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☆ Opinion: Two words that made Ramy Youssef’s ‘SNL’ monologue historic
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Opinion Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

He told the audience about one friend, Brian, who’s locked in a messy divorce and asked Youssef to pray he’ll get custody of his beloved dog. He then mentioned another friend, Ahmed, who asked Youssef to pray for his family in Gaza, telling him: “They’re suffering. Please pray for them.”The comedian continued the joke: “So that night I go to pray, and my prayers are — complicated. Please.” Youssef continued, “And please free the hostages, all the hostages, please,” which also elicited applause. Youssef, though, has been undeterred, using his comedy for months to bring attention to the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza.

Persons: Dean Obeidallah, Ramy Youssef, Kenan Thompson, Rami Malik, Youssef, Youssef —, —, “, ”, Brian, who’s, he’ll, Ahmed, I’ve, ” Youssef, Bojangles, Lenny Bruce, Richard Pryor, Jon Stewart, Melissa Barrera, VII, ” Jonathan Glazer, Susan Sarandon, Taylor Swift, Megyn Kelly, Swift, ‘, Let’s, ’, Benjamin Netanyahu’s, Joe Biden —, Israel —, Biden, ” Israel “ Organizations: CNN, Dean Obeidallah CNN, Globe, Hollywood Reporter, “, East Refugee, year’s, Gallup, Israel, UN Locations: Arab, New Jersey, Palestine, Gaza, ”, Palestinian, Hollywood, Brooklyn

☆ The home insurance market is crumbling. These owners are paying the price
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-29 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | Anna Bahney | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Courtesy Victoria ZangaraIn the past, acquiring or keeping homeowners’ insurance didn’t present much of a problem. There was roughly a 10% to 12% increase in homeowners’ insurance costs last year in the United States, said Mark Friedlander, spokesperson for the Insurance Information Institute, a nonprofit industry association. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty ImagesHomeowners who have a mortgage are not able to go without homeowners insurance as their mortgage servicer will require an escrow account for insurance. Some 6 million homeowners chose to forgo homeowners insurance, according to a report from the Consumer Federation of America. They have lived in their home for 19 years and had a policy with Foremost Insurance, paying about $1,910 a year.

Persons: Alfredo Herrera, Herrera, Zangara, “, ”, ” Herrera, policyholders, Mark Friedlander, Neil Fernandes, Fernandes, David Swanson, Matthew Carletti, Jim Watson, Diana Troxell, Diana Wright Troxell, Bruce, ” CNN’s Ella Nilsen Organizations: New, New York CNN, Louisiana Citizens, ”, National Oceanic, Atmospheric Administration, Louisiana State University, Insurance Information Institute, Farmers Insurance, Farmers, AAA, CNN, Firefighters, Reuters, State, Citizens Property Insurance, JMP Securities, Getty, Homeowners, Consumer Federation of America, CFA, Social Security, Foremost Insurance, California FAIR, FAIR Locations: New York, New Orleans, City, Louisiana, New Orleans , Louisiana, America, United States, Santa Clarita , California, California, Florida, Sycamore, Whittier , California, AFP, Cottonwood , California, ‘

☆ The Baltimore bridge disaster may lead to the 'largest single marine insurance loss ever,' Lloyd's of London bosses say
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( George Glover | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Read previewThe collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge could lead to the biggest losses in the history of marine insurance, the bosses of Lloyd's of London warned on Thursday. "The tragedy has the capacity to become the largest single marine insurance loss ever," the commercial insurance market's chairman Bruce Carnegie-Brown said in an interview with Reuters. Related stories"I would say it's certainly going to be one of the largest marine losses in history, of that there is little or no doubt," he said. Barclays analysts estimate that the disaster could lead to $3 billion in insurance claims, while Morningstar DBRS put the figure at $4 billion. AdvertisementBoth of those figures would surpass the $1.5 billion losses triggered by the Costa Concordia disaster.

