Facebook notably criticized the move with a full-page newspaper ad, and thanks to the FT’s report, now we know why company leaders were so frustrated. According to the report, Facebook lost the most money “in absolute terms” when compared to other social platforms due to its massive size. Meanwhile, Snap “fared the worst as a percentage of its business” because its advertising is mainly tied to smartphones, which makes sense for a product that doesn’t have a desktop version.
“Some of the platforms that were most impacted — but especially Facebook — have to rebuild their machinery from scratch as a result of ATT,” adtech consultant Eric Seufert told FT. “My belief is that it takes at least one year to build new infrastructure. New tools and frameworks need to be developed from scratch and tested extensively before being deployed to a high number of users.”
Apple’s new policy will force social platforms and other apps to get more creative with their advertising. Whether this means focusing on Android devices or investing in Apple’s advertising business — which nearly broke its own rules by quietly collecting user data in the same way third-party apps did — they’ll have to figure out another source of revenue that doesn’t involve tracking people on their iPhones.
Hilaria Baldwin posted images of husband Alec Baldwin and her young children in Halloween costumes Sunday following a recent on-set shooting in New Mexico in which he was involved that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead.
"Parenting through this has been an intense experience, to say the least," Hilaria Baldwin wrote along with a videos and pictures of her husband and children in costumes. "Today, we rallied to give them a holiday. Last min costumes…a little hodge-podge…but they were so happy and that warmed my mama heart."
Hilaria went on to post emojis that indicated her children give them love. She also issued a heart and a pumpkin emoji in celebration of Halloween.
The Instagram post comes a day after the Baldwins spoke to photographers in Vermont, when Alec said he is cooperating with police and has been speaking to them every day. Baldwin maintained that he could not speak on the active investigation.
"It's an active investigation in terms of a woman died, she was my friend," Baldwin said.
"We were a very, very well-oiled crew shooting a film together, and then this horrible event happened," he added.
Baldwin admitted the fatal shooting on the set is a "one-in-a-trillion event."
Alec Baldwin spoke out in public for the first time since the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. (Fox News Digital)
"There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this," he said. "This is a one in a trillion episode. It's a one in a trillion event."
Baldwin said he is "extremely interested" in limiting the use of firearms on set following the fatal incident.
The actor revealed he has been speaking to the police every day regarding the ongoing investigation. (Fox News Digital)
In the days after the deadly shooting, Hilaria was spotted driving her husband around a posh ski town. At one point, she can even be seen hiding her head from photographers as the duo tried to keep a low profile amid the investigation into Alec's involvement in an accidental shooting incident that left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead.
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At the 36th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony Saturday night — which marking the return of the event to a live setting in Cleveland, after last year’s strictly virtual edition — there were plenty of surprises among the performance choices, which included Taylor Swift opening the show with Carole King’s “Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and Paul McCartney and Foo Fighters closing it with “Get Back.” Among those unexpectedly joining jams were Eminem and Jennifer Lopez for LL Cool J, and Keith Urban filling in for Bryan Adams in a Tina Turner medley. Among speeches, the intrigue included Dave Chappelle in person and Barack Obama on tape helping to induct Jay-Z.
The class of 2021 was being honored at Cleveland’s 12,000-capacity Rocket Mortgage Financial Fieldhouse in Cleveland, ushering Carole King, LL Cool J, the Go-Go’s, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren, Randy Rhoads, Gil Scott-Heron, Kraftwerk, Billy Preston, Charley Patton and music executive Clarence Avent into the hall.
While the action was plentiful on stage, backstage inductees and inductors fielded questions and posed for photos in the press room going on in the press room.
Carole King, who made history as one of three women inducted twice into the Hall, was still clearly moved by Swift’s performance. “I came in briefly when she was rehearsing,” she said. “The version that she did tonight was amazing. She just owned it and she made it her own in a way that I have never heard done that way, and that is my joy as a songwriter, to see how different people interpret a song.”
