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Who do we blame for the demise of BuzzFeed News? This was a news outfit once heralded as the future of journalism, and a bona fide threat to the likes of the New York Times. Now it’s been shuttered because it never made money and its owner says it can’t figure out how it ever would. For most people, the villains of BuzzFeed News’s story are the same people we blame for the demise of any digital media publication that had its go-go days between 2010 and 2017 or so. You’ve seen lists like this before: Misguided media…

Jonah Peretti, founder and CEO of BuzzFeed, attends his company's public debut outside the Nasdaq in Times Square in New York City, Dec. 6, 2021.Brendan McDermid | ReutersCorporate stories have ebbs and flows, ups and downs.To this point, BuzzFeed's journey as a public company has been a bottomless pit. Co-founder and Chief Executive Jonah Peretti may be running out of time to alter his company's trajectory.The digital media company known for its listicles and quizzes is in crisis mode. Its stock has fallen 95% since the…

Keanu Reeves, the star of the immensely popular John Wick: Chapter 4, has been cast alongside Jonah Hill in a new Dark Comedy movie called Outcome for Apple TV Plus.Outcome, directed by Hill and co-written by Hill and Ezra Woods, will star Reeves as Reef, "a damaged Hollywood star who must dive into the dark depths of his past to confront his demons and make amends after he is extorted with a mysterious video clip from his past." according to the report by The Hollywood Reporter (opens in new tab).Outcome was a very…

Jonah Hill looks unrecognisable in new pics after remarkable weight loss(Photo Credit –IANS) ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ star Jonah Hill seemed unrecognisable as he was spotted surfing after impressive weight loss. The actor was seen catching waves in California, showing off his slimmed-down physique as well as a huge beard, reports Mirror.co.uk. The 21 Jump Street star looked like he was a natural surfer as he stretched out his arms to keep his balance, despite previously saying he was scared of the sport. Jonah Hill…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJosh Brolin has said he “still owes” his Jonah Hex co-stars after making a “bad choice”.The actor recalled the messy production in a ne winterview, stating: “It was not successful creatively or monetarily. I mean, everybody knows how I feel about Jonah Hex.”He explained that they rushed into hiring director Jimmy Hayward as the film was weeks away from bveing “canned”.“I remember it…

As you may or may not have noticed, the artist formerly known as Kanye West received some undue, not-worth-the-time coverage recently in connection with an Instagram post about Jonah Hill and 21 Jump Street. Now, Seth Rogen—who was also involved with the 2012 comedy—has been asked to share his thoughts on this development.In short, Ye shared a post this month stating, in part, “Watching Jonah Hill in made me like Jewish people again.” The post came after last year’s spree of anti-Semitic remarks from Ye, most notably his…

In a post on Instagram, the artist formerly known as Kanye West has said he “likes Jewish people again” after watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street.“Watching Jonah Hill in 21 Jump Street made me like Jewish people again,” wrote Ye in the caption for the post, which included the DVD cover of the 2012 comedy. “No one should take anger against one or two individuals and transform that into hatred towards millions of innocent people. No Christian can be labeled antisemite knowing Jesus is Jew. Thank you Jonah Hill I love…

The number one movie on Netflix, You People, has mainstream critics cringing and Black Twitter talking back to the screen. The takeaway: they’re not buying any of it – not the culture clash, not the casting and definitely not the chemistry between the two romantic leads.More reinterpretation than remake of the 1967 classic Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, You People – Black-ish creator Kenya Barris’s feature film directing debut - is a typical romcom by the numbers. But instead of two basic white people playing the will…

It’s only been a couple of months since Jonah Hill won over audiences with Stutz, his sharp and surprisingly stirring documentary about his therapist, Phil Stutz. The actor is back with another contribution to the Netflix canon, this one an unfortunate monument to the unexamined life.Hill stars in, co-produced and co-wrote You People with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris. Strong as its streetwear and soundtrack game may be, the project lacks the discipline or specificity that makes a romantic comedy pop. Instead we have an…

An Intuitive Explanation of IPTW and a Comparison to Multivariate RegressionPhoto by Nadir sYzYgY on UnsplashIn this post I will provide an intuitive and illustrated explanation of inverse probability of treatment weighting (IPTW), which is one of various propensity score (PS) methods. IPTW is an alternative to multivariate linear regression in the context of causal inference, since both attempt to ascertain the effect of a treatment on an outcome in the presence of confounds. It is important to note the current evidence…