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Joan Soranno and John Cook clicked from the start. They met when they were working as architects on a Frank Gehry-designed project in 1991 in Minneapolis and spent the ensuing decades as partners, first in work and then in marriage. Together, they have designed many award-winning cultural landmarks, from the Marlboro Music Reich Hall Rehearsal Building & Music Library in Vermont to the Bigelow Chapel at the United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities.

Persons: Joan Soranno, John Cook, Frank Gehry, Bigelow Organizations: Marlboro Music, Music Library, United Theological Seminary, the Twin Locations: Minneapolis, Vermont, the Twin Cities

☆ Leaked email: Broadcom CEO says the company is reviewing 'strategic alternatives' for two of VMware's businesses
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Rosalie Chan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Broadcom CEO Hock Tan told employees he's reviewing strategic alternatives for two parts of VMware following the acquisition of the cloud software company. Most recently, VMware president Sumit Dhawan became CEO of cybersecurity company Proofpoint. I am very pleased to welcome VMware employees to Broadcom and bring together our engineering-first, innovation-centric teams. We will also continue to support VMware's End-User Computing, led by Shankar Iyer, VP and General Manager, and Carbon Black, led by Jason Rolleston, VP and General Manager, as we review strategic alternatives for these two businesses. As we move forward, we expect there will be growth opportunities for VMware employees within the larger combined company.

Persons: Hock Tan, Tan, CRN, Raghu Raghuram, Krish Prasad, Purnima Padmanabhan, Sanjay Uppal, Umesh Mahajan, Thoma, Sumit Dhawan, •, Shankar Iyer, Jason Rolleston, Mike Gannon, • Regan McGrath, Luigi Freguia, • Sylvain Cazard, Cynthia Loyd, Ricky Cooper, Joan Stone, Mark Nagle, • Bryan Prosek Organizations: Broadcom, VMware, Business, VMware Cloud Foundation, CA Technologies, Thoma Bravo, Symantec, Cyber Security Services, Accenture, HCL Technologies, Broadcom Employees, •, Security, Strategic, Corporate, Asia Pacific, Services

☆ 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

☆ Dolly Parton (Really) Rocks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-28 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

solo studio releases to her name, Dolly Parton just scored the highest charting album of her career, the mammoth double LP “Rockstar,” which debuted on this week’s Billboard 200 at No. “Rockstar” is not an album so much as a referendum on how incredibly well-liked Parton is at this moment. “This has, however, inspired me to put out a hopefully great rock ’n’ roll album at some point in the future,” she wrote in a statement. I disagree with the notion that Dolly Parton wasn’t a rock star until she released an album called “Rockstar” — it feels like too narrow and literal an understanding of genre. And, as I argue with today’s playlist, she’s been reshaping rock ’n’ roll in her own style for her entire career.

Persons: Dolly Parton, whippersnappers Drake, Taylor Swift, Parton’s, Parton, Dolly, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Joan Jett, Miley Cyrus, Lizzo, Elton John, Rob Halford, Judas Priest, it’s, didn’t, ”, she’s Organizations: Rockstar, Roll Hall of Fame

NEW YORK (AP) — Larry Fink, an acclaimed and adventurous photographer whose subjects ranged from family portraits and political satire to working class lives and the elite of show business and Manhattan society, has died at 82. Robert Mann, owner of the Robert Mann Gallery, told The Associated Press that Fink died Saturday at his home in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania. Mann did not cite a specific cause of death, but said that Fink had been in failing health. “Of course the revolution didn't quite get there so I was left with a career,” he told Blind Magazine in 2021. Fink's survivors include his second wife, the artist Martha Posner, and a daughter, Molly, from his marriage to painter Joan Snyder.

