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☆ 'Malcolm in the Middle' star Frankie Muniz announces he’s now a full-time race car driver: ‘You can always chase your dreams’
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-11 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Frankie Muniz is putting his racing career into high gear. The "Malcolm in the Middle" star shared on Instagram Wednesday that he will compete full time in the NASCAR-owned ARCA Series. He first drove a race car in 2004 while participating in the annual Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in California. "I have a lot to learn and I know that," Muniz told PEOPLE. "But I'm going in, I'm putting in a hundred percent because I don't wanna look back at this opportunity and go, man, I wish I tried harder."

☆ Elon Musk's $182 billion net worth drop breaks Guinness World Record
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Elon Musk can add a new title to his resume: Guinness World Record holder. The 53-year-old's wealth decline spared Amazon founder Jeff Bezos from taking the Guinness World Record. Bezos's $80 billion loss in 2022 would have firmly given him the "largest loss" title were it not for Musk. Fellow tech CEO Mark Zuckerberg also broke Masayoshi Son's record with his $78 billion loss. As of Jan. 10, Forbes estimates that his net worth sits at $142.1 billion, making him the No.

☆ Britain's satellite hopes undimmed by mission failure
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Spectators gather around a replica rocket at Cornwall Airport Newquay to watch the first ever UK launch of Virgin Orbit's LauncherOne rocket from Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay, Britain, January 9, 2023. REUTERS/Henry NichollsLONDON, Jan 10 (Reuters) - Britain's hopes of becoming a leading destination for the launch of small satellites remain intact despite the failure of the first mission, the country's business minister Grant Shapps said on Tuesday. Hours after the plan to launch nine satellites ended when Virgin Orbit's (VORB.O) rocket suffered an anomaly which prevented it from reaching orbit, Shapps said another attempt would follow. The rocket was successfully released over the Atlantic from a Boeing 747 that took off from Newquay airport in western England. For Virgin Orbit, part-owned by British billionaire Richard Branson, it is the second failure since its first launch in 2020.

☆ This new JPMorgan job listing promises a '$30,000 annual restaurant budget'—here's what to know
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Whoever lands the role will have a "$30,000 annual restaurant budget for dining out" in New York City and trying all the food and drink the Big Apple has to offer. The role, which according to the job listing is "an editing job and also very much an eating job," will require the editor to edit the reviews, guides and newsletters published by The Infatuation NYC. Additionally, they will "research and fact check the historical and cultural context of various cuisines, dishes and neighborhoods." "You're the kind of person who plans trips around what you're going to eat, and you're the friend in the group who picks the restaurant," the listing reads. The Infatuation was acquired by JPMorgan Chase in 2021, and currently has coverage in 53 cities around the world.

☆ Chilean justice minister resigns amid critique of pardons
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Jan 7 (Reuters) - Chilean justice minister Marcela Rios has resigned her post, the country's President Gabriel Boric said on Saturday, amid accusations of wrongdoing over pardons given to people connected to violent 2019 protests. "When situations with these characteristics occur in politics, we must take responsibility," Boric said. Boric backed pardons for those convicted in less violent crimes during the protests that shook the South American country. But political opponents decried the December pardons - which included a former guerrilla fighter imprisoned for other crimes - and accused Rios of poor communication and coordination. Reporting by Natalia Ramos Writing by Julia Symmes Cobb Editing by Sandra MalerOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ 'Avatar 2' soars past 'Top Gun' with $1.5 billion to become highest-grossing film of 2022, and it's already the 10th biggest movie ever
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-06 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

"Avatar: The Way of Water" has surpassed "Maverick's" box office haul in just its first three weeks in theaters, raking in an astonishing $1.51 billion worldwide since Dec. 16 according to Box Office Mojo data. Box office watchers don't expect "Avatar 2" to slow down any time soon. Along with the original "Avatar" ($2.92 billion) and "Titanic" ($2.2 billion), Cameron has now directed three of the 10 biggest blockbusters ever. "The first movie famously just kept going and going and going." "Avatar's" box office dominance wasn't a given from the outset.

