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Learn moreThe Star Wars universe continues to expand with its latest series, The Acolyte. Whether you're a diehard Star Wars fan or following Headland over from Netflix, we've got you covered when it comes to tuning into The Acolyte. Where to watch The Acolyte in the USNew episodes of The Acolyte stream on Disney+ on Tuesdays at 9 p.m. It's the home of every recent Star Wars TV series, like The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Andor. This is also where you can stream all Star Wars movies, from the core nine films to spin-offs like Rogue One and Solo.

Persons: Lee Jung, jae, Jung, Manny Jacinto, Charlie Barnett, Jodie Turner, Smith, Carrie, Anne Moss, Leslye Headland, we've, Wan Kenobi, Stenberg Lee Jung, jae Manny Jacinto Dafne Keen Charlie Barnett Jodie Turner, Smith Rebecca Henderson Dean, Charles Chapman Joonas Organizations: Business, Star Wars, High Republic, Leslye, Netflix, Disney, Hulu, ESPN, Wars, Marvel Locations: Canada

☆ Here's the cast of 'Star Wars: The Acolyte,' and where you've probably seen them before
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-03 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

"The Acolyte" follows a Jedi master who investigates the suspicious deaths of other Jedi. It's set 100 years before the "Star Wars" prequel era of the franchise. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementThe "Star Wars" universe is getting bigger with 2024's "The Acolyte," which revolves around a Jedi master tasked with finding the culprit when several Jedi knights are murdered. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

Persons: It's, Lee Jung, Carrie, Anne Moss, —, Leslye Headland Organizations: Service, High Republic, Business

☆ 80 years after D-Day, a dedicated team works to bring missing airmen home
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-02 | by ( Jaide Timm-Garcia | Isabel Rosales | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

A crash site rediscoveredIn 2016, the agency received a tip the crash site had been rediscovered on farmland in Normandy. D-Day was 80 years ago and the remains of missing service members continue to be uncovered. The results are then compared to a DNA sample from the missing service member’s medical file. In 2009, Stouffer heard about other missing service members being accounted for and reached out to the agency to offer his DNA samples for analysis. Defense Visual Information Distribution ServicePhotos of the three missing airmen were stationed at the dig site, providing what the team calls intrinsic motivation along their search.

Persons: Jake Tapper, “, William Donohue, David Madson, Albert Brooks, SSgt David Madson, Eric Klinek, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Klinek, ”, Donohue, Madson, Brooks, Major McKinley McCanless, Samuel Williams Jr, ” Capt, Brian Foxworth, ” Foxworth, ” Crews, Foxworth, Sergeant Raul Castillo, Castillo, Carrie Brown, you’re, ” Brown, Brown, “ You’ve, Paul Stouffer, William McGowan, McGowan, Stouffer, ” Stouffer Organizations: CNN, Chief Washington, Democracy, Airborne, Defense POW, Agency, Department of Defense, 304th Troop Carrier Squadron, 442nd Troop Carrier Group, 50th Troop Carrier, Waco Army Airfield, Army Air Forces, Allied Forces, 101st, Information Distribution Service Paratroopers, DC, Utah, United Kingdom . Defense, Information, Offutt Air Force Base, Armed Forces Medical, Dover Air Force Base, Registration, United States Military, Air Force Locations: Normandy, France, Europe, German, Nazi Germany, England, United Kingdom, Nebraska, Delaware, U.S

☆ 14 pro-democracy activists found guilty of subversion in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-30 | by ( Jennifer Jett | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

HONG KONG — A Hong Kong court on Thursday found 14 of 16 pro-democracy activists guilty of conspiring to subvert the state in the Chinese territory's single largest case under a sweeping national security law imposed by Beijing. Of those, 31 pleaded guilty in the hopes of a reduced sentence, while the remaining 16 pleaded not guilty. Hong Kong had had a 100% conviction rate in national security cases, which are prosecuted under rules that diverge from the city's legal norms, including presumption against bail. Almost 300 people have been arrested under the national security law, which came into force in the summer of 2020. The charges stem from an informal primary election held in July 2020 in which more than 600,000 voters selected pro-democracy candidates for a legislative election that was scheduled for that September.

