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(AP) — Alec Baldwin didn't have to pay anything to resolve a $25 million lawsuit filed by family members of a Marine killed in Afghanistan after the actor chastised them on social media over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, Baldwin's attorney said. Rylee McCollum, of Jackson, Wyoming, When the McCollum family didn’t file an amended lawsuit as Ramos invited to do before a September deadline, the judge closed the case in October. Lawyers for both sides, including McCollum family attorney Dennis Postiglione, did not comment further on the case when contacted by email Thursday. Reached by email Wednesday, Postiglione declined to comment and said the McCollum family would not comment. The lawsuit was filed as Baldwin faced legal peril for the death of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set in 2021.

Persons: — Alec Baldwin didn't, Edgardo Ramos, Lance Cpl, Rylee McCollum, McCollum, Ramos, Baldwin, Luke Nikas, Dennis Postiglione, Postiglione, Roice McCollum, ”, Donald Trump’s Jan, Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza Organizations: U.S . Capitol, U.S . Southern, of New, Associated Press, Washington , D.C, FBI Locations: Afghanistan, U.S, Jackson , Wyoming, Kabul, Wyoming, New York, Washington ,, New Mexico

☆ How Jewish People Built the American Theater
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +46 min

Let Us Tell You A Story How Jewish people built the American theater as we know it. The theater, which for many Jews was a major way of becoming American in the first place, seems unable to acknowledge that the danger that American Jews face is not just historical, and not just onstage. (Both of Adler’s parents were Yiddish theater stars — her father, Jacob Adler, was a renowned Shylock in 1903.) Embedding their own observation and experience within Stanislavsky’s, along with the best of Yiddish theater and a generous dollop of Freud, they converted the American theater to Judaism. Sara Krulwich/The New York TimesThe Jewish contribution to the creation of the American theater was built on the acknowledgment of a larger humanity alive within each of us, available to some, with natural empathy and rigorous training.

