Новости за 15.03.2023

ABC 8

A Texas school is under fire after a video of students chanting racial slurs, including the N-word, surfaced. Now, community members want the students involved expelled and the president of the district’s board of trustees to resign.

The Hill

Right-wing commentator Bethany Mandel on Wednesday blamed “hot mic” remarks made by a left-leaning host for her now-infamous inability to define the word “woke” on live TV, claiming she was thrown off by “nasty” comments made about parents minutes earlier.

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Webb ERO Production Team.

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope just delivered one of its most stunning pics yet—and it was actually one of the first objects the spacecraft spotted when it went into orbit in 2022.

Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast

Amid its worst ratings in over a decade, CNN recently sought to reinvent its primetime strategy. But that gambit to boost viewership looks like it has failed.

NASA

When we talk about Earth’s neighbors, Mars is the talk of the town. Everyone is dreaming of a future where humans have settled the Red Planet to uncover its vast mysteries—including ones that may lead us to confirming the existence of alien life. And so a lot of people tend to forget Earth’s other nearby neighbor, Venus—which is seemingly closer to being Earth’s twin given its size. The problem is Venus also seems like an extraterrestrial version of hell due to its ungodly surface temperatures... Читать дальше...

ABC

Greer Blitzer, a contestant on the current season of The Bachelor, has once again apologized for her past social media posts in which she defended wearing blackface.

Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/Meherrin River Regional Jail

Seven sheriff’s deputies in Virginia have been charged with murder after they allegedly smothered a young Black man in the midst of a mental health crisis last week, and then attempted to cover it up.

Nathan Frandino/Reuters

Silicon Valley Bank, which collapsed over the weekend in the second-largest bank crash in American history, says it is “open for business” and soliciting new customers.

Reuters

Netflix has a knack for really ticking off its subscribers. If you haven’t been outraged by the recent plan to reduce password sharing, or their treatment of Wednesday star Jenna Ortega (who was allegedly forced to film scenes with COVID!), or their cancellation of Glow, here’s another bit of news to be angry about: The streamer has just ditched its movie with romantic comedy legend Nancy Meyers.

REUTERS/Crack Palinggi

Bobby Caldwell, the “What You Won’t Do for Love” singer-songwriter who traversed many genres, has died after fighting illnesses for years, TMZ reported Wednesday. He was 71.

Reuters

Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui—a close friend of right-wing media personality Stephen K. Bannon who has long been on the FBI’s radar—has been charged in a massive, $1 billion fraud conspiracy, the feds announced Wednesday.

Karoly Arvai/Reuters

Leonardo da Vinci’s mother was stolen from present-day Russia and enslaved, according to new research that will upend Italy’s understanding of its most famous artist.

Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / Shutterstock

Eric André is worried that there’s something in his drink, and he can’t stop thinking about it. There’s “some shit” in the bottom of his cocktail, he says—and no amount of telling him it’s probably just lingering coffee beans will assuage him.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Ebyabe/Google

In the land of Chanel, country clubs, and $33 salads, there is never long-lasting peace. Always in Palm Beach, Florida, some faction is accused of taking things too far: a personal estate fit for 10 kings, a $110 million mansion senselessly torn down, and now, a cherished hotel that wants to greatly increase its foot traffic.

Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast/Reuters

Going into this year’s Oscars, I had a bad feeling that the Academy voters would give Best Actor to Brendan Fraser. Fraser was nominated for The Whale, a movie that many critics have characterized as a deeply harmful portrayal of a fat person. When he did end up winning the award, the whole room stood up to congratulate him. As I watched at home, I looked around at the audience on-screen and saw a sea of thin people—who likely have no idea what it’s... Читать дальше...

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Reuters

If Tucker Carlson seems a little lost at the moment—that’s because he is. At least, that’s what Media Matters researcher Kat Abughazaleh says, and she has to watch the fire-breathing Fox News host every day for work.

Photo Illustration by Erin O’Flynn/The Daily Beast/Nevit Dilmen/Wikimedia Commons and Wikimedia Commons

When a natural disaster is on the horizon, a chain of events is often set in motion. Schools might be closed because of a blizzard, or an incoming hurricane might spur officials to order residents to evacuate. Then the disaster hits, and recovery begins.

Courtesy of Lotte New York Palace Hotel

Of the many treasures to be found in the swelling stacks at the Library of Congress, one of my favorites is a set of books from the early 1880s that belonged to Alexander Graham Bell. They have nothing to do with the telephone, however, nor technology generally. No, these books so hefty they must be brought to your reading desk on wheels, are of houses.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Netflix

It’s been almost two years since Shadow & Bone Season 1 first debuted on Netflix, but it’s finally time to return to Ravka. Wait, though—what is Ravka, again? Who are Alina, Mal, the Darkling, and “The Crows”? And what the hell is merzost?!

Photo Illustration by Kelly Caminero / The Daily Beast / Apple TV+

After what feels like a decade, Ted Lasso has returned for a third (and final, per Jason Sudeikis) season. The fish-out-of-water story has experienced high highs (Skyrocketing in fame due to pandemic woes! Emmy wins! A Jeni’s ice cream flavor!) and low lows (Tons of online discourse! Drama with Sudeikis! Production delays!); whether we’re ready or not, we’re in for three more months full of new episodes. Let’s begin.

CBS

Typically, being accused of lobbing softballs at a possible soon-to-be presidential candidate is the last thing a reporter would want to be accused of. But over at Fox News, they’re courting that exact reputation. “[Ron] DeSantis was on Fox News this weekend talking to the brown-haired guy who’s not Steve Doocy about what he learned from playing baseball in college,” Stephen Colbert explained on Tuesday night.

Fox News

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested Tuesday that the downing of an unmanned U.S. drone over the Black Sea earlier by two Russian Su-27 aircraft should result in the U.S. shooting down Russian planes if they “ever get near another U.S. asset flying in international waters.”

The Hill

Finally, someone asked the question.

During a Tuesday interview on The Hill’s online program Rising, conservative author Bethany Mandel was stumped when co-host Briahna Joy Gray pressed her to give a definition of the word “woke,” which has been used incessantly by the right to criticize all things vaguely liberal.

Mandel spent much of her chat with Gray and libertarian co-host Robby Soave promoting her new book Stolen Youth, which she co-wrote with fellow right-wing columnist (and Ron DeSantis superfan) Karol Markowicz.

Volusia County Sheriff

A 38-year-old New Jersey man who still lives with his mother was arrested in his pajamas this week and charged with making a threat to kill a Florida sheriff who recently took a forceful stand against antisemitism and other hate messages.

Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/ABC7NY

Last week, Sheldon Thomas walked out of prison, after having served 18 years of a 25-year sentence for a crime he likely didn’t commit.