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• Peter Jackson ha ricevuto una Palma d'Oro onoraria durante la cerimonia di apertura del Festival di Cannes 2026, in riconoscimento dei suoi leggendari contributi al cinema. • Jane Fonda e Gong Li hanno dichiarato ufficialmente aperto il festival sul palco, sottolineando l'impegno dell'evento nel celebrare il cinema internazionale e le figure iconiche. • Il festival prosegue la sua tradizione di onorare l'eccellenza cinematografica, riunendo grandi talenti dall'Asia e da tutto il mondo.

L'attore e comico parla per la prima volta dopo il suicidio della figlia di 42 anni avvenuto a febbraio

• La Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti ha stabilito il mese scorso che i collegi elettorali non possono più essere delineati lungo linee razziali ai sensi del Voting Rights Act del 1965, spostando l'attenzione sulle considerazioni partitiche. • Firmato dal Presidente Lyndon B. Johnson nel 1965, l'Atto mirava originariamente a smantellare le barriere per gli elettori neri, ma la decisione ora permette agli stati di ridisegnare le mappe in base alle affiliazioni politiche. • La sentenza ha innescato un rapido sforzo in diversi stati per riconfigurare i distretti elettorali, potenzialmente rimodellando la rappresentanza congressuale in vista delle future elezioni.

L'accordo in Florida concede al presidente degli Stati Uniti il controllo delle licenze e del merchandising presso l'aeroporto rinominato, affermano gli analisti. È stata una settimana in cui un nome prominente dell'aviazione, Spirit Airlines, è scomparso, ucciso, per ammissione della stessa compagnia, dagli alti prezzi del carburante derivanti dalla guerra di Donald Trump in Iran. Entro pochi giorni, tuttavia, un altro nome volava già alto nei circoli del settore: quello del presidente stesso. Continua a leggere...

Ryan Cohen selling tube socks and baseball cards after offering $55.5bn, although source of funds remains unclearThe CEO of GameStop, Ryan Cohen, said he was selling vintage video games, baseball cards, GameStop merchandise and a $14,000 pair of tube socks to help fund the company’s proposed $55.5bn acquisition of eBay.His platform of choice? eBay, of course. Continue reading...

Jason Atherton, who has restaurants in Dubai, St Moritz and now Tuscany, says it’s tough to stay afloat in UK hospitality industryA British Michelin-starred chef says he is opening restaurants abroad to subsidise his UK venues against a backdrop of high taxes and a struggling hospitality sector.Jason Atherton is now in Forte dei Marmi, on the Tuscan coast in Italy, where he is preparing his newest opening, Maria’s, which will be in the Principessa hotel. The Sheffield-born chef now has restaurants all over the world, including in Dubai and St Moritz. Continue reading...

Exclusive: Taped conversations also cover playwright’s relationship with fame, self-doubt and communismHe was one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century and she was one of the greatest actors. In newly unearthed recordings made over a period of nearly three decades, Arthur Miller opened up about his short-lived marriage to Marilyn Monroe, saying she wanted a husband who was a “father, lover, friend and agent,” and the child she longed for would have been an “additional problem”.In taped conversations with his friend and biographer Prof Christopher Bigsby, Miller said he had felt “death was always on her [Monroe’s] shoulder – always”. He had believed that if he did not “take care of her life” she would come to a “catastrophic end”. Continue reading...

• Samsung has launched its 2026 startup acceleration program in India, inviting applications from deep-tech startups to collaborate within its global mobile ecosystem. • The program provides up to $50,000 in grant funding with no equity stake required for Proof-of-Concept (PoC) development, allowing startups to validate and scale innovations. • Building on the success of the initiative launched in 2023, the program aims to bridge the gap between emerging Indian startups and Samsung's established mobile technology infrastructure.