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☆ James Cameron's $33 million eco-friendly estate helped inspire the blockbuster Avatar franchise. Take a look inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-09 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The home is in Hollister Ranch, a coastal subdivision where singer Jackson Browne has also lived. Get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in business, from Wall Street to Silicon Valley — delivered daily. The mostly solar- and wind-powered estate sits in Hollister Ranch, a secluded coastal subdivision that restricts residential development to help preserve the area's wildlife and native vegetation. According to a history of the area published by the Hollister Ranch Conservancy, the property "represents a concept of land development that is a model for both landowners and environmentalists." Cameron and his wife, Suzy Amis Cameron, purchased the property in the late 1990s for $4.375 million, WSJ writer Katherine Clarke found.

Persons: James Cameron, Jackson Browne, Cameron, Oscar, Jeff Kruthers, Suzy Amis Cameron, Katherine Clarke, — Organizations: Service, Village Properties, Forbes Global Properties, Hollister Ranch Realty, Wall Street Journal, Conservancy Locations: Hollister Ranch, Wall, Silicon, Gaviota, Santa Barbara County, California, Hollister

“The Harvard and UNC admissions programs cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause. We have never permitted admissions programs to work in that way, and we will not do so today,” Roberts wrote. During oral arguments, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar stressed the unique interests of the military and argued that race-based admissions programs further the nation’s compelling interest of diversity. Steve Vladeck, CNN Supreme Court analyst and professor at the University of Texas School of Law, said the decision will still not end the legal fight over college admissions. The Supreme Court stepped in to consider the case before it was heard by a federal appeals court.

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☆ The Titan tragedy will join the Byford Dolphin accident as one of the most gruesome deep-sea incidents in history
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Jenny Mcgrath | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Titan tragedy joins the Byford Dolphin accident in history's most gruesome deep-sea incidents. It joins the Byford Dolphin accident of 1983 — another deep-sea chamber compression incident but with a very different set of circumstances that killed five and injured one. The Byford Dolphin incidentOn November 5, 1983, four divers — Edwin Coward, Roy Lucas, Bjørn Bergersen, and Truls Hellevik — returned from a deep-sea commercial mission near the Byford Dolphin oil rig. Graphic showing the layout of the living chambers and the diving bell where the Byford Dolphin accident happened. Unlike the divers near the Byford Dolphin oil rig, the Titan passengers didn't have any excess nitrogen in their blood.

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☆ It would be too risky to try to recover the remains of those lost in the Titan sub implosion, underwater ROV expert says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Sonam Sheth | Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It's likely too risky to try recovering the remains of Titan's passengers, an ROV expert said. The search for the sub near the Titanic has already cost millions; recovery would cost even more. The five passengers on the Titan sub were British billionaire Hamish Harding, French submersible pilot Paul-Henri Nargeolet, British businessman Shahzada Dawood and his son Suleman, and the CEO of OceanGate Expeditions Stockton Rush. The Titan submersible had made three previous trips down to the wreckage. But shortly after the vessel vanished Sunday, key questions began emerging about the design and operation of the Titan.

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June 22 (Reuters) - Movie director and submersible maker James Cameron said on Thursday he wishes he had sounded the alarm earlier about the submersible Titan that imploded on an expedition to the Titanic wreckage, saying he had found the hull design risky. He is part of the small and close-knit submersible community, or Manned Underwater Vehicle (MUV) industry. I wish I'd spoken up, but I assumed somebody was smarter than me, you know, because I never experimented with that technology, but it just sounded bad on its face," Cameron told Reuters in a Zoom interview. The sub imploded," Cameron said. The five who died mark the first deep-sea fatalities for the industry, Cameron said.

Persons: James Cameron, Cameron, Oscar, OceanGate, We've, Rollo Ross, Daniel Trotta, Leslie Adler Organizations: Triton Submarines, Vehicle, Reuters, American Bureau of Shipping, U.S . Coast Guard, Navy, Wall Street, Thomson Locations: U.S

☆ The career rise of 'Avatar' and 'Titanic' director James Cameron
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Travis Clark | Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

James Cameron recently addressed the implosion of a Titanic-bound submersible that killed 5 people. Cameron told ABC News that he has visited the shipwreck on his own expeditions 33 times. CBS via Getty Images; Steve Granitz/FilmMagicIn June 2023, a submersible owned by diving company Oceangate, which was carrying five people to see the Titanic shipwreck at around 13,000 feet under the surface, lost contact with its mothership. Years before the expedition, experts, including OceanGate's own director of marine operations, had raised concerns about the safety of the vessel. In another interview with CNN, Cameron said he knew "in my bones" that the submersible had imploded before it was announced.

