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☆ Drew Barrymore explains how she accidentally left a list of her romantic partners at Danny DeVito’s house
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Danny DeVito had the opportunity to know way more about Drew Barrymore than the rest of us. On Wednesday’s episode of “The Drew Barrymore Show,” the daytime host was joined by Ross Matthews and “the boys” of “CBS Mornings,” Tony Dokoupil, Nate Burleson, and Vladimir Duthiers. I left it at someone’s house.”That someone happened to be Danny DeVito, Barrymore revealed, who at the time was directing a movie titled “Duplex” in which Barrymore was costarring and producing. “I did admit it to him,” Barrymore told the group. I never saw it,” he told Barrymore and the audience.

Persons: Danny DeVito, Drew Barrymore, “, Ross Matthews, Tony Dokoupil, Nate Burleson, Vladimir Duthiers, they’ve, Barrymore, ”, ” Barrymore, ‘, ’ ”, DeVito Organizations: CNN, CBS, Independent

☆ Here’s what the Starbucks of the future looks like
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —Starbucks has opened its first cafe designed to give customers with disabilities a “more accessible store experience,” the company announced Friday in a news release. The move is part of a wider inclusivity initiative that Starbucks has undertaken to design easily navigable retail spaces for all of its customers. Any cafe that is renovated or opened in the future will begin implementing the company’s “Inclusive Spaces Framework,” it said in the release. The store design will also take acoustics into account by using materials that minimize background noise or echoes, which could disrupt people who use hearing aids. The chain last unveiled a new store design in 2019 with much of the similar aesthetic approach left intact with the new look.

Persons: ”, Maria Town, ” Tony Coelho Organizations: New, New York CNN, Starbucks, American Association of People, Walmart, Centers for Disease Control, ” Starbucks Locations: New York, Washington , DC, United States

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Live updates from the Super Bowl in Las Vegas. Taylor Swift reached LAX in her journey from Tokyo to the Super Bowl, online sleuths sayWill she make it in time? Read moreThree longtime friends have attended every Super Bowl — and don’t intend to stopAs long as they still have each other, they’re still going to go to every Super Bowl. Here’s why millions are excited for Super Bowl SundayMillions of Americans will find something to be excited about when it comes to Super Bowl Sunday. Four in 10 U.S. adults are extremely or very excited for at least one part of the Super Bowl day’s festivities.

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That's because, the DNC argues, many states — including Arizona, Illinois and Michigan — have rules that candidates or their campaigns be the ones collecting ballot signatures, meaning Kennedy's campaign will have to violate federal rules to meet state requirements. “They simply cannot comply with federal law and state law at the same time,” DNC legal counsel Bob Lenhard said on a conference call with reporters. Tim Mellon, a major donor to Donald Trump, gave American Values $15 million last year, according to federal filings. In December, a campaign watchdog group filed a complaint alleging that Never Back Down, a super PAC supporting Republican Ron DeSantis, was coordinating too closely with the Florida governor's since-suspended presidential campaign. But Linhart said the DNC took the unusual step of filing a complaint against Kennedy itself because what was occurring was “striking” and “dramatic” given that some states mandate candidates or their campaigns collect ballot signatures.

Persons: Robert Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Bob Lenhard, Tim Mellon, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, ” Tony Lyons, Biden, Ron DeSantis, Linhart, ” Linhart Organizations: WASHINGTON, —, Democratic National Committee, Federal Elections Commission, White, Super PAC, DNC, RFK Jr, Biden, Democratic, Trump, Florida Locations: Arizona , Illinois, Michigan

☆ Gold, Silver and … Iron? Olympic Medals Will Have Piece of Eiffel Tower
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Aurelien Breeden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Athletes who win medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Paris won’t just win gold, silver or bronze. Their medals will also include a piece of iron — wrought-iron, to be exact, from the Eiffel Tower itself. Organizers of the Games said Thursday that each of the 5,084 medals created for the Paris events will be decorated on one side with a hexagon-shaped piece of iron recovered from the French capital’s iconic landmark. “This exceptional object had to meet another very strong symbol of our country and our capital,” Tony Estanguet, the president of the Paris 2024 organizing committee, said at an event to unveil the medals’ design in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris where several Olympic events will be held. Mr. Estanguet said the iron used in the medals will be recycled fragments from the Eiffel Tower’s original 1889 construction that had been sitting unused in a warehouse after renovation work.

Persons: ” Tony Estanguet, Denis, Estanguet Organizations: Games, Eiffel Locations: Paris won’t, Paris, Saint

Macy's is rejecting a $5.8 billion takeover offer from investment firms Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management, saying they didn't provide a viable financing plan. Arkhouse and Brigade offered $21 per share for the stock they don't already own. Last week Macy's Inc. said that it was laying off about 3.5% of its total headcount, or approximately 2,350 employees. “We continue to be open to opportunities that are in the best interests of the company and all of our shareholders.” Tony Spring takes over as president and CEO of Macy's next month. Political Cartoons View All 253 ImagesShares rose more than 2% to $18.09 before the market open on Monday.

