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While the art world was in Miami Beach at Art Basel, most of the fashion industry was in Paris this week at dueling mega-events. On Tuesday night, the Pirelli Calendar hosted a black tie gala in honor of photographer Peter Lindbergh"s calendar for 2017, which features un-retouched images of mostly makeup-less actresses like Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, and Lupita N"yongo. The following night, Victoria"s Secret held their annual fashion show in the same city, along with a party to follow. This is how they each did Paris.
Location, location, locationPirelli: The Cit du Cinma, a hangarlike film studio located in Saint-Denis in the north of Paris. After a 40-minute drive from the city"s center, guests were dropped off in a parking lot to check in at a tent. Then, they were bussed to the film studio, which was decorated with enormous blow-ups of Peter Lindbergh"s calendar pictures.Victoria"s Secret: The Grand Palais in Paris. The epic venue is a mainstay for large-scale, over-the-top events, like the Chanel Fashion Show. For this occasion, there was Victoria"s Secret branding was everywhere. Three large signs hung from the facade, and a neon Victoria"s Secret sign sat in the center of the space. You did not show up to the wrong party.
SecurityPirelli: Three check points and cursory scan of your bag.Victoria"s Secret: More than 8. I lost count. Bags were opened and inspected at least three times. Despite the cold weather, guests also opened their jackets and walked through a metal detector. Government-issued photo ID was required. Again, you did not show up to the wrong party.
TribesPirelli: Hollywood actresses hobnobbed with Pirelli executives. Victoria"s Secret: Supermodels, former models, and an impressive turnout from the French fashion set.
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The A-ListPirelli: Photographer Peter Lindbergh was joined by four actresses who appeared in the calendar: Nicole Kidman, Helen Mirren, Uma Thurman, and Charlotte Rampling. Victoria"s Secret: Gigi and Bella Hadid"s parents Yolanda and Mohamed Hadid sat front row next to Balmain designer Olivier Rousteing and models Veronica Webb, Lottie Moss, and Gabriel Kane-Day Lewis. Also in the front row: designer Azzedine Alaia, Givenchy"s Riccardo Tisci, editor Carine Roitfeld, Vogue Paris editor Emmanuelle Alt, former Victoria"s Secret angel Doutzen Kroes and TV personality Nick Cannon.
Pre-game of choicePirelli: A press conference with Peter Lindbergh at the Ritz, with a beautiful tea service.Victoria"s Secret: Three full days of festivities, kicking off with a private flight from New York, and followed by a series of photo ops.
Best sparkly dressPirelli: Nicole Kidman takes it in silver Armani Priv. Victoria"s Secret: It"s a toss up between Bella Hadid and Alessandra Ambrosio.
MusicPirelli: A lone DJ playing Euro-y EDM. He turned down all requests, even for Rihanna.Victoria"s Secret: While the fashion show included performances by the Weeknd, Lady Gaga, and Bruno Mars, the afterparty consisted of a DJ playing hits that were danceable but a bit past their prime (Kanye"s "Flashing Lights").
Drink of choicePirelli: Champagne, followed by lots of wine. Victoria"s Secret: A mysterious blue cocktail served to guests upon arrival.
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SouvenirsPirelli: Every single guest left the Pirelli calendar gala with a calendar of dimensions nearly impossible to carry onto a plane. Victoria"s Secret: Photos and videos taken discretely on phones, to be released after the show ended. Is there any better takeaway than going viral?
After partyPirelli: Guests carrying the aforementioned calendars made their way to the bar at the Ritz perhaps a few left theirs behind.Victoria"s Secret: Ferdi Paris, home to the best burger in the city of lights. Gigi Hadid, Kendall Jenner, and Bella Hadid pre-ordered their cheeseburgers in advance.
Watch Victoria"s Secret Angel Jasmine Tookes try on the $3 million fantasy bra:
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Yesterday, liberals found themselves aghast at a CNN segment that served as a tidy, outrageous case study in the perniciousness of conservative fake news. In the segment, host Alisyn Camerota discovers that a pair of Trump supporters she is interviewing, part of a small panel, are quite convinced President Obama effectively invited undocumented immigrants to vote, contributing to voter fraud that could have tilted the election results.
