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☆ Opinion: Oscars highlights from our culture critics
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Cnn Opinion | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

CNN —Five CNN Opinion culture critics share their takeaways from the 96th Academy Awards. Gene Seymour: Hollywood’s next existential questionMost of the big, expensive movies walked away with Oscars Sunday night. Ryan Gosling performs the song "I'm Just Ken" from the movie "Barbie" during the Oscars on Sunday. Rita Moreno delivered a spicy ode to best supporting actress nominee America Ferrera, noting that her monologue from “Barbie” was one of the most memorable film moments. And the winners are... Robert Downey Jr. for best supporting actor in "Oppenheimer; Da'Vine Joy Randolph for best supporting actress in "The Holdovers"; Emma Stone for best actress in "Poor Things" and Cillian Murphy for best actor in "Oppenheimer."

Persons: Gene Seymour, Hollywood’s, Gene Seymour Jeremy Freeman, CNN Cord Jefferson, ” Jefferson, Jefferson, “, ” Cord Jefferson, Kevin Winter, “ Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, “ Barbie, ”, Billie Eilish, O’Connell, “ Barbie ”, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Mark Harris, Sara Stewart, Barbie ”, Sara Stewart Todd Thompson, Ryan Gosling’s, “ I’m, Ken, Finneas O’Connell, Oscar, Eilish –, –, ” Eilish, “ Oppenheimer ”, Greta Gerwig’s, Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Jimmy Kimmel’s, “ Barbie ” snubs, Ryan Gosling, Chris Pizzello, Gosling –, snubs –, Eilish, Rita Moreno, America Ferrera, Jeff Yang, they’ve, Jack Palance, Seth McFarlane, Chris Rock, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, they’d, ” Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jimmy Kimmel, Catherine O’Hara, Michael Keaton, Twinsies Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Dale, Cord Jefferson, Finneas O'Connell, Barbie, Mike Blake, Kimmel, Donald Trump, Al Pacino, Pacino, — “ Oppenheimer, Celine Song, Bruce ”, ” Noah Berlatsky, Lily Gladstone, Noah Berlatsky Noah Berlatsky, Mollie Burkhart, Emma Stone, Cord Jefferson’s, Joy Randolph’s, Justine Triet’s, Randolph, Gladstone, Martin Scorsese’s, Burkhart, Ernest, Leonardo DiCaprio, Scorsese, she’s, DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Emma Stone’s, Bella, Noah Berlatsky, Holly Thomas, isn’t Robert Downey Jr, It’s, ” Holly Thomas Holly Thomas, Brett Easton Ellis’s, Timothee Chalamet, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Downey Jr, Tony Stark, Downey, Oppenheimer, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Arturo Holmes, Louis Strauss, Katie Couric Organizations: CNN —, CNN, Warner Bros ., Hollywood, New York, The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment, The Washington, Twitter, Abbott, Disney, Reuters, Teamsters, International Alliance, Employees, Globe, The, “, Downey, North, Katie Couric Media Locations: Pennsylvania, La, Asian America, America, Osage Nation of Oklahoma, Chicago, ”, Zendaya, North America, London

☆ Terry Killens: 24 years ago, he played in a Super Bowl as a player. Now, he’s making history as an official
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Killens’ first appearance in a Super Bowl had ended in unimaginable disappointment. The linebacker, who was in the league for seven seasons, never competed in another Super Bowl during his playing days. Killens is part of the crew officials ruling over the upcoming Super Bowl – which will be played in Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium on February 11 between the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers – making him first person to both play in and referee a Super Bowl. Dyson is tackled by St. Louis linebacker Mike Jones just short of the goal line on the last play of Super Bowl XXXIV. When we wear the stripes, we are guardians of the game,” Killens explains.

Persons: Kevin Dyson’s, Terry Killens, Dyson, Killens, “ It’s, I’ve, it’s, “, Rhonda, Tennessee Titans –, Nate Singleton, Mitchell Layton, Frank Wycheck, Hall, Hall of Famers Kurt Warner, Marshall Faulk, Isaac Bruce, Orlando Pace, St, Louis, Mike Jones, Mike Zarrilli, ”, “ ‘, ’ ”, ‘, ” Killens, “ slimming, –, Michael Zagaris, “ I’ve, Shawn Hochuli’s, Bill Vinovich’s Organizations: CNN, Tennessee Titans, Louis Rams, Rams, NFL, Super, Kansas City Chiefs, San Francisco 49ers, National, Football, JV, Houston Oilers, Houston natives, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Titans, Hall of Famers, Killens, Sunday, Seattle Seahawks, Ohio High School Athletic Association, Chiefs, 49ers Locations: Las Vegas, Tennessee, Houston, Nashville, Atlanta

