Culture
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‘The Daily Show’ Solves the Problem of Substitute Teaching in the COVID-19 Era (Video)
But the substitutes are still pretty weird
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‘Avatar’ Sequels to Resume Production in New Zealand Next Week, 2 Months After Pandemic Halt
Producer Jon Landau announced the news on Instagram
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Julie Fontaine, Vice President of Film Publicity at Netflix, Steps Down After Three Years
Fontaine joined streaming service in 2017
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Chris Pratt Accidentally Deletes Over 50,000 Emails: ‘I’m Trying Not to Panic’
An email cleanup software automatically deleted all of Pratt’s unread mail, the actor says
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Trump Says He ‘Tested Positively’ for Testing Negative for Coronavirus
Let’s parse the president’s statement
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A-Trak, Diplo to Headline Virtual Electric Blockaloo Music Festival in ‘Minecraft’
The Electric Blockaloo Festival will take place inside a “Minecraft” game June 25-28
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Not Streaming? Netflix Will Cancel Your Subscription for You
Subscribers who joined at least a year ago and haven’t watched anything in that time will be asked if they want to keep paying for Netflix
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Half of Facebook Employees Could Work From Home by 2030, Mark Zuckerberg Says
Social network joins growing list of tech companies aggressively leaning into long-term remote work
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Apple, Google Release Contact Tracing Technology for Mobile Apps
The tech will allow public health apps to notify users if they’ve been potentially exposed to an individual with COVID-19
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Amazon Finally Releases ‘League of Legends’ Competitor ‘Crucible’ Four Years After Announcing Game
“We tossed out the entirety of our original monetization plans, redesigned the visual direction and removed entire game systems,” game lead Colin Johanson says
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Gov Andrew Cuomo and CNN’s Chris Cuomo Are Back to Squabbling: ‘This Is Not Love’ (Video)
The CNN anchor even whipped out a giant cotton swab Wednesday night
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The Atlantic Lays Off 68 Employees, Cuts Executive Pay
The layoffs largely affect the publisher’s events, sales and editorial teams, according to a Thursday memo
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‘Bombshell’ on Broadway! Steven Spielberg to Produce ‘Smash’ Stage Musical Based on NBC Series
Robert Greenblatt and Neil Meron will also produce
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Paradigm CEO Sam Gores Denies That Casey Wasserman Will Buy Agency
Gores recently backed down from a plan to cut music agent pay by 50%
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Michael Cohen to Be Released From Prison on Thursday Due to Pandemic
Trump’s former lawyer is expected to finish out the rest of his three-year prison sentence from home confinement