La giornalista Annalisa Cuzzocrea è la nuova direttrice dell’edizione italiana della testata online HuffPost. Ad annunciare la nomina è stata Mirja Cartia d’Asero, la presidente e amministratrice delegata del gruppo editoriale Gedi: “Annalisa Cuzzocrea porta a HuffPost una solida esperienza giornalistica e una profonda conoscenza della politica e delle istituzioni. Le affidiamo la guida della testata con fiducia, certi che saprà valorizzarne l’identità e accompagnarne lo sviluppo, insieme alla redazione”.
Dopo l’addio di Mattia Feltri, che ha lasciato la direzione per approdare al Quotidiano Nazionale come editorialista, la guida del giornale passa a Cuzzocrea. Già editorialista e inviata per La Repubblica, Cuzzocrea è stata anche vicedirettrice de La Stampa, prima donna a ricoprire l’incarico. Nel corso della sua carriera ha anche maturato un’ampia esperienza multimediale, lavorando a Radio Capital e a Repubblica TV.
The Huffington Post è un sito d’informazione statunitense, nato come alternativa progressista ai portali di informazione conservatori. Sbarcato in Italia nel 2012, si è affermato nel corso degli anni come una delle testate digitali più lette al mondo, arrivando anche a vincere il Premio Pulitzer.
The midterms are the first elections in which artificial intelligence is integrated into every major social media platform. Efforts to blunt its harms are uneven.
One in five voters plan to use A.I. to look into a race on their ballot, according a survey released this month by the American Association of Political Consultants.
A series of lawsuits has created a new de facto regulatory regime as courts order companies like Meta and Google to change their business practices — and pay up.
Meta’s chief executive, Mark Zuckerberg. On Wednesday, a New Mexico judge ordered Meta to pay a record $25 billion penalty for abusing consumer privacy.
Politico issued a correction late Wednesday to a story it published about White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and the backstory on what led to ousted press secretary Katie Zacharia’s firing last week. The outlet originally reported that Wiles helped set up interviews for Zacharia on Fox News, a widely panned series of media…
Politico issued a correction late Wednesday to a story it published about White House chief of staff Susie Wiles and the backstory on what led to ousted press secretary Katie Zacharia’s firing last week. The outlet originally reported that Wiles helped set up interviews for Zacharia on Fox News, a widely panned series of media…
Atresmedia registró unos ingresos netos totales de 724,3 millones de euros en los nueve primeros meses del año, lo que supone un 4% más que de enero a septiembre de 2025, según la información remitida este jueves por la compañía a la Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV).
Además, el grupo de comunicación registró un resultado bruto de explotación (Ebitda) de 91,3 millones de euros hasta septiembre frente a los 90,2 millones del mismo periodo de 2025, lo que representa un crecimiento del 1,2%. El resultado bruto de explotación ajustado fue de 88,2 millones de euros frente a los 90,2 millones del ejercicio precedente.
Por su parte, el resultado de explotación (Ebit) del grupo se situó en 74,3 millones de euros, frente a los 77,1 millones registrados hasta septiembre de 2025; y el resultado de explotación ajustado alcanzó los 73,8 millones de euros frente a los 77,1 millones registrados de enero a septiembre de 2025.
El beneficio del ejercicio fue de 53,8 millones de euros, 9,7 millones menos "como consecuencia, principalmente, del registro en 2025 de intereses de demora del crédito frente a la AEAT por la sentencia de la Audiencia Nacional favorable a la sociedad en la demanda sobre la compensación de bases imponibles negativas", según ha explicado la compañía.
Además, Atresmedia ha destacado que la sociedad ha conseguido una plusvalía neta por la venta de Fever Labs de 205 millones de euros que en los estados financieros consolidados, bajo normativa NIIF, ha sido registrada dentro del patrimonio neto.
La posición financiera neta del grupo fue positiva y se situó en 233,2 millones de euros, 175,1 millones más que al cierre de 2025, impulsada por la venta de la participación en Fever Labs y después de haber financiado la compra de AMVIA y el reparto de dividendos de junio, como ha señalado Atresmedia.
En relación con el negocio Audiovisual, alcanzó unos ingresos netos de 657,5 millones de euros frente a los 643 millones de euros obtenidos en 2025, lo que representa un incremento del 2,2%.