Persons: —, Baltimore's Francis Scott Key, Bruce Carnegie, Brown, John Neal, Neal, Dali, Morningstar DBRS Organizations: Service, Reuters, Business, BBC Radio, Maersk, Barclays Locations: London, Costa Concordia, Italy

Unlike Obama and Clinton before him, Biden is running against a candidate only a few years his junior. It was a twist on how Clinton answered a question about Dole's age during the second presidential debate in 1996. There is not much precedent for the event Biden's campaign is putting on Thursday. Obama, Biden and Clinton will inevitably go down memory lane during a discussion moderated by comedian Stephen Colbert. Aside from private conversations, Biden also often directs his top aides to follow up with Obama or Clinton on various topics of conversation.

Persons: Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, Robert Byrd, George H.W . Bush, Bob Dole, John McCain, —, Biden, Obama, Clinton, Still, Dole, McCain, Seth Meyers, Donald Trump, Sen, Scott Reed, Reed, Mike Pence's, — McCain, Mark Salter, George W, Bush, Hillary Clinton, Salter, McCain's, Mindy Kaling, Jill Biden, Queen Latifah, Lizzo, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, Lea Michele, Annie Leibovitz, Harris, Jeffrey Katzenberg, Rufus Gifford, Chris Korge, Condé, Anna Wintour, Julie Chavez Rodriguez, DJ D, Stephen Colbert, Jeff Zients, Anita Dunn, Steve Ricchetti, Bruce Reed, Jen O'Malley Dillon, Mike Donilon, Ricchetti Organizations: West Virginia State Capitol, NBC, NBC News, Democratic, Radio City Music Hall, Biden, Biden Victory Fund, DJ, Affordable, Trump, he's Locations: Charleston , West Virginia, New York, New Hampshire

☆ U.K. Backsliding on Civil and Political Protections, U.N. Rights Body Says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Nick Cumming-Bruce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An influential United Nations human rights body delivered a scathing assessment Thursday on the protection of civil rights in Britain, accusing the Conservative government of backsliding and urging the country to abandon its controversial legislation to allow asylum seekers to be sent to Rwanda. The criticisms from the U.N. Human Rights Committee came as it presented its conclusions from two days of meetings in Geneva this month with a delegation of 24 British officials to review the country’s compliance with an international treaty for the protection of civil and political rights. “We are witnessing a really regressive trend and trajectory” in Britain, Hélène Tigroudja, a committee member, said at a news conference in Geneva. She said that the trend was occurring “in many, many sectors when dealing with civil and political rights, and I hope our message will be heard by the U.K.”The 18-person U.N. committee addressed wide-ranging concerns over the two days. Britain is one of more than 170 countries that ratified the treaty — the International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights — and member states go through periods of review.

Persons: Hélène Organizations: United, Conservative, backsliding, Human Rights, U.K, Civil Locations: United Nations, Britain, Rwanda, Geneva

☆ Baltimore disaster may be the largest-ever marine insurance payout, Lloyd's boss says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Jenni Reid | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Baltimore City Fire Boat 2 floats past the Dali container vessel after it struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge that collapsed into the Patapsco River in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. The collapse of a major Baltimore bridge and its knock-on effects could result in the biggest-ever marine insurance payout, the chair of insurance giant Lloyd's of London said on Thursday. I don't at this point anticipate that it's outside our realistic disaster scenario planning. It feels like a a very substantial loss, potentially the largest-ever marine insured loss, but not outside parameters that we plan for." Carnegie-Brown added that, while there would clearly be claims for the ship, cargo and the bridge, it is "second-order impacts" that would become "substantial."

Persons: Francis Scott Key, Bruce Carnegie, Brown, CNBC's Organizations: Fire, Analysts, Carnegie Locations: Baltimore, Dali, Patapsco, Baltimore , Maryland, U.S, London

The decision scraps duties as high as 218% on Australian wine exports to China, its largest overseas market once worth more than 1 billion Australian dollars ($653 million). The Australian government said it welcomed Beijing’s decision “which comes at a critical time for the Australian wine industry.”“Since 2020, China’s duties on Australian wine effectively made it unviable for Australian producers to export bottled wine to that market,” the statement read. “There are a lot of people in the Australian wine industry who will be reaching out for a good glass of wine tonight and feeling a whole lot happier about their future,” Bruce Tyrrell, managing director of Tyrrell’s Wines in New South Wales, told CNN. Annual wine production hit its lowest point in more than 15 years during 2022-2023, Wine Australia said. Lee McLean, head of national association of grape and wine producers Australian Grape & Wine, said industry groups were working with the Australian government to “ensure a coordinated re-entry” into the market.