Taylor Swift performs onstage during the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 30, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. Kevin Kane for The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
King is already in the hall as a songwriter alongside one-time partner Gerry Goffin, and made history as the third woman to be inducted twice, along with Stevie Nicks and fellow 2021 inductee Tina Turner. Backstage, she talked reverently of Goffin, who died in 2014. “Had he been here tonight, he would be here cheering me on just like in the musical ‘Beautiful’: ‘You’re going all the way.’ He really was a supporter of me, long after we weren’t married anymore,” she said.
Being inducted a second time is different, she said, because she was being inducted for something she never thought she would do, “which was to be a performer. … I feel that as a performer, after all the years I have been actually doing it, was just part of the way that I bring music to people,” she said. “I understand what an audience comes to see. I know they don’t expect perfection, so that’s good. They get the song from the heart with great players.”
Jennifer Hudson and Carole King pose for photos during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. AP
King was clearly the belle of the ball backstage, posing for photos and getting hugs backstage with Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl, Jay-Z, Keith Urban, Jennifer Lopez, Swift and Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, who portrays Aretha Franklin in the film “Respect,” and performed the Goffin-King-written classic, “(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman.”
Also making a stop backstage was Angela Bassett, who portrayed Turner in the movie “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” “I couldn’t say anything but yes,” Bassett said about inducting Turner into the hall. Turner, she said, is an inspiration, “turning pain into power and her hurt into triumph.. and (showed) what is possible for a woman at any age at any stage.”
LL Cool J spoke backstage about hip-hop’s place in the hall and why it is essential, saying he was happy the hall “expanded to include other genres.”
“For me as a kid growing up at a time when they took music out of the schools, at a time the world was really changing, the Bronx was a war zone,” he said. “It changed our lives. Me being a kid from Queens, it gave us an opportunity to express ourselves creatively and artistically and to really level up. It gave us a way to really see the world. As a young Black kid in Queens it made me feel empowered. It was the first time I saw kids that looked like me saying something that sounded powerful because, to be honest, most of the time I saw them on the news was… in handcuffs.” Hip-hop, he said, connected kids and stories “all over the world.”
LL Cool J and Jennifer Lopez perform during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. AP
Asked about which rock ‘n’ roll performer inspired him, LL Cool J did not hesitate to name check Jimi Hendrix, Aerosmith, Bob Dylan, AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Billy Squier.
“I would listen to ‘Hey Joe’ consistently. You got guys like Billy Squier, that one song ‘The Big Beat,’ was one if the most important records in the whole hood,” he said. “Bob Dylan, ‘Subterranean Homesick Blues,’ come on, man! The words and the lyrics and the stuff he does in that.” He continued about DJs scratching the drum beats of classic songs with vinyl records, and of Run DMC’s collaboration with Aerosmith for “Walk This Way.” “We appreciate rock ‘n’ roll. We’re not against rock ‘n’ roll. We are not anti- rock ‘n’ roll at all. On the contrary,” he said. “It’s all love.”
The love was reciprocated by Dave Grohl, who gave LL Cool J’s performance an ovation. “I’ve definitely listened me to some Foo,” LL Cool J said, adding that he and Grohl share a birthday, January 14. “We both always laugh about that,” he said.
He then talked about attending country shows and being impressed. “I don’t listen to country music riding in the car, but when you see country music live, these guys are really connected to relationships and telling stories — it’s like hip-hop.”
Asks who he would like to see in the hall next, LL Cool J name-checked Outkast, Eminem, Big Daddy Kane, Eric B and Rakim, KRS 1 and others that did not have mainstream success. “We are all looking for something new and fresh. We all want to hear good music, and I don’t know who it was but they said there was two types of music — good and bad,” he said.
Drew Barrymore wrapped herself in a towel and gave herself a facial to recreate the Go-Gos’ iconic 1981 “Beauty and the Beat” album cover before inducting the band. For Barrymore, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was heaven in a place in earth, as she excitedly inducted a band she discovered when she was 6 years old. “If you’d told tiny me that I’d be up here introducing my heroes into the most notable rock club in human history, I would say, ‘Well, I will do my best to honor these women,’” she said.