Los ingresos netos de publicidad en contenido audiovisual en el periodo se situaron en 519,4 millones de euros, un 1,8% menos, mientras que los ingresos por producción y distribución de contenidos crecieron un 7,2% hasta los 79,5 millones de euros.
Los otros ingresos (eventos, licencias, derechos editoriales y ventas de la plataforma de viajes Waynabox) llegaron a los 59 millones de euros, lo que supone un 45,7% más respecto a los 40,5 millones obtenidos en 2025. "Este crecimiento se debe principalmente a la incorporación de la sociedad Last Lap dentro del área de eventos del grupo desde julio de 2025", ha puntualizado.
Respecto al negocio Radio, la compañía ha detallado que registró unos ingresos netos de 60,4 millones de euros en los nueve primeros meses de 2026, en línea con los obtenidos en el mismo periodo del año anterior (60,3 millones de euros).
En el ámbito de la publicidad exterior, Atresmedia ha informado de que después de completar su adquisición el pasado mes de agosto, AMVIA (antes Clear Channel España) aportó al grupo unos ingresos netos de 12,8 millones de euros correspondientes a agosto y septiembre.
La inversión publicitaria total, que incluye todos los soportes publicitarios, creció en torno al 4% en los nueve primeros meses de 2026 respecto al mismo periodo de 2025.
En este contexto, el grupo de comunicación ha destacado que el Consejo de Administración ha propuesto para la aprobación final por parte de la junta general extraordinaria del próximo 18 de noviembre el pago en diciembre de un dividendo a cuenta por valor de 0,83 euros por acción.
El citado dividendo incluye parte de los resultados de 2026 (0,16 euros/acción) y del reparto de los beneficios obtenidos por la venta de Fever (0,67 euros), como ha indicado.
Por último, Atresmedia estima que "la deuda neta, incluyendo el cobro pendiente de la AEAT, se acercará a cero". "Estos números permiten a la compañía mantenerse en niveles compatibles con una estructura financiera sólida y flexible", ha concluido.
An uncanny strength of the second Trump administration has been its ability to be involved in so many scandals that no single one seems to become a dominant story.
Take the most recent allegations about Alina Habba, Trump's former personal defense attorney, who recently landed a plush gig working for Julio Herrera Velutini, a Venezuelan banker. Habba will get $50 million over five years to do unspecified work for a company that barely exists, according toThe New York Times, while Herrera got a presidential pardon for a 2025 campaign finance charge.
But that constellation of corruption might finally be breaking through to voters ahead of next month's midterm elections.
A recent Fox News poll found that "government corruption" was the top issue for voters, ranking ahead of inflation and gas prices. Conservative commentators are taking notice.
"What they're saying is, 'Look, we're tired of you getting rich and us getting poor,'" former White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney said this week.
Tim Carney, senior columnist at the conservative Washington Examiner, also tabs the corruption issue—along with other "avoidable mistakes" such as the Iran War and tariffs—as one of the major reasons why Democrats are likely to win the midterms:
Trump and his family have enriched themselves in this second term in ways more similar to third-world regimes or Cook County than to any previous administration. He and his family operate a financial company that has received heavy investments from Qatar's government. He's sold access to himself by selling otherwise worthless cryptocurrency. The IRS he controls settled a lawsuit with him, promising to pay him $1.8 billion (this settlement was voided by a judge).
Trump is not directly on the ballot next month, of course. And most voters might not be able to tell you the details of any single Trump scandal in detail. Even so, this may turn out to be the defining narrative of the second Trump administration, and there seems to be a growing consensus that Republicans have allowed (if not aided and abetted) his corrupt behavior, so it's time to give Democrats a shot at reining it in.
The Trump corruption issue is like the Biden cognitive decline issue in one key sense: Everyone around the president or even supporting him professionally from afar should be asked about it, and their lies/claims of ignorance should be hung around their necks like dumbbells.
Vice President J.D. Vance told journalist Mark Halperin this week that he's "never seen any evidence that anybody's selling access to the president." When Halperin pushed back, Vance doubled down: "What I would say is I don't think there's evidence that the Trump family has become enriched by politics," the vice president said.
So either Vance isn't paying attention, or he's deliberately misleading. "Credit to Vance, it's as good an argument as is available to him," writes Daniel Foster at National Review. "The bad news is it's still not very good."
