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The Rise of the Digital Oligarchy and AI Era
O n Jan. 11, 1994, I drove to UCLA’s Royce Hall to hear Vice President Al Gore deliver the keynote address at the Information Superhighway Conference. I was in the…
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‘The Comeback’ Season 3 Tackles AI in Hollywood With Plenty of Laughs
Arguably, Lisa Kudrow has never been funnier than when she appears as Valerie Cherish on Hot Ones in the new season of The Comeback. Clueless to the format of the…
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The Most Controversial Movie of the Year is Here. It’s Called ‘Yes’
It starts not with a bang, but a Bacchanalia that would make Caligula blush. People dressed to the nines are gyrating and grinding away to La Bouche’s “Be My Lover,”…
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Take the World’s Hardest Quiz
How well do you know the goings on of the USS Enterprise? Take this quiz to find out Before it started airing in 1987, the very idea of Star Trek:…
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Iran Insider Trading Allegations Explode. CFTC Rolls Over
Last Saturday, while world markets were closed, President Donald Trump issued an incendiary threat to Iranian leaders: Open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours or the United States would…
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James Tolkan, ‘Back to the Future’ and ‘Top Gun’ Actor, Dies at 94
James Tolkan, best known for his authoritarian roles in the Back to the Future franchise and Top Gun, has died at the age of 94. His death was announced on…
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No Kings Protests Expected to Break Records Amid Iran Backlash
The first two record-breaking iterations of the international No Kings protests were both pegged to major news events. The first, held last July on the same day as Donald Trump’s…
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Army Sec. Told Trump Won’t Want to Stand Next to Black Female Officer
Donald Trump is known to muse about how the military men he interacts with as president are straight out of “central casting.” He doesn’t seem to want his movie to…
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Riz Ahmed on New Series ‘Bait’ and Getting Clearance to Use James Bond
Riz Ahmed says the perfect Eid, the celebration at the end of Ramadan, is a gorgeous morning filled with fast-breaking, family, and peace. Unfortunately, that Eid doesn’t exist in real…
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Savannah Guthrie ‘Today’ Return Set for April After Mom Disappearance
The anchor will return to the show on April 6, more than two months after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, was reported missing Savannah Guthrie will return to the Today Show…