Since the 1980s, director James Cameron has pushed the limits of visual effects in his blockbusters, from the Terminator and Avatar franchises to The Abyss and Titanic. The innovations that made these movies possible have also made him a beloved, acclaimed, and very wealthy artist. But his latest technological jump …
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Caroline Ellison, the former girlfriend of convicted crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, was sentenced to two years in prison for her role in the fraud scheme that led to the collapse of FTX. Ellison had pleaded guilty to money laundering and fraud charges, and had been the prosecution’s star witness during …
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The Titan submersible experienced a malfunction six days before it imploded and killed five people, according to a former scientific director for OceanGate Expeditions. Marine scientist Steven Ross testified about the incident Thursday, Sept. 19 at a U.S. Coast Guard panel hearing on the 2023 tragedy, per CNN. Ross was …
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Attorney Ann Callis of Holland Law Firm, who represents former World Wrestling Entertainment employee Janel Grant in her sexual misconduct lawsuit against Vince McMahon, the former CEO of WWE, gave a virtual press conference on Thursday ahead of the Sept. 25 premiere of the Netflix documentary series Mr. McMahon. Grant, …
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Five former contestants on MrBeast‘s upcoming Beast Games competition series have filed a class action lawsuit against the show’s production company, according to a filing obtained by Rolling Stone. The new lawsuit was filed Monday, the same day Rolling Stone published an investigation where former contestants described unsafe work conditions …
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Simon Rich has always loved Magnetic Fields’ 69 Love Songs — and now, he’s bringing the famed album to the stage, by incorporating live performances into his show, All In: Comedy About Love. The new marriage comedy on Broadway, starring John Mulaney, takes inspiration from the magnetic and earnest depictions …
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Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty on Wednesday to the new sex crime charge brought against him ahead of his retrial in New York. Per The New York Times, Weinstein is accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a Manhattan hotel room in 2006. The official charge is one count of …
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Billie Jean King is set to become the first-ever female athlete to receive the Congressional Gold Medal after the House passed a bill to honor the tennis legend and advocate. Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) and Mikie Sherrill (D-N.J.) said Tuesday that their bipartisan legislation to award King had cleared the …
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What if the answer to our planet’s climate crisis was a question? That instead of limiting our spectrum of solutions to recycling more, driving electric cars, and voting (which are indeed great things), we let our imaginations run wild —exploring the possibilities of what could happen if we both collectively …
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The last message from the imploded Titan submersible seemed to suggest the crew thought they were “all good here” before they lost contact. The U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation revealed the final communication with its support ship the Polar Prince on Monday, the first day of a two-week …
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