Persons: Glocca, “, Lerner, Loewe, ”, Isidore Hochberg, Burton Lane, né Burton Levy, William Goldman, “ Killybegs, Sammy Davis Jr, Julie Andrews, Connie Francis, Rosemary Clooney, Tommy Dorsey, Davis, —, Arthur Miller’s “, joyously, Jason Schmidt, Christine Jones, Miller, I’ve, Marilyn Monroe, Robert Brustein, Neil Simon’s, ” Cynthia Ozick, Sholom, Philip Roth, Simon, Leonard Bernstein, Matt Nadel, Bradley, Bernstein, “ Maestro, Shylock, William Shakespeare’s “, Venice ”, Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe’s, Farah Karim, Cooper, Bard ”, “ Merchant, Tom Stoppard’s, Sara Krulwich, Ansky’s, Stella Adler, Bessie Berger, Clifford Odets’s, Arthur Miller, Elia Kazan, Francis Joseph Bruguière, Billy Rose, Eugene Smith, Roth, Arthur Schnitzler, Juliet Stevenson, Ruth Wolff, Lorraine Hansberry’s, Sidney’s, Alex Edelman’s “, Leo Frank, Bernard B, Frank, Mandy Patinkin, James Lapine, Stephen Sondheim’s, George, Martha Swope, outspokenness, creatives, Oscar Isaac, Sidney, “ Sidney Brustein, Isaac, Stevenson, Robert Icke, Roman Catholic Cooper, Rachel Brosnahan, Maisel, Joan Rivers —, Brosnahan, Sidney Brustein’s, Alec Guinness, Fagin, “ Oliver Twist, I’m, Micaela Diamond, Ben Platt, Lucille, Alfred Uhry, Jason Robert Brown’s, Rivers, Wolff, Robert, Republic ”, isn’t, LEE Strasberg, Konstantin Stanislavsky’s, Fyodor Ivanovich, Strasberg, Israel Strassberg, Zalmon, Srulke, Joseph Stein, Sheldon Harnick, Jerry Bock’s “, Bette Midler, Jackie Hoffman, Photofest Stanislavsky, Theater’s, Isaac Butler, Stanislavsky, Harold Clurman, George Bernard Shaw, Henrik Ibsen, Clurman, Adler, Jacob Adler, Freud, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Ruthie Rivkin, Jerome Weidman, Harold Rome’s “, John Weidman, disown Strasberg, Sanford Meisner, Bobby Lewis, né, Marlon Brando, James Dean, Meisner, Robert Duvall, Lewis, Meryl Streep, Clifford Odets, Jacob Garfinkle, Jules Garfield, Odets, Sam Feinschreiber, Garfield, Ralph Berger, wasn’t, John, Tovah Feldshuh, Golda Meir, William Gibson’s, Aaron Epstein, exigencies, Bessie, Feinschreiber —, loveless, William Fox, Louis B, Mayer, Jack Warner, Marjorie Morningstar ”, Morgenstern, Marjorie, Natalie Wood, Anne Frank ”, Millie Perkins, Audrey Hepburn, Susan Strasberg —, Ibsen, Sholom Aleichem, August Wilson, Daveed Diggs, Thomas Jefferson, Lin, Manuel Miranda’s “ Hamilton ”, Adrian Lester, Emanuel Lehman —, Barbra Streisand, Marmelstein, George Silk, Miller’s, Sophie Okonedo, Elizabeth Proctor, Ben Whishaw, John Proctor, Jan Versweyveld, Don’t, — Bernstein, Stoppard, Schnitzler, Jeanine Tesori, Tony Kushner’s “ Caroline, Sharon D Clarke, Adam Makké, Noah Gellman, Leo, Stoppard —, Hermine, ” Leo Frank, there’s, Matthew Broderick, Eugene Jerome, it’s, Edelman’s, Queens bigots, David Yosef Shimon ben Elazar Reuven Alexander Halevi Edelman, Woody Allen, Joshua Harmon’s, — George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers, Porgy, Bess ”, Barns, Alex Edelman, Paula Vogel, Harvey Fierstein, Jordan Taylor Fuller, — that’s, Wendell Pierce, Friedman, Jacobs, Hirschfeld, Gershwin, Rodgers, PAULA VOGEL, BRANDON URANOWITZ, DAVID CROMER, MICAELA DIAMOND, TONY KUSHNER, Diamond, Monica Rich Kosann, Marco Bicego, JESSE EISENBERG, MATTHEW BRODERICK, AMY HERZOG, LESLIE RODRIGUEZ KRITZER, JOEL GREY, Herzog, Michael Kors, Kritzer, Marco, HARVEY FIERSTEIN, LIEV SCHREIBER, ETHAN SLATER, IDINA MENZEL, TINA LANDAU Organizations: Broadway, Broadway’s Lyceum, “, of Venice, New York Times, Defamation League, New York Public Library, Performing, Vandamm, Billy, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Performing Arts, New, Jacobs, Empire State, Nazi, Goyim Defense, The New York Public Library, Roman Catholic, New York City, Street, Moscow Art, Group, Hollywood, Disney, Everett, The New York Times, Philadelphia, Brit, Times Locations: Poland, American, kilts, E.Y, Harburg, Kilkerry, Kildare, Philadelphia, New York, Polish, Massachusetts, Vichy, Biloxi, Venice, Malta, of, ”, Germany, playgoers, Sweden, England, United States, Pittsburgh, Nazi, Brustein’s, Greenwich, Georgia, Gutenberg, “, Atlanta, Republic, New, Konstantin Stanislavsky’s Moscow, Russian, America, Moscow, Stanislavsky’s, Clurman, Eastern Europe, Czech, Austrian, Auschwitz, Heini, Southern, Brighton, Rivers, French Republic, “ Brigadoon

"These measures could boost (earnings) growth and help asset prices recover in 2024," Liu said. As per the forecasts, the consumer staples and software sectors are set to post earnings growth of 40% and 30%, respectively. The consumer discretionary and industrial sectors are each expected to see roughly 20% growth, while the real estate sector may grow 18%. Such stable or growth-centric government policies would also boost investor confidence in the e-commerce and consumer sectors, Lau added. Maurer, however, points to how cheap Chinese stocks are and that the risks might already be priced in.

Persons: Minyue Liu, Liu, John Lau, Lau, Alec Jin, Jin, Caroline Yu Maurer, Maurer, Patturaja Murugaboopathy, Vidya Ranganathan Organizations: BNP, Management, Asia Pacific, SEI, Reuters, Reuters Graphics, Stock Connect, HSBC Asset Management, Thomson Locations: Asia, China, Shanghai, U.S

☆ How climate change got sucked into the culture wars
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Laura Paddison | Ella Nilsen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

For an example of how climate change is increasingly becoming a flashpoint in the culture wars, Germany is a good place to start. Meanwhile, Spain’s far-right Vox party vowed to defend the country against “the new climate religion.”But to understand why climate change and the culture wars have become so enmeshed globally, experts say the United States probably holds the key. It’s effective, it does scare people.”The origins of the climate culture war in the US lie in the early 1990s, when a new push for global climate action collided with big geopolitical change, McCright said. Lightning rod for right wing mediaConservative media has played an outsized role in fueling culture war narratives, according to experts. Fox has “been laying the groundwork necessary for positioning climate policies as a culture war issue for a long time,” she said.

