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☆ Japan’s government in flux after election gives no party majority
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +5 min

TOKYO — The makeup of Japan’s future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted ruling coalition in a weekend election, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world’s fourth-largest economy. The biggest winner of the night, the main opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan (CDPJ), had 148 seats, up from 98 previously, but also still well short of the 233 majority. But days before the vote, a newspaper affiliated with the Japan Communist Party reported that the party had provided campaign funds to branches headed by non-endorsed candidates. “LDP’s payments to branches show utter lack of care for public image,” ran an editorial in the influential Asahi newspaper two days before the election. In one bright spot, a record 73 women were elected into Japan’s male-dominated parliament, surpassing 54 at the 2009 election.

Persons: Shigeru Ishiba’s, “, Ishiba, Komeito, Keiichi Ishii, ”, Tobias Harris, Yoshihiko Noda, Fumio Kishida, Yuichiro Tamaki, Nobuyuki Baba, Rintaro Nishimura, Masakazu Tokura Organizations: U.S, Ishiba’s Liberal Democratic Party, Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan, Japan Foresight, LDP, Japan Communist Party, Asahi, Democratic Party for, People, Japan Innovation Party, DPP, Bank of Japan, Asia, Komeito Locations: TOKYO, China, North Korea, Japan

☆ A death row inmate wrestled with guilt and addiction before his execution
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-18 | by ( Abigail Brooks | Abigail Brooks Is A Producer For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +8 min

ATMORE, Ala. — When Derrick Dearman entered Alabama’s execution chamber Thursday evening, he was the fifth man the state put to death this year. The difference between Dearman and the men who came before him is that he went to his death willingly. “I believe in the death penalty, but it might be more justice for him to spend the rest of his life in prison. Dearman went to the home and was told he could not stay the night. Dearman wrestled a pistol away from Justin Reed as Reed tried to defend himself and Chelsea Reed.

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44 health care workers saw multiple cases of preteen children who had been shot in the head or chest in Gaza. 2 did not Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ These people were starving. ” Abeerah Muhammad Emergency and critical care nurse, 33 years old, Dallas, Texas “ Everyone we met showed us pictures of themselves before October. ” Merril Tydings Flight, emergency and critical care nurse, 44 years old, Santa Fe, N.M. “ It is very simple. ” 53 health care workers saw many children suffering from easily preventable infections, some of whom died from them.

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☆ John Banuelos: What to know about the Jan. 6 shooter arrested three years later
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Thomas Lake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +33 min

He was still at large in July 2021, when he took part in a fight in Salt Lake City that left another man dead. He’d been living in a park in downtown Salt Lake City, and he’d decided to cook for his hungry new friends. The Salt Lake City Police Department also declined, even though its investigation into Senn’s death was complete. In recent years he appeared to split his time between Chicago and Salt Lake City. Mark Peterson/ReduxReturning to Salt Lake City by unknown methods, Banuelos resumed his frequent appearances in local police reports.

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☆ 162 Years Later, a Medal of Honor for Two Civil War Train Raiders
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( John Ismay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The plan was bold, but ultimately doomed. But the stolen train, called “the General,” ran out of fuel 18 miles from Chattanooga, according to a U.S. Army account of the heist, which became known as the Great Locomotive Chase. The Union soldiers and civilians who took part in the mission fled, but all were captured after less than two weeks on the run. Most were sent to prisoner of war camps. In 1863, six survivors of the raid were the first American soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest decoration for valor in combat, which had been authorized by President Abraham Lincoln the year before.

