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☆ How YouTube Took Over Our Television Screens
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Nico Grant | John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Two years ago, YouTube abandoned its audacious plan to beat Hollywood at its own game. So it canceled the shows and fell back on the user-created content that had made it a household name. Now, YouTube consistently ranks as the most popular streaming service on U.S. televisions, surpassing the companies it once tried to emulate. Since Netflix started offering original content in 2012, TV networks have jumped into the streaming race, trying to outflank one another with major upfront investments. Netflix alone spends $17 billion a year on new series and movies as well as on older fare from other companies’ libraries.

Organizations: YouTube, Hollywood, Netflix, Disney, Paramount

☆ Landslides in Southern India Kill at Least 23
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Sameer Yasir | More About Sameer Yasir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

At least 23 people were killed in the southern Indian state of Kerala on Tuesday, officials said, after landslides triggered by heavy rains struck an area with rugged, hilly terrain. Rescue workers were struggling to reach the area, in the rural district of Wayanad, because bridges had collapsed and roads had been swept away. State officials said more than 400 families were stranded in remote villages, because the only road connecting them to the rest of Kerala had been cut off. “The weather is very bad, but we are trying to do everything we can,” said Veena George, Kerala’s health minister. Television footage showed water gushing through extensively damaged residential areas.

Persons: ”, Veena George Locations: Kerala, Wayanad

☆ Ellen DeGeneres said she's 'done' with fame after her upcoming Netflix special. Here's a complete timeline of the backlash she's faced since 2020.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

Read previewThe talk show host Ellen DeGeneres has long been considered a beloved celebrity for her friendly and funny public demeanor. "Maybe I'm being naive, but I expected them to welcome me with confetti: Welcome to 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'!" Next thing we know, we literally hear Steve Jobs pick up and say, 'Hi, Ellen' … Ellen told him the iPhone should have a bigger font," the producer said. I have been getting calls asking me about the Ellen Degeneres Show and I would like to address the time I spent there. AdvertisementPaytas appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in 2010 when she was 22 years old to showcase her speed-reading talent during an audience talent segment.

Persons: —, Ellen DeGeneres, Nikkie de Jager, DeGeneres, NikkieTutorials, vlogger, de Jager, hadn't, van, Sebastian Williams, van Nieuwkerk, YouTuber, De Jager, Pop Crave, Ellen, Jonas, Kevin T, Porter crowdsourced, you've, Portia de Rossi, wouldn't, didn't, X weren't, I've, Kevin Winter, Stagehands, Jimmy Kimmel, John Oliver, Samantha Bee, Ellen DeGeneres's, Jordan Strauss, Tom Majercak, Majercak, de Rossi, Steve Granitz, Steve Jobs, Jobs, Jane Lynch's, Katy Perry, Chris Pizzello, Ellen Show, Neil Breen, Breen, Richard Wilkins, she'll, Richard, you'll, Neil, She'll, I'd, I'm, Raymond, Brad Garrett, Garrett, Lea Thompson, Scooter Braun, Kevin Mazur, Braun, Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande, Andy Lassner, James Corden, Corden, Hedda Muskat, Joshua Blanchard, Patrick McMullan, Ed Glavin, Mary Connelly, Muskat, Glavin, Ed, Tony Okungbowa, Okungbowa, Ellen Degeneres, Tony okungbowa, Dakota Johnson, Johnson's, Johnson, that's, Craig, Trisha Paytas, Christopher Polk, YouTuber Trisha Paytas, H3H3, Ethan Klein, Paytas, Ashton Kutcher, Kutcher, De Rossi, Ryan Phillippe, haven't, Jim Spellman, WireImage, Thompson, Phillippe, Jennifer Aniston, Billie Eilish, Greyson Chance, Gaga's, Chance, Stone, she'd, Rolling Stone, would've, It's, Tasos Katopodis, SFGate, Libby Torres Organizations: Service, Business, C Magazine, YouTube, Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, Variety, Warner Bros, Television, ABC, Fox News, New York Post, New York, Producers, AP, BuzzFeed, The Hollywood, British, Twitter, Sun, NBC, Getty, CDC, Centers, Disease Control, West Hollywood, Netflix Locations: Dutch, California, Australian, Melbourne, Dakota, West

☆ Former Obama press secretary Robert Gibbs hired to lead Warner Bros. Discovery PR
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-18 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Robert Gibbs, a former White House press secretary during the Obama administration, will be joining Warner Bros. Warner Bros. But, like its competitors, Warner Bros. has largely struggled to persuade people to go to the movies this year. And Warner Bros. It won’t be Gibbs’ job to fix the media industry woes that are challenging Warner Bros.