The internet nearly crashed on Wednesday as digital security and website administrators scrambled to patch two vulnerabilities in the PHP programming language that serves as the basis for many websites.
"Since its development in the 1990s, PHP has evolved into an essential scripting language for web development and is used across vast swaths of the internet in websites and software," explainsWired. "Everything from publishing systems like WordPress and Drupal to e-commerce platforms like Adobe's Magento are built on PHP."
The potential hacking abilities of advanced AI agents make these sorts of security risks more serious. In this case, however, the problem was also identified with the help of AI.
"Ryan Austin, a researcher at Calif, uncovered the flaws with help from GPT-5.6 Sol, one of OpenAI's most advanced models, during an audit of PHP's source code in August," The Wall Street Journalreports. Another security researcher had flagged the issue years ago, but it had never been fixed because it was considered "considered too difficult to exploit" by human hackers.
This is the future of humanity's digital landscape. "Given the severity of these flaws and PHP's widespread use, we consider this one of the most impactful security issues in recent memory," OpenAI said in a statement on Wednesday. "It highlights how AI can uncover security flaws with internet-scale impact, but the same capabilities can also help attackers rapidly develop offensive tools and exploits."
(A shoutout to Reason's web development team for keeping us up and running, today and every day.)
"Fanciful fiction." Media outlets also continue to face decidedly nondigital threats over articles and polls that make the president unhappy.
The White House threatened Politico on Wednesday with unspecified "consequences" for publishing "fanciful fiction" in a series of articles earlier this month about White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. If the articles are not retracted, it would trigger "an immediate review of Politico's relationship with the White House, and, of course, consideration of all other appropriate and available legal remedies," wrote White House counsel William O. Scharf in a letter to the media outlet's publisher.
Meanwhile, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr issued vague threats to broadcasters who cover what Carr called "Fake Polls" intended to "alter the normal patterns of voter turnout and enthusiasm."
These sorts of threats are an affront to the First Amendment, of course. But they are downstream of a more significant issue: the very existence of the FCC.
It's a problem, obviously, that the FCC is run by an authoritarian jackass. But the bigger problem is that the agency contains so many tempting tools for an authoritarian jackass to wield. https://t.co/Q4IJXntkOy
A judge in New Mexico ordered social media giant Meta (which owns Facebook and Instagram, among other things) to pay $25 billion for misleading users about data privacy. Last month, a jury found that Meta had violated the state's consumer protection laws 43 million times.
The environmental studies for California's high-speed rail line include such absurdities as counting bumblebees "one by one" and considering the train's "acoustic impacts on waterfowl and shorebirds." That's how to spend 16 years and $15 billion building nearly nothing.
Obvious metaphor alert!
A group dispatched by Hegseth's team in February attempted to move the historic globe, said to be used by Eisenhower during World War II.
They lifted it from its home in an Army office in the Pentagon … and dropped it. pic.twitter.com/vTjWdYXn0k
Meta will give its investors free shares if Mark Zuckerberg hits certain "extraordinary" targets.
It will pay 1:1 share dividends each time Meta stock doubles and has compounded at over 10% a year.
Meta is rolling out Class C shares to address Zuckerberg's tax concerns and keep him in California.
Meta stockholders are set to receive free shares if Mark Zuckerberg absolutely crushes it as CEO.
The social-media giant revealed in a Wednesday filing that if its upcoming Class C shares double from a baseline price of $580.60 to just over $1,161, and their compound annualized return since September 10 has been at least 10%, shareholders will receive a dividend: a Class C share for every Meta share they own.
If Meta stock — specifically its 30-day volume-weighted average price — doubles again to around $2,322, and has risen by at least 10% on average per year, shareholders will receive the same dividend again, and so on.
Meta, which owns Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and the AI agent Muse, acknowledged how difficult it will be to unlock those dividends, describing the stock price targets as "extraordinary" in its filing.
Its stock has already surged more than sevenfold from its November 2022 low, giving Meta a nearly $1.8 trillion market capitalization that ranks it among the 10 most valuable companies in the world.
The additional dividends would be paid on top of the initial dividend declared by Meta's board on Wednesday, which will see Class A and Class B shareholders receive Class C shares on a 1:1 basis, likely in late January.
