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☆ Becoming a Cyclist In Her Sixties Changed My Mom’s Life - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Caroline Paul | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

When my mother was 62 years old, she dusted off a clunky Cannondale with Mary Poppins handles and joined a bicycling group. She had no background as an outdoor activity enthusiast: She did not camp or hike, had never, say, paddled a kayak. My friends are simply responding to the very real negative messaging around older women: fading looks, frail bones, cognitive decline, no cultural significance. In one instance, Dr. Levy looked at data from a longitudinal study and came to this astonishing conclusion: Mind-set was the most significant factor determining individuals’ longevity. Dr. Levy’s studies show us that we need to believe fervently in the vitality of our future.

Persons: Mary Poppins, “, Becca Levy, Levy Organizations: Yale

☆ How to recreate the most famous fashion collection of all time? New series ‘The New Look’ dives into Dior
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Scarlett Harris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Dior’s unveiling of his “New Look” collection signified the return of Paris as the fashion capital of the world after the Second World War. Roger Do Minh/Apple TV+Apple TV+'s series "The New Look" includes detailed recreations of many of the collection's 70 looks. Somehow they’ll always find a way to create,” Muller Serreau told CNN Style. Set during and in the immediate aftermath of World War II, “The New Look” and its visuals more broadly reflect the austerity of the time. As Dior was still in possession of the look’s fabric, Muller Serreau was able to faithfully recreate the entire ensemble.

Persons: Karen Muller Serreau, Christian Dior’s, ”, Dior’s, Roger Do Minh, Ben Mendelsohn, Pierre Balmain, Thomas Poitevin, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Nuno Lopes, Coco Chanel, Juliette Binoche, Dior, Lucien Lelong, John Malkovich, Chanel’s, ” Chanel, “, they’ll, ” Muller Serreau, Muller, Muller Serreau, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, revolutionizing womenswear Organizations: CNN, Apple, Getty Locations: Paris, France, AFP

BERLIN (AP) — The 74th Berlin International Film Festival opens Thursday with the world premiere of “Small Things Like These” starring man of the moment Cillian Murphy. Festival directors Mariette Rissenbeek and Carlo Chatrian, who will step down after this year, expressed their aim for “open dialogue” surrounding the war. The duo’s previous film, “Ballad of a White Cow,” premiered in competition in Berlin in 2021. Kenyan-Mexican actor Lupita Nyong’o will serve as the Berlinale’s first black jury president at this year’s festival. Isabelle Huppert will return to Berlin to collect her unclaimed lifetime achievement from 2022, when the French acting icon could not attend.

Persons: Cillian Murphy, Murphy, “ Oppenheimer, ”, “, Blinders, Tim Mielants, Eileen Walsh, Michelle Fairley, Emily Watson, Magdalene laundries, Mariette Rissenbeek, Carlo Chatrian, ” It’s, haven’t, Ayo Tsalithaba, Suneil Sanzgiri, Maryam Moghaddam, Sanaeeha, Berlinale, AfD’s, Kristin Brinker, Lupita Nyong’o, Brady Corbet, Jasmine Trinca, Ann Hui, Christian Petzold, Albert Serra, Oksana Zabuzhko, Kristen Stewart, Adam Sandler, Stephen Fry, Lena Dunham, Marvel’s Sebastian Stan, Martin Scorsese, Golden Bear, Isabelle Huppert, Hong Sang Organizations: BERLIN, Berlin, West Bank, Palestinian, Germany, Kenyan Locations: Ireland, Gaza, Germany, Israeli, American, Israel, Tehran, Berlin, Berlin’s, AfD’s Berlin, Mexican, Ukrainian, Czech, Poland, French, South Korean

☆ Mark Zuckerberg says Meta’s Quest 3 is the clear winner compared to Apple’s Vision Pro
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The Meta CEO on Monday posted a video review of Apple’s Vision Pro, the new rival mixed reality headset to Meta’s Quest 3. “Alright, guys, so, I finally tried Apple’s Vision Pro,” Zuckerberg begins in the video, which was posted to his Instagram. Zuckerberg also throws several other jabs at the Vision Pro in an effort to talk up his own product. Meta also has a more advanced, and more expensive, headset option called Meta Quest Pro. At least for now, most consumers probably aren’t going to buy either the Quest 3 or the Vision Pro.