Persons: Robert Gibbs, Obama, Gibbs, “ Barbie ”, Robert, ”, David Zaslav, Zaslav, ” Gibbs, Barack, He’ll, Katie Martin Kelly, Laura Watson, Nathaniel Brown Organizations: CNN, White House, Warner Bros, White, TNT, Discovery, NBA, Warner Bros . Discovery, DC Entertainment, Senate

☆ Jurgen Klopp: An emotional farewell for a manager like no other
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-19 | by ( Aimee Lewis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

On a sun-soaked Sunday at Anfield, Jurgen Klopp managed Liverpool for the last time and salty tears filled eyes; from the man himself to his players and fans. There were many trophies, arguably there should have been more – two Champions League finals lost, a Europa League final lost, the Premier League lost by a point twice. Fans greet Liverpool's manager Jurgen Klopp ahead the English Premier League soccer match between Liverpool and Wolverhampton Wanderers. It will arguably take Liverpool fans, and even the Premier League, longer to get used to a post-Klopp era. The Klopp era will not be replicated, Liverpool fans know that, which is why he was given such a special farewell.

Persons: Jurgen Klopp, Klopp, “ It’s, ” Klopp, Ulla, –, Jon Super, Virgil van Dijk, “ I’ve, ”, Van Dijk, “ He’s, Allison, “ I’m, Danke Jurgen ”, Jurgen Klopp's, Trent Alexander, Arnold Organizations: CNN, Liverpool Football Club, Anfield, Liverpool, Sky Sports, Wolves, Premier League, Champions League, FA, League, Europa League, verve, English Premier League soccer, Wolverhampton Wanderers, AP Locations: Anfield

☆ Opinion: It’s time to change the way we think about sociopaths
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-20 | by ( Opinion Sara Stewart | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —This piece contains mild spoilers for the Netflix series “Ripley” and a scene in the movie “Civil War.”Are we finally ready to take another look at why we love to hate sociopaths so much? But his rendition of Ripley – highly capable, chameleonic, but never what you’d call charming — represents a refreshing take on one of the most famous sociopaths in literature and film. Gagne feels Hollywood’s nearly always gotten it wrong with portrayals of sociopaths, reducing them to a collection of cartoonish, villainous traits. In fact, I found one of film’s most recent sociopaths to be singularly chilling because of his very plausibility. He’s in Alex Garland’s “Civil War,” the polarizing film about a vaguely-sketched conflict set in the modern-day United States.

Persons: Sara Stewart, Ripley ”, Sara Stewart Todd Thompson, Andrew Scott’s, Tom Ripley, Patricia Highsmith’s, Scott, who’s, Ripley –, Steven Zaillian’s, “ Ripley, Jennifer Rubin, ”, Rubin, Tony Soprano, Walter White, Patrick Bateman, Dexter Morgan, Don Draper, I’ve, Emily Nussbaum, Norman Lear’s “, Archie Bunker, Carroll O’Connor, Penn Badgley, Joe Goldberg, Sociopath, Patric Gagne, Gagne, Hollywood’s, vilify, Jenna Ortega, Alex Garland’s “, Jesse Plemons —, —, Owen Gleiberman’s, “ Garland, ” Gleiberman, Ripley, sociopathy, we’ll Organizations: CNN, Netflix, Washington, Vogue Locations: Pennsylvania, ”, United States, America

☆ News organizations urge Biden and Trump to commit to presidential debates during the 2024 campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Twelve news organizations on Sunday urged presumptive presidential nominees Joe Biden and Donald Trump to agree to debates, saying they were a "rich tradition" that have been part of every general election campaign since 1976. Asked on March 8 whether he would commit to a debate with Trump, Biden said, "it depends on his behavior." The Republican National Committee voted in 2022 to no longer participate in forums sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. The Trump campaign has not indicated it would adhere to that, but did have some conditions. There was no immediate response from the Trump campaign.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Trump, Biden, Susie Wiles, Chris LaCivita, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, Chris Wallace, it's, Crooked Joe Biden Organizations: Moody, Republican, NewsNation, Democratic, ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox, PBS, NBC, NPR, Associated Press, Trump, Republican National, Commission, Fox News, Univision, USA, Television Locations: Tuscaloosa , Alabama, Illinois, Pennsylvania