Persons: Lau, Lee Yue, Critics, Eric Yan, Lai, Benny Tai, Claudia Mo, Joshua Wong, Leung Kwok, Raymond Chan, Gwyneth Ho, Hong Kong, Carrie Lam Organizations: Hong, Georgetown Center, Asian Locations: HONG KONG, Hong Kong, Beijing, Hong

☆ Opinion: Alito’s second red flag
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-26 | by ( Kirsi Goldynia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

This is not the first time Alito has found himself in hot water over displaying a controversial flag on his property. The upside-down flag, a signal of distress, was adopted by Trump supporters who believed the false claim that the election had been stolen. (Alito said his wife had raised the upside-down flag in response to a disagreement with a neighbor. The discovery also comes at a time when the Supreme Court will be making a decision about Trump’s claims of sweeping presidential immunity, his get-out-of-jail-free card for the federal cases he faces. “The notion that the Supreme Court can be trusted to be an arbiter above partisan politics has suffered major blows in recent years.

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☆ Bella Hadid makes a statement with her keffiyeh-inspired dress at Cannes Film Festival
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Rosa Rahimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Bella Hadid stepped out in a red keffiyeh-inspired dress at the Cannes Film Festival on Thursday, in a nod to her Palestinian heritage. Bella Hadid is seen during the 77th Cannes Film Festival. Hadid’s dress is from the archives of Michael and Hushi, a New York-based brand founded by Michael Sears and Hushidar Mortezaie. Some on social media were quick to point out that Hadid’s dress was not technically a Palestinian keffiyeh, with the colors more closely resembling those used in Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Hopefully we can all learn to stand in unity and love against genocide,” he wrote on Instagram.

Persons: CNN — Bella Hadid, Mohamed Hadid, Michael, Hushi, ”, Bella Hadid, Jacopo Raule, Hadid, Michael Sears, Hushidar, Carrie Bradshaw Organizations: CNN, Cannes, Cannes Film, Mortezaie, Google, City Locations: Palestinian, American, “, Palestine, Gaza, Bella, New York, Jordan, Saudi Arabia

☆ And just like that… Has the tide turned on Carrie Bradshaw’s style?
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-24 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Carrie Bradshaw, the lead character played by Sarah Jessica Parker in the 1998-2004 TV series “Sex and the City,” has always been more of a fashion daredevil than a fashion darling. Parker spotted in one of her character's more outlandish looks while filming for the new season of "And Just Like That." “Definitely too much,” read one critique under @everyoutfitonsatc’s post of Jessica Parker in the latter look. So has Bradshaw’s style really changed, or have we? It seems like a ripe topic for the character’s newspaper column, and one Jessica Parker has thoughts on too.

Persons: Carrie Bradshaw, Sarah Jessica Parker, ”, Bradshaw’s, Carrie, could’ve, Bradshaw, Betsy Johnson, Simone Rocha, Ossie Clark, Parker, Jason Howard, Bauer, Griffin, Jessica Parker, florals, Ralph Lauren, Patricia Field, ’ wardrobes, “, Molly Rogers, Danny Santiago Organizations: CNN, City, HBO, Max, Warner Bros ., Guardian, Vogue Locations: New York City, Irish, YSL

☆ Trump Voter Proved MyPillow's Mike Lindell Wrong. He Wants $5 Million.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Brent Crane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

He called it the Prove Mike Wrong challenge. He entered the Prove Mike Wrong challenge with low confidence he would win the exorbitant pot, estimating he had a 0.5% chance of disproving Lindell's "evidence." He had indeed Proven Mike Wrong, and now Mike must pay. In March, during a rally in Wisconsin, Trump praised him as "the great, legendary Mike Lindell." Jared Bartman for BIUnder deposition in the arbitration proceedings over his refusal to pay Zeidman, Lindell was a tornado of evasion and contradiction.