☆ Delta is rolling out free Wi-Fi for all travelers: Here's how to sign up
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Starting next month, Delta Air Lines will offer free Wi-Fi to all of its passengers. Delta claims that its network will provide "best-in-class in-flight connectivity" for customers. "We didn't just want free Wi-Fi to offer base-level service – we wanted it to be transformative for the entire onboard experience," Bastian said in a statement released following the announcement. The rollout will begin on Feb. 1, with more than 700 Delta aircraft being equipped by the end of 2023. By the end of 2024 the airline will have brought the service "on international and regional aircraft."

☆ The voice behind Pokémon's Ash Ketchum was only 18 when she was cast
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-05 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Sarah Natochenny has voiced Pokémon protagonist Ash Ketchum since 2006, when she was just 18 years old. For many actors, landing a career-defining role is the culmination of years of hard work and grinding. Sarah Natochenny was cast as the voice of Pokémon's Ash Ketchum in 2006 as an 18 year old, just a year after graduating from Brooklyn Technical High School in New York City. Sarah Natochenny Voice of Pokémon's Ash Ketchum"My goal was never to be a famous actor," she tells CNBC Make It. "I wanted to be just a working class actor and support myself and always be working.

☆ 'Glass Onion' star Dave Bautista has a clear goal for his acting career: 'I never wanted to be the next Rock'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

I can force myself to do things that make me uncomfortable, because I know I'm not gonna get anywhere if I don't. "I'm afraid of things," Bautista said. And I just don't know if I want Drax to be my legacy—it's a silly performance, and I want to do more dramatic stuff." Whether leaving his most iconic character behind dings his marketability as a star or not, Bautista isn't concerned. "I don't care about the spotlight, I don't care about fame.

☆ ‘Kaleidoscope’ Review: Episode Roulette
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-01 | by ( John Anderson | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Very little about “Kaleidoscope,” the twisty eight-part heist series starring Giancarlo Esposito , Rufus Sewell and Paz Vega , is a mystery, per se, except perhaps why someone thought it was a particularly good idea. That said, once you’re in, you might not let go.

☆ Check out Landing, a 'Pinterest for Gen Z', where users make vision boards on everything from their dream wedding with Harry Styles to the first day of school
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-29 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Landing, a vision board site similar to Pinterest, is becoming popular with Gen Z.Gen Z users told Insider they make several vision boards a week on the site. Scroll through Landing and you'll see playful, irreverent, and even otherworldly vision boards from users showcasing everything from New Year's resolutions to their dream wedding with musician Harry Styles. The founders said the velocity with which Gen Z makes vision boards is unlike anything they expected. Creating a vision board is akin to making a list of goals, journaling, or writing oneself an encouraging note. Vega's 2023 vision board.

☆ 'Avatar: The Way of Water' crosses $1B in ticket sales in just 14 days: Here are the 10 highest-grossing movies of 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

"Avatar: The Way of Water" has made over $1 billion in ticket sales in just two weeks. James Cameron's blockbuster, the sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time, joins "Jurassic World: Dominion" as a 10-figure earner this year and may depose Tom Cruise's "Top Gun: Maverick" as the highest-grossing 2022 release by the end of its time in theaters. "Avatar's" performance means that 2022 will end with three films passing the billion-dollar threshold at the box office. While that's a far cry from the nine billion-dollar grossers that 2019 — the final full box office year before the pandemic — had, it's still an increase from 2020 and 2021 which had zero and one movies earn over $1 billion, respectively. Though some industry watchers had predicted that the domestic box office would cross $8 or $9 billion, those hopes were dashed in part because some big-budget films have been delayed, including another Tom Cruise title, the hotly-anticipated "Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning".

