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☆ Remains found in California mountains where actor Julian Sands went missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

June 25 (Reuters) - Hikers have found human remains in Southern California's Mount Baldy wilderness, the mountainous area where British-born film actor Julian Sands went missing in January, local authorities said late on Saturday. Sands was reported missing on Jan. 13 after he had gone hiking alone in the Baldy Bowl area of the San Gabriel Mountains, about 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Los Angeles. The Baldy Bowl, a large sloping area below the crest of the Mount Baldy ski area, is a popular destination for skiers, climbers and backpackers. Sands was believed to be an experienced hiker, officials said at the time of his disappearance. He also starred as the son of Satan in the 1989 supernatural thriller "Warlock" and its sequel "Warlock: The Armageddon".

Persons: Julian Sands, Sands, Helena Bonham Carter, Satan, Jyoti Narayan, Helen Popper Our Organizations: Fontana, San, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, Thomson Locations: Southern, Baldy, British, San Bernardino County, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, England, California, Bengaluru

☆ Julian Sands: Unidentified human remains are found in California wilderness near search area for missing British actor
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Andy Rose | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Human remains were found Saturday in Southern California near the area where investigators have been searching for missing British actor Julian Sands, according to authorities. “Civilian hikers contacted the Fontana Sheriff’s Station after they discovered human remains in the Mt. Baldy wilderness,” the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. Investigators say positive identification of the remains should be completed next week. Poor weather and harsh conditions meant the active search had been mostly dormant until resuming last Saturday.

Persons: Julian Sands, Sands, “, ” Gloria Huerta, Vladimir Bierko, ”, Jor Organizations: CNN, Fontana, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Locations: Southern California, Mt, Baldy, San Bernardino County, San Gabriel, Los Angeles, Mount Baldy, “, Las Vegas

☆ The Score: Apple, Coinbase, and More Stocks That Defined the Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-10 | by ( Francesca Fontana | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ The top Hollywood exec made $498 million in the last 5 years—384 times as much as the average writer
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Jennifer Liu | In Jljenniferliu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

That's a staggering 384 times the average pay of a Hollywood writer. Overall, average pay for Hollywood's top execs climbed to $28 million in 2021, up 53% from 2018 (and roughly 108 times the average writer's pay) according to the analysis, which uses compensation data from the research firm Equilar and includes stock options, base salaries, bonuses and other perks. Meanwhile, average pay for Hollywood writers has remained virtually flat at about $260,000 as 2021, the Times reports. Hollywood executive pay dropped in 2022 due to stock market volatility and investor pressure to make streaming profitable. From 1978 to 2021, CEO pay grew by 1,460%, adjusted for inflation, versus just 18.1% for the typical worker.

Persons: David Zaslav, That's, Ari Emanuel, Reed Hastings, Bob Iger, Walt, Ted Sarandos, Rupert Murdoch, Lachlan Murdoch, Brian Roberts, Joseph Ianniello, Patrick Whitesell, Kaitlin Fontana, Kelly Evans Organizations: Hollywood, Los Angeles Times, Warner Bros, Discovery Inc, Times, Writers Guild of America, Endeavor Group Holdings Inc, Netflix, Walt Disney Co, Fox Corp, Comcast Corp, Paramount Global, Endeavor, Paramount, Disney, Company, WGA, Alliance, Television Producers, LA Times, Economic, Comcast, CNBC Locations: U.S, California

☆ How much you exercise may impact flu and pneumonia risk, study shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It’s time to add to your list of reasons to work out: Getting active could help prevent risk of death from the flu and pneumonia, according to new research. Meeting both recommendations for aerobic and muscle-strengthening activity cut the risk associated with flu or pneumonia death nearly in half, but meeting just the aerobic activity target was associated with a 36% lower risk, according to the study. This study might encourage them that physical activity may be another powerful tool for protecting themselves against influenza and pneumonia death,” he said. Even a little bit of exercise showed benefit in protecting against flu and pneumonia death, the study found. Getting 10 to 149 minutes a week of aerobic physical activity was associated with a 21% decreased risk of flu and pneumonia death, the study showed.

☆ When ‘Homicide’ Hit Its Stride
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Saul Austerlitz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Dallas Cowboys demolished the Buffalo Bills, 52-17, and the broadcast was followed by the premiere of a new NBC drama, set in Baltimore, studying the work of the city’s homicide detectives. The series was called “Homicide: Life on the Street,” and it was based on a book by David Simon, then a Baltimore Sun reporter who had spent a year tagging along with the police department’s homicide squad. Post-Super Bowl premiere notwithstanding, “Homicide” was never a ratings success, but it stayed on the air for seven seasons, winning four Emmys and three Peabody Awards. The show’s fifth episode, “Three Men and Adena,” which first aired in March, was a stark, dramatic example of what made “Homicide” different from other cop shows. Pembleton and Bayliss prod, provoke and rage, but “Homicide” refuses to grant the audience the resolution they crave.