Meta is rejigging its share structure in response to Zuckerberg's concerns about California's so-called billionaire tax: a one-off, 5% wealth tax on the roughly 250 billionaires living in the state.
Zuckerberg, who ranked fifth on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a $247 billion net worth at Wednesday's close, will be able to sell the Class C shares to access the liquidity needed to pay the tax, avoiding a sale of his existing shares that would erode his voting power.
Meta's board took action after Zuckerberg said he was considering moving out of California because of the potential tax, and cautioned that the steps involved in relocating, such as listing his home for sale, could spark questions from employees about the company's management, the filing says.
Politico has issued a correction and re-examined multiple articles after the White House threatened "consequences" if the outlet doesn't retract its recent reporting on President Donald Trump's chief of staff Susie Wiles, Fox News Digital has confirmed.
In a letter addressed to Politico's global editor-in-chief Jonathan Greenberger on Monday, White House counsel William Scharf slammed three "demonstrably false and defamatory articles" about Wiles, including claims that Trump was mulling Wiles' ouster, and that he had a "freak-out" when Politico published its story.
"These publications reflect far more than sloppy reporting or an unfortunate, inadvertent reliance on unreliable sources. They instead reveal a disturbing pattern of the publication of sensational falsehoods despite direct, on-the-record refutations from senior White House officials and even the President of the United States himself, as well as documentary evidence provided to Politico, all of which established clearly that claims central to Politico's planned reporting were false. Put simply, your publication was told the truth and presented with corroborating evidence, and yet chose to publish fanciful fiction regardless," Scharf wrote in the letter first reported by Axios that has been obtained by Fox News Digital.
"This is not a question of competing interpretations, editorial judgment, or political disagreement. It is a question of whether a major news organization may knowingly publish demonstrably false factual allegations, disregard documentary evidence contradicting those allegations, and then hide behind anonymous sources when confronted with the truth. It may not. I therefore demand that Politico retract these defamatory articles and issue corrections promptly, or face the consequences," he later continued.
Scharf gave Politico "48 hours" to reverse its reporting and issue an apology to both Trump and Wiles before the White House explores "appropriate and available legal remedies."
"The White House has no obligation to pretend that this persistent conduct is consistent with responsible journalism. Nor should Politico expect that its institutional behavior will be insulated from scrutiny. After all, freedom of the press is not a professional exemption from accountability," Scharf told Greenberg.
"I therefore demand that Politico immediately correct or retract these publications, issue a prominent and public apology to the President of the United States and to Ms. Wiles, and remove the false reporting from your digital archives. Failure to do so or otherwise respond justifying Politico's publications within 48 hours will prompt an immediate review of Politico's relationship with the White House, and, of course, consideration of all other appropriate and available legal remedies."
Politico responded on Wednesday, insisting it strives for accuracy in its reporting and "categorically rejects the false accusations" that it "chose to publish fanciful fiction" and "purposeful falsehoods designed to mislead the public."
"That said, Politico takes seriously assertions like those made in your letter. Accordingly, consistent with its commitment to ensuring its reporting is as accurate as possible, Politico re-examined all three articles identified in your letter and did follow up reporting," Politico's attorney wrote in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital.
"As a result, Politico determined it was appropriate to correct one of the three articles identified in your letter," the letter continued.
Politico did not offer an apology to Trump and Wiles or correct the report that Trump was considering moving on from Wiles. Instead, Politico corrected an article to note that Wiles simply offered "positive reinforcement" for then-White House press secretary Katie Zacharia's Fox News appearance on "Hannity" last week before she stepped down, but did not play a direct role in booking the interview.
"The updated version of that article, reflecting the information obtained through Politico's further reporting, has now been published. Promptly and transparently making corrections, as Politico has done here, is a hallmark of journalistic ethics and integrity, and of the very professionalism your letter falsely claims Politico is lacking," Politico's attorney wrote.
The White House did not immediately respond when asked for comment.
Politico has been in the crosshairs of the Trump administration in recent weeks as among the outlets that were banned by the White House last month, which had been reversed by a judge's ruling.
"To be clear, any error that you could identify in Politico's reporting about the President or his administration would not excuse the White House's unconstitutional retaliation and discrimination against Politico for the content of its news coverage," Politico's response said.