Persons: New York CNN —, Mark Zuckerberg, ” Zuckerberg, it’s, Apple, Zuckerberg, Meta, metaverse, Meta's, Josh Edelson, it’s “ Organizations: New, New York CNN, Vision, Apple, Meta, Getty, Quest Locations: New York, AFP

LAS VEGAS (AP) — In a short film shown at the end of the Super Bowl halftime performer news conference, the show’s headliner Usher comes up missing. ?” It’s one of the many creative projects from Apple Music, which has made a concerted effort to amplify the anticipation around Sunday's halftime show. Since Apple Music became the halftime show sponsor, the streaming service is pushing to leave an influential mark like never before. As Usher prepares to headline this year's festivities, Apple Music created a strategic plan before he hits the Super Bowl stage. Between Apple Music, Apple Music Radio, the talent who have a deep understanding of music and culture and obviously Apple's ecosystem, I think we can amplify that.”Leading up to Sunday, it's all about Usher.

Persons: Usher, Ludacris, Lil Jon, Taraji, Henson, “ We’re, ”, Oliver Schusser, Schusser, ” Schusser, “, Rihanna —, “ It's, Jermaine Dupri, Tiësto, Nadeska Alexis, Lil Wayne, Estelle, Tor Myhren, ” Myhren, there's Organizations: LAS VEGAS, Super, Apple Music, Pepsi, Apple, NFL, Jay, Apple Music Radio

☆ Opinion: ‘Boysober’ comes with some baggage
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Are you sure you’re doing the right thing? Whereas “self-partnered’ connotes a vague but cheerful sense of romantic self-care, “boysober” very obviously comes with baggage. To get painfully literal about it: The existence of “boysober” implies the existence of “boydrunk.” Going boysober, one can therefore assume, isn’t just about celibacy or a break from dating. Woodard gets into this in a YouTube video she’s posted ahead of a podcast series on her boysober project. Even if you’re not wholly sure what you’re doing, claiming some agency over that process is reassuring.

Persons: Holly Thomas, Katie Couric, Holly Thomas Holly Thomas, we’ve, Hope Woodard, She’s, she’s, “, Woodard, Emma Watson, ”, she’d “, she’d, Watson, —, It’s, it’s, There’s, you’re Organizations: Katie Couric Media, CNN, New York Times, That’s Locations: London, Tennessee, ”

☆ Opinion: The Jennifer Crumbley verdict is a powerful warning to parents
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Opinion Jennifer Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Prosecutors alleged that the Crumbley parents willfully disregarded warning signs that their son was in crisis, did not heed concerns of school administrators, bought him a gun days before the shooting and failed to lock it up. Yet, research shows that even parents who think their guns are inaccessible to minors are mistaken. Distributed responsibilityMost parents want their children to be safe, yet many continue to enable household access to loaded guns. In fact, a recent study shows that states often loosened gun laws after mass shootings, especially states with Republican legislatures. This case opens the door for parents to be held legally accountable, and reminds all parents of their responsibilities when it comes to gun safety.

Persons: Jennifer Tucker, Jennifer Crumbley, Ethan Crumbley, She’ll, Jennifer Tucker Olivia Drake, Shannon Smith, ”, Sig Sauer, James Crumbley, “, it’s, Payton Gendron, Robert Crimo Organizations: Wesleyan University, Wesleyan’s Center, Guns and Society, Brennan Center for Justice, NYU Law School, CNN, Prosecutors, RMA Armament, Buffalo, Buffalo News, Giffords Law Center, “, District of Columbia, American Medical Association, National Rifle Association Locations: Oxford, Michigan, Buffalo , New York, Buffalo, Chicago, Highland Park , Illinois, Illinois, Virginia, American

More than any film I’ve made, “Tenet” was designed to have this very theatrical, IMAX, larger than life identity. VILLENEUVE: It was not planned that I would get an IMAX film release. Or, I didn’t leave film, film left me and my heart was broken. NOLAN: I just like hearing the guy who made “Dune Two” be like “it’s all about money.” I’ve seen that film. On every film I’ve ever done, including “Oppenheimer,” I first showed it to the studio on cut and copy, taped together, splices and everything.