Persons: James Cameron, Cameron, Steve Granitz, I'm, — Organizations: ABC News, CBS, Getty, US Coast Guard, CNN

☆ James Cameron: How the 'Titanic' director became a deep-sea explorer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-23 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Cameron, who is also the director of the Oscar-winning movie “Titanic,” has shared his perspective on the “catastrophic implosion” that killed five aboard the Titan submersible on its way to tour the Titanic wreckage. The youngster would also track a then new deep-sea submersible named Alvin. “It was such a golden age of technological exploration,” Cameron said of the time. Cameron told NPR in 2012 that there is a connection between what he does professionally in films and his personal life as an explorer. “But it has problems, because there’s no second take!”Record breaking explorationAlong with his exploring, Cameron fell in love with the technology that makes deep-sea diving possible.

Persons: James Cameron, Cameron, Oscar, ”, ” Cameron, CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Jacques Cousteau’s, “, Playboy, ‘, there’s, Saul Loeb, Mariana Trench, Earth Cameron Organizations: CNN, Titan, National Geographic, Geographic, Getty Locations: Ontario, Canada

☆ 'Titanic' director James Cameron sees parallel between the Titan submersible tragedy and the Titanic disaster, when the captain repeatedly ignored warnings about an incoming iceberg
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Debris from the missing Titan submersible was found on Thursday. James Cameron told ABC News that the incident is similar to how the Titanic captain ignored warnings about the iceberg. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementDirector James Cameron, who performed extensive research to film his blockbuster 1997 epic, "Titanic," said he sees parallels between the missteps that led to the fate of the Titan submersible and the infamous RMS Titanic shipwreck. Debris from the missing Titan sub was discovered Thursday after an intense four-day search.

Persons: James Cameron, —, Cameron, I'm, Captain Edward J, Smith Organizations: Titan, ABC News, Service, US Coast Guard, Marine Technology Society, New York Times, Geographic, Atlantic, National Geographic, Stockton Rush

CNN —James Cameron, who directed the hit 1997 film “Titanic” and has himself made 33 dives to the wreckage, offered his thoughts Thursday after it was announced that a missing Titanic-bound submersible suffered a “catastrophic implosion,” killing all five people on board. Cameron added he thinks “we’re also seeing a parallel here with unheeded warnings about a sub that was not certified.”A desperate search and rescue mission had been underway since the submersible went missing Sunday. “These men were true explorers who shared a distinct spirit of adventure, and a deep passion for exploring and protecting the world’s oceans. Speaking of his deep-sea dives to the site of the Titanic, Cameron told Cooper, “You feel the presence of the tragedy and I think that’s the lure. In 2012, he talked to the New York Times about the dangers of deep sea exploration.

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☆ What James Cameron has said about diving to the Titanic wreckage
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —James Cameron isn’t just one of Hollywood’s most successful directors ever, he’s also a lover of deep sea exploration. Here’s what the director has said in the past about the deep sea exploration. Cameron took cameras to document the entire trek in the western Pacific. The sub’s just going like a bat out of hell.”Quickly, he said, he went past Titanic depth. I get to bear witness to a miracle that’s down there all the time,” Cameron told 60 Minutes Australia in 2018 of his deep sea explorations.

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☆ Former PM Cameron says Britain was prepared for flu-like pandemic rather than COVID
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-19 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Former prime minister David Cameron told an inquiry on Monday that Britain was prepared for a flu-type pandemic but not enough work was done in advance to confront an asymptomatic disease similar to COVID-19. Britain is holding an inquiry into the handling of the COVID-19 pandemic after Britain recorded one of the world's highest death tolls. It could prove a headache for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who was finance minister during the pandemic and faces an election expected next year. "When you think: what would be different if more time had been spent on a high-infectious asymptomatic pandemic, different recommendations would've been made about what was necessary to prepare for." Cameron's finance minister George Osborne will testify on Tuesday while Jeremy Hunt, the current finance minister and health minister under Cameron, will give evidence on Wednesday.