Persons: ”, Abraham Lincoln Organizations: Union Army, U.S . Army, Union Locations: Chattanooga, Georgia, Marietta, Tennessee

☆ The Very Online Afterlife of Franz Kafka
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-01 | by ( Amanda Hess | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Also, “The Metamorphosis” by Franz Kafka, a fat black bug on its cover. The video’s creator is 25-year-old Margarita Mouka — @aquariuscat444 on TikTok, where she frequently posts about Kafka, integrating his work, his likeness and his life story into her online persona of romantic intellectualism. “Franz Kafka becomes an unlikely HEARTTHROB on TikTok — where Gen Zers are swooning over the Czech novelist nearly 100 YEARS after his death,” ran a Daily Mail headline. On BookTok, where a flashed book jacket conveys a glimmer of a user’s inner life, a classic text can leave a durable impression. It plays like a deep cut, reaching back through time to ground a TikToker’s content in a more enduring human experience.

Persons: Ottessa Moshfegh, Sylvia Plath, Franz Kafka, Margarita Mouka —, Kafka, “ Franz Kafka, Zers, ”, Harry Styles Organizations: Daily Mail, The, Austro Locations: TikTok, Czech, Hungarian

☆ Biden Is Still Losing. His Campaign Should Stop Acting Like He Isn’t. - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

In February, there was a flurry of discussion about whether Joe Biden’s advancing age and seeming weakness in a matchup with Donald Trump meant that he should step aside. “The Drumbeat for Biden to Step Aside Will Only Grow Louder” ran one headline from that period, from Robert Kuttner in the American Prospect. All it took was Biden giving a passable State of the Union address: Thereafter his poll numbers marginally improved, the optimists on the Democratic side seized the rhetorical initiative, and the “should Biden step aside?” discourse faded into background noise. But it’s also quite consistent; since last fall, both candidates are bouncing around within a very narrow range. ), because voters aren’t paying close attention yet (but don’t they already know both of the candidates quite well?

Persons: Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump, Biden, Nate Silver, Ezra Klein, Robert Hur, Robert Kuttner, Kuttner, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, it’s, he’s Organizations: Democratic, Trump, Electoral College Locations: Georgia, Michigan, Arizona , Nevada , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

☆ Narendra Modi: India’s popular but controversial leader seeking a transformative third term
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Rhea Mogul | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +26 min

Varanasi and New Delhi CNN —Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi once famously made a simple election promise: “good days are coming”. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses his supporters during an election campaign rally in Pushkar on April 6, 2024. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaking during a rally in Sydney, Australia, on May 23, 2023. Kalpit Bhachech/Getty Images Narendra Modi, then BJP secretary is welcomed at Ahmedabad Railway Station by the party's followers on January 31, 1992. Brent Lewin/Bloomberg/Getty Images India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses Congress at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023.

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☆ Jon Stewart rips into Apple, his old boss, on The Daily Show
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-02 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Jon Stewart on “The Daily Show” Monday revealed what led to his abrupt exit from Apple and the cancellation of his short-lived show on its streaming TV platform. Stewart said that the tech giant prohibited from discussing artificial intelligence or interviewing Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan. Stewart and Khan discussed Big Tech monopolies, after the US Justice Department and more than a dozen states sued Apple last week in a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit that accused Apple of illegally monopolizing the smartphone market. Stewart said he had his own issues with Apple, telling Khan that he wanted to have her on the TV show’s companion podcast and “Apple asked us not do it.”“They literally said ‘please don’t talk to her,’” Stewart said. “The Problem with Jon Stewart” ran for two seasons from 2021 to 2023 on Apple TV+.

Persons: Jon Stewart, Stewart, Lina Khan, Khan, Apple, “ Apple, ”, ’ ” Stewart, “, Jon Stewart ”, Trevor Noah Organizations: New, New York CNN, Apple, Federal Trade Commission, Comedy, Big Tech, US Justice Department, FTC, Amazon, Justice Department, Caesars Entertainment, CNN Locations: New York, China, Israel

☆ The Lascivious, Decades-Long History Behind That Calvin Klein Ad
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Soraya Roberts | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Calvin Klein has always trafficked in high and low — in classic all-American athleticism, shot through with an untethered primal lust. Some other Calvin Klein ads fail to have the same friction, the right wrongness. There are faintly fascistic undertones in the form Calvin Klein valorizes. (How surprising is it that Calvin Klein has worked with the estate of the photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, who used his models to engage the viewer sexually?) ?” — as though a touch of discomfort isn’t precisely what creates a hit Calvin Klein ad.

