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NYT Columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin and C.E.O. of The Walt Disney Company Bob Iger speak during the New York Times annual DealBook summit on November 29, 2023 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty ImagesDisney Chief Executive Officer Bob Iger said Wednesday he will no longer tolerate his company's partners and creative team prioritizing messaging over storytelling."Creators lost sight of what their number one objective needed to be," Iger said at the DealBook Summit in New York on Wednesday. "We have to entertain…

It felt like so much of what had come before it under Chip Kelly.A week after posting a riveting victory, UCLA sustained the sort of loss that made one question the whole operation.Long, hard reflection was practically all that remained after the latest lurching left the Bruins with their most deflating defeat of the season Saturday night at the Rose Bowl.Only seven days after pummeling its cross-town rival, UCLA fell flat during a 33-7 loss to California that left Kelly to answer for six seasons of one-step-forward,…

I know this all too well. As a professional writer, those interruptions in creativity and flow can be costly with regard to time and concentration. Every time I am interrupted, you can count on doubling the amount of time for that interruption for me to get back into my groove.Fortunately, there are always tools that can help you avoid such issues. One tool is Google Docs custom substitutions. Essentially, these substitutions allow you to set a sort of shortcut for something that would otherwise take you more time than…

Mark Kleinman / Sky News: London-based Monument, a digital bank focused on mass affluent clients, raised a $50M Series B, a source says at a £150M+ pre-money valuation — Monument Bank's Series C fundraising is being launched immediately after the completion of a £40m injection from shareholders including Dubai Investments, Sky News understands. Mark Kleinman / Sky News: London-based Monument, a digital bank focused on mass affluent clients, raised a $50M Series B, a source says at a…

Chuck Tingle is famously (and infamously) known for self-publishing absurdist erotica that almost always skews queer. Despite ridiculous titles like Handsome Sentient Food Pounds My Butt And Turns Me Gay: Eight Tales Of Hot Food and Not Pounded By Bi Erasure Because My Current Hetero-Presenting Relationship Does Not Invalidate My Queerness, Tingle’s work remains steadfastly earnest, which continues with his newly-written horror story. Camp Damascus is Tingle’s first full-length, traditionally published novel, and it…

Picture the scene. You sit down at your computer, ready to spend a few hours completing important tasks.  But as soon as you turn on the device, in comes a stream of notifications. There are emails to look at and a few messages to respond to. Once that’s done, you might as well check social media and your favourite news sites.  Before you know it, an hour has passed and you’ve not made any progress. Sound familiar? It’s something almost all of us have experienced at some point, but that doesn’t mean we should…

What’s Love Got To Do With It: Angela Bassett On Working Out For 12 Hours & Having No Time To Eat While Playing Tina Turner: “You Had To Be So Focused…” – Deets Inside ( Photo Credit – IMDb ) Angela Bassett worked out for 12 hours and had no time to eat when she played Tina Turner in ‘What’s Love Got to do With It’. The 64-year-old ended up with a best actress Oscar nomination for playing Tina in the harrowing 1993 film, which charted Tina’s brutal years with her abusive husband Ike Turner, who…

Theoretical framework. Credit: PLOS ONE (2023). DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0284684 Chinese companies that invest in environmental and socially responsible projects have high-quality financial reporting and accountability, according to a new study from Charles Darwin University (CDU) researchers. While questions have been raised into…

Seedstars Capital and Swiss philanthropic foundation Fondation Botnar have launched Seedstars Youth Wellbeing Ventures, a $20 million investment mandate targeting early-stage startups in Africa that are focused on improving the wellbeing of people below 30 years in low-and-middle-income countries. The evergreen fund will back pre-seed to Series A startups including those that advance health services, environmental sustainability and ecological resilience (like access to clean energy), local food…

Credit: Emituu/Shutterstock The imprisonment of a woman in the UK for taking abortion pills at 32-34 weeks of pregnancy has shocked many. Most people are still unaware that abortion at any stage of pregnancy is illegal in England and Wales, unless authorized by two doctors. Any woman who obtains abortion medication from sources…