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How the science behind salmon farms and sea lice became so contentious

A federal decision to shut down 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around B.C.'s Discovery Islands is being lauded as a win for protecting wild salmon, and a significant blow to the fish-farm industry — all while reigniting a decades-old debate between industry and scientists.The decision from Ottawa came just weeks after a Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) report found no "statistically significant association" between sea lice infestations among wild juvenile chum and pink salmon and the fish farms they migrate past…

A Contentious Blockbuster That Escaped Decades in Development Hell Overthrows the Streaming Order

Depending entirely on who you ask, Black Adam is either an unmitigated disaster or a minor triumph, and that extends to star and producer Dwayne Johnson. The A-list leading man chimed in when it was pointed out that his long-gestating DCU debut had been crushed by Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, which earned more in a matter of days than Black Adam had in a month. It still hasn’t managed to cross $400 million at the global box office, either, which isn’t a good look for a comic book adaptation with a $200 million price…

Jamie Foxx talks about wanting to return to simpler, less contentious times

`Django Unchained` star Jamie Foxx misses the time when things were simpler and when he was rolling in the good times - basically the 2000s which were a stark contrast to what he says is the overall climate right now. The actor spoke about American rapper Takeoff`s murder after sending condolences, reports TMZ. He also hopped onto a train of thought about what he considers a massive cloud of negativity that`s hovering above Hollywood. Also Read: Backstreet Boys plan on returning to Las Vegas for concert series Foxx…

India cracks whip against Twitter, Facebook, others over contentious posts, notifies rules

In a big development today, India has notified rules under which it will set up 3-member Grievance Appellate Committee(s), which will redress grievances of users against decisions made by social media platforms including Twitter and Facebook over contentious content on their platforms. These will be set up within a three-month period, according to a gazette notification issued by MeitY (Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology). Interestingly, this comes on the day that Indian origin Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal

A Contentious Comic Book Blockbuster Rocks Streaming With Heavy Artillery

via Warner Bros. Next year marks the 10th anniversary of Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, which inexplicably managed to launch a multi-billion dollar comic book franchise that’s still going strong today without even getting a sequel. That still stings for a huge number of fans, and it’s remarkable that the Superman reboot continues to be one of the most talked-about comic book adaptations of the last decade in spite of its one-and-done status, with Henry Cavill back in the headlines all over again after returning to…

DC Defenders Instantly Shoot Down the Notion of a Contentious Crossover

via Warner Bros. A large number of DCEU fans are very particular about what they want to see, and the only major problem (which is admittedly a fairly glaring one) is that Warner Bros. doesn’t seem to want to give it to them. The masses desire few things more than to see Henry Cavill suit up and swoop back into action as the franchise’s canonical Superman, but instead they’ve had to make do with faceless cameos in Shazam! and Peacemaker. They’re also desperate to see the Man of Steel trade blows with Dwayne…

A Contentious Crime Thriller Guns Down a Top Spot on Streaming

via Universal It might have been 15 years since José Padilha’s Elite Squad was released to just as much fanfare as controversy, but the brutal crime thriller is every bit as relevant now as it was back then. Suffice to say, the story of Brazil’s BOPE (Special Police Operation Battalion) fighting to eliminate and eradicate drug dealers from the favelas of Rio de Janiero before the visit of the Pope stoked the flames of criticism when it first landed in theaters, with many local and international critics blasting…