Persons: “ I’m, I’m, ”, Calvin Klein, Brooke Shields, Mark Wahlberg —, Marky Mark, peekaboo, —, Justin Bieber, Jacob Elordi’s, Kate Moss’s, Calvin Klein valorizes, Leni Riefenstahl’s “, sleaze, Dominic Fike, Travis Fimmel, Robert Mapplethorpe, Wahlberg, Bieber, White, Jamie Dornan’s, Jeremy Allen, Ayo Edibiri, incredulously — Organizations: Stone, Golden Globe Locations: The, Chicago

☆ Biden tells donors he’s ‘not sure I’d be running’ in 2024 if Trump wasn’t in the race
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Kevin Liptak | David Wright | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“If Trump wasn’t running, I’m not sure I’d be running,” he said, saying Democrats “cannot let him win.”The comment, made during a fundraiser at a private home outside Boston, offered perhaps the starkest rationale to date for Biden’s reelection decision-making. The remark suggested Biden may not have sought a second term if Trump had not decided to run again. Biden took on Trump directly in the first of those fundraisers, warning that his predecessor is “telling us what he’s going to do. Two other events in the area will bring in millions more for Biden’s campaign war chest. With its significant early investment, Biden’s reelection effort has targeted key media markets in familiar battleground states – Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada.

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I saw hundreds of new films with a variety of plots and styles made on every imaginable scale and budget. The movies have ostensibly been at death’s door at least since the shift to sync sound, which isn’t to undersell the industry’s business woes. “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” was “cursed,” read one headline; “‘Mission: Impossible 7’ falls short of expectations,” ran another. The moaning in the trades gave way to klaxon horns when much of SAG-AFTRA went on strike on July 14. This year also reminded us that a mass audience will happily get out of the house for movies without superheroes.

Persons: Manohla, Rockwell, Martin Scorsese, shutdowns, Topsy, “, bullish, Indiana Jones, ”, AFTRA, Barry Diller, “ Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer ” Organizations: Yahoo, Sundance Film, Writers Guild, SAG, Paramount, Marvel Locations: Cannes

☆ All kids want for Christmas this year … Robux and gaming subscriptions
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Samantha Murphy Kelly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Nicole Randol — a Missouri-based mother of two boys, ages 6 and 10 — recently posted a message on a popular Facebook parenting group about Robux, the virtual gaming currency for the platform Roblox: Target was having a 40%-off sale for Robux. “I expect it to be the most exciting thing they open [on Christmas],” Randol, who bought two $100 Robux cards, told CNN. Gaming subscriptions continue to gain popularity, too. “What’s changed, naturally, is the games that families are playing.”According to ESA, more than 212 million Americans play video games on a regular basis. Still, with the rise of subscriptions and gaming currency, what lands under the Christmas tree may be smaller in size than years before.

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☆ How an Indian startup hacked the world
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +41 min

The Indian company hacked on an industrial scale, stealing data from political leaders, international executives, prominent attorneys and more. Run by a pair of brothers, Rajat and Anuj Khare, the company began as a small Indian educational startup. The Indian company hacked on an industrial scale, stealing data from political leaders, international executives, sports figures and more. Back in 2012, Kristi Rogers was an executive at Aegis, a London-based security company. Canadian security company GardaWorld, which acquired Aegis in 2015, said it had no information on the incident.