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☆ I don't have a group of close friends. It's taught me to be more independent.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Angel Martinez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

While watching "Friends," I realized I'm Monica and Chandler in equal measure, with my attention to detail and choice of humor as a coping mechanism. Despite our glaring similarities, I lack what holds them all together in the world of television: a constant friend group. It's worth noting that I do have friends, people I've handpicked from different social circles at different points of my life, all of whom have yet to intersect. Today, I have best friends from high school, my K-pop phase, college, clubs, and the weird limbo between student and work life. Angel Martinez has friends from different stages of her life.

Persons: I'm Monica, Chandler, Schmidt, Cece, Carrie, I've, it's, Angel Martinez, —, I'm, Carrie Bradshaw Organizations: Catholic

☆ A Utah couple accidentally shipped their cat in a Amazon box to California
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-30 | by ( Sydney Bishop | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

A not-so-micro discoveryBack in California, Hunter took her new foster to the vet. Boxed in before a trio of ‘miracles’“The box is Galena’s absolute favorite place to play in, and she’s pretty chill and happy when she’s in a box,” Clark told CNN. Courtesy Carrie ClarkUPS then ferried away the box, Amazon representative Alisa Carroll told CNN. Courtesy Carrie ClarkGalena will likely continue to be a massive box lover – hopefully without again taking off in one. “It’s a really, really easy procedure.

Persons: wasn’t, Brandy Hunter, ”, “, ” Hunter, Carrie Stevens Clark, Carrie Clark, Clark, of Jesus Christ, Hunter, Los Angeles –, ” Clark, Carrie Clark “, hysterically, Carrie, Matt Clark, Matt, ” Carrie Clark, it's, Carrie Clark UPS, Alisa Carroll, ‘, Carrie Clark Eight, “ We’re, Brandy, Galena, ” Amazon’s Carroll, Carrie Clark Galena, he’s Organizations: CNN, of Jesus, Facebook, Galena, Clarks Locations: California, Utah, Lehi , Utah, Galena, Jurupa Valley , California, Los Angeles, Jurupa Valley, crouched, Clark

☆ Stowaway Cat Gets From Utah to California in Amazon Returns Package
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Yan Zhuang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

When Carrie Clark got a phone call on April 17 from a veterinarian in California informing her that her cat, which had vanished from her Utah home a week earlier, had been found some 500 miles away, her first reaction was disbelief. “I could not believe that it was true,” Ms. Clark said in an interview on Sunday night. “I told her: I think this is a prank.”It wasn’t. Galena, her 6-year-old American shorthair, had sneaked inside a 3-by-3-foot cardboard Amazon returns package alongside five pairs of steel-toed boots. Then the cat was transported two states away to one of the company’s warehouses, where it was discovered by Amazon employees.

Persons: Carrie Clark, “, Ms, Clark Organizations: Amazon Locations: California, Utah, Galena

☆ How One Reaction to a Mural Tore a New England Town Apart
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Jenna Russell | John Tully | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Few were present at the select board meeting in Littleton, N.H., last August when Carrie Gendreau, one of its members, began to talk about a mural that had recently been painted on the side of a building downtown. Its subject matter — a blooming iris, dandelions, birch trees — did not seem controversial. But for Ms. Gendreau, 62, who was also a state senator representing northern New Hampshire, the mural had set off alarms. She was certain there were subversive messages in its imagery, planted there by the nonprofit group that had planned and paid for it. The group was North Country Pride, founded four years ago to build more visible support for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the rural region.