Persons: —, stoked, ”, Miranda Schreurs, Anger, Green, Kristin Brinker, Jörg, Stephan Lewandowsky, Rishi Sunak, “, ” Sunak, Vox, Ron DeSantis, ” DeSantis, Aaron McCright, McCright, ” McCright, ’, Brandon Bell, Lewandowsky, “ you’d, ” Alec Tyson, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Sen, Ed Markey, Allison Fisher, Fisher, Fox, didn’t, Ed Matthew, Matthew said, Jennie King, ” King, Germany —, Matthew of E3G, ” Schreurs, “ it’s Organizations: CNN, Green Party, Technical University of Munich, University of Bristol, British, Justice, Florida Gov, Republican, Michigan State University, Oil, Republicans, Pew Research, Pew, Conservative, Massachusetts, Green, Deal, Fox, Media, Institute for Strategic Locations: Germany, Charlottenburg, Berlin, Europe, United States, West Texas, Florida, American, Kyoto, Soviet Union, Federal, Midland , Texas, Alexandria, Cortez of New York

As Open AI employees celebrated the return of CEO Sam Altman with a five-alarm office party , OpenAI software engineer Steven Heidel was busy publicly rebuffing overtures from Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. Heidel was one of more than 700 OpenAI employees who's threatened exodus halted a would-be mutiny at one of Silicon Valley's most important AI companies. He was previously a scientist at Facebook AI Research and worked as a member of Google Brain under supervision of Prof. Geoffrey Hinton and Ilya Sutskever. Alec Radford: Radford was hired in 2016 from a small AI company he founded in his dorm room. Tao Xu : technical staff, worked on GPT4 and WhisperChristine McLeavey : technical staff, with contributions to music-related productsChristina Kim : technical staffChristopher Hesse : technical staffHeewoo Jun : technical staff, researchAlex Nichol : technical staff, researchWilliam Fedus: technical staff, researchIlge Akkaya: technical staff, researchVineet Kosaraju : technical staff, researchHenrique Ponde de Oliveira Pinto : technical staffAditya Ramesh : technical staff, developed DALL-E and DALL-E 2Prafulla Dhariwal : research scientistHunter Lightman : technical staffHarrison Edwards : research scientistYura Burda : machine language researcherTyna Eloundou : technical staff, researchPamela Mishkin : researcherCasey Chu : researcherDavid Dohan : technical staff, researchAidan Clark : researcherRaul Puri : research scientistLeo Gao : technical staff, researchYang Song : technical staff, researchGiambattista ParascandoloTodor Markov : Machine learning researcherNick Ryder : technical staff

Persons: Sam Altman, Steven Heidel, Marc Benioff, Heidel, Altman, Mira Murati, Murati, Brad Lightcap, Lightcap, Jason Kwon, Kwon, Wojciech Zaremba, Geoffrey Hinton, Ilya Sutskever, Alec Radford, Radford, OpenAI, Peter Welinder, He's, Github Copilot, Anna Makanju, Andrej Karpathy, OpenAI's, Michael Petrov, Petrov, Greg [ Brockman, Miles Brundage, Brundage, John Schulman OpenAI, Srinivas Narayanan, Scott Grey, Grey, Bob McGrew, Research Che Chang, Lillian Weng, Safety Systems Mark Chen, Frontiers Research Barret Zoph, Peter Deng, Jan Leike Evan Morikawa Steven Heidel Jong Wook Kim, Tao Xu, Christine McLeavey, Christina Kim, Christopher Hesse, Heewoo, Alex Nichol, William Fedus, Henrique Ponde de Oliveira Pinto, Aditya Ramesh, Hunter Lightman, Harrison Edwards, Yura, Tyna, Pamela Mishkin, Casey Chu, David Dohan, Aidan Clark, Raul Puri, Leo Gao, Yang, Giambattista Parascandolo Todor Markov, Nick Ryder Organizations: Business, BI, OpenAI, Khosla Ventures, Facebook, Research, Google, Tesla, U.S . Department of Energy, Oxford University, Safety Systems, Frontiers Research Locations: Albania, Canada, OpenAI

There's a history of Christmas pudding charms, to be hidden within the holiday treat. And there's an angel made of beads by an artisan in the Woza Moya collective of South Africa. The photographer behind the Instagram account Brown Girls Do Ballet has put together a celebratory essay in images of just that. More than 1,100 color images included in this broad overview, Glaser’s wit ever-present. Includes rarely seen images and recollections from Salt-N-Pepa, Public Enemy, Run-D.M.C., Mary J. Blige and more.

