Jubilation. Joy. Relief. Wonder. Pick your word for it — emotions, each and all of them felt by the masses, came pouring out as the clock struck zero inside Memorial Stadium. The Nebraska football program’s long eight-year bowl drought finally came to an end on a 50-degree November afternoon in downtown Lincoln. That achievement is worth celebrating on its own, but the way Nebraska got it done — dominating, rather than eking over the line against an opponent it knows well — made the accomplishment that much sweeter. Nebraska never trailed in a 44-25 win over Wisconsin on Saturday, securing the program’s first bowl game since the 2016 season. The victory also snapped a 10-game losing streak to the Badgers, and the four-game losing skid which NU entered the day with. For a Nebraska (6-5, 3-5 Big Ten) senior class which had never made the postseason before, their level of play on the field matched the seriousness of the opportunity in front of them. Particularly on the offensive side of the ball, improvements from last week’s loss to USC were evident. Offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen, calling his second game as a member of the Nebraska coaching staff, dialed up a blistering six-play, 55-yard touchdown drive to start the game. A 45-yard kickoff return from freshman Jacory Barney Jr. set Nebraska up on the drive, with junior Heinrich Haarberg scoring the 5-yard run to secure NU’s early 7-0 lead. Having parted ways with its offensive coordinator during the week, Wisconsin, (5-6, 3-5) showed no ill effects from that shakeup as it immediately responded with a scoring drive of its own. Helped by a key missed tackle near midfield, Wisconsin found the end zone on a 4-yard passing score from Braedyn Locke to Bryson Green. After the initial scoring drive, Wisconsin took three of its next four possessions into Nebraska territory but came away with just three points from those chances. A Janiran Bonner fumble deep inside Nebraska territory set up Wisconsin with a prime scoring opportunity, but a three-and-out and delay of game penalty contributed to a 34-yard field goal sailing wide. The Badgers pushed across a 33-yard kick later in the half but also missed a second field goal from 41 yards out, a miss which resulted in a 10-play drive netting zero points. Not all of Nebraska’s first-half drives were perfect — the Huskers punted twice and fumbled once — but when things clicked, Wisconsin could do little to slow down the surging Nebraska offense. Nebraska utilized its quick passing game during its second touchdown drive, with a 27-yard gain from Emmett Johnson on a screen pass quickly being followed by a 21-yard Barney gain on a touch pass in the backfield. Running back Dante Dowdell capped off the eight-play, 80-yard touchdown drive with a 12-yard rushing score in which Jahmal Banks and Nate Boerkircher sealed the edge with a pair of punishing blocks. Nebraska also took advantage of Wisconsin’s field goal miscues by scoring touchdowns immediately following both misses. An efficient drive just prior to the halftime break ended with a toe-tap catch from Banks in the back of the end zone, a 5-yard passing score from Dylan Raiola which extended Nebraska’s lead to 21-10. Taking the ball with just 17 seconds left in the half, Wisconsin could’ve kneeled out the clock but instead opted to give running back Tawee Walker a first down carry. NU’s Nash Hutmacher made Wisconsin regret that decision by jarring the ball loose for a Bager turnover. One completion later and Nebraska brought kicker John Hohl onto the field for a 37-yard try, one he dispatched to give the Huskers a 14-point halftime lead. The 24 first-half points scored by Nebraska marked the team’s second-most all season, and the most since NU’s win over Colorado in September. The Huskers came out firing after the halftime break, too, forcing a Wisconsin three-and-out prior to putting together a scoring drive of its own. While the Nebraska drive stalled out prior to the end zone, a 45-yard Hohl field goal gave the Huskers a three-score advantage, 27-10 in their favor. Unable to trust its kicker in a similar situation, Wisconsin instead opted to keep its offense on the field for a fourth down outside the NU red zone. Walker’s carry up the middle was stuffed by the Blackshirts, resulting in a turnover on downs midway through the third quarter. When Nebraska turned that opportunity into a touchdown of its own, the game just about escaped Wisconsin’s reach. Another well-executed scoring drive, this time a seven-play march down the field which took three-plus minutes, ended in a Dowdell 3-yard touchdown run. As Nebraska’s lead reached 34-10, it marked the most points NU has scored against a Big Ten foe under head coach Matt Rhule. Wisconsin did fire back with a touchdown drive late in the third quarter and another midway through the fourth quarter. A third made field from Hohl helped keep Nebraska’s lead safe to the end, though. Nebraska can take away many positives from its win over Wisconsin, with the all-around performance of Johnson at running back and its much-improved offense taking center stage. Most important of all was the fact that Saturday’s win meant six on the season, a mark Nebraska fans hadn’t celebrated since the 2016 season. That major season milestone now secured, Nebraska’s regular season will come to a close during a Black Friday matchup against the Iowa Hawkeyes. Get local news delivered to your inbox!Townsquare Capital LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Terex Co. ( NYSE:TEX – Free Report ) during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The fund purchased 4,257 shares of the industrial products company’s stock, valued at approximately $225,000. Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Blue Trust Inc. raised its holdings in Terex by 57.5% during the second quarter. Blue Trust Inc. now owns 512 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 187 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC grew its position in shares of Terex by 83.3% during the third quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 737 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $39,000 after purchasing an additional 335 shares in the last quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of Terex during the third quarter valued at about $41,000. Farther Finance Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Terex by 74.6% during the third quarter. Farther Finance Advisors LLC now owns 1,180 shares of the industrial products company’s stock valued at $62,000 after purchasing an additional 504 shares in the last quarter. Finally, International Assets Investment Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Terex during the second quarter valued at about $109,000. 