Persons: Carrie Gendreau, Gendreau Organizations: North Country Pride Locations: Littleton, N.H, New Hampshire

☆ A couple accidentally shipped their cat in an Amazon return package. It arrived safely 6 days later, hundreds of miles away.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A Utah couple accidentally shipped their cat, Galena, in an Amazon return package. AdvertisementA Utah couple accidentally shipped their pet cat in an Amazon return package, trapping it in the box without food or water for six days. Advertisement"The anxiety and stress of not knowing what happened to her was excruciating," Clark told the local news outlet. "I didn't believe her at first and thought it was a prank," Clark told KSL-TV. AdvertisementAccording to the news outlet, the vet told Clark the cat was found inside an Amazon return package, alongside five pairs of steel-toed work boots.

Persons: —, Carrie Clark, Clark, Galena, Clark didn't Organizations: Service, KSL, Amazon, American Veterinary Medical Association Locations: Utah, Galena, California

☆ Why auction houses are embracing luxury — and celebrity — fashion
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Joan Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

(CNN) — There’s a lot of talk about luxury’s rising prices, but it’s at auction that fashion is selling for the most eye-popping of sums. Fashion items from the sets of TV, film and even commercials can also garner high prices. Frank Augstein/APWhile selling prices are widely publicized, auction houses maintain something akin to attorney-client privilege when it comes to the identities of their bidders. In fact, much of the archival fashion seen on stars today has passed through auction. “That dress would now sell for $10 million because of that double whammy connection of a celebrity,” said Nolan.

Persons: —, Celine, Joan Didion, Levi’s, Kurt Cobain, Elton, Burberry, ”, Nicole Kidman, Lucy Bishop, Frank Augstein, Bishop, Audrey Hepburn, Diana —, Victoria, they’re, Lady Gaga, Kim Kardashian, Michael Jackson’s, Laverne Cox, Jordan Strauss, ’, Shannon Hoey, Hoey, Dior, Elizabeth Debicki, Diana, “, Meg Randell, Leigh Anne Clark —, Valentino, Saint Laurent, Chanel, Andre Leon Talley’s Birkin, Christie’s, Anna Wintour, Clark, Talley, would’ve, Andre Leon Talley's, Meghan McCarthy, Renae Plant, Diana’s, It’s, Carrie Bradshaw, Martin Nolan, Carrie Bradshaw's, Craig Blankenhorn, Barbie, Marilyn Monroe, John F, Kennedy, Nolan, Read Organizations: The, Fashion, CNN, AMC, Albert Museum, York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vogue, USA, Plant, City, Julien’s, HBO Locations: London, Dallas, Palm Beach , Florida, California, Paris, Australia

☆ Carrie Robbins, Costume Designer for Dozens of Broadway Shows, Dies at 81
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Alex Traub | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Carrie Robbins, a meticulous and resourceful costume designer who worked on more than 30 Broadway shows from the 1960s to the 2000s, died on April 12 in Manhattan. She was 81. Her death, at a hospital, was confirmed by Daniel Neiden, a friend, who said her health had declined after she fell and broke her hip in December. In 1972, when she was just 29 years old, Ms. Robbins began “emerging as one of the hottest costume designers in show business,” as the syndicated fashion columnist Patricia Shelton put it, thanks to her work that year on the original Broadway production of “Grease,” six years before it was turned into a hit movie.

Persons: Carrie Robbins, Daniel Neiden, Robbins, “, Patricia Shelton Locations: Manhattan

☆ 23 surprising things you probably didn't know about 'Sex and the City'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

The series is based on the book "Sex and the City" by Candace Bushnell, who said she was paid a paltry sum for the screen rights in the 1990s. Candace Bushnell attends the New York premiere of "Sex and the City" in 2008. JIMI CELESTE/Patrick McMullan/Getty ImagesThe "Sex and the City" book, similar to one of the plotlines in the television series, was made up of Bushnell's New York Observer columns, which ran between 1994 and 1996. Bushnell wrote about her own dating life in New York City, and she interviewed other people about their own sex lives and misadventures. When an agreement was made between show creator Darren Star and Bushnell, the author was paid $100,000 for the screen rights to "Sex and the City," she told The Sunday Times in February.