Persons: — Christopher Nolan, “ Oppenheimer, “ Tenet ”, “, ” Nolan, ’, Pam Abdy, Michael De Luca, “ Tenet, Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, ”, NOLAN, I’ve, Chris, … NOLAN, VILLENEUVE, I’m, Chris Nolan, ” Emma, Thomas, …, it’s, We’ve, “ Oppenheimer ”, ” I’ve, That’s, Emma, hadn’t, You’re, Steven Spielberg Organizations: UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif, Associated Press, Warner Bros, Universal, AP, Kodak, VILLENEUVE, Warners, Avid Locations: New York, Los Angeles, London, Melbourne, Nashville , Tennessee, Tempe , Arizona, VILLENEUVE

☆ A Tender Debut Novel About the Beauty and Pain of First Love
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Maxwell Gillmer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When we meet Daniel, he is quiet, nerdy and prone to self-doubt. On the surface, he resembles the type of boy who would have tormented Daniel in high school, but Sam is different, Daniel realizes. From the moment they meet, Sam is nothing but warmhearted, and Daniel cannot help developing a starry-eyed crush on him. He can’t seem to pin down Sam’s sexuality, and on the chance Sam is attracted to men, is he attracted to Daniel? In the first half of the novel, Daniel feels the boundary between friendship and romance blurring, but that raises new questions: What are Sam and Daniel to each other?

Persons: Andrés, ”, “, Daniel de La Luna, Daniel, Sam Organizations: WE, THE Locations: Mexican American, Ithaca, N.Y

☆ Opinion | How Art Creates Us
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-25 | by ( David Brooks | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Recently, while browsing in the Museum of Modern Art store in New York, I came across a tote bag with the inscription, “You are no longer the same after experiencing art.” It’s a nice sentiment, I thought, but is it true? Or to be more specific: Does consuming art, music, literature and the rest of what we call culture make you a better person? Ages ago, Aristotle thought it did, but these days a lot of people seem to doubt it. Since the early 2000s, fewer and fewer people say that they visit art museums and galleries, go to see plays or attend classical music concerts, opera or ballet. Thanks to Hurston she had a new way to see, a deeper way to connect to her own heritage.

Persons: ”, Aristotle, They’ve, George Eliot, I’m, Alice Walker, Zora Neale Hurston, Hurston Organizations: Museum of Modern, tote, College, Workers Locations: New York

☆ Trump makes history again as he powers toward Republican nomination
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Nothing seems to be stopping Donald Trump as he surges toward his third consecutive Republican nomination. And yet, Trump spent Tuesday night seething, sources told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, because his sole remaining GOP rival, former South Carolina Gov. Trump criticized Haley publicly and privately and urged his political aides to up their attacks on her, Collins reported. But even while in office, Trump never lost sight of his core political formula — his reputation as an insurgent outsider. With 88% of the vote in from the primary, Haley trailed Trump by about 11 points.

Persons: Donald Trump, Joe Biden, Trump, CNN’s Kaitlan Collins, Nikki Haley, isn’t, Haley, Collins, There’s, that’s, Joe Biden’s, he’s, —, ”, Ron DeSantis, he’ll, “, ” Trump, “ Ron, DeSantis, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, Vivek Ramaswamy, George Santos, ” Haley, “ Trump, Chris Christie, she’ll, Haley shouldn’t, –, Lisa Kent, CNN’s Kate Sullivan Organizations: CNN, Republican, New, GOP, South Carolina Gov, New Hampshire, Trump Republican Party, Trump can’t, Biden, Florida Gov, White, South, UN, Trump Locations: New Hampshire, Iowa, Washington, Nashua, South Carolina, –, New, “, Wilmington , Delaware, Haley , New Hampshire, Granite, Connecticut, Concord

☆ With Wit and Understatement, a Press Veteran Reflects on His Trade
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Dwight Garner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Trillin has long been more in demand as a eulogist, in Manhattan’s interlocking journalism and literary worlds, than probably anyone alive. He has a) a fundamental decency, b) a phlegmatic manner and c) a deadpan wit that delivers, like an inoculation, hurt and healing at the same time. nonfan might attend a Knicks game solely because he’d heard that Chaka Khan would be singing the national anthem. But it makes sense to have this material in one place, and this book is buoyant and crunchy from end to end. Trillin can be counted on to hand the world back clearer than it was before he picked it up.