Persons: David Cameron, Hugo Keith, Rishi Sunak, Cameron, COVID, would've, George Osborne, Jeremy Hunt, Alistair Smout, Angus MacSwan Organizations: Thomson Locations: Britain

☆ Ally of Mitch McConnell Wins G.O.P. Primary for Kentucky Governor
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Nick Corasaniti | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Craft, who belongs to one of the biggest Republican megadonor families in the country, was well behind Mr. Cameron. Republicans have long viewed Mr. Cameron as a potential political star who could join the next generation of the party’s leaders. Mr. Cameron turned to the general election in his victory speech. The party holds supermajorities in the Legislature, making it difficult for the governor to wield much power without a veto. Yet that dynamic has allowed Mr. Beshear to avoid contentious showdowns with Republicans on hot-button issues and has let him focus on using state resources to help repair infrastructure and improve the economy.

☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger says his ‘I’ll be back’ tagline was an ‘accident’… thanks partially to James Cameron
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Tuesday, Schwarzenegger recalled how his line of dialogue in the film in which he utters “I’ll be back” was an “accident,” stemming from a disagreement he had with his director James Cameron. “Jim Cameron and I were debating how to say the line because I was not comfortable with saying ‘I’ll,’” the former California governor reminisced. “I said, ‘I think it’s stronger to say, “I will be back.”’ Cameron said, ‘Are you the scriptwriter now? This guy comes up and says, ‘Say the line!’” Schwarzenegger continued. ‘The Terminator’ was largely responsible for my success, so I always would look at it very fondly.

☆ Loren Cameron, 63, Dies; His Camera Brought Transgender Men to Light
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Loren Cameron was in his early 30s when he bought his first suit, walking nervously into a haberdashery for short men. He was 5-foot-3 and wanted so much to be bigger, equating masculinity with heft — which is why he was also a dedicated body builder. The salesman sized him up “as a regular working-class Joe,” as Mr. Cameron put it, who was entering unfamiliar territory, and set out to teach him the rituals of fine dressing. He fitted Mr. Cameron into a double-breasted Italian-made suit, taught him the difference between a half and a full Windsor tie knot and showed him four variations on folding a pocket square. “I felt at least two inches taller when I walked out of there,” Mr. Cameron wrote of his suit-shopping adventure, “and it wasn’t because of the elevator shoes.”

BELFAST, April 19 (Reuters) - China is aiming for "global technological supremacy" in cyberspace and is using its cyber capabilities to conduct intelligence and surveillance campaigns, Britain's cyber chief said on Wednesday. Lindy Cameron, director of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), part of Britain's GCHQ eavesdropping spy agency, said Britain had a "legitimate concern" about the effects Chinese technology may have on cybersecurity. "China is not only pushing for parity with Western countries, it is aiming for global technological supremacy," Cameron told an annual government cybersecurity conference in Belfast. China is also using its cyber capabilities to acquire intellectual property, achieve its strategic geopolitical goals, and conduct global spying campaigns, Cameron added. Last month, Britain banned the use of TikTok on government phones, following other Western countries in barring the Chinese-owned video app over security concerns.

☆ Ryan Reynolds says Wrexham's dramatic win over Notts County was 'just bananas'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-11 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Hollywood actor Ryan Reynolds says he will “never be the same again” after watching Wrexham AFC take a huge step towards promotion in dramatic fashion on Monday. Wrexham has four games of the regular season remaining to secure automatic promotion to the Football League. Just the drama attached to all of it.”On his last-gasp penalty save, Foster added: “That adrenaline buzz there, that moment gives you goosebumps. The club had been languishing outside the top four divisions of English football, known as the Football League, for over a decade but now seems to be on an exciting path up the football pyramid. Wrexham is one of a number of Welsh clubs that play in the English football league system due to being founded before the creation of the Welsh football league.

☆ You might start seeing AI chatbots everywhere, thanks to 'the GPT effect'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Google announced its own AI bot Bard, which is still being tested. ChatGPT’s success could lead to more AI bots mediating how people use the Internet, tech experts said. Microsoft's new Bing chatbot, powered by OpenAI's technology as part of their "multibillion dollar" partnership, is still working through apparent glitches. AI technology is being developed, for instance, in assisting with health care research, to fight cyberattacks, and to improve supply chain logistics. OpenAI's GPT technology can be used to help robots "talk" with humans directing them, she said.

☆ A typical home in Vail, Colorado, is over $1 million, leaving workers with few living options. 4 people take us inside their housing crisis as home prices in tourist towns across the country spike.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( Robert Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Vail is among the most expensive Colorado housing markets, with a median home price over $1 million. Weibel's struggle to find affordable housing in Vail speaks to similar issues playing out in other ski towns like Jackson, Wyoming, and Park City, Utah. In her spare time, Weibel works part time as a babysitter, a summer-school tutor, and a ski instructor at Vail Resorts. Getty ImagesSam Stevens, 25, has seen firsthand how Vail's expensive housing market is straining the town's budget for important infrastructure projects. He eventually moved in with one of his friends in Eagle-Vail, about 8 miles west of the Vail Ski Resort.

