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Millie Bobby Brown returns as a free-spirited teenage detective in "Enola Holmes 2." Enola Holmes, the teenage sister of the brilliant and famous detective Sherlock Holmes, shares her family's wit and penchant for mystery. How to watch 'Enola Holmes 2'You can watch "Enola Holmes 2" on Netflix starting November 4. Once you subscribe, you can watch "Enola Holmes 2" on just about any smart TV, smartphone, tablet, console, and web browser. The "Enola Holmes" films are based on the young adult fiction series of the same name written by Nancy Springer.

☆ ‘Confessions’ Review: More Than the Dust
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( Brenda Cronin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The brash young writers who transformed British literature some 40 years ago nourished a tabloid bonanza of parties, passions and swagger. Led by Martin Amis, their ranks included Julian Barnes, Salman Rushdie—and a sedulous outlier named A.N. Andrew Norman Wilson, however, was more likely to be in church or at home writing than on a profile-burnishing bender. That industriousness might portend a dreary memoir, but in “Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises,” Mr. Wilson makes up in wit what he lacks in celebrity antics.

☆ Ohio GOP candidate J.R. Majewski was demoted from military rank for drunk driving on a US airbase in Japan
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ohio GOP candidate J.R. Majewski's military record is again coming into question. According to The AP, Majewski was demoted because he drove under the influence in Japan. His campaign told the AP last week that he had been demoted for a brawl with a fellow servicemember. and I'm sure our parents and grandparents share these sentiments," Majewski told the AP on Wednesday. "The orders and military records that I have been able to obtain from my personal files shows that all of my deployments are listed as classified," Majewski told his supporters.

☆ Jesse Watters' rise at Fox, from Bill O'Reilly's ambush man to Tucker Carlson wannabe
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-27 | by ( Noah Hurowitz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +23 min

At the time, Watters was best known for pulling off elaborately planned ambush interviews on "The O'Reilly Factor," then Fox News' top-rated show. When Grim picked his phone up and trained it again on Watters, the smile was gone from Watters' face. Watters on the set of his show "Jesse Watters Primetime." In early 2022, "Jesse Watters Primetime" debuted, airing right before "Hannity." Watters, whose entire career has been at Fox News, might be a safer bet, according to Muto, the former O'Reilly producer.

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Elon Musk's Twitter profile is seen on a smartphone placed on printed Twitter logos in this picture illustration taken April 28, 2022. "I'll guess we'll just cancel this deposition," Baron responded. Twitter declined to comment and Musk's legal team did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Twitter deposition atmosphere could be especially fraught. Tripp's attorney reminded Musk that the judge warned he would oversee the deposition in person if questions weren't answered properly.

☆ Ex-Cravath lawyer Andy Klein wants to raise $5 million for his new startup. Here's his pitch to get the Big Law lawyers who use his company's tech to also invest.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Jack Newsham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

His company Reynen Court is now looking to raise $5 million using a provision of the JOBS Act. More recently, Klein, who lives in Amsterdam, has been growing Reynen Court. The company launched in 2018 with financial backing from a consortium of large law firms, including Latham & Watkins and Clifford Chance. Klein said Reynen Court really took off once he was able to persuade 20 of the world's largest law firms to begin using the platform. If the offering succeeds, Reynen Court expects to go forward with a series B fundraising next year, Klein said.

☆ John Kerry Lays It All Out on Climate Change
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

John Kerry is President Biden’s climate envoy to the world, and let it never be said that he lacks enthusiasm for the cause. This week in Davos, in front of the world’s elite climateers, Mr. Kerry gave a speech that everyone should read for its candid declaration of what he thinks it is going to take to save the planet from fossil fuels. To wit, an all-out militarization by government and private industry comparable to fighting the Nazis. The world needs to treat climate change like World War II when “in order to win the war that we had to organize ourselves to take control of the skies and take control of the seas and be able to smash the battlements that had been built along the coastline of France and Belgium and the Netherlands,” Mr. Kerry said.

☆ RuPaul's Drag Race just won another 2 Emmys. Meet the 2 men who helped turn the show into a global phenomenon.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-04 | by ( Chris Johnston | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Bailey, 62, and Barbato, 61, are responsible for propelling drag culture into the mainstream by helping to turn RuPaul and "Drag Race" into global phenomenons. Drag is ultimately a universally relatable thing," Bailey said of the popularity of "Drag Race" and the stars it has helped create. The first foreign versions appeared in Chile and Thailand, but the pinnacle arrived in October 2019 when "Drag Race UK" premiered on the BBC. "Drag Race" has become one of the most popular shows on its iPlayer streaming platform, with a fourth season underway. The winner of RuPaul's Drag Race UK season three, Krystal Versace (centre), with the other queens in London in November 2021.

