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☆ Flavor Flav’s deep thoughts on life, love and being Hollywood’s biggest hype man
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Flavor Flav is moving through life these days like he’s got no time to waste. And there’s a lot of young artists that have a lot of love for Flavor Flav as well. FF: “I’m having fun with my life right now. I’m really having a lot of fun with my life right now. And I think that’s another thing that people love about me most is because I’m humble, you know?

Persons: Flav, he’s, Bruce Springsteen, Donny Osmond, Flav’s, hasn’t, –, Megan Thee Stallion, King Kong, ”, Taylor Swift, ” Taylor Swift, Kevin Mazur, I’m, Cher, I’ve, Billie Eilish, she’s, Christopher Polk, Who’s, haven’t, Megan Thee, Babyface Edmonds, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, Jelly, let’s, ain’t Organizations: CNN, Harvard, Hall of Fame, ” CNN, Dolby Theatre, Getty Locations: Los Angeles , California, King

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Godzilla-King Kong combo stomped on expectations as “ Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire ” roared to an $80 million opening on 3,861 North American screens, according to Sunday studio estimates. “ Dune: Part Two ” stayed strong in its fifth week, falling in the third spot with an $11.1 million take and a domestic total of 252.4 million. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesThe newer film had the second biggest opening of the studios' broader MonsterVerse franchise. “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire,” 80 million. “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” $15.7 million.

Persons: ”, Rebecca Hall, Brian Tyree Henry, HBO Max, Comscore, Kung, “, “ Arthur the King Organizations: ANGELES, Warner Bros, Pictures, HBO, “ Locations: Kong

☆ His Novel Sold a Million Copies. James McBride Isn’t Sure How He Feels About That.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Elizabeth A. Harris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When people ask the author James McBride what he does for work, he tells them he’s a saxophone player. But McBride, 66, makes his living as an author — and right now, that living is very good. His latest novel, “The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store,” which follows the Black and Jewish residents of a Pennsylvania town in the early 20th century, hit a milestone: Since its release last summer, it has sold more than a million copies. His novel “The Good Lord Bird” won the National Book Award. Eventually, it sold more than 2 million copies.

Persons: James McBride, he’s, McBride, —, Bird ”, “ Deacon King Kong ”, Ruth Organizations: New York Times Locations: Brooklyn, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

☆ ‘Problemista’ actor Laith Nakli plays an immigration lawyer. In real life he’s fighting his own case
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Khalil, played by Laith Nakli, perks up and races to scribble on his notepad. And as he helps promote the film, he’s speaking out about a side of himself that few people have seen. Laith Nakli, actorThe crime could have led to his deportation. … That pressure is just completely unfair.”Actor Laith Nakli plays an earnest immigration lawyer in "Problemista." The cloud Nakli feels every day wasn’t literally depicted on-screen, but Nakli says he saw it clearly hovering over Alejandro’s every move.

Persons: CNN —, ”, tepidly, “, Julio Torres, Khalil, Torres ’ Alejandro, Alejandro, ” Alejandro, Laith Nakli, ” Khalil, Elizabeth Asencio, Tilda Swinton, Elizabeth, Jon, Torres, it’s, “ I’ve, I’ve, “ Problemista’s, Nakli, It’s, who’d, Mr, Nasim Awad, ” Nakli, he’d, Marvel, Obama, hasn’t, That’s, He’s, he’s, you’d, ” Torres, Critics, haven’t, Larry Owens, toymaker Alejandro's, Isabella Rosselini, Ramy Youssef, Nakli’s, Laith, ” Youssef, “ He’s, Uncle Naseem, Ramy Youseff, Craig Blankenhorn, who’s, Julie In, Hayley Wilson Organizations: CNN, Khalil Immigration, SNL, Customs, Craigslist, Justice, Globe, Service Locations: United States, Salvadoran, El Salvador, “, New York, Damascus, Syria, King Kong, Texas, —, Hulu, America, “ Problemista

☆ NASA’s plans to return to moon take a hit
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —Humans landed on the moon during NASA’s Apollo program in the late 1960s and 1970s using computers that had far less processing power than today’s smartphones. Several projects are expected to head toward the moon this year with sights set on a soft landing. ExplorationsAstrobotic Technology shared the first image of the Peregrine lunar lander in space on Monday. Once upon a planetThe oldest known fossilized skin is at least 130 million years more ancient than the previously oldest known example. The world’s oldest known fossilized skin belonged to a species of reptile that lived before dinosaurs roamed Earth.