Oppenheimer increased its price target on Netflix, calling for upside of nearly 20%. Bernstein, meanwhile, reiterated an outperform rating on Taiwan Semiconductor, noting that margins will fare better than the Street expects going forward. Analyst Stephen Grambling downgraded Hyatt to equal weight from overweight and lowered his price target by $7 to $149. — Pia Singh 5:44 a.m.: Bernstein sticking by Taiwan Semiconductor Taiwan Semiconductor shares are off to a strong start for the year, and Bernstein expects them to continue doing well. The firm raised its price target on them to $150 from $125, implying upside of just 2%.

Persons: Oppenheimer, Bernstein, Morgan Stanley downgrades Hyatt, Morgan Stanley, Hyatt's, Stephen Grambling, Grambling, Hyatt, FactSet, — Pia Singh, Oppenheimer Oppenheimer, Jason Helfstein, Helfstein, Wall, Mark Li, Li, TSMC, 4Q23, — Fred Imbert Organizations: CNBC, Netflix, Taiwan Semiconductor, Hyatt, Taiwan Semiconductor Taiwan Semiconductor, GM Locations: 2H24, U.S, Taiwan

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis had plenty of winners. There was Karl-Anthony Towns, the fourth player to score at least 50 in an All-Star Game. They’ll be busy for a while after the Eastern Conference’s 211-186 victory over the Western Conference on Sunday night in the highest-scoring All-Star Game. Some takeaways from Indianapolis:Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesALL THOSE POINTSScoring 186 points is something that only two teams in the history of the All-Star Game had done before Sunday night. That’s the kind of game it’s going to be.”STEPH VS. SABRINAFor many, what happened Saturday night — Curry beating Ionescu — will be the highlight of All-Star weekend.

Persons: Damian Lillard, Michael Jordan, Stephen Curry, Sabrina Ionescu, Karl, Anthony Towns, They’ll, it’s, Here’s, ” Lillard, you’ve, STEPH VS, SABRINA, — Curry, Ionescu —, Sabrina, Curry, ” Ionescu, San Francisco —, Ionescu, They’re, Adrian Griffin, Joe Prunty, Doc Rivers –, Lillard, “ We’ve, Giannis Antetokounmpo, “, we’re, ”, Tyrese, Kevin Durant, Jayson Tatum, Anthony Davis, ___ Organizations: INDIANAPOLIS, Western Conference, West, New York Liberty, NBA, Lillard, Bucks, Milwaukee, ” Bucks, Pacers, Indy, Eastern Conference, Boston Locations: Indianapolis, San Francisco, —, Milwaukee, Tyrese Haliburton, Indiana, Phoenix

A 71-year-old Ukrainian man died in a Russian prison while on trial for espionage, activists said Sunday. Officials later told Russian state news agency Tass that Demchenko died on Dec. 31 as the result of a stroke several days earlier, but did not say why it had taken so long for the news to become public. Demchenko, who was born in the town of Mospino in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, had been on trial in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don since August 2023. By the time of his death, there had been seven hearings in the case, all of them behind closed doors. Russian authorities have detained a number of people on spying charges since the start of its full-scale war against Ukraine, including Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, who was jailed in March 2023 on espionage charges he denies.

Persons: Viktor Demchenko, Demchenko, Evan Gershkovich, Carlson Tucker, Vladimir Putin Organizations: Tass, Wall Street, U.S Locations: Russian, Mospino, Ukraine’s Donetsk, Rostov, Ukraine, Russia, Moscow, Germany

☆ Hollywood Made 14% Fewer Shows in 2023, Marking the End of Peak TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( John Koblin | More About John Koblin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s official: Peak TV has peaked. Last year, 516 scripted television series aired or streamed in the United States, a 14 percent decline from 2022, the FX cable network said on Friday. That was only the second drop in at least 15 years, and the biggest, according to FX’s research. The total is the most definitive evidence of a slowdown that executives have been predicting for at least a year. The strikes wiped out the entire fall lineup for scripted network TV, and the fallout is likely to be felt throughout 2024.