Persons: Candace Bushnell, JIMI CELESTE, Patrick McMullan, Bushnell, Carrie Bradshaw, Darren Star Organizations: New York, Bushnell's New York Observer, Bushnell, Sunday Times, Netflix, Times Locations: Bushnell's, New York City

☆ School districts in California are worried about cafeteria workers fleeing to fast-food chains to get $20-an-hour wages
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

California school districts are worried about workers could leave for $20 jobs in fast food. The state put the minimum wage for fast-food workers up to $20 an hour on April 1. AdvertisementSchool districts in California are worried about food and cafeteria workers leaving for higher-paying jobs at fast-food restaurants after the state boosted the sector's minimum wage to $20 an hour. School districts "are all very worried about it," Carrie Bogdanovich, president of the California School Nutrition Association, told The Associated Press. Are you a worker in California considering moving to a fast-food chain for the $20 wage?

Persons: —, Carrie Bogdanovich, Sal Vitalie Organizations: Service, California School Nutrition Association, Associated Press, Garden Club, Business Locations: California, South San Francisco

☆ Opinion | The Rage in ‘Carrie’ Feels More Relevant Than Ever
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-05 | by ( Amanda Jayatissa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In their sophomore year, on the first day back after Christmas vacation, she came to school wearing newly fashionable clothes with a trendy hairstyle — but the bullying and teasing never stopped. “Carrie,” Mr. King’s first published novel, was released 50 years ago, in 1974. Many things have changed in the half-century since Mr. King’s novel was published, yet Carrie White remains a strikingly relevant and highly relatable figure. “Not really, not at the subconscious level where savage things grow.” I was hooked. What did Mr. King mean by “savage things?” I didn’t realize then that I would spend so much of my adult life thinking about this very question.

Persons: ” Stephen King’s, Dodie Franklin, “, ” Mr, King, “ Carrie, King’s, Carrie ”, Brian De Palma, Chloë Grace Moretz, Carrie White Organizations: Riverdale Locations: Riverdale ”, Sri Lanka

☆ ‘The Matrix’ has a fifth film in the works and, no, this is not a simulation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-03 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

The beloved “Matrix” movie franchise is expanding with an upcoming fifth installment, with the film’s original co-writer and co-director Lana Wachowski leading the charge as executive producer. According to a press release from the film’s studio Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group sent on Wednesday, Oscar-nominated screenwriter Drew Goddard will write and direct the film alongside his producing partner Sarah Esberg. (Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group is a subsidiary of CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. “The Matrix” premiered in 1999 and stars Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving and Carrie-Anne Moss. It went on to win four Academy Awards and spawned three sequels, including “The Matrix Reloaded” and “The Matrix Revolutions” in 2003, and “The Matrix Resurrections” in 2021.

Persons: Lana Wachowski, Oscar, Drew Goddard, Sarah Esberg, Jesse Ehrman, Warner, Goddard “, Lana, Lilly, Wachowski, Keanu Reeves, Reeves, Goddard, ’, Laurence Fishburne, Hugo Weaving, Carrie, Anne Moss Organizations: CNN, Warner Bros, Warner Bros ., Motion Locations: ”

☆ A shadowy Russian assassination unit may be behind mysterious 'Havana syndrome' cases: investigation
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A new investigation has linked a shadowy Russian unit to instances of 'Havana Syndrome.' Carrie's account of "Havana Syndrome" was reported in an investigation jointly published by 60 Minutes, German outlet Der Spiegel, and investigative outlet The Insider. The outlets link Unit 29155, a shadowy Russian assassination unit, to multiple incidences of the syndrome, which is formally known to the US government by the term "anomalous health incidents," or AHIs. The Insider traced the movements of several Unit 29155 operatives around the time of several instances of alleged Havana Syndrome. AdvertisementHowever, in 2021 unnamed US officials told Politico that the GRU was at least suspected in ongoing investigations into the syndrome.

