Wallen reportedly wasn't game for "Saturday Night Live" sketch

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Wallen, who quickly walked off stage at the end of the show, turned down a sketch with Bowen Yang
Whatever Morgan Wallen’s issue with “Saturday Night Live” might be, it started well before the cast tried to close out his appearance last Saturday.
Variety reports that the country superstar balked at a chance to star in a sketch alongside Bowen Yang and host Mikey Madison. Joe Jonas replaced Wallen in the sketch “Big Dumb Line”, a musical number written with the “I’m the Problem” singer in mind.
Wallen made an abrupt exit at the end of the episode, whispering something to host Mikey Madison before storming off the stage. Wallen’s team told the trade magazine that he had no issues with “SNL” and enjoyed his time on the program. However, an Instagram post later in the evening showed that Wallen was itching to be out of New York City as quickly as possible.
“Get me to God’s country”, he wrote over a photo of his private jet.
Long-time “SNL” castmember Kenan Thompson called Wallen’s exit stage center a “spike in the norm.”
“I don’t know what goes through people’s minds when they decide to do stuff like that”, he told Entertainment Weekly. “I don’t know if he understood the assignment or not, or if he was really feeling a certain kind of way”,
Thompson took offense to the “God’s country” crack, saying that Wallen’s attitude toward New York was “not necessarily my favorite.”
“The ‘God’s country’ of it all is strange because it’s like, what are you trying to say? You trying to say that we are not in God’s country?” he said. “We’re not all under God’s umbrella?”
Thompson, who has worked on “SNL” for 22 seasons, said that Wallen is not the only musical guest to make a quick exit.
“Prince did the same thing”, he said, “I’m not saying Morgan Wallen is Prince, but we weren’t surprised because Prince was notoriously kind of standoffish. It’s just how he was.”

EU-Kommission will Klimaregeln für Autobauer entschärfen

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Newsmax Shares Surge 150% After Volatile IPO—As Market Cap Doubles

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Trading of the right-wing news outlet’s stock was halted multiple times for volatility early Tuesday.
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Shares of Newsmax skyrocketed again on Tuesday, as trading in the conservative news outlet’s stock was halted again for volatility multiple times throughout the day, more than doubling the company’s market cap to above $27 billion after a massive debut yesterday.Key Facts

Newsmax shares opened Tuesday at $83.51 before surging 151% to about $212 as of around 2:15 p.m. EDT.

Trading in Newsmax’s stock was briefly halted four times for volatility on Tuesday, including five-minute pauses that started at 1:54 p.m., 10:06 a.m., 10:22 a.m. and 10:34 a.m., according to Nasdaq.

Newmax debuted on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday as shares surged over 700% during its first day of trading, though trading in the stock was halted a dozen times for volatility.

Tuesday’s market shift for Newsmax increased the company’s market cap from about $10.7 billion on Monday to over $27.4 billion. Why Is Newsmax Surging?
Newsmax’s success appears to suggest there are more conservative investors than previously expected, Andersen Capital Management founder Peter Andersen told Reuters. Andersen said it’s “probably a perfect time” for Newsmax’s IPO, “simply because of all the volatility in the political arena currently.” Newsmax CEO Christopher Ruddy forecast the company’s successful debut in a statement to CNBC, suggesting consumers are paying more to watch channels from other networks as Newsmax’s fees for TV distributors to carry its network have increased in recent years.How Does Newsmax’s Stock Compare To Other Media Companies?
Newsmax’s market cap exceeds valuations for The New York Times Company and CBS parent Paramount, which have $8.1 billion and $7.9 billion caps, respectively, as of Tuesday. The company is also more valuable than media companies Tegna and Sinclair, which together own nearly 250 local television stations, combined, with valuations of $2.9 billion and $1 billion, respectively. Right-wing media companies like Truth Social parent Trump Media and Technology Group and the video-sharing platform Rumble had similar initial public offerings. Trump Media shares surged 56% to $78 in their debut, which also featured several halts for volatility. The stock has remained largely volatile, surging to above $40 in January after dropping below $14 in September, as shares appeared to be linked to President Donald Trump’s election campaign. Rumble’s shares floated between $5 and $7 for most of 2024 before setting an all-time high $15.23 at year’s end.Newsmax May Need To Pay Millions For 2020 Election Claims Soon
As Newsmax’s shares continue to soar in value, a jury trial is scheduled to begin April 28 for claims brought against the company by Dominion Voting Systems. Dominion, which accused Newsmax of pushing false claims about widespread election fraud on Dominion’s voting machines after the 2020 presidential election, is seeking about $1.6 billion in damages, according to CNN. The company will also need to pay off the remainder of a $40 million settlement with Smartmatic, which made similar allegations. Newsmax is scheduled to pay Smartmatic another $20 million in July, according to court documents.Key Background
Newsmax raised about $75 million in its IPO while selling 7.5 million shares for $10 each. The company debuted with a market cap of about $1.2 billion, CEO Christopher Ruddy told CNBC, who suggested Newsmax would be a “growth stock,” later saying, “Americans for a long time have been voting with their remote controls, downloads, apps to say they want Newsmax.” The debut for Newsmax made Ruddy, who owns about 31% of the company, a billionaire, Forbes reported.