Persons: Macy's, ” Jeff Gennette, “, Tony Spring Organizations: Arkhouse Management, Brigade Capital Management, Brigade, Macy’s Inc Locations: Arkhouse, Macy's

☆ Opinion | Trumpism Is Devouring the Evangelical Movement
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Such qualms grew more vocal after voter revulsion toward MAGA candidates cost Republicans their prophesied red wave in 2022. He had too much of an edge sometimes.” Perkins was clearly rooting for Ron DeSantis, who represented the shining hope of a post-Trump religious right. But there’s not going to be a post-Trump religious right — at least, not anytime soon. Evangelical leaders who started their alliance with Trump on a transactional basis, then grew giddy with their proximity to power, have now seen MAGA devour their movement whole. But this year, according to FiveThirtyEight’s polling average, Trump leads his nearest Republican rivals by more than 30 points.

Persons: Tim Alberta’s, Donald Trump, Robert Jeffress, First Baptist Dallas —, ”, Trump boosterism —, “, —, MAGA, Mike Evans, ” Tony Perkins, Trump, Perkins, ” Perkins, Ron DeSantis, there’s, George W, Bush, Mike Huckabee, Rick Santorum, Ted Cruz Organizations: Christian, First Baptist, Texas, The Washington Post, Trump, Family Research, Evangelical, Republican Locations: American, The, Alberta, Iowa

☆ Bradley Cooper practiced six years to do six minutes of conducting in ‘Maestro’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Cooper broke down a scene in which Bernstein famously conducted the 1976 London Symphony Orchestra in Ely Cathedral. “That was the London Symphony Orchestra. And I spent six years learning how to conduct six minutes and 21 seconds of music.”Whew. Cooper, who also directed the film and co-wrote the script, said he watched raw footage of Bernstein conducting at the event to replicate it as authentically as possible. “Maestro” will have a limited theatrical release on Nov. 22 before it starts streaming on Netflix in December.

Persons: Bradley Cooper, Leonard Bernstein, “ Maestro, ”, IndieWire, “ Hamilton ” Tony, Lin, Manuel Miranda, Cooper, Bernstein, ” Cooper, Maestro ” Organizations: CNN, Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Netflix Locations: Los Angeles, Ely Cathedral

☆ Ireland recovers largest ever drugs seizure worth over $165M
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Amy Croffey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The biggest-ever drug seizure in the history of Ireland was intercepted off the coast of Cork in the southeast of the country on Tuesday, Irish police said. “It is the largest drug seizure in the history of the State,” Justin Kelly, Assistant Commissioner of An Garda Síochána, Ireland’s police force, said at the same conference. Three men, aged 31, 50 and 60, have been arrested on suspicion of organized crime and are currently being questioned at Garda stations in County Wexford, according to a Garda press release. Officers said the drugs originated from South America and were bound for crime groups in Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Europe. Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly said the drug seizure was the largest in Ireland's history.

Persons: Matthew ”, Gerry Harrahill, ” Justin Kelly, ” Kelly, Justin Kelly, Garda Síochána, ” Tony Geraghty Organizations: CNN, Revenue, Dublin, State, Garda, Irish Air Corps, Irish Revenue Customs Service, Irish Defence Forces, Irish Naval Service, Maritime Analysis, Narcotics, European Union Locations: Ireland, Cork, South America, County Wexford, United Kingdom, Europe, Dublin, Lisbon, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Portugal

☆ Georgia looking to cause an upset at the Rugby World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-22 | by ( Jack Hillcox | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Today, Maisashvili is in France leading Georgia at the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Having lost 35-15 against Australia in its Rugby World Cup opener, Georgia hopes to bounce back against Portugal this Saturday, then against Fiji and Wales in its final pool C game. David Mdzinarishvili/ReutersThe Georgian national rugby team was formed in 1964, but was initially subsumed by the Soviet Union rugby federation. Despite making up a tiny portion of the Soviet Union, Georgian players were one of the dominant forces in the larger nation’s rugby team. The nation’s rugby team suffered after gaining independence, leading to serious lack of resources.

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☆ Taxpayers don’t have to worry about unannounced visits from the IRS anymore
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

These visits will only continue in a few special circumstances, the agency said Monday. “Changing this long-standing procedure will increase confidence in our tax administration work and improve overall safety for taxpayers and IRS employees,” Danny Werfel, IRS commissioner, said in a statement. “These visits created extra anxiety for taxpayers already wary of potential scam artists,” Werfel said. “At the same time, the uncertainty around what IRS employees faced when visiting these homes created stress for them as well.”Typically, tens of thousands of unannounced visits take place each year. It will continue to focus on high-income taxpayers with tax issues, the agency said.

