A Boeing 767 cargo jet flying for Amazon&#8217;s Prime Air network skidded off a runway at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, tore through the airport&#8217;s perimeter fence, and slammed into vehicles on a nearby road, according to federal officials and video from the scene.
The Federal Aviation Administration <a href="https://x.com/FAANews/status/2096677693722898862">said</a> 21 Air Flight 7598 ran off the runway at roughly 2 p.m. after arriving from Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The aircraft, a 30-year-old Boeing 767-300 freighter carrying Amazon&#8217;s Prime Air logo, was landing on Runway 30 when it failed to stop before reaching the end of the pavement, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/amazon-plane-crash-miami-rcna596369">according</a> to NBC News. It continued past the runway&#8217;s edge, breached the airport boundary, crossed a perimeter road, and came to rest after colliding with several vehicles.
Footage circulating online showed the jet resting against a chain-link fence with heavy black smoke pouring from the wreckage. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue <a href="https://x.com/MiamiDadeFire/status/2096681097732002266">said</a> more than 60 units responded and found the plane engulfed in flames; crews worked to contain the blaze and evaluate what the department described as multiple patients. The extent of injuries has not been confirmed.
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🚨 BREAKING UPDATE: The plane that overran the runway and crashed in Miami was an Amazon Prime 767 en route from San Juan
Injuries HAVE been reported, but thank GOD this wasn&#8217;t a passenger jet.
But obviously, keep praying from the victims! 🙏🏻
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All runways and taxiways at Miami International were shut down amid a ground stop expected to last into the evening.
Amazon spokeswoman Kelly Nantel confirmed to NBC News that the aircraft was operating a Prime Air route on behalf of the company but was flown by contract carrier 21 Air. &#8220;This is a fast-moving situation and we&#8217;re still gathering the details,&#8221; Nantel said, adding that Amazon was coordinating with local authorities.
The National Transportation Safety Board told the outlet it is collecting information on the incident. A cause has not been determined, and it remains unclear whether the crew declared an emergency before landing.

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The next time you’re waiting on an Amazon package, look up — it may be coming from the sky.
Amazon announced plans Wednesday to dramatically expand its Prime Air drone service to nearly 500 U.S. cities and towns by the end of the year.
The expansion would bring Amazon&#8217;s “ultrafast drone delivery” to communities with tens of millions of customers nationwide, the company <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/amazon-prime-air-drone-delivery-expansion">said in a news release.</a>
Amazon says Prime Air can deliver millions of popular products — including groceries, electronics, medications, cosmetics and household goods — in as little as 30 minutes. Most items weighing five pounds or less and small enough to fit in a large shoebox are eligible for drone delivery, according to the company.  
The service is already operating across 10 U.S. metro areas, including Phoenix, Tampa, Kansas City, Baton Rouge, Detroit, Omaha, Houston, Dallas, San Antonio and Waco.
Amazon also plans to launch Prime Air in the Atlanta, Chicago, Syracuse, Cleveland and Boise metro areas as part of the expansion. 
“Customers already turn to Amazon for fast Same- and Next-Day Delivery, and Prime Air provides them an even speedier option when they need it, with deliveries in as fast as 30 minutes,” David Carbon, vice president of Amazon Prime Air, said. 
The drone service comes with a familiar user experience: Shoppers will use the same Amazon app and checkout process. Customers can see whether drone delivery is<a href="https://www.amazon.com/b?node=202284444011&amp;ref_=pa_mktg_oo_null_dg_qaz2_imag_url_MAY25"> available</a> in their area and which products are eligible. When placing their first drone order, customers can select a preferred delivery point and change it later. 
Upon arrival, the drone checks the delivery area for people, pets, or vehicles before delivering the package.
“Prime Air drones use onboard cameras and sensors for navigation, obstacle detection, and safe delivery; they do not track individuals or record movements,” the company said. “There is no live camera feed monitored by any person. The onboard camera data is processed by the drone itself for safe navigation.” 
Amazon says Prime Air operates under <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/transportation/how-amazon-is-building-its-drone-delivery-system">FAA Part 135 certification</a>, the same regulatory framework used by commercial air carriers. Its drones are fully electric and designed to operate in light rain and a range of temperatures.
