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Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent

Citizen Lab director warns cyber industry about US authoritarian descent

Ron Deibert, the director of Citizen Lab, one of the most prominent organizations investigating government spyware abuses, is sounding the alarm to the cybersecurity community and asking them to step up and join the fight against authoritarianism.  On Wednesday, Deibert will deliver a keynote at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, one of the largest gatherings of information …

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‘I can’t get mad at anyone who tells me I’m a genius’: original Naked Gun director softens response to reboot | Movies

‘I can’t get mad at anyone who tells me I’m a genius’: original Naked Gun director softens response to reboot | Movies

David Zucker, who co-created the Police Squad! and Naked Gun franchises and directed the first two films starring Leslie Nielsen, has reacted to the warm critical reception and healthy box office takings of the reboot starring Liam Neeson. Zucker had previously expressed scepticism and even anger about the direction the new film appeared to be taking, and the decision by …

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‘Naked Gun’ director Akiva Schaffer threatened to quit over snowman montage

‘Naked Gun’ director Akiva Schaffer threatened to quit over snowman montage

The Naked Gun co-writer/director Akiva Schaffer knew he struck gold with the wild snowman montage in his movie starring Liam Neeson and Pamela Anderson. But he had to put his entire job on the line to save it. “It was polarizing in script reads,” Schaffer said on Monday’s episode of IndieWire’s Filmmaker Toolkit podcast. “People I really respect like Andy Sandberg, when …

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‘The Gilded Age’ Director on George’s Fate Going Into Finale

‘The Gilded Age’ Director on George’s Fate Going Into Finale

[This story contains major spoilers from season three, episode seven of The Gilded Age, “Ex-Communicated.”] The seventh episode of The Gilded Age‘s third season, titled “Ex-Communicated,” literally ended with a bang. Somebody shot George Russell. Or at him. Viewers aren’t sure, as we saw a bullet headed for George and then the screen went black. The Gilded Age executive producer …

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Baldur’s Gate 3 Director Teases Studio’s ‘Next Crazy Thing’

Baldur’s Gate 3 Director Teases Studio’s ‘Next Crazy Thing’

Swen Vincke, the director of the massively popular and successful RPG Baldur’s Gate 3, recently teased Larian Studios’ next big game on social media while celebrating the fact that it has been two years since the team’s Dungeons & Dragons-themed game left early access and became a global phenomenon. On August 3, a content creator on Twitter shared the news …

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David White named NFLPA’s interim executive director after Lloyd Howell’s resignation

David White named NFLPA’s interim executive director after Lloyd Howell’s resignation

By Dianna Russini, Rebecca Tauber and Lauren Merola The NFL Players Association named David White, the former head of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, as its new interim executive director, the union announced Sunday night. The announcement comes after Lloyd Howell Jr. stepped down on July 17 following several controversies surrounding his leadership. ​​”I am …

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The Yogurt Shop Murders Director On Revisiting The Tragic Case

The Yogurt Shop Murders Director On Revisiting The Tragic Case

More than 30 years after Austin police found four teenage girls brutally murdered inside a local yogurt shop, HBO is re-examining the case in its upcoming documentary series The Yogurt Shop Murders. Often described as the case that stripped Austin of its innocence, the tragic 1991 killings sent shockwaves through the community for years as the investigation dragged on. To …

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Is this comet alien tech? ASU Planetarium Director explains

Is this comet alien tech? ASU Planetarium Director explains

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — On July 1, 2025, an interstellar object named 3I/ATLAS was discovered and on July 17 a paper was co-published by Abraham Loeb from the University of Harvard who theories that it could be alien technology. After a CVHP reporter discovered the paper co-published by Loeb, he reached out to ASU’s Planetarium Director Kenneth …

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Robert Wilson, visionary playwright, director and visual artist, dies at 83

Robert Wilson, visionary playwright, director and visual artist, dies at 83

Robert Wilson, a leader in avant-garde theater who collaborated with Philip Glass, David Byrne and Lady Gaga over his six-decade career, has died. He was 83. The “Einstein on the Beach” director died Thursday at his home in Water Mill, N.Y., after a “brief but acute illness,” according to his website. “While facing his diagnosis with clear eyes and determination, …

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