Persons: Calvin Trillin, Ottessa Moshfegh, ”, Trillin, they’ve, nonfan, he’d, Chaka Khan, Edna Buchanan, Johnny Apple, Joe Bob Briggs — Organizations: Press, Knicks, The, Yorker, Miami, New York Times Locations: Texas

☆ Opinion | Overturning ‘Chevron’ Can Help Rebalance the Constitutional Order
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-21 | by ( David French | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The case, which revisits a judicial doctrine known as the “Chevron deference,” has been widely described as a conservative effort to limit government. Impeachment gives Congress the power to fire not only the president but also any member of the Supreme Court. Even if the president takes the exceptional step of vetoing a bill it has passed, Congress has the power to override that veto. And the Constitution gives Congress immense power over the federal judiciary. Congress defines the number of judges and justices, sets their compensation and defines the full extent of their jurisdiction.

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☆ Trump is building his power at home while global leaders dread his return
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Trump has invigorated an initially lackluster White House bid by leveraging his multiple criminal indictments to create a narrative of political persecution. On Thursday, CNN’s congressional team reported that senators trying to cut an immigration deal with the White House are running into a problem: Trump. The aid measure is being held up by the immigration showdown to which it was linked — perhaps unwisely many Democrats now think — by the White House. It has caused particular consternation in Europe after the transatlantic alliance was constantly rattled by Trump during his White House term. That’s likely to be a pale imitation of what awaits if he gets back to the White House.

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☆ Elon Musk demands another huge payday from Tesla
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk says he wants a significantly larger stake in Tesla than the one that already made him the richest person on the planet. Enough to be influential, but not so much that I can’t be overturned,” Musk wrote in a post on X. Musk and the Tesla board of directors were accused of breaching their fiduciary duties for waste and unjust enrichment. Musk on Monday said he and Tesla are waiting for ruling in the case before they agree to a new pay package. But Musk said a dual-class system at Tesla was a nonstarter, blaming a “post-IPO Delaware.” It’s unclear exactly what Musk meant by that.

Persons: New York CNN — Elon Musk, Musk, Tesla, ” Musk, “, Mark Zuckerberg, ”, they’re Organizations: New, New York CNN, Wall Street, Tesla, Fidelity, Meta, Vanguard, BlackRock, Regulators Locations: New York, Tesla, Worth, Delaware, BlackRock

☆ Opinion: ‘Self Reliance’ takes on American individualism at its most absurd
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Hollywood films of diverse genres have one point in common — they’re all about the most important person in the universe. That most important person could be an amnesiac assassin fighting a mysterious government conspiracy, or some guy (or girl) seeking true love. They are the main character; everyone else is secondary. The goal of life is success and self-actualization as the main character of your own dream. He’s the most important person in a whole range of familiar narratives, all crammed haphazardly into a 90-minute run time.

Persons: Noah Berlatsky, Noah Berlatsky Noah Berlatsky, Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra, Tim Ferriss, Marianne Williamson, Jake Johnson’s, you’d, Tommy Walcott, Johnson, Natalie Morales, Andy Samberg, John Wick, baddies, Tommy, isn’t, Maddy, Anna Kendrick, —, he’s, squinty, “, ”, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Tommy isn’t, what’s, Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, we’d, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, Truman Locations: Chicago

New York CNN —Winter weather, combined with the grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft, is causing major disruptions for air travel. There have been more than more than 2000 flight cancellations Friday, the highest number since July 2023, data from the tracking site FlightAware show. Cancellations due to the grounding of the 737 Max 9 planes are also contributing to the totals. More than 200 United and Alaska Airlines flights have been cancelled each day this week due to the FAA-mandated grounding. 737 Max 9 delaysPassengers on Alaska Airlines and United Airlines have been marred by hundreds of flight cancellations this week.