Persons: — Organizations: FX Locations: United States

☆ All prison staff held hostage by inmates in Ecuador now free, officials say
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Heather Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —All prison guards and administrative employees held hostage by inmates at correctional facilities across Ecuador have now been freed, the national prisons agency said Saturday night. Earlier on Saturday it had said 133 guards and three administrative employees were still being held after at least 41 were released. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa welcomed the news and congratulated SNAI, the armed forces and the national police for securing their release. The agency had also reported an armed confrontation at a prison in the southern region of El Oro between inmates and members of the armed forces and the National Police. More than 3,000 police officers and members of the armed forces have been deployed to find him.

Persons: Daniel Noboa, SNAI, Jorge Rendon, ”, Rafael Correa, Adolfo “ Fito, Oliver, Fito, Fernando Villavicencio, Rodrigo Buendia, Villavicencio Organizations: CNN, Ecuadorian, National Police, Catholic, Security, Authorities, Getty Locations: Ecuador, Esmeraldas, El Oro, ”, Peru, Colombia, Guayaquil, Fito, Mexico, United States, Sinaloa, AFP, Quito

[1/5] Honoree Dionne Warwick and her family attend the 46th Kennedy Center Honors gala at the Kennedy Center in Washington, U.S., December 3, 2023. REUTERS/Julia Nikhinson Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Washington celebrated singer Dionne Warwick, comedian Billy Crystal, Bee Gees member Barry Gibb, rapper and actress Queen Latifah, and opera star Renée Fleming on Sunday at the Kennedy Center Honors, the top U.S. honor for achievements in the arts. "There simply is no song that Dionne Warwick cannot sing," said record producer Clive Davis, adding that she had "inspired musicians all over the world." Crystal, 75, known for roles in films such as "When Harry Met Sally," "City Slickers," and "Analyze This," was next up. Opera singer J'Nai Bridges said ahead of the show that Fleming had helped make opera more mainstream.

Persons: Dionne Warwick, Julia Nikhinson, Billy Crystal, Bee, Barry Gibb, Queen Latifah, Renée Fleming, Joe Biden, Gladys Knight, Elton John, Stevie Wonder, Clive Davis, Singer Cynthia Erivo, Alfie, Harry Met Sally, Meg Ryan, Robert De Niro, De Niro, Biden, Tony, Whoopi Goldberg, Crystal, Oscar, Kerry Washington, Tituss Burgess, Christine Baranski, Susan Graham, Fleming, Sigourney Weaver, Fleming's, J'Nai Bridges, Gibb, Robin, Maurice, Michael Bublé, Ben Platt, Jeff Mason, Jasper Ward, Gerry Doyle Organizations: Kennedy Center, REUTERS, Rights, Washington, Kennedy, White, Broadway, Bee, Big Town, U.S, CBS, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S, Warwick

☆ For These TV Procedurals, the Formula Still Works
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-30 | by ( Calum Marsh | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Waves slap gently against the shore along the southeast coast of Australia, the morning sun glittering on the horizon. This is the opening scene of a recent episode of “NCIS: Sydney,” the fifth series in the long-running crime procedural franchise, which premiered on CBS earlier this month. “There’s definitely a template that I’ve managed to extract from watching hundreds of hours of the show, a kind of typical ‘NCIS’ structure,” Morgan O’Neill, the creator and showrunner of “NCIS: Sydney,” said in a video interview. “That’s the overall architecture of the show, and it’s always going to be that.”“It still works,” O’Neill added. Through it all, one constant has been the popularity of procedural franchises like “NCIS” and “Law & Order,” which have thrived as purveyors of familiar predictability.

Persons: It’s, ”, “ There’s, ” Morgan O’Neill, “, it’s, ” O’Neill, ain’t Organizations: Sydney, CBS, “ Locations: Australia

☆ Was Peace Ever Possible?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Moderated Emily Bazelon | A Discussion Moderated Emily Bazelon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +45 min

This was known as the Oslo peace process, named for the city where the secret talks took place. Micha Bar-Am/Magnum Photos Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir of Israel during the the Middle East peace conference in Madrid, 1991. Margalit: All the Israeli leaders who negotiated for peace, starting with Rabin, were in a weak political position. Dajani: With the First Intifada, and then subsequently Madrid and Oslo, Palestinians suddenly see the possibility of agency. But what’s important to understand is that the notion of peace for Rabin, and for most Israelis, is that peace is a lack of violence from the other side.

