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☆ New ‘The Office’ comedy series will center on reporters at a ‘dying’ newspaper
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Over a decade after viewers said goodbye to beloved NBC series “The Office,” a new comedy set in the same universe as everyone’s favorite paper company Dunder Mifflin is coming to Peacock. Daniels and Koman will also produce the series with original “Office” creators Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant. Many cast members became household names following the widespread and early success of the series, which won five Emmys throughout its run. Like its predecessor starring Gervais, the series followed a mockumentary-style format with cast members breaking the fourth wall as a crew followed staffers around an office, capturing tedious day-to-day tasks, office romances and at-times outlandish behavior. It is not yet known if any previous cast members will make cameos in the Peacock series, which is set to begin production in July.

Persons: “, Domhnall Gleeson, Sabrina Impacciatore, Dunder, Greg Daniels, “ Nathan, Michael Koman, Daniels, Koman, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant ., Steve Carell, John Krasinksi, Jenna Fischer, Mindy Kaling, Rainn Wilson, BJ Novak, Gervais Organizations: CNN, NBC, Dunder Mifflin Locations: Scranton

☆ Utah legislature passes a bill that makes company NDAs on sexual assault and harassment unenforceable
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Utah legislature approved a bill on NDAs related to sexual assault and harassment. The bill also says attempts to enforce a confidentiality clause could result in liability for costs. AdvertisementThe Utah state legislature passed a bill on Friday that makes confidentiality clauses related to sexual assault and sexual harassment unenforceable. "In most sexual harassment cases, a company is fully equipped with lawyers at their beck and call," Bernhardt said. When individuals report sexual harassment, a lot of them don't have attorneys.

Persons: —, Kera Birkeland, they've, Kimberly Bernhardt, Bernhardt, there's, doesn't, NDAs, Susan Madsen, they're Organizations: Service, Rep, Nationwide, state's, Utah Women, Leadership, Utah State University Locations: Utah, Utah's House

☆ She says she gave birth to a child after a Lyft driver raped her in 2019. Now she’s suing
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Clare Duffy | Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Orlando, Florida CNN —A Florida woman sued Lyft earlier this month, alleging that she was raped by her Lyft driver in 2019 and that the assault resulted in the birth of her third child. Separately, at least a handful of Lyft drivers accused of sexual assault have been convicted in criminal cases. Genetic testing later confirmed with “99.9999999998%” certainty that the Lyft driver is the child’s father, according to the complaint. The Lyft driver rolled down the passenger side window, and Plaintiff confirmed the Lyft driver was there for her,” the complaint states. Lyft’s continuous criminal record monitoring began in April 2019, the month of Means’ alleged rape.

Persons: Lyft, Tabatha Means, “, Uber —, Uber, ” Lyft, ” Means, Means, she’d, ” Tabatha, John General, Deborah Brunswick, ” Rachel Abrams, Peiffer Wolf, ” Abrams, wouldn’t, … I’ve, ”, Abrams, ’ Organizations: Florida CNN, CNN, Court, ADT, Social, US, Department, RAINN Locations: Orlando, Florida, California

☆ Opinion: Trump’s behavior in E. Jean Carroll trial is a chilling trigger for sexual assault survivors
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-18 | by ( Opinion Danielle Campoamor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

While a victim of sexual assault receives death threats, her assailant receives endorsements and secures the Iowa caucus. Like so many sexual assault victims and survivors, Carroll’s ongoing pursuit of justice, the court proceedings and the response of her alleged abuser have been re-traumatizing. The US Department of Veterans reports that one in three victims of sexual assault will experience post-traumatic stress disorder sometime during their lives. Like so many survivors, Carroll likely knew what was coming when she chose to bring a case against the former president not once but twice. I couldn’t remember all the details, which is common among sexual assault survivors.

Persons: Danielle Campoamor, Jean Carroll, Donald Trump, “, ” Danielle Campoamor Ashley Batz, Carroll, —, Trump, she’s, Shawn Crowley, ”, Judge Lewis Kaplan, RAINN —, assaulter, Chanel Miller, Emily Doe, Brock Turner, RAINN, ” Carroll, It’s Organizations: NBC, CNN, GOP, US Department of Veterans Locations: Manhattan, Iowa, reoffending

For gay men and other LGBTQ+ people, “their friends and family may not be aware of how they identify. "And men as a category don’t meet that stereotype, even though all the research has shown us that at least 9% of sexual assault survivors are male.”__This story includes discussion of sexual assault. If you or someone you know needs help, call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-4673 or go to https://hotline.rainn.org. Schultz saw others in the opera community rally around the attackers, and was criticized for besmirching the reputation of prominent gay men. Gay men often gather in bars – spaces they feel safe to be themselves.