Persons: ”, “, that’s, ” Bruce Tyrrell, Lee McLean, ” McLean, Anthony Albanese’s, Albanese, Wang Yi, Penny Wong, Yang Hengjun, Wong Organizations: Sydney CNN, China’s Ministry of Commerce, Canberra, World Trade Organization, Tyrrell’s, CNN, Wine Australia, Global, Wine, China’s Foreign, Anthony Albanese’s Labor, China’s, Ministry, Australian Locations: Hong Kong, Sydney, China, Australia, Beijing, New South Wales, Wine Australia, United Kingdom, Europe, China’s

LOS ANGELES (AP) — He's gone to Carolina in his mind and on tour for much of 2024. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesAP: Before the continental U.S. tour, you're headed to Japan, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii. But he put it in reverse, stomped the accelerator and tore a great trough, a great furrow in the Tanglewood lawn. It's turned out to be a great thing for me, to play Tanglewood every year. TAYLOR: I feel like I’ve got another one in me — sounds like an egg — but I'm writing a little bit.

Persons: — He's, James Taylor, Taylor, It's, I've, TAYLOR, I’ve, it’s, Kim, It’s, “, we’ve, David Bowie ’, Bob, Dylan, Bruce, Springsteen Organizations: ANGELES, Associated Press, Hollywood Bowl, Filene, Darien Center, Tanglewood Locations: Carolina, United States, Massachusetts, Los Angeles, Vienna , Virginia, Salt Lake City, Morrison , Colorado ; Kansas City , Missouri, St, Louis, Highland Park , Illinois, Noblesville , Indiana, Nashville , Tennessee, North, Rock , Arkansas, Thackerville , Oklahoma, Clarkston , Michigan, Darien, Darien Center , New York, Syracuse , New York, Bethel Woods , New York, Bangor , Maine, Gilford , New Hampshire, Lenox , Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Wantagh , New York, Saratoga Springs , New York, Bridgeport , Connecticut, Burgettstown , Pennsylvania, Boston, Japan, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, London

☆ A trucking and rail strategy that boomed during pandemic shocks is heating up again
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Lori Ann Larocco | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

The shift in the volume of freight being moved from the East Coast to the West Coast was first highlighted in February in the ITS Port Rail Ramp Freight Index. He said the disruptions from the Suez Canal and Panama Canal have contributed to an almost 20% increase into the West Coast ports. "For our ports, transloading containers is always going to happen and we have the capacity to do more." The West Coast container volume rebound will also have a ceiling. "We probably don't get to the historical 10-year levels of West Coast market share versus East Coast share," Chan said.

Persons: Michael Aldwell, Kuehne + Nagel, Chris Sikora, CH Robinson, Sikora, Tim Robertson, transloading, Paul Brashier, We're, Brashier, Bryan Kempisty, Matt Schrap, Bruce Chan, Chan, CH, Bascome Majors, J.B, Hunt, Schneider, JB Hunt, Jason Seidl, Knight, Swift, Seidl, Larry Organizations: Getty, U.S, Logistics, CNBC, Kuehne, Transportation Intelligence, . Logistics, DHL Global, ITS, Rail, ITS Logistics, Department of Transportation's, PortX Logistics, Harbor Trucking, J.B, Susquehanna International Group, Hub Group, Schneider, Union Pacific, Cowen Group, Universal Logistics Holdings, East, International Longshoremen's Association, Surface Transportation, Canadian Pacific, Kansas City Southern, Uber, Uber Technologies Locations: West Coast, East Coast, Panama, East, Red, Gulf, transload, transloading, West, Suez, Hunt, CH Robinson, Sea, Mexico, Kansas, Mobile , Alabama, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Gulf of Mexico

☆ An Easter Loaf Baked With Fruit, Spices and Caribbean Sun
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-22 | by ( Brigid Washington | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But during the Lenten season, when it’s officially called Easter bun, it gets a fruity face lift, enhanced with added raisins and red cherries. “Giving and sharing bun during Easter honors the religious aspect of the season,” Mr. Fowles said. Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery, a family-run, fast-casual chain with more than 100 outposts in the United States, first started making and selling bun in 1949 as Hawthorne & Sons Bakery in St. Andrew Parish, Jamaica. “During Easter, the culture really calls for it,” he said. As is the case with many foods, bun’s origins aren’t tidily pinned to a specific point in Jamaica’s history.