“Difficult years await us but if we don’t reach zero emissions immediately they will be terrible.”Photos showed activists, wearing orange vests, standing waist deep in the fountain. They unfolded orange banners bearing the words in Italian: “Our future is as black as this water” as crowds of onlookers snapped pictures. It is believed to be the same group of climate activists that led protests at other Italian historical sites including the Barcaccia fountain at the base of the Spanish Steps in central Rome, where they poured black liquid into the fountain on April 1. Similar protests saw activists glue themselves to Italian art masterpieces in locations like the Vatican museums and Uffizi galleries in Florence. ‘Iconic’ work of artLocated in the famed Piazza Navona square in Rome, the Fiumi Fountain was designed by Italian sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini in 1651.

☆ Meta Platforms, First Republic, Bed Bath & Beyond: Stocks That Defined the Week
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Francesca Fontana | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Brazil agency recommends barring Petrobras from drilling in Amazon's mouth
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-29 | by ( Marta Nogueira | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Signed last week by several environmental analysts from Ibama, the report also recommended the agency stop processing environmental licenses for the block. The oil block, FZA-M-59, was auctioned off by oil regulator ANP to Petrobras in 2013. According to Ibama's report, Petrobras' environmental studies still have "inconsistencies" even after a series of reviews. Petrobras and Ibama did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Another document seen by Reuters showed Werneck Sanchez Basseres, Ibama's environmental licensing coordinator for offshore oil and gas exploration, said he agreed with the report's assessment.

Most Western embassies in Sudan were evacuated a week into the fighting, leaving many Sudanese visa applicants without their travel documents and in legal limbo. Several Sudanese citizens told CNN they cannot flee the conflict-ridden country because their passports are held at evacuated Western embassies. These are passports of Sudanese passport holders who have applied for a short-stay Schengen visa or an MVV (provisional residence permit). But unfortunately the ICRC cannot issue emergency travel documents for people to leave their own country,” they told CNN in a statement. Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters“I am now an obstacle for my family since they cannot travel and leave me,” she told CNN.

☆ Your Next Career Move: Part-Time Executive
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Francesca Fontana | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Will the future C-suite look more like the gig economy? Part-time executive jobs are on the rise. After leaving her job as chief marketing officer of San Francisco-area tech company Kloudspot Inc. in 2021, Karyn Scott, 59, took a break with her husband and contemplated a question a mentor had posed: “What is the ‘third third’ of your career going to look like?”

☆ 'Law & Order: SVU' actor Richard Belzer dead at age 78
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Doha Madani | Diana Dasrath | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Actor Richard Belzer poses for photographers at the premiere of the film 'V for Vendetta' in New York March 13, 2006. Actor Richard Belzer, best known for his role on the beloved crime procedural "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," died at the age of 78 on Sunday, NBC confirmed in a statement Sunday. "Anyone who ever had the pleasure of watching Richard Belzer portray Det. It was the first time he'd appear as John Munch , a detective that would soon become synonymous with Belzer. Mariska Hargitay, who portrays Benson, said on her Instagram Sunday that she loved Belzer, "now and forever."

☆ Punk icon Tom Verlaine, founder of the band Television, dies at 73
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Tom Verlaine, who redefined rock guitar in the punk era of the 1970s with his band Television, died Saturday in Manhattan. Tom Verlaine’s soloing (and Richard Lloyd‘s as well, of course) showed me you could be a virtuoso and dangerous at the same time, more Coltrane or Ornette than the arena rockers of the day. In 2007, Lloyd was replaced in the touring unit by Jimmy Ripp, who had for many years supported Verlaine on his solo albums and tours. Only after his twin brother John played the Rolling Stones’ “19th Nervous Breakdown” and other contemporary rock records for him did Miller rethink his preferred instrument. Though he always boasted a devoted cult fan base, Verlaine never succeeded in attaining a commercial foothold on the charts; his 1981 sophomore solo album “Dreamtime,” his lone entry, peaked at No.

Between '97 and '02, HBO released TV series like "Sex and the City," "The Wire," and "The Sopranos." Counterprogram, counterprogram, counterprogramFrom its very inception in the early 1970s, HBO executives came to believe that if HBO was to thrive in the long-run, it would have to focus on doing things differently than the big three commercial TV networks: ABC, CBS, and NBC. When HBO executives sent the first episode of "The Sopranos" to a focus group, it scored horribly. The screening was attended by the film's cast, HBO executives, and a collection of Russian dignitaries. Anybody could watch a new TV series from the comfort of their home, and the actors starring in new TV shows were rarely famous.

☆ Coinbase, Moderna, Tesla: Stocks That Defined the Week
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Francesca Fontana | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ How I Learned to Be Grateful for What I Have, Rather Than Feeling Guilty
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Francesca Fontana | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The big lesson the author carries from her grandmother: Her sacrifices were made out of love and hope for her family; they were not transactional or conditional. They moved to the big city of Chicago to find work. One took day shifts while the other took nights, working long hours while raising two daughters. Her story always had a happy ending: They transcended their upbringing and gave their children and grandchildren a better life. I loved to hear her tell that story; I cherished its lessons.

