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NFL to play Black national anthem at all league games in 2021
By ArLuther Lee, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Troy Warren for CNT The NFL will play the Black national anthem before all games during the 2021 season, including the Sept. 9 kickoff game and the playoffs, as part of a 10-year, $250 million commitment to fighting racism in America, reports say. Additionally, the league announced it will feature social justice messaging on fields, signage and helmet decals and public service announcements, according to a report by Front Office Sports. Rap mogul Jay-Z’s Roc Nation has been advising the league on its “Inspire Change” initiative. The moves follow a league-wide test-run last season in which…
Scarlett Johansson Reveals Details of Her Pandemic Wedding to Colin Jost
BY ALLISON CRIST | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT According to the 'Black Widow' actress, masks reading "Jost 2020" were among the favors handed out to guests. The way Scarlett Johansson sees it, her pandemic wedding to Colin Jost was “how it was supposed to be — minus the face masks.” That’s how the Black Widow star described the intimate affair, which took place back in October, during a virtual appearance on Monday’s Late Night With Seth Meyers. “Even though it was small and intimate, it was beautiful and we were so happy to see people that we hadn’t seen in such a long time,” Johansson recalled. “We…
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Netflix Hires Researcher Paul Debevec to Oversee Emerging Technology Team (Exclusive)
BY CAROLYN GIARDINA | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT Debevec, whose work contributed to the making of films from 'Gravity' to 'Avatar,' will serve as director of research at the streamer. Respected researcher Paul Debevec has joined Netflix as director of research, a newly created role on the streaming services’ data science and engineering team. He will additionally continue his responsibilities as an adjunct research professor of computer science at USC’s Viterbi School of Engineering, working within the Vision and Graphics Laboratory at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies. At Netflix, Debevec will oversee research and development around new technologies in computer vision, computer graphics and machine learning,…
‘Modern Family’ Star Julie Bowen Buys Meghan Trainor’s Toluca Lake Estate
BY WENDY BOWMAN, DIRT.COM Troy Warren for CNT The 7,100-square-foot, five-bedroom house was also owned back in the day by Bing Crosby. While Julie Bowen still awaits a buyer for her snazzy Thornton Abell-designed midcentury modern in Laurel Canyon, the Modern Family star isn’t resting on her proverbial laurels — records reveal she’s already acquired a substantially larger new house, this one a celeb-pedigreed estate in Toluca Lake. The $6 million property was sold by Grammy-winning singer Meghan Trainor. Back in 2016, the “All About That Bass” star paid nearly $5 million for the five-bedroom, 7.5-bathroom home, which was also once owned by now-divorced actors Megan Fox and Brian Green.…
We Left Convertibles Sitting in the Sun to Test How Hot the Seats Get
BY MAXWELL B. MORTIMER | CarAndDriver.Com Troy Warren for CNT With Mercedes and BMW claiming that their sun-reflective materials help keep the upholstery cooler, we compared E450 and M440i droptops to the cloth seats in an old Miata. Mercedes claims that a new coating reduces seat temperatures when the E-class convertible is left in the sun with the top down. We tested an E450 against a BMW M440i convertible and a first-generation Mazda MX-5 Miata. The results show that the treated surfaces do reduce temperatures, but the seats still get plenty hot when left in the sun. Most of us have…
AT&T Premium Video Subscriber Loss Narrows in Second Quarter
BY GEORG SZALAI | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT "This marks the best quarterly loss for AT&T since the fourth quarter of 2018," says one analyst. Telecom giant and WarnerMedia parent AT&T, led by CEO John Stankey, disclosed Friday that it lost 473,000 premium video subscribers during the second quarter. It shared the preliminary figures for its DirecTV, AT&T TV and U-verse TV services in a regulatory filing related to its debt. Wells Fargo analyst Steve Cahall, in a first reaction, called the figures “not so bad,” noting that the FactSet consensus had called for a loss of 508,000 customers. “This marks…
Canada Eyes Mid-August Border Reopening for Vaccinated Americans
PATRICK CLARKE | TravelPulse.Com Troy Warren for CNT Canada will be prepared to host fully vaccinated travelers from the U.S. as early as mid-August assuming that "the current positive path of vaccination rate and public health conditions continue," according to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office. After reopening to the U.S. later this summer, Canada would be ready to welcome back travelers from all other countries as soon as September. "The Prime Minister noted that, if our current positive path of vaccination rate and public health conditions continue, Canada would be in a position to welcome fully vaccinated travelers from…
‘Luca’ Leads Nielsen Movie Streaming Rankings With Huge Launch
BY PAMELA MCCLINTOCK | HollywoodReporter.Com Troy Warren for CNT The family film almost tied with fellow Pixar title 'Soul' in terms of viewership during its first weekend of play in late June. Pixar’s latest offering Luca impressed in its debut on Disney+, according to Nielsen’s latest streaming ratings. The family film easily topped the list of the top 10 most watched movies for the week of June 14-20 with a huge 1.57 billion minutes of viewing time. That’s the equivalent of roughly 16.6 million full runs of the 95-minute movie. That means Luca almost matched fellow Pixar title Soul, which became the first feature film to top Nielsen’s…