Persons: Jordan, Israel, Yasir Arafat, Bernard Frye, Arafat, Larry Towell, Abbas, Micha, Yitzhak Shamir, Jerome Delay, Saddam, Hussein, George H.W, Bush, James A, Baker III, Baker, Shamir, Yitzhak Rabin, Rabin, Shimon Peres, —, Margalit, Saddam Hussein, Hosni Mubarak of, King Hussein of Jordan, Bill Clinton, Gary Hershon, Abu Alaa, “, ” Rabin, ” Arafat, ”, Ashrawi, Yehuda, Efraim, Susan Meiselas, Baruch Goldstein, Patrick Baz, Daoud Mizrahi, Gilles Peress, Goldstein, Matti Steinberg, Netanyahu, Bazelon, Clinton, Shikaki, Manal Jamal, didn’t, Dennis Ross, Omar, Camp David, Ehud Barak, Md, Ralph Alswang, Christopher Anderson, Motasm Amir, Barak didn’t, Barak, David, Dajani, Emily, Arafat —, Ross, Mary, Nobody, Arafat didn’t, Hosni Mubarak, Mubarak, El, there’s, There’s, Robert Malley, Hussein Agha, ” Barak, Sharon, It’s, Yarden Romann, Peter van Agtmael, Khan Younis, Yousef Masoud, Khan, Ahmad Hasaballah, Ziv Koren, they’re, Dan, Avishai, Omar Dajani, Taba, Dana El Kurd, Efraim Inbar, ‘ ‘ Rabin, ’ ’, Daniel Kurtzer, Avishai Margalit, George Kennan, Van, Khalil Shikaki, Limor Yehuda, Emily Bazelon, Nabil Ismail, Pascal, Said, Ulf Andersen, Getty, Menahem Kahana, Abdel, Shafi, Maggie Ohayon, Yigal Amir, Yoav Lemmer, Jack Guez, Olmert, Moshe Milner, Ami, Dani Cardona, Awad Awad, Obama, Ben Gershom Organizations: United Nations, West Bank, Associated, Palestine Liberation Organization, U.S, Soviet Union, Palestinian, Madrid didn’t, Bank, White, Agence France, Presse, Getty Images, Oslo Accord, White House, Reuters, Israel’s Labor Party government, Bazelon, Oslo Palestinian, Getty, West, Shin, Gross, . Security, Camp, Camp David Summit, Labor Party, NPR, American, New York Times, Polaris, Labor, United, McGeorge School of Law, University of the, Israel, Camp David, University of Richmond, Arab Center Washington, Jerusalem Institute for Strategy, Security, Shalem College, Bar, Ilan University, Sadat Center, Strategic Studies, Israel’s National Security, Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute for, Princeton, Israel Academy of Sciences, Humanities, Van Leer Jerusalem Institute, Palestinian Center, Policy, Research, Crown Center for Middle East Studies, Brandeis University, Gaza, Hebrew University, Haifa University, Human, The New York Times Magazine, Mount Locations: Israel, Jordan, Gaza, Egypt, Jerusalem, Zion, Munich, Tunisia, Oslo, American, Oslo Gaza, Palestine, Madrid, Kuwait, United States, Soviet, Lebanon, Syria, Jordanian, America, Washington, U.S, Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, U.N, Independence, Palestinian, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Iraq, Rafah, Hebron, Ibrahimi, West Bank, Judea, Samaria, Yehuda, Camp David, Jenin, Haram, Al Aqsa, Khan, Kfar Aza, Khan Younis, Ahmad, Old, Ireland, Bosnia, Tel Aviv, Iran, Athens, El, Camp, Israeli, Van Leer, Ramallah

☆ Israel 'not successful' in bid to minimize Gaza civilian casualties, Netanyahu says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet Minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. And we shouldn't have any because we're doing everything we can to get the civilians out of harm's way, while Hamas is doing everything to keep them in harm's way," Netanyahu said. "The other thing that I can say is that we'll try to finish that job with minimal civilian casualties. On Thursday, Israel's air force dropped leaflets in parts of south Gaza telling people to evacuate for their own safety. Israel has also used leaflet drops in northern Gaza to warn civilians to move.