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WASHINGTON— President Donald Trump threatened the European Union with &#8220;substantial&#8221; tariffs on Friday after regulators hit Google with another $1 billion antitrust fine, accusing Europe of treating the United States like its own &#8220;PIGGYBANK.&#8221;
Trump accused the EU of &#8220;taking direct aim at GREAT American Companies!&#8221;
&#8220;After having fined Apple, for no reason at all, 15 Billion Dollars, Meta, 3 Billion Dollars, Amazon 2.5 Billion Dollars, and many others, we have just been informed that Google, a truly advanced and amazing group, has been fined yet another 1 Billion Dollars, without explanation,&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/116976043318889040">posted</a> on Truth Social.
The latest penalty brings Google&#8217;s total EU fines to more than $18 billion, the president said.
&#8220;This illegal and highly discriminatory practice started at these high levels during the first year of the Sleepy Joe Biden Administration, but it’s not going to continue during the Trump Administration,&#8221; Trump said, adding: &#8220;The United States of America is not a &#8216;PIGGYBANK&#8217; for Europe, nor will we allow it to be!&#8221;
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Trump warned that the EU&#8217;s actions would trigger a strong response from the United States.
&#8220;Please let this TRUTH serve to represent that we will immediately initiate a 301 Investigation into the practice of &#8216;ROBBING&#8217; American Companies and, in turn, the American Taxpayer,&#8221; Trump wrote. &#8220;The European Union will pay a very big price for this illegal and highly unethical conduct, which I have consistently warned them about.&#8221;
&#8220;The penalties will be entirely reversed and, we anticipate, a substantial TARIFF to be placed on them at the earliest possible moment,&#8221; he added. &#8220;Stay tuned!&#8221;
Google did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire.

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A new investigation has identified significant levels of a toxic metal known to cause cancer in inexpensive &#8220;silver&#8221; jewelry available on Amazon and TikTok.
Testing conducted as part of The Sunday Times <a href="https://www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcare/article/jewellery-carcinogen-amazon-tiktok-zrl6tcmxf">investigation</a> revealed that several pieces exceeded legal limits in the U.K., where cadmium content in jewelry is capped at 0.01%. One ring purchased on Amazon, listed as “Women’s 925 Sterling Silver Simple Open Adjustable Rings” from the brand Littleduckling and priced at approximately $4, contained just over 92% cadmium — more than 9,000 times the U.K. maximum allowance. A charm bracelet from TikTok seller Perform Pearls registered nearly 3,300 times the permitted level.
Cadmium, a silvery-white toxic metal commonly used in rechargeable batteries and metal coatings, is known to cause cancer and poses risks to multiple organs with prolonged exposure.
The United States lacks a comprehensive nationwide regulation governing cadmium in adult jewelry. Individual states have enacted their own restrictions, primarily focused on children&#8217;s products. California prohibits the manufacture or sale of children&#8217;s jewelry with more than 300 parts per million (0.03%) of cadmium by weight.
Illinois, under the Cadmium-Safe Kids Act, bans children&#8217;s jewelry containing more than 75 ppm of cadmium in any paint, surface coating, or material that comes into contact with skin. Washington state sets a 40 ppm limit for children&#8217;s products and mandates reporting of high-concern chemicals.
Cadmium exposure primarily occurs through ingestion rather than skin absorption. The CDC estimates that only about 0.5% is absorbed dermally. Risks increase when individuals handle the jewelry and then touch their mouth or food. 
The metal can also enter the environment through burning coal, household waste, and industrial processes. While low levels occur naturally in some foods such as shellfish, additional sources of exposure include cigarette smoke and proximity to industrial facilities.
Health effects associated with cadmium poisoning include kidney damage, osteoporosis, liver damage, lung <a href="https://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/causes-prevention/risk/substances/cadmium">cancer</a>, and other respiratory problems. Experts describe it as one of the most potent toxic metals. 
Christer Hogstrand, professor of molecular ecotoxicology at King’s College London, stated that cadmium is more dangerous than mercury in terms of overall toxicity and advised minimizing any exposure. Earrings present particular concern if inserted into pierced or damaged skin.
Previous examinations have documented similar issues. In 2018, testing by the Center for Environmental Health found jewelry at Ross and Nordstrom Rack containing at least 40% cadmium, with most samples exceeding 90%. This year, the U.K.’s Office for Product Safety and Standards intercepted and destroyed Amazon jewelry shipments with excessive cadmium levels at the border.
The Sunday Times investigation did not publish a full list of affected products but highlighted the prevalence of such items on major online platforms. Cadmium’s presence in consumer goods sold as affordable fashion accessories raises questions about supply chain oversight for imported jewelry.
The findings arrive amid larger criticism of heavy metals in everyday products. While direct skin contact is generally considered low risk for short-term exposure, cumulative contact and accidental ingestion remain a concern for public health authorities.

