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ReutersA file picture of President Biden with Prime Minister Netanyahu in the Oval Office on 25 July. The Biden administration believes a ceasefire would help calm the region.Earlier this week, on live television, the mother of one of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza made an offer to the Hamas leader, Yahya Sinwar: Release all 109 hostages – dead and alive – in exchange for the children of Israel’s security chiefs.But Ditza Or, whose son Avinatan was kidnapped from the Nova music festival during the 7 October attacks, wasn’t pushing for Israel’s leaders to sign a ceasefire deal – she…

Justin Baldoni Gotham/WireImage It Ends With Us director and star Justin Baldoni knows there are some fan-favorite moments from the book that aren’t in the film adaptation, and he did his best to make up for that. “Something that I know so many fans love from the book that didn’t make it in the movie was the phrase ‘just keep swimming’ that Lily (Blake Lively) and Atlas (Brandon Sklenar) shared over the course of the book,” Baldoni, 40, who plays Ryle Kincaid, explained in a promotional video shared via the official It Ends With Us Instagram page on Friday, August…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to take aim at alleged antitrust violations in the real estate industry. The DOJ filed a civil suit against RealPage on Friday, claiming that the company’s YieldStar and AI revenue management (AIRM) software allowed multifamily landlords to artificially inflate rents through the sharing of private information. This information was fed through the platform’s algorithms to make rent-price recommendations. “The software feeds landlords daily pricing recommendations, taking the guesswork out of understanding what competing landlords are doing,” Benjamin Mizer, the DOJ’s acting associate attorney general, said in a statement. “As a result, landlords can align…

Two former OpenAI researchers are speaking out against the company’s opposition to SB 1047, a proposed California bill that would implement strict safety protocols in the development of AI, including a “kill switch.”The former employees wrote in a letter first shared with Politico to California Gov. Gavin Newsom and other lawmakers that OpenAI’s opposition to the bill is disappointing but not surprising.”We joined OpenAI because we wanted to ensure the safety of the incredibly powerful AI systems the company is developing,” the researchers, William Saunders and Daniel Kokotajlo, wrote in the letter. “But we resigned from OpenAI because we lost…

Chicago, Illinois – As balloons dropped from the ceiling of a packed United Center in Chicago, row upon row of Democratic Party faithful rose to their feet, clapping and shouting out with joy. It was Thursday night, and Kamala Harris had just delivered the closing speech of this year’s Democratic National Convention. The atmosphere was ecstatic: The Democrats in the audience were fired up, and many credited Harris with reinvigorating the party in the weeks after President Joe Biden ended his faltering re-election bid. But while jubilant faces stretched out as far as the eye could see — and red,…

LEEDS, UK (CelebrityAccess) — The Leeds Festival was forced to shutdown multiple stages on Friday after the festival site was battered by strong winds from Storm Lilian. The storm brought heavy winds and rain to parts of England on Friday morning, leaving several of the festival’s more than 10 stages unusable. In a statement posted to social media, festival organizers said: “It’s been a tough morning but we are aiming to pen the arena between 1:45PM and 2PM with the frost live act, Bru-C on the main stage at 3:10 PM as per the…

Edgar Bronfman, Jr.Cameron Costa | CNBCEdgar Bronfman Jr.’s offer for a controlling stake in Paramount Global could keep Shari Redstone close to the company, if his bid is successful.Bronfman is open to having Redstone, currently non-executive chairman at Paramount, remain involved with the company if the Paramount special committee accepts his consortium’s bid for National Amusements, the controlling shareholder, according to a person familiar with the matter.Bronfman has raised $6 billion to challenge Skydance Media for ownership of National Amusements, the holding company founded by Sumner Redstone, according to people familiar with the matter. Both Bronfman’s bid and Skydance’s bid…

Warner/STB ChannelWhen a shell exploded near Oleksandr Budko, the 26-year-old found himself buried alive and in “terrible pain” from injuries that would lead to the amputation of both his legs.The Ukrainian soldier was helping to defend the north-eastern Kharkiv region from invading Russian forces in August 2022, when his unit was attacked.Three years on, he’s the star of a reality TV show in which multiple women battle for his affection.One advert for the Ukrainian version of hit US series The Bachelor shows a smartly-dressed Oleksandr staring wistfully at a flower. In another, he answers questions in military fatigues before performing…

Slipknot DJ Sid Wilson got sent to the hospital after something blew up in his face … and his face and arms are covered in what he says are serious burns. Kelly Osbourne’s husband just shared some videos from his hospital trip, and he’s literally being attended to by medical personnel as he whips out his phone and starts recording. Play video content Instagram / @sidthe3rd Sid says he was badly burned in an explosion … and the blast singed his eyebrows, blistered his lips and burned the crap out of his arms and wrists. The guy’s been through a…

Picture this It’s January 2025. A new president has just taken office, and the real estate industry is buzzing with potential. We’ve made it through tectonic shifts and changes and are on solid ground moving forward. Buyers and sellers are feeling more optimistic and informed. A new chapter begins.  Brian Boero, CEO of 1000watt, at Inman Connect New York 2024 Are you ready to rewrite your success story? Inman Connect New York 2025 is your pen, and the page is blank. From January 22-24, the Hilton in Midtown Manhattan will be transformed into a hub of innovation, learning, and networking…