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, Netanyahu, Gaza's, Israel, we're, Rami Ayyub, Grant McCool Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, U.S, television's CBS, CBS, United, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, ABIR, Gaza, Germany, United Nations

☆ Israel does not seek to occupy Gaza, but 'credible force' needed -Netanyahu
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference with defense minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. Netanyahu's comments this week suggesting that Israel would be responsible for Gaza security indefinitely drew pushback from the United States, Israel's main ally. Speaking to U.S. television's Fox News on Thursday, Netanyahu said: "We don't seek to conquer Gaza, we don't seek to occupy Gaza, and we don't seek to govern Gaza." Netanyahu said a civilian government would need to take shape in Gaza but that Israel would make sure an attack like Oct. 7 does not happen again. Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh told PBS this week the PA would not return to Gaza "on the back of an Israeli tank".

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, Washington, Israel, Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Abbas, Mohammad Shtayyeh, Rami Ayyub, Grant McCool Organizations: Hamas, television's Fox, Palestinian Authority, West Bank, Palestinian, PBS, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, ABIR, Gaza, United States, deradicalized

☆ Matthew Perry: ‘Friends’ guest star says he stopped Chandler cheating storyline
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Lisa France | Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Plenty of memories are being shared in the wake of the death of Matthew Perry. Lisa Cash was an actor who appeared on “Friends” during its fifth season in 1999. During an interview with TMZ she shared that while her role was as a flight attendant, that wasn’t what it was originally. “The scene was Chandler and Monica were arguing in Vegas about Monica having lunch with Richard. Initially in our script, Chandler goes up to the hotel room, orders room service and I bring it up (to him) as a hotel worker,” Cash said.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Lisa Cash, Cash, Chandler, Monica, Courteney Cox, Richard, Tom Selleck, ” Cash, Perry, ” Organizations: CNN, TMZ, ” CNN, Warner Bros . Television, Warner Bros . Locations: Los Angeles, Vegas

☆ Israel open to 'little pauses' in Gaza fighting, Netanyahu says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a press conference with defense minister Yoav Gallant and Cabinet minister Benny Gantz in the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv , Israel , 28 October 2023. ABIR SULTAN POOL/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would consider "tactical little pauses" in Gaza fighting to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid or allow the exit of hostages held by Hamas militants. Netanyahu made the comments in a U.S. television interview during which he was asked who should govern Gaza after fighting is over. Israel says Hamas should release the hostages first; Hamas says it will not free them or stop fighting while Gaza is under assault. Asked if he was open to a humanitarian pause in Gaza, Netanyahu said: "Well, there'll be no ceasefire, no general ceasefire in Gaza without the release of our hostages."

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant, Benny Gantz, Israel, Netanyahu, we've, Rami Ayyub, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Rights, Hamas, ABC News, Thomson Locations: Tel Aviv, Israel, ABIR, Gaza, U.S

☆ Israel Open to 'Little Pauses' in Gaza Fighting, Netanyahu Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel would consider "tactical little pauses" in Gaza fighting to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid or allow the exit of hostages held by Hamas militants. Netanyahu made the comments in a U.S. television interview during which he was asked who should govern Gaza after fighting is over. Israel says Hamas should release the hostages first; Hamas says it will not free them or stop fighting while Gaza is under assault. Asked if he was open to a humanitarian pause in Gaza, Netanyahu said: "Well, there'll be no ceasefire, no general ceasefire in Gaza without the release of our hostages." I suppose we'll check the circumstances, in order to enable goods, humanitarian goods, to come in, or our hostages, individual hostages, to leave."

Persons: Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Netanyahu, we've, Rami Ayyub, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: WASHINGTON, Hamas, ABC News Locations: Gaza, U.S, Israel

☆ Western officials broach with Kyiv issue of possible peace talks with Moscow - NBC
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-04 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Ukrainian servicemen stand as a ferry carries their counterparts during an exercise, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Chernihiv region, Ukraine November 2, 2023. The war in Ukraine, now in its 21st month, has killed or wounded hundreds of thousands and destroyed swathes of the country. NBC said the conversations had included very broad outlines of what Ukraine might need to give up to reach a deal with Russia. The conversations with Ukraine come amid concerns among U.S. and European officials that the war has reached a stalemate and also about the West's ability to continue providing aid to Ukraine, NBC quoted the officials as saying. Kyiv and its Western allies say this is nonsense and that Moscow's actions are an imperial-style land grab.