☆ 'We're not here to talk about fights': Drama in Congress is starting to spill over
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-24 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Mike Rogers is restrained by Richard Hudson after getting into an argument with Matt Gaetz as House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy walks away. AdvertisementWhat happened: Greene called Boebert a "little bitch" on the House floor, according to The Daily Beast. When asked about it, Boebert told CNN, "I'm not in middle school." After his vote, Burchett told CNN that McCarthy had mocked his faith when he told then-speaker that he was praying over his decision. The aftermath: McCarthy told CNN that he did not purposefully run into Burchett.

Persons: —, Rock, Bill, John Boehner, Don Young, Donald Trump's, Joanne Freeman, Matt Gatez, flexes, Win McNamee, Mike Rogers lunges, Matt Gaetz, Kevin McCarthy, Mike Rogers, Richard Hudson, Anna Moneymaker, McCarthy, Rogers, Gatez, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lauren Boebert, Greene, Boebert, Joe Biden, Semafor, I'm, Georgia Lauren Boebert, Jabin, Tim Burchett, Sen, Markwayne Mullin, Mullin, Sean M, O'Brien, Elon Musk, Sean O’Brien, Bernie Sanders, ”, Sanders, banged, Burchett, McCarthy elbowed, — Claudia Grisales, NPR's Claudia Grisales, Grisales, Kevin ?, Kevin Organizations: Service, Capitol, Lawmakers, Yale, Politico, Florida Republican, GOP, Republican, House Armed Services, Rep, North Carolina Republican, Georgia Republican, Colorado Republican, Daily, CNN, Washington, Getty, Tennessee Republican, Caucus, Teamsters, Oklahoma Republican, MMA, United, Republicans Locations: Alaska, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Colorado, Tennessee, Boebert, Oklahoma, United States, Burchett

☆ A Masterpiece About a Masterpiece, for All Ages
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Joseph Luzzi | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

We label these works children’s classics, but really they’re a literary wake-up call, as books like Carlo Collodi’s “The Adventures of Pinocchio” and E.B. Roberto Piumini, a legendary Italian author of children’s stories, wrote such a book in 1987. Considered his masterpiece, GLOWRUSHES (NYRB Kids, 128 pp., paperback, $13.99, ages 9 to 12) is now out in a graceful English translation by Leah Janeczko that captures the sprezzatura and spare elegance of the original. Ostensibly, Sakumat’s assignment is to decorate the interior realm that Madurer can never leave. In truth, his colors and lines must provide the windows to an outside world that Madurer’s medical destiny cruelly denies him.

Persons: Roberto Piumini, Leah Janeczko, Carlo Collodi’s “, Pinocchio ”, Lord Ganuan, Madurer, Sakumat, Ganuan Locations: Italian, Turkish, Malatya

NEW YORK (AP) — Troye Sivan was initially going to begin his third full-length album with a ballad, a wistful song looking back at lost love. “It was a feeling that I knew that I was feeling in life that I hadn’t yet managed to distill,” Sivan says. And I’m really happy about that.”The new album has the potential to cement Sivan among today's pop elite. “I didn’t really feel the pressure to prove anything this time around,” he says. Whereas now I’m like, ‘No, this sounds really cool and I love it.’ So I want to I want to just go for it," Sivan says.

Persons: — Troye Sivan, Frisky, ”, —, Rush, ” Sivan, ‘, ’, “, I’m, “ Bloom, Ariana Grande, Alessia Cara, Charli, Zedd, Betty Who, Sivan, Ian Kirkpatrick, ” ___ Mark Kennedy Organizations: “, Sivan Locations: ”

☆ Ariana Grande and Dalton Gomez's relationship timeline, from dating to marriage and their divorce
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

June 25, 2020: Grande posted her first selfie with GomezGrande posted this photo on June 25. June 26, 2020: Grande shared two photos with Gomez at her 'Midsommar'-themed birthday partyGrande posted these photos on June 26. July 16, 2023: Grande fueled divorce rumors when she appeared in public without her wedding ringJonathan Bailey, Ariana Grande, and Andrew Garfield attend the Wimbledon 2023 men's final. Then, on July 16, 2023, Grande attended a Wimbledon match with her "Wicked" costar Jonathan Bailey. AdvertisementSeptember 18, 2023: Grande and Gomez simultaneously filed for divorceTMZ broke the news that Grande had officially filed for divorce from Gomez, citing "irreconcilable differences."