92.88% of the stock is owned by institutional investors. Terex Stock Down 0.4 % Shares of NYSE:TEX opened at $52.94 on Friday. Terex Co. has a 1 year low of $48.11 and a 1 year high of $68.08. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $53.70 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $54.94. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.54 billion, a PE ratio of 7.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 4.49 and a beta of 1.53. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.32, a current ratio of 2.39 and a quick ratio of 1.16. Terex Dividend Announcement The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 19th. Stockholders of record on Friday, November 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.17 per share. This represents a $0.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.28%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, November 8th. Terex’s dividend payout ratio is presently 9.93%. Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth A number of research analysts have recently weighed in on TEX shares. Citigroup cut their price objective on Terex from $60.00 to $57.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, September 23rd. Evercore ISI cut their price objective on Terex from $67.00 to $59.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, August 19th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Terex from $65.00 to $55.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price target on Terex from $65.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, October 14th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on Terex from $72.00 to $62.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, September 20th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $59.56. Get Our Latest Analysis on TEX About Terex ( Free Report ) Terex Corporation manufactures and sells aerial work platforms and materials processing machinery worldwide. It operates in two segments, Materials Processing (MP) and Aerial Work Platforms (AWP). The MP segment designs, manufactures, services, and markets materials processing and specialty equipment, includes crushers, washing systems, screens, trommels, apron feeders, material handlers, pick and carry cranes, rough terrain cranes, tower cranes, wood processing, biomass and recycling equipment, concrete mixer trucks and concrete pavers, conveyors, and related components and replacement parts under the Terex, Powerscreen, Fuchs, EvoQuip, Canica, Cedarapids, CBI, Simplicity, Franna, Terex Ecotec, Finlay, ProAll, ZenRobotics, Terex Washing Systems, Terex MPS, Terex Jaques, Terex Advance, ProStack, Terex Bid-Well, MDS, and Terex Recycling Systems brands. Read More Want to see what other hedge funds are holding TEX? Visit HoldingsChannel.com to get the latest 13F filings and insider trades for Terex Co. ( NYSE:TEX – Free Report ). 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Wall Street's holiday cheer ended abruptly on Friday, with all three main benchmarks closing lower in a broad-based sell-off affecting even tech and growth stocks that had driven markets higher through much of the shortened trading week. The decline ended the Dow Jones Industrial Average's five-session winning streak that had followed a 10-session decline, its worst losing stretch since 1974. According to preliminary data, the S&P 500 lost 65.34 points, or 1.08 per cent, to end at 5,972.25 points, while the Nasdaq Composite lost 294.69 points, or 1.47 per cent, to 19,725.67. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 321.73 points, or 0.74 per cent, to 42,992.58. "Today feels like there is quite a bit of profit-taking across the board," said Michael Reynolds, vice president of investment strategy at Glenmede. "We are more than two years into a pretty strong bull market ... so it's really not surprising to see some people taking their profits and rebalancing their portfolios ahead of the new year." The sell-off thwarted the seasonal Santa Claus rally, in which stocks traditionally rise during the last five sessions of December and the first two of January. Since 1969, the S&P 500 has climbed 1.3 per cent on average, according to the Stock Trader's Almanac. Thursday's session hinted at momentum stalling, with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq posting marginal losses to end multi-session winning runs. Rising US Treasury yields had been catching investors' attention, with the benchmark 10-year note hitting a more than seven-month high in the previous session. The yield hovered close to that mark on Friday, at 4.62 per cent. Higher yields are seen as hampering growth stocks, as they raise borrowing costs for business expansion. These stocks, especially the so-called Magnificent Seven technology megacaps which had been key drivers of the market's 2024 rally, were also caught up in Friday's sell-off. For the second successive day, Tesla led decliners among the group. "We have a higher cost of capital whenever rates go up like this, and they have gone up pretty significantly over the last month or so," said Glenmede's Reynolds. "Investors may just be reassessing the bets they are taking when the cost of capital is higher, perhaps looking at some of the valuations on the Mag 7 and wondering whether they can find better value elsewhere." Most of the 11 major S&P sectors fell. The worst performers on Friday were the three indexes which have been 2024's leading lights: consumer discretionary, information technology and communication services. Despite Friday's travails, all three indexes recorded weekly gains. News events helped some stocks to buck the market sell-off. Amedisys gained after the home health service provider and insurer UnitedHealth extended the deadline to close their $US3.3 billion ($A5.3 billion) merger. Lamb Weston climbed after a filing showed activist investor Jana Partners is working with a sixth executive to push for changes at the French fry maker, a move which could result in a majority of the company's board being replaced. Trading volumes in this holiday-shortened week have been below the average of the last six months and are likely to remain subdued until January 6. The next major focus for markets will be the December employment report due on January 10.Empowered Funds LLC increased its position in shares of American Public Education, Inc. ( NASDAQ:APEI – Free Report ) by 5.2% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 86,299 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 4,288 shares during the quarter. Empowered Funds LLC owned 0.49% of American Public Education worth $1,273,000 as of its most recent SEC filing. A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Victory Capital Management Inc. bought a new position in shares of American Public Education during the third quarter worth about $299,000. GSA Capital Partners LLP boosted its position in American Public Education by 184.0% during the third quarter. GSA Capital Partners LLP now owns 31,963 shares of the company’s stock valued at $471,000 after purchasing an additional 20,710 shares during the last quarter. Los Angeles Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in American Public Education during the third quarter valued at approximately $227,000. Principal Financial Group Inc. acquired a new position in American Public Education during the third quarter valued at approximately $165,000. Finally, Quarry LP boosted its position in American Public Education by 94.0% during the second quarter. Quarry LP now owns 4,666 shares of the company’s stock valued at $82,000 after purchasing an additional 2,261 shares during the last quarter. 