☆ How to adapt Jane Austen -- and why it's so hard to get right
▼ + stars: | 2022-08-07 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Over the years, Austen adaptations have made millions, been nominated for more than a dozen Oscars and several Emmys, and convinced viewers the world over that Mr. Darcy is the gold standard of suitors. Pride vs. Miss Prejudice," two of several Austen adaptations starring Asian protagonists. "Austen is a way for today's readers to both romanticize about soul mates and also sustain their self-respect," said Brodey, who's published several papers on Austen. What the best Austen adaptations get rightA strong Austen adaptation doesn't need to parrot the original text or even take place in late 18th-century England. The Austenites CNN interviewed agreed -- for an Austen adaptation to succeed, it needs to maintain the spirit of her work, especially her incisive depth and incomparable wit.

☆ В самом центре Млечного Пути астрономы обнаружили звезду в сто раз больше Солнца
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-14 | by ( ) ru.diez.md time to read: +1 min

В самом центре Млечного Пути астрономы обнаружили звезду в сто раз больше СолнцаАстрономы обнаружили мерцающую звезду, которая в сто раз больше Солнца, в самом центре Млечного Пути, пишет Bird in Flight. Астрономы предполагают, что затемнение было вызвано вращающейся планетой или звездой-компаньоном, окруженной скоплением непрозрачной пыли, которая блокировала свет гигантской звезды, — в противном случае он достиг бы Земли. «Казалось, что этот эффект возник из ниоткуда», — говорит о затемнении профессор Ли Смит из Института астрономии Кембриджского университета. Интенсивность света вернулась к изначальному показателю за сто дней. Телескоп Vista наблюдал за миллиардом звезд в течение почти десяти лет в поисках небесных тел, которые различались бы по яркости.

Persons: Ли Смит Organizations: Институт астрономии, Кембриджский университет Locations: Vista, VVV, Млечное Пути, Солнце, Чили, Земля

☆ Seth Moulton bankrolls ring maker, Mark Green goes crypto, Mark Warner sells a 7-figure window-and-door investment
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-19 | by ( Dave Levinthal | Kimberly Leonard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton has made a major investment in a Finnish wearable tech firm. Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat, sold a major investment in a high-end window company. Elon Musk would be proudRep. Mark Green, a Republican from Tennessee, purchased between $1,001 and $15,000 worth of cryptocurrency Dogecoin — the same day virtual currency platform Coinbase went public. According to Barron's, he paid $1.95 million to acquire 15,000 shares for $130 each, and paid $1.4 million for 10,000 shares for $140 each. He also bought between $1,000 and $15,000 worth of stock in Amazon.

☆ The Essential Toni Morrison
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-18 | by ( Veronica Chambers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

As we approach the anniversary of a global pandemic that has changed our lives in every way, it seems a fine time to dive back into the world of Toni Morrison. What convinces us that we do?”In everything Morrison wrote, she offered narratives that revealed the journeys of characters, specific but universal, flawed and imperfect, with a deeply American desire for freedom and adventure. As Dwight Garner wrote when she died in 2019, “Morrison had a superfluity of gifts and, like few other writers of her era, bent language to her will. To read Toni Morrison is to know that from her brilliant opening lines to the stunning last pages that leave you shook that you will likely never match her wit and wisdom, but what joy there is in trying! Creatively, Toni Morrison set a large and lavish table of literature.

☆ Netflix оплатит 10 художникам шестимесячный курс в Токийской школе аниме. Заявку можно подать до 28 февраля
▼ + stars: | 2021-02-17 | by ( ) ru.diez.md time to read: 1 min

Netflix оплатит 10 художникам шестимесячный курс в Токийской школе аниме. Заявку можно подать до 28 февраляNetflix объединился с аниме-студией WIT Studio и готов оплатить художникам шестимесячный курс в Токийской школе аниме. Требований к кандидатам немного: возраст от 18 до 25 лет и знание японского языка на уровне, позволяющем вести «повседневные беседы». Заявку на участие в конкурсе можно подать до 28 февраля. Художники, которые окончат курс, будут работать над аниме-проектами Netflix.

Persons: Хитоми Татено, Нож Organizations: Netflix, Токийская школа Locations: Токио

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