Persons: Gleb Garanich, Guy Faulconbridge, Gareth Jones Organizations: REUTERS, NBC, U.S, Cuban Missile Crisis, Reuters, U.S ., Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Chernihiv region, Russia, Moscow, Crimea

☆ Hoboken Is Building for a Very Rainy Day
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Michael Kimmelman | More About Michael Kimmelman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The city of Hoboken, N.J., once a marshy outcropping that the Lenape inhabited only seasonally, hugs the Hudson River. Some scientists have forecast that, with rising seas, a big chunk of Hoboken will be Atlantis by 2100. In 2012, Hurricane Sandy left Hoboken underwater and without electricity for days, causing more than $110 million worth of property damage. Across the river, the same storm drowned several of New York City’s subway lines and forced Brooklyn residents to wade through thigh-deep water. Television crews, returning to Hoboken early Saturday to film the usual aftermath, left empty-handed.

Persons: what’s, Hurricane Sandy Organizations: The New York Times, Hoboken, National Guard, Television Locations: Hoboken, N.J, Hurricane, Sandy, New York, Brooklyn

☆ ‘Sorry’ for Being So Blunt
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Brenda Cronin | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Images: Disney/Shutterstock/Bloomberg News/Getty Images for CAA Composite: Mark KellyWhat a luxury anonymity is. Yes, the fervent hordes clattering around TikTok and reality TV attest that many still prize celebrity, influence and their attendant financial promise. Consider Emily Blunt , a movie star who recently prostrated herself after being savaged online for fat-shaming. Describing a woman who served her at Chili’s as “enormous.” Ms. Blunt unleashed the epithet more than a decade ago on “The Jonathan Ross Show,” a U.K. television program where she was appearing to flog her latest film. Mr. Ross, who like Ms. Blunt is British, was whooping it up with his guest about lavish food portions in the New World, joking that “you can see why so many of our American friends are enormous.” Ms. Blunt joined in with her account of the meal at Chili’s—“the girl that was serving me was enormous”—without specifying which outpost in the nationwide chain she patronized.

Persons: Mark Kelly, Emily Blunt, prostrated, Ms, Blunt, Jonathan Ross, Ross Organizations: Disney, Bloomberg, CAA Locations: TikTok, Chili’s

[1/6] Cast member Matthew Perry attends the premiere of the film "17 Again" in Los Angeles April 14, 2009. "We are incredibly saddened by the too soon passing of Matthew Perry," NBC Entertainment said. The Los Angeles Times and TMZ.com, both citing unnamed law enforcement sources, reported that the American-Canadian performer was found dead in a hot tub or jacuzzi. As a youngster, Perry became a top-ranked junior tennis player before moving to Los Angeles to pursue acting and improvisational comedy. Reporting by Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Additional reporting by Ismail Shakil in Ottawa; Editing by Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Phil McCarten, Chandler Bing, Perry, Perry's, Chandler, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer, Matt LeBlanc, Lisa Kudrow, Monica Geller, Cox, Rachel, Joey, Ross, Matthew, Matty, I've, Sunshine, Ally McBeal, Pierre Trudeau, Trudeau's, Justin Trudeau, Trudeau, Steve Gorman, Ismail Shakil, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: REUTERS, NBC, NBC Entertainment, Los Angeles Times, HBO Max, New York Times, Canadian, Thomson Locations: Los Angeles, Canadian, Palisades, Manhattan, U.S, Beverly Hills, Massachusetts, Ottawa

Matthew Perry, who portrayed Chandler Bing in the acclaimed sitcom “Friends,” has died. The death was confirmed by Capt. He said the cause of death was not likely to be determined for some time, but there was no indication of foul play. Mr. Perry was well known to American television audiences, featuring in over 200 episodes in all 10 seasons of “Friends,” the hit NBC show that followed a group of friends and their journey as young professionals living in Manhattan. Mr. Perry starred alongside prominent actors like Jennifer Aniston, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow.

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