79.62% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors. Insider Buying and Selling In other news, Director Michael David Braner purchased 17,872 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 30th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of $16.77 per share, with a total value of $299,713.44. Following the acquisition, the director now owns 1,922,610 shares in the company, valued at approximately $32,242,169.70. This trade represents a 0.94 % increase in their position. The acquisition was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink . 11.38% of the stock is currently owned by insiders. American Public Education Stock Performance Wall Street Analyst Weigh In APEI has been the subject of several recent research reports. Barrington Research increased their price target on American Public Education from $18.00 to $24.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, November 13th. B. Riley raised their price objective on American Public Education from $22.00 to $25.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 7th. StockNews.com cut American Public Education from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Finally, Truist Financial raised their price objective on American Public Education from $15.00 to $20.00 and gave the company a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, November 14th. Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on American Public Education About American Public Education ( Free Report ) American Public Education, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides online and campus-based postsecondary education and career learning in the United States. It operates through three segments: American Public University System, Rasmussen University, and Hondros College of Nursing. The company offers 184 degree programs and 134 certificate programs in various fields of study, including nursing, national security, military studies, intelligence, homeland security, business, health science, information technology, justice studies, education, and liberal arts; and career learning opportunities in leadership, finance, human resources, and other fields of study critical to the federal government workforce. See Also Receive News & Ratings for American Public Education Daily - Enter your email address below to receive a concise daily summary of the latest news and analysts' ratings for American Public Education and related companies with MarketBeat.com's FREE daily email newsletter .
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As 2024 comes to a close, the biggest movies of the year are now available to stream from home — quite literally. “Inside Out 2” is streaming on Disney+ after earning a massive $1.6 billion at the worldwide box office to become the highest-grossing movie of the year and the eighth biggest global release in history (not adjusted for inflation). Also on Disney+ is “Deadpool & Wolverine,” the record-breaking Marvel movie that became the highest-grossing R-rated release in history with $1.3 billion worldwide. Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” is another one of the year’s top earners with $714 million worldwide and can be streamed from home on Max. But blockbusters aren’t the only 2024 movies worth streaming. There are plenty of acclaimed Oscar contenders now available, from Demi Moore’s unforgettable comeback in “The Substance” (Mubi) to the addictive papacy drama “Conclave” (Peacock). Netflix’s Oscar slate includes “Maria,” “The Piano Lesson,” “Will & Harper” and “Emilia Perez,” all of which are now available to stream. And that’s not all. Catch up now on some of the year’s under-seen indie gems like “Janet Planet” (Max) and “Didi” (Peacock) or have a laugh with the year’s best comedies like “Thelma” (Hulu) or “My Old Ass” (Prime Video). Horror movie lovers are in luck thanks to Shudder, which is streaming favorites like “Oddity,” “Late Night With the Devil” and “In a Violent Nature.” And there’s always the studio misses that were actually pretty solid and deserve more eyeballs. Here’s looking at you, “Furiosa” (Max) and “The Fall Guy” (Peacock). Check out a rundown below of great movies from 2024 now available to watch on streaming platforms. Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” is the highest grossing movie of 2024 with $1.6 billion at the worldwide box office. It was also named the best movie of 2024 by Variety’s Peter Debruge, who wrote: “By following the path taken by ‘Toy Story’ — whose sequels grew up alongside Andy, rather than simply rehashing what fans liked about the first movie — ‘Inside Out 2’ is able to offer a richer, more mature window into the human mind...Screenwriters Dave Holstein and Meg LeFauve have come up with invaluable innovations, from a beautiful way to visualize one’s core identity to the scene where Riley is flooded by repressed memories. No wonder Pixar refers to its top storytellers as ‘the Brain Trust.’ Ralph Fiennes gives a quietly conflicted performance as a Catholic cardinal struggling between devotion and doubt in “All Quiet on the Western Front” director Edward Berger’s latest. It’s Fiennes’ job to oversee the selection of a new pope in this thinking man’s thriller, which unfolds like a murder mystery behind locked doors, except no one suspects foul play in the previous pontiff ’s death. Just when you think you’ve got it figured out, “Conclave” lobs one of the most satisfying twists in years. It’s easy to see why the film is a major Oscar contender this year. Universal’s summer blockbuster “Twisters” earned more than $370 million globally at the box office. Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones lead the action film as two storm chasers with competing personalities who form a bond while investigating a tornado outbreak in middle America. Anthony Ramos, Brandon Perea, David Corenswet, Maura Tierney, Sasha Lane and more co-star. “Twisters” was directed by Lee Isaac Chung and executive produced by Steven Spielberg. From Variety’s review : “Chung made the incandescent humanistic drama ‘Minari.’ And while that wouldn’t seem to make him the likeliest contender to helm a popcorn spectacle as rooted in technological wonderment as this one, he does a smooth and confident job.” Denis Villeneuve’s second “Dune” installment was named the fifth best movie of 2024 by Variety’s Peter Debruge: “It’s the first sci-fi franchise to make us tingle in the same way as ‘Star Wars’ ... It’s the relatable human moments amid Villeneuve’s awe-inspiring vision that bring ‘Dune: Part Two’ down to earth, so to speak. Frank Herbert purists are obsessed with telling you what’s missing, but the real feat here is how dramatically the film simplifies all that arcane plotting into clear story beats, making the mythology feel almost intuitive, the way witnessing a double sunset did half a century earlier.” Warner Bros. earned backlash for seemingly burying the theatrical release of Clint Eastwood’s morality drama “Juror #2,” which might be the iconic director’s final movie behind the camera. From Variety’s review : “Nicholas Hoult plays a guilty man tapped to judge someone else for his own mistake in Eastwood’s unlikely yet engaging courtroom drama...it’s a slightly preposterous but thoroughly engaging extension of the 94-year-old filmmaker’s career-long fascination with guilt, justice and the limitations of the law.” George Miller’s long-awaited “Mad Max: Fury Road” prequel “Furiosa” disappointed at the box office and is not shaping up to be the Oscar powerhouse its predecessor was, but it’s still easily one of the best studio tentpoles of the year. Variety’s Owen Gleiberman called the epic “darkly bedazzling.” Anya Taylor-Joy is fiercely committed as the title character, who is taken from her home as a child and raised by the sociopathic warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth). After becoming a bargaining tool in an escalating war, Furiosa takes matters into her own hands to exact revenge. Alex Garland’s “Civil War” earned critical acclaim in the spring and a strong $122 million at the worldwide box office. Kirsten Dunst plays a jaded war photographer who journeys through a war-torn America in order to get one of the last interviews with the U.S. president. The supporting cast includes Wagner Moura, Cailee Spaeny, Stephen McKinley Henderson and Nick Offerman. From Variety’s review : “The press are the good guys, but also kind of the bad guys, in Alex Garland’s virtuosic ‘Civil War,’ a jarring ground-level account of what a near-future disunification of the United States might look like.” “The Substance” dominated headlines at the Cannes Film Festival, where it took home the prize for best screenplay, and became a box office sleeper hit this fall with $14 million at the domestic box office and nearly $50 million worldwide. Demi Moore plays a Hollywood icon whose being forced out of the industry due to her age. Her frustration leads her to take the eponymous serum, which creates a younger and more beautiful version of her (Margaret Qualley). Everything goes bonkers as the two halves try to live their own lives. From Variety’s review : “Filmmaker Coralie Fargeat works with the flair of a grindhouse Kubrick in a weirdly fun, cathartically grotesque fusion of ‘Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’ and ‘Showgirls.’” Blake Lively’s box office smash hit “It Ends With Us” is adapted from Colleen Hoover’s novel of the same name. Lively plays a flower shop owner forced to confront an abusive relationship to a handsome doctor (Justin Baldoni, also the film’s director). Things become even more complicated when her first boyfriend, Atlas (Brandon Sklenar), re-enters the picture. The romance drama exceeded industry expectations when released in theaters in August with a huge $350 million worldwide gross. Variety hailed the film as a “convincing soap opera” and “affecting adaptation” of Hoover’s book. “Deadpool & Wolverine” is the second highest-grossing film of 2024, earning a whopping $1.3 billion at the global box office. It also ranks as the highest-grossing R-rated movie ever. The movie follows Reynolds’ Wade Wilson/Deadpool as he faces off against the Time Variance Authority and becomes frenemies with Wolverine (Jackman) to save his world. It’s the first Marvel Cinematic Universe entry to be headlined by comic book characters that were previously licensed to 20th Century Fox, which was acquired by the Walt Disney Company in 2019. Jacques Audiard’s audacious musical cartel drama “Emilia Pérez” won best actress honors at Cannes (Zoe Saldaña, Karla Sofía Gascón, Selena Gomez and Adriana Paz shared the prize) and is Netflix’s biggest Oscar contender this season. Saldaña plays a high-powered lawyer who is recruited to set up gender reassignment surgery for a fearsome cartel leader. The two reunite later in life to combat cartel violence, but the former leader’s loyalty to his wife and children complicate their mission. Variety called the musical a “dazzling and instantly divisive film” out of Cannes, adding: “‘Emilia Pérez’ emerges as a powerful, unfiltered portrait of someone who challenges several stereotypes at once. That’s a testament to leading lady and the audacity of Audiard.” Pablo Larrain concludes his “Jackie” and “Spencer” historical trilogy with “Maria,” starring Angelina Jolie as the doomed opera singer Maria Callas. The film, set during the singer’s final days, acts as a wandering and emotional coda on her acclaimed but troubled life. Jolie is widely considered a lock to land an Oscar nomination for best actress. From Variety’s review : “Jolie does an extraordinary job of lip-syncing to the nuances of Callas’s vocal splendor. And we can feel how the singing haunts Maria, who can’t listen to her old records; they have a perfection that gives her pain.” Malcolm Washington directs Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington in the August Wilson adaptation “The Piano Lesson.” The actors reprise the roles they performed on Broadway. “The Piano Lesson” follows the lives of the Charles family, led by Doaker Charles (Jackson), in 1936 during the aftermath of the Great Depression. The family’s heirloom piano is decorated with designs carved by an enslaved ancestor. One brother plans to build a family fortune by selling the instrument and buying the land his family toiled, while his sister tries to keep it to preserve the family history. Ray Fisher, Michael Potts, Erykah Badu, Danielle Deadwyler and Corey Hawkins co-star. Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch” stars Amy Adams as an exasperated mother who begins to have the feral urges of a wild dog as she fights the temptation to rebel against her suburban domesticity. From Variety’s review : “It’s been more than half a century since Helen Reddy sang, ‘I am woman, hear me roar!’ but the line remains as good a mantra as any for Amy Adams’ ferocious lead performance... The allegory is a bit confused, but the message still has bite in Marielle Heller’s surrealistic statement about all that mothers are asked to sacrifice.” Adams is nominated at the Golden Globes for her performance. Tim Burton’s long-awaited sequel “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice” was a box office hit with $451 million worldwide. Micheal Keaton returns as the disruptive ghost with the most alongside newcomer Jenna Ortega as the tormented daughter of Lydia Deetz (Winona Ryder, also back). Variety’s Owen Gleiberman wrote in his review that the sequel has “got just enough Burton juice” to make it worth the price of admission, adding: “There’s good fan service and bad, and as stilted and gimcracky as it can sometimes be, I had a pretty good time at ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice.’” The Christopher Reeve documentary “Super/Man” is directed by Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui and follows the late actor’s rise to superstardom as the Man of Steel, as well as his fight to find a cure for spinal cord injuries after he became a quadriplegic following a horse riding accident. Reeve’s family participated in the making of the doc, which includes personal archive material. Variety called the doc a “superbly made and supremely moving portrait of an actor’s rise and fall.” The “A Quiet Place” prequel is now available to stream on Paramount+ or Prime Video. “Day One,” starring Oscar winner Lupita Nyong’o and Joseph Quinn, follows a group of New York City residents as they fight to stay alive on the first day of a deadly alien invasion. The film grossed $261 million at the worldwide box office over the summer. Playwright Annie Baker makes her feature directorial debut with the A24 mother-daughter drama “Janet Planet.” From Variety’s review : “Once again, A24 gambles on an unproven filmmaker, and once again, the indie studio comes away with an incredibly specific and personal glimpse into the mysteries of childhood... Baker has made an honest and endearing portrait of how an 11-year-old girl’s clingy relationship to her single mom evolves over the course of the summer between fifth and sixth grades. Watching it feels eerily akin to running one’s fingers along a scar sustained in childhood and being magically projected back to the moment that injury was sustained.” Jane Schoenbrun’s “I Saw the TV Glow” stars Justice Smith and Brigette Lundy-Paine as two troubled high school students who bond over their mutual love over a cult television series. But the show and mysterious events in their real lives lead them to question their reality and identities. From Variety’s review : “The character-centered setup is where ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ is most affecting, grounded by the tense, tacit bond between two highly guarded people — and given an electric jolt by Lundy-Paine’s fragile, volatile performance as someone certain there’s no accepting place for them outside the rectangular confines of the TV set.” Scarlet Johansson and Channing Tatum’s historical romantic-comedy “Fly Me to the Moon” fizzled at the box office this summer with a weak $42 million worldwide on a reported $100 million production budget, but it deserves more eyeballs. Johansson plays a marketing specialist hired by NASA before the launch of Apollo 11 to film a fake moon landing in case the real mission fails. Tatum is the launch director who slowly wins her heart. Variety’s Peter Debruge called the movie a “crowd-pleaser” and “the rare 21st-century rom-com to boast the brains and heart to support repeat viewing.” Megan Park’s crowdpleaser “My Old Ass” was one of the biggest hits at the Sundance Film Festival this year. Maisy Stella plays an 18 year old whose coming-of-age journey gets complicated when she gains the ability to see and communicate with her older self (Aubrey Plaza). From Variety’s review : “Megan Park’s amusing and emotional second feature presents an original riff on the fantasy of going back in time to advise your younger self.” June Squibb earned critical acclaim for her leading role in “Thelma,” which debuted to great reviews at Sundance and earned a strong $9 million at the domestic box office. The 94-year-old Oscar nominee plays an elderly woman who breaks out of her old-age home on a mission to find the scammer who tricked her over the phone. From Variety’s review: “She’s been stealing scenes from the sidelines for decades, and now the ‘Nebraska’ favorite finally gets top billing as a headstrong woman who takes her scammers to task...she’s an unlikely yet satisfying action star.” “Oddity” was one of the most acclaimed horror films of the year. Variety called the film an “effectively frightening and unexpectedly droll haunted-house horror” in its review earlier this year. The synopsis from Shudder reads: “When Dani is brutally murdered at the remote country house that she and her husband Ted are renovating, everyone suspects a patient from the local mental health institution, where Ted is a doctor. However, soon after the tragic killing, the suspect is found dead. A year later, Dani’s blind twin sister Darcy, a self-proclaimed psychic and collector of cursed items, pays an unexpected visit to Ted and his new girlfriend, Yana. Convinced that there was more to her sister’s murder than people know, Darcy has brought with her the most dangerous items from her cursed collection to help her exact revenge.” “Late Night with the Devil” centers on a late night network broadcast devolving into supernatural chaos on Halloween night. David Dastmalchian leads the film as the Johnny Carson-esque host, whose desire for big ratings leads to terrifying consequences when he invites an allegedly possessed girl onto the show. From Variety’s review: “This isn’t the scariest movie, but neither is it entirely a self-conscious joke. The Cairnes maintain an astute balance between pop-culture irony, familiar if not always predictable thrills (including some creature/gore FX), and a kind of hallucinatory mass-media surrealism.” The slasher hit “In a Violent Nature” became such a favorite among horror fans this year that a sequel is already on the way. Directed by Chris Nash, the movie puts a new spin on the horror subgenre by telling a frightening cabin-in-the-woods horror story entirely from the perspective of the killer. From Variety’s review : “This Canadian indie manages to keep us engaged, stirring queasy viewer dread if not much outright terror. Anna Kendrick makes her directorial debut with Netflix’s “Woman of the Hour,” which is based on a true story. Kendrick stars as a contestant