Persons: — Larry Fink, Robert Mann, Fink, Mann, ” Mann, “, Robert Frank, Ansel Adams, Larry, ”, Fink's, Meryl Streep, Natalie Portman, Kate Winslet, George W, Bush, John Simon Guggenheim, Lisette, Martha Posner, Molly, Joan Snyder Organizations: Associated Press, Museum of Modern, The, Times, Whitney Museum, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Blind Magazine Locations: Manhattan, Martins Creek , Pennsylvania, Long, Martins Creek, The New York, Martin, Greenwich, New York City

☆ Rosalynn Carter repose: Former first lady’s motorcade will route from wreath-laying ceremony to Carter Presidential Center
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Christina Maxouris | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

In May, the Carter Center said Rosalynn Carter had dementia. The motorcade will stop for a wreath-laying ceremony at Rosalynn Carter’s alma mater, Georgia Southwestern State University, before making its way to Atlanta. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter poses for a portrait in New York in 2011. Alice S. Hall/NBCUniversal/Getty Images) Rosalynn gets a kiss from her husband after they were awarded Presidential Medals of Freedom in 1999. “Thank you all for joining us in celebrating what a treasure she was, not only to us, but to all humanity.”The Carter Center said in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Carter Center Mental Health Program or the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Caregivers.

Persons: Rosalynn, Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter, “, Andy Huggins, David Goldman, ”, Mike Stewart, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Kamala Harris, Nikki Kahn, Horace Cort, Mikki Ansin, Jason, Amy, Jeff, Jack, Dan Farrell, Jimmy, Barbara Walters, Richard Howard, Suzanne Vlamis, Diana Walker, Joan Mondale, Walter Mondale, Muriel Humphrey, Hubert Humphrey, Ruth Carter Stapleton, Jimmy Carter's, Wally McNamee, Corbis, Carter, Ronald Reagan, Ron Galella, Bromberger Hoover, Jay Leno, Alice S, Tami Chappell, Charlie Neibergall, Laura Rauch, Carolyn Kaster, Sebastian Scheiner, Barack Obama's, Bill Clark, John Bazemore, Amy Davis, Saul Loeb, Errol, Jimmy's, Branden Camp, Caroline Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Reagan, David McNew, Matt McClain, Adam Schultz, The New York Times Adam Schultz, White, Erin Schaff, Michael S, Williamson, CNN’s Jaide Timm, Garcia, Eva McKend Organizations: CNN, Carter Center, White House, Atlanta ., Secret, Georgia Southwestern State University, Rosalynn Carter, Health, Human Sciences, Carter, Jimmy Carter Presidential, Glenn Memorial United Methodist Church, Emory University, Maranatha Baptist Church, Washington Post, Atlanta, NY, Hulton, Disney, Bettmann, Mental Health, Mental Health Systems, Harlem Globetrotters, Getty, Democratic National Convention, Toronto, Presidential, Humanity, Baltimore Sun, Tribune, Service, Capitol, Aging, NBA, The New York Times Locations: Plains , Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia, Plains, Americus, alma mater, Plains ., New York, Brazil, Dubuque , Iowa, Waterloo , Iowa, San Francisco, Ashkelon, Israel, Baltimore, Annapolis , Maryland, Americus , Georgia, Rosalynn

Borrell said all EU members attending the meeting of Mediterranean nations in Barcelona and almost all attendees overall had agreed on the need for a two-state solution. In response to that attack, Israel bombarded the enclave and mounted a ground offensive in the north. A two-state solution envisages a state for the Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip alongside Israel. Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan spoke as a representative of a group of ministers from the Arab League and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation. Jordan's Safadi added, however: "Some among us are still refusing to call for a ceasefire... We demand it be implemented immediately."

Persons: Josep Borrell, Mohammad Shtayyeh, Nasser Nasser, Borrell, Ayman Safadi, Riyad al, Maliki, Prince Faisal bin Farhan, Jordan's Safadi, Joan Faus, David Latona, Aislinn Laing, Ed Osmond, Alex Richardson, Nick Macfie Organizations: Palestinian, West Bank, Rights, European Union, Palestinian Authority, Hamas, Reuters, Union of, Saudi Foreign, Arab League, of Islamic Cooperation, Thomson Locations: Ramallah, Rights BARCELONA, Spain, Palestinian, Gaza, Barcelona, Israel, Jordanian, Qatar, Egypt, United States

