"Bless everyone you can think of."
—The Rev. Spencer Reece ’11 M.Div. who brings far-flung life experience and a poetic voice to his vocation as vicar of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Wickford, R.I. Read our new story by Ray Waddle on this remarkable YDS/Berkeley graduate! https://
Following Disney, Paramount sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringed Paramount's IP (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/par
Following Disney, Paramount sent a cease-and-desist letter to ByteDance, alleging its AI-generated Seedance videos and Seedream images infringed Paramount's IP (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/par
Filing: David Zaslav is set to receive at least $550M in compensation related to the Paramount-WBD deal, including $517.2M in equity in the combined company (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/biz/news/david-zaslav-pay-warner-bros-para…
But it also looks like Hungary has hope. Any cracks in that kind of concentration of power are good news. Big news.
Difficult days and difficult years ahead, yes — but days with promise, days following on what’s shaping up to be an incredible victory.
Rebecca Solnit says “Hope is not happiness or confidence or inner peace; it’s a commitment to search for possibilities.” So: here’s hoping!
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"Mexico moves to combat pollution following Guardian investigations"
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Filing: Paramount president Jeff Shell says the allegation that he leaked corporate info is an "utterly false tale" created by a "fixer" who sued him for $150M (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/param
Netflix buys InterPositive, a 16-person company founded by Ben Affleck that builds an AI model based on a production's dailies to be used in postproduction (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/film/news/netflix-a…