on “The Dating Game” in 1978, who picks Rodney Alcala as her potential date. Alcala, who died in prison in 2021, turned out to be a serial killer of at least eight victims but possibly over a hundred more. The “Dating Game” contestant, Cheryl Bradshaw, never went on the date with Alcala, who had already been convicted of being a sex offender. Daniel Zovatto plays the killer, who posed as a photographer in Los Angeles to take pictures of his victims. Tony Hale and Nicolette Robinson also star in the film. Sean Wang’s “Didi” won the U.S. dramatic audience award at Sundance this year and grossed $4.8 million for Focus Features at the summer box office. The film follows a 13-year-old Taiwanese American boy in the throes of an awkward adolescence in 2008, as he enjoys the last month of summer before high school begins. He experiences the pangs of first love, becomes friends with some skaters, fights with his older sister and gets a hard-earned understanding of his mom. From Variety’s review : “Wang does a nice job of balancing his naturally comedic sensibility with serious insights into how he triangulated his own identity as a teenager. Still relatively original in the overcrowded teen-movie genre, ‘Dìdi’ proves an effective calling card.” Andrea Arnold’s latest directorial effort “Bird” centers on a 12-year-old girl who searches for meaning in life while coming of age alongside her unpredictable father (Barry Keoghan). From Variety’s review: “It certainly has Arnold’s empathy and integrity, as well as her raw-boned craftsmanship. It also has a couple of charismatic rising movie stars in key roles... Arnold, doing her indie-rock Dardenne thing, gives us many scenes of the camera following Bailey, tracking her movements over a wire-mesh bridge, and in that very tracking capturing what makes her a wayward soul. The film also spotlights Bailey’s cell-phone videos, mostly footage of birds that she projects onto her wall.” Alice Rohrwacher’s enchanting “La Chimera” is led by “Challengers” and “The Crown” favorite Josh O’Connor and tells the beguiling tale of a group of grave robbers in Italy who must evade authorities and navigate interpersonal drama if they want to pull off their biggest score yet. Variety critic Guy Lodge named “La Chimera” a Critic’s Pick and called it “a marvelously supple and sinuous film,” adding praise for O’Connor: “Raffish and boyish at the same time — or switching between either mode as a cover for the other — O’Connor’s deft, droll performance implies such possibilities without sentimentalizing them.” “Will & Harper” centers on the relationship between Will Ferrell and his best friend Harper Steele as they take a road trip. The two met during their days on “Saturday Night Live,” which Harper wrote for from 1995 to 2008. Harper came out as transgender in 2022. From Variety’s review : “You’ll laugh and you’ll cry as ‘Barb and Star Go to Del Mar’ director Josh Greenbaum shadows Ferrell and Steele on a revealing (entry-level) road trip. Structured as an on-camera road trip between two longtime friends, fueled by laughs and tears and the occasional ‘Borat’-style stunt, ‘Will & Harper’ gives the general public a chance to meet this incredible woman. Technically, Ferrell is meeting her for the first time, too.” Azazel Jacobs’s acclaimed family drama “His Three Daughters” stars Carrie Coon, Elizabeth Olsen and Natasha Lyonne as three sisters who converge in a New York City apartment to care for their ailing father and smooth over their rocky family history. From Variety’s review : “It’s a drama that’s funny, moving and true...The film is a finely observed, winningly unsentimental memory play about three adult sisters who have come together to take care of their father, who is dying of cancer and approaching his final days. It’s like ‘Cries and Whispers’ recast as a fast-talking tale of sibling rivalry.” Glen Powell proved his star power this year in not only “Twisters” but also “Hit Man,” the Richard Linklater-directed crime comedy that Powell also co-wrote. Inspired by a true story, Powell plays an undercover New Orleans police officer who pretends to be a contract killer in order to arrest his clients. However, his latest case goes awry when he falls for the woman who hired him, played by Adria Arjona. Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt’s action romance “The Fall Guy” didn’t exactly set the box office on fire when it opened in May and grossed $171.8 million worldwide, but it’s certainly a blast worth streaming on Peacock. Gosling stars as a stunt man who agrees to search for the missing lead of a new Hollywood blockbuster being directed by his former flame (Blunt). The two stars’ chemistry earned rave reviews, with Variety critic Peter Debruge adding in his review : “Gosling serves up one of his most appealing characters yet, blending the dedicated action hero of ‘Drive’ with the charismatic ladies’ man of ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love.’” “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” earned $396 million at the worldwide box office this summer. The fourth chapter in the “Apes” reboot franchise from 20th Century Studios, “Kingdom” centers on a young ape named Noa (Owen Teague) who sets out to find his missing family when they are kidnapped. Kevin Durand, Freya Allen, William H. Macy and Peter Macon round out the cast. In his positive review , Variety film critic Owen Gleiberman praised the film for connecting “with the spirit of ‘Planet of the Apes,’” adding: “I was more than gratified to sink into its relatively old-fashioned dramatic restraint.” Inspired by the 1968 photo book of the same name by Danny Lyon, Jeff Nichols “The Bikeriders” follows a Chicago motorcycle gang and the tension that forms between a young member (Austin Butler) and the gang’s leader (Tom Hardy). The film’s cast also includes Jodie Comer, Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, Boyd Holbrook, Emory Cohen and Norman Reedus. Variety’s Peter Debruge named the film the third best movie of 2024 , writing: “Nichols watches this social microcosm slowly implode upon itself, the way the gangster world did across the ‘Godfather’ saga. If that comparison sounds lofty, think again: ‘The Bikeriders’ resonates on multiple layers, interrogating American masculinity as Jodie Comer’s awestruck Kathy falls for one of these stallions.” Directed by Natalie Rae and Angela Patton, “Daughters” centers on a program that allows young girls to participate in a special dance with their incarcerated fathers. The movie won the Audience Award in Documentary Competition at Sundance. A rave review for Variety reads: “The film is rife with visually lyrical moments that connect viewers with the young ones’ sorrows, fears, insights and hopes. In the hands of the directors, cinematographer