Persons: Der Spiegel, —, Carrie, she's, Greg Edgreen, Joy, Albert Averyanov, Marc Polymeropoulos, Insider's Aylin Woodward, It's, Walter Reed Organizations: Service, FBI, Der, CIA, Defense Intelligence Agency, The, National Intelligence, US, Politico Locations: Havana, Russian, Florida, Cuba, China, Russia, Tbilisi , Georgia, Moscow

☆ Broke Gen Zers are skipping first dates and meeting each other virtually instead
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

However, virtual dating can't replace the chemistry and spark of an in-person meeting. Carlotta Cattelani, the UK country manager at the dating app Fruitz, told BI that meeting virtually makes dates more accessible. AdvertisementA virtual date is a less formal chance to see if your match is searching for the same things you are, Cattelani said. She warns that speaking virtually cannot entirely replace meeting someone in person, so FaceTime dates should be used sparingly. It's easier to be "catfished" on social media, she said, because virtual dates cannot replace the chemistry, body language, and eye contact you might experience in real life.

Persons: Gen Zers, —, Z, Tina Wilson, Zers, Wilson, takeout, they're, Eunice, They're, you've, I've, Baker, I'm, Carlotta Cattelani, Cattelani, it's, Sebastian Garrido, Carrie Berk, Berk Organizations: Service, Business, BI Locations: Toronto

☆ How Dana Walden could defy critics and become Disney's first female CEO
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-01 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +22 min

The appointment would make Walden the first female CEO of the Walt Disney Co. in its 100-year history. "Anybody they choose will have never been the Disney CEO prior to that." At Disney, Walden has hit several home runs, including FX's "The Bear," Hulu's "The Dropout" and "Only Murderers in the Building," and ABC's "Abbott Elementary." Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek CNBCChapek climbed the corporate ladder at Disney for 30 years by showcasing his business and finance chops. Combating female stereotypesIf Walden were appointed CEO, she would be the first woman to run the century-old company.

Persons: Dana Walden, Disney Entertainment Rich Polk, Peter Chernin, Rupert, Walden, Bob Iger, he'd, Fox, Chernin, Peter Roth, Roth, Peter Chernin Getty, Josh D'Amaro, Jimmy Pitaro, Alan Bergman, Nelson, Peltz, Iger, Bob Chapek, Walden's, Bergman, she's, hasn't, —, Walden —, Dana doesn't, Jennifer Salke, Jennifer Salke Stephen Desaulniers, CNBC Walden, Richard Plepler, Craig Hunegs, Carol Burnett's, Carrie Hamilton, George Burns, Dean Martin, roasts, Martin, Buddy Hackett, Matt Walden, Bender, Goldman, she'd, Arsenio, Lucie Sulhany, Dana Walden Jason Laveris, Gary Newman, Newman, It's, Dana, Ryan Murphy, John Landgraf, Jan, Seth MacFarlane, Guy, Tuck, MacFarlane, Murphy, Steve Levitan, Dan Fogelman, Rick Rosen, Rosen, Howard Gordon, Levitan, Peter Rice, Rice, wasn't, Chapek, Rich Appel, Gary, it's, Percy Jackson, didn't, Bob Chapek CNBC Chapek, showrunners, Scarlett Johansson, Kristina Schake, Jay Sures, Sures, Amazon's Salke, Greta Gerwig, Gloria, Murphy's, Miss Jones, There's, Steve Levitan Peter, Hopper, Critics, She's, Salke, WME's Rosen Organizations: Disney Entertainment, Getty, Century Fox Filmed Entertainment, Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, Walt Disney Co, Century Fox, Fox, Century Fox Television, Warner Bros, Disney, ESPN, Entertainment, CNBC, Trian Partners, Iger, Amazon Studios, HBO, Disney TV Studios, Hollywood, Westlake School for Girls, Harvard, Westlake School, The Friars Club, University of Southern, Paramount, Paramount Domestic Television, Filmmagic, Fox Broadcasting, Walden, CBS, FX Networks, Bob Chapek CNBC, Indiana University, Michigan State University, United Talent Agency, Hulu Locations: Santa Barbara , California, Walden, Brentwood , California, She's, Disney's, Studio City, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, University of Southern California, Chapek, Hollywood, Walden's, Iger, America

