My dream is of a place and a time where America will once again be seen as the last best hope of earth. | | | | ToloNews reporter Samim Faramarz his cameraman, Ramiz Ahmady were killed on live TV "while working to highlight the human toll of the war in Afghanistan." Thirteen journalists have been killed in Afghanistan this year.
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| | rantnrave:// Movie theaters are slow innovators. Only recently have most upgraded so that I don't have to share an armrest with someone. And the average movie theater is redone every 15 years, while the average hotel room every 7 years. It may be the only seat-related business in the world that doesn't have variable pricing. Ever walk into a weekday morning showing at a movie theater? Mostly empty with the same crowd that eats dinner at the local deli at 530 pm. I used to take my mom after chemotherapy. Ghost town central. And yet people love movies. And they certainly love NETFLIX. So what about Netflix for movie theaters. MOVIEPASS wanted to be that. It was an innovation. But innovations from the outside get fought by incumbents. Namely the movie theater chains themselves. Making it hard for them to operate. But the service also played a dangerous game: grow fast enough that your market dominance outstrips your losses. They're not the first, but they may soon be the latest to lose. We take a look back at their rise and very, very rough road for them in "MoviePass and Catching a Tiger by the Toe"... A little over a decade ago I ran digital media for MTV NETWORKS. During that time they bought a cool company called COLLEGE TELEVISION NETWORK. And at MTV brand was everything. Their brand. On everything. I remember all the marketing geniuses convening on the rebrand. It was like they all put on lab coats, went into the lab and emerged with their creation, MTVU. Lots of thought and money and that's what they came up with? Recently there was news that in an effort to revamp their awards, THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES introduced a new OSCAR category, “Outstanding Popular Film.” I had a lab coat moment. Again, a new set of geniuses took all this time and that's what they came up with? My issue? It's beyond insulting to a filmmaker. We didn't want to nominate you for best picture. As if a big picture couldn't be the best picture. I always think I'm the dumbest guy in the room. Well, after this, not anymore. One of my favorite filmmakers is STEVEN SPIELBERG. I recall a 1992 60 MINUTES interview with ED BRADLEY. Bradley asks Spielberg how he feels about other directors saying his movies were pop but not art. Totally pretentious and just wrong. Today the board of governors, after tons of backlash, decided to shelve the idea for the next awards season. And hopefully, they will kill it... You *can* teach an old Dogg new tricks, it turns out. As R&B's weirdest, most venerable and most outlandish Dogg takes Auto-Tune for a ride, we look back at a long, singular, taboo-toppling career in "Auto-Tuning the Swamp (Dogg)"... Will you still need him, will you still feed him, when he's 76? Of course, you will. He's PAUL MCCARTNEY. And at age 76, he's recording music, playing live and talking about it with more fervor than he has in years. "Fuh Yeah! Paul McCartney Is Still Rock's Macca Daddy"... Happy Birthday to SCOTT HARRISON, NATHALIE KAPLAN, MICHELLE SKINNER, CHRIS GREENE, STEVE PAMON, ERIC SAVITZ, and JAY ADELSON. | | | - Jason Hirschhorn, curator |
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| Mexico’s drug cartels are moving into the gasoline industry -- infiltrating the national oil company, selling stolen fuel on the black market and engaging in open war with the military. Can the country’s new populist president find a way to contain the chaos? | | |
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 | Vanity Fair |
| As the accusations against Harvey Weinstein multiplied, one Hollywood producer found herself implicated in a web of complicity. Jill Messick’s story illustrates the complexities of a toxic culture, and of the movement dedicated to fixing it. | | |
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 | Pitchfork |
| Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Chance the Rapper, and Nicki Minaj are taking unprecedented steps to stake their claim in today’s attention economy, bypassing traditional journalism in the process. | | |
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 | POLITICO Magazine |
| Society’s shared middle ground is quickly turning into a battlefield. What will that do to democracy? | | |
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 | CNET |
| Men are less likely than women to discuss mental health issues and far more likely to attempt suicide. Can mobile apps help men save their own lives? | | |
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 | The Washington Post |
| A distinct minority of fans complain about Star Wars’ first nonwhite female lead in more degrading language than they complain about other parts of the franchise. | | |
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 | Aeon Magazine |
| Say you could make a thousand digital replicas of yourself -- should you? What happens when you want to get rid of them? | | |
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 | The New York Times |
| Creating the furious stand-up special “Nanette” was an act of self-preservation for the Australian star. The result has been a sensation “beyond my comprehension.” | | |
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 | Vox |
| "Sports is the most racially tinged spectacle in modern society." | | |
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 | Variety |
| As a veteran of Amazon Studios, Sony Pictures Entertainment and now Paramount TV, Ken Basin has seen it all when it comes to crafting the deals that put series on the air. That's why he's written the new book, " The Business of Television," which reflects just how dramatically the economics of the industry are changing. | | |
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 | CAFE |
| Jonathan Swan covers the White House for Axios. He talks with Preet about the latest leaks from the West Wing, how he separates facts from spin, and which of his high-powered sources uses Comic Sans. | | |
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 | Trapital |
| "Astroworld" was backed by an impressive promotional strategy, but it inadvertently stalled the impact of "Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight." | | |
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 | Topic |
| For soldiers in the field, becoming one with the environment is a matter of life or death. | | |
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 | FierceWireless |
| Plenty remains to be seen, but here are a few things we know about 5G as the industry heads to the Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles next week. | | |
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 | The Verge |
| The biggest moments, product launches, and acquisitions throughout Google’s two-decade history | | |
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 | Hollywood Reporter |
| A director's outcry sparks a closer look at whether prejudice among foreign buyers is still shortchanging films despite the gains of 'Black Panther' and 'Get Out': "I don't think they're giving audiences enough credit." | | |
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| The Washington Post |
| But it could lead to a messy journalistic dilemma if New York Times reporters find out the identity of the author. | | |
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 | Battelle Media |
| “We weren’t expecting any of this when we created Twitter over 12 years ago, and we acknowledge the real world negative consequences of what happened and we take the full responsibility to fix it.” That’s the most important line from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s testimony yesterday -- and in many ways it’s also the most frustrating. | | |
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 | The Walrus |
| Millennials may have popularized avocado toast, but free trade made it a sensation. | | |
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 | Business Insider |
| Today, the iPhone is one of the most successful products in history, and Apple has thousands of engineers working to keep it competitive. But before it launched, it was developed by a relatively small team of engineers working in complete secrecy. | | |
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 | SeatGeek |
| As the kickoff of the 99th NFL season on September 6 draws nearer, fans from Hawaii to Maine are preparing for another year of football. There are many ways to cast a vote of NFL allegiance, and wearing a favorite jersey, studying team Xs and Os, and spending Sunday afternoons in front of the TV are all hallmarks of fanhood. | | |
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