Persons: Slim Aarons, Shawn Waldron, Abrams, “, David Trigg, Sam Bilton, Dolph Gotelli, Moya, “ Lena Horne, Donald Bogle, Bogle, TaKiyah Wallace, McMillian, Kailyn Scales, Leventhal, Dutton, Chef Gabriel “, Kim Laidlaw, Guilbeau, Taylor Sheridan, John, Kayce, Beth, Hal Rubenstein, Mary Tyler Moore's, Laura Petrie, Dick Van Dyke, ” Moore, Rubenstein, Dawn Wells, Mary Ann, Molly Adams, Sydney Golden Anderson, Adams, Golden Anderson, “ Thom Browne, ”, Thom Browne, Andrew Bolton, Johnny Dufort, Browne's, Karida L, Brown, Charly Palmer, W.E.B, Du Bois, They've, Langston Hughes, Jenni Nuttall, Mark Seliger, Seliger, Joe Jonas, Sophie Turner, Chadwick, Will Smith, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robert De Niro, ” Abrams, Lindsey Taylor, Taylor, “ Milton Glaser, Steven Heller, Mirko Ilić, Beth Kleber, Glaser, Glaser busied, “ LL, LL Cool, Vikki Tobak, Alec Banks, Mary J, Blige, Peep Ludacris Organizations: Hollywood, Getty Images, Phaidon, Running Press, CBS, HarperCollins, Sydney, Feminist Bird, National Wildlife Federation, Princeton Architectural Press, Families, Chronicle, Exeter College, “, Wall, Rizzoli New Locations: Palm Beach, Rome, tailgaters, Aiken , South Carolina, South Africa, Brooklyn, Louisiana, Bolton, New York, Rizzoli New York

☆ Travis Kelce is ready to talk about dating Taylor Swift
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Jackie Castillo | Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

He’s the cover star of WSJ Magazine’s new issue and he’s spilling tea about being Taylor Swift’s new man. I’ve never dealt with it,” Kelce told the publication of Swift’s life in the spotlight. Kelce described his new girlfriend as “hilarious” and “a genius.”They share similar world views, he said, including when it comes to family. Folks around Kelce were more nervous about his first date with the super star singer than he was. “That was the biggest thing to me: make sure I don’t say anything that would push Taylor away,” he told WSJ magazine.

Persons: Taylor Swift, China's Xi, Charissa Thompson, Alec Baldwin, Taylor, Lion, Travis Kelce wasn’t, I’ve, ” Kelce, I’m, Kelce, ”, “, Swift, “ She’ll, he’s, Donna Kelce Organizations: CNN, iTunes, SNL, ”, Kansas City Chiefs, “ Locations: Mexico, Arrowhead, New York City

☆ John Legend and Charli XCX agreed to have their voices cloned by YouTube. It's the start of an AI war among musicians.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

YouTube has launched a new AI music tool that will let creators use the voices of famous artists. AdvertisementYouTube has launched a new AI music tool that lets creators use the voices of famous artists. The company's AI experiment, Dream Track, marks one of the first real attempts to commercialize AI-generated music. Launched on Thursday, the tool will allow some creators to use AI versions of artists' voices for soundtracks of up to 30 seconds. AdvertisementIn the blogpost published by YouTube, Puth said he was "excited and inspired" by the project.

Persons: Charlie Puth, Charli XCX, Demi Lovato, —, Alec Benjamin, John Legend, Sia, Troye Sivan, Puth, Drake, Nick Cave Organizations: YouTube, Service, Universal Music Group, Google, Bloomberg, Spotify

☆ Previously unreleased videos show Alec Baldwin firing prop gun with blanks and directing 'Rust' crew on safety
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Chloe Melas | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The footage was recorded days before Baldwin's prop gun fired a live round of ammunition on set, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. It isn't clear how much of the footage prosecutors reviewed or whether they reviewed any of the five videos. It is so far the most substantive film footage of Baldwin acting scenes and firing prop guns on the set of "Rust." The third video shows Baldwin in character repeatedly firing a prop gun before he runs out of dummy rounds. In the fourth and fifth videos, Baldwin stops filming to check on the safety of the crew.

Persons: Alec Baldwin, Halyna Hutchins, Baldwin, hasn't, Kari Morrissey —, Jason Lewis —, Morrissey, Luke Nikas, Alex Spiro didn't, Nikas, Spiro, Prosecutors haven't, Dave Halls, Halls, George Stephanopoulos, Hannah Gutierrez, Reed Organizations: NBC News, Rust Movie, NBC, Prosecutors, Sheriff's, ABC News, CNN Locations: New Mexico, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Mexico

☆ Alec Baldwin: New videos show Alec Baldwin on ‘Rust’ set with prop gun days before fatal gunfire
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Melissa Alonso | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A series of videos exclusively obtained by NBC News show actor Alec Baldwin handling at least one prop gun during filming of the movie “Rust,” days before a deadly on-set shooting. The new videos are among dozens requested from Rust Movie Productions LLC by special prosecutors in the spring, NBC reported. CNN has reached out to attorneys for Baldwin and prosecutors for comment but has not heard back. His attorneys told CNN in October they will address the case in court. “It is unfortunate that a terrible tragedy has been turned into this misguided prosecution,” Baldwin’s attorneys, Luke Nikas and Alex Spiro, told CNN in a statement.