"The White House's efforts to retaliate against Politico for its constitutionally protected journalism, and to discriminate against Politico based on what the President perceives to be its editorial viewpoint is a profound affront to the most fundamental constitutional rights," the response continued. "Politico will defend its journalism and the right of its reporters to pursue their mission and report fearlessly on the President and other White House officials for the benefit of the American public, notwithstanding the White House's ongoing attempts to intimidate Politico and chill and punish that reporting."
Fears over lack of scrutiny for key sectors as health editor position also to go in cuts aimed at saving £5.5m
The BBC will no longer have a dedicated education editor as part of a cost-cutting drive in which 100 jobs are to go across BBC News under a plan that school leaders described as “deeply regrettable”.
BBC staff have been told that the roles of education editor and social affairs editor are to be combined into a single position as part of a round of changes that will save £5.5m. However, prominent unions and campaigners are saying the reform will dilute scrutiny of two specialisms that are too important to go without a dedicated BBC role.
A Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (DGLAB) vai atribuir 42 bolsas de criação literária, no valor global de 630 mil euros, cujas candidaturas decorrem entre 02 de novembro e 02 de dezembro.
De acordo com dois avisos publicados hoje em Diário da República, vão ser atribuídas 24 bolsas anuais de criação literária, num total de 360 mil euros, e outras 18 destinadas à banda desenhada e à literatura infantil e juvenil, no valor global de 270 mil euros.
Cada bolsa tem o valor de 15 mil euros e destina-se a pessoas “maiores de 18 anos, de nacionalidade portuguesa, ou residentes em Portugal, que escrevam em língua portuguesa”, explicita o diploma.
As 24 bolsas do Programa de Bolsas Anuais de Criação Literária abrangem as modalidades de dramaturgia e escrita teatral, ensaio, ficção narrativa e poesia.
Neste caso, a avaliação e seleção das candidaturas caberá a um júri constituído por Golgona Anghel, Isabel Lucas, Joana Meirim, João Dionísio, José Bragança de Miranda, José Luís Peixoto, José Riço Direitinho e Paula Magalhães.
Para a Banda Desenhada e a Literatura Infantil e Juvenil, o júri será composto por Andreia Brites, Dora Batalim SottoMayor e João Ramalho-Santos.
As candidaturas aos dois programas devem ser submetidas obrigatoriamente através do portal de serviços públicos da República Portuguesa, a partir das 10:00 de 02 de novembro e até às 23:59 de 02 de dezembro.
O número de bolsas e o montante global anunciados hoje mantêm-se inalterados face a 2025, ano em que entrou em vigor um novo modelo de apoios à criação literária, que passou a contemplar o ensaio e criou uma linha autónoma para a banda desenhada e a literatura infantil e juvenil.
O novo modelo foi anunciado pela então ministra da Cultura, Dalila Rodrigues, depois de o programa geral não ter sido aberto em 2024, ano em que foram atribuídas apenas oito bolsas semestrais, no valor global de 60 mil euros, no âmbito das comemorações dos 50 anos do 25 de Abril.
Entre canais ligados 24 horas por dia, comentários que dominam a viralidade e temas servidos nas conversas de café, a televisão ainda tem poder e a informação é conteúdo precioso?
Behind his countless roles in film and television productions, actor James Woods has experienced his share of "takes" and "wraps" just as endings and new beginnings have occurred in his creative and personal life.
Now, during what he's referred to as his lifeâs "second act" after his notorious Hollywood blacklisting and then later the Pacific Palisades fires in January 2025, which still has him and his wife Sara displaced due to their homeâs smoke damage, Woods seems to have settled into a life of songwriting serenity.
His third album, "The Killerâs Wife," is what became a concept record released under his own label, Breakheart Music. Created in collaboration with musical artist Bob Wayne and four-time Grammy winner Shooter Jennings, the album draws on Woodsâ early years as an actor on the road. At its heart is a true story that he initially treated as fiction: his past relationship with a young woman and mother whom he later discovered was married to a serial killer. That extraordinary saga inspired both the albumâs title and its featured song.
"Iâm not gonna reveal her privacy and her story. I have no way of knowing where she is now or anything, but I heard that she has a fine life, and she carried on, and she overcame this incredible moment in her life. But I always thought about this question. It intrigued me. Why didnât he murder her?" Woods explained to Fox News Digital, describing the inspiration behind the album.
