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Star Wars

Disney CEO: Star Wars creator George Lucas ‘felt betrayed’ by sequel approach – CNET

George Lucas (left) and Bob Iger at the Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge Media Preview at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. Getty Images George Lucas hasn't exactly hidden his feelings about Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the first in the franchise's seq…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Holocaust

Cousins Reunite 75 Years After Being Separated During the Holocaust: ‘We’ve Got Each Other Now’

For 75 years, Morris Sana lived with the belief that his cousin and best friend Simon Mairowitz was dead. But on Saturday, 87-year-old Sana and 85-year-old Mairowitz cried tears of joy when they reunited in Israel. The cousins were close pals before the Nazi…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Riots

APNewsBreak: California halts prison gang peacemaking effort

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California prison officials have halted an experiment aimed at forcing warring prison gangs to get along with each other after the inmates wound up brawling and even rioting when allowed to mingle together in prison recreation yards, o…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Nuclear Disarmament

South Korean president calls for economic engagement with North Korea at UN General Assembly

South Korean President Moon Jae-in, speaking in front of the 74th United Nations General Assembly Tuesday, called for economic engagement with North Korea in exchange for progress on nuclear disarmament. Moon told leaders on Tuesday that his nation “will gua…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

NSA

Jaish readying squad to target PM, Doval: Intel

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Yellow Vests

It’s Time to Abandon Carbon Pricing

As environmental economists, oil companies, and policy wonks gather in New York for Climate Week, they will debate the finer points of carbon pricing. They shouldnt. Is carbon pricing a good idea? In theory, yes. We really should make bad things more expensi…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Little Red Riding Hood

CBS Announces Tell Me a Story Season 2 Premiere Date

CBS All Access today announced that the second season of psychological thriller Tell Me a Story will premiere on Thursday, December 5th. The series is created by Kevin Williamson and takes popular fairy tales and reimagines them as dark fables. The new season…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

NSA

The Trump Whistleblower Scandal Is Proving Edward Snowden Right

Edward Snowden did it all wrong, his critics thundered. The former National Security Agency subcontractor should have used “other avenues available for somebody whose conscience was stirred and thought that they needed to question government actions,” then-…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Super Komachi

Best hike along Japan’s Nakasendo

Long before bullet trains connected Tokyo and Kyoto, travelers used Nakasendo Road to travel between the two cities, stopping at postal towns along the way to sleep, eat, and rest the horses. Today, it is possible to hike portions of the Nakasendo Trail in th…

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Star Wars

George Lucas ‘felt betrayed’ that Disney scrapped his original ideas for the ‘Star Wars’ sequels

"Star Wars" creator George Lucas wasn't happy when he found out Disney wasn't using his script outlines for the next three movies. According to Disney CEO Bob Iger, Lucas "felt betrayed." In his new memoir, "The Ride of a Lifetime," Iger recounts making the …

bubmagSeptember 24, 2019

Disney CEO: Star Wars creator George Lucas ‘felt betrayed’ by sequel approach – CNET

Cousins Reunite 75 Years After Being Separated During the Holocaust: ‘We’ve Got Each Other Now’

APNewsBreak: California halts prison gang peacemaking effort

South Korean president calls for economic engagement with North Korea at UN General Assembly

Jaish readying squad to target PM, Doval: Intel

It’s Time to Abandon Carbon Pricing

CBS Announces Tell Me a Story Season 2 Premiere Date

The Trump Whistleblower Scandal Is Proving Edward Snowden Right

Best hike along Japan’s Nakasendo

George Lucas ‘felt betrayed’ that Disney scrapped his original ideas for the ‘Star Wars’ sequels

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