Apple Has Already Started Testing iOS 18.6 Update For iPhone, But You Should Not Be Too Excited About It

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A day after it released iOS 18.4, Apple has now started testing iOS 18.6 internally, but here’s why you should not be too excited.
Apple saw fit to release iOS 18.4 to the general public, and while it is a pretty significant update, it does lack some of the Apple Intelligence features that were promised last year. Ahead of the iOS 18.5 beta release to developers, it is now being reported that the company has started testing iOS 18.6 internally, and based on past trends, it will be made available to developers in May or June.Apple has started testing iOS 18.6 internally, but it will not include any major features and changes for the iPhone
As mentioned, Apple has released iOS 18.4 to the public for all compatible iPhone models. The update brings a handful of bug fixes and performance enhancements that will make the user experience more fluid. It also brings some Apple Intelligence enhancements, such as Priority Notifications, which are available on the iPhone 15 Pro models, the entire iPhone 16 lineup, and the iPhone 16e. You can check out the full changelog in our dedicated release post.
According to MacRumors, Apple is now testing iOS 18.6, and it is believed that the first beta of the build will be available to developers in either May or June. As of right now, it is unknown what the update will bring to the table, but since the company has released most of its Apple Intelligence features and delayed the rest, we do not expect anything major. This is one reason why users should not be too excited about the update. iOS 17.6 and iOS 16.6 only brought under-the-hood changes to the table, which makes it more likely that iOS 18.6 will be the same.
However, the update will include bug fixes and performance enhancements, which means that older iPhone models could get the most out of their devices when it comes to performance. Furthermore, the last three “point-six” updates have brought nothing major to the table, and we believe this year it will be the same. Apple is also testing iOS 18.5 internally, and the beta update will be released to developers either this week or the next. Do you think Apple will introduce a new major feature to iOS 18, or should users wait for iOS 19?

Morgan Wallen Selling 'Get Me To God's Country' Merch After 'SNL' Exit

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Morgan Wallen is looking to cash in on his viral explanation of his abrupt exit from “Saturday Night Live” . selling merch with his new catchphrase.
Morgan Wallen is looking to cash in on his viral explanation of his abrupt exit from “Saturday Night Live” . selling merch with his new catchphrase.
The country music star has a bunch of new offerings on his official online store . namely, shirts and hats with the phrase “Get Me To God’s Country.”
Morgan slapped the phrase on a white tee and a couple different trucker hats . and he’s hawking them all for $45 a pop. Hey, no one said God’s country was cheap.
Of course, Morgan caused a stir over the weekend when he beelined it for the exit during the outro on ‘SNL’ . leaving the stage in a hurry while the rest of the cast hugged.
Morgan then posted an Instagram story of a private jet with the caption, “Get Me To God’s Country.”
Despite the messy exit, our sources have told us NBC is not holding a grudge and want to have Morgan back on the show in the future.
Meanwhile, lots of folks are having fun with the ‘God’s country’ quip . including one ‘SNL’ writer and now Morgan himself.

'Dogma' to return to theaters for 25th anniversary

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Director Kevin Smith announced that his 1999 film “Dogma” will return to theaters this summer to coincide with the movie’s 25th anniversary.
April 1 Director Kevin Smith announced that his 1999 film Dogma will return to theaters this summer to coincide with the movie’s 25th anniversary.
“Bless me, Father — for I have cinema!” Smith wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday, announcing the upcoming theater run. “I’m ecclesiastically ecstatic to announce that Dogma is getting a religious re-release on June 5th in theaters all across the U.S. and Canada!”

被害女性「失ったもの戻らない」 中居正広氏問題でコメント全文

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元タレントの中居正広氏がフジテレビのアナウンサーだった女性に性暴力を加えた問題を巡り、女性は1日、代理人の弁護士を通じてコメントを発表した。コメント全文は次の通り。
元タレントの中居正広氏がフジテレビのアナウンサーだった女性に性暴力を加えた問題を巡り、女性は 、代理人の弁護士を通じてコメントを発表した。コメント全文は次の通り。
昨年 に本事案が週刊誌等で報道されてから、ネット上などで事実でないことを言われたりひどい誹謗(ひぼう)中傷をされたりすることが続いていたので、昨日第三者委員会の調査報告書が公表されてその見解が示され、ほっとしたというのが正直な気持ちです。非常に短い期間で、また、守秘義務のために当事者からの情報収集が制約される中で、本事案の経緯を含む事実関係の把握や原因分析を行おうと尽力された第三者委員会の皆さまには敬意を表します。
他方で、本事案後の中居氏と編成部長であったB氏とのやりとりやフジテレビの当時の港社長らの対応など、この調査報告書で初めて知った事実も多く、改めてやり切れない気持ちにもなっています。
私が受けた被害は一生消えることはなく失ったものが戻ってくることはありません。このようなことがメディア・エンターテインメント業界だけでなく、社会全体から無くなることを心から望みます。
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Australian exporters brace for immediate US tariffs on Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’