The segment kicks off with a Trump supporter named Paula righteously stating that voting is a privilege in this country, and you need to be here she enunciates to emphasize her outrage legal, not like California where three million illegals voted a claim that echoes unfounded statements made by the president-elect himself on Twitter a few days ago.
Lets talk about that, says Camerota, and it makes for an interesting segment thats worth transcribing almost in full:
Camerota: So where are you getting your information?
Paula: From the media! Where else would we get
Camerota: Which media?
Paula: Some of it was CNN, I believe.
Camerota [skeptical]: CNN said that three million illegal people voted in California ?
Paula: Well, it was coming all across the media all across. If CNN didnt do it, they were being smart this time.
Camerota [despairing internally]: Do you think that three million illegal people voted?
Paula: I believe in California that there were illegals that voted. || Camerota: How many?
Paula: I dont to tell you the truth, nobody really knows that number.
Camerota [wondering if law school is still an option since journalism is dead]: But, but, do you think three dozen, or do you think three million?
Camerota: I think there was a good amount, because the president told people that they could vote, and it happened in Nashua, we caught some people. That they went into Nashua and they said, The president said I could vote Im here illegally.
Camerota: Did you hear President Obama say that illegal people could vote?
At this point, both Paula and a woman sitting behind her say yes, they did. Paula asks where. Google it, you can find it on Facebook, says the woman in back. Camerota pulls out her phone, looks it up, and immediately finds out the claim was misleading, which she explains to the panel.
Then, the segment concludes:
Camerota: You, as you sit here today, think that millions of illegal people voted in this country. You believe that there was widespread voting abuse.
Paula: I think there was in some states.
Camerota: Millions of people?
Paula: California allows it.
Camerota [sputtering, her voice like that of a character in a Sartre novel]: They do not allow illegal you mean illeg you mean voter fraud, California allows?
Paula: I believe there is voter fraud in this country.
The segment reinforces several emerging points confirmation bias! about the hows and whys of our fake-news catastrophe:
1. Many low-information news consumers have an impressionistic view of news, dont know how to gauge the relative trustworthiness of different sources, and dont get too worked up about the specifics of claims. Paula jumps around to a remarkable extent. At first she is positive three million illegals voted in California. Then, she isnt quite sure that was the number, but she is sure it was a lot. She thinks she saw that on CNN, and when pressed says it was coming all across the media. What does she mean by the media? Her counterpart in the back makes that clear: Google it, you can find it on Facebook. The implication is clear: If a claim pops up on social media or a Google result, thats reason enough to take it seriously.
These women, like millions of Americans, lack basic media literacy. They likely dont understand that different media outlets have different politics, different editorial standards, and different agendas. CNN would be very unlikely to push a rumor as wild as the notion that three million undocumented immigrants voted last month. Eh, whatever: CNN, Google, Facebook same difference. And maybe there werent three million of them, and maybe most of them werent in California. Nashua! Yeah, I think I heard something about that. (A quick Google search on nashua illegal immigrants voting turns up nothing but incredulous coverage of Paulas claim, though maybe if you dig deeper there are results somewhere.) Also, in California they basically let just anyone vote.
The point here isnt to judge these women for not being media savvy plenty of people are just trying to get by in life, and might not have the opportunity to fully understand how media works. But if were going to fight fake news, we need to understand the extent to which some very basic, Communication Studies 101 norms simply arent held by a huge chunk of the population, leaving them extremely susceptible to misinformation at the hands of opportunists and radicals.
2. Hilariously low-quality, easily debunked content can go viral if it is connected to an outrage-inducing rumor. Googling reveals that one of the primary vectors of the Obama-said-illegals-can-vote rumors is this YouTube video of a segment on Fox Business:
Yes, that is someone recording their TV while breathing heavily, perhaps because they are so outraged by what they are seeing. As a comprehensive Hot Air rundown by Larry OConnor points out, Fox host Neil Cavutos editing of the source interview, in which Obama is speaking with actress and rapper Gina Rodriguez of the Latino/millennial Mitu network, leaves out a lot of context.
Heres OConnors transcript of their exchange, with a note from me in brackets:
RODRIGUEZ: Many of the millennials, Dreamers, undocumented citizens and I call them citizens because they contribute to this country are fearful of voting. So if I vote, will immigration know where I live? Will they come for my family and deport us?