Persons: Russia’s Luna, United States — hasn’t, Peregrine, NASA —, Zhang, King, G.H.R, von Koenigswald, Mooney, Charles Darwin, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt Organizations: CNN, United, Astrobotic Technology, Technology, NASA, United Launch Alliance, Payload Services, University of Toronto Mississauga, European Space Agency, CNN Space, Science Locations: India, United States, Pittsburgh, Guangxi, King Kong, Hong Kong, Oklahoma, China, Norway, British, New Mexico

☆ T. rex fossil is actually a species new to science, study says
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Jenna Schnuer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —A formerly unknown relative of the most iconic of all dinosaurs, Tyrannosaurus rex, has been newly identified, according to a study released Thursday. Called Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis, the creature likely roamed Earth up to 7 million years before T. rex emerged. But Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis’ bones were discovered decades before the creature officially got its scientific name. “The lower jaw in a Tyrannosaurus rex is actually quite robust. “That set the table for when Sebastian started to look at our specimen and say, ‘Hey, these don’t actually look the same as the famous Tyrannosaurus rex specimens from places like Montana.’”

Persons: rex, mcraeensis, ”, Anthony R, Fiorillo, ” Fiorillo, Sebastian G, Spencer Lucas, Dalman, Kong ”, Sebastian, ’ Organizations: CNN, New, New Mexico Museum, Science, Springfield Science Museum, Cultural Affairs Locations: , New Mexico, New Mexico, Albuquerque, North America, Massachusetts, Montana

☆ Giant ape’s extinction solved by new fossil analysis
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-10 | by ( Katie Hunt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Many of the caves containing Gigantopithecus fossils have been found in Guangxi's distinctive karst landscape. “The early caves at 2 million years old have hundreds of teeth, but the younger caves around the extinction period — there are only 3-4 … teeth,” Westaway said. Isotope analysis of elements such as carbon and oxygen contained in the Gigantopithecus teeth helped the researchers understand how the animal’s diet may have changed over time. Kira Westaway/Macquarie UniversityQuestions remainNo Gigantopithecus fossils from the neck down have ever been found and documented. A November 2019 analysis of proteins found in a Gigantopithecus fossil suggested its closest living relative is the Bornean orangutan.

Persons: King Kong ” —, G.H.R, von Koenigswald, Gigantopithecus, “, ”, Renaud Joannes, Boyau, Yingqi Zhang, Kira Westaway, We’ve, Westaway, Zhang, ” Westaway, Feng Cave, It’s, Wang Wei, Wang Organizations: CNN, colossus, Southern Cross University, Macquarie University, Shandong University’s Institute of Cultural Heritage Locations: Hong Kong, China, Australia, Guangxi, Vietnam, Asia, Shandong, Qingdao, Indonesia, what’s, Bose

☆ Jared Leto really climbed the Empire State Building
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —No, it wasn’t Spider-Man or King Kong hanging off the side of the Empire State Building this week. The actor and singer on Thursday managed to climb the historic Manhattan skyscraper in a stunt to announce his band, Thirty Seconds to Mars is embarking on a world tour. Leto, the band’s frontman, completed the first-ever climb of the Empire State Building. “My mom came to visit.”Jared Leto climbing the Empire State Building. After touring South America, the band will perform in Europe and North America before concluding in New Zealand in September.

Persons: King Kong, Jared Leto, Leto, ” Leto, “, ” Jared Leto, Roy Rochlin Organizations: CNN, Empire Locations: Manhattan, America, Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Buenos Aires, South America

☆ Review: Dancing With Dictators in David Byrne’s ‘Here Lies Love’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( Jesse Green | More About Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Not that there isn’t plenty to praise in “Here Lies Love,” the immersive disco-bio-musical about Imelda Marcos that opened on Thursday at the Broadway Theater. Because the real star of this show is the astonishing architectural transformation of the theater itself, by the set designer David Korins. That she would probably adore the over-emphatic atmosphere of “Here Lies Love” — with its lurid lighting by Justin Townsend, skittering projections by Peter Nigrini and earsplitting sound by M.L. For here we are, at the place where irony and meta-messaging form a theatrical-historical knot that can’t be picked apart. Which is why, as you clap, you should probably wonder what for.