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Australian government ministers still in the dark on tariffs as White House dangles hope of ‘good negotiation’ with president
Australian exporters will be hit with US tariffs immediately on Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed “Liberation Day”, but the White House has left the door open to “good negotiation” to have them rolled back or amended.
The US president is expected to announce new global reciprocal tariffs at 4pm on Wednesday Washington DC time (7am Thursday AEDT), but the details remain largely unknown.
Australian pharmaceuticals, meat exports and other agricultural products are potential targets of the new tariff regime, though the trade minister, Murray Watt, said on Wednesday morning the government had no information on which products would be subjected to the new tariffs, or at what rate.
The prime minister has said Australia’s pharmaceutical benefits scheme, and its biosecurity regime – declared irritants of the US administration – were not up for negotiation: “not on my watch,” he said Tuesday.
Those comments were echoed on Wednesday morning by the foreign minister, Penny Wong, who said “we are not willing to trade away the things that make Australia the best country in the world, like our healthcare system”.
But she told the ABC the government was “realistic” about the apparent inevitability of US tariffs.
“We’ll keep working hard for the best outcome,” she said. “We don’t want the Americanisation of our healthcare system. We won’t be weakening our biosecurity laws, and we won’t be trading away our PBS.”
The Trump administration says it is imposing reciprocal tariffs on countries that put “unfair” charges on imported American goods, seeking to level the global trading field after what it says are decades of imbalance.
“These countries have been ripping off our country for far too long and they’ve made their disdain for the American worker quite clear,” the White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, told a briefing in Washington on Wednesday morning Australian time.
Leavitt confirmed the tariffs would take effect as soon as they were announced, but said the details were still being worked out.
“He [Trump] is with his trade and tariff team right now, perfecting it to make sure this is a perfect deal for the American people and the American worker, and you will all find out in about 24 hours from now,” Leavitt said.
“They will be effective immediately, and the president has been teasing this for quite some time.”
Economists have predicted the tariffs will damage the US and global economy, are likely to drive up inflation, and may spark a trans-national trade war. A report from Aston Business School has forecast a full-scale trade conflict of protectionist retaliation could result in a US$1.4tn global welfare loss.
But Leavitt indicated the US would be willing to consider amending the tariffs after they had been imposed. Trump has already sought to use tariffs as leverage to pursue foreign policy goals, such as seeking to stem the flow of illegal fentanyl across US borders from Canada and Mexico.
“Certainly, the president is always up to take a phone call, always up for a good negotiation, but he is very much focused on fixing the wrongs of the past and showing that American workers have a fair shake,” Leavitt said.
In Trump’s first administration, Australia secured exemptions from tariffs after arguing that Australia ran a trade deficit with America, had a signed and ratified a free trade agreement, and was a committed ally and security partner.
But Trump’s second administration has repeatedly said the president regrets the exemptions he gave to Australia in his first term, particularly for the precedent they set for other countries claiming similar carve-outs.
Earlier this week, the office of the US trade representative released its annual report on “foreign trade barriers”, listing Australia’s biosecurity regime on importing beef, pork and poultry from US producers as a major grievance.
The trade body also took issue with Australia offering generic drugs at lower prices without notifying US patent owners, and plans to strengthen laws forcing foreign social media companies to pay Australian media companies for news.
Pharmaceuticals, one of the US’s most significant exports to Australia, has attracted particular attention.
Last month, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PHrMA) industry lobby group wrote to the Trump administration’s trade representative condemning Australia’s $18bn Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), which subsidises medicines for Australians.
In its submission, PHrMA said the PBS was “egregious and discriminatory”, and urged the US to “use all available trade enforcement tools to eliminate the unfair and non-reciprocal trade practices”.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, said on Tuesday Australia’s pharmaceutical benefits scheme, its biosecurity laws around imports, and media regulations, were “not up for negotiation”.
“The idea that we would weaken biosecurity laws is like cutting off your nose to spite your face. In order to defend the exports that total less than 5% of Australia’s exports, you undermine our biosecurity system. Not on my watch,” the prime minister, currently running for re-election, told reporters on the campaign trail.
“I have very clearly indicated Australia is not negotiating over the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. We are not negotiating over the news bargaining code. We will not undermine our biosecurity.”
The trade minister, Murray Watt, told Sky News on Wednesday the Australian government still had no information on which products would be subjected to new tariffs.
“The expectation is that decisions will come through tomorrow,” he said. “But we’re certainly concerned about the risk of more tariffs being imposed on Australian industry, whether it be farmers or anyone else, and that’s why we have been standing strong and taking it up to the Trump administration, arguing for Aussie farmers and arguing for Aussie industry.”