Persons: ”, Andre Fowles, Bruce Springsteen, Patti Scialfa, it’s, ” Mr, Fowles, Andrew, Steven Clarke, “, Clarke, aren’t tidily, — Organizations: Hawthorne & Sons Locations: United States, St, Andrew Parish, Jamaica, — Jamaica

☆ Foremost Group CEO Angela Chao was intoxicated during fatal car accident in Texas pond: police
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Dan Mangan | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

A toxicology report later showed that Chao had a blood-alcohol concentration of .233, the Blanco County Sheriff's Office said in its report. Chao drowned after friends and rescue workers tried without success to get the 50-year-old shipping executive out of the submerged vehicle. "Chao, who is still on the phone with Keinan, tells Keinan in a [calm] voice her feet are under water," the report said. "Chao told Keinan the water was rising and she was going to die, and said, 'I love you' to Keinan prior to the vehicle going under water." Both deputies entered the pond and tried repeatedly to locate Chao through the back door, "but were unable to," the report said.

Persons: Angela Chao, Pitbull, Chao, Mitch McConnell, Elaine Chao, Tesla, Jim Breyer, Breyer, Amber Landeau, Kienan, Keinan, Victoria Garcia, Victoria, Heela Yang Tsuzuki, One, James Chao, Bruce Wasserstein Organizations: U.S . Labor, Transportation, Blanco County Sheriff's, Ninth, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Harvard Business School, Rescue, Texas Rangers, FBI, Blanco County Sheriff's Office, American Bureau of Shipping Council, Harvard Business School's, Dean's Advisors, Metropolitan Opera, National Basketball, Boston Celtics, Facebook, Walmart, Marvel Entertainment, News Corp, Dell Locations: Los, Beverly Hills, Los Angeles , California, Johnson City, Austin, Ky, Texas, Blanco County, New York, Dubai

☆ Domo CEO Josh James stepped down in 2022 after being accused of sexual assault, according to police reports and employees. No charges were filed.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Domo CEO Josh James stepped down in 2022 after he was accused of sexual assault, according to police reports and employees. One current Domo employee and three former employees said the company's board was made aware of the allegations against James prior to his sudden departure. In March 2023, a year after stepping down, James returned to Domo as CEO. Timeline of Josh James' departure from Domo and subsequent returnNovember 20, 2021 : According to claims in police reports, Josh James sexually assaults an employee during a business trip to Columbia, South Carolina. February 2022 : Domo fires the employee, according to her account to police officers.

Persons: Josh James, James, haven't, John Mellor, Catherine Wong, Daniel Stevenson, Mellor, Bruce Felt, Ian Tickle, Laurence, Jay, Brown, Dana Evan, Joy Driscoll Durling, James didn't, Domo, Brown Jr, James “, “, ” James, what's, ” Organizations: Business, Securities and Exchange, Domo, Columbia —, American Fork City Police, Columbia Police Department, Columbia Police, BI, Columbia Locations: Columbia , South Carolina, Utah, Columbia, South Carolina

Six years ago, Illinois farmer John Ackerman didn't hire any contract workers at all. He enjoys mentoring young people, but says it's felt harder lately to justify hiring inexperienced workers when contract workers do the same hard, physical jobs faster and better. Climate change affects all farm workers, but advocates and researchers say this is a reason to focus particularly on these workers. The USDA data showed an uptick in the number of farms using migrant labor, both within farms that already hired contract workers and overall. He’s tried reaching out H-2A workers on nearby farms, but says their supervisors won’t let them talk to him.

