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☆ ‘And Just Like That …’ Episode 6 Fashion: No Way to Dress for the Weather
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-20 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the new episode, the city is hit by a powerhouse of a snowstorm, but the protagonists have places to be. Lisa Todd Wexley (Nicole Ari Parker) is discussing her film at the Museum of Modern Art. Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Che (Sara Ramirez) have to get to “Widow Con.” And Charlotte (Kristin Davis) is out in the snow searching drugstores on a complicated motherly mission to help her daughter Lily. Ahead of Episode 6, members of The New York Times’s Styles desk discussed the coats, patterns and earmuffs on display — sometimes barely visible through the squall — in the latest installment of the series. Jeremy Allen Carrie’s sweeping Moncler coat by Valentino’s Pierpaolo Piccioli is a high point of this episode for me.

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☆ Hollywood actors' strike leaves San Diego Comic-Con light on star power
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

Visitors and cosplayers at a poster at San Diego Comic-Con. At San Diego Comic-Con that percentage can be as high as 40%, industry experts told CNBC. Representatives for San Diego Comic-Con did not immediately respond to CNBC's request for comment. More than HollywoodOf course, San Diego Comic-Con isn't just about celebrity talent hawking their newest, nerdiest content. Wilder, who is attending his first San Diego Comic-Con this year, is also a panelist at the event for the X-Men Fandom Panel.

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Weeks later, Mr. Trump is the former President Trump. Instead, in a brief televised address shortly before 2:30 a.m., Mr. Trump furiously laid down his postelection lie. For weeks, Mr. Trump had been peppering him with tips of fraud that, upon investigation by federal authorities, proved baseless. The cavalry “is coming, Mr. President,” Kylie Kremer tweeted to Mr. Trump on Dec. 19. On Jan. 15, Mr. Trump acquiesced to an Oval Office meeting with Mr. Lindell, who arrived with two sets of documents.

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☆ It’s official: Silicon Valley’s entire business model is a scam
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Adam Rogers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

The problem is, conservative economists at the University of Chicago have spent the past 50 years insisting that under capitalism, predatory pricing is not a thing. Predatory companies could never recoup their losses, which meant predatory behaviors are irrational. Lots of economists have come up with solid counter-counterarguments to the Chicago School's skepticism about predatory pricing. A company that engages in predatory pricing and its late-stage investors might not recoup, but the venture investors do. "If people in Silicon Valley start thinking about this as a predatory pricing scam, then I think the late-stage investors will start asking questions."

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☆ Strike Prevents Actors From Promoting Films at Premieres or Festivals
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-14 | by ( Nicole Sperling | More About Nicole Sperling | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It has already been a difficult year for movie theaters, with the North American box office down roughly 20 percent from last year. And that was when actors could promote their films. SAG-AFTRA officials convened conference calls with Hollywood’s top agencies and publicists this week to explain the strike rules for both the production and the promotion of coming projects. And on Thursday, after announcing the strike, the union released its rules for its membership. “When you don’t have any form of publicity, which is free to a certain extent, you have to try to make up that noise.

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☆ Fanatics to launch live events business as it seeks to create a sports version of Comic-Con
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( Yuheng Zhan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Fanatics will launch a new live events business that will look to recreate the Comic-Con experience for sports collectibles, the company said Thursday. The new venture, called Fanatics Events, will be a partnership with events and talent management giant IMG, which is part of Endeavor . Fanatics Events plans to organize global events through partnerships and acquisitions. Fanatics said Fanatics Events aims to start holding events next year. "Fanatics Events will be super-charged by the full power of Endeavor's flywheel, global network, and events expertise to deliver once-in-a-lifetime moments that fans will remember forever," said Paul Caine, president of On Location and IMG Events.

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☆ Michelin starred hotels around the world, from Italy to Vietnam
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-10 | by ( Chris Dwyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +24 min

Courtesy CoteArgentinian maestro Mauro Colagreco was the first ever non-French chef to earn three Michelin stars in France, at Mirazur on the famed French Riviera. Gastronomic restaurant Plénitude by chef Arnaud Donckele marked an extraordinary debut by being awarded the pinnacle of three Michelin stars just six months after opening. Since 2021, they have held three Michelin stars for their cuisine, which celebrates peerless produce from their sustainable farm just seven miles away. Lung King Heen, Four Seasons Hong KongLung King Heen was the first Chinese restaurant to hold three Michelin stars. Capella Hotels & ResortsFinally to Vietnam, where Michelin published its first ever guide in June 2023.