☆ Drake Returns to No. 1 as Dolly Parton Opens Big With ‘Rockstar’
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Ben Sisario | More About Ben Sisario | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

1 on Billboard’s album chart this week thanks to an expanded edition, while Dolly Parton notches her highest chart position ever. Six weeks ago, “For All the Dogs” opened at the top with big streaming numbers, and it has held in the Top 5 since. Last week, Drake released a new version of it — the “Scary Hours Edition” — with six new songs, which has sent the album back to No. Incredibly, “Rockstar” becomes Parton’s highest-charting album, and only the third in her storied career to reach the Top 10 of the all-genre Billboard 200 chart. Among Parton’s solo albums, and LPs with her onetime singing partner Porter Wagoner, she has had numerous titles in the Top 10 of Billboard’s country chart, including eight No.

Persons: ”, Dolly Parton, Drake, Taylor Swift’s, Parton, “, Joan Jett, Elton John, Rob Halford, Judas Priest, Paul, Ringo, Rockstar ”, Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Porter Wagoner Organizations: “ Rockstar, Roll Hall of Fame, Rockstar Locations: United States

☆ Xavi calls on Barcelona fans for vital Champions League tie with Porto
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 27 (Reuters) - Barcelona have another chance to secure qualification for the knockout rounds of the Champions League when they host Porto, and Xavi Hernandez's side need the fans support for this vital game, the manager said on Monday. "It's a very important, vital game for us. "Lately, things aren't going our way, but the Vallecano game was there to be won," the manager said. Xavi is also confident that he has the backing of the club president Joan Laporta and sporting director Deco, despite the recent poor results. Barcelona lead Group H, level on nine points with Porto, while Shakhtar Donetsk are three points behind, and they face bottom club Antwerp on Tuesday.

Persons: Xavi, it's, We're, Barca, Joan Laporta, Gavi, Marc, Andre ter Stegen, hasn't, we'll, Trevor Stynes, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk, Rayo Vallecano, Real Madrid, Vallecano, Porto, Antwerp, Thomson Locations: Barcelona, Porto, Spain, Portuguese

She initially sued Trump only for defamation because the allegations dated back to the mid-90s and the deadline for filing a legal claim had long since passed. But the Adult Survivors Act cleared the way for a suit claiming sexual assault. The woman accused Brand of exposing himself and assaulting her in a bathroom. Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in 2021 after being accused of sexual misconduct, was sued by his former executive assistant. His accuser, a musician who wasn't named in the suit, accused Portnow of drugging her in a hotel room and assaulting her.

Persons: Donald Trump, Jean Carroll, Trump, Carroll, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Cassie, Combs, Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein, Julia Ormond, Weinstein, “, ”, Jamie Foxx, Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Tyler, Bill Cosby Bill Cosby, Joan Tarshis, Cosby, ” Russell Brand, Arthur ”, Brand, ” L.A, Reid Antonio “ L.A, ” Reid, Drew Dixon, Reid, hasn't, Axl Rose, Sheila Kennedy, Rose, Mike Tyson Boxer Mike Tyson, Tyson, Andrew Cuomo, Brittany Commisso, Cuomo, ” Cuomo, Neil Portnow, wasn't, Portnow, ” Rudy Giuliani Rudy Giuliani, Noelle Dunphy, Giuliani, Dunphy, Commisso, Kennedy, Dixon, Ormond, Tarshis Organizations: Arista Records, Andrew Cuomo Former New York Gov, Portnow, Trump, Associated Press Locations: New York, Los Angeles, New York City, Manhattan, British, Albany , New York, Carroll

☆ ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ Review: Alicia Keys’s Musical Coming of Age
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Charles Isherwood | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chris Lee and Maleah Joi Moon Photo: Joan MarcusNew York‘This girl is on fire,” sings the ensemble in a jubilant high point of “Hell’s Kitchen,” a new musical drawing on the catalog of the R&B singer-songwriter Alicia Keys . The song celebrates a turning point in the life of the heroine, a 17-year-old based on the younger Ms. Keys. But the lyrics might equally apply to Maleah Joi Moon , whose incandescent performance in the central role of Ali, as the Keys character is called, provides the show with a blazing heart—and a voice with its own thrilling firepower, virtually an equal of Ms. Keys’s own superlative instrument.

