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The Hollywood sign is viewed during a clearing storm.Mario Tama | Getty Images News | Getty ImagesFor over 100 years, Hollywood has transported audiences to worlds outside their own, from the slick streets of New York City to the yellow bricks of Oz. Hundreds of acres of land in Los Angeles are dedicated to crafting stories for the biggest and smallest screens, and movie studios are offering more ways than ever for cinema lovers to get a behind-the-scenes peek at how — and where — the magic is made.”Touring the studios, being able to go where this stuff happened, to be…

Voters in Germany’s two eastern states are due to cast their ballots in elections in which the far right is expected to perform strongly. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has been polling top in Thuringia ahead of Sunday’s vote, while the party has been running neck-and-neck for first place with the conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Saxony. Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) and its coalition partners have been struggling in recent polls.On Saturday, thousands of protesters rallied in Thuringia’s regional capital, Erfurt, denouncing the anti-immigrant AfD as fascists. The AfD says Germany needs to expel illegal migrants.Polling…

Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images Iranian sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzadselakjan won’t let a little discomfort come between himself and a potential gold medal at the 2024 Paralympics. The athlete, 36, who at 8 feet 1 inch is the second-tallest man in the world and the tallest Paralympic athlete in history, doesn’t fit into the beds at Paris’ Olympic Village. But he’s making do with a simple solution. The team’s head coach, Hadi Rezaeigarkani, told Olympics.com on Friday, August 30, “He’s going to lie on the floor.” According to the coach, past Games have made special accommodations for Mehrzadselakjan, but this year…

Tether RE’s platform includes 24-hour safety monitoring, client verification, SOS alerts, proximity safety times and fall and crash alerts. Agent social MLS app Tuesday won Crowd Favorite. Whether it’s refining your business model, mastering new technologies, or discovering strategies to capitalize on the next market surge, Inman Connect New York will prepare you to take bold steps forward. The Next Chapter is about to begin. Be part of it. Join us and thousands of real estate leaders Jan. 22-24, 2025. An agent safety and productivity platform called Tether RE has been named the winner of the National Association of Realtors’ sixth annual Pitch Battle…

It’s problematic enough that some kids are sending nude photos of themselves to friends and even online strangers. But artificial intelligence has elevated the problem to a whole new level.About 1 in 10 children say their friends or peers have used generative AI to create nudes of other kids, according to a new report from Thorn. The nonprofit, which fights child sex abuse, surveyed over 1,000 children ages 9 to 17 in late 2023 for its annual survey.Thorn found that 12% of children ages 9 to 12 knew of friends or classmates who had used AI to create nudes of…

Scoop topped charts in Europe with Be Faithful two decades ago and later contributed to hits by other artists.US rapper Fatman Scoop has died after collapsing on stage at a show in Connecticut, his family has announced. Scoop old topped charts in Europe with Be Faithful two decades ago and later contributed to hits by other artists. The cause of his death was not immediately clear. He was 53. On Friday evening, he was performing at Hamden Town Center Park when he collapsed on stage, town Chief of Staff Sean Grace said on Saturday. He was taken to a local…

LAKE PERRIS, CA (CelebrityAccess) — Organizers for Desert Daze, a music festival that was set to take place in Southern California this fall, has been canceled. Organizers attributed the decision to cancel the fest on rising production costs and the current volatile festival market make it impossible to stage the event as it was envisioned. “Desert Daze is more than a festival or business venture to us,” notes Desert Daze co-founder Phil Pirrone. “The community that we’ve cultivated together means so much to us and is the reason we will work to find a…

The proposed settlement between the National Association of REALTORS (NAR) and class-action litigants has prompted much discussion about a series of practice changes affecting compensation for real estate professionals. Despite bipartisan agreement that supply shortages are driving housing’s unaffordability issue, some point to commissions. As a salve, a vocal minority of activists say that “simply” allowing the financing of buyer-agent commissions into mortgages will resolve all concerns. As an economist focused on the real estate market for years, I’m wary of ideas that sound too good to be true. This claim is misguided, oversimplifying a more complicated reality. For reasons…

Being cynical may seem harmless, or even safer than trusting others, but that’s far from the truth, according to Jamil Zaki, an associate professor of psychology at Stanford University. He is the author of the new book “Hope for Cynics: The Surprising Science of Human Goodness.”Cynicism is “the belief that humanity in general is selfish, greedy and dishonest,” Zaki tells CNBC Make It, and it can be harmful for your health.”Cynics tend to be more depressed [and] anxious. They suffer from more addiction. But it’s also physical. Cynics tend to suffer from more heart disease [and] more diabetes. They even…

DAGWilliam Henry Pigou, a surgeon turned photographer, took this picture of an idol cart at a Mysore temple in 1856A new show in the Indian capital Delhi showcases a rich collection of early photographs of monuments in the country. The photographs from the 1850s and 1860s capture a period of experimentation when new technology met uncharted territory.British India was the first country outside Europe to establish professional photographic studios, and many of these early photographers were celebrated internationally. (Photography was launched in 1839.)They blended and transformed pictorial conventions, introduced new artistic traditions, and shaped the visual tastes of diverse audiences,…