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Even if you&#8217;ve never seen &#8220;The Boys,&#8221; you’ve probably come across the face of Anthony Starr as Homelander, an evil parody of Superman. He gave us one last meme this past week as Amazon’s superhero series reached its conclusion after five seasons. In the climactic confrontation between the antihero Billy Butcher and Homelander, Homelander is stripped of his powers, exposed as a fraud on live television, and forced to grovel on his knees for his life — a plea that is not granted.
After his gruesome demise, is righteous order restored to the land? No. In a subsequent scene, the antihero Billy Butcher is murdered by another cynical comrade who once fought side by side with Billy in their rebellion. Fans of the show complained about its unsatisfactory ending, but this sense of emptiness and the nagging feeling of despair that linger even after the story has ended are actually the most appropriate feelings for the postmodern ideology on which this series was built.
&#8220;The Boys&#8221; is a textbook “deconstruct the superhero myth” trope, and it is far from being new or edgy. Arguably, the original and greatest of superhero-deconstruction stories was Alan Moore’s &#8220;Watchmen&#8221; comic book series, which debuted in 1986. In that same year, Frank Miller’s &#8220;The Dark Knight Returns&#8221; portrayed Superman as a dopey stooge for an evil President Ronald Reagan. The original source material for &#8220;The Boys&#8221; series was a comic book series that debuted in 2006.
All of these stories are motivated by the same core ethos of postmodern thought: the suspicion of power. Power corrupts, institutions lie, and every grand story you’ve been told about what’s “good and evil” is just propaganda written by the “oppressor” — this has been the “anti-story” of pop-culture postmodernism over the past 40 years. In this anti-story, there are no true virtuous heroes. The new “hero” is the anti-hero who exposes the lies, rages against the machine, and takes down the powerful.
The pitch is seductive because it isn&#8217;t entirely wrong. Power can, and often does, corrupt. Institutions regularly betray our trust. The heroes you once thought were Superman — whether it was a teacher, parent, pastor, or politician — can have moral failures. There really are Homelanders out there.
But here&#8217;s where &#8220;The Boys,&#8221; and the worldview it dramatizes, runs out of road.
What do you do after you expose Homelander? Now what? 
Who leads the rebuilding efforts after the ruin? Who flies into the burning building tomorrow? Who do the kids on the playground want to be when they grow up? The show has no answer because the worldview underneath it has no answer. 
Long before postmodernism moved into the pop culture mainstream, C.S. Lewis understood that the ideologies of deconstruction — whether Marxist, postmodern, or what many might call “wokism” today — ultimately fail. Lewis argued that we can only know a crooked line because we’ve seen a straight line, and being stuck trying to “see through” everything forever without ever seeing to something better was only a form of blindness. 
Deconstruction, treated as the only noble act, can never have a satisfactory ending. Why? Because it only knows that it should be against something; it is always in rebellion, always trying to expose and tear down. If you believe hierarchies are inherently oppressive, your rebellion never ends. There can never be an end like J.R.R. Tolkien’s &#8220;The Return of the King,&#8221; where a just and righteous king restores order to the land. You never get that original &#8220;Star Wars&#8221; trilogy moment when darkness is dispelled and the light redeems a fallen republic. 
The award-winning writer David Foster Wallace was well acquainted with the “patricidal” nature of the postmodern anti-story. He called living in this state of perpetual cynicism and deconstruction being stuck as a “third-world rebel.” The “third-world rebel” is permanently in opposition, permanently tearing down, and permanently incapable of building.
We’ve been stuck in this cultural anti-story for 40 years, and it is why so many people in our cultural moment feel exhausted without being able to name why. They&#8217;ve been handed an anti-story to live in that has only a critical mode. It can spot the lie in every institution, the power play behind every story, the manipulation in every appeal to virtue — and then it stands there in the rubble with nothing to offer. No next steps to a positive reconstruction. No vision of the good worth aspiring toward.
The good news is that something has begun to shift in our culture. People are tired of the endless cynicism and the perpetual rebellion sold to them as “progress.” Hopefully, &#8220;The Boys&#8221; finale is the last we see of the “deconstruct the superhero myth” genre for a long time. We’re ready for positive reconstruction and cultural renewal. 
But to get there, we have to be willing to take the risk of hope and faith again. We need to recover and retell stories of virtuous heroes, sacrificial saviors, and ordinary men and women who walk the path of light. We need more than just a Homelander to rail against; we need a Superman to aspire to.