"And knowing her, I thought, âThereâs something about her unbelievable purity of spirit that I think was more powerful than his satanic evil.â And considering the state of the world, I thought, well, now weâve got an epic, literally spiritual battle for the survival of the species, really, as a big idea behind the album."
Woods describes "The Killerâs Wife" as "a musical parable into the dark heart of evil and the glorious triumph of good."
Other songs on the album explore that theme in different ways. "The Hearts of Men" came to Woods as he was reading Matthew 24:12 in the Bible, a passage that speaks of the hardening of human hearts as wickedness spreads. "One in the Chamber," which Woods calls his favorite track, came to him at the last minute and speaks to the need to be prepared for the violent times in which we live.
"Bob does it like a beautiful ballad â itâs so pretty â and everybody said, âThis song is so beautiful.â And then you realize what itâs about as youâre singing it, you know, and thatâs what I love about our music and why people are really responding to it," Woods said. "It has just such a unique flavor."
A serendipitous encounter at Dan Tanaâs, the iconic West Hollywood restaurant, brought Woods and his wife, Sara, together with Jennings and his wife, Misty Swain. Tana, who died last year, was a close friend of Woods. The two couples were the only diners in the restaurant before the dinner rush, and the chance meeting led not only to an unlikely friendship but also to a remarkable musical journey for everyone involved.
Sara has even become Breakheart Musicâs art director, creating all three album covers and every photograph used in the releases.
During dinner, Jennings asked Woods whether he had ever considered writing lyrics, telling him to send some along if he ever did. That night, Woods went home and wrote "Misty Morning" in the Notes app on his iPhone in just 20 minutes. Then he heard nothing from Jennings for nearly a month.
"I thought and said to Sara, âOh, what an idiot. I just ruined a good friendship.â And then all of a sudden, I got this song back (âMisty Morningâ), which is like one of the most beautiful songs ever. And my whole life changed."
Jennings described Woodsâ first album, "Hear the Thunder Crack" released in October 2024, as an "expansive poetic journey" and told Woods that it was, in fact, the actorâs autobiography.
Wayne later came on board at the suggestion of Jennings, to sing on Woodsâ second album, "Tombstone Opera," which Woods described as a kind of "Sergio Leone revenge tale." The project marked another chapter in his second act, one that continued even after the Palisades fires.
Both albums reached the Top 10 on Apple Musicâs country album charts and have sold several thousand physical copies.
Like its predecessors, "The Killerâs Wife" was recorded at Hollywoodâs iconic Sunset Sound studio and follows Woodsâ steadfast rule against using Auto-Tune or artificial intelligence. In addition to writing the lyrics, Woods lends his own voice to the songs performed by Wayne, adding spoken-word passages layered throughout the music.
"It is unusual to have a spoken part, but in this album, it really serves a lot of the songs," Woods explained.
The record is available on CD and vinyl through jameswoods.com. The vinyl edition, custom-made by Memphis Record Pressing, features translucent colors and sand-like, opaque elements evoking the seaside, along with a bright-red blood splatter representing the places where the serial killerâs victims were buried.
"One of my favorite things about working with James Woods is how cinematic his writing is. With âThe Killerâs Wife,â he really found such a unique way to unfold this mini-opera, and paired with Bobâs amazing musical structures, this album explores so much sonic space that we hadnât in the beginning," Jennings said.
For Woods, now 79, this musical chapter follows a remarkable acting career that included roles in Oliver Stoneâs "Salvador" (1986), Martin Scorseseâs crime drama "Casino" (1995), and Rob Reinerâs "Ghosts of Mississippi" (1996), among many others. Woods left MIT during his senior year in 1969 to pursue acting.
Numerous award nominations and accolades followed.
After being effectively sidelined by Hollywood around 2018 because of his outspoken conservative views and public support for Donald Trump, Woods found a new project in the book "American Prometheus," the biography of Robert Oppenheimer. The project eventually became Christopher Nolanâs Oscar-winning film "Oppenheimer," released in 2023, and helped put Woods back on the map as a producer.
Although Woods was reportedly advised to remain "invisible" during the filmâs release â he wasnât even invited to the Producers Guild Awards â he eventually discovered something unexpected. What initially felt painful also helped him realize that he no longer cared about the Hollywood world as much as he once had.