Persons: John Ackerman didn't, Ackerman, it's, Alexis Guild, Rebecca Young, ”, Jennifer Vanos, Abigail Kerfoot, Luis Jimenez, farmworkers, Jimenez, He’s, won’t, “, Jed Clark, he's, Stephanie McBath, ” McBath, “ it’s, ” Bruce Cline, Scott Kuegel, ” Jimenez, Dorany Pineda, Joshua A, Bickel, Melina Walling Organizations: U.S . Department of Agriculture, Farmworker, Arizona State University, Centro de, Alianza Agrícola, “, National Association of State, of Agriculture, Associated Press Locations: Illinois, U.S, New York, North Carolina, Kentucky, Crofton , Kentucky, Owensboro, AP.org

☆ Bruce Willis’s daughter Tallulah says autism diagnosis has ‘changed my life’
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-18 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Bruce Willis’s youngest daughter Tallulah Willis is sharing for the first time that she was diagnosed with autism. Tallulah Willis, 30, shared her health update over the weekend when she posted a throwback video on her Instagram page of herself with her father. In the video, Bruce Willis is holding a young Tallulah in his arms while appearing at a red carpet event. (From left) Bruce Willis with daughter Tallulah Willis in New York City in 2015. Tallulah Willis is the youngest daughter of Bruce Willis and ex-wife Demi Moore.

Persons: CNN — Bruce Willis’s, Tallulah Willis, Bruce Willis, Tallulah, ”, I’ve, Kevin Mazur, it’s, Daniel Geschwind, Gordon, Virginia Macdonald, “, ” Geschwind, Demi Moore, Rumer, Scout Willis, Moore – Organizations: CNN, UCLA, FOX, Vogue Locations: New York City

☆ Rob Lowe somehow just turned 60
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Rob Lowe turned 60 years old on Sunday, and literally, we can’t believe it. The “West Wing” star marked the occasion on his Instagram with a high-speed, 30-second selfie montage set to “Glory Days” by Bruce Springsteen, among other posts. Amanda Edwards/Getty ImagesThose 1983 flicks launched him into stardom, and Lowe’s crowning act as a pack member came in 1985’s “St. Elmo’s Fire,” in which he delivered an ultimately dramatic turn as bad boy gone good Billy. “Here’s to another 60 years,” he wrote in the caption.

Persons: Rob Lowe, Bruce Springsteen, Lowe –, ” Rob Lowe, Amanda Edwards, Billy, Chris Traeger, Sam Seaborn, “ Here’s, ”, “ Organizations: CNN, DIRECTV, Getty, Recreation Locations: Spago, Beverly Hills , California, Elmo’s, “ Parks

☆ Opinion: Is the US on the brink of another civil war?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-16 | by ( Opinion Bruce Hoffman | Jacob Ware | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

The most dismal assessment, though, is that of Canadian journalist Stephen Marche who, in his 2022 book, The Next Civil War: Dispatches form the American Future, contends that a new American civil war is inevitable. Remember that the United States leads the world — by far — in the number of firearms in private hands. There are an estimated 393 million privately held firearms in the United States — more than one gun per person. In fact, there are more civilian-held guns in the United States than the other top 25 countries in the world combined. Indeed, more guns were purchased in the United States in 2020 — nearly 23 million — than any other year on record.

Persons: Bruce Hoffman, Jacob Ware, Donald Trump, Biden, … ” Bruce Hoffman Michael Lionstar, Barbara F, Walter, ” Jacob Ware Jacob Ware Accelerationism, Barack Obama, Steven Simon, Jonathan Stevenson, “, ”, Stephen Marche, —, Simon, Stevenson, Bois —, Timothy McVeigh, Richard Haass, ” Haass, ” Robert Miles Organizations: of Foreign Relations, Georgetown University, DeSales University, . Press, CNN, Department of Homeland Security, Oklahoma City, National Security, University of Maryland’s Center for Democracy, Washington Post, University of Maryland, “, Capitol, ”, Survey, Foreign, Irish Republican Army, IRA Locations: America ”, Columbia, Texas, Western, America, Northern Ireland, United States, Switzerland, Northern, Ireland