☆ Target, Amazon, Starbucks: Stocks That Defined the Week
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Francesca Fontana | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Target Corp.Target’s sales were off the mark. The retail giant on Wednesday said consumers pulled back on their spending in recent weeks, sapping sales and profits in the latest quarter. Meanwhile, rival Walmart Inc. saw sales rise as it gained more shoppers, though it said consumers bought fewer electronics and home goods. The divergent results come ahead of the critical Black Friday, one of the largest single shopping days. Target shares plummeted 13% Wednesday.

☆ Webb telescope finds two of the most distant galaxies ever observed
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The James Webb Space Telescope has spied one of the earliest galaxies formed after the big bang, about 350 million years after the universe began. Webb’s capability to look deeper into the universe than other telescopes is revealing previously hidden aspects of the universe, including astonishingly distant galaxies such as these two finds. Two distant galaxies were observed by the James Webb Space Telescope. Just a few hundred million years after the big bang, there were already lots of galaxies. Detection of light invisible to the human eyeThe new findings about the two galaxies might mean there are other bright galaxies waiting to be found in the distant universe.

☆ Italy's Berlusconi says has exchanged "sweet letters" with Putin
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

ROME, Oct 18 (Reuters) - Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he was back in touch with Russian President Vladimir Putin and had recently exchanged "sweet letters" with him, according to an audio released by an Italian news agency. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register"I answered him with some bottles of Lambrusco (wine) and an equally sweet letter," said Berlusconi, whose birthday was on Sept. 29. A party spokesperson denied Berlusconi was back in touch with Putin, saying he had been telling his parliamentarians "an old story referring to an episode many years ago." Matteo Salvini, leader of the anti-immigrant League, has often praised Putin and used to don a T-shirt emblazoned with the Russian leader's face. "They could become a boomerang and we will find ourselves in great difficulty," he told the talk show Porta a Porta.

Newly elected Senate Speaker Ignazio La Russa gives his first speech in the upper house of parliament in Rome, Italy, October 13, 2022. REUTERS/Yara NardiROME, Oct 13 (Reuters) - Italy's new rightist coalition got off to an inauspicious start on Thursday when it split over the election of the Senate speaker, who clinched the post despite a revolt by Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia party. The right-wing bloc, which includes Brothers of Italy, Forza Italia and Matteo Salvini's League, have promised to bring political stability to the country after years of short-lived governments. "I will try with all my efforts to be the speaker for everybody," La Russa told the senators, as opposition chiefs denied they were responsible for his election. Former businessman Carlo Calenda, leader of the centrist Action party, denied his senators provided La Russa with the votes he needed.

☆ The Dreaded Performance Review Makes a Comeback
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( Kathryn Dill | Francesca Fontana | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Executives at some major companies have delivered a clear message to managers this summer: Identify the underperformers and show them the exit. Companies took an approach of benign neglect to monitoring employee performance during Covid-19—such as dropping formal evaluations and goal-setting conversations. It hardly seemed fair, the thinking went, to grade someone who had to juggle work with increased responsibilities at home. Skipping reviews also gave managers time to devote to other crises, for instance, filling talent gaps as millions of U.S. workers jumped jobs.

☆ An American tourist was fined almost $500 for eating and drinking on the steps of a historic fountain in Rome
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-10 | by ( Sarah Jackson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

An American tourist visiting Italy has been fined roughly $450 for eating and drinking at a centuries-old fountain in Rome. In recent years, Rome has introduced legislation cracking down on eating and drinking near fountains to preserve the historic structures. Local police told CNN the man was "intent on drinking and eating on part of the fountain." The man said he was unaware of rules prohibiting such activity near fountains, according to La Repubblica. In 2019, the city also started fining people €400 if they were caught eating, drinking, or sitting on its iconic Spanish Steps.

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☆ Negocieri intense pentru închiderea totală a marilor orașe din Italia; Primul pe listă este Milano
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Guvernul discută despre un nou blocaj în cele mai afectate orașe, în vigoare încă de luni, pe fondul creșterii cazurilor de coronavirus, relatează Digi24. Alte orașe, precum Napoli, Bologna, Torino și Roma s-ar îndrepta către închidere. Roma a avut vineri peste 2.000 de cazuri pozitive, iar în Napoli, preşedintele regiunii Campania Vincenzo De Luca a închis deja creșele și grădinițele, dar nu sunt excluse alte blocaje. Astfel, decât un lockdown general, Guvernul italian s-ar îndrepta către închiderea localizată a zonele afectate. Pe masa autorităților sunt, însă, și alte ipoteze pentru a opri răspândirea infecției, inclusiv aceea de a închide magazinele mai devreme și de a împiedica deschiderea centrelor comerciale în weekend.

Persons: Giuseppe Conte, Campania Vincenzo De Luca Organizations: Attilio Fontana, Bologna Locations: Milano, Lombardia, Attilio Fontana, Napoli, Bologna, Torino, Roma, Campania

☆ Negocieri intense pentru închiderea totală a marilor orașe din Italia; Primul pe listă este Milano
▼ + stars: | 2020-11-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Persons: Giuseppe Conte, Campania Vincenzo De Luca Organizations: Attilio Fontana, Bologna Locations: Milano, Lombardia, Attilio Fontana, Napoli, Bologna, Torino, Roma, Campania

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