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☆ Adam Johnson: Ice hockey players have been ‘stubborn’ about wearing neck protection. That might be about to change
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Manav Tanneeru | George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —A “crazy amount of emotions” ran through TJ Oshie’s mind as he watched footage of what would be American hockey player Adam Johnson’s final moments on the ice. The English Ice Hockey Association has announced that all players must wear neck guards from the start of next year, and the Pittsburgh Penguins, Johnson’s former NHL team, are mandating neck guards for their minor league players, coach Mike Sullivan has said. In the NHL, neck guards – let alone neck coverings of any kind – are not a common sight. “I think there is a machismo within ice hockey where you’re seen as being something less if you choose to wear more protective equipment,” ice hockey broadcaster Seth Bennett tells CNN Sport. Warroad’s neck guards are fitted with Kevlar and steel components, ensuring that they have enough stiffness to stay upright and offer effective coverage around the neck.

Persons: ”, Adam Johnson’s, Johnson, Oshie, –, ” Oshie, “, “ I’m, Johnson’s, Mike Sullivan, Bruce Bennett, Tanyka Rawden, Seth Bennett, Bennett, Gary Bettman, Stanley, ” TJ Oshie, Patrick Smith, Jason Olden, Olden, we’ve, it’s, ” Mary, Kay Messier, Messier, aren’t, Teddy Balkind, Richard Zednik, Clint Malarchuk, ” Malarchuk, Rick Stewart, Dr, Mike Stuart, ” Stuart, there’s, Stuart Organizations: CNN, TJ, NHL’s Washington Capitals, CNN Sport, Capitals, New York Islanders, Sheffield, Nottingham Panthers, Panthers, Sheffield Steelers, Ice Hockey Association, Pittsburgh Penguins, NHL, New York Rangers, Madison, Garden, Getty Images, ”, Ice Hockey Federation, USA Hockey, Washington Capitals, Columbus Blue Jackets, “, Bauer Hockey, ” Bauer Hockey, Florida Panthers, Buffalo Sabres, Athletic, Montreal Canadiens, Memorial, Protective, National Hockey League Locations: American, Sheffield, Buffalo

LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Friends” star Matthew Perry, the Emmy-nominated actor whose sarcastic, but lovable Chandler Bing was among television’s most famous and most quotable characters, has died at 54. “Matthew was an incredibly gifted actor and an indelible part of the Warner Bros. Television Group family,” the company said in a statement. As Chandler, he played the quick-witted, insecure and neurotic roommate of LeBlanc's Joey and a close friend of Schwimmer's Ross. I ‘was’ Chandler.”Unknown at the time was the struggle Perry had with addiction and an intense desire to please audiences. But I could sometimes say a line and the audience wouldn’t laugh and I would sweat and sometimes go into convulsions,” Perry wrote.

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☆ Hasan Minhaj Addresses Embellished Stories Detailed by The New Yorker
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Julia Jacobs | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The comedian Hasan Minhaj released a 21-minute video on Thursday, addressing a New Yorker article that chronicled fabrications of personal experiences he recounted in his stand-up specials, and apologizing to those who felt “betrayed.”Minhaj, whose politically-minded Netflix show “Patriot Act” ran from 2018 to 2020, posted the video — which he called a “deep dive on my own scandal” — nearly six weeks after the magazine published its article. In it the reporter, Clare Malone, parsed the details of his biographical comedy around growing up as a Muslim American and an Asian American. “I took a beat before responding because, like you, I have been paralyzed by the news coming out of the Middle East, and I have been processing all the criticism that has come my way,” Minhaj said in the video. “And I just want to say to anyone who felt betrayed or hurt by my stand-up, I am sorry. I made artistic choices to express myself and drive home larger issues affecting me and my community, and I feel horrible that I let people down.”But Minhaj said he felt as if he came off as a “psycho” in the article, and he defended fictionalizing parts of his stand-up anecdotes as a way to emphasize truths about racism and threats that he had experienced.