☆ James Cameron has now directed three of the five biggest movies of all time, as 'Avatar: The Way of Water' passes 'Avengers: Infinity War'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Avatar: The Way of Water" is now the No. It surpassed "Avengers: Infinity War" with a box office total of $2.055 billion worldwide. 1), and "Avatar: The Way of Water." "The Way of Water" surpassed "Avengers: Infinity War" on Wednesday to become the No. "Obviously, I'm not going to be able to make 'Avatar' movies indefinitely, the amount of energy required," Cameron told The Hollywood Reporter in November.

☆ 'Avatar 2' topped 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' at the global box office, and shows no signs of slowing down
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

"Avatar: The Way of Water" is now the No. The sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time became the sixth-biggest movie ever on Tuesday, topping "Spider-Man: No Way Home's" $1.92 billion at the global box office. The movie shows no signs of slowing down and is close to surpassing the worldwide box-office totals of the No. It still has a ways to go to catch the first "Avatar," which earned $2.9 billion worldwide, including $785 million in the US. But no matter where "The Way of Water" tops out at the box office, one thing is clear: the "Avatar" franchise is alive and well, even after a 13-year wait between movies.

☆ James Cameron celebrated in Hollywood amid 'Avatar' success
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Rollo Ross | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/5] Director James Cameron and Producer Jon Landau pose after placing their handprints and footprints during an event at the forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 12, 2023. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniLOS ANGELES, Jan 12 (Reuters) - As "Avatar: The Way of Water" climbs the box office charts, director James Cameron stuck his hands and feet in cement outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood on Thursday to commemorate his contributions to the film business. Longtime collaborator Sigourney Weaver tricked Cameron and producer Jon Landau into going barefoot for the ceremony. "Writing and designing the subsequent two films, it's now going to pay off, so that's a good feeling," he added. Reporting by Rollo Ross; Writing by Lisa Richwine; Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Take a look behind the scenes of 'Avatar: The Way of Water,' including the giant tank where James Cameron filmed much of the movie
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Cameron used 3D cameras rather than converting the movie to 3D in post production. Cameron filming on the set. Disney/20th Century StudiosThe success of "Avatar" kickstarted a 3D boom in the early 2010s. But Cameron thinks it didn't last because movies were converted in post-production. "I think the studios blew it," Cameron told The New York Times.

☆ James Cameron says 'Avatar 2' is successful enough for 3 more movies
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

James Cameron says that "The Way of Water" is successful enough to make the next three "Avatar" movies. He'd previously suggested the fate of "Avatar" 4 and 5 relied on the box office of "The Way of Water." Director James Cameron says it's enough to guarantee those planned third, fourth, and fifth installments get made and released. Cameron had previously said that "Avatar 3" was already filmed and pretty much guaranteed to be released. Cameron has said that he would be open to another filmmaker directing the fourth and fifth movies.

☆ 'Avatar 2' crossed $1 billion, halfway to the mark James Cameron said it needs to break even. It will have to overcome 2 hurdles to do it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"Avatar: The Way of Water" has grossed over $1 billion at the global box office. But it may need to double that to reach the mark James Cameron has said it needs to break even. It declined just just 2% in its second weekend, and then only 9.5% from that in its third. "The Way of Water" still had a better hold in its second weekend than most recent blockbusters, falling 52% in its second weekend in the US. Repeat viewing would help its momentum at the box office in the coming weeks.

☆ A long-term illness crisis is threatening the UK economy
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Elliot Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Leon Neal/Getty ImagesLONDON — Along with sky-high inflation and energy costs, a Brexit-related trade tailspin and a recession in progress, the U.K. economy is being hammered by record numbers of workers reporting long-term sickness. Unlike other major economies, recent U.K. data shows no sign that these lost workers are returning to the labor market, even as inflation and energy costs exert huge pressure on household finances. The U.K. avoided mass job losses during the Covid-19 pandemic as the government's furlough program subsidized businesses to retain workers. "The U.K. was particularly vulnerable because of austerity — NHS waiting lists were rising sharply, and performance/satisfaction was falling sharply, well before the pandemic," Portes said. However, the report noted that this isn't a recent phenomenon, and the waiting list has been growing rapidly since 2012.watch now

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