Persons: —, Ariana Grande, Dalton Gomez, Here's, Grande, Gomez, Pete Davidson, Instagram, Courtney Chipolone, Scott Nicholson, Njomza, Dakota Gomez, Scooter Braun, TMZ, they'd, YouTube Grande, Justin Bieber, Bieber, Hailey Bieber, née Baldwin, Instagram Grande, Lady Gaga, Los Angeles Doug Middlebrook, Doug Middlebrook, Gomez Grande, she'd, quarantining, Davidson, Ariana, Leon Thomas III, cowriter Tayla Parx, Gomez doesn't, @throwbackagb, Grande's, Ari, Dalton, couldn't, Vogue, Jonathan Bailey, Andrew Garfield, Karwai Tang, Jon Chu's, Ethan Slater, SpongeBob, Kevin Mazur, Jenny Anderson, Michelle Yeoh's Oscar, Slater, Lilly Jay Slater, They've, Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet, I've, Zach Sang Organizations: Service, Business, Party, YouTube, Children's, Los Angeles Times, LA Times, Grande, Twitter, Wimbledon, TMZ, Instagram, Los Locations: Northridge, California, Grande's, Saddle, West Hollywood, USA, Los Angeles, Instagram, Montecito , California, Hollywood Hills, Ariana Grande, Grande, England, London

☆ Miami?! San Diego State?! Florida Atlantic?! Frisky First Timers Invade Final Four
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-27 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

My friends, take a long look at the teams in this year’s men’s college basketball Final Four, because there has never been a final foursome like it before, and there will almost surely never be again:Hamburger University Harvard Business School The Sorbonne DukeOK, fine, I’m kidding, those aren’t really the four schools—the field is actually (for realsies) Florida Atlantic, Miami, San Diego State and something called the University of Connecticut—but it still represents a radical departure from the March Madness norm.

☆ ‘Marie Antoinette’ Review: Boudoirs and Bloodlines on PBS
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-17 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

An ornate soap opera of the sort that has become a fixture of Sunday nights on PBS, the eight-part “ Marie Antoinette ” is a little like “Titanic”: We all know the subject’s destination. The question is how long it will take to get there. It’s not a brisk trip. Not usually a problem, if the parties are eager and the plumbing is intact. But the dauphin, Louis-Auguste (Louis Cunningham), is diffident to the point of paralysis and Marie spends much time worried if he’ll ever rise to greatness.

☆ Panthers vs Falcons: Carolina's ground dominance earns hard-fought 25-15 win over Atlanta in rainy TNF showdown
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Ben Morse | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —The Carolina Panthers’ dominance in their running game proved enough to hold off a late Atlanta Falcons comeback attempt on a rainy Thursday Night Football. Carolina quarterback PJ Walker finished with 108 passing yards and – after being benched last week with two interceptions – a flawless evening on that front. Lance King/Getty ImagesBut this time around, in rainy conditions in North Carolina, Pineiro successfully made four field goals as the Panthers claimed an important victory. Foreman, a free agent signing in the offseason, has thrived in the starting role since Christian McCaffrey was traded in October. I know how much these guys want to win this game,” he said.

☆ Tua & Oh! QB Tagovailoa Keeps Miami’s Frisky Fish Undefeated
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Jason Gay | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

You aren’t a true NFL fan until your team has kicked your soul so hard, it makes you want to not only want to shut off the television, but remove it from the wall, take it outside, and drive over it with your car, or better yet, a military-grade tank, back and forth, repeatedly, until it is a fine dust of plastic, glass and metal. And then drive over it a few more times.

☆ Is the Joke on Joe Biden?
▼ + stars: | 2021-10-02 | by ( Peter Funt | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

When Joe Biden says, “no joke,” as he so often does, he might as well be talking about the impact his first two years in office had on comedy. He has been the least lampooned president since Eisenhower—who, after all, didn’t have to worry about late-night monologues on multiple TV channels, YouTube mashups or savaging sketches on “Saturday Night Live.”But here’s the funny thing about President Biden: Politics aside, the guy is a genuinely amusing character, with plenty of what comedians call “hooks.” He’s an occasionally confused octogenarian, sometimes frisky with facts and inclined to spend five minutes telling a one-minute story. When he dons the type of dark aviator glasses that looked good on Gen. Douglas MacArthur, Joe Biden is comedy gold. Yet, until recently, comedians haven’t ripped him nearly as much as his supporters might fear and his opponents would wish.

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