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‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Rian Johnson on ‘Wake Up Dead Man,’ Future of ‘Knives Out’ Franchise and Online Calls for a Benoit Blanc Muppet Movie

At the Newport Beach Film Festival, the twice Oscar-nominated filmmaker discussed his new Netflix film and his six prior features, including the polarizing ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi,’ stating, “I came out the other end of it loving the Star Wars fandom more than I did even going into it.” Source link

Technology

Get One Year of Disney+ and Hulu for $4.99/Month

Disney has introduced a new promotion on its streaming service for Black Friday and Cyber Monday shoppers, offering a bundle of Disney+ (with ads) and Hulu (with ads) for $4.99 per month for 12 months, down from $12.99 per month. This offer represents a savings of 61 percent on the Disney+/Hulu bundle, and after twelve months it will return to the then-current monthly price unless cancelled. Note: MacRumors is an affiliate partner with some of these vendors. When you click a link and make a purchase, we may receive a small payment, which helps us keep the site running.…

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Tete and Wilson’s fast start earns Fulham victory at struggling Spurs

A Tottenham Hotspur manager’s lot is so rarely a happy one. In record time, Thomas Frank has gone through the gamut of his predecessors, from hope to disappointment to what now looks like hopelessness. Demolition by Arsenal had already put him on a sticky wicket. A decent midweek showing in Paris, amid another defeat, had barely increased his credit rating. Defeat to Fulham, a team with an away record as miserable as Spurs’ home form, only intensified the pressure. Frank being appointed by the departed stewardship of Daniel Levy is to be noted; fresh ownership regimes tend to be…

China

Taiwan’s plan to acquire drone ‘takeover’ technology sparks security debate

Taiwan’s plan to acquire Israeli “takeover” technology as part of a counter-drone network has set off a debate over its use and the island’s security strategy as it tries to keep pace with rapidly evolving unmanned threats. At a briefing for suppliers on the procurement requirements earlier this month, Taiwan’s homeland security office outlined specifications for a new system to protect the island’s airports, power plants and other critical infrastructure from incursions by small commercial… Source link

Space

Season 2, Episode 8: Sunspots and Solar Flares with Alex Young

You’d think that because it rises and sets predictably every day, we’d know everything there is to know about our Sun. But that’s not the case. The Sun constantly outgasses the solar wind, but also periodically belches huge blobs of plasma, energetic particles, and magnetic fields that can wreak havoc on Earth’s communications networks and other electrical systems. These blobs also slam into the other planets of our solar system, stripping their atmospheres or interacting with their magnetic fields. And we’re still not sure what mechanisms lie beneath these violent outbursts. In this week’s episode, NASA Chief Scientist Jim…

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General Hospital: The Westbourne Family Tree Explained With Cast & Characters

General Hospital: Westbourne Family Tree Explained(Photo Credit –X) General Hospital has been a long-running soap opera, and the decades have built lots of legacy families and characters. Such is the case of the Westbourne family, which has been built over the years. Be it names like Liesl, Nina, Britt, and Nathan or Wiley, Amelia, and James, the family is packed. General Hospital: The Westbourne Family Tree Explained First Generation Madeline Westbourne † Liesl Westbourne Second Generation Nina Reeves (via Madeline) Britt Westbourne (via Liesl) Nathan West (via Liesl) Third Generation Nelle Benson † (via Nina) Willow Tait (via Nina)…

Entertainment Hollywood & Global

How to Watch Alabama Crimson Tide vs. Auburn Tigers Live Online Without Cable for Free

One of the spiciest rivalries in college football is between Alabama and Auburn in the SEC (Southeastern Conference). Whenever these two teams play each other, the game is more competitive and more intense between players, coaches and fans, alike. The No. 10-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide (9-2) vs. the unranked Auburn Tigers (5-6) at Jordan-Hare Stadium […] Source link

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Fran Lebowitz: ‘Hiking is the most stupid thing I could ever imagine’

The US author and orator on leaf blowers and Labubus, the weirdest thing she has done for love and struggling with contemporary novels I would like to ask your opinion on five things. First of all, leaf blowers. A horrible, horrible invention. I didn’t even know about them until like 20 years ago when I rented a house in the country. I was shocked! I live in New York City, we don’t have leaf problems. We have every other kind of problem. When I was a kid, we had leaf raking. Which is quiet. Leaf blowers are the stupidest…