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☆ The Art of Translation
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Sophie Hughes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

The |of Translation The undefined|of Translation The undefined|of Translation The undefined|of Translation See how a translator carries a book from one language to another, line by line. Much like a crossword, a translation isn’t finished until all the answers are present and correct, with each conditioning the others. Below are two attempts to show the thought processes involved in the kind of translation I do. Nobody would say “the truth, the truth, the truth” in English. Without it, the translation is faithful to the meaning of the Spanish clause, but it feels stale, spiritless, not faithful to the voice.

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☆ In ‘The Horror of Dolores Roach,’ the Empanadas Are to Die For
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Erik Piepenburg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It does the same for cannibalism, though there was nothing like that on the schedule as far as I knew. But we had all day to talk about eating people. First, empanadas. I drooled a little watching Machado and Mark take bites of the face-sized empanadas, which were perfectly golden brown, bubbly in the right spots and oozy, not greasy. They were tasty, Machado said, but she was partial to the chicken-and-cheese pastelillos, fried turnovers similar to empanadas, that her Puerto Rican mother used to make.

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☆ ‘The Idol’ Season Finale Recap: What Was the Point?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Esther Zuckerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

We are ostensibly supposed to read this as Jocelyn now being in control. In her dressing room he looks at the wooden hairbrush she claimed her mother used to beat her. That’s not power — that’s a man’s idea of what power looks like for a woman. At this point, it is unclear what it would take for Jocelyn to kick the patently useless Tedros out of her house. But we get the answer when it comes out that her ex-boyfriend Rob has been accused of sexual assault.

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☆ Spectacular cakes that’ll end your Fourth of July celebration with a bang
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Kristie Collado | Meghan Hynes Cole | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Matt Armendariz / Food NetworkGet the Recipe: Waving Flag CakeStars and Stripes CupcakesThis impressive dual-frosting detail is easier to re-create than you think. Kate Mathis / Food NetworkGet the Recipe: Stars and Stripes CupcakesFlag CakeSo, you’re a fan of sheet cake? Stir just three tablespoons of red, white and blue sprinkles into the batter to create fun bursts of color in every slice. Matt Armendariz / Food NetworkGet the Recipe: Flag CakeStars-and-Stripes CakeTurn your typical layer cake on its side with a vertical stripe cake. Kate Mathis / Food NetworkGet the Recipe: Red, White and Blue Cake RollFireworks CheesecakeBoom!

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☆ Several Las Vegas casinos reportedly targeted by con artists who impersonate executives
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailSeveral Las Vegas casinos reportedly targeted by con artists who impersonate executivesScott Roeben, 'Vital Vegas' blog founder, joins 'Last Call' to discuss a recent scam that has reportedly caused employees at several Las Vegas casinos to accidentally hand over more than $1 million to con artists.

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☆ AI Voice Generators Are Fueling a Terrifying New Phone Scam
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Eve Upton-Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

As soon as he heard his dad's voice, Eddie, a 19-year-old TikToker, knew something was up. But with AI, the voice on the other end of the phone can now sound eerily like the real deal. Plus, more people are making their real voice available to scammers: McAfee said 53% of adults shared their voice data online weekly. McAfee also found that over one-third of victims lost more than $1,000 in AI scams, with 7% losing more than $5,000. Then, the scammer can just type out whatever they want, and the AI voice will speak what is typed in real time.

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☆ Pizza Hut tests underground deliveries ahead of ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ movie release
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Ashley R. Williams | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —In a nod to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ favorite food, Pizza Hut served up its signature dish to select customers in the subways of New York City, the company announced. The limited-time underground deliveries were part of a promotion for the upcoming film, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem,” which hits theaters August 2, according to a news release. “Pizza Hut and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles have a longstanding history that goes back to the ’90s. A YouTube video from the pizza company showed subway travelers appearing in disbelief at Union Square station as the pizza they ordered via text was hand delivered to them. Pizza Hut has previously been involved with promoting films in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles universe.

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☆ ‘Secret Invasion’ Review: Marvel Welcomes Back Samuel L. Jackson
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Marvel series for Disney+ vary in their degree of independence from the mega-narrative that threads through Marvel’s feature films. An attempt to link Fury’s experience of racism and exclusion with the plight of the homeless, persecuted Skrulls doesn’t add anything worth noting, at least in the early going. Amid the franchise tending that’s going on in “Secret Invasion,” one decision feels like a potential misstep: emphasizing Fury’s weariness and malaise. When he does get a chance to be fierce, the writing — “I’m Nick Fury. Even when I’m out, I’m in” — doesn’t hold much promise of future satisfaction.