"Itâs important to understand, I loved being an actor. I loved my years in the film and television industry," he said, recalling roles such as his performance in 1979âs "The Onion Field." Whether based on real events or fictional stories, he explained, such projects often addressed the cultural and political issues of the day.
"And at the same time, I understood that my role as an actor was to take another personâs words and directorial concepts, knowing I was there to serve that."
"Those masters, not the people, but the story," he clarified.
Acting, as he has been quoted as saying, "is now a DEI exercise."
Simply put, Woods said he has turned toward "happier things" and spending time with talented musicians, whom he describes as true "magicians" and among the most jubilant people he has ever been around.
"I have this observation I made once. I thought, you know, whenever you look at statues anywhere in the world, they usually celebrate one of two kinds of people: warriors and poets. And I thought, you know, if you got a choice to do one or the other, Iâm tired of being a warrior for a cause, getting in the political fray. I want to celebrate art and poetry and music and things I love, and things other people love," he said.
"So, I want to talk about happier stuff. I want to talk about the creation of art. And I want to talk about how we create art, because I love what weâve created, and I think the people who are hearing it are loving it ⦠and I want to celebrate it," he continued.
Donald Trump é conhecido por atacar jornalistas mulheres, como Kaitlan Collins, da CNN, de quem se queixou por não sorrir durante a cobertura da Casa Branca. Desta vez, correu mal. O presidente dos EUA Trump estava prestes a descarregar sobre uma jornalista, em mais um dos seus confrontos acesos com aquilo a que chama “fake news”, mas depois percebeu para que órgão ela trabalhava. Donald Trump é conhecido por descarregar sobre jornalistas, sobretudo mulheres e os que trabalham em meios com uma cobertura desfavorável ao presidente. Mas, quando se preparava para atacar Mary Margaret Olohan, correspondente do The Daily Wire
SALT LAKE CITY â Education Secretary Linda McMahon told Fox News Digital that the United States is due for a "reset" of public education after spending $3 trillion over decades while national reading scores have consistently declined.
"We've spent this $3 trillion that you referenced, and we've watched scores continue to come down. So we're doing something wrong. We need to reset," McMahon said in an interview with Fox News Digital.
"We know that the president believes, as do I, that the best education is the one that's closest to the child with parental involvement," McMahon added. "Our goal is to make sure that we move administrative programs that focus more on adults out of Washington, D.C., so that we can get all of those dollars back into education in the states."
McMahon visited Utah on Tuesday to highlight the Trump administration's progress in reforming K-12 education. Delivering a speech titled "The Next 250: K-12 Education," the secretary emphasized returning education authority to the states, investing in proven academic interventions and expanding school choice for families.
"In every decision we make, we are not asking what's better for growing government power, ideological agendas or bureaucrats' careers. We are returning education to its most basic obligation: to nurture the God-given potential of our children," McMahon told a crowd of students, parents and teachers at American Preparatory Academy in West Valley City.
The Utah event marked the 47th stop on the department's 50-state tour aimed at decentralizing federal education authority. According to Department of Education officials, more than $3 trillion in federal taxpayer money has been spent over the decades, while national test results show that only about three in 10 students perform at or above the proficient level in math and reading.
Speaking with Fox News Digital following her address, McMahon said parental involvement in education increased during the pandemic.
"Parents, for the first time, could see what was going on with education, with the curriculum that was being taught to their children," McMahon said. "They became involved, they became concerned, and they started going to school board meetings. I think that really started to change the focus. And that, in conjunction with looking at the fact that NAEP scores â our national report card â have simply gone down since the Department of Education was established."
McMahon pledged upon taking office to work toward dismantling the federal agency, including hiring leaders tasked with phasing out their own offices. The push aligns with President Donald Trump's broader education initiative, which he highlighted at a White House Rose Garden event promoting school choice. Trump also pledged to eliminate "far-left extremism" from classrooms and argued that federal education spending has failed to deliver acceptable academic results.
As part of the administration's broader effort to downsize federal oversight, the Department of Education announced an interagency agreement with the Treasury Department in March. Under the agreement, Treasury will take on certain responsibilities for managing federal student loans, including collections on defaulted loans, as part of the administration's effort to transfer administrative duties away from the Education Department.
The student loan transfer is one of nine interagency partnerships designed to serve as a "proof of concept" for Congress to show that federal education tasks can be reallocated.