OBAMA: Not true. And the reason is, first of all, when you vote, you are a citizen yourself. And there is not a situation where the voting rolls somehow are transferred over and people start investigating, et cetera. The sanctity of the vote is strictly confidential [note: Cavutos show cuts things right here] in terms of who you voted for. If you have a family member who maybe is undocumented, then you have an even greater reason to vote.
RODRIGUEZ: This has been a huge fear presented especially during this election.
OBAMA: And the reason that fear is promoted is because they dont want people voting. People are discouraged from voting and part of what is important for Latino citizens is to make your voice heard, because youre not just speaking for yourself. Youre speaking for family members, friends, classmates of yours in school
RODRIGUEZ: Your entire community.
OBAMA: who may not have a voice. Who cant legally vote. But theyre counting on you to make sure that you have the courage to make your voice heard.
Cavutos show snips things so viewers dont see that Obama specifically referred to the importance of Latino citizens making their voices heard, and specifically said that their friends and families may not have a voice because they cant legally vote.
Now, its still an awkward exchange in which the usually eloquent Obama comes across as a bit muddled (partly because, as OConnor points out, Rodriguezs phrasing of the question that kicks off the exchange is so vague), and if you interpret his words a certain way it does almost sound like hes encouraging illegal voting. But when you listen or read carefully, it cant logically be the case that Obama is both telling undocumented immigrants to vote and saying those same immigrants are counting on [citizens who can vote] to make sure that you have the courage to make your voice heard. When you hear the full exchange, rather than Cavutos selective cropping, youd have to, in effect, squint really hard to interpret this as Obama encouraging undocumented immigrants to vote.
No matter! It was snipped dishonestly, and the resulting video Obama seeming to throw open the gates to those millions of illegals, followed by Cavuto reacting in disbelief and disgust made for a clip so outrage-inducing to paranoid conservatives that many wing-nut honeypots, including Drudge, World Net Daily, Gateway Pundit, and others, disseminated that video with headlines screaming about Obamas insanely irresponsible behavior.
3. Theres an important snowball effect to fake news; peoples defenses seem to get beaten down over time by the broader rumor ecosystem. By the time the two women found themselves on camera for a CNN segment, they had apparently been exposed to a cavalcade of different iterations of the illegal-voters claim. For years, the GOP has been using the idea of voter fraud as a means of justifying voter suppression, despite a lack of any evidence of widespread voter fraud, and that has paved the way for an endless parade of misleading anecdotes, rumors, and viral content perpetuating this idea.
For example, to believe Obama would, during a recorded interview, call for undocumented immigrants to vote, youd have to believe pretty radical things about a guy who is, in fact, about as staid a center-left politician as they come. Youd have to, say, have been exposed to years and years of false news about him being an evil radical, about him maybe not even being American, about him wanting to undermine the entire American project.
The point is that fake news requires a whole ecosystem to work. If you just dropped that claim about Obama into an ecosystem in which Obama is viewed as a generic, normal president, itd be laughed off (the same goes, of course, for the idea of Hillary Clinton helping run a child-trafficking ring). But by the time voters immersed in these sorts of information ecosystems encounter a specific claim Trump making his wild accusation about three million voters, for example some cognitive trailblazing has already occurred. Each subsequent encounter with an iteration of the rumor seeps in a bit easier and will be likely harder to dislodge.
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Omaha businessman Walter Scott Jr. has donated $53.3 million to Colorado State University, the largest contribution in the schools history.
The money will go toward scholarships, faculty support and research, said the university, which will name its engineering college the Walter Scott Jr. College of Engineering.
Scott earned a bachelors degree in civil engineering from the college in 1953 and began his career at Peter Kiewit Sons Inc., becoming its chairman and CEO and now chairman emeritus.
As we get older, I think its natural to think about the generations that will follow, Scott, 85, said in a press release. And in a technological age, its important that our top students have the opportunity to study at strong research universities.
We are humbled and incredibly grateful for this remarkable gift from Walter Scott, Colorado State President Tony Frank said in the press release. Walter has been a passionate
and generous supporter of CSU since he graduated more than 60 years ago, and this gift is truly transformational.
Scott has donated more than $220 million to the University of Nebraska at Omaha, which recently named its south campus after him. His UNO support includes scholarships for 130 to 150 students per year and donations to establish the Peter Kiewit Institute, residence halls and other facilities.