Persons: Chris Lee, Maleah Joi, Joan Marcus, ”, Alicia Keys, Maleah Joi Moon, Ali

☆ Joan Jara, Who Found Justice for Husband Slain After Coup, Dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Richard Sandomir | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Joan Jara, a British-born dancer and instructor who dedicated herself to finding justice for her husband, Victor Jara, a popular Chilean folk singer and songwriter who was killed during the military coup d’état that brought Gen. Augusto Pinochet Ugarte to dictatorial power in 1973, died on Nov. 12 in Santiago, Chile. Her death was announced by the Victor Jara Foundation, a human rights initiative she established. Mr. Jara, who was also a theater director and poet, sang about poverty and injustice. Mr. Jara was a visible supporter of Salvador Allende, the Marxist who was elected president of Chile in 1970. On Sept. 11, 1973, the Jaras were at home with their daughters, Manuela and Amanda, listening to Mr. Allende deliver a speech.

Persons: Joan Jara, Victor Jara, Augusto Pinochet Ugarte, Ms, Jara, Pedro Barrientos Núñez, Manifiesto, ”, Mr, Salvador Allende, Manuela, Amanda, Allende Organizations: Victor, Victor Jara Foundation, Justice, Chilean Army Locations: British, Chilean, Santiago , Chile, Chile, Deltona, Fla

☆ Legal experts blast Elon Musk filing lawsuit in Texas against Media Matters
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Brian Fung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“The complaint admits that the thing Media Matters was making a big deal about actually happened,” Vladeck said. According to Musk, Media Matters established a test account following extremist material and then refreshed the feed until X’s ad system displayed an ad for major brands. “It’s one of those lawsuits that’s filed more for symbolism than for substance.”Media Matters’ responseIn a statement Monday evening, Media Matters President Angelo Carusone vowed to defend the group against the suit. “Media Matters stands behind its reporting and looks forward to winning in court.”Some legal experts suggested that Media Matters’ first course of action may be to try to move the case out of the Texas federal court. “Musk and his lawyers seek to isolate Media Matters’ investigation as the sole reason major advertisers have joined the exodus from X.

Persons: Elon, “, Ted Boutrous, Boutrous, Steve Vladeck, ” Vladeck, Mark Pittman, Donald Trump, Joe Biden’s, X, ’ ”, Joan Donovan, ” Akiva Cohen, Klein, Musk, ’ ” Cohen, ” Cohen, Ken Paxton, Andrew Bailey, ”, that’s, Angelo Carusone, ” Carusone, Ken White, “ X, ” White, Nora Benavidez, “ Musk, ” Benavidez, – CNN’s Oliver Darcy, Jon Passantino Organizations: CNN, Media, X, Twitter, University of Texas, Court, Northern, Northern District of, Nazi, Musk, Boston University, YouTube, Elon, Texas, ”, “, Washington , D.C, District of, Free Press Locations: Texas, Northern District, Northern District of Texas, Kamerman, New York, Missouri, California, Washington ,, District of Columbia, Los Angeles

☆ Shirts worn by Messi at 2022 World Cup expected to fetch record price at auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Nov 20 (Reuters) - Six shirts worn by Lionel Messi during Argentina's triumphant run at the 2022 World Cup are expected to become the "most valuable collection of sports memorabilia" when bidding opens later this month, auction house Sotheby's said. The collection includes the shirt he wore during the first half of the final in Qatar. "The extraordinary collection is estimated in excess of $10 million, with the sale poised to become the most valuable collection of sports memorabilia at auction," Sotheby's said in a statement. Bidding for the white and sky blue shirts will be open from Nov. 30 to Dec. 14, coinciding with a public exhibition to showcase the collection. "The extraordinary collection is estimated in excess of $10 million, with the sale poised to become the most valuable collection of sports memorabilia at auction," Sotheby's said in a statement.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Argentina's, Sotheby's, Sant Joan de Déu, Leo Messi, Agustin Marcarian, Michael Jordan’s, Tommy Lund, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: Barcelona Children’s Hospital, Leo Messi Foundation, Soccer Football, Estadio, REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Qatar, Barcelona, Argentina, Uruguay, Buenos Aires, Gdansk