Michael Cambio Fernandez and editors Troy Lewis and Adelina Bichis, the documentary exercises the kind of compassionate attention that leaves room for the girls to be girls.” The Zellner Brothers’ absurdist comedy “Sasquatch Sunset” transforms Riley Keough and Jesse Eisenberg into Big Foot beasts thanks to heavy makeup and a whole lot of hair. The official synopsis reads: “In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches — possibly the last of their enigmatic kind — embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. These shaggy and noble giants fight for survival as they find themselves on a collision course with the ever-changing world around them.” Rose Glass’s pulpy queer crime thriller “Loves Lies Bleeding” stars Kristen Stewart as the owner of a local gym in middle America who quickly falls for a bodybuilder who’s new to town. Their steamy romance is upended by murder. Variety critic Owen Gleiberman named “Love Lies Bleeding” a critic’s pick out of Sundance, writing: “The film tarts off lean and mean, then grows slowly and steadily more delirious... As the movie goes on, it generates enough ultra-violence and gonzo twists to be a midnight movie. ‘Love Lies Bleeding’ turns wild and garish, and you may think the film is losing control, yet Rose Glass is fiercely in control of what she’s doing.” Winner of three British Independent Film Awards, the provocative queer thriller “Femme” centers on the relationship between a celebrated drag artist in London (Nathan Stewart-Jarrett) and the closeted gay man who brutally attacked him (George McKay). The two meet months later at a sauna and begin an affair all while the desire for revenge looms in the air. From Variety’s review: “A pair of sensational performances by Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and George MacKay, locked in a nervy duet as two men with virtually nothing in common but their sexuality, represents the chief selling point for this stylish, commendably uncompromising fusion of genre fireworks and measured, thoughtful character study.” Nathan Silver’s comedy “Between the Temples” won Carol Kane the best supporting actress prize from the New York Film Critics Circle this year. Variety called the film a “winningly off-kilter comedy” in i ts rave review , adding: “Buoyed by the unlikely chemistry between its two stars, this alternately raucous and tender ‘Harold and Maude’ riff is the warmest work to date from microbudget auteur Silver...Collapsing divides between old age, middle age and adolescence into a universally relatable paean to doing whatever the hell feels right for you in your own weird situation, this scruffy shoestring indie won’t be seen by the internet’s most hawkish age-gap monitors, though it has much to gently teach them.” Variety’s Peter Debruge named “A Different Man” the sixth best movie of 2024 . The film, which won the Gotham Award for best feature, stars Sebastian Stan as struggling actor who finds success after undergoing a procedure to correct a facial disformity. His life is upended by the arrival of a beloved actor who has the same condition. 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BNP Paribas Financial Markets Has $1.82 Million Holdings in Carter’s, Inc. (NYSE:CRI)1 2 Bahraich: To ensure safe journeys, faster deliveries, and a superior travel experience, the proposed 101-km, four-lane highway between Barabanki and Bahraich is set to become Uttar Pradesh's first digital highway , offering state-of-the-art facilities. This ambitious project will feature groundbreaking innovations. Optical fiber cables will be laid along the road, eliminating the need for future excavations. The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has initiated surveys, and construction is expected to begin by March 2025. Equipped with modern technology and enhanced connectivity, the highway will include 24/7 network availability, National Permit Register (NPR) cameras, and efficient lighting systems. Safety remains a top priority, with features designed to reduce accidents and ensure secure travel. Ample lighting during nighttime will make driving easier and safer, while the digital highway will facilitate higher vehicle speeds and enhance the overall travel experience. NHAI has launched an ambitious plan to build 10,000 kilometres of digital highways across the country. The initiative began with the Delhi-Mumbai Expressway and Hyderabad-Bengaluru Corridor, and now the Barabanki-Bahraich highway has received approval from the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. The highway, part of NH-927, will span 101.54 kilometres and connect key locations, including Lucknow, Shravasti airport, NH-27, and the India-Nepal border. This development will significantly enhance regional connectivity and promote economic growth in the area. A three-metre-wide duct along the highway will house optical fiber cables, providing excellent mobile and internet services. Companies will be able to lease land along the highway for a nominal fee to facilitate this connectivity. NHAI project director Saurabh Kanaujia said that the Barabanki-Bahraich highway would be transformed into a digital highway. The road from Barabanki to Rupaidiha border in Bahraich will soon be expanded to a four-lane highway. The NHAI and the revenue department have started the process of marking the area for the widening project. This expansion comes in response to the increased traffic and pressure caused by the construction of the Mahadeva Corridor. Due to heavy traffic and frequent diversions, road accidents have also risen, prompting NHAI to begin the four-lane highway project. The new highway will bring significant relief to the millions of people living in Barabanki, Bahraich, Gonda, and Balrampur districts, as well as those travelling from Nepal. Currently, around 25,000 vehicles use this highway daily. The heavy traffic load has led to frequent damage to the Sanjay Setu bridge. To alleviate this, a new 1.3-kilometre-long bridge will be constructed between the Sanjay Setu and the railway bridge, reducing pressure on both bridges. Traffic on both bridges will be directed in a one-way system. Additionally, a flyover will be built from Chapula to connect the Ayodhya Highway with the old two-lane highway to Bahraich, near the new mandi and railway crossing area.Bitcoin tops $100,000 for first time amid optimism over Trump plans