Jane Wiedlin, Gina Schock, Belinda Carlisle, Charlotte Caffey, and Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go’s pose in the press room during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. AP
“Beauty and the Beat,” she said, “blew the doors off my life… It sounded like pure possibility,” she said as she shared a photo of herself and Carlisle from when she was just 9. “I spent hours staring at that cover and the back side, with all of them in the bathtub — the coolest girls in the world taking a spa day in cool-girl heaven.”
Gary Clark Jr. strapped on a guitar after inducting the late blues legend Charley Patton to perform “High Water Everywhere,” while Brandi Carlile performed “All I Have to Do Is Dream” by the Everly Brothers for the In Memoriam segment, joined by twins Tim and Phil Hanesroth for three-part harmonies that paid homage to the Everlys’ two-part magic.
H.E.R., Brandi Carlile and Mickey Guyton attend the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on October 30, 2021 in Cleveland, Ohio. Kevin Mazur for The Rock and Ro
Later, Lionel Richie, who flew in to Cleveland one day after performing a sold-out show at the Wynn in Las Vegas to personality induct Avent into the hall, joked with reporters that he got his energy from drinking “12 cups of coffee.”
“So many people are grateful to you, Clarence,“ he told an emotional Avent, as the exec known affectionately as “the Black Godfather” received the Ahmet Ertegun Award on stage. “You have done so much for me and so many artists, you are truly the Godfather of us all.”
A planned all-star jam of Rolling Stones songs honoring the late Charlie Watts was apparently scrapped due to time constraints.
Paul McCartney, presenter for the Foo Fighters, speaks during the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. AP
Prior to entering the event, all attendees were asked to prove proof of vaccination for Covid-19, with rapid tests being administered to all with access to the backstage area. Last year’s ceremony was moved to late fall due to the pandemic, and John Sykes, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Foundation chairman, confirmed to the press backstage that the ceremony will now take place every November, with the next eligible Class of Fame ready to be unveiled in January.
Throughout the weekend inside the hall, fans participated in a virtual fan vote located outside an exhibit of the current inductees, with Motley Crue leading the vote.
Carole King speaks after being inducted in the performer category during the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony, Saturday, Oct. 30, 2021, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/David Richard) AP
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In honor of the spooky holiday, Gemma Chan posted never-before-seen pics from the festivities that took place back in 2019, prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and while the Marvel film was still in production.
On Sunday, Oct. 31, Gemma shared an Instagram carousel of images, including one of Angelina dressed in a cute giraffe onesie as she posed next to fellow cast member Lauren Ridloff. Lauren and Brian Tyree Henry were both channeling the 2019 horror movie Midsommar.
Meanwhile, Gemma went as Uma Thurman's character from 1994's Pulp Fiction, while Richard Madden was a skeleton, complete with painted face and long bony hands.
According to Variety, Angelina threw the bash in the Canary Islands in 2019, while director Chloé Zhao's film was shooting on location. "It was a pre-COVID celebration," cast member Lia McHugh told the publication. "It was really fun."
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As Apple continues to cull its catalog of Intel-powered Macs, it looks like the 21.5-inch iMac is finally being put out to pasture. Yet another causality of Apple’s shift to using its homegrown M1 processor in every product.
Apple quietly pulled the entry-level PC from Apple Store Online this week, Mac Rumors reports. In a statement to the outlet, Apple confirmed that the machine is being discontinued and will no longer be sold in Apple stores. According to archived data reviewed by 9 to 5 Mac, the 21.5-inch iMac’s listing appears to have been taken down sometime on Friday. Not that it was particularly easy to find in the first place, as the listing had apparently been buried on a relatively hard-to-find store page. Additionally, when you bring up the 21.5-inch iMac on Apple’s product comparison page, a “Buy” button no longer appears beneath an image of the product.
As for the PC itself, Apple sold the 21.5-inch iMac in a single configuration that, for just $1,099, got you a four-generation old, dual-core Intel processor, a 1080p display, and a terabyte of storage. Apple already dropped two other configurations, the options for 512GB and 1TB of SSD storage for the 21.5-inch iMac with 4K display, back in March.