☆ Media Matters: Elon Musk’s X sues media watchdog over report on pro-Nazi content on the social media site
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Brian Fung | Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The lawsuit filed Monday accuses Media Matters of distorting how likely it is for ads to appear beside extremist content on X, alleging that the group’s testing methodology was not representative of how real users experience the site. “Media Matters designed both these images and its resulting media strategy to drive advertisers from the platform and destroy X Corp.”The lawsuit simultaneously names Media Matters and Eric Hananoki, its senior investigative reporter, as defendants. It calls for a judicial order forcing Media Matters to remove its analysis from its website and accuses Media Matters of interfering with X’s contracts with advertisers, of disrupting their economic relationships and of unlawfully disparaging X. In a statement Monday evening, Media Matters President Angelo Carusone vowed to defend the group against the suit. “Media Matters stands behind its reporting and looks forward to winning in court.”On Monday evening, X CEO Linda Yaccarino chimed in defending the social media site.

Persons: Elon Musk, Eric Hananoki, Angelo Carusone, ” Carusone, ”, Linda Yaccarino chimed, I’m, ” Yaccarino, “, Ken Paxton, Musk, ” Musk, opportunistically, that’s, Steve Vladeck, Joan Donovan, ” Ken White, “ X, ” White, White, Mark Pittman, Donald Trump, Pittman, Joe Biden’s, Jon Passantino, Dan Berman Organizations: CNN, Media, “ Media, X Corp, Court, Northern, Northern District of, “, Whites, Disney, Paramount, Warner Bros, Northern District of Texas, University of Texas, Boston University, YouTube, of Columbia Locations: Northern District, Northern District of Texas, Texas, Los Angeles, California

LONDON (AP) — Sotheby's is set to auction off six shirts worn by Lionel Messi during Argentina's winning run at last year's soccer World Cup in Qatar and thinks they could become the most valuable collection of sports memorabilia ever sold at potentially more than $10 million. In defeating France in a penalty shootout after a 3-3 draw at Lusail Stadium, Argentina won its third World Cup. Sotheby’s, which was founded in London in 1744, will offer Messi’s shirts between Nov. 30 and Dec. 14. A free exhibition at the company's New York headquarters will allow the public to see the shirts during the bidding dates. Winning, and lifting, the World Cup last year meant Messi emulated the feat of Maradona in 1986, the second time Argentina won the trophy.

Persons: Lionel Messi, Argentina's, Messi, Michael Jordan’s, Diego Maradona, Maradona, Sant Joan de Déu, Leo Messi, Pele, That's Organizations: France, Lusail, Argentina, U.S, England, UNICAS, Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona Children’s Hospital, Leo Messi Foundation, Inter Miami, MLS, Barcelona, European Champions League Locations: Qatar, New York, Argentina, London, York, Sotheby's, Sant Joan de Déu Barcelona

☆ Mastercard doubles down on effort to detect and tackle crypto fraud with AI tie-up
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

(Photo by Joan Cros Garcia/Corbis via Getty Images)Mastercard is doubling down on its efforts to detect and prevent fraud that's routed through cryptocurrency exchanges. The company told CNBC exclusively that it's partnered with Feedzai, a regulatory technology platform that aims to combat money laundering and financial scams online using artificial intelligence. "This will increase fraud detection by protecting unwary consumers, but will also detect potential money laundering activity and mule accounts," Feedzai CEO and co-founder Nuno Sebastio told CNBC. An estimated 40% of scam transactions exit directly from a bank account to a crypto exchange today, according to Feedzai data. Feedzai says its software can identify and block suspicious transactions in a matter of nanoseconds — but also recognize transactions that are legitimate.

