Inside audiences' love of disaster movies

Bill to avoid government shutdown includes disaster relief money, assistance for farmers

Lawmakers have unveiled a spending package that will avert a government shutdown, but extra provisions in the bill, including money for disaster aid and economic assistance to farmers, are leading ...

CBS News - 3h

EU watchdogs call for disaster-relief fund in wake of Valencia floods

Climate change increasing frequency of natural disasters, leaving more of their multibillion-euro costs uninsured, says report

Financial Times - 4h

Congressional Leaders Unveil Short-Term Spending Bill Tied to Disaster Aid

What started out as a simple stopgap measure to avert a shutdown for a few months became a magnet for more than $100 billion in emergency disaster and farm aid, plus a host of unrelated policy ...

The New York Times - 16h

Top lawmakers unveil ‘Christmas-tree’ funding bill with $100B for disasters

Politico - 20h

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ABC News - 1d

Johnson: Bipartisan funding bill includes disaster relief

Politico - 1d

UCLA Hollywood diversity report highlights the importance of women in TV audience

The study finds that women and people of color remain underrepresented in key creative and lead roles though they are a crucial demographic when it comes to viewership.

Los Angeles Times - 1d

Holiday Movies Quiz

Find out if you deserve the expert’s Santa hat or a big old lump of coal.

The New York Times - 1d

Ontario's premier says Trump's tariffs would be a disaster for US markets

The premier of Canada’s most populous province says President-elect Donald Trump’s plan to impose sweeping 25% tariffs on all Canadian products would be a “disaster” that would hurt U.S. stock markets

ABC News - 12h

Government funding bill will run through March, include $100B in disaster aid

Pieces of a bipartisan effort to prevent a government shutdown during the holiday season are beginning to come into focus, including a March end-date and $100 billion in disaster aid. GOP ...

The Hill - 1d

The TV Shows, Movies and Music That Readers Loved in 2024

Critical favorites like “Anora,” “Cowboy Carter” and “The Bear” still left room for more recent arrivals like “Wicked” and Broadway’s “Maybe Happy Ending.”

The New York Times - 1d

Some in North Carolina still waiting on disaster aid after Hurricane Helene

Following the historic flooding from Hurricane Helene, many in North Carolina were denied disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration because it had run out of money. Scott ...

CBS News - 1d

Google debuts new AI video generator Veo 2 claiming better audience scores than Sora

The next generation of Google's video generation model Veo promises to create more realistic-looking videos.

VentureBeat - 2d

Best movies of 2024 in the US: No 5 – Hard Truths

Marianne Jean-Baptiste gives an immense, acidic performance as Pansy, a woman on the edge, in Mike Leigh’s strange, morbid miracle of a film • Our countdown of the top 50 films in the US in 2024 ...

The Guardian - 2d

Five ideas on how to shake up tennis for the modern sporting audience

BBC tennis correspondent Russell Fuller looks at what tennis could do to become an even more appealing and exciting sport.

BBC News - 2d

WATCH: This furry friend enjoys watching dog movies

Eight-year-old Kevin has been watching movies his whole life.

ABC News - 3d

The Uplift: Christmas love

A veteran decorates his Indianola, Iowa, neighborhood for Christmas. It's a labor of love he does for his wife of 53 years, who has Alzheimer's. Plus, more heartwarming stories.

CBS News - 4d

Sir David Jason: ‘You’ve got to make your audience enjoy it’

The actor, 84, talks about memories of the Blitz, surviving through humour, the inspiration of Ronnie Barker and being knighted by the Queen. Near the end of the Second World War, I must have ...

The Guardian - 4d

For Wild Animals, the Bird Flu Disaster Is Already Here

Scientists are concerned that the H5N1 virus could set off another human pandemic. But it is already putting species under pressure in the wild.

The New York Times - 5d

Ossoff says Greene in Senate would be 'disaster for the country'

Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) warned on Wednesday that a successful Senate run by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) would be "a disaster" for the nation. Ossoff is set to defend his seat in the 2026 ...