Persons: —, “ Loki, Marvel ”, Ali Selim, Remi Adefarasin, Juliet, ”, Kyle Bradstreet, Mr, it’s, Nick Fury Organizations: Disney, Marvel Locations: Moscow, ”

☆ Ross Douthat on ‘The Great Gatsby’ - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-20 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Unless, that is, you recognize this opening as a summary of “The Great Gatsby,” F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel about the innocence of the mountebank and his martyrdom at the hands of the wealthy married couple he tries to come between. This reversal is part of what makes “Gatsby” such an essential American text. In “Gatsby,” money is clearly corrupting once you have it, because the having imbues you with the “vast carelessness” of Tom and Daisy Buchanan or the cold-eyed manipulative spirit of the men who use Gatsby as their front. “If he’d of lived he’d of been a great man,” Gatsby’s father says before the funeral. But in dying young, Gatsby achieved the secret goal of all Americans: to get rich while remaining citizens of Eden, innocents till the last.

Persons: topick, charlatan, ”, Scott Fitzgerald’s, —, Ross Douthat, Gatsby, Tom, Daisy Buchanan, It’s, Gatsbys, who’s, Sam Bankman, Elizabeth Holmes, Holmes, Bernie Madoff Locations: America, Eden

☆ How DashCon gave us one of the most important social media lessons of the 2010s
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-18 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

The result was DashCon, an attempt to bring together Tumblr users from different interests and fandoms for a single event. For all its (somewhat hilarious) failures, DashCon immediately became a core parable of our social media lore. Like so many other Tumblr users, O’Neil was just a nerdy teenager with cool interests looking for other people like her. A view of the iconic DashCon ball pit at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel in Schaumburg, Illinois. She said people still send her cosplays of the infamous ball pit, almost 10 years later.

Persons: they’ll, DashCon, Lochlan O’Neil, O’Neil, “, ” O’Neil, ”, ’, Harry Potter, cosplayers, O'Neil, Lochlan O'Neil, Sherlock ”, hadn’t, Lochlan O'Neil “, ‘, It’s Organizations: CNN, Facebook, Twitter, Marvel, YouTube, Renaissance, Center, Taco Bell Locations: Indiana, Renaissance Schaumburg, Schaumburg , Illinois, Taco, Schaumberg , Illinois

☆ 'American Sikh:' How a turbaned Captain America shatters stereotypes
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-17 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In 2013, a photographer convinced the cartoonist to don a Captain America costume for a shoot on the streets of New York. Something about a Sikh Captain America seemed to resonate with people. He wants others to see Sikh Captain America as just AmericanIn summer 2011, Singh saw a promotional poster for “Captain America: The First Avenger” that sparked an idea. “I never fathomed that a 10-year-old White kid would connect to a turban and bearded Captain America,” Singh said. Singh’s Sikh Captain America subverted typical ideas of patriotism – instead of fighting Nazi agent Red Skull and other members of the Axis Powers, Sikh Captain America would fight hate crimes and intolerance in the US.

Persons: America, Chris Evans, Vishavjit Singh, Singh, ” Singh, Ryan Westra, Whoopi Goldberg, Indira Gandhi, Gandhi, “, ”, –, Osama bin Laden, Mark Fiore, White, Joe Simon, Jack Kirby, Red, Drew Heskett, Westra, Beard, ” “, ” Westra, they’ve, heartening, – Singh, “ Osama ” Organizations: CNN, Police, Tribeca, Sikh, Captain America, New York Comic Con, Nazi, America Locations: United States, New York, New Delhi, India, California, East Coast, Nazi Germany, America

☆ NBA Suspends Ja Morant for 25 Games After Second Gun Video
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-16 | by ( Robert O Connell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Ja Morant was suspended for the first 25 games of the upcoming season. Photo: Petre Thomas/USA TODAY Sports via Reuters ConThe NBA suspended Memphis Grizzlies superstar Ja Morant for the first 25 games of the upcoming season, the league announced Friday, following his appearance in an Instagram Live video that showed him posing with what appeared to be a firearm for the second time in less than two months.

Persons: Ja Morant, Petre Thomas Organizations: Sports, Reuters Con, NBA, Memphis Grizzlies

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