Persons: Hasan Minhaj, “, ” Minhaj, ”, —, Clare Malone, Minhaj Organizations: Yorker, Netflix Locations: American

Harry Bosch, has become the longest running character on streaming television. Based on his book series, “Bosch” ran seven seasons on Amazon, and then spun off as “Bosch: Legacy,” which premieres its second season Friday on Amazon Freevee. AP: How many different adventures can Harry Bosch and these characters have on screen? CONNELLY: Harry Bosch and Mickey Haller have daughters the exact same age as my daughter. So, Harry Bosch started out as a cop, and he was an outsider.

Persons: — Michael Connelly, Harry Bosch, ” Connelly, “ Bosch ”, “ Bosch, that’s, Mickey Haller, Bosch, CONNELLY, we’ve, ‘ Bosch, Maddie, I’m, ? CONNELLY, don’t, Mickey, Harry Organizations: Netflix, Lincoln Lawyer, Associated Press Locations: Los Angeles, Ukraine

☆ Stevie Nicks finds ‘no reason’ to continue Fleetwood Mac without Christine McVie
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —As far as Stevie Nicks is concerned, Fleetwood Mac is no more. The singer talked to Vulture about the life and death of her best friend and bandmate, Christine McVie, who died in November 2022 at the age of 79 following a brief illness. “But when Christine died, I felt like you can’t replace her,” Nicks said. “When she died, I figured we really can’t go any further with this. There’s no reason to.”McVie wrote and/or performed several of Fleetwood Mac’s hits, including “Don’t Stop,” “Over My Head,” “You Make Loving Fun” and “Say You Love Me.”

Persons: Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie, Nicks, Fleetwood Mac ”, “, Christine, ” Nicks, ”, Taylor, ’, ” NIcks, ” McVie, Fleetwood Organizations: CNN Locations: Fleetwood

New Delhi CNN —When Indian prime minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Group of 20 (G20) leaders’ summit on Saturday, he sat behind a country name placard that piqued the interest of many. “PM Modi uses placard Bharat for G20 inaugural address,” ran a headline in the Times of India, one of the country’s largest English-language outlets, moments after. Both India and Bharat are used officially in the nation of 1.4 billion people, which has more than 20 official languages. Bharat is also the Hindi word for India and is used interchangeably – both feature on Indian passports for example. But the use of “Bharat” on the G20 invites has raised eyebrows among opposition leaders.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Bharat, Modi, ”, “ Bharat, “, –, ’, ” Harnath Singh Yadav, Virender Sehwag, Bharat ”, ” Shashi Tharoor, Raghav Chadha, Jaishankar Organizations: New, New Delhi CNN, “, Bharat, Group, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Cricket, Developmental, INDIA, Aam Aadmi Locations: New Delhi, ’, India, Times of India, Britain, British, Indian, INDIA

☆ Miley Cyrus and dad Billy Ray Cyrus have ‘wildly different’ relationships with fame
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Miley Cyrus is opening up about her life in a 10-part TikTok series inspired by her new song, “Used to Be Young.”In one video, the singer reflected on her relationship with fame and her country-star dad Billy Ray Cyrus. And I just see people in numbers.”She continued: “My dad grew up the opposite of me, so I think that’s where me and my dad’s relationship to fame and success is wildly different. And I’ve always been made to feel like a star.”“I think that’s the difference,” she explained. Cyrus also included clips of her dad playing the guitar and singing to her as a child. And we did,” she said, playing back a video of her and Billy Ray doing their famous handshake during a tryout.

