Nature: Hollywood Hills
We leave you this Oscar Sunday … where else? … in the Hills of Hollywood. Videographer: Brad Markel.
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Speaker Johnson says Zelenskyy may have to resign after fiery Oval Office meeting
Johnson said Zelenskyy “needs to come to his senses and come back to the table in gratitude or someone else needs to lead the country to do that.”
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Xiaomi to sell EVs globally ‘within the next few years’ after launching $73,000 premium car
This week, Xiaomi launched its first premium EV in China called the SU7 Ultra, which starts at 529,000 Chinese yuan ($72,627).
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Fired atheist worker for city of Denver says he was harassed, retaliated against over beliefs
An atheist worker for the city of Denver, Colorado, claims he was discriminated against and ultimately fired from his job because of his lack of belief in God. Austin Ray alleges in his complaint that two months after he was hired by the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, he was harassed about his religious views…
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Extra cash with no catch? Spotting retiree job scams
So you’re retired. Whether it’s been a long-awaited sigh of relief or a much-dreaded stage of your life, it’s here now. You finally have more time. But maybe there’s a way to make some extra cash in retirement? The poverty rate for Americans 65 and older has dropped significantly over the past 50 years, from…
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AI is all brain and no ethics
A February 2025 report by Palisades research shows that AI reasoning models lack a moral compass. They will cheat to achieve their goals. So-called Large Language Models (LLMs) will misrepresent the degree to which they’ve been aligned to social norms. None of this should be surprising. Twenty years ago Nick Bostrom posed a thought experiment in which an AI was asked to most efficiently produce paper clips. Given the mandate and the agency, it would eventually destroy all life to produce paper…
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Creating the languages of other worlds
When Hollywood needs a language that doesn’t exist (like Chakobsa, for the desert planet Arrakis in “Dune,” or the Dothraki language from “Game of Thrones”), they call language nerds David and Jessie Peterson. Correspondent David Pogue looks at the craft that is a form of linguistic alchemy, and what goes into preparing actors like Timothée…
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Who’s hosting the 2025 Oscars? All about host Conan O’Brien.
TV funnyman Conan O’Brien takes the reins as host of the Oscars, Hollywood’s biggest night. Here’s more on plans for the 2025 Academy Awards.
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The hidden side of Johnny Carson
As host of “The Tonight Show” for 30 years, Johnny Carson was the king of late-night TV – the pre-eminent Hollywood talent broker, monologist, and national taste-maker. But the public rarely saw the private side of the man who helped tuck tens of millions of Americans into bed each night. Correspondent Jim Axelrod talks with…