☆ ‘Welcome to Hell’: U.N. Panel Says Russian War Crimes Are Widespread
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Nick Cumming-Bruce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two years after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, United Nations investigators say they have uncovered new evidence of systematic and widespread torture of Ukrainian prisoners held by Russian security forces. A United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Friday detailed a range of what it described as Russian war crimes, including summary executions, sexual violence and forced transfer of Ukrainian children into Russia. The commission paid special attention to “horrific” treatment of Ukrainian prisoners by Russian security services at detention centers in Russia and occupied Ukraine. The commission will deliver a report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva next week, detailing accounts of torture from four locations in Russia and seven in occupied Ukraine, strengthening previous findings that the use of torture had become widespread and systematic. “We are concerned at the scale, continuation and gravity of violations and crimes that the commission has investigated and the impact on victims,“ Erik Mose, chairman of the three-person panel, said in a statement.

Persons: Russia’s, “ Erik Mose Organizations: United Nations, United Nations Commission, Human Rights Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Geneva

☆ We asked Gwyneth Paltrow about her longevity routine and were shocked by what she said
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Rachel Hosie | Kashmira Gander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

But Paltrow doesn't share the same desire as longevity bros to halt or even reverse aging. And Paltrow also says she walks, which plenty of evidence has linked to a long, healthy life. "I want a nice, long, healthy life, but I'm not looking to live to 165 or anything like that." Paltrow's morning routine has evolved as she's agedAs longevity experts will tell you, living a long life mostly involves doing boring stuff, like eating vegetables and sleeping well, consistently. Gwyneth Paltrow pictured with her mother and father at the 1999 Ocars, where she won the Academy Award for best actress.

Persons: Gwyneth Paltrow, She's, Paltrow, Bruce Paltrow, Blythe Danner, Oscar, hasn't, Rachel Murray, she'll, Bryan Johnson, Everybody's, Gwyneth Paltrow Paltrow's, I'm, Brad Pitt, Lucy Nicholson, it's, I've, Tracy Anderson's, Gwyneth Organizations: Business, Netflix, Getty Locations: Rome

☆ TikTok's growth rate has collapsed. 'Life' may be getting in the way for its younger users.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Alistair Barr | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This is especially true for young users who are now entering a new busy time of life known as adulthood. AdvertisementAfter demolishing the competition from 2020 through the first half of 2022, TikTok's DAU growth rate has collapsed. One interesting theory is that TikTok users are growing up and taking on new responsibilities that leave less time to watch videos. If some of TikTok's core users can no longer afford to spend an hour a day on the app, that's not good for business. This is not just meThe Wall Street Journal recently interviewed a few TikTok users in their 20s.

Persons: —, TikTok, it's, Brielle, There's, I'd, she'll, Keilah Bruce Organizations: Service, Evercore, YouTube, Facebook, Street Journal, Intelligence, Street Locations: TikTok

☆ Vanity Fair Oscars Party: Billie Eilish, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, mix, dine on In-N-Out and dance the night away.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Oscars celebrations were in full swing on Sunday night and no post-show event was more packed with the glittery crowd than the annual Vanity Fair party. By the dance floor, Cardi B greeted Bailey and asked the new mom how her baby was doing. Nearby, Lizzo and her boyfriend scoped out the dance floor and were later seen twisting their arms to take a shot together. Kardashian wore a beige, waist-cinching gown as she fluttered around the party with Baltimore Ravens wide receiver O’Dell Beckham Jr.Kim Kardashian arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscars party. Stefanie Keenan/VF24/WireImage for Vanity Fair/Getty ImagesSam Rockwell, Justin Theroux and Jason Bateman gathered on the dance floor and were greeted by Olympian Shawn White and Nina Dobrev.