The discontinuation comes just six months after Apple first showed off its M1-powered iMacs, which joined the ranks of product lines like the MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and Mac Mini that Apple has revamped with its new proprietary processor.
This is all pretty much par for the course for Apple. Even before it started phasing out its Intel-powered machines and shifting over to the M1 processor, the tech giant has a history of keeping its legacy Macs and other outdated product lines available for a while before quietly axing them without offering any explanation. We’ve reached out to Apple for comment and will update this blog should we hear back.
Apple’s lineup of Intel-based iMacs isn’t completely dead yet, though. For now, you can still get a 27-inch iMac in a couple of different configurations, but how long those will remain available is anyone’s guess. Rumor has it Apple is planning to roll out a revamped 27-inch iMac Pro with a mini-LED display and the latest M1 Pro and M1 Max chips as soon as the first half of 2022.
While financial details of the new deal have not been disclosed, the VR fitness subscription service will join Meta completely, with all staff members in the startup being offered roles in Meta. Supernatural’s CEO Chris Milk will also be joining, pointing out that the acquisition will give his firm “more resources to expand.” The company itself provides services similar to those of Peloton, using VR to provide training sessions to those at home.
“Our larger hope is that we can bring in a whole new type of audience into virtual reality that might not have been interested in it for the use case it has been promoted for thus far,” explained Milk earlier last year.
The new acquisition comes shortly after Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg highlighted the role fitness will play within the expansion of its VR division during its Meta Connect conference earlier this week. The company will also be launching workout accessories created to be used in tandem with the Meta Quest headset sometime next year.
Google Home, the companion app for Google’s smart home products, is changing the way users interact with photos on the app and on Nest Hub devices. 9to5Google first noticed the changes, which include a revamped Photo Frame settings menu.
Now, when you use Google Home to change the displayed album while your Nest Hub is idle, you’ll see a carousel-style UI that gives you the option to choose from curated groups of photos, categorized as “Select family & friends,” “Recent highlights,” and “Favorites,” 9to5Google reports. Scroll past that, and you’ll be able to see all the albums that you’ve created.
A preview window appears at the bottom of the page, and you can swipe through the preview carousel to see how your pictures will look when displayed on your Nest Hub. 9to5Google also notes that the time and weather are displayed at the bottom-left corner of the preview window on iOS, but only the photo appears on Android.
In addition to the new Photo Frame settings, 9to5Google also reports that the Nest Hub may be getting a new clock face option that includes the beloved Weather Frog. Also known as Froggy, the character first became available on the Nest Hub as a display option that shows the time, along with an animated depiction of the current weather conditions.
9to5Google found that there’s a new option in the Photo Frame menu, called Google Weather Frog, and its description on the app implies you’ll be able to display Froggy alongside weather conditions and your photos. The feature appears to be unfinished, so it remains unclear just how Froggy might interact with your photos once it’s officially released.
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Hilaria Baldwin is sharing her concerns about husband Alec Baldwin's emotional state after he accidentally shot dead cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of their movie.
The star's wife made her comments on Saturday, Oct. 30, in a rare interview with The New York Post hours after the actor spoke on-camera for the first time about last week's fatal shooting, answering questions from paparazzi who followed the couple and their six children to Vermont, where they had traveled soon after the incident.
"I brought [Alec] up here because we have to mourn Halyna's death," she said. "Alec had a really traumatic thing happen, and I am trying to limit the PTSD."
She continued, "He needs space for me to take care of him and his mental health. It's an awful thing that happened. Alec feels awful."
Later that day, Hilaria posted on Instagram a photo of herself holding her husband's hand, writing, "I love you and I'm here."
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Last night, LL Cool J was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he didn’t leave without bringing a few friends onstage. Dr. Dre inducted the hip-hop pioneer with high praise and playful jokes during his speech. LL Cool J performed a number of his hits for the lucky crowd, including “Going Back to Cali.” For his performance of “Rock the Bells,” Cool J surprised fans by introducing fellow rapper Eminem, who swapped verses with him on the track. He then continued with the surprise guests by bringing out Jenny from the Block, Jennifer Lopez, to perform their number-one song, “All I Have.” He has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame six times since 2010 and made sure to show the Rock Hall why he deserved his spot with his performances Saturday night.