Persons: Miley Cyrus, ”, Billy Ray Cyrus, “, ” Cyrus, Cyrus, “ Hannah Montana, ” “, that’s, ” Cyrus ’, Tish Cyrus, Billy Ray, “ Hannah Montana ” Organizations: CNN Locations: Toronto, California

☆ ‘Ted Lasso’s’ Brett Goldstein says he’d be ‘absolutely fine’ with a throuple between Roy, Keeley and Jamie
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Brett Goldstein in "Ted Lasso." Colin Hutton/Apple TV+“The fact that some things aren’t resolved, so that I can dream what I want to dream…” he observed to the publication of how “Ted Lasso” ended. “Now, in my dream, there’s a lot of Roy and Keeley and there’s a lot of Roy and Keeley and Jamie.”“And a throuple is absolutely fine with me!” Goldstein added. “Ted Lasso” ran for three seasons on Apple TV+, winning 11 Primetime Emmys along the way. In addition to co-starring as fan-favorite character Roy, Goldstein was a co-writer and co-producer on the show, taking home two Emmy statuettes of his own.

Persons: Ted Lasso ”, Jason Sudeikis, Keeley Jones, Jamie Tartt, Phil Dunster, Roy Kent, Brett Goldstein, Keeley, Goldstein, Ted Lasso, Colin Hutton, “ Ted Lasso ”, Jamie, ”, ” Goldstein, Roy Organizations: CNN, Entertainment, Apple

☆ The Art of Telling Forbidden Stories in China
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Han Zhang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Browsing one of the literature bulletin boards, he came across a serialized novel titled “My Beijing,” published under the pseudonym Drunken Fish. Hao’s depiction of Chengdu’s seedy underbelly became a sensation on forums like Tianya, one of the period’s largest blogging platforms. Once, a colleague recommended the novel to Hao without knowing that he was Murong Xuecun. “From the get-go, he has been completely obsessed with how people are corrupted by the environment in which they live,” says Megan Walsh, author of “The Subplot,” a book about contemporary Chinese literature. Later, at a propaganda meeting, the deputy party secretary of Chengdu criticized Hao’s fiction for damaging the city’s image.

Persons: Hao, ”, Fish, Murong Xuecun, Wei Da, Wei, Megan Walsh, Li Boqing, Li, Ran Yunfei, ” Ran Organizations: Authorities, Writers ’ Association, International New York Times Locations: Beijing, H.R, Shenzhen, Chengdu, China, North Africa, Weibo

☆ Variety faces calls for a retraction as its head-turning story about CNN drama begins to fall apart
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Variety has a mess on its hands. Former CNN chief Jeff Zucker, The Atlantic journalist Tim Alberta, and Puck Editor-In-Chief Jon Kelly have all called for the outlet to publicly correct the record. But, thus far, Variety has resisted taking any such action, outside quietly removing the widely panned Tatiana Siegel-written feature from its online homepage. The outlet’s deafening silence comes as the piece begins to fall apart in public. (It goes without saying that Zucker’s camp denied to Siegel that this ever happened, but she printed it anyway.)

Persons: Jeff Zucker, Tim Alberta, Puck, Jon Kelly, Tatiana Siegel, Chris Licht, ”, Byers, Zucker, Siegel, David Zaslav, ” Byers, Siegel weaved, imploring, Natalie Korach, Zucker’s, Ramin Setoodeh, Cynthia Littleton, Korach, Kelly, Puck’s, “, Jeffrey Goldberg, …, ” Goldberg Organizations: CNN, Variety, The Atlantic, Warner Bros, Penske Media Corporation, PMC, The Locations: . Alberta, ” Alberta, Miami, cabanas, ”, Russian, Littleton

☆ Pat Sajak Was the Center of the Wheel
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-13 | by ( James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Regis Philbin, on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” was the loud, flashy host of a loud, flashy giveaway. And Pat Sajak, who announced on Monday that he would retire as the host of “Wheel of Fortune” after next season? Pat Sajak was … just there. There is nothing on Earth so still as the center of a spinning wheel. For over four decades, since taking over from Chuck Woolery, Sajak has been at that spot, joshing with Vanna White, heaving the wheel on final spins, wincing at Bankrupts and tethering exuberant winners.

Persons: Regis Philbin, ”, Alex Trebek, Pat Sajak, Chuck Woolery, Sajak, Vanna White Organizations: Television Locations: Bankrupts

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