Persons: Alec Baldwin, Baldwin, Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza, ”, Luke Nikas, Alex Spiro Organizations: CNN, NBC News, Rust Movie, NBC Locations: Mexico, New Mexico, Santa Fe

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Prosecutors are preparing to present evidence to a grand jury against Alec Baldwin in the fatal 2021 shooting of a cinematographer on the set of a Western movie in New Mexico. A grand jury did not take up the case Thursday and a decision on whether to revive criminal charges against Baldwin still could be weeks away. They later pivoted after receiving a new analysis of the gun and will ask a grand jury to consider recharging Baldwin. NEXT STEPSA grand jury could weigh whether there is “probable cause” to bring charges against Baldwin as the target of the investigation. A case can’t be brought twice before a grand jury on the same evidence, so if they don't proceed this time a second grand jury is less likely.

Persons: Alec Baldwin, Baldwin, “, ”, Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza, “ Rust, armorer Hannah Gutierrez, Reed, Neama, Gutierrez, Rahmani, he's, ” Rahmani, Baldwin —, Lucien Haag, Kari Morrissey, Jason Lewis, Hutchins, David Halls Organizations: SANTA FE, — Prosecutors, Baldwin, West, Trial, NBC, FBI, Forensic Science Services Locations: SANTA, New Mexico, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, Southern California, Arizona, Malibu

☆ Some of the trillions parked in cash may trickle back in to stocks now that the market's rallying
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

2023: The year of chasing yield Investors historically chase after stock performance, but 2023 has been the year of chasing after yield performance. This year, the combined assets under management at money market funds grew to a record $6 trillion. There have been large inflows into short-term Treasury funds like the Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (VGSH) and, surprisingly, even into long-term Treasury ETFs like the iShares 20+Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT). Still, some think a large chunk of the money in short-term Treasuries and money markets is "scared money" and will be "sticky." Those institutional investors "Don't want any money in cash because it will lag behind the stock market," he told me.

Persons: Paul McCulley, they're, Mark Lehman, Eric Balchunas, Jeff Seyffart, Alec Young, Steve Sosnick, Jim Besaw, Besaw, Mike O'Rourke, JonesTrading, Matt Maley, Miller Tabak, Chris Murphy Organizations: Federal, CNBC, Citizens JMP Securities, Treasury, Treasury Bond ETF, Bloomberg, Schwab Money Fund, MapSignals, Interactive Brokers, Gentrust, UBS Locations: Susquehanna

☆ Suella Braverman fired as David Cameron returns to UK government
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-13 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

The hardline Home Secretary Suella Braverman was fired early on Monday morning, after making inflammatory comments about the policing of pro-Palestinian protests in central London over the weekend. Cameron served as prime minister from 2010 to 2016, resigning after Britain voted to leave the European Union in a referendum that he had called. Unlike Braverman, neither Cleverly nor Cameron are likely to go off script and lash out at the police or protesters. Monday marks the second time in just over a year that Braverman has been sacked as home secretary. Under Sunak, Braverman spearheaded a heavily publicised push to clamp down on small boat crossings made by asylum-seekers.

Persons: London CNN — Britain’s, Rishi Sunak, David Cameron, Suella Braverman, Sunak, Cameron, Downing, James, Braverman, London’s, Braverman’s, ” Neil Basu, we’ve, King Charles, Alec Douglas, –, Edward Heath’s, “, ”, —, ” Cameron, Tories ’, Carl Court, Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, Jeremy Hunt, they’d, Liz Truss’s shambolic, lambasting “, Keir Starmer, ” Starmer Organizations: London CNN, Britain, European Union, Downing Street, Times, London, Sunak, BBC, Downing, Conservative Party, Liberal Democrats, Tories, EU, Braverman, Human, Rwanda –, Conservatives, Labour Party Locations: London, Braverman, Downing, Westminster, Cameron, Rwanda, Britain, United Kingdom

☆ NHL roundup: William Nylander extends streak, Leafs edge Flames
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

[1/5] Nov 10, 2023; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Max Domi (11) goes after a loose puck against the Calgary Flames during the third period at Scotiabank Arena. William Nylander scored twice and had an assist for Toronto to extend his points streak to 14 games -- a team record to open a season. Calle Jarnkrok and John Tavares also scored for the Maple Leafs, who had lost five of their previous six games (1-3-2). Connor Zary, Nikita Zadorov, A.J, Greer and Martin Pospisil scored for the Flames, who had won their two previous games after losing six straight. Panthers 5 Hurricanes 2Rookie defenseman Uvis Balinskis scored his first NHL goal, leading host Florida over Carolina in Sunrise.