☆ 'Game of Thrones' star Kit Harington recalls getting his big break at 21: 'What do I do now?'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-27 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Kit Harington had only recently graduated from drama school and starred in his first play when he was cast as Jon Snow in HBO's "Game of Thrones" at the age of 21. In an appearance at the first official "Game of Thrones" fan convention this month the 35-year-old credited his friends for keeping him humble. "I kept a really solid group of friends around me who took the piss out of me all the time," he said during a Q&A recorded for "The Official Game of Thrones Podcast". Harington said that he learned to stay away from internet comments and stopped reading what people wrote about him. He protected himself and his confidence by reminding himself that "Game of Thrones" was "just a TV show."

☆ Netflix lists 'Glass Onion' island compound for $450 million on Zillow
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Just in time for the streaming debut of its hotly anticipated "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery," the streaming service's marketing team has listed the film's eponymous Greek island compound on the popular real estate site. "Sleek architecture and sophisticated design, with an equal eye toward nature and extravagance, provide an unparalleled luxury living experience accessible only by boat and crowned by a Glass Onion atrium," the listing reads. Of course, even if you have the millions to shell out, the "Glass Onion" estate doesn't exist. A link to "learn more" about the listing brings visitors to the "Glass Onion" page on Netflix's website. But viewers will be able bring the villa to their living rooms: "Glass Onion" hits Netflix on Dec. 23.

☆ Fortnite and Epic Games must give players $245 million in refunds — here's who qualifies
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Epic Games, creator of the massively popular video game Fortnite, was hit with the Federal Trade Commission's biggest penalty ever for a rule break this week. "These tactics led to hundreds of millions of dollars in unauthorized charges for consumers," the FTC said. Fortnite allowed children to purchase its in-game currency "without requiring any parents or card holder action or consent." Parents complained that their kids "racked up hundreds of dollars in charges before they realized Epic had charged their credit card without their consent." Of the $520 million fine, $245 million will be set aside for customer refunds.

☆ The Dramatic World of Artistic Swimming Will be Open to Men at the Paris Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Louise Radnofsky | Rachel Bachman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Bill May and Natalia Vega Figueroa perform during the Mixed Duet Technical Artistic Swimming Preliminary at the FINA Swimming World Championships 2019. An Olympic competition long associated with dramatically made-up women swimming and swirling will have a new addition for the 2024 Paris Games: men. World Aquatics announced Thursday that countries would be allowed to include up to two men in their entries for the 2024 Olympic team event—in which eight swimmers perform a routine as a group. Nations could also choose not to field men in their lineups. The duet event will remain limited to pairs of women.

☆ Two Airbus Satellites Are Lost After Rocket Fails
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Micah Maidenberg | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Arianespace’s Vega C rocket, which carried satellites developed by Airbus, lifted off from its launchpad in French Guiana on Tuesday. Two Earth-imagery satellites developed by aerospace company Airbus SE were lost after the rocket they were on failed shortly after liftoff Tuesday night. Arianespace SAS, the company operating the rocket, said Wednesday that an engine on part of the vehicle had experienced a drop in pressure. That prompted officials overseeing safety for the flight to send a command to destroy the vehicle, in keeping with standard operating procedures.

ROME/PARIS, Dec 21 (Reuters) - Italy's Vega rockets have been grounded and an investigation is under way after the latest model failed on its second mission, destroying two Earth-imaging satellites and further complicating Europe's access to space on top of the war in Ukraine. A spokesperson for Arianespace said both the Vega C and its Vega predecessor had been grounded pending the findings of an investigative commission co-chaired by technical officials from the European Space Agency and Arianespace itself. Italy's Vega C rocket is due to play an increasingly crucial role in Europe's access to space after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine forced Arianespace to stop using Russian Soyuz vehicles. But Arianespace has been forced to scrap plans to announce a Vega C launch schedule for 2023 in coming weeks. Analysts said only a few operational alternatives to Vega C exist, such as potential rideshares aboard U.S.-based SpaceX's bigger Falcon 9 or Firefly Aerospace's new Alpha launcher, which can loft roughly half the payload weight of Vega C.Other options, though somewhat larger than Vega C, include rockets from Japan and India.