Kal Penn, the actor best known for his lead role in the “Harold & Kumar” comedy series, has come out, revealing that he is engaged to his partner of eleven years.
Penn gave his story during an interview on this week’s CBS Sunday Morning while promoting his new tell-all memoir “You Can’t Be Serious,” touching on his introduction to acting, his time working with the Obama administration and his relationship with his partner, Josh.
“Josh and I’ve been together for 11 years,” Penn said, discussing how he presented his sexuality in his memoir. “We had our 11th anniversary in October. So, writing about it… it’s very matter-of-fact in our lives, and when you’re the son of Indian immigrants who says that you want to be an actor, the chaos that that creates in your family and your community, will trump anything else, always.”
After moving to Los Angeles to work as an actor, Penn broke out with the 2004 comedy “Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle” alongside his co-star John Cho. The film spawned two sequels and led Penn to other projects, including the 2006 drama “Namesake” and the Fox series “House.”
Penn also took a hiatus from acting to campaign for President Barack Obama. He went on to work within the administration in the office of public engagement, working to connect Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Penn met his fiancé during his time working in Washington, D.C.
“I discovered my own sexuality relatively late in life compared to many other people,” Penn later told told People magazine. “There’s no timeline on this stuff. People figure their shit out at different times in their lives, so I’m glad I did when I did.”
“I’ve always been very public [about my relationship] with everybody I’ve personally interacted with,” Penn continued. “I’m really excited to share our relationship with readers. But Josh, my partner, my parents, and my brother, four people who I’m closest to in the family, are fairly quiet. They don’t love attention and shy away from the limelight.”
Simon & Schuster will release “You Can’t Be Serious” on Nov. 2.
In just his first year of eligibility, “Brooklyn’s finest,” Jay-Z, was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland on Saturday night among a class that included The Go-Go’s, Carole King, Tina Turner, Todd Rundgren, and Foo Fighters.
But only a hip-hop legend of his caliber, who’s been a driving force in the music industry for over two decades, was honored with a speech by a former president. Barack Obama, who previously paid tribute to Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter when he became the first rapper in the Songwriters Hall of Fame, delivered moving remarks about how Jay-Z’s music has served as a soundtrack to some of his most pivotal moments.
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“I’ve turned to Jay-Z’s words at different points in my life, whether I was brushing dirt off my shoulder on the campaign trail, or sampling his lyrics on the Edmund Pettus Bridge on the 50th anniversary of the Selma march to Montgomery,” Obama said in a taped video message. “Today, Jay-Z is one of the most renowned artists in history and an embodiment of the American dream, a dream he has helped make real for other young people like him.”
His comments arrived after a star-studded video introduction for the hip-hop mogul, which featured his wife Beyoncé and their daughter Blue Ivy Carter reciting some of Jay-Z’s most famous lyrics alongside LeBron James, Rihanna, Chris Rock, Sean Combs, Samuel L. Jackson, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Queen Latifah and many more.
Jay-Z speaks onstage during the 36th Annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
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But only one major Jay-Z fan chose to honor the rapper in person: The controversial comedian Dave Chappelle, who permanently resides in Ohio, appeared at the ceremony as the final induction speaker.
After a “massive ovation from the crowd,” per Rolling Stone, Chappelle began his remarks by saying, “I would like to apologize to … Nah, I’m just fucking with you,” presumably referencing the backlash to the transphobic material in his recent Netflix special, “The Closer.” Since its release, Chappelle has defiantly stood by his jokes despite the pushback on Netflix’s support of the special, which resulted in employees staging a walkout in protest of how the company has handled the response.
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Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos was actually on site for the ceremony, posing with Chappelle backstage after his remarks.
But the comedian kept his attention turned to the “incredible honor” of inducting a man who’s inspired him and the Black community, telling the crowd, “I need everybody around the world to know: Even though you are honoring him, he is ours. He is hip-hop, forever and ever and a day.”
