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One of the more reductive jabs thrown at "Spotlight" by some during the awards season was that it had all the craftsmanship of a TV movie. ScreenCrush did a pretty good job in vigorously defending the artistry of Tom McCarthy's film, which is certainly subtle, but no less accomplished. It takes a special kind of talent to avoid obviously dramatic filmmaking and pull off a movie as powerful as "Spotlight." Chatting last week with Studio 360, the filmmaker is upfront that it was a conscious decision that served the movie... Читать дальше...

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Stocks surged today. 

On Tuesday, the S&P 500 rose to a seven-week high while the Dow closed up 348 points, and the Nasdaq clocked a triple-digit gain for its best day of the year.

In an afternoon note to clients, Dave Lutz at JonesTrading sent out this brief on why stocks rallied:

• After speaking to Chinese officials, Treasury secretary Jack Lew said they assured him there'll be no need or plans to devalue the yuan further.
• Weak US and Chinese... Читать дальше...

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Everyone in business wants to know what's going to happen in the future, and for some time now Ford has been investing in futurism, an evolving academic and professional discipline.

For nearly a decade, Sheryl Connelly has been Ford's manager of global consumer trends and futuring. "In this role, she tracks global consumer trends to aide in the discussion of long-term planning and strategy across the entire company, including design, product development and corporate strategy," the auto giant says. Читать дальше...

Een 57-jarige man uit Rotterdam is maandagmiddag aangehouden in Drenthe op verdenking van zware mishandeling en poging tot beroving van een man (45) uit Eindhoven. De verdachte zou het slachtoffer tegen zijn gezicht hebben geslagen met een klomp.

AD-journalist Angela de Jong schrijft twee keer per week een column over wat haar opvalt op televisie.

Feb. 8, 1948 — Feb. 25, 2016

Michael Dell says his historic $59 billion acquisition of storage vendor EMC Corp. is moving forward despite turmoil in the public markets.

Michael Dell says his historic $59 billion acquisition of storage vendor EMC Corp. is moving forward despite turmoil in the public markets.

Young Englishman vows to enjoy his World Golf Championship debut this week. James Corrigan reports

Artist Joshua Greene's project Read By Famous auctions off celebrities' personal copies of books. The post You Can Buy Famous People's Dog-Eared Books—For a Good Cause appeared first on WIRED.

ENSCHEDE - Gerald van den Belt is pas een jaar in dienst van FC Twente, maar moet toch alweer vertrekken. Dat schrijft onderzoeker Ben Knüppe in zijn rapport over FC Twente.

WASHINGTON — U.S. drones were decimating the upper ranks of al Qaeda, his men were killing suspected spies, and Osama bin Laden wondered: Could an Iranian dentist have planted a tracking device in his wife’s tooth? The letter was among thousands of pages of documents and other materials seized by Navy SEALs during the raid on bin Laden’s compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in May 2011, and it was declassified Tuesday along with 112 other pieces of writings and letters found in the al Qaeda leader’s hideout.

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey likened Apple's built-in iPhone security to a "vicious guard dog" on Tuesday as Congress heard arguments over who can unlock smartphones belonging to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director James Comey likened Apple's built-in iPhone security to a "vicious guard dog" on Tuesday as Congress heard arguments over who can unlock smartphones belonging to…

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Price and laboratory ratings don't indicate whether a football helmet is better at protecting high school players from concussion, a new study suggests.

(AP) — The chancellor of the University of California, Davis has resigned from the board of a for-profit college company that the Federal Trade Commission is suing for deceptive advertising. The Sacramento Bee reports (http://bit.ly/1Sg5L91 ) that UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi quit a $70,000 a year post with DeVry Education Group on Tuesday under pressure from a California lawmaker and consumer groups.

High housing costs are encouraging Londoners to build down instead of up. They're digging out basements to create underground mansions. This story originally aired on Jan. 4, 2016 on Morning Edition.

George Clooney says plastic surgery as he ages is not for him. (Photo by Jun Sato/WireImage) The COEN BROTHERS heaped praise on versatile movie star GEORGE CLOONEY and his ability to convincingly act the fool. Joel and Ethan Coen worked with George on their third film together, “Hail, Caesar!” a movie he encouraged them to make. The brothers, have been writing and directing movies together for over three decades. Their latest offering is about a ’50s Hollywood fixer called Eddie, whose job is to keep actors’ scandals out of the public eye... Читать дальше...

John Oliver aimed his comedic chops at Trump in a scathing 22-minute segment on "Last Week Tonight"

The film exhibitor sector reported better-than-expected earnings for the fiscal 2015 fourth quarter and analysts see potential upside moving forward.

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When filmmakers needed a double for the ancient city of Jerusalem, they turned to the region of Basilicata in southern Italy, and the ancient stone town of Matera. This village is all drama—from the story of its abandonment in the 1950s to its scenic position on a ravine dotted with natural limestone caves. The historic heart of Matera, called the sassi, has churches built into caves where stone walls are covered in frescoes.

Today... Читать дальше...

Two soldiers got lost, entered the refugee camp and were attacked. Other Israeli troops arrived on the scene. A Palestinian man was killed, and several Israelis and Palestinians were wounded.

TiVo Inc. late Tuesday reported fourth-quarter earnings ​of ​$199,000, compared with $7.1 million a year ago. The latest quarterly results included $12.8 million in chief executive transition costs and $7.7 million in related tax benefits. On a per-share basis, the San Jose, Calif.-based company broke even versus a profit of 7 cents a share in the year-earlier period. Net revenue rose to $123.1 million from $114.1 million while its services and technology revenue, a closely monitored metric that excludes hardware sales... Читать дальше...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Voters from Vermont to Colorado, Alaska to American Samoa, and a host of states in between headed to polling places and caucus sites on the busiest day of the 2016 primaries.