Persons: Max Domi, John E, William Nylander, Calle Jarnkrok, John Tavares, Joseph Woll, Connor Zary, Nikita Zadorov, Greer, Martin Pospisil, Dan Vladar, Alec Martinez, Adin Hill, Alex Pietrangelo, William Karlsson, Brett Howden, San Jose, Michael Amadio, Kaapo Kahkonen, Owen Tippett, Travis Sanheim, Cam Atkinson, Sean Couturier, Louie Belpedio, Sam Ersson, Joel Farabee, Leo Carlsson, Uvis Balinskis, Matthew Tkachuk, Carter Verhaeghe, Aleksander Barkov, Kevin Stenlund, Sam Reinhart, Sergei Bobrovsky, Devon Levi, Jeff Skinner, JJ Peterka, Levi, Skinner, Filip Gustavsson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, Nicolas Aube, Beck Malenstyn, Tom Wilson, Charlie Lindgren, Timo Meier, Dawson Mercer, Vitek Vanecek, Akira Schmid Organizations: CAN, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, Scotiabank Arena, Calle, Maple Leafs, Toronto, Flames, Golden Knights, Sharks, Vegas, San, Flyers, Ducks, Philadelphia, Panthers, Hurricanes, NHL, Eastern, Devon, Buffalo, Minnesota, Sabres, Capitals, Devils, Thomson Locations: Toronto , Ontario, Toronto, A.J, San Jose, Las Vegas, Anaheim, Florida, Carolina, Sunrise, Washington, New Jersey, Newark, Nicolas, Kubel

☆ Alec Baldwin makes surprise return to ‘Saturday Night Live’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

In October 2021, Baldwin was rehearsing on the set of his western film “Rust” when a gun held by the actor fired a live round, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and injuring director Joel Souza. Baldwin denied pulling the trigger on the weapon in a previous interview with CNN. Involuntary manslaughter charges were dropped against Baldwin earlier this year. Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed faces involuntary manslaughter charges in the case. Production on the film resumed in April and was completed in May.

Persons: Alec Baldwin, ” Baldwin, Donald Trump, Baldwin —, —, let’s, Baldwin, Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza, Kari Morrissey, Jason Lewis, Armorer Hannah Gutierrez Reed, David Halls, CNN’s Cheri Mossburg Organizations: CNN, SNL Locations: New Mexico

☆ Pistons out to reverse fortunes vs. 76ers
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

November 9 - The Philadelphia 76ers and Pistons, traveling different paths to open the NBA season, will meet Friday in Detroit. The Pistons need something to shake them up as they try to avert a seventh consecutive loss. "I told the guys that's a great experience for us. Cade Cunningham led the Pistons with 33 points, and rookie Marcus Sasser continues to impress. The Pistons made just 24.1 percent (7 of 29) of their 3-point attempts in Milwaukee.

Persons: Nick Nurse, we've, James Harden, Nic Batum, Robert Covington, Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey, Embiid, Giannis Antetokounmpo, Monty Williams, We've, Williams, Cade Cunningham, Marcus Sasser, Bojan Bogdanovic, Alec Burks, Joe Harris Organizations: Philadelphia 76ers, Pistons, NBA, 76ers, Celtics, Washington Wizards, Sixers, Los Angeles Clippers, Reigning, Bucks, Detroit, Thomson Locations: Detroit, Philadelphia, Milwaukee

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Philadelphia Phillies have decided two-time Most Valuable Player Bryce Harper is the team's first baseman of the future, which means the franchise also is moving on from slugger Rhys Hoskins. Phillies president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski said Tuesday the front office and manager Rob Thomson came to the conclusion Harper was the best option at first base. Political Cartoons View All 1237 ImagesDombrowski said he's informed Hoskins — now a free agent — about the team's plan. During the recently-completed playoffs, Harper credited Phillies infield coach Bobby Dickerson for easing his transition to the infield. “I feel good at first base,” Harper said in October.

Persons: Bryce Harper, Rhys Hoskins, Dave Dombrowski, Rob Thomson, Harper, Hoskins, ” Dombrowski, “ He’s, ” Harper, Tommy John, Dombrowski, he's, Hoskins —, Kyle Schwarber, Bryson Stott, Trea Turner, Alec Bohm, Bobby Dickerson, Bobby, ” Organizations: The Philadelphia Phillies, Phillies, AP, NL, Arizona Diamondbacks Locations: SCOTTSDALE, Ariz

An electric pick-up truck is pictured at the Rivian Automotive Inc facility in Costa Mesa, California, U.S.,November 1, 2023. Smaller rival Lucid (LCID.O) cut its production forecast on Tuesday "to prudently align with deliveries", sending its shares down 3%. Last month, it reported third-quarter deliveries above market expectations. The company reported a net loss of $1.37 billion, compared with a loss of $1.72 billion a year earlier. Its third-quarter production fell nearly 30% to 1,550 vehicles.

