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Redeem now After Broadcom's acquisition, VMware is set to operate with four divisions.A leaked email shows the top executives who are expected to lead the Software-Defined Edge division.Broadcom laid off VMware employees this week after closing the deal on November 22.After Broadcom closed its $69 billion acquisition of VMware on November 22, it also did some reorganization.
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In the Season 16 premiere of South Park, “Reverse Cowgirl,” Clyde Donovan leaves the toilet seat up and accidentally causes his mother’s death. What started out as an unreasonable and near psychotic obsession with having the toilet seat down, ends up being validated when Betsy Donovan falls in, makes the mistake of flushing, and dies when all of her insides are torn out because of the pressure. It’s fairly disturbing, even for South Park.
Randy Jackson established a career in the music industry as a producer and session musician for artists such as Journey. However, he’s better known to most people for his work on multiple musical competition shows. He holds the record for the longest tenure on American Idol and is now the band leader on Name That Tune. Jackson’s appearance has changed drastically thanks to his efforts to reach a healthy weight after a serious diagnosis prompted him to get gastric bypass surgery.
Almost anybody with internet access knows what Barkhad Abdi’s face looks like, even if they haven’t seen his movies. “I am the captain now,” goes the dialogue paired with his threatening visage. If you haven’t seen Captain Phillips, you have probably seen this moment dozens of times.
It was Abdi’s breakout role. He credits it with changing his life and leading to great roles in the years since. But it may surprise fans of the Somali actor to know just how little he earned for starring in the film that bagged him an Academy Award nomination.
Alina Selyukh is a business correspondent at NPR, where she covers retail, low-wage work, big brands and other aspects of the consumer economy. Her work has been recognized by the Gracie Awards, the National Headliner Award and the Society of American Business Editors and Writers.
Before joining NPR in 2015, Selyukh spent five years at Reuters, where she covered tech, telecom and cybersecurity policy, campaign finance during the 2012 election cycle, health care policy and the Food and Drug Administration, and a bit of financial markets and IPOs.
KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — The front line of Israel's offensive on Gaza runs through the middle of the territory's second-largest city, with Israeli troops pushing in from the east as people flee the fighting and swamp the city's few hospitals.
In the rubble-strewn streets of Khan Younis, people are piling belongings into cars, trucks and donkey carts to escape Israel's devastating bombardment of the Palestinian territory.
As heavy fighting continued Monday close to the city's main hospital, Nasser Medical Complex, Israeli security chiefs paid a rare visit to the city, where the Israeli military says it is concentrated on dismantling Hamas targets, including tunnels that run under hospitals.
During a recent N3on stream, Sommer Ray claimed that she's slept with Cole Bennett. The Instagram model also shared that she doesn't sleep with well-known people, later whispering that Bennett isn't "famous." Though Ray's revelation was an accident, as she forgot she was wearing a microphone, it's sparked some debate surrounding the Lyrical Lemonade founder's notoriety. While Bennett's well-established career as a music video director has certainly gained him the respect of his peers, it seems as though Ray wouldn't exactly consider him a household name.
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Kevin Smith nearly turned down “He-Man.”
In early 2019, the iconoclastic filmmaker, podcast host and foul-mouthed bon vivant got a call from his agent. Mattel, the toy company, wanted to meet, but they required that Smith sign an NDA first. So Smith asked where their offices were located.
The NBA has been home to some of the most exceptionally talented basketball players in the world. The league attracts the very best players, with aspiring hoopers harboring dreams of playing for coveted NBA teams. However, only a lucky but talented few make the cut. In its 77 years of history, only 4,374 players have graced an NBA court. Among the select few who do have the privilege to play in the league, only a handful go on to achieve the revered status of an NBA icon.