At Colorado State, his money also helped build the newly completed Suzanne and Walter Scott Jr. Bioengineering Building and provide support for more than 30 faculty members and 120 graduate students who conduct research there into water, energy, health and environmental challenges.
The latest gift will expand Scotts scholarship program at Colorado State to as many as 80 undergraduates and 30 graduate students.
It will create presidential chair faculty positions in water, health, energy and the environment, the colleges four areas of excellence, with laboratories and other infrastructure to support teaching and research. The donation also provides discretionary funds for innovative and leadership programs.
Kiewit Corp.s office in Englewood, Colorado, employs more than 100 of the universitys alumni.
Engineering Dean David McLean said the gift will help the college attract top students and faculty members and become one of the best engineering programs in the country.
Death Strandings engine could be called Decima, based on a logo spotted at the end of its newest trailer. Although the logos significance has caused a debate among fans of director Hideo Kojima, the man himself tweeted a video that suggests that Decima is nothing more than the engine Death Stranding is running on.
See the logo in the left-hand corner? Kojima Productions
YongYea, a YouTuber who covers all kinds of games on his channel, uploaded the video above, recapping theories about the trailer. Alongside analyses of the posters Kojima Productions shared subsequent to Death Strandings trailer premiere at the Game Awards, he explained the meaning behind Decima.
The name Decima comes from Greco-Roman mythology; shes one of the three Fates. Decima in particular measures a persons thread of life, which YongYea notes is an appropriate choice for Death Stranding.
Some of Death Strandings biggest themes include things like the rope and the stick and threads that connect all living things, he says. If you think about it, theres nothing that connects us mortals more than the singular fact that we all die at the end.
Kojima has cited the philosophical concepts of the stick and the rope among Death Strandings key themes. He tweeted a discussion of these and other themes earlier this year, explaining that the stick helped ape evolve into man, while the rope helps us capture and bind important things to us.
And thus, the thread of life-measuring Decima is a perfect fit. Both YongYea and journalist Michael Fortsch, whose Tweet is referenced in the video, cite sources that the engine is customized for Death Stranding.
Just got told that Decima is the name for the modified Sucker Punch Infamous: Second Son Engine Death Stranding is using, Fortsch wrote Thursday night, following the teaser reveal.
That hasnt been confirmed, and Fortsch himself insisted that it was just a rumor. Weve reached out to Kojima Productions about the engine and will update when we hear back.
Either way, YongYea notes that the engine appears to be the same as the one powering the game in its debut E3 2016 trailer. After Death Strandings premiere at Sonys press conference this past June, Kojima said that he had yet to settle on an engine. It looks like Decima is it for the undated PlayStation 4 game.
On the bustling Death Stranding subreddit, theorists insist that Decima isnt just the engine.
Thinking about Decima, my mind continues to harken back to the Moby d**k bait-and-switch back with [Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain] but I can"t think of a reason why Kojima would do that again ON HIS OWN GAME, wrote calrissian69.
This seems unlikely, but with Kojima, anything is possible. The director has given few concrete details about Death Stranding, including the name of its engine at this state in production. A panel hosted by the industry veteran and unannounced special guests at this weekends PlayStation Experience may be more illuminating.
I will now talk about the Game Awards 2016 for about 16 minutes
Run the Jewels were special guest musical performers at the Game Awards tonight, the annual awards ceremony honoring achievements in the video gaming industry. They performed their recently released song Talk to Me as well as Nobody Speak, their collaboration with DJ Shadow from earlier this year, taken off Shadows latest record The Mountain Will Fall. RTJ were recently featured as playable characters in the latest installment of Gears of War, and earlier today officially announced their upcoming albumRun the Jewels 3.
Check out the Pitchfork.tv lyric video for Nobody Speak:
So verkündet Nico Rosberg sein Karriereende | Formel 1
Lewis Hamilton has revealed he was not surprised by Nico Rosberg"s decision to retire from Formula One, but admits he will miss the intense rivalry with his former Mercedes team-mate.
Rosberg shocked the racing world with his announcement on Friday that he would be quitting the sport just five days after winning his first ever driver"s championship.
The German has thanked his wife Vivian for her patience this year, and Hamilton believes a desire to spend more time with his family has played a key role in his decision.
Lewis Hamilton congratulates Nico Rosberg on his Championship win in Abu Dhabi
"This is the first time he"s won (a title) in 18 years, hence why it was not a surprise that he decided to stop," the triple world champion told reporters ahead of the governing FIA"s gala prize-giving in Vienna.