Persons: ” Tony Reardon, Biden, ” Danny Werfel, ” Werfel, “, ” Organizations: CNN, IRS, National Treasury Employees Union

☆ Anthony Fauci on His Friendship With the AIDS Activist Larry Kramer - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Anthony Fauci | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

I recently attended a memorial service for Larry Kramer, the award-winning playwright, author and provocative gay activist. I had a genuinely unique relationship with Larry for more than three decades, which I reflected on at his memorial and wanted to share here. A one-way conversation from Larry Kramer to Tony Fauci via the written word, in The San Francisco Examiner, reflecting a booming voice before I even knew him: “I Call You Murderers,” the headline read. “An open letter to an incompetent idiot, Dr. Anthony Fauci,” it continued. Fast-forward 32 years to May 2020: A brief two-way telephone conversation ending in a simple phrase.

Persons: Larry Kramer, Lucille Lortel, ”, Larry, Tony Fauci, “, Anthony Fauci, Tony, ” Tony Organizations: Christopher, San Francisco Examiner Locations: Greenwich Village, ”

☆ Jim Brown Piled Up Yards, but Never Wavered an Inch
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Ken Belson | Jenny Vrentas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

His rushing records — most notably his 12,312 yards on the ground — were eventually broken by Payton, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith and others. His 104.3 rushing yards per game average still stands as a league record. awards, and owning the N.F.L.’s career rushing record. “There isn’t a man who played running back in the NFL who didn’t see Jim Brown as an iconic legend on and off the field,” Tony Dorsett, one of 10 running backs to surpass Brown’s total rushing yards, wrote on Twitter. As exceptional as he was on the field, Brown was far from a perfect human being.

☆ How a Tech Star Lost His Way
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Ellen Barry | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

WONDER BOY: Tony Hsieh, Zappos and the Myth of Happiness in Silicon Valley, by Angel Au-Yeung and David JeansA few chapters into “Wonder Boy,” Tony Hsieh sells his first company to Microsoft for $265 million. At 24, he is fabulously rich and one of the rising stars in the tech firmament. So he sits down to write a list of the happiest periods in his life. “Connecting with a friend and talking through the entire night until the sun rose made me happy,” he writes. Lying on the freezing ground on a filthy blanket, he suffered smoke inhalation that would kill him.

Researchers for decades have attempted to recreate nuclear fusion – replicating the fusion that powers the sun. Nuclear fusion happens when two or more atoms are fused into one larger one, a process that generates a massive amount of energy as heat. Scientists across the globe have been inching toward the breakthrough, using different methods to try to achieve the same goal. This heat can then be used to warm water, create steam and power turbines to generate power. “The opposing argument is that this result is miles away from actual energy gain required for the production of electricity,” he said.

☆ Deshaun Watson returned in Cleveland Browns game against Houston. 10 of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct were expected to attend, lawyer says
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Alaa Elassar | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Around 10 of the more than two dozen women who accused Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual misconduct were expected to attend his game in Houston on Sunday, according to their attorney. I was proud of them for that,” Tony Buzbee, the lawyer representing the accusers attending the game, told CNN in a statement. Makes me proud they want to stand up and be counted rather than quietly go away.”The NFL and the Cleveland Browns did not respond to CNN’s request for comment regarding the accusers’ attendance. We’re a huge football town, folks here have been lifelong fans of the Cleveland Browns,” Greene said. We believe that Deshaun Watson deserves a second chance.”The team’s “refusal to prioritize protecting women sends a disgusting message” to survivors of sexual assault, Nunes said.

☆ UK economy: Rishi Sunak only has unpleasant choices as prime minister
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Julia Horowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

There’s little appetite for government spending cuts after years of austerity in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis. Plus, failing to help households deal with surging living costs could prove politically devastating and further weigh on the economy. Finance minister Jeremy Hunt got the ball rolling last week when he reversed £32 billion ($37 billion) in tax cuts that formed the bedrock of Truss’ plan to boost growth. Risk of a ‘doom loop’Investors and economists expect that the government will announce a mixture of tax increases and spending cuts shortly. No one wants to repeat the errors of the brief Truss era, when her gamble that unfunded tax cuts would jumpstart growth backfired spectacularly.

With the term “personal taxes,” however, Mr. Garten appears to be conflating income taxes with other federal taxes Mr. Trump has paid — Social Security, Medicare and taxes for his household employees. Fragments of Mr. Trump’s tax returns have leaked out before. Mr. Agalarov’s father, Aras, a billionaire who boasts of close ties to Mr. Putin, was Mr. Trump’s partner in the event. Mr. Trump’s avoidance of income taxes is one of the most striking discoveries in his tax returns, especially given the vast wash of income itemized elsewhere in those filings. When they got to line 56, the one for income taxes due, the amount was the same each year: $750.

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