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Paul Anleitner is a cultural theologian whose work focuses on the role of culture and story in our quest for meaning. He is the author of “Based on a True Story: Vibe Shifts, the End of Deconstruction, and the Reboot of Meaning.”

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Amazon tycoon Jeff Bezos blasted New York City’s socialist mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday, saying that if the corporate giant operated like the Big Apple’s broken public school system, customers wouldn&#8217;t see their packages for well over a month.
In a scathing <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/20/cnbc-exclusive-transcript-jeff-bezos-speaks-with-cnbcs-andrew-ross-sorkin-on-squawk-box-today-.html">televised sit-down</a> on CNBC, the high-flying billionaire unloaded on Mamdani over a record-breaking $44 billion education budget that has yielded nothing but abysmal returns. Bezos slammed the city for blowing an astronomical $44,000 annually per student — outspending rivals like Los Angeles and Chicago by roughly 30% — even as student numbers plunge and exam performance craters.
&#8220;If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system &#8230; your packages would take six weeks to arrive,&#8221; the e-commerce kingpin told anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin from a Blue Origin factory floor. &#8220;We’d have to charge you a $100 delivery fee. And then when the package did finally arrive, it’d have the wrong item in it anyway.&#8221;
The tech titan, boasting a jaw-dropping $269 billion net worth, hit back hard at Mamdani&#8217;s obsession with soaking the rich. Bezos insisted that doubling his own hefty tax bill would do absolutely nothing to support frontline educators, because the massive mountain of cash is swallowed whole by a bloated, management-heavy bureaucracy.
&#8220;None of this money is getting to the teachers, I promise you,&#8221; Bezos said, targeting the army of middle managers choking the system.
Mamdani couldn&#8217;t wait to clap back, taking to X to snap: &#8220;I know a few teachers in Queens who would beg to differ.&#8221;
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I know a few teachers in Queens who would beg to differ. <a href="https://t.co/JEnRnM2xII">https://t.co/JEnRnM2xII</a>
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The fiery clash erupted shortly after the Bezos Family Foundation <a href="https://nypost.com/2026/05/20/us-news/jeff-bezos-torches-mamdani-for-pouring-43b-into-mismanaged-nyc-schools/">pledged</a> up to $150 million toward early childhood programs across Gotham via a massive anti-poverty endowment. Meanwhile, the struggling mayor has managed to scrape together a pitiful $3.5 million toward his own heavily hyped $20 million childcare fund.
The 62-year-old mogul, who was raised by a teenage mother and a young Cuban immigrant, argued that clueless politicians constantly look to manufacture wealthy villains instead of fixing real operational messes. Rather than finger-pointing, Bezos urged leaders to look at systemic tax reform. His pitch? Wipe out the tax bills entirely for lower-income working-class families, including struggling local nurses.
&#8220;When people are starting out and they’re struggling, stop taxing them. We don’t need it,&#8221; Bezos concluded. &#8220;I don’t want to reduce it; I want to eliminate it.&#8221;

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Amazon recently announced that it&#8217;s one step closer to finding the next Agent 007.
“The search for the next James Bond is underway. While we don’t plan to comment on specific details during the casting process, we’re excited to share more news with 007 fans as soon as the time is right,” Amazon MGM Studios said in a statement, per the James Bond X account.
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The comments were filled with suggestions.
“The only person playing Bond should be someone you haven&#8217;t heard of, but also someone who has the charm and wit of Pierce Brosnan,” one person <a href="https://x.com/RajeezusBackup/status/2055025794481819728">wrote</a>.
“I would be extremely excited if Amazon wasn’t involved. I think it’s going to be milked for every penny like Disney did to Star Wars. I’m hoping I’m proven wrong. I’m hoping the quality remains high,” another person <a href="https://x.com/ItsMeChalks/status/2055226174045893034">agreed</a>.
Many of the commenters suggested Henry Cavill or Tom Hiddleston. The thread was filled with various names as fans suggested Amazon put out the statement because it was sick of being asked about who would play Bond next.
Former producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli surprised fans in 2025 when they announced they would step back from the James Bond franchise and give creative control to Amazon, as The Daily Wire previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/amazon-promises-fresh-exotic-new-chapter-for-james-bond-franchise">reported</a>.
The company purchased MGM for $8.5 billion in 2022 and, in doing so, acquired the rights to distribute all “James Bond” projects. But before now, Wilson and Broccoli had maintained creative control.
