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From Sundance Director to Head of Film Forum — NYT > Movies

From Sundance Director to Head of Film Forum

Tabitha Jackson, 55, took over as the new director of Film Forum in Manhattan on Monday. She first fell in love with movies as a girl in a village in rural England, and her film career later led her to run the Sundance Film Festival from 2020 to 2022, guiding

Portugal reviews Mexico friendly after nationwide security alerts — Goal

Portugal reviews Mexico friendly after nationwide security alerts

The Portuguese Football Federation (FPF) said it is reassessing plans for its trip to Mexico after security alerts were issued across multiple regions. The friendly is scheduled for March 28 as part of the reopening of Estadio Banorte, formerly Estadio Azteca. Mexican authorities activated emergency alerts in more than 20

Travel writer says Puerto Vallarta is more than its worst moments — Businessinsider

Travel writer says Puerto Vallarta is more than its worst moments

Travel writer Meagan Drillinger has made Puerto Vallarta her home base for the last five years. After cartel violence in Jalisco this week, videos of burning cars and buildings, shuttered storefronts, canceled flights into Puerto Vallarta and Guadalajara, and orders to shelter in place left residents and tourists frightened. From

Intel Strikes Deal With a Chip Start-Up Its C.E.O. Invested In — NYT > Technology

Intel Strikes Deal With a Chip Start-Up Its C.E.O. Invested In

Intel has reached a multiyear technical partnership with SambaNova Systems, a nine-year-old semiconductor start-up that its chief executive, Lip-Bu Tan, helped fund and serves as chairman. The companies said they will work on developing a cloud A.I. service run by SambaNova, and Intel will contribute an undisclosed amount to

The Miniature Wife: Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen Lead Peacock Series — Nbc

The Miniature Wife: Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen Lead Peacock Series

Peacock will premiere The Miniature Wife this spring. Elizabeth Banks and Matthew Macfadyen star in the new Peacock Original dramedy, which is based on the short story by Manuel Gonzales and comes from Jennifer Ames and Steve Turner (Goliath, Boardwalk Empire). The series follows married couple Lindy and Les after

Savannah Guthrie offers $1M reward as search for her mother enters day 24 — Pagesix

Savannah Guthrie offers $1M reward as search for her mother enters day 24

Savannah Guthrie and her family are offering up to $1 million for information that leads to the safe return of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, who has been missing for 24 days in a suspected kidnapping. The family said the reward is intended to “help stimulate or further incentivize” a lead

UK regulator fines Reddit £14.5m over children's data — Pcgamer

UK regulator fines Reddit £14.5m over children's data

The Information Commissioner's Office has fined Reddit £14.5 million ($19.6 million) after finding the platform had "failed to apply any robust age assurance mechanism and therefore did not have a lawful basis for processing the personal information of children under the age of 13."

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere — NYT > Business > Energy & Environment

Plastic, Plastic Everywhere

Beth Gardiner’s new book, Plastic Inc., examines an industry that largely operates out of sight but shapes human health, pollution and warming. She identifies corporate players, including Exxon Mobil and Saudi Aramco, that are working to expand plastic use (both companies say they are working to improve recycling technologies

Ethereum moves to 'real DeFi' focused on permissionless, walkaway-proof systems — Beincrypto

Ethereum moves to 'real DeFi' focused on permissionless, walkaway-proof systems

The Ethereum Foundation is narrowing its focus to what it calls “real DeFi,” moving away from financial applications that rely on centralized control or mirror traditional finance. The aim is to prioritize systems users can trust without depending on companies, intermediaries, or founders. Vitalik Buterin framed DeFi as central to

The longest State of the Union addresses in history, ranked — Businessinsider

The longest State of the Union addresses in history, ranked

The American Presidency Project has timed presidents' State of the Union speeches since 1964, starting when the president opens with "Mr. Speaker" or "Madam Speaker." The Constitution requires the address, and presidents typically use it to outline their administration's accomplishments and set out

Paramount Raises Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery — NYT > Business

Paramount Raises Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

Paramount has revised its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery to $31 a share, a proposal Warner said could reasonably be expected to lead to a “superior proposal” to the deal it signed with Netflix. The company said it will continue discussions with Paramount and, if it concludes the bid is

Reggie Dinkins Is Not Based on a Real Person — Nbc

Reggie Dinkins Is Not Based on a Real Person

The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins, executive produced by Tina Fey and co-created by Robert Carlock and Sam Means, stars Tracy Morgan as the disgraced former NFL star. The mockumentary-style sitcom also features Daniel Radcliffe, Erika Alexander and Bobby Moynihan, and follows Reggie after he is caught gambling on

Federal Judiciary Asks Congress to Transfer Control of Courthouses — NYT > U.S. > Politics

Federal Judiciary Asks Congress to Transfer Control of Courthouses

Leaders of the federal judiciary told Congress that the condition of many courthouses has become so poor that lawmakers should intervene and give judges control over their own buildings. Judge Robert J. Conrad, secretary of the courts’ policymaking body, said the situation “has reached a crisis point after decades of

