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Actors aren't working right now, so studios will turn to you for content in their place. Don't fall for it.If you're a content creator, the SAG/WGA strike will likely affect you in some way. It might change the way you view Hollywood, affect what opportunities are available to you, or keep your loved ones from finding work. Here's a quick run down of why you should support the strike and how you can show solidarity. What is this strike about? What are SAG and WGA striking over? We've put together a helpful summary at this link but basically, amidst an...

North Korea’s U.N. ambassador defended his country’s recent long-range missile launch in a rare appearance at the U.N. Security Council on Thursday where he also accused the United States of driving the situation in northeast Asia “to the brink of nuclear war.” Kim Song told the council that Wednesday’s test-flight of the developmental Hwasong-18 missile was a legitimate exercise of the North’s right to self-defense. He said the United States was raising regional tensions with nuclear threats and deploying a nuclear-powered submarine to South Korea for the first time in 14 years. Kim said the missile launch had “no negative...

As SAG-AFTRA prepares to go on strike tonight at midnight and to begin picketing outside studio gates Friday morning, the guild has sent members its strike rules, which order them to “cease rendering all services and performing all work” covered by the TV/Theatrical Contracts. The “Strike Notice and Order” also says that members “must not cross SAG-AFTRA picket lines,” “must instruct their agent and/or other representatives to discontinue conducting negotiations on their behalf with the studios, streamers and networks for covered services,” and “must inform SAG-AFTRA of all strikebreaking activity.” The rules note, however, that members “may be able to...

The leader of Hollywood's most influential actors' union admitted her industry's devastating strike is partially fueled by fears thespians will be replaced by robots. Fran Drescher shook her fists in anger as she slammed showbiz fat cats for failing to negotiate, which had earlier in the day led the SAG-AFRA union to join screenwriters on the picket line for the first time in more than six decades. 'I am shocked by the way the people that we have been in business are treating us,' the actress, best known for starring in 90s sitcom The Nanny, said at a news conference...

Police have arrested a woman in connection with the July 2 'drug overdose' death of acting legend Robert De Niro's 19-year-old grandson Leandro. Sofia Haley Marks, 20, is accused of selling Leandro De Niro Rodriguez drugs shortly before he was found dead in his New York City apartment. Marks has been nicknamed 'the Percocet Princess', was arrested Thursday night at around 6 p.m. in an NYPD undercover sting operation, according to the New York Post.

Terrifying video shows huge gang of masked burglars roaming Bay Area street at 2am and breaking into cars: Victim woken up by crime was too scared to confront them Ring doorbell cameras captured a frightening scene in Antioch, California in the early hours of July 6 A gang of at least eight masked people were seen breaking into cars and ransacking the contents Police were called and arrived in five minutes, but the gang had fled: residents said they were too scared to confront the thieves ByFOR DAILYMAIL.COM A Ring doorbell captures terrifying scenes in the Californian city of Antioch,...

What Does Biden Have Against Israel? The President treats the governing coalition in Jerusalem worse than he does Iran. ___ https://www.inn.co.il/news/607728 The Wall Street Journal: Biden's attitude towards Israel - worse than the attitude towards Iran INN, Nitzan Keidar, 25 in Tammuz 5783. 07/14/23. The "Wall Street Journal" newspaper devoted its editorial to criticism of the US president and wondered "What does Biden have against Israel?". The American newspaper Wall Street Journal dedicated its editorial today (Friday) to the harsh criticisms hurled this week by the American administration towards Israel and in its title asked "What does Biden have against...

Ukraine is close to equalizing its tank numbers with Russia, new data suggests. But even as the country's active tank count climbs, Russia is unlikely to run out of armored vehicles any time soon. More than 18 months into the war, Ukraine is on track to surpass Russia in the size of its battlefield tank fleet, Bloomberg reported this week, citing a compilation of several data sources and defense statements. The Military Balance 2023, an annual report from the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank, said Russia began the war in February 2022 with 3,417 available tanks, compared to...

President Trump is the only President who has addressed this issue. This video was made when he was in office, but it was posted on Youtube on July 4, 2023, the same day that the movie "Sound of Freedom" was released. See video at link.

LIVE! ISRO Chandrayaan Lunar Lander + Rover Launch This one is set to launch in 3 hours as of this posting.

Milan Kundera, whose dissident writings in communist Czechoslovakia transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism, has died in ParisMilan Kundera, the renowned but reclusive author whose dissident writings transformed him into an exiled satirist of totalitarianism and explorer of identity and the human condition, has died in Paris. He was 94. Kundera died Tuesday afternoon, his long-standing publishing house Gallimard said in a one-sentence statement on Wednesday. It confirmed that he died in Paris, where he has lived for decades, but provided no further information. The European Parliament held a moment of silence upon news of his passing. Kundera...

Which state will report power shortages first? Those that are caused by the high heat warnings over the next month?

An open letter signed by “46 foreign policy experts” calling for more arms shipments to Ukraine published in POLITICO failed to mention ties of nearly half of the signatories to the defence industry, allegedly glossing over conflicts of interest, the Washington-based Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft claimed.

A study has shown that a physical activity dose equivalent to just 20 minutes a day (for five days a week) of moderate-intensity physical activity, like brisk walking, was linked with less risk of depressive symptoms and odds of major depression. Recent research has shown moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) was linked with benefits for depression. "We sought to identify the lowest dose of MVPA associated with protection against Major Depression and depressive symptoms and the extent to which this varied based on the presence of chronic disease," added Dr. Laird. Key findings: A physical activity dose equivalent to 20 minutes...

This is a pretty darn impressive video of the Iron Dome in action.

Newly obtained documents indicate that then-outgoing President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and their administration sought to hamper the incoming administration of President-elect Donald Trump in significant ways. According to The Daily Signal, which obtained the documents via a Freedom of Information Act request made to the National Security Agency (NSA) two years ago, “show how much the D.C. elites feared” Trump, the Western Journal reported. “In the 217 redacted pages, we see the coalescing of the effort to smear the incoming president as a Russian agent,” the outlet noted further. According to The Daily Signal: “The documents reveal...

Threads, the soon-to-be-launched app touted by Facebook (now known as Meta) as the “sane” alternative to Elon Musk’s Twitter, will — much like other Facebook apps — collect a dizzying array of details about its users. Screenshots of the app, which is available for pre-download on the App Store, shows it will collect data on users’ health & fitness, financial information, contact information, user content, browsing history, usage data, diagnostics, purchases, location, contacts, search history, identifiers, sensitive info, and more. Many other apps, including Twitter, collect data on their users, but Facebook (along with Google) is particularly notorious for it....

Policy-makers are being urged to take notice of a study that confirms that undertaking a short program of high intensity interval training before surgery can substantially help with recovery. The study reviewed and analyzed 12 studies including 832 patients who had undertaken preoperative high-intensity interval training. Such training involves repeated aerobic high-intensity intervals at about 80% of the maximum heart rate followed by active recovery. Dr. Kari Clifford says the study included all types of major surgeries—those expected to last more than two hours or with an anticipated blood loss of greater than 500ml—and included liver, lung, colorectal, urologic and...