The role was last played by Daniel Craig, who retired from the franchise after “No Time To Die” in 2021. There has been a lot of speculation about who would be the next Agent 007, but now, with Amazon leading the charge, anything can happen.
“I think [the next James Bond] will be a man because I don’t think a woman should play James Bond,” Broccoli said in 2021. “I believe in making characters for women and not just having women play men’s roles.”
“I don’t think there are enough great roles for women, and it’s very important to me that we make movies for women about women,” she added. “He should be British, so British can be any [ethnicity or race].”

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Amazon apparently decided Americans should never have to leave the house again.
The company is now <a href="https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/retail/amazon-now-30-minute-delivery">testing</a> a new delivery service that can reportedly get products to your front door in around 30 minutes. So, the days of realizing you forgot toothpaste, paper towels, coffee creamer, or phone chargers may officially be over.
At this point, Amazon isn’t competing with stores anymore. It’s competing with your ability to put on shoes and drive somewhere yourself.
The new service, called “Amazon Now,” is beginning to roll out in several major cities across the country, with more locations expected to follow. Customers will be able to order everything from groceries and snacks to electronics and household items through the ultra-fast system.
The idea behind it is simple: instead of shipping products from giant warehouses far outside city limits, Amazon is relying on smaller local hubs positioned much closer to neighborhoods and downtown areas.
That dramatically cuts delivery times and lets drivers move orders almost immediately after they’re placed.
Translation? Your impulse buys may soon arrive before you even regret making them.
The rollout is part of Amazon’s growing obsession with speed as the company keeps pouring money into faster shipping, AI-powered logistics systems, and even drone technology designed to bypass traffic altogether.
And yes, people are absolutely going to use this for ridiculous things.
Forgot hamburger buns right before the cookout starts? Amazon.
Need deodorant before a date? Amazon.
Realized five minutes before bedtime that the kids are out of toothpaste? Amazon.
The company says Prime customers will pay a small added fee for the rapid delivery option, while non-members will pay more.
Amazon has spent years training people to expect packages almost instantly. Now it’s pushing even further into a world where “I’ll just order it” becomes faster than making a store run yourself.
Honestly, we’re about two steps away from Amazon delivering things before people even realize they need them.

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Amazon MGM Studios made a big promise to keep putting out theatrical releases in the wake of “Project Hail Mary” dominating the box office last month.
The announcement came from the main stage at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Wednesday night, as Deadline <a href="https://deadline.com/2026/04/mike-hopkins-amazon-mgm-theatrical-cinemacon-1236862584/">reported</a>, with Amazon promising to drop $1 billion annually on bringing movies to the big screen.
“While some of our competitors have dipped their toes in and out of the theatrical waters, for us, this isn’t a test or an experiment. Our commitment to release at least 15 films every year into your theaters is on schedule,” studio head Mike Hopkins said, taking a not-so-subtle dig at other streaming platforms that are in the movie business. 
“As I say to our team constantly, our ambition for theatrical film is in the top half of the first inning. Project Hail Mary is just the beginning,” he added.
“Project Hail Mary” was touted as a proof of concept, with the creative team, filmmakers Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and star Ryan Gosling, who plays the lead character, appearing on stage.
“Hail Mary” just crossed $525 million at the global box office, making it the company&#8217;s most successful movie ever.
Amazon MGM&#8217;s head of domestic theatrical distribution Kevin Wilson said the future was bright. 
“Last year we introduced a slate built to make audiences lean in. A mix of bold originals and iconic IP. That is who we are. And since then, we’ve delivered results,” the exec added from the stage. 
“Four months. Four films. Over $670 million at the box office. And we have nine more on the way. We said 15 films by 2027 — and we meant it. But this is not about volume. It is about impact. We are building films that give audiences a reason to leave the house. Films with scale. Ambition. Something to say.”
“That expertise is now applied with a singular focus: not just releasing films, but championing each one with the care, rigor, and creativity it deserves,” Amazon MGM’s Head of Global Marketing Susan Kroll said. “And now, we have the ability to pair that foundation with something entirely unique — the full power and reach of Amazon.”
The company also teased upcoming projects, including “The Sheep Detectives” and the highly anticipated sequel “Spaceballs 2.”

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“Project Hail Mary” is the hottest ticket in town, and it’s got the receipts to prove it.
The Ryan Gosling-led film about a middle school science teacher sent to outer space to save humanity is breaking records right and left. “Project Hail Mary” raked in $80.5 million domestically and more than $140 million worldwide during its opening weekend, making the biggest opening ever for Amazon MGM.