Persons: Max, ”, “, Boeing “, Dave Calhoun, Calhoun, Jennifer Homendy, CNN’s “ Anderson Cooper, Scott Kirby, Pete Buttigieg, United, CNN’s Marnie Hunter, Forrest Brown, Paradise Afshar, Elizabeth Wolfe, Gregory Wallace, Pete Muntean, Sara Smart, Chris Isidore Organizations: New, New York CNN, Boeing, Max, Midway, Alaska Airlines, FAA, United Airlines, Federal Aviation Administration, CNN, United, Tech Ops, NTSB, Wednesday, CNBC, ”, Transportation, “ Boeing Locations: New York, O’Hare, Denver, Milwaukee, United, Portland , Oregon, Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Paradise

☆ Tracy Bennett Brings Whimsy to Wordle
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-31 | by ( Emmett Lindner | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. When Tracy Bennett sits down to play Wordle, she does so with a word of six — not five — letters in mind: Whimsy. “I got one green letter and four gray letters,” she adds, referring to the game’s color-coded squares that signify which guessed letters are correct. Some may find the exercise meritless — Ms. Bennett does, after all, already know the answer. As Wordle’s first and only editor, she knows every answer to every Wordle puzzle about six weeks in advance.

Persons: Tracy Bennett, —, “ I’m, “, Ms, Bennett, Wordle’s Organizations: New York Times Games

☆ CNN took an 11-day cruise through some of the most-contested waters on Earth. Here’s what we learned
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Brad Lendon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

China claims almost all of the 1.3 million-square-mile South China Sea as its sovereign territory. In daylight hours in the South China Sea, from Ottawa’s flight deck or outdoor bridge wings, Chinese warships are often visible to the naked eye. Aviator Gregory Cole/Canadian Armed Forces PhotoOn October 29, things take a potentially dangerous turn, one that could have cost lives and ratcheted up tensions in the South China Sea to new levels. Radar operators scan their instruments in a Canadian antisubmarine warfare helicopter over the East China Sea. Hammerhead targets drones await their fate on the deck of the frigate HMCS Ottawa in the South China Sea.

Persons: Sam Patchell, Jacob Broderick ,, Ben Hughes, Gregory Cole, he’s, “, King Neptune, Xi Jinping, Brad Lendon, Rafael Peralta, Collin Koh, ” Patchell, Patchell, Aviator Gregory Cole, ”, haven’t, Xi, Rob Millen, they’d, Long, Peralta, It’s, Qinetiq, Noble, That’s, Cmdr, Sean Milley, Christine Hurov, Wally Shirra, it’s, Wally Schirra, Loverboy’s, Australia’s, doesn’t, We’ll Organizations: HMCS, HMCS Ottawa CNN, Royal Canadian Navy, Canada, United, Naval Warfare Officers, Canadian Armed Forces, US Navy, Ottawa, CNN, Canada’s Defense Ministry, Chinese Communist Party, Coast Guard, Rajaratnam, of International Studies, People’s Liberation Army Navy, PLA Navy, United Nations, Ottawa's, Cyclone, Canadian, Royal Canadian Air Force, Chinese Defense Ministry, Pentagon, troika, Peralta, Brisbane, CNN Radio, New, New Zealand Navy’s, Cmdr, HMNZS Aotearoa, Australian, Southern Hemisphere, One Locations: HMCS Ottawa, Taiwan, Ottawa, China, United States, Canadian, South China, Gaza, Ukraine, East, Washington, Singapore, Beijing, Spratly, Vietnam, Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Chinese, South, East China, CNN Beijing, Canada, Gulf of Mexico, West Coast, Australian, Brisbane, Australia, Japan, New Zealand, Okinawa, replenishments, Aotearoa, American, Ottawa’s

☆ Opinion: How Taylor Swift conquered capitalism
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Opinion Jeff Yang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —There’s a whole cottage industry in pop culture essay writing dedicated to trying to unpack why Taylor Swift is so successful. Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs onstage during Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour Live In Los Angeles at Staples Center on August 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Taylor Swift performs onstage during night one of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Nissan Stadium on May 05, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. Already a billionaire, Swift stands to personally make as much as $4.1 billion from the “Eras” tour, according to estimates cited by the Post. Keep an eye out: “The Tao of Tay: The Swift Path to Success,” coming soon to better airport bookstores everywhere.