The Hill - 5d

Movie Review: ‘September 5’ goes inside a newsroom during the Munich Olympics hostage crisis

The new film “September 5" is a fictionalized account of ABC’s live coverage of the hostage crisis during the 1972 Munich Olympics

ABC News - 6d

Malaria cases rise for fifth year as disasters and resistance hamper control efforts

The disease killed 600,000 people amid 263m cases globally in 2023, says WHO, calling for nations to address funding shortfall. Malaria killed almost 600,000 people in 2023, as cases rose for the ...

The Guardian - Dec. 11

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ABC News - Dec. 10

Biden Calls Project 2025 an ‘Economic Disaster,’ Prays That Trump Will Throw It Away

President Joe Biden reflected on his economic achievements during an address at the Brookings Institution, reminding attendees about the strong economy he’s leaving for his successor.

Inc. - Dec. 10

This Super Mario Bros. Movie Character May Not Be In The Sequel

The Super Mario Bros. Movie is getting a sequel, but the character Foreman Spike may not be part of it. Comedian and actor Sebastian Maniscalco, who voiced the character in the first film, recently ...

GameSpot - Dec. 10

How I Aged Into the Bad Christmas Movie

One December morning, a millennial critic awoke to discover that she had been begrudgingly charmed by an onslaught of Hallmark and Netflix holiday films.

The New York Times - Dec. 8

If DOGE Treats Government Like a Business, It Could Be a Disaster

A lot of what the government does is hard to quantify and involves complicated tasks that inevitably require bureaucratic coordination and, yes, inefficiency.

The New York Times - Dec. 7

The Inside Story of Apple Intelligence

Apple’s leaders claim the company wasn’t late to generative AI, but instead following what has become its familiar playbook: try to be the best, not the first.

Wired - Dec. 6

Architects design community solutions for combatting climate disaster

Better social infrastructure can foster resilience in densely-populated urban environments

Financial Times - Dec. 6

The best movies of 2024 — and where to find them

The best movies of 2024 include 'Anora,' 'Smile 2,' 'A Real Pain,' 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig' and 'Dune: Part Two,' according to our critic Amy Nicholson.

Los Angeles Times - Dec. 6

Inside the Collapse of Florida State

The Seminoles had one of the biggest nosedives in college football history. What went wrong?

The New York Times - Dec. 6

The 34 Best Movies on Hulu This Week (December 2024)

Thelma, Gladiator, and Kinds of Kindness are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.

Wired - Dec. 5

House Freedom Caucus comes out against ‘unpaid’ disaster aid

The hardline conservative House Freedom Caucus came out against “unpaid” disaster aid legislation in an official statement on Wednesday, urging “not one more cent to the Biden administration.” In ...

The Hill - Dec. 5

The best movies of 2024 as ranked by AP film writers

Break out your “Dune” popcorn bucket: It's time for the best movies of the year

ABC News - Dec. 4

If Trump’s tariffs start a trade war, it would be an economic disaster | Mark Weisbrot

The president-elect’s two main arguments for his tariff threat – to reduce migration and to combat drugs – are not credible. “To me, the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff, and it’s my ...

The Guardian - Dec. 4

Is Robert Pattinson the Last True Movie Star?

He may have wanted to be an actor without being a celebrity. But then he turned his fame into its own kind of performance.

The New York Times - Dec. 4

Hospital group launches ad campaign for disaster relief tax credits

A major hospital trade group launched a six-figure ad campaign this week calling on Congress to extend disaster relief tax credits that the group says will help facilities recover from hurricanes ...

The Hill - Dec. 3

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Apple TV app (Movies) charts for week ending Dec. 2

ABC News - Dec. 3

The AI Version of Panasonic’s Founder Revives His Management Expertise for a New Audience

The chatty digital replica of Kōnosuke Matsushita, who started the electronics giant in 1918, offers an online path to lessons from the man once called the ‘god of management.’

Inc. - Dec. 2

Inside audiences' love of disaster movies

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