Persons: Imelda Marcos, David Byrne, Fatboy Slim, abetted, David Korins, “ King Kong ”, Marcos, impoverishing, Justin Townsend, Peter Nigrini, Cody Spencer — Organizations: Broadway Theater, Broadway Locations: “ King, Philippines

☆ Naomi Watts marries ‘The Morning Show’ actor Billy Crudup
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Naomi Watts and Billy Crudup are officially married. Watts confirmed the news on Saturday by sharing a photo on her verified Instagram page showing her with “The Morning Show” actor on the steps of what appears to be a Manhattan courthouse. “Hitched,” the caption read, alongside a photo of the newlyweds standing arm in arm with beaming smiles. Watts was previously married to actor Liev Schreiber for 11 years before announcing their split in 2016. Crudup previously dated “Weeds” actor Mary-Louise Parker, with whom he shares a son.

Persons: Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Watts, “, la, Crudup, Mark Ruffalo, Sunny Coigney, King Kong, Liev Schreiber, Schreiber, Mary, Louise Parker, Andy Cohen, ” Watts, Jennifer Coolidge, Katie Holmes, Octavia Spencer Organizations: CNN, Netflix, Screen Locations: Manhattan, King

☆ ‘Jessica Lange’ Review: More Than Just ‘The Wife’
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Peter Tonguette | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

*** ONE-TIME USE *** Jessica Lange, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Paramount Pictures, 1981 Photo: Alamy Stock PhotoFew movie careers have changed course as sharply—and as permanently—as that of Jessica Lange. Despite boasting an unusually artsy background, Ms. Lange’s earliest film roles required little of her beyond her obvious physical beauty: She starred as the ingénue in the misbegotten remake of “King Kong” (1976) and, more intriguingly but no more demandingly, as the spectral-like angel of death in “All That Jazz” (1979).

Persons: Jessica Lange, Lange’s, King Kong ” Organizations: Paramount Pictures Locations: King

☆ 'Jurassic Park' still has bite at 30, and here's why
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —It’s been 30 years since Steven Spielberg’s dinosaurs stampeded across the screen in the first “Jurassic Park,” but it feels more recent. Admittedly, I was the exact target audience for this creature feature, and even though I was already somewhat of a self-taught critic (note the aforementioned mouthiness), I was awed by what I saw that summer three decades ago, and my impressions of “Jurassic Park” remain to this day. Joseph Mazzello in "Jurassic Park." Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Joseph Mazzello in "Jurassic Park." Add to that the amazing and meme-worthy smaller performances from Samuel L. Jackson (“Hold onto your butts!”), Wayne Knight (“Ah ah ah!

Persons: CNN — It’s, Steven Spielberg’s, Rex, Martin Ferrero, ”, Joseph Mazzello, dino, Kong ”, Ian Malcolm, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Crichton’s, Spielberg, John Williams, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Goldblum, there’s Laura Dern, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill –, Samuel L, Jackson, Wayne Knight, Bob Peck, “, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Titans, Marvel

☆ A Lego Crime, a YouTube Rivalry, and the End of a Star Wars Friendship
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-21 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

Those who are into Lego Star Wars are among the most popular. It was at an informal contest where Louis met Victor, a fellow Lego Star Wars fanatic. Soon they ranked among the most popular Lego Star Wars YouTubers in France, known for the size and scope of their MOCs. The two friends no longer fit with that satisfying click that comes from snapping together two Lego bricks. Though it must have taken a truck to haul away all of Louis' Lego, no neighbor reported seeing anything suspicious.

☆ The ‘King Kong’ of Weight-Loss Drugs Is Coming
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-03 | by ( Peter Loftus | Photographs Maddie Mcgarvey For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

People who are overweight are flocking to the drug Ozempic to slim down. Looming is an even more powerful weight-loss treatment. The drug Mounjaro helped a typical person with obesity who weighed 230 pounds lose up to 50 pounds during a test period of nearly 17 months.

☆ Taylor Swift, Pop’s Maestro of Memory, Returns to the Stage
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-18 | by ( Jon Caramanica | More About Jon Caramanica | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Of late, Swift — obsessive about memory and even more obsessive about lore — has made revisiting her old work integral to her public presentation. Her ongoing rerecordings project layers a veneer of artistic liberation atop a business tug of war with the owners of her master recordings. And Swift herself tackled each period of her career — the dynamic ones and the flaccid ones alike — with real gusto, in outfits covered in glitter, or fringe or glittery fringe. Her stage was set up for both big-tent power and maximum intimacy; it jutted out into the crowd for almost the entire length of the floor. She concluded with a selection of songs from “Midnights,” a challenging album to wrap a show of this magnitude — it’s more an amalgam of old Swift ideas than a harbinger of a new direction.