Persons: Oscar, Billie Eilish, Christopher Nolan, Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, America Ferrera, Margot Robbie, Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Eilish, Phillip Faraone, Nancy Pelosi, Paul Pelosi, Sally Field, Pelosi, Paul Pelosi Stefanie Keenan, Usher, Ciara, Camila Cabello, Chloe, Cardi, Bailey, “ Barbie, Greta Gerwig, grooving, Barbie, Hari Nef, Lizzo, scoped, Paris Hilton, Nicole Richie, Lindsay Lohan, Kim Kardashian, Kardashian, O’Dell Beckham, Amy Sussman, Jenner, Kris Jenner, Kendall, Kylie Jenner, Kris, Demi Moore, Scout Willis, Bruce Willis, Moore, Elizabeth Banks, “, Captain America, Chris Evans, Alba Baptista, Damon, Lucia, Chris Hemsworth, Elsa Pataky, Britney Spears, Mark Ruffalo, Sydney Sweeney, Jennifer Coolidge, Kevin Mazur, ”, Sweeney, Maude Apatow –, Judd Apatow, Coolidge, Catherine O’Hara, Barry Keoghan, Callum Turner, Sabrina Carpenter, Chelsea Handler, Sofia Vergara, Steven Spielberg, Stefanie Keenan, Sam Rockwell, Justin Theroux, Jason Bateman, Olympian Shawn White, Nina Dobrev, Theroux, Rita Moreno, nosh Organizations: CNN, Wallis Annenberg Center, Hollywood, Paris, Baltimore Ravens, Marvel, Air ” Locations: Beverly Hills, America, Halle, Dua Lipa, Tallulah

☆ Opinion: Oscars highlights from our culture critics
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Cnn Opinion | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

CNN —Five CNN Opinion culture critics share their takeaways from the 96th Academy Awards. Gene Seymour: Hollywood’s next existential questionMost of the big, expensive movies walked away with Oscars Sunday night. Ryan Gosling performs the song "I'm Just Ken" from the movie "Barbie" during the Oscars on Sunday. Rita Moreno delivered a spicy ode to best supporting actress nominee America Ferrera, noting that her monologue from “Barbie” was one of the most memorable film moments. And the winners are... Robert Downey Jr. for best supporting actor in "Oppenheimer; Da'Vine Joy Randolph for best supporting actress in "The Holdovers"; Emma Stone for best actress in "Poor Things" and Cillian Murphy for best actor in "Oppenheimer."

Persons: Gene Seymour, Hollywood’s, Gene Seymour Jeremy Freeman, CNN Cord Jefferson, ” Jefferson, Jefferson, “, ” Cord Jefferson, Kevin Winter, “ Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, “ Barbie, ”, Billie Eilish, O’Connell, “ Barbie ”, George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, Mark Harris, Sara Stewart, Barbie ”, Sara Stewart Todd Thompson, Ryan Gosling’s, “ I’m, Ken, Finneas O’Connell, Oscar, Eilish –, –, ” Eilish, “ Oppenheimer ”, Greta Gerwig’s, Gerwig, Margot Robbie, Jimmy Kimmel’s, “ Barbie ” snubs, Ryan Gosling, Chris Pizzello, Gosling –, snubs –, Eilish, Rita Moreno, America Ferrera, Jeff Yang, they’ve, Jack Palance, Seth McFarlane, Chris Rock, Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, they’d, ” Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Jimmy Kimmel, Catherine O’Hara, Michael Keaton, Twinsies Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Melissa McCarthy, Octavia Spencer, Dale, Cord Jefferson, Finneas O'Connell, Barbie, Mike Blake, Kimmel, Donald Trump, Al Pacino, Pacino, — “ Oppenheimer, Celine Song, Bruce ”, ” Noah Berlatsky, Lily Gladstone, Noah Berlatsky Noah Berlatsky, Mollie Burkhart, Emma Stone, Cord Jefferson’s, Joy Randolph’s, Justine Triet’s, Randolph, Gladstone, Martin Scorsese’s, Burkhart, Ernest, Leonardo DiCaprio, Scorsese, she’s, DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Emma Stone’s, Bella, Noah Berlatsky, Holly Thomas, isn’t Robert Downey Jr, It’s, ” Holly Thomas Holly Thomas, Brett Easton Ellis’s, Timothee Chalamet, Austin Butler, Florence Pugh, Downey Jr, Tony Stark, Downey, Oppenheimer, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Arturo Holmes, Louis Strauss, Katie Couric Organizations: CNN —, CNN, Warner Bros ., Hollywood, New York, The New York Times, Newsday, Entertainment, The Washington, Twitter, Abbott, Disney, Reuters, Teamsters, International Alliance, Employees, Globe, The, “, Downey, North, Katie Couric Media Locations: Pennsylvania, La, Asian America, America, Osage Nation of Oklahoma, Chicago, ”, Zendaya, North America, London

