Alex Dobrenko

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DONUT Holes
  |  March 3, 2023

☝️ You’re looking at a photo of a green aurora swirling around Earth’s northern latitudes; it was recently captured from the International Space Station by NASA astronaut Josh Cassada.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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Media & Entertainment
  |  March 3, 2023

“Let’s Blow It Up”

🍿 “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong recently confirmed that the show's fourth season – which premieres March 26 on HBO Max, and dropped its final trailer yesterday – will be its last.

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Media & Entertainment
  |  March 3, 2023

“Let’s Blow It Up”

🍿 “Succession” creator Jesse Armstrong recently confirmed that the show's fourth season – which premieres March 26 on HBO Max, and dropped its final trailer yesterday – will be its last.

Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  March 2, 2023

☝️ The finalists for the 2023 Sony World Photography Awards were unveiled this week; winners of the annual competition's ten professional categories will be announced on April 13.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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Media & Entertainment
  |  March 2, 2023

Where do I know that actor from?

🤔🍿 Like much of today’s internet, we take IMDB for granted. But things weren't always this way...

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Media & Entertainment
  |  March 1, 2023

The Return of the Films

🧙‍♂️💍 Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav recently announced on an earnings call that WBD and production studio New Line have signed a deal to make "multiple" new Lord of the Rings films.

Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  March 1, 2023

☝️ The National Archives of Australia recently published hundreds of photos, lantern slides, and glass plate negatives showing scenes from early 20th-century expeditions to Antarctica. Click to see more stories you should know for today.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  February 28, 2023

☝️ You’re looking at a retired Boeing 737 in Bali, Indonesia, that was recently transformed into a two-bedroom luxury villa; it opens to the public for $7,000/night starting in April.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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Media & Entertainment
  |  February 28, 2023

Hey Winnie the Pooh, that's not honey

🍿 After exceeding industry expectations with a $23.1 million opening this past weekend, the biggest start for an R-rated film this year, Cocaine Bear has a lot of people asking, “Wait, what?”

Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  February 27, 2023

☝️ Floral artist Azuma Makoto recently created this sculpture, which part of an ongoing series called Frozen Flowers, in the middle of a frozen lake in Hokkaidō, Japan.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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Media & Entertainment
  |  February 27, 2023

There’s some trouble brewing in South Park

⚖️🍿 On Friday, Warner Bros. filed a lawsuit seeking $200M+ in damages from Paramount Global and the production company run by South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker. The accusation? Violating a 2019 streaming agreement.

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DONUT Holes
  |  February 24, 2023

☝️ This week, National Geographic published the finalists and winner of its “Pictures of the Year” photo contest.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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Media & Entertainment
  |  February 23, 2023

The TV writers are sorta mad

🚫✍️ The Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture & Television Producers will soon begin contract negotiations. And if the two don’t reach a new deal by May 1, the production of most TV series’ could grind completely to a halt.

Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  February 23, 2023

☝️ You’re looking at some of the winners from the 2023 ​​Underwater Photographer of the Year awards, which attracted a record-high ~6,000 individual entries this year. Click to see more stories you should know for today.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  February 21, 2023

☝️ You’re looking at the overall winner of the 16th annual International Garden Photographer of the Year award; the image was taken in the Canary Islands of Spain.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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Media & Entertainment
  |  February 21, 2023

Inside the very real world of imaginary influencers

👥 Have you heard of Janky and Guggimon? The duo, with 20+M followers on Insta and TikTok, are fake celebrities created by design studio Superplastic – which, along with Amazon, just made some very real news.

Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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U.S.
  |  February 17, 2023

Catalytic converters: A steal of a deal

📈 Catalytic converter theft is going up faster than the house in Up – in 2018, there were 1,298 thefts reported; in 2021, that number rose to over 52,000. That’s an increase of 3,900+%.

Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  February 17, 2023

☝️ Rare and unseen footage of the 1986 expedition through the wreckage of the Titanic was released on Wednesday night by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts. Click to see more stories you should know for today.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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DONUT Holes
  |  February 16, 2023

☝️ You’re looking at some of the winners of the 21st annual Travel Photographer of the Year awards, chosen from nearly 20,000 images submitted by people from 154 different countries.

Kyle Nowak & Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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Science & Emerging Tech
  |  February 16, 2023

Mom, can you come get me? Bing’s being mean again

🤖🔍 The new version of Bing w/ ChatGPT integration was unveiled last week, after which a few thousand users in 169 countries were granted access. And based on reports from these users, the AI-assisted search engine has been acting a little… off.

Alex Dobrenko & Peter Nowak
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