Persons: ”, Swift, —, ” “, John, “, King Locations: Nashville, King Kong

☆ Food prices still stubbornly high but seeing some easing
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Alicia Wallace | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

In December, “food at home” prices increased 0.2% from the month before, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. On an annual basis, however, grocery prices remain stubbornly high (and nearly double the rate of overall inflation) at 11.8% year over year. “Fertilizer costs have improved, but they still remain very high. Labor costs still remain a problem — and the list goes on.”In addition to those broader pressures, other factors, including weather and disease, are heavily affecting certain products’ prices. “It makes it extremely challenging for a mom-and-pop [business].”He added: “We’re just trying to stay alive and hope that things will come down.”The expectations are for food price increases to continue to moderate, Bailey said.

Reyes said Hollywood films often reflected the politics of their time — and that had an influence on Latino roles. Studies by the Government Accountability Office, the University of Southern California and other groups consistently show that Latinos are underrepresented in the film industry. Just this year, UCLA’s Hollywood Diversity Report documented “enormous gains” by women and people of color, but Latino representation still lagged. Slowly but surely, we are shaking up the narrative in Hollywood.”Calderón is frustrated by the continuing practice of “brownface,” whereby Latino roles go to white actors. Sanchez cited Eugenio Derbez in “Coda” (2021) as an example of a well-written Latino film character.

Latinos are underrepresented in the media industry workforce across film, radio, television, newspapers and digital platforms, according to the report. Latinos are 19% of the nation's population, almost 1 in 5 Americans, and 18% of workers outside the media industry. The largest percentage of Hispanic media industry workers were employed in service worker positions (19%) — which include food, cleaning and personal and protective services, according to the latest available reports submitted by media companies to the U.S. In positions that can influence the content audiences consume, Latinos were far less represented: They made up only 7% of professional media industry positions such as actors, producers, directors, writers, reporters and editors. When Latinos did see themselves represented in content, they felt "it was inaccurate" in most cases, de Armas said.

☆ The biggest blockbusters aren't in movie theaters right now — they're on TV: from 'The Rings of Power' to 'House of the Dragon'
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-07 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The blockbusterization of TV has reached a peak with "The Rings of Power" and "House of the Dragon." Meanwhile, movie theaters are experiencing a dire lack of new releases. In fact, the future of "Star Wars" is largely streaming TV — a big loss for movie theaters. "The Rings of Power" is the most expensive TV series ever made, with a production budget of $465 million for the first season. Some examples: Apple is making a TV series set in the same universe as "Godzilla vs. Kong," and Disney is readying its own King Kong series.

☆ Luptătorul moldovean Alexandr Romanov a obținut a treia victorie în Ultimate Fighting Championship
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-18 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

Luptătorul moldovean Alexandr Romanov a obținut a treia victorie în Ultimate Fighting Championship. La turneul din orașul Las Vegas, „King Kong” l-a înfruntat pe spaniolul Juan Espino, poreclit „Frumosul”. Primele două reprize au fost echilibrate, însă în a treia sportivul iberic i-a aplicat o lovitură interzisă lui Romanov, iar arbitrul a întrerupt lupta. Romanov nu a putut continua confruntarea. Peste două săptămâni, un alt moldovean, Ion Cuțelaba va lupta cu americanul Devin Clark la turneul UFC Fight Night din Las Vegas.

Persons: Alexandr Romanov, Juan Espino, Romanov, Espino, Ion Cuțelaba, Clark Locations: Las Vegas

☆ Ce a răspuns Zlatan Ibrahimovic când a fost întrebat cine ar câștiga o luptă dintre el și King Kong
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-31 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesCe a răspuns Zlatan Ibrahimovic când a fost întrebat cine ar câștiga o luptă dintre el și King KongZlatan Ibrahimovic va împlini 40 de ani în octombrie, dar pare că trăiește o a doua tinerețe. ”Un leu poate fi îmblânzit și dresat, dar Zlatan nu! Zlatan e un animal diferit!”, a venit răspunsul suedezului, care a fost chestionat și despre învingătorul unei confruntări dintre el și King Kong. ”L-aș distruge pe King Kong, 100% l-aș distruge”, a venit prompt replica lui Ibrahimovic. Am 39 de ani și, după tot ce am realizat, nu aș fi obligat să mai muncesc.

Persons: Zlatan, King, King Kong Zlatan Ibrahimovic, AC Milan, ! Zlatan, Ibrahimovic Organizations: King Kong, AC, UEFA, Champions Journal Locations: Suediei, King Kong

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