"I've asked Congress, with this proof of concept and these interagency agreements: Let me prove to you that it works," McMahon told Fox News Digital. "I know, ultimately, Congress has to vote if we do close the Department of Education and if I, in fact, am able to fire myself. Hopefully, they will vote for it because I believe the outcome will be better for students â and that is the goal."
McMahon said that the federal agency functions largely as a "pass-through" for funding rather than controlling local school curricula, a distinction she noted is frequently misunderstood by the public.
Following her Utah visit, McMahon's four-part speaking series will continue with upcoming stops in Nevada, Arizona and Tennessee to address rising higher education costs and workforce Pell grants. Her final keynote in Tennessee later this month will focus on restoring accountability and standards in higher education.
Fox News and others have toed president’s line – seemingly hoping unrest abroad will make people vote Republican
Donald Trump sought to capitalize on the scenes of unrest in France, telling a crowd in Kansas on Monday that “migrants” and “communists” were responsible, and that the scenes were “what the radical ‘Dumocrats’ want to do to America”.
As Republicans struggle to convince voters across the country ahead of November’s midterm elections, Trump’s allies in the conservative media have followed suit, seemingly hoping that the scenes in France can scare people to the polls.
Fox News and others have toed president’s line – seemingly hoping unrest abroad will make people vote Republican
Donald Trump sought to capitalize on the scenes of unrest in France, telling a crowd in Kansas on Monday that “migrants” and “communists” were responsible, and that the scenes were “what the radical ‘Dumocrats’ want to do to America”.
As Republicans struggle to convince voters across the country ahead of November’s midterm elections, Trump’s allies in the conservative media have followed suit, seemingly hoping that the scenes in France can scare people to the polls.
O presidente executivo e co-proprietário da Axel Springer, grupo detentor do Politico e, mais recentemente, do Telegraph, terá proposto comprar uma participação nas operações europeias do TikTok, segundo o Financial Times.
Mathias Döpfner terá exposto a ideia num almoço com Charles Kushner, embaixador dos EUA em França e pai de Jared Kushner, genro de Donald Trump. O encontro decorreu em janeiro, na sede da Axel Springer em Berlim, e foi apresentado como um debate sobre o antissemitismo nas redes sociais.
O empresário alemão terá proposto um plano semelhante ao acordo mediado por Donald Trump para a divisão norte-americana do TikTok. Nesse acordo, que avaliou o TikTok nos EUA em 14 mil milhões de dólares (12,4 mil milhões de euros), um grupo de investidores, que incluiu a Oracle de Larry Ellison, criou uma joint venture com a ByteDance, a dona chinesa da aplicação.
Segundo o FT, a proposta insere-se num esforço mais amplo de Mathias Döpfner para se aproximar da administração Trump, que continuou mesmo depois de a Casa Branca ter vedado, em setembro, o acesso a jornalistas do Politico. Em fevereiro, Mathias Döpfner reuniu-se com a chefe de gabinete do presidente norte-americano, Susie Wiles. Em setembro, entregou um prémio da Axel Springer ao investidor Peter Thiel, doador do Partido Republicano e apoiante do vice-presidente JD Vance.
Mathias Döpfner já tinha manifestado em 2022 o seu apoio à ideia, mas nunca disse abertamente que queria ser um dos investidores. No início de setembro, em entrevista à agência alemã DPA, afirmou que o TikTok “deveria ser vendido a acionistas democráticos ou proibido”.
A proposta terá sido discutida com responsáveis da Comissão Europeia, mas não terá avançado devido à falta de entusiasmo, segundo fontes de Bruxelas citadas pelo Financial Times. A ByteDance também não terá demonstrado interesse na ideia, de acordo com o jornal.
Questionada pelo Financial Times, a Axel Springer declarou que, “como fica claro nas suas declarações públicas, Mathias Döpfner sempre defendeu uma solução europeia para o TikTok nos moldes do modelo americano”. “Se tal solução se tivesse concretizado, a Axel Springer teria acolhido com agrado a oportunidade de fazer parte dela como um importante ator do setor dos media na Europa“, acrescentou.
A embaixada dos EUA em Paris recusou comentar. A ByteDance, por seu lado, classificou a notícia como “uma total invenção e nem sequer merece um comentário”.
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