Innehållsförteckning för June 17-24, 2022 från Newsweek

THE PERFECT PAUSE IN YOUR DAY ▸ Ever wonder how Gustav Klimt’s The Kiss could be auctioned off in 10,000 NFT parcels (and what an NTF is?), how to fight off a breaking-and-entering bear and what kindergarten photo has the sentimental internet in tears? Host Tallman shares the lighter stories trending every workday—from the notable to the nutty—all in under 10 minutes. HOST ▸ Andrew Tallman, co-host of The Debate IN THEIR WORDS ▸ “What looked like an incomprehensible investment bubble created by people who barely understood [it], now seems to be an incomprehensible investment bubble.” DON’T MISS FAST WOMEN Test-driving the newest cars on wild adventures Launch Control ▸ The Hummer EV has a side-to-side “crab walk” feature and can go from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds in…

An elderly woman walks away from a burning building following shelling in the country’s Donbas region, which borders Russia, on May 30, the 96th day of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Since failing to capture Ukraine’s capital Kyiv in the war’s early stages, Russia’s army has narrowed its focus, hammering Donbas’ cities with artillery and missile barrages as it seeks to consolidate its control.…

“Hell to the No!”—David Porter of Sam and Dave on Donald Trump’s use of the duo’s “Hold On, I’m Coming” “I have felt the pressure of representation throughout my career. I’m glad that I decided to be me.”—QUEEN LATIFAH “In the middle of Europe, we have cities bombed, we have people that are our neighbors killed in the streets, massacred, and raped.”—NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL JENS STOLTENBERG “People will say, ‘Oh, she just transitioned so she would have an advantage, so she could win.’ I transitioned to be happy.”—FORMER UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SWIMMER LIA THOMAS “I JUST WANT A COOL CHILD WITH COOL PARENTS.”—A$AP Rocky on parenthood with Rihanna “I KNOW THIS SOUNDS IDIOTIC, BUT I’M FROM NEW JERSEY.”—Convicted Jan. 6 rioter Timothy Hale-Cusanelli on his actions “WE ARE CAPPING THE NUMBER…

SOME HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES GET LUGGAGE, OTHERS GET CAST AS Marvel superheroes. Well, actually, that only happens to Iman Vellani, who plays the title character in the new Disney+ series Ms. Marvel (June 8). “I got the part literally on the last day of high school, which was the most perfect graduation present.” Based on the popular comic series, Vellani was “a huge Ms. Marvel comic book reader,” and she “knew exactly which comic books they were pulling the scripts from” once filming began. “We still very much stay true to the themes and tone of the comics.” One aspect that sets teen superhero Ms. Marvel (aka Kamala Khan) apart: she’s the first Muslim superhero, an aspect of the character Vellani could relate to. “Growing up, religion and culture was…

Air Force Academy cadets toss their hats in the air as the Air Force Thunderbirds fly over at the end of their graduation ceremony at Falcon Stadium on May 25. United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III gave the commencement address to the 973 graduates. Austin offered five pieces of advice in his talk, the last of which was: “Discipline matters. So work hard. Master your craft. And stay focused.”…

“People think love is kooky. It’s not; it’s highly practical.” A SURGE IN VIOLENT CRIME IN MAJOR CITIES across the U.S. has effectively ended the “defund the police” movement that sprung up after George Floyd was killed two years ago. A recent national poll by the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that just 31 percent of Americans now support transferring funds from state and local police departments to community social services, a seven-point drop from a year ago. Meanwhile, with crime a hot-button issue in the upcoming midterm elections, moderate Democrats are more likely to call for additional money for law enforcement than for diverting it—among them, President Joe Biden, who is advocating for a $30 billion increase in law enforcement spending to “fund our police and give them all…

Mourners at a makeshift memorial outside the county courthouse on May 26. Texas police are facing growing questions over why it took an hour to neutralize the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School after videos emerged of desperate parents begging officers to storm the school. The attack was the nation’s deadliest school shooting since 2012, when 26 people were shot and killed at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut.…

THIS FALL, NEWSWEEK, IN COLLABORATION with my company, the Best Practice Institute (BPI), will unveil the second annual Most Loved Workplaces list. The concept is simple: we feature the top 100 companies where employees feel cared for and respected—and have numerous opportunities for advancement. But before the new list appears, we’ll turn the spotlight on a few of the companies in the inaugural rankings. We started off with Pamela Maynard, CEO of Seattle consulting firm, Avanade, which was number 31 on last year’s list. Now we turn our attention to Chris Chen, CEO of Miami-based ChenMed, founded by his father, James. The company, number 36 on the 2021 rankings, operates a 3,500-employee chain of some 100 medical clinics that cater to Medicare recipients, many of whom are low income. ChenMed…

Q _ In your book you describe an audition where you were asked to act like Meg Ryan when she fakes an orgasm in a deli in When Harry Met Sally. And how you almost didn’t get the role of Skylar in Good Will Hunting because of Harvey Weinstein’s comments that you weren’t sexy enough. Do you think the industry has changed since then? A _ I think the #MeToo movement changed things, in as much as there are now mechanisms in place in my industry that help protect people who are experiencing abusive behavior of any kind. Because of those mechanisms, there is now a level of accountability that exists within the system. I still feel like there is fear about speaking up as a woman, though. And that…