☆ Opinion: 25 years later, ‘The Matrix’ is less sci-fi than tech reality
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Opinion Rizwan Virk | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

In 2003, Oxford philosopher Nick Bostrom imagined a “technologically mature” civilization could easily create a simulated world. With simulated worlds far outnumbering the “real” world, the likelihood that we are in a simulation would be significantly higher than not. Remember, the simulations would be so good that you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between a physical and a simulated world. Either the signals are being beamed directly into your brain, or we are simply AI characters inside the simulation. Already, millions of humans are chatting with AI characters, and millions of dollars are pouring into making AI characters more realistic.

Persons: Virk, X, CNN — It’s, ”, Lana, Lilly Wachowski, Philip K, Dick, Tessa, Morpheus, Laurence Fishburne, Keanu Reeves, Nick Bostrom, Elon Musk, Smith, Hugo Weaving, Carrie Ann, Moss, Musk, OpenAI, it’s, Reeves ’ Organizations: Labs, MIT, Physics, Eastern, Arizona State University’s College of Global Futures, Center for Science, CNN, Apple, Trinity Locations: zenentrepreneur.com, Oxford, Silicon, Silicon Valley

Yet the idea of building rosters of paid political contributors took off with cable news. MSNBC, CNN and Fox News Channel are, in large part, political talk channels and seek experts to help fill the time. Being on call to opine can be lucrative work; several reports had NBC agreeing to pay McDaniel $300,000 a year. Even NBC News, whose MSNBC cable outlet appeals to liberals, has more than a dozen Republican contributors. John Kasich and Bulwark founder Charlie Sykes — either predate Trump in their active political work or oppose him, or both.

Persons: —, Ronna McDaniel, Donald Trump, McDaniel, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, Cesar Conde, ”, Mark Whitaker, Shana Alexander, James Kilpatrick's, George Stephanopoulos, Tim Russert, Michael Steele, John Kasich, Charlie Sykes —, MAGA, Reince Priebus, Mick Mulvaney, Mulvaney, Priebus, Tom Bossert, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump, David Urban, Mark Esper, Griffin, Mike Pompeo, Alex Conant, Mark Lukasiewicz, ” Lukasiewicz, “, Jay Rosen, NBC's Conde, McDaniel didn't, Joe ”, Mika Brzezinski, That's, ” Conant, Brian Roberts, Conde, Rebecca Blumenstein, Rashida Jones, Carrie Budoff Brown, Jones, Margaret Sullivan, ___ David Bauder Organizations: NBC News, Republican National Committee, GOP, Republican, NBC Universal, MSNBC, CNN, Fox News, NBC, RNC, Ohio Gov, Trump, CBS, ABC News, Trump Homeland Security, Networks, Hofstra, “ Journalists, New York University, ” Networks, Republicans, Comcast, Washington Post, Center for Journalism, Columbia University, Guardian, Associated Press Locations: Washington, MSDNC

☆ NBC’s Ronna McDaniel disaster is dragging Comcast into the political firestorm
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

It’s difficult to succinctly summarize the disastrous state of affairs at the news division, given that multiple engines are failing simultaneously. sand and refusing to dump McDaniel until after his top television personalities, including Chuck Todd and Rachel Maddow, went on the air and excoriated the hire. Ironically, NBC News’ attempt to make inroads with Republicans through the hiring of McDaniel has had the opposite effect. On Wednesday, Trump spent part of the day ranting on Truth Social against the Comcast boss over the McDaniel disaster, characterizing Roberts as a weak leader whose employees are running amok. I asked Comcast spokespeople on Wednesday if either Roberts or Cavanagh were taking any action.

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