Persons: Mike Blake, Tesla, Elon Musk, I'm, RJ Scaringe, Scaringe, Rivian, Alec Lucas, Akash Sriram, Zaheer Kachwala, Abhirup Roy, Krishna Chandra Organizations: Rivian Automotive Inc, REUTERS, Rivian, Reuters, Global, Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund, Amazon, Wall, Thomson Locations: Costa Mesa , California, U.S, Bengaluru, San Francisco

☆ These companies are slashing earnings estimates, but the market may have sniffed that out already
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Bob Pisani | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

The S & P 500 was expected to see an earnings gain of 11% for the fourth quarter on Oct. 1, and that expectation is now down to 7.8%. "We're seeing larger estimate cuts than average for S & P 500 companies through the first month of the fourth quarter," John Butters at FactSet said. Roughly 60 companies in the S & P 500 have disclosed declines of 10% or more in their earnings expectations in the month of October, according to LSEG. Earnings revisions: Notable declines in airlines and cruise lines Here are some of the S & P 500 companies that have seen earnings estimates decline 10% or more since the start of the fourth quarter, according to LSEG. The markets have sniffed this out: What's next The stock market, of course, does not wait for analysts to cut earnings estimates.

Persons: John Butters, FactSet, Nick Raich, Refiners Valero, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Alec Young Organizations: Boeing, . Airlines, Companies, Cruise Lines American Airlines, Cruise Line, Alaska Air Group, Southwest Airlines, Airlines, Delta, Entertainment Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount Global, Fox, MGM Resorts, Ford, Motors, Pfizer, Merck, Petroleum, Phillips, Seagate, Texas, Banks, Capital Markets, Blackstone, Intel, JETS, Energy, Pharmaceuticals

☆ Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria considering doing a reality show
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Lisa France | Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Alec Baldwin is thinking about returning to the small screen in a surprising way. During a conversation on the “Let’s Talk Off Camera” podcast, Baldwin talked to host Kelly Ripa about the possibility starring in a reality show with his wife, Hillaria. Baldwin reveled that he and is wife “have thought a lot” about doing it. “Everything I do is filtered through the idea of my family,” Baldwin said. During the podcast with Ripa Baldwin touched on how he hopes the industry handles using ammunition on sets moving forward.

Persons: Alec Baldwin, Baldwin, Kelly Ripa, ” Ripa, Baldwin reveled, “, ”, Carmen, Rafael, Leonardo, Eduardo, ” Baldwin, Kim Basinger, we’ve, “ Rust, Halyna Hutchins, Joel Souza, Ripa Baldwin Organizations: CNN Locations: Lucia, California, Ireland

☆ SEC alleges SolarWinds and key executive misled investors about cybersecurity prior to 'massive' cyberattack
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

"We allege that, for years, SolarWinds and Brown ignored repeated red flags about SolarWinds' cyber risks, which were well known throughout the company," SEC enforcement director Gurbir Grewal said in a press release. SolarWinds went public in 2018, and made only "generic" disclosures about cybersecurity risk in both its prospectus and in continued filings, the complaint said. However, the SEC alleged that SolarWinds and Brown knew that the company's cybersecurity practices were weak, pointing to an internal presentation from Brown that was made the same month SolarWinds went public. It appears to be one of the first times the SEC has alleged a company misled and defrauded investors over cybersecurity risks. In reality, Brown knew that the company was not following those best practices, the SEC alleged.

Persons: SolarWinds, Tim Brown, Brown, Gurbir Grewal, weren't, Solarwinds, Kevin Thompson, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, Mr, Alec Koch Organizations: SolarWinds Corp, New York Stock Exchange, Securities and Exchange Commission, SEC, software, Orion, unf, Regulators, MGM Resorts, CNBC Locations: New York, U.S, Russian, Clorox, SolarWinds

U.S. regulators on Monday sued SolarWinds, a Texas-based technology company whose software was breached in a massive 2020 Russian cyberespionage campaign, for fraud for failing to disclose security deficiencies ahead of the stunning hack. Detected in December 2020, the SolarWinds hack penetrated U.S. government agencies including the Justice and Homeland Security departments, and more than 100 private companies and think tanks. Koch added that “we look forward to defending his reputation and correcting the inaccuracies in the SEC’s complaint." Brown's current title at SolarWinds is chief information security officer. Capitalizing on the supply-chain hack, the Russian cyber operators then stealthily penetrated select targets including about a dozen U.S. government agencies and prominent software and telecommunications providers.