Chronicling Jay-Z’s life from a boy raised in Brooklyn housing projects to the man who became one of the best-selling musicians of all time, Chappelle emphatically said, “What’s most important for everyone in this room to know is what it means to us, what he means to his culture.”
“We love him more than you could ever recognize or even realize because he embodies the potential of what our lives can be and what success can be,” he added.
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Eventually, Jay-Z himself took the stage, joking that all of the evening’s praise was “trying to make me cry in front of all these white people.”
“Growing up, we didn’t think we could be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame,” he said at the start of his speech. “We were told that hip-hop was a fad. Much like punk rock, it gave us this anti-culture, this sub-genre, and there were heroes in it.”
He went on to pay respect to some his own musical influences, including Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Chuck D and fellow inductee LL Cool J. He also shouted out his former manager Damon Dash, with whom he and Kareem “Biggs” Burke created the company Roc-A-Fella Records, which spawned his groundbreaking 1996 debut album “Reasonable Doubt” and many others.
Jay-Z concluded his speech by recalling how Obama asked him to campaign during his 2008 presidential run. “That showed me the power of hip-hop, the power of these heroes who let me know that these things are possible,” he said. “Hopefully I’m informing the next generation that anything is possible.”
The 2021 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony will air as an HBO special starting Nov. 20.
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Alec Baldwin returned to somewhat normal Twitter behavior this week for the first time since an on-set shooting he was involved in left cinematographer Halyna Hutchins dead.
Baldwin issued a statement the day after the incident noting that he is cooperating with authorities as they investigate and offered his condolences to Hutchins’ family. Since then, he was completely silent on social media as he and his wife Hilaria traveled to New England.
On Saturday, Baldwin seemingly returned to business as usual on social media, first by complimenting the Halloween costume of actor and comedian Mario Cantone. He then retweeted a thread about the importance of teachers.
Finally, he returned to commenting on politics Saturday night in response to political author Kurt Anderson, who asked his followers for examples of other "once-great American institutions misleadingly operating under their old names?"
"There are incidental accidents on film sets from time to time, but nothing like this," he added. "This is a one in a trillion episode. It's a one in a trillion event."
District attorney Mary Carmack-Altwies speaks at a news conference on Oct. 27. (REUTERS/Adria Malcolm)
Previously, the actor took to Twitter one day after the shooting to share his initial thoughts with the public.
"There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins, a wife, mother and deeply admired colleague of ours," he wrote at the time.
Halyna Hutchins was killed on the set of ‘Rust.’ (Mat Hayward/Getty Images for AMC Networks)
"I'm fully cooperating with the police investigation to address how this tragedy occurred and I am in touch with her husband, offering my support to him and his family. My heart is broken for her husband, their son, and all who knew and loved Halyna," the actor concluded.
Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza previously noted that criminal charges are on the table for Baldwin when it comes to the investigation into Hutchins' death. However, he also stated in subsequent interviews that investigators are looking into how live ammunition made it to the set and into the gun and who is responsible for that.
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Taylor Swift swapped her "cardigan" for something a little edgier!
The Grammy-winning musician stole the show with her head-turning fashion moment and electrifying performance at the 36th annual Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 30. Taking to the stage at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Ohio, Taylor paid tribute to 2021 inductee Carole King by singing a cover of "Will You Love Me Tomorrow."
Of course, the 31-year-old star's performance wasn't the only thing worth noting that night.
To mark the special occasion, the "Lover" singer also dressed to impress with one of her more risqué looks yet.
Case in point? Taylor donned a skin-tight catsuit by Sarah Regensburger and Greta Constantine that featured black lace over glimmering gold sequins. She accessorized with black Louis Vuitton ankle boots and Djula jewelry. The "Style" artist's glam was also on point as she opted for an effortless wavy hairstyle and shimmery eyeshadow.
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Apple's new 2021 MacBook Pro is now out in the wild and details pertaining to the new models keep on pouring in. Externally, the new machines not only look great but bolster productivity through various peripherals. However, Apple has also made numerous changes on the inside that allows for better thermals and battery. Now, iFixit has released the full teardown video of the 2021 MacBook Pro that highlights several important aspects.
