment. your summer moment awaits you, now that the su

. >>> a change for one of the most popular shows in las vegas the blue man group will soon be joining the circus. one of the biggest circuses out there. circ-du-soleil is buying the new york based blue man productions. the terms of the sale were not announced but circumstance chief executive says the price was in the tens of millions of dollars. ♪ >>> outpouring of love and emotion today as family and friends said their final goodbyes to the 18-year-old girl had was gunned down in a road rage murder. bianca roberson was laid to rest in chester county. she was in the prime of her life about to start in florida. saturday sadly her future was cut short when a man shot her in the head while driving last we week. fox 29's sabina kuriakose spoke to her heart broken family and friends in west chester today. >> just hard. >> reporter: lifetime of things that the family and friends of 18-year-old bianca roberson will never be able to say to her again. poured out with the rape into this gray gloom mow day. >> she was a loving and caring person. she cared for everybody. like, if anyone ever need

the blue man group will soon be joining the circus. one of the biggest circuses out there. the new york based blue man productions. the terms of the sale were not announced but the price was in the tens of millions of dollars. blue man group has five permanent shows in the us but scirc will expand the presence to include a world tour. >> annual tradition getting away in spain. as it happens every year several people were injured during the running of the bulls. medical officials say three people are being treated at a at the hospital after being gored by bulls. two americans were injured though their injuries were not serious. dare delves from all around the world come to pamplona every year for eight days of the bull runs. the festival is unlike any oth other. >> it was fun. it's crazy, yeah, i didn't realize it would be so many people running at the same time. so it was exciting. >> 15 people have died from being gored during the running of the bulls since recordkeeping began in 1924. >>> apoidea abuse a how much problem all over the country. tonight, some hard numbers ab

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. >> so, danielle, the blue man group, why them?it's a strategy of diversification for them now, we have the opportunity to have a new brand that we are going to bring to its full potential around the world because it's an amazing marketing and distribution machine around the world and blue men deserve the support of an organization like ours to continue to grow around the world. >> i'm curious do you get any benefits of scale from acquiring entertainment companies? are there synergies to be b gain snd. >> totally it's a big, big shift and it has been supported by blue man group. what it means is that now, we're no longer only a circus company, but now, we're going to become a global leader of entertainment and that's the goal we are pursuine in pursuing >> blue man has expanded from base here, but how big is it and how big do you expect it to get. >> we have a permanent show here in new york, one this chicago, vegas, orlando and ber lip lynn, which is great so we're adding to the 20 shows. so we're now up to 28 shows around the wor

. >> yeah, for prom i went to blue man group. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you did. >> yeah, i thought thateryone's like what? >> jimmy: yeah, prom would be -- not that i ever went. but i'm told -- >> you didn't go? >> jimmy: no. >> would you -- well, we don't have -- >> jimmy: it wasn't a choice. don't worry, i'm over it, okay? [ laughter ] >> he's so cool. he's so cool. you're doing great. >> jimmy: no, it wasn't about being cool, it was about being unattractive. [ laughter ] but prom would be held at like caesar's palace or something. >> yes, yeah. i actually worked at caesar's palace. >> jimmy: where did you work there? >> i worked at this place called banana republic, heard of it? >> jimmy: yes, i have. >> i was a greeter. so i would be like "welcome to banana republic." in just so many different ways all day long. >> jimmy: they have department stores now. we didn't have that back in those days. did you go to buffets and stuff with your parents? >> oh, yeah. my dad did advertising for the orleans casino. we'd hit that up. i would just have a plate of shrimp. i dated a lot. [ laughter

channel that the man band is heading into the studio very shortly to rerecord their first album of original material in 12 years. >> the 73-year-old rocker says the success of the group's 2016 bluese," inspired the tracks, scored 37 top ten album on the billboard charts. >> oh, wow. >> the biggest d-block ever in "world news now." cristiano. ♪ skinny ♪ so skinny >> applause, applause. >> we don't even do like the normal clap here. this morning we deserve it. our bonus round, and we have a lot to get to. so, shall we, everybody, let's all welcome cristiano ronaldo to our staff, everybody. >> yeah! >> cristiano. >> thank you. >> hello, hello. >> cristiano, how you doing? >> he's actually never worn this much clothes. >> i know, which is kind of odd. talking about his abs and -- >> seems a little. >> too many buttons. he's not allowing me to undo them, but we know what's under there. men's fitness is now out with ronaldo's secret to his six pack which we sadly cannot see at this moment. he has a simple formula of 11 exercises that take 15 minutes. >> but before you get too excited, this isn't exactly what cristi cristi cristi cristiano ronaldo actually does. admitted to maintaining