☆ Regional banks were all ‘guilty until proven innocent’ after Silicon Valley Bank, Citizens CEO says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Elisabeth Buchwald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Other regional bank stocks got slammed: By the end of the day, most saw their stock down by double-digit percentages. Kori Suzuki/ReutersIt’s been exactly one year since that fateful day marked the start of a string of subsequent bank failures. Because of that, “there will be bank failures,” Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned senators in his semi-annual testimony last week. Bruce Van Saun: People like to call last year’s bank failures regional bank failures. Office real estate is just one component of commercial real estate, albeit the most worrisome to banks and economists.

Persons: Bruce Van Saun, NYCB, Kori Suzuki, Reuters It’s, it’s, Jerome Powell, Van Saun, Richard Drew, didn’t, Michael Nagle, Joseph Otting, Otting, CARLOS BARRIA, we’re, we’ve Organizations: New, New York CNN, Citizens Financial Group, New York Community Bank, NYCB, Reuters, CNN, Signature Bank, Silicon Valley Bank, Citizens Financial, Providence, Financial Group, Bloomberg, SVB, we’re, SoFi, Citizens, OneWest Bank, CIT Group, REUTERS Locations: New York, Silicon, San Francisco , California, Providence , Rhode Island, Covid

☆ Iran’s 2022 Protest Crackdown Included Killings, Torture and Rape, U.N. Finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Nick Cumming-Bruce | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A U.N. fact-finding mission reporting to the Human Rights Council in Geneva cited as credible estimates that 551 people were killed by security forces, most of them by gunfire, as part of a widespread and systematic crackdown on the protests, which were mostly led by women. The casualties included at least 49 women and 68 children. The Human Rights Council will discuss the report next week. The use of lethal force during largely peaceful protests was unlawful and the deaths amounted to extrajudicial executions, the investigators said. But they also reported that the authorities had summarily executed at least nine young men after cursory trials on charges linked to the protests and that several people had died in custody as a result of torture.

Persons: Mahsa Amini Organizations: United Nations, Human Rights Locations: Kurdish, Geneva

☆ Actually, Ariana Madix is a pretty great Roxie Hart in 'Chicago'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-07 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Madix plays Roxie Hart, a woman facing trial for the murder of her lover. After the year she's had, Madix's role as the woman scorned is a delightful piece of stunt casting. Madix, the 38-year-old "Vanderpump Rules" star and "Dancing with the Stars" contestant, made her Broadway debut in January as the murderous Roxie Hart in "Chicago." In much the same way as Hart, Madix has had her own ascent to fame — which makes her performance in "Chicago" a delightful, over-the-top example of revenge success. Madix recently extended her limited run as Roxie Hart in "Chicago" and will now be performing the role through April 7.

Persons: Ariana Madix, Madix, Roxie Hart, she's, —, Hart, Velma Kelly, Faye Wright, Wright, I've, Bruce Glikas, Tom Sandoval, Raquel, Rachel, Leviss, Sandoval Organizations: Service, Broadway, Bravo, Amra Locations: Chicago

☆ Asia's tech industry is recovering on chip boom amid global economic uncertainty, JPMorgan says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Sheila Chiang | In Sheilachiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

SINGAPORE – Asia-Pacific's tech sector has been growing on the back of the semiconductor boom even as other industries struggle amid global macro uncertainty, according to investment bank JPMorgan. "Tech has been recovering, that's why Asia has done reasonably well in the second half of last year. China industry benefited, North Asia obviously benefited more from it," Bruce Kasman, chief economist at JPMorgan said in a media briefing on Tuesday. Global tech spending weakened in 2023 while layoffs rose, said Deloitte in a report on tech industry's 2024 outlook. The recovery in tech is significant as other industries are still struggling.

Persons: Bruce Kasman, Deloitte, Ong Sin Beng Organizations: JPMorgan, Tech, Global, Deloitte, Nvidia Locations: SINGAPORE – Asia, that's, Asia, China, North Asia, U.S

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