New Teardown of the 2021 MacBook Pro Models Show Modular USB-C Ports, Battery Pull Tabs for Easier Replacement, More
We have previously covered a teaser teardown of the new 2021 MacBook Pro models that highlighted iPhone-like battery pull tabs. iFixit reveals in its teardown that the new models are easier to open compared to previous models. As mentioned earlier, Apple is using pull tabs for battery replacement rather than gluing them to the chassis. Nonetheless, repairing would still not be that simple due to the fact that the speaker system is situated close to the batteries. Moreover, the battery tabs can be accessed once you have removed the trackpad.
In addition to the changes, the fans are no bigger as well compared to the previous-gen MacBook Pro models. Since the overall design is now thicker, it gives more room for the speakers for better sound. While the battery is smaller than before with 99.6W, the new M1 Pro and M1 Max chips deliver enhanced battery life. The display cable is updated in order to avoid "Flexgate" which was present in the past MacBook Pro models.
As for repairs, all the USB-C ports, MagSafe port, and headphone jack are modular. However, the SDcard slot and the HDMI port are soldered on the logic board which is a downside when it comes to the 2021 MacBook Pro repairability. Henceforth, iFixit has given the new 2021 MacBook Pro a repairability score of 4 out of 10 in its teardown of the machine. This also has to do with the pentalobe screws, the proprietary component support, and more.
You can check out the full teardown of the 14-inch MacBook Pro which is similar to the 16-inch MacBook Pro. This is all for now, folks. Share your views with us in the comments section below.
Amid ongoing controversy involving his new Netflix comedy special The Closer, Dave Chappelle appeared as a special guest at this year’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony, where he inducted his longtime friend Jay-Z with the help of a pre-recorded video from Barack Obama. The comedian
didn’t use his speech as an echo chamber to further address the special’s backlash, which has been generating a constant stream of headlines since its release earlier this month. Well, okay, maybe a little. “I would like to apologize,” Chappelle began. “I’m just fucking with you.” Now back to Hova.
“This is an incredible honor to induct this next man into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. But I need everybody in rock and roll know that even though we are honoring him, he is ours. He is hip-hop,” he said. “Forever and ever and a day. I could sit up here tonight, I could talk about his acumen as businessman. I could talk about his accomplishments in music. But I think what’s most important for everyone in this room to know is what it means to us, what he means to his culture. Being Black in America is not as easy as it looks. It’s always … ‘don’t do this, or else. Don’t say this, or else.’” Chappelle recounted Jay-Z’s origin story in the Brooklyn housing projects, and how his “ascension through American life” began while dealing drugs and writing.
“In the music industry they call him ‘one-take Hov.’ He said it about himself, but you don’t know why he said it,” Chappelle continued. “Because when he was hustling, because he used to sell crack. Oh, don’t get it twisted. American pie is not made out of apples. It’s made out of whatever you get your fucking hands on. He used to sell crack. He didn’t have anything to write his rhymes on and he would sit there and he would just write down whatever. He would memorize all these thoughts that came to his mind, an avalanche of ideas. And he would just be catching rainwater.” To celebrate how Jay-Z embodies Black excellence, Chappelle allowed himself one joke:
With success comes co-option. And he never let that get him. The way a white person might hear his music is not the same the way someone from [the] Marcy [projects] would. Well, he’s said, “This is Jay every day.” He told us he’d never change. Probably says the white person, “Well, maybe this guy should focus on his development.” But what we heard is that he’ll never forget us. He will always remember us. That we are his point of reference, that he is going to show us how far we can go if we just get hold of the opportunity. For this, we will always love him, we always treasure him.
Interestingly, the Rock Hall has embraced the tradition of comedians giving induction speeches in recent years: David Letterman, a stealth Jay-Z fan, inducted Pearl Jam and their “entire balcony” of drummers in 2017, while Howard Stern did the raunchy honors for Bon Jovi in 2018. Netflix seems to be embodying that “This Is Fine” dog meme in the meantime.