Persons: SolarWinds, Tim Brown, Brown, Alec Koch, Koch, Gurbir S, Grewal, “, ”, Biden, Chad Wolf Organizations: Securities and Exchange Commission, Justice and Homeland Security, SEC, Fortune, New, Homeland Locations: Texas, Russian, New York, SolarWinds, cyberattacks, Austin , Texas, North America, Europe, Asia

☆ NBA roundup: Despite 51 from Zach LaVine, Pistons top Bulls
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-29 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

LaVine scored 51 points as he knocked down 19 of 33 field-goal attempts and 6 of 8 free throws. Jalen Duren supplied 23 points, 15 rebounds and five assists as Detroit snapped its 15-game losing streak against the Bulls. Joel Embiid also scored 34 points to go with nine rebounds, eight assists and two blocked shots. Anthony Edwards added 19 points and seven assists and Gobert contributed 14 points and 14 rebounds. Grayson Allen scored 14 of his 17 points in the third quarter for Phoenix, which has won two of its first three games.

Persons: Cade Cunningham, Rick Osentoski, Zach LaVine, LaVine, DeMar DeRozan, Nikola Vucevic, Jalen Duren, Alec Burks, DeRozan, Tyrese Maxey, Nick Nurse's, Joel Embiid, Nurse, Scottie Barnes, Gary Trent Jr, Gradey Dick, Naz Reid, Reid, Anthony Edwards, Gobert, Jimmy Butler, Jimmy, Caleb Martin, Kevin Love, Herro, Bam Adebayo, Aaron Nesmith, Tyrese Haliburton, Myles Turner, outlasting Donovan Mitchell, Turner, Mitchell, Evan Mobley, Caris, Mobley dunked, Jordan Poole, Corey Kispert, Kyle Kuzma, Kuzma, Daniel Gafford, Desmond Bane, Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, RJ Barrett, Jalen Brunson, Julius Randle, Mitchell Robinson, Josh Hart, Kevin Durant, Phoenix trounce, Eric Gordon, Grayson Allen, Lauri Markkanen Organizations: Detroit Pistons, Jalen, Chicago Bulls, Little Caesars Arena, Detroit, Bulls, LaVine, Pistons, 76ers, Raptors, Philadelphia, NBA, Timberwolves, Miami, Pacers, Cavaliers, Indiana, Haliburton, Wizards, Grizzlies, Washington, The Grizzlies, Knicks, New Orleans, New York, Atlanta, Pelicans, Suns, Jazz, Phoenix, Utah, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, USA, Jalen Duren, Toronto, Minnesota, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Cleveland's, Haliburton, Memphis, Washington, New, Utah

☆ Heat just barely hold on for win over Pistons
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Field Level Media | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/70] Oct 25, 2023; Miami, Florida, USA; Opening night towels line the seats in the arena prior to the game between the Miami Heat and the Detroit Pistons at Kaseya Center. The comeback began with a 14-0 flurry in which Cunningham contributed two hoops and three assists, getting the Pistons within 94-89 with 6:24 to go. Cunningham also misfired on a 3-pointer with 39.1 seconds left and Alec Burks missed on a driving floater nine seconds later. Love also put up a double-double for the Heat with 13 points and 10 rebounds, while Tyler Herro had 16 points and Duncan Robinson 15. The Pistons lost despite outshooting the Heat 44.6 percent to 40.2 percent overall and outscoring the hosts 33-24 on 3-pointers.

Persons: Jasen, Bam Adebayo, Cade Cunningham, Adebayo, Jimmy Butler, Cunningham, Alec Burks, Kevin Love, Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson, Jalen Duren, Isaiah Stewart, Killian Hayes, Ausar Thompson Organizations: Miami Heat, Detroit Pistons, Kaseya Center, Pistons, Eastern Conference, Detroit, Adebayo, NBA, Thomson Locations: Miami , Florida, USA

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner had the moment that could have pushed the Phillies toward the World Series waiting for him. Harper, though, lined a 2-1 fastball to center to end the scoring threat, the inning — and Philadelphia's last, best chance to return to the World Series. The Diamondbacks used a walk-off Game 3 single and a tying two-run homer late in a Game 4 win that wiped out an 0-2 NLCS hole. Castellanos struck out — one of 11 in the NLCS — and, after a walk to Brandon Marsh, Thomson let the light-hitting Rojas take his cuts. The Phillies have not won a World Series since 2008.

Persons: — Trea Turner, —, Turner, Kevin Ginkel, Bryce Harper, Harper, Nick Castellanos, Johan Rojas, Philly Rob, Rob Thomson, Alec Bohm, Castellanos, Brandon Marsh, Thomson, Rojas, Zack Wheeler, Wheeler, Suárez, ___ Organizations: PHILADELPHIA, Phillies, Arizona’s, Diamondbacks, MLB Locations: Philadelphia

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