☆ Bethenny Frankel shares her No. 1 tip for success: 'Procrastination is the thief of time'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

If you want to be as successful as Bethenny Frankel, the millionaire entrepreneur says there's one skill you need to master: organization. Sure, it's great to be smart and hardworking, but if you can't keep all your ducks in a row you'll never be able to achieve your full potential, the former "Real Housewife" and co-star of CNBC's "Money Court" tells CNBC Make It. "I don't think I could have this bandwidth without being so organized," she says. "I can do 10 times the amount that somebody else can do by being so organized."

☆ Bethenny Frankel reveals her secrets to success
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Jessica Leibowitz | Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailBethenny Frankel reveals her secrets to successThe entrepreneur and co-star of CNBC's "Money Court" Bethenny Frankel shares how she is able to do 10 times the amount of work that others can do by being organized. 01:21 14 minutes ago

Deadly unrest in the wake of a political crisis has left a number of American tourists stranded in Peru. Hundreds of international travelers, including some Americans, were stuck in and around the historic city of Machu Picchu as the government raced to secure transport to the nearest airport this weekend. Vega added that he was considering hiking to the nearest town to access the airport. Soldiers and police stand guard on the Pan-American highway in the town of Alto Siguas in southern Peru on Saturday. Peru’s caretaker president, Dina Boluarte, exhorted Congress on Saturday to approve early elections that could provide a way out of the crisis.

☆ From 'Elf' to 'Home Alone', these are the 10 highest grossing Christmas movies ever—and where to watch them
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-17 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Christmas movies are a dime a dozen, with more than 150 premiering this holiday season alone. But some entries in the crowded category have been big enough to become box-office hits in their own right, grossing hundreds of millions of dollars on their way to becoming timeless classics. Since the turn of the century alone, seven Christmas movies have grossed more than $200 million at the worldwide box office, with four of those crossing the $300 million threshold. If you're looking to fill up your holiday movie-watching calendar with the biggest Christmas films out there, look no further. These are the 10 highest grossing Christmas movies ever, according to data from Box Office Mojo, as well as where you can stream them.

This one holds 25 ounces of water, more than a standard water bottle, and it's way cuter than having cups all over your nightstand. Baggu socksIllustration by Elham AtaeiazarPrice: $14 "These socks are fun and cozy, but a little on the pricey side. MoMA card holderIllustration by Elham AtaeiazarPrice: $16 "I never knew how much I hated my wallet until my mom gave me a card holder. BraletteIllustration by Elham AtaeiazarPrice: $15 "A bralette might not seem like a typical gift, but hear me out. A dozen macarons variésIllustration by Elham AtaeiazarPrice: $5.50 "This Trader Joe's treat was my first introduction to macarons, and I haven't looked back since.

☆ James Cameron's 'Avatar: The Way of Water' looks different from every movie you've ever seen—here's why
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

With "Avatar: The Way of Water" hitting theaters this weekend, director James Cameron is gambling that audiences are ready to not only return to Pandora after 13 years, but that they will be open to a film shot in 48 frames per second. For virtually the entire history of film, movies have been shot and displayed at the cinematic standard of 24 frames per second. This means that 24 still images are displayed on the screen every second, creating the illusion of motion. "It came to kind of define the genre of film," Richard Miller, executive vice president of technology at Pixelworks, says of the 24 frames per second look. Newscasts, live sports and even soap operas typically hit your TV screen at 30 frames per second, which gives them their distinct visual feel.

Puerto Rican singer and musician Lalo Rodríguez, best known for his salsa megahit "Ven devórame otra vez" (Come devour me again) has died. As fellow musicians and fans grapple with the uncertain circumstances surrounding his death, they're remembering Rodríguez as a talented artist who helped lift salsa music to new heights. Light and progress Lalo," salsa music icon Willie Colón, who is also credited for helping popularize the genre, lamented in Spanish on Twitter. Salsa music enthusiast Juana Peña described Rodríguez as a "versatile singer, capable of getting into any rhythm and doing it well" in a tweet. Puerto Rican writer Sandra Guzmán mourned the singer's passing with a touching post saying, "A virtuoso goes to music heaven to join Puerto Rican salsa Gods.

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