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☆ We Aren’t Failing Trans Kids by Giving Them the Freedom to Choose - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Lydia Polgreen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

For those liberals and progressives who fret about the rapidly changing gender landscape, the agonized argument over gender-affirming care for children is different. The possibility that children might make irreversible decisions on this particular question that they later regret is, for many people, simply intolerable. So what are we saying, really, when we worry that a child will regret this particular decision, the decision to transition? For a binary identity that is supposedly so fixed and powerful, gender eludes and confounds us constantly. Efforts to define the terms “man” and “woman,” so popular on the campaign trail as gender identity has become a white hot issue in our politics, inevitably end in unsatisfying tautologies.

Persons: Gallup, ” It’s, Webster Organizations: Merriam

☆ Opinion: This word of the year has a big problem
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Opinion Holly Thomas | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

According to Merriam-Webster, the word of 2023 is “authentic.” And unlike the dictionary’s last few choices, it’s plagued by contradictions. As Buzzfeed and other outlets made very clear, she was the down-to-earth embodiment of the “cool girl” persona first popularized by Gillian Flynn’s 2012 novel, “Gone Girl,” a riotous, happy-go-lucky sex symbol. Almost overnight, the “cool girl” aura she epitomized was recast. Online, our miniature social media platforms take cues from celebrities’ mega ones. Should we even post about our mental health on social media, if we wouldn’t be comfortable telling our boss about it in person?

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☆ A French Thriller About a Kidfluencer Gone Missing
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( Madeleine Feeny | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

A somewhat didactic early chapter describes the explosive (and real-life) arrival in 2001 of the French reality show “Loft Story,” in which everyday contestants spend 70 days trapped in a surveilled house together before being released back into reality, fresh prey for their newfound fans. In de Vigan’s novel, both Clara Roussel and Mélanie Claux were schoolgirls when they watched its finale. “They’d believed that Big Brother would be incarnated in an outside power, authoritarian and totalitarian,” de Vigan writes of Clara’s family. “But Big Brother hadn’t needed to use force. Their paths cross when Mélanie’s daughter, Kimmy, disappears outside her home in November 2019.

Persons: Delphine de Vigan, Alison Anderson, “, ”, Delphine de Vigan’s, Clara Roussel, Mélanie, “ They’d, Vigan, hadn’t, Big Brother, Clara Organizations: YouTube, Paris Locations: Delphine, Vigan, French

Overnight, OpenAI announced that it had an “agreement in principle” to reinstall Sam Altman as C.E.O., while the board members who pushed him out are departing. The news was greeted rapturously by the ChatGPT creator’s employees, most of whom had threatened to quit and join Altman at Microsoft. Altman and those focused more on commercializing the technology came out ahead of those worried about its apocalyptic potential. Gone are Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner and Ilya Sutskever, three of the four directors who ousted Altman. That board will help select a bigger permanent one, according to The Verge, which may include representation for Microsoft, OpenAI’s biggest investor.

Persons: OpenAI, Sam Altman, Altman, Tasha McCauley, Helen Toner, Ilya Sutskever, Bret Taylor, Larry Summers, Adam D’Angelo, Satya Nadella, Microsoft’s, ” Organizations: Microsoft, Treasury Locations: Silicon

Impossible is often just a starting point on a Christopher Nolan film and “Oppenheimer,”about the father of the atomic bomb, was no exception. She told them at the time that if there were ever a zombie apocalypse, they were the people she’d want to be with. “Every day there’s something that happens and you have to figure out a way out of it. It was the perfect claustrophobic, unglamourous and period-specific setting for a humiliating ordeal designed to make Oppenheimer feel small. When he glued it all together, it sounded perfect — but perfect felt wrong.

Persons: Christopher Nolan, “ Oppenheimer, ”, Gary Oldman, Harry S, Truman, Emma Thomas can’t, ” Thomas, Ruth De Jong, Hoyte van Hoytema, Jennifer Lame, Chris, Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, “, ” Abel, Nolan, ” McIntosh, Oppenheimer ”, Ellen Mirojnick, Mirojnick, Oppenheimer, De Jong, ” Nolan, van, van Hoytema, Lame, Emily Blunt, Ludwig Göransson’s, Oppenheimer’s, “ Oppenheimer ”, that’s, Serena McKinney, Andrew Jackson, Chris Nolan, Richard King, you’ve, King, ” Jackson, Göransson, ” it’s Organizations: Associated Press, Washington, Trinity Locations: Alamos, New Mexico, Los Angeles, Southern California, Dunkirk, ”

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