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Warner Bros. won’t release a nearly completed $90M Batgirl film

In a highly unusual move that rattled Hollywood, Warner Bros. axed the “Batgirl” film planned for HBO Max, opting to shelve the $90 million film as the reorganized studio revamps its approach to streaming and DC Comics films. The studio ultimately decided the nearly completed “Batgirl” didn’t merit either a… Read More

Phil Mickelson hits PGA with big lawsuit

Phil Mickelson, Bryson DeChambeau and nine other players who defected to the Saudi-funded LIV Golf filed an antitrust lawsuit Wednesday against the PGA Tour, the first step in a legal fight that could define the boundaries of where players can compete. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in San… Read More

CNN collapsing; profits plummet to historic low

New CNN boss Chris Licht has been on the job just three months after the surprise firing of longtime chief executive Jeff Zucker. Not only did he take over a divisive, scandal-wracked network with major image problems — he also has struggled to turn around the cable news channel’s plummeting… Read More

Visitors to redwood tree could face $5K fine, jail

Tree enthusiasts who make the trek to the world’s tallest tree deep in a Northern California forest will face a fine and possible jail time after park officials declared the remote area off-limits because of damage done by trampling visitors to the tree and surrounding forest, a park official said… Read More

Stephen King to testify for govt in big publisher trial

As the Justice Department bids to convince a federal judge that the proposed merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster would damage the careers of some of the most popular authors, it is leaning in part on the testimony of a writer who has thrived like few others:… Read More

Hitler’s watch sells at US auction for more than $1M

A Maryland auction house has sold a wristwatch that once belonged to Adolf Hitler for $1.1 million. Alexander Historical Auctions in Chesapeake City had estimated the value between $2 and $4 million, describing the watch as a “World War II relic of historic proportions.” News outlets report that Jewish leaders and… Read More

World leader says ditch neckties to conserve energy

Spain’s leader has proposed an energy-saving move that many men have already embraced. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has asked government officials and people working in the private sector to save energy by giving up wearing neckties at work. Appearing at a news conference in an open-necked white shirt and… Read More

Biden Cabinet scandal erupts Friday

Cabinet officials are all required to disclose their assets, debts and sources of income… but President Joe Biden’s Cabinet is looking odd. Like all Cabinet members, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland makes $210,000 per year. She made $174,000 per year during her one term a member of the House…. Read More

Eurozone experiences modest GDP growth despite high inflation

Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency shot up to another record in July, pushed by higher energy prices fueled by Russia’s war in Ukraine, but the economy managed better-than-expected, if meager, growth in the second quarter. Annual inflation in the eurozone’s 19 countries rose to 8.9% in… Read More