Persons: Joan Cros Garcia, Corbis, it's, Feedzai, Mastercard's, Nuno Sebastio, Sebastio Organizations: MasterCard, Mobile, Congress, Getty Images, Mastercard, CNBC, Feedzai Locations: BARCELONA, SPAIN, Barcelona, Spain, Coimbra, Portugal, San Mateo , California, Silicon Valley

☆ Shakira reaches deal with tax authorities to avoid $15 million tax fraud trial - judge
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

[1/4] Colombian singer Shakira and her lawyer Pau Molins arrive at court for her trial facing allegations of tax fraud in Barcelona, Spain November 20, 2023. REUTERS/Albert Gea Acquire Licensing RightsBARCELONA, Nov 20 (Reuters) - Colombian singer Shakira on Monday reached a settlement with prosecution to avoid a trial over charges she failed to pay 14.5 million euros ($15.74 million) in Spanish income tax between 2012 and 2014. As part of the deal that puts an end to the trial, prosecution changed jail time for the singer with fines, the judge said during the trial's first hearing. Reporting by Joan Faus, editing by Inti LandauroOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Shakira, Pau Molins, Albert Gea, Joan Faus, Inti Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Monday, Inti Landauro, Thomson Locations: Colombian, Barcelona, Spain, Rights BARCELONA

Walsh died Nov. 12 at his home in Myrtle Point, Oregon, his daughter, Elizabeth Walsh, said Monday. “I knew we were making history,” Walsh told The World newspaper of Coos Bay, Oregon, in 2010. “There was an opportunity to pioneer,” Walsh told The World. It wasn’t until later they told us what they had in store.”Walsh was born Nov. 2, 1931, in Berkeley, California. Walsh traveled the world, including many trips to Antarctica, where the Walsh Spur pointed rock is named in his honor.

Persons: Don Walsh, Mariana Trench —, Walsh, Elizabeth Walsh, Jacques Piccard, Mariana Trench, “, ” Walsh, ” Piccard, Piccard, “ Walsh, Kurt Rothenhaus, Kelly, Don’t, ”, “ He’s, Kelly Walsh, Victor Vescovo, ” Vescovo, Don Walsh’s, Joan, ___ Thiessen Organizations: U.S . Navy, Navy, U.S . Naval Academy, University of Southern, Public, U.S . State Department, Naval, Dallas, Twitter Locations: Myrtle Point , Oregon, U.S, Swiss, Trieste, Guam, Pacific, Coos Bay , Oregon, San Diego, Berkeley , California, Texas, University of Southern California, Antarctica, Kelly, Anchorage , Alaska

☆ Rosalynn Carter death: former first lady and wife of Jimmy Carter, passes away at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Keith Allen | Kate Andersen Brower | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +29 min

Rosalynn Carter passed away peacefully with family by her side at her home in Plains, Georgia, the center said in a statement. It was likely that Eleanor Rosalynn Smith would cross paths with Jimmy Carter in their small hometown of Plains, Georgia. Former first lady Rosalynn Carter poses for a portrait in New York in 2011. Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Jimmy Carter, then a Georgia state senator, hugs his wife at his campaign headquarters in Atlanta in 1966. The Carter CenterRosalynn and Jimmy Carter had four children, 12 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren.

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☆ Opinion: Bad behavior test isn’t just about George Santos
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-19 | by ( Michael Ryan | Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

What they do results from neurons firing in assorted regions of the brain, the product of an array of causes they can’t control. Every now and then someone bursts out crying — a member of his family has been killed, or his house destroyed. • Join us on Twitter and FacebookThere was no visible sign of progress on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine. Writing before the summit, Frida Ghitis noted, “Biden may want Xi to help bring down the temperature on the world’s ongoing wars and help prevent new ones from igniting. “Today’s miseries of flying derive from this choice to deregulate airlines and unleash them into the Hunger Games of ordinary incentives.

