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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Marva Nabili on “The Sealed Soil”
Recently restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, Marva Nabili’s austere drama “The Sealed Soil,” the earliest extant feature film directed by a woman from Iran, is a marvel. Shot on location in the remote village of Ghalleh Noo-Asgar, the film explores the life of a young woman, Rooy-Bekheir (Flora Shabavis), who, like her…
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Owen Wilson Brings Clever, Funny “Stick” in Under Par
As I was enjoying the breezy delights of the unabashedly sentimental and consistently funny Apple TV+ golf comedy/drama series “Stick,” I couldn’t help but think of Ron Shelton’s 1996 “Tin Cup,” the best movie ever set on the links. In broad strokes (pun unavoidable), the parallels are clear: In the film, Kevin Costner’s Roy “Tin…
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The strange tale of ischhfd83: When cybercriminals eat their own
A simple customer query leads to a rabbit hole of backdoored malware and game cheats
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Ancient Trees, Dwindling in the Wild, Thrive on Sacred Ground
Buddhist temples in China are home to trees from dozens of endangered species, a new study shows. Some of them are almost 2,000 years old.
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Reddit Sues Anthropic, Accusing It of Illegally Using Data From Its Site
In its lawsuit, Reddit said Anthropic had also declined to enter into a licensing agreement for data and had unjustly enriched itself at Reddit’s expense.
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U.S. Is Trimming Back Its Collection of Consumer Price Data
The cutbacks would have “minimal impact,” the government said, but economists warned of reduced confidence in inflation data produced by a struggling statistical system.
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How Higher Tariffs on Steel and Aluminum Will Affect Companies
Home builders, car manufacturers and can makers are among those that will see higher prices for materials. Those companies could charge customers more.
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Jeffrey Epstein Invested With Peter Thiel, and His Estate Is Reaping Millions
Mr. Epstein, the late financier and sex offender, started by putting $40 million into Valar Ventures, a firm backed by Mr. Thiel. Today that investment is worth about $170 million.
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U.K. Exempt From Trump’s 50% Steel Tariff, but Europe Still Has to Pay
Despite an exemption from 50 percent tariffs, Britain still faces a 25 percent duty because its trade deal with the United States has yet to be put in place.
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Trump Allies Try to Discredit Experts Warning About the Cost of Tax Cuts
President Trump and his allies have united around a new foe: the economists and budget experts who have warned about the costs of Republicans’ tax ambitions.