Сибига примет участие в заседании глав МИД стран НАТО, заинтересован во встрече с Рубио

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Министр иностранных дел Украины Андрей Сибига подтвердил, что получил приглашение принять участие во встрече министров иностранных дел стран НАТО, которая пройдет 3-4 апреля в Брюсселе.
Министр иностранных дел Украины Андрей Сибига подтвердил, что получил приглашение принять участие во встрече министров иностранных дел стран НАТО, которая пройдет 3-4 апреля в Брюсселе.
“Я получил приглашение принять участие в Брюсселе в заседании министров иностранных дел стран НАТО. Конечно, любое многостороннее мероприятие я всегда использую для проведения двусторонних встреч”, – сказал он на совместной пресс-конференции с федеральным министром иностранных дел Германии Анналеной Бербок в Киеве во вторник.
По словам Сибиги, на данный момент у него уже подтверждено 14 встреч с коллегами, министрами иностранных дел НАТО.
“Конечно, мы заинтересованы в проведении встречи с госсекретарем США Марко Рубио”, – добавил он.
Сибига подчеркнул, что “Украина видит большой шанс для ускорения усилий, направленных на достижение справедливого и всеобъемлющего мира”.
Как сообщалось, министры иностранных дел стран – членов НАТО соберутся на заседание 3-4 апреля в Брюсселе. Государственный секретарь США Марко Рубио будет в Брюсселе 2-4 апреля, где примет участие во встрече министров иностранных дел стран НАТО.

Bondi Ends Biden Death Penalty Moratorium, and Guess Who's In Her Sights

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Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Tuesday that federal prosecutors will pursue the death penalty for Luigi Mangione if he is convicted of the December murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione faces multiple federal charges, including murder with a firearm, a crime that qualifies for capital punishment upon conviction.
“Mangione’s murder of Brian Thompson — an innocent man and father of two young children — was a premeditated, cold-blooded assassination that shocked America”, Bondi said in a statement. “After careful consideration, I have directed federal prosecutors to seek the death penalty in this case as we carry out President Trump’s agenda to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again.”
Mangione is accused of gunning Thompson down outside a Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan on Dec. 4, 2024, as Thompson was heading to an investors conference. Prosecutors say the murder was politically motivated and premeditated, endangering bystanders. Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pa., five days later.
The Biden administration filed federal murder charges against Mangione in December.
The Department of Justice said the move to seek the death penalty against Mangione is “in line with Attorney General Bondi’s Day One Memo as Attorney General entitled ‘Reviving The Federal Death Penalty And Lifting The Moratorium On Federal Executions.’”
“Throughout much of its nearly 155-year history, the Department of Justice career prosecutors and political leadership have appropriately secured federal death sentences against the very worst criminals,” the memo read. “Consistent with Congress’s mandate, the Department has consistently and faithfully fulfilled its duty to carry out those sentences in accordance with the law. The American people undoubtedly are safer, and more secure, as a result of this critical work.”
The memorandum made it clear that the Biden way of doing things is over.
Recently, however, the Department’s political leadership disregarded these important responsibilities and supplanted the will of the people with their own personal beliefs. Those at the very highest levels of the Department failed to seek death sentences against child rapists, mass murderers, terrorists, and other criminals. More appalling, the Department’s leadership sought and received from former President Biden—commutations for the death sentences of 3 7 murderers that Department of Justice prosecutors had tirelessly secured over the past three decades. These actions severely undermined the rule oflaw and grievously damaged the public’s trust in the justice system. For the victims of these horrific crimes and the loved ones left behind, these actions betrayed our sacred duty and broke our promise to achieve justice.
Despite being an accused cold-blooded killer, Mangione has become a hero of the left.
Last month, California Democrats proposed a ballot initiative named after Mangione. The so-called “Luigi Mangioni [sic] Access to Health Care Act” aims to make it more difficult for insurance companies to deny medical treatment claims.
Last year, the audience of “Saturday Night Live” erupted in cheers when Weekend Update anchor Colin Jost mentioned Mangione’s name. The moment was a disturbing sign of how warped things have become, with some seemingly eager to glorify an accused murderer simply because his crime aligns with a preferred political narrative.
But the troubling trend didn’t stop there. CNN White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins ignited outrage last month when she tweeted a link to the defense fund for Mangione.
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