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YouTube Kids' Powerhouse CoComelon Acquired by Moonbug, Which Raises $120M in New Funding
Variety - 31 Jul 2020 00:09
CoComelon, the YouTube children’s animated nursery rhymes animation channel that is the platform’s most-viewed channel with over 3.5 billion average monthly views, has been acquired by Moonbug Entertainment. Moonbug ...
'Unhinged' Review: Russell Crowe Will Not Save Cinema with This Pointless Thriller
IndieWire - 31 Jul 2020 01:00
Crowe goes into overdrive for the first new movie released in theaters in months, but it's not enough to save this cheap thriller.
Emitt Rhodes, RIP: A TV Producer Recalls Meeting His Ultimate Rock Hero, Decades Into a Disappearing Act
Variety - 31 Jul 2020 02:43
The passing of singer-songwriter Emitt Rhodes, who died July 19 at age 70, produced the kind of small but mighty outpouring of grief that is befitting for one of the great cult figures of rock history. He’s remembered ...
Book excerpt: "The Virus In the Age of Madness"
CBSNews - 31 Jul 2020 15:50
With the pandemic, French author and philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy writes, America has experienced its "viral Pearl Harbor"
House Panel Finds Arizona Congressman Violated 11 Ethics Rules
The New York Times - 31 Jul 2020 04:09
The House Ethics Committee ordered Representative David Schweikert, Republican of Arizona, to pay a $50,000 fine and face a reprimand by the House.
Meet the OKC Thunder's Secret Weapon: Montreal's Luguentz Dort
Complex - 31 Jul 2020 20:41
Get to know the Canadian who could be just what the Thunder have been searching for.
Ghislaine Maxwell exchanged emails with Epstein as late as 2015, unsealed court documents show
CBSNews - 31 Jul 2020 16:16
More than 600 pages of newly unsealed court documents were released late Thursday night, containing new details about Ghislaine Maxwell's relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. They come weeks after she pleaded "not guilty" ...
Patriots re-sign quarterback Brian Lewerke
Boston - 31 Jul 2020 12:55
The Patriots have re-signed rookie quarterback Brian Lewerke, a league source confirmed Thursday. An undrafted free agent out of Michigan State, Lewerke was originally signed in April but was cut Sunday as the Patriots w...
In Ultra-Wealthy Greenwich, Teen Parties Lead to Jump in Virus Cases
The New York Times - 31 Jul 2020 11:00
Many of those exposed were seniors who had just finished their final year at two elite private schools.
Russian sisters appear for trial on charges of killing their abusive father
New York Post - 31 Jul 2020 15:56
Two of the Russian sisters charged with killing their physically and sexually abusive father arrived for the start of their trial in Moscow Friday morning. Krestina, Angelina and Maria Khachaturyan were 19, 18 and 17 whe...
Why didn't Zion Williamson play more minutes vs. Jazz? Pelicans' Alvin Gentry offers confusing explanation
Sporting News - 31 Jul 2020 05:18
Zion Williamson played the first five minutes of the fourth quarter but never returned after being subbed out with 7:19 left in regulation.
Prince Andrew allegedly pushed for Epstein to get 'favorable' plea deal
New York Post - 31 Jul 2020 20:34
Prince Andrew is accused in newly released documents of lobbying federal prosecutors to get Jeffrey Epstein a more “favorable” plea deal in his 2007 prostitution case. The accusation came in a slew of previously seal...
JP Morgan raises AAPL target to $460 after Apple smashes its expectations
AppleInsider - 31 Jul 2020 16:32
JP Morgan bumped its AAPL price target to $460, up from $425, following an earnings report that surprised "even bullish expectations" and far surpassed its own forecast. Credit: Andrew O'Hara, AppleInsider In a note to i...
Gender Stereotypes Plaguing the Pandemic Response
OpEdNews - 31 Jul 2020 08:13
Please consider this article exposing the same-old deep-rooted gender stereotypes that are often failing us in responding to the pandemic. UN head Antonio Guterres had rightly said "COVID-19 has exposed the lie that free...
Twitter reveals exactly how bitcoin scammers hacked Elon Musk's, Kim Kardashian's accounts
Mashable - 31 Jul 2020 03:58Omar Hassan al-Bashir Is Gone, but the Killing Goes On in Darfur
The New York Times - 31 Jul 2020 03:38
The ouster of Sudan's longtime ruler last year stoked hopes for peace in brutalized Darfur. But violence has surged amid fresh accusations against Sudan's security forces.
Mutual Fund Winners Don't Stay Ahead for Long
The New York Times - 31 Jul 2020 19:50
A new study finds that hot mutual funds generally don't keep outperforming from year to year, overturning an important finding from the 1990s.
Nvidia is reportedly in 'advanced talks' to buy ARM for more than $32 billion
The Verge - 31 Jul 2020 16:32
SoftBank has been rumored to be exploring a sale of ARM -- the British chip designer that powers nearly every major mobile processor from companies like Qualcomm, Apple, Samsung, and Huawei -- and now, it might have foun...
AAPL stock split will impact Dow; one original share now 224 new ones
9 to 5 Mac - 31 Jul 2020 16:35
The AAPL stock split of course has no impact on the value of the company, it just means that you’ll have four times as many shares that will be worth a quarter of their previous value. But it will have one concrete imp...
Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 (GX550) review: Too hot to handle?
Pocket-lint - 31 Jul 2020 11:00
There's plenty to admire about this twin-screen gaming machine. Yet it comes with some serious downsides - no webcam leaves us puzzled, as does the
First dog to test positive for Covid-19 in the US, Buddy the German shepherd, has died
CNN - 31 Jul 2020 05:00
Buddy, a 7-year-old German shepherd from Staten Island, New York, was the first dog to test positive for the coronavirus in the United States. He died on July 11 after a three-month illness, according to National Geograp...
2 US oil executives released from Venezuela prison to house arrest
CNN - 31 Jul 2020 04:33
Two American oil executives held in an overcrowded Venezuelan prison for almost three years have been placed in house arrest, a sign that the embattled government of Nicolas Maduro may be easing its stance toward the det...