"He"s also got a family to focus on, and wants more children, and Formula One takes so much of your time. Will I miss the rivalry? Of course.
"We started out when we were 13 and we"d always talked about being champions," he said. "When I joined this team, Nico was there, which was again something we talked about when we were kids."
The Mercedes drivers endured a frosty relationship during their time as team-mates
The British driver also added that he too may be walking away from the sport in the near future.
When asked about his own future today, Hamilton told reporters he does not have any immediate plans to stop, but mused: "Who knows, maybe my end is coming soon."
The recently-crowned world champion Rosberg revealed his shock decision to leave Formula One after a gruelling season going toe-to-toe with his bitter rival and Mercedes team-mate.
Rosberg has announced his retirement just five days after becoming Formula One champion
And the German felt it only right to inform the British driver of his intention to quit the sport before going public.
"I informed Lewis myself before this, it is the right way to do it," said Rosberg.
"We had so many battles and so many moments so I thought correct to let him know of my decision and especially in light of his post yesterday, which was kind of him.
"Maybe we can have a discussion tonight.
The picture Lewis Hamilton used in a message to Nico Rosberg to congratulate him on his title
"It has been so short notice. The priority was to let team know as quickly as possible. A bit of a compromise for me in not taking enough time to notify everyone who was close to me so I sent Lewis a message."
Hamilton had made his attempt to rebuild a fractured relationship between the pair on Thursday when he posted a message congratulating Rosberg on Instagram.
Accompanied with a picture of the pair from their junior days, Hamilton wrote: "We said we"d be champions back then, now we both are! Congratulations Nico, you did everything a champion needed to do. Well deserved."
Polo Gutierrez climbs onto the foundation of a destroyed home to try to see if his apartment building is still standing in Gatlinburg on November 29. Gutierrez fled his apartment with other residents as fires approached the previous night.
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A destroyed structure and vehicle are seen near Gatlinburg on November 29.
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An Alamo Steakhouse was one of the Gatlinburg businesses destroyed by fire.
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Trevor Cates inspects the damage to the Banner Missionary Baptist Church in Gatlinburg on November 29.
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Two dormitories at the Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts were damaged from the wildfires that flared near Gatlinburg on November 29.
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Photographer Bruce McCamish captured this image of the fires burning behind the Dollywood Dreammore Resort in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee.
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Fires burn on both sides of Highway 441 between Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge on Monday, November 28.
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Thick smoke looms in Gatlinburg on November 28.
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Officials from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park reported the closing of roads and several trails near Gatlinburg on November 28.
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Firefighter Layne Whitney checks the treetops while working to hold the northern head of the Rock Mountain Fire, north of Tate City, Georgia, on Tuesday, November 22.
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Flames from the Rock Mountain Fire silhouette a weather vane north of Clayton, Georgia, on Monday, November 21.
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Fire crews bring down a dead tree along Highway 9 near the community of Bat Cave, North Carolina, on Friday, November 18.
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A helicopter picks up water from Thrasher Lake to help battle a wildfire in Amherst County, Virginia, on November 21.
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Eric Willey looks on from the porch of his home as a helicopter fights a wildfire in Tate City, Georgia, on Wednesday, November 16.
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Firefighters walk down a dirt road as a wildfire burns a hillside in Clayton, Georgia, on Tuesday, November 15.
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A wildfire burns as it approaches Bat Cave, North Carolina, on November 15.
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Firefighters Valarie Lopez and Mark Tabaez work to cool hot spots in Clayton on November 15. A number of the fires are being investigated as suspected arson, but weather conditions are also responsible for the fires.
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Firefighter Kevin Zimmer works the wildfire in Clayton on November 15.
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Exhausted firefighters take a break in Waldens Creek, Tennessee, on Monday, November 14.
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A haze hovers over the Atlanta skyline from a wildfire burning in the northwest part of Georgia on November 14.
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Assistant Fire Chief Brent Masey sprays water on a wildfire in Soddy-Daisy, Tennessee, on Thursday, November 10.
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A helicopter carrying 240 gallons of water takes off in Lake Lure, North Carolina, on November 10.
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Smoke from the Party Rock fire spreads near Lake Lure on Wednesday, November 9.
