This year, director, writer and actress Greta Gerwig became the first woman to earn an Oscar nomination for a directorial debut. But even though 34-year-old Gerwig has already made history, her journey to success has not gone exactly as planned. In fact, after graduating from Barnard College in 2006, Gerwig […]
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This 13-foot robot cost over $100 million to develop and looks like it’s straight out of a sci-fi movie
Giant human-controlled robots aren’t just for Hollywood anymore. CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin tried out the Method-2, a 1.6-ton, 13-foot tall robot made by Hankook Mirae Technology in South Korea. It’s the same robot that made an impression on Jeff Bezos at Amazon’s MARS conference last year. Tweet link If the […]
Speechwriter to screenwriter: A former Pentagon aide joins the indie film business
How did a Pentagon speechwriter pivot to writing screenplays for independent films? For Alston Ramsay, writer of the new thriller “Midnighters,” it took risk, research and a group effort from his family. The taut, paranoid “Midnighters” follows Lindsey (Alex Essoe) and Jeff Pittman (Dylan McTee), a young couple straining to […]
Your property taxes just jumped by more than 50 percent. Now what
The good news for some homeowners in one town: The average assessed value of a house in your neighborhood has skyrocketed by more than eightfold, climbing from about $212,000 to $1.8 million. Now for the bad news: Your property taxes are going up as well, to just over $29,000 from […]
Oscar-nominee Denzel Washington paid for ‘Black Panther’ star Chadwick Boseman to study at Oxford
Chadwick Boseman, the 41-year-old star of “Black Panther,” may have acting veteran and 2018 Oscar-nominee Denzel Washington to thank for some of his success. While studying at Howard University in the late ’90s, Boseman and some of his peers applied to a prestigious summer theater program at The University of […]
US prosecutors want stay lifted to settle 1MDB-linked ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ lawsuit
The U.S. Justice Department has asked a court to lift a stay on civil proceedings linked to a Malaysian fund at the center of its biggest ever “kleptocracy” probe, so that a settlement can be reached with producers of the movie “The Wolf of Wall Street.” In September, U.S. prosecutors […]
North Korea threatens to ‘counter’ US if it holds military drills with South Korea
North Korea threatened on Saturday to “counter the U.S.” if the United States holds joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the drills would harm reconciliation efforts on the peninsula. The United States is due to start joint exercises in early April, a South Korean presidential security adviser said this […]
Iran says it won’t negotiate over its ballistic missiles until US, Europe dismantle nuclear weapons
Iran will not negotiate over its ballistic missiles until the United States and Europe dismantle their nuclear weapons, a top Iranian military official said on Saturday, keeping up the Islamic republic’s tough stance on the issue. While Iran has accepted curbs on its nuclear work — which it says is […]
Trump’s shifting stance on guns leaves lawmakers baffled
In his quest to tackle gun violence, President Donald Trump has ricocheted between calling for tougher laws and declaring his fealty to the Second Amendment’s right to bear arms, leaving a trail of befuddled lawmakers and advocates in his wake. One thing he still has not done: clearly outline his […]
Trump ally reportedly in talks to earn $75 million if he could get the US probe into 1MDB dropped
A top republican donor close to President Donald Trump tried to negotiate a $75 million fee from the man at the center of the 1MDB scandal if he could get the U.S. to stop investigating the Malaysian state investment fund, the Wall Street Journal reports. Elliott Broidy, a longtime Republican […]