Persons: Sam Schultz, Schultz, there’s, ” Schultz, ”, Scott Berkowitz, “, Anthony Edwards, Fatima Goss Graves, __ Schultz, David Daniels, Scott Walters, Daniels, Xerxes, didn’t, Walters, they’ve, “ You’re, Ted Gideonse, Gideonse, ” Gideonse, ‘, Mike Jeffries, Jeffries, Matthew Smith Organizations: Associated Press, Sciences, RAINN, Women’s Law Center, Legal Defense Fund, National Women’s Law, Houston’s Rice University, Houston, University of California, Washington, BBC, Abercrombie, Fitch, Abercrombie & Fitch Locations: Irvine, New York, Paris, London

☆ Matthew Perry's family 'heartbroken' by 'Friends' star's death
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( Rich Mckay | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/3] Actor Matthew Perry waits to announce the nominations for the Golden Globe Awards during a news conference in Beverly Hills, California, December 14, 2006. REUTERS/Fred Prouser/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsOct 29 (Reuters) - Matthew Perry's family, friends and fellow celebrities on Sunday mourned the passing of the wise-cracking co-star of 1990s sitcom "Friends" who died at his Los Angeles home in an apparent drowning this weekend. "Matthew brought so much joy to the world, both as an actor and a friend," Perry's family told People magazine on Sunday in a statement. The official "Friends" webpage on Instagram said: "We are devastated to learn of Matthew Perry’s passing. "I'll remember that character for the rest of my life," she said as the audience cheered, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Fred Prouser, Matthew Perry's, Matthew, Perry, Chandler Bing, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Courtney Cox, Instagram, Matthew Perry’s, Singer Adele, Chandler, He's, Alyssa Milano, “, Matty, Milano, ”, Rainn Wilson, Dwight, R.I.P, Rich McKay, Marguerita Choy Organizations: Golden Globe, REUTERS, Sunday, Los Angeles, Police, Los Angeles Times, Los, Angeles, Angeles County Medical, Thomson Locations: Beverly Hills , California, Los Angeles, Massachusetts, Canada, Los, Angeles County, Manhattan, Vegas, Atlanta

☆ How a lonely mountain lion led to the creation of the world’s largest wildlife overpass
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-08 | by ( Martha Shade | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

A photo of P-22 mountain lion National Park Service“A mountain lion lived in L.A. and people didn’t fear him,” said Pratt, who has memorialized P-22 on her arm with a tattoo. The idea of a wildlife overpass was garnering interest, but funding it was another issue. A rendering of the completed Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Overpass Courtesy National Wildlife FederationEngineers are also taking into account animals’ fear of bright lights. And that’s exactly what needs to happen at the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Overpass, where the freeway bisects the local cougar habitat. He has inspired the building of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing.

Persons: he’s, ”, Beth Pratt, Pratt, Alan Ruck —, Ferris, Leonardo DiCaprio, Rainn Wilson, Barbra Streisand, David Crosby, ” Pratt, “, Watts, Wallis Annenberg, don’t, ” It’s, Martha Shade, koalas, We’ve, ’ Organizations: CNN, National Wildlife Federation, Hollywood, Service, Wallis Annenberg, Wildlife Federation Engineers, National Park Service, Banff National, grizzlies, Federal, Administration Locations: California, Los Angeles, L.A, HBO’s, Watts, South Los Angeles, Beverly, France, Europe, Netherlands, Brignoles, Queensland, Australia, Canada, Banff, Pratt

☆ Rainn Wilson is bringing us on a happiness journey
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Which is why I’m super grateful to Rainn Wilson. Something to sip on…Rainn Wilson in a scene from his new show "Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss." from PeacockIn a recent interview with Wilson about his new show on Peacock, “Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss,” I started by thanking him for helping me not feel guilty about not feeling happy. “They’re going to pay me to go around the world and look for happiness?” Wilson said. Netflix“Selling Sunset” Season 6Come for the real estate porn, stay for the drama.