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Ensuring a reliable supply of critical battery raw materials will be crucial to the global push to net-zero, especially with demand for battery electric vehicles (BEV) picking up pace towards the end of this decade, a new report by McKinsey finds. By 2030, McKinsey estimates that worldwide demand for passenger cars in the BEV segment will grow sixfold from 2021 through 2030, with annual unit sales increasing to roughly 28 million from 4.5 million during that period. Such a projection, the consultancy says, means that the industry is “likely to confront persistent long-term challenges” in keeping with demand. In particular, its reports highlights that automotive OEMs are giving more attention to reducing Scope 3 emissions from material usage, which contribute a large portion of what batteries emit. As a result, battery materials sourcing has become ever more important for battery producers. Based on the latest estimates, McKinsey’s analysis projects that demand will outpace base-case supply for certain materials, requiring additional investment and leading to fear of shortages and price volatility, among other challenges. Supply shortages looming Based on current market observations, battery manufacturers can expect challenges securing supply of several essential battery raw materials by 2030, McKinsey’s report finds. Battery makers use more than 80% of all lithium that is mined today, and that share could grow to 95% by 2030. With technological advancements shifting in favor of lithium-heavy batteries, lithium mining will need to increase substantially to meet 2030 demand, McKinsey says. For nickel, fears of a shortage prompted by the shift to BEVs have already triggered significant investments in new mines, particularly in Southeast Asia, but even more supply will need to be brought online. McKinsey’s report suggests the possibility of a slight shortage in 2030 as the battery sector continues to vie with steel and other sectors for Class 1 nickel. While the share of cobalt in battery chemistry mix is expected to decrease, the absolute demand for cobalt for all applications could rise by 7.5% a year from 2023 and 2030, McKinsey estimates, adding that shortages of cobalt are unlikely, but its supply will be driven by nickel and copper since it is largely a byproduct of their production. Meanwhile, the supply of manganese is projected to grow moderately through 2030, but an increasing demand for battery-grade material is likely to outpace supply, requiring the development of new refineries. To account for a rapid adoption of LFP (lithium iron phosphate) technology, McKinsey’s study models the 2030 supply and demand balances with two scenarios. Under the base case, only about 20% of the HPMSM (high-purity manganese sulfate monohydrate) supply will meet the requirements of battery applications (30% if all announced projects are realized), which themselves will account for only about 5% of total demand for manganese. In a world where the rapid adoption of LFP technology is coupled with a lower growth in EV production, the demand of battery materials could look different: Global trends Although overall demand for batteries and raw materials is increasing rapidly, supply is — and will remain — largely concentrated in a few naturally endowed countries, including Indonesia for nickel; Argentina, Bolivia, and Chile for lithium; and the DRC for cobalt, McKinsey says. Meanwhile, the refining typically takes place elsewhere, often in China (for cobalt and lithium), Indonesia (nickel), and Brazil (niobium). This value chain setup, according to McKinsey, poses additional considerations for regions such as the European Union and the United States, both of which have high demand for imported materials and often rely heavily on single-country sources. For example, the European Union imports 68% of its cobalt from the DRC, 24% of its nickel from Canada, and 79% of its refined lithium from Chile. Supply chain transparency Moreover, although supply concentration for materials such as refined nickel, cobalt and lithium are knowable, complete visibility into the origin of raw materials is sometimes unattainable. This is the case with high-purity manganese, of which more than 95% is produced in China and minor volumes come from Belgium and Japan; graphite, of which almost all is refined in China; and anode production, on which China has a near monopoly. Limited transparency into the origins of battery raw materials supply also poses broader ESG concerns and attention. For instance, the EU Batteries Regulation aims to make batteries sustainable throughout their entire life cycle, from material sourcing to battery collection, recycling and repurposing. As a result, McKinsey believes the pressure to address ESG concerns will likely increase moving forward. Recent supply chain disruptions, such as those affecting magnesium, silicon and semiconductors in from 2021 to 2023, have increased buyers’ needs to boost supply chain resilience for critical battery raw materials. Buyers’ risks of import dependency are further heightened by recent trade restrictions introduced by exporters, including China’s export controls on some materials (such as synthetic graphite and natural flake graphite products used in BEVs) and Indonesia’s ban on nickel ore exports.Seahawks-Bears called ‘worst game in NFL history’ as fans demand huge change to Thursday Night Football
LIAM Payne’s ex girlfriend Sophia Smith has revealed she’s engaged to boyfriend James Bridgwood. The 30-year-old announced her happy news today alongside a video of James popping the question the question on Christmas Day – alongside their daughter Angelina. Sophia wrote: “Yes a million times over 25.12.24.” Sophia first revealed she was dating James in 2021 and the pair became parents in April 20223. The influencer dated Liam Payne from 2013 to 2015 after being friends from their school days. Her news comes just two months after Liam tragically passed away in Buenos Aires. Liam was planning to marry his current girlfriend Katie Cassidy prior to his death. Kate, who dated the One Direction star for two years before his death , shared a note from Liam online shortly after his death, revealing their plans. The social media star, 25, revealed in the caption that they had planned their future and he wanted to get married "within a year". One photo showed the handwritten note from Liam, in which he wrote: "Me and Kate to marry within a year / engaged and together forever". Liam, 31, died in October after falling from a hotel balcony while on holiday in Argentina. His death came just days after girlfriend Kate, 25, returned home to the US following their trip together. Last week it was reported that a close friend of tragic Liam has refused to answer questions over his death. Rogelio ‘Roger’ Nores declined to testify and will submit a written statement to the investigating judge. He has denied claims he abandoned Liam before he fell from his balcony at the CasaSur Palermo Hotel . On October 16, 2024, Liam Payne sadly died, leaving family, friends and fans devastated. Here we take you through the biggest stories to unfold since his tragic passing: