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 ) reported on the women of Nduru Beach, Kenya, who rebelled against the practice of exchanging sex for fish to sell. Instead, they created the "No Sex For Fish" group — members bought their own boats and hired men to work for them, flipping the power dynamic. This year, reporter Viola Kosome returned to the village to see how the women are faring. "Our members are surviving with grace," says Justine Adhiambo Obura, the chairperson of No Sex for Fish. https://flip.it/Z5Wm40 #Africa #Women #WomensRights #Entrepreneurship #HIV #Fishing #Kenya
20 years after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, a slate of new documentaries take a look at how things are today. [@IndieWire](
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 ) reviews the films, including Spike Lee's "God Takes Care of Fools and Babies,” which is part of a three-part Netflix series, Traci A. Curry and Ryan Coogler's "Race Against Time," and Peacock's "Hope in High Water." "'Race Against Time' really starts cooking when it tackles the racial bias evident in the disaster response and the way it was covered," writes Ben Travers. "One neighbor talks about how a nursing home full of stranded residents was ignored until they replaced the Black people on the roof, crying for help, with white people."
Spike Lee 'Katrina' Documentary on Netflix Is a Prayer for Help
For the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, 'Come Hell and High Water' on Netflix emphasizes the people who saved themselves over past...
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Anthropic and a group of up to 7 million authors are expected to reach a "historic" settlement soon. In the largest copyright class action of all time, claimants sued the company for illegally downloading their books to train its AI models. Here's more from @Ars Technica.
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Authors celebrate “historic” settlement coming soon in Anthropic class action
Advocates fear such settlements will "financially ruin" the AI industry.
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Cracker Barrel says it will return to its old branding after online outrage by conservatives, who claimed the country-themed restaurant chain was going "woke." Here's more from NBC.
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Cracker Barrel will go back to old logo after conservative backlash
The country-themed restaurant chain reversed itself a day after it tried to reassure customers that its values didn't change in the branding decision.
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It's official: "KPop Demon Hunters" is Netflix's most popular movie of all time. The film’s soundtrack is also the first to have four simultaneous Billboard Top 10 hits, and its theatrical release means it qualifies to be nominated at next year's Oscars. Here's more from [@theverge](
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KPop Demon Hunters is Netflix’s most popular movie of all time
The animated musical has become a cultural phenomenon and one of Netflix’s most surprising successes.
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We're now one-quarter of the way through the century (😱) so it's time for some retrospective looks. The Ringer has ranked the top 100 movie performances of the past 25 years and it's a great list. Which of these five do you think they chose as No. 1? Tell us your favorite performance — both recent, and of-all-time, in the comments.
The 101 Best Movie Performances of the 21st Century
We’re talking capital-A Acting, baby! From Daniel Day-Lewis in ‘There Will Be Blood’ to Mark Wahlberg in ‘The Departed,’ we’re celebrat...
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“Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” wrote Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in a five-photo joint post on Instagram that announced their engagement. Here's more from [@AssociatedPress](
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged
It’s a love story and, baby, she said yes. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are engaged. The superstar singer and football player revealed the news ...
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When Kumail Nanjiani signed up to participate in Marvel's "Eternals," he thought his next decade was set in stone. But the movie bombed, and he ended up in therapy. "I signed on for six movies. I signed on for a video game. I signed up for a theme park ride," he told Mike Birbiglia on his "Working It Out" podcast. “For me, what really hit me was just realizing that too much of my self-esteem is tied up in other people’s reaction to my work ... Also, other people have way bigger problems than this!” Here's more from [@Variety](
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Kumail Nanjiani Signed for Six 'Eternals' Movies: Marvel Is the 'Next 10 Years'
Kumail Nanjiani reveals that he signed on for six Marvel movies before playing Kingo in 'Eternals' and went to therapy after "none of tha...
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"KPop Demon Hunters" is the hit of the summer — 97% on Rotten Tomatoes, record numbers for streaming, songs in the Billboard Top 10 and now, No. 1 at the box office. [@Gizmodo](
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 ) takes a look at its unorthodox path to success and whether this streaming-first approach could be a new model for the movie industry. "By the time ... the film got a larger theatrical release, it had permeated the culture to become less a first-run hit and almost a repertory movie. A movie that fans are so familiar with, they pay to see it in theaters just for the experience."
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The ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Success Story Could Be a Turning Point for Cinema
The Netflix mega-hit is now a box office hit too, but would that have been the case without the streamer?
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