☆ What Rainn Wilson Learned Searching for Joy Around the World
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Jancee Dunn | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The actor Rainn Wilson, who is best known for playing Dwight Schrute on “The Office,” has been candid about his history with anxiety and depression. In 2008, he founded Soul Pancake, a digital media company that explores “life’s big questions” as part of his search for clarity. Now, in a new travel series, “Rainn Wilson and the Geography of Bliss,” Wilson explores some of the world’s happiest and unhappiest places in an attempt to unlock the secrets of well-being. The show was inspired by Eric Weiner’s best-selling memoir of the same name, and Wilson’s destinations were chosen from the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network’s World Happiness Report, which rates life satisfaction in different nations. But he shared three things he learned that might help us in our own lives.

☆ Opinion: E. Jean Carroll lawsuit against Trump resurrected my trauma from testifying about a rape
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Opinion Elizabeth Grey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

I became hyper-critical of myself, as if the defense attorney had set up shop in my own mind. Horrible moments of our lives and how defense attorneys frame them can become public fodder. The goal of a defense attorney seems to be to break the survivor giving testimony. I see a screenshot of text of an exchange between Carroll and Joseph Tacopina, defense attorney for Trump. The National Sexual Assault Hotline is 1-800-656-4673 and provided by RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) 24/7.

☆ Fact Check-Digitally altered versions of Scott Wiener photo holding book shared online
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Wiener, an openly gay legislator who has supported legal protections for children seeking gender-affirming health care, addressed the use of the term groomer in a series of tweets in Nov. 2022 (here). Erik Mebust, communications director for Wiener, told Reuters via email that the recently shared altered photo originates from a March 4 tweet by Wiener, which shows an identical background and apparel (here). In his original photo posted in March, Wiener is holding a book with a yellow cover titled, “Gender Pioneers” (here). The photo of Scott Wiener holding a book originates from his Mar. 5 tweet but it has been digitally altered with fabricated book titles.

☆ Nearly 70% of all reported sexual assaults on US cruises since 2010 happened on ships run by Royal Caribbean or Carnival
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Yelena Dzhanova | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Carnival Cruise Line has the most reported sexual assaults since 2010, DOT data shows. But Carnival, with a fraction of Royal's fleet size, has recorded nearly double the number of reported sexual assaults aboard its ships since 2010. On Royal Caribbean and Carnival cruises, an overwhelming majority, or 82%, of the reported sexual assaults were found to have been committed by passengers, data showed. DOT data revealed that the majority of reported sexual assaults on Princess Cruises were attributed to crew members. A 2013 congressional report found that up to a third of reported sexual assaults aboard cruise ships involved minors.

☆ A passenger alleges she got HIV after being raped by a Princess Cruises crew member
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-19 | by ( Yelena Dzhanova | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A woman sued Princess Cruises on January 3, alleging she was raped by a crew member on a ship. Princess faced a similar lawsuit in 2019 by a woman who alleged she was raped by a crew member. Princess Cruises did not immediately return Insider's request for comment. The majority of all reported sexual assaults aboard a Princess Cruises vessel since 2010 involved a crew member, according to Insider's analysis. Of 17 reported sexual-assault incidents since January 2010, Princess Cruises employees were accused in 15 cases — or about 90% of them, DOT data shows.

☆ Eleven more women accuse dead Florida doctor of criminal and suspicious activity; two sue his business
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +11 min

He bonded out of jail on Nov. 23, according to court records. Another woman who one of the police reports show accused Salata of committing a sex crime is also suing the business, according to court documents. A spokesperson for the Naples Police Department did not respond to a question about why that incident was classified as a suspicious incident. Another trio of police reports were filed Nov. 30. The Naples Police Department's investigation into Salata is ongoing, according to public information officer Lieutenant Bryan McGinn.

☆ Rainn Wilson changes name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson to protest climate change
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

“The Office” star Rainn Wilson has changed his name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson to protest climate change. The actor made the announcement via a Twitter video on Wednesday, timed to the United Nations climate change conference COP27 in Egypt this week. “With the help of my scientist friends at Arctic Basecamp, I’ve changed my name to Rainnfall Heat Wave Extreme Winter Wilson,” Wilson said in a statement. “This is not a joke, I’m as serious as the melting Arctic, which amplifies global risks including extreme weather events around the globe.”“I’m hoping this name change brings attention to this growing… er, melting issue. Then — and this is the important part — change your social media profile or display name to match your new ArcticRisk name.