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The large majority, though, have been filed against the state, New York City and local counties and involve allegations of abuse at state prisons and local jail systems. Like, who was I?” said Alexandria Johnson, who says she was raped multiple times while incarcerated in state prison and a New York City jail. The act was modeled after a previous New York law offering people abused as children a temporary window to file claims. Brand was accused in a lawsuit of sexually assaulting a film extra during the making of “Arthur” in 2010. His firm said it made more than 1,200 filings alleging abuse in state prisons and more than 470 alleging abuse at New York City's Rikers Island complex.

Persons: Donald Trump, Sean “ Diddy ” Combs, Russell Brand, ”, Alexandria Johnson, “, Liz Roberts, Kathy Hochul, Jean Carroll, Trump, Harvey Weinstein, Julia Ormond, Weinstein, Antonio “ L.A, ” Reid, Drew Dixon, Reid, Combs, Cassie, Brand, “ Arthur ”, Bill Cosby, Joan Tarshis, Cosby, Tarshis, Adam Slater, Anna Kull, Johnson, ” Kull, Mallory Allen, Darius Paduch, Paduch, James O'Connell, glimpsing, ” O'Connell Organizations: Adult Survivor, Roman Catholic Church, Gov, Trump, Arista Records, Associated Press, New Locations: ALBANY, N.Y, York, New York City, New York, California, British, Carroll, Ormond, Dixon

☆ Opinion: The unwelcome topic at this year’s Thanksgiving table
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Opinion Joan Steinau Lester | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —My wife and I were recently invited to Thanksgiving dinner at the home of a friend. Nearly everyone is confronted by intensely emotional conflicts, with the upheaval roiling workplaces, college campuses, schools and other places. Arguments over Israel are nothing new, but the rifts are deeper and more lacerating than I can ever remember. In one particularly painful and personal case, a dear friend and I have disagreed for decades about antisemitism and Israel. Love may find a way, if not to move mountains, at least to allow space for durable resolutions.

Persons: Joan Steinau Lester, CNN —, ” Joan Steinau Lester, Irene Young, ”, “, they’d, stiffly, “ I’m, recedes, Nelson Mandela, —, Martin Luther King, Jr, it’s Organizations: PEN, CNN Locations: Israel, Gaza, Israeli, South Africa

☆ Mastercard says wide adoption of central bank digital currencies would be ‘difficult’ right now
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-17 | by ( Sheila Chiang | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

BARCELONA, SPAIN - MARCH 01: A view of the MasterCard company logo on their stand during the Mobile World Congress on March 1, 2017 in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros Garcia/Corbis via Getty Images)SINGAPORE — There isn't enough justification for the widespread use of central bank digital currencies right now, which makes broad adoption of such assets "difficult," Ashok Venkateswaran, Mastercard 's blockchain and digital assets lead for Asia-Pacific, told CNBC. A retail CBDC, which is the digital form of fiat currency issued by a central bank, caters to individuals and businesses, facilitating everyday transactions. This is different from a wholesale CBDC which is used exclusively by central banks, commercial banks and other financial institutions to settle large-value interbank transactions. But a lot of the central banks nowadays have gotten very innovative because they are working very closely with private companies like ours, to create that ecosystem," said the Asia-Pacific lead.

Persons: Joan Cros Garcia, Corbis, Ashok Venkateswaran, Venkateswaran, Kong's Organizations: MasterCard, Mobile, Congress, Getty Images, Mastercard, CNBC, Singapore FinTech, Monetary Fund, Atlantic Council, Hong Locations: BARCELONA, SPAIN, Barcelona, Spain, SINGAPORE, Asia, Pacific, Singapore, U.S, Hong Kong

Joan Tarshis initially came forward with allegations against Cosby in 2014 that are repeated in the new lawsuit. The New York resident was living in California at the time of the first assault and had met Cosby through a mutual friend while he was starring in "The Bill Cosby Show," according to the lawsuit, filed in state Supreme Court in New York City. "When is it going to stop?”Political Cartoons View All 1256 ImagesCosby, 86, has been accused of rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment by more than 60 women. Tarshis previously sued Cosby in Massachusetts, where Cosby had a home. Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has not publicly responded to a lawsuit filed earlier this month.

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