Brooks Nader celebrates her birthday in daring dress made of miles of sparkly string — Pagesix

Brooks Nader celebrates her birthday in daring dress made of miles of sparkly string

Brooks Nader hosted her friends and family for a birthday trip to St. Barts this past week. The Sports Illustrated model rang in her 29th birthday and posted a slideshow of images from her trip on Instagram, chronicling the festive week away. The collection began with a bang: Nader wore

Arc Raiders patch makes Rocketeers key to crafting Wolfpacks — Pcgamer

Arc Raiders patch makes Rocketeers key to crafting Wolfpacks

A single line in the Shrouded Sky update changes how players obtain the Wolfpack: "Wolfpack - Added Rocketeer Driver as a crafting cost." The Wolfpack is Arc Raiders' most valuable grenade—a get-out-of-trouble-now ripcord that one-shots or cripples the most troublesome Arc, has good range, and locks

D.O.J. Sues U.C.L.A. After It Refused to Pay $1 Billion Fine — NYT > Education

D.O.J. Sues U.C.L.A. After It Refused to Pay $1 Billion Fine

The Justice Department sued the University of California on Tuesday, accusing its Los Angeles campus of endemic antisemitism that compromised the civil rights of Jewish employees. The 81-page complaint, filed in Federal District Court in Los Angeles, said U.C.L.A. had "turned a blind eye to — and

Sega Lunar New Year sale discounts Metaphor, Persona Collection, Sonic Racing — Polygon

Sega Lunar New Year sale discounts Metaphor, Persona Collection, Sonic Racing

Sega has launched its annual Lunar New Year sale, cutting prices on a long list of games through March 1. Discounts reach up to 70% across PC, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and Nintendo Switch 2 titles. On offer are Atlus’ 2024 RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio, several Persona and Yakuza games,

Mike Flanagan's 'Midnight Club' set Guinness World Record for jump scares — Movieweb

Mike Flanagan's 'Midnight Club' set Guinness World Record for jump scares

The Midnight Club is a 10-episode Netflix horror series created by Mike Flanagan and Leah Fong. Its first episode, "The Final Chapter," directed by Flanagan, runs 58 minutes and contains 21 jump scares, the most in a single television episode and enough to earn a Guinness World Record.

Mexico vows World Cup safety after cartel boss's death sparks violence — World news | The Guardian

Mexico vows World Cup safety after cartel boss's death sparks violence

Mexico's president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said there is "no risk" for visitors to World Cup games after the killing of a cartel leader sparked a wave of retaliatory violence. The military attempted to detain El Mencho, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, in a dawn raid

Any of These 10 Movies Could Be the Best Musical Film — Collider

Any of These 10 Movies Could Be the Best Musical Film

Nothing says Hollywood quite like the movie musical. The arrival of sound in film sparked an explosion of musicals, with the genre peaking in the 1930s and 1940s; among hundreds of entries, a handful endure for their catchy numbers, originality, emotional weight, and place in cinema history. Miloš Forman’s

FIFA requests security briefings on Mexico after unrest — Goal

FIFA requests security briefings on Mexico after unrest

FIFA is monitoring the security situation in Mexico after incidents across multiple states and has requested internal reports, with a particular focus on Guadalajara, Jalisco. Documentation compiled by FIFA’s Mexico office has been sent to Zurich to give headquarters a clearer understanding of the scope of events and their

WBD weighs Paramount's $31-a-share bid over Netflix — Businessinsider

WBD weighs Paramount's $31-a-share bid over Netflix

Warner Bros. Discovery's board said Paramount's latest offer—$31 per share for the entire company, up from $30—could reasonably be expected to produce a proposal superior to Netflix's, though it has not yet made a final determination. The bid covers WBD's

Engineer accidentally controlled 7,000 robot vacuums worldwide — Pcgamer

Engineer accidentally controlled 7,000 robot vacuums worldwide

Software engineer Sammy Azdoufal wanted to control his robot vacuum with a PS5 gamepad. Shortly after pursuing that goal, he discovered he could access more than 7,000 DJI Romo vacuums in about two dozen countries, including camera feeds and floor plans from strangers' homes. He used Claude Code

Trash Pokémon deserve love, too — Polygon

Trash Pokémon deserve love, too

I like the trash Pokémon. Not the dippy grinning ice cream cone or the Bread Dog. I mean the actual trash Pokémon, the ones made of sludge and refuse and municipal negligence. They include Grimer, Muk, Trubbish, Garbodor, Koffing and Weezing. A look at their Pokedex entries shows how different

Today Is the Perfect Day to Revisit Twin Peaks — Movieweb

Today Is the Perfect Day to Revisit Twin Peaks

The pilot of Twin Peaks opens with local fisherman Pete Martell finding the wrapped body of Laura Palmer on a beach, a discovery that pulls FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper into a small Washington town on Feb. 24. Now streaming on Paramount+, the series mixes murder mystery, neo-noir and surrealist