☆ Rainn Wilson announces name change to raise climate change awareness
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Rainn Wilson has “changed” his name and is inviting others to do the same. “The Office” actor debuted “Rainnfall Heat Wave Rising Sea Levels Wilson” on social media Thursday as a way to raise awareness about the climate control crisis. In the Twitter thread that included the video, Wilson added that he was unable to change his name on Twitter “… because Elon,” referencing guidelines implemented on the platform by new owner Elon Musk. “And if enough of us do this, then maybe @cop27_egypt will be where our world leaders sit up and notice Arctic risks and introduce a solution,” he tweeted. “Make Arctic Name Changer a Game Changer!”

☆ 'Weird: The Al Yankovic Story' review
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-04 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” certainly earns its title, operating, appropriately, not as an actual movie biography but an outlandish parody of one, filled with comedy cameos and bizarre flights of fancy. The amusing conceit behind the entire project – expanding upon a spoof movie trailer released in 2010 – is that a Weird Al biopic functions like one of his chart-topping songs, taking the form of the genre but turning it on its head. Directed by Eric Appel (who produced the aforementioned short, and shares script credit with Yankovic, who also has a cameo), “Weird” is produced through the folks at Funny or Die. Yet even allowing for the fact that “Weird” isn’t much more than a snack, as the man in question sang, just eat it. “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” premieres November 4 on the Roku Channel.

☆ Sexual assault-related ER visits increased more than tenfold since 2006, study finds
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

The study authors said their research represents the largest longitudinal study of sexual assault-related visits to emergency rooms in the U.S. That could be because cultural understandings of what constitutes sexual assault have expanded beyond encounters involving extreme physical violence. In 2019, for example, there were more than 139,800 reports of sexual assault to law enforcement compared to 55,296 ER visits. Sexual assault overall makes up just 0.06% of emergency room visits, according to the study. The FBI data, meanwhile, relies on voluntary reports from law enforcement and narrow definitions of sexual assault, according to the study.

☆ Stanford students call for accountability after second alleged rape reported in two months
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

Stanford University officials must do more to prevent sexual violence, support victims and hold perpetrators accountable, sexual violence prevention advocates on campus said this week, in the wake of the second alleged rape reported in as many months at the school. Student activists have also planned a protest for Friday afternoon, sponsored by the group Sexual Violence Free Stanford. The group also sponsored the resolution passed Thursday, along with two executive members of the Associated Students of Stanford University, which represents the student body. "Sexual violence is a very challenging issue that we and all universities have been working aggressively to address," Mostofi said. Thirteen percent of all students experience sexual assault, according to RAINN, which characterizes sexual assault on campuses as "pervasive."

The Tampa Bay Lightning suspended defenseman Ian Cole after a woman accused him on social media of sexually abusing her when she was underaged, the team said Sunday night. “The Tampa Bay Lightning is aware of the allegations against player Ian Cole and are cooperating fully with the NHL on an investigation. "While we continue to gather more details, we have decided to suspend Ian Cole, with pay, pending the results of an investigation. I completely deny these allegations and will fully cooperate with the NHL and the Tampa Bay Lightning, their officials and legal departments in the forthcoming investigation," Cole said in a statement. "I look forward to clearing my name and demonstrating to the NHL and the Tampa Bay Lightning that these allegations are unfounded.

☆ Sexual assault victims billed for hospital exams that should be free
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Aria Bendix | Aria Bendix Is The Breaking Health Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Some victims of sexual assault are paying out of pocket for their emergency room care, even though federal law requires that their forensic exams be free. The Violence Against Women Act, a federal law enacted in 1994, stipulates that people cannot be charged for a forensic exam after a sexual assault. The new research did not differentiate between costs that should be covered under federal law and other supplementary medical services. Salganicoff said several organizations that assist victims of sexual assault provide lists of hospitals with forensic exam providers. According to the KFF report, some states offer more free medical services associated with the forensic exam than others.

☆ As the former Microsoft VP of HR I can assure you that HR is not your friend. Here's where you should go instead if you're having workplace issues.
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-11 | by ( Chris Williams | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

I'm the former vice president of human resources at Microsoft and I can tell you it shouldn't be HR. HR is not your friendDo not see your team's HR representative as a friend. But from my experience as an HR exec, I can assure you that the company did not have over 1,000 people in HR to be your friend. For work-related issues, once you've reported any company policy violations to HR, I strongly recommend you go outside your organization. Chris Williams is a leadership advisor, podcaster, TikTok creator, author, and former VP of HR at Microsoft.

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