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Courtesy of TIFF At a screening for Joker, Phillips claimed reports of a sequel caught him off guard. Joker director Todd Phillips has denied rumors of a sequel, stating that an earlier report by the Hollywood Reporter that the follow-up was confirmed “came out of nowhere.” As reported by The Playlist, Phillips made the commentsContinue reading “Joker director Todd Phillips says tales of a sequel are greatly exaggerated”

Apple CEO Tim Cook talks to President Donald Trump as the president’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, looks on, at a meeting in the White House in 2017. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Trump keeps saying Apple just opened a plant in Texas. The problem: The facility in question has been around since 2013. Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg raisedContinue reading “Tim Cook is just letting Trump lie about Apple”

Fiona Hill, the National Security Council’s former senior director for Europe and Russia, and David Holmes, an official from the American embassy in Ukraine, are sworn in before testifying before the House Intelligence Committee on November 21, 2019. | Drew Angerer/Getty Images Gordon Sondland and Kurt Volker were not telling the whole truth. Two witnessesContinue reading “Thursday’s impeachment testimony makes the Burisma-Biden connection undeniable”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. | Amir Levy/Getty Images This is a huge, huge deal. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on charges relating to corruption and bribery on Thursday, according to multiple reports in the Israeli and international press. The official announcement will come from Avichai Mandelblit, Israel’s attorney general, on ThursdayContinue reading “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been indicted on corruption charges”

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg speaks during a campaign stop at the Rex Theater in Manchester, New Hampshire, on November 8, 2019. | Joe Raedle/Getty Images Buttigieg’s surge could to hit a major obstacle in South Carolina. Pete Buttigieg is getting his second wind. The South Bend, Indiana, mayor enjoyed an unexpectedly good start toContinue reading “The Pete Buttigieg surge, explained”

Air France CEO Anne Rigail said that flying shame has taken root in her own home. | Pascal Pavani/AFP/Getty Images Leaders of two major airlines said this week they need to do more to fight against climate change. Airline executives are feeling the headwinds of the growing alarm among travelers about the climate consequences ofContinue reading “Airline CEOs to climate activists: you’re right, our industry is a big problem”

Elsa’s back. | Walt Disney Pictures Disney used to always be looking forward. These days, it increasingly only looks back. Nobody was more nostalgic than Marcel Proust. The French novelist’s six-volume masterwork In Search of Lost Time is narrated by a man who’s remembering his youth, and it explores how strange and unreliable memory canContinue reading “On Frozen 2 and Disney’s nostalgia problem”

Fiona Hill, former deputy assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe and Russia on the National Security Council staff, arrives to review transcripts of her deposition with the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees at the US Capitol on November 4, 2019. | Alex Wong/Getty Images Fiona Hill reminds Republicans that RussiaContinue reading “Read Fiona Hill’s scathing opening statement”

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) chat before a memorial ceremony for Congressman Elijah Cummings (D-MD). The two leaders and their respective Appropriations Committees need to hammer out a spending deal before the end of the year. | Matt McClain-Pool/Getty Images It’s the same issue that ledContinue reading “Congress keeps procrastinating on funding the government — because of Trump’s border wall”