UCLA fires top finance officer, saying he made inaccurate claims about campus budget

UCLA fires top finance officer, saying he made inaccurate claims about campus budget

In a rare action against a top administrator, UCLA on Tuesday fired its chief financial officer after officials said he inaccurately described the campus deficit, which has come under scrutiny by faculty leaders amid growing operation costs, attacks by the Trump administration and weaker-than-promised state funding. Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Stephen Agostini, who…

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Warner Bros Discovery Gets Personal With TikTok Owners Over AI “Blatant Infringement” Of Batman & Superman In Cease & Desist Salvo 

Superman, Batman and Game of Thrones bosses Warner Bros Discovery joined Disney and Paramount today in putting the copyright infringement gears to TikTok owners ByteDance over AI generated videos of Darth Vader, the Marvel universe, and Tom Cruise. To that, WBD’s legal chief Wayne M. Smith made it very personal with ByteDance Global General Counsel…

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Records show Democratic fundraisers sought Epstein donations after conviction

Records show Democratic fundraisers sought Epstein donations after conviction

Newly released Epstein-related records — including materials provided by the Justice Department and published by congressional investigators — show that fundraisers working for top Democratic leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, solicited Jeffrey Epstein for campaign donations and access to fundraising events years after his 2008 conviction as…

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Charlotte Regan On Making ‘Mint’: A Crime-Romance Drama With Emma Laird, Loyle Carner & A Touch Of Magical Realism

Charlotte Regan On Making ‘Mint’: A Crime-Romance Drama With Emma Laird, Loyle Carner & A Touch Of Magical Realism

Charlotte Regan is the writer-director of Mint, the upcoming BBC drama about a Scottish crime family and a budding romance between Shannon (Emma Laird) and Aaron (Ben Coyle Larner), two young lovers from rival firms. The series has some of the beats of a crime-romance-family drama, but also heightened visual moments such as Shannon levitating,…

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Frederick Wiseman, who captured the weirdness and wonder of everyday life, dies at 96

Frederick Wiseman, who captured the weirdness and wonder of everyday life, dies at 96

Frederick Wiseman made roughly 50 documentaries, many of which chronicled the inner workings of everyday institutions. He’s pictured above at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2013. Larry Busacca/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Larry Busacca/Getty Images Frederick Wiseman made roughly 50 documentaries, many of which chronicled the inner workings of everyday institutions. He’s pictured…

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‘At The Sea’ Review: Amy Adams Struggles With Addiction And Family Connections In Kornél Mundruczó’s Dreary Drama – Berlin Film Festival

‘At The Sea’ Review: Amy Adams Struggles With Addiction And Family Connections In Kornél Mundruczó’s Dreary Drama – Berlin Film Festival

Apparently Hungarian director Kornél Mundruczó intends his latest film, At The Sea, to be the middle part of a loose triptych that began with 2020’s Pieces Of A Woman which earned star Vanessa Kirby an Oscar nomination, and the upcoming A Place To Be with Ellen Burstyn and Pamela Anderson. Each deals with personal crisis…

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