The incredible reviews and word of mouth recommendations helped the film, which is based on Andy Weir’s novel of the same name, outperform high expectations. Currently, the movie has a 95% critic’s rating and 96% audience score on review aggregator <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/project_hail_mary">Rotten Tomatoes</a>.
Fans are especially excited that the non-franchise film is heartwarming, family friendly, smart, non-woke, original, and reminiscent of how movies used to be.
Amazon MGM took a real gamble on this one, building physical sets and using a real rock-shaped puppet rather than relying on green screens and CGI to create the look and feel. This all meant spending a <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/drew-goddard-project-hail-mary-high-potential-1236540318/#:~:text=Project%20Hail%20Mary%20came%20with,down%20swinging%20with%20this%20movie.%E2%80%9D">reported</a> $248 million, the most on any of the studio’s films to date. But it was worth it and audiences are responding to that authenticity in a big way.
“Project Hail Mary” was the first live-action project in 12 years for directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who were famously fired from the “Star Wars” spinoff “Solo.”
“It did seem like a crazy idea to make a movie with the hunkiest actor of his generation and a rock puppet,” Lord <a href="https://www.audacy.com/kcbsradio/entertainment/ap-ent-film-project-hail-mary-1st-ld-writethru">said</a> in a joint interview with Miller. “I guess we’re interested in difficult things.”
Screenwriter Drew Goddard was nominated for an Oscar for his adaptation of Weir’s other sci-fi novel “The Martian” (2015).
Part of “Project Hail Mary” gaining so much traction so quickly comes from social media recommendations, which were going strong all weekend.
“Took the wife and kids to see Project Hail Mary. We all really enjoyed it,” Daily Wire podcast host Matt Walsh <a href="https://x.com/mattwalshblog/status/2035403288154120599?s=43">said</a> of the film. “Its greatest achievement is that it’s an actual family movie. Not too babyish for adults and not too grown up for the kids. Reminds me of the PG movies they used to make all the time in the 80s and 90s. Very much a spiritual descendent of ET. Maybe Hollywood will take the hint and start making real family films again.”

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A Super Bowl commercial that features Amazon’s Ring doorbell camera triggered tremendous backlash online, with many viewers worrying that it glorifies mass surveillance.
The &#8220;Be A Hero In Your Neighborhood&#8221; ad begins with a video of a young girl reunited with her dog before jumping to a fictionalized preview of when her family pet went missing. Ring founder Jamie Siminoff explains during the ad that 10 million dogs go missing every year. The clip then cuts into a montage featuring missing dog posters stapled to telephone poles.
The commercial then shows the family using &#8220;Search Party” from Ring, which “uses AI to help families find lost dogs.&#8221;
“Since launch, more than a dog a day has been reunited with their family,” Siminoff continues as a neighborhood of Ring doorbell cameras scans and analyzes the dogs wandering by. &#8220;Be a hero in your neighborhood with Search Party. Available to everyone, for free, right now.&#8221;
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Social media users quickly noted the possible downside of all doorbell cameras being used for surveillance. 
“This [Ring] camera commercial played at #SuperBowl is something out of a dystopian thriller. Who would ever install these cameras after this? CREEPY AF!” one person <a href="https://x.com/leovanstaden/status/2020932261399626205">replied</a>. 
&#8220;Y’all, this Ring Doorbell Camera commercial was creepy as can be. They are not even hiding it anymore,&#8221; another commenter <a href="https://x.com/SollyinTexas/status/2020726405164626421">wrote</a>.
A third commenter <a href="https://x.com/BridgetPhetasy/status/2020681374261264861">echoed</a>, &#8220;Ring search party is terrifying and what’s most terrifying is that we opted into this like f**king idiots.&#8221;
“This is a huge problem disguised as a solution,” one of the YouTube comments says.
Others pointed out how surveillance is already happening everywhere, and that users could easily opt out of the “Search Party” feature. Others dismissed the commercial as harmless.
“The ring doorbell commercial about finding lost dogs is by far the best part of this entire Super Bowl. Well done Ring and Amazon,” one person <a href="https://x.com/ErlingStu/status/2020682280771977578">wrote</a>. 
Super Bowl LX took place on Sunday, February 8, and resulted in the Seattle Seahawks dominating the New England Patriots 29-13. There was a lot of controversy over Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny being selected to headline the halftime show despite not having any songs in English. 
TPUSA announced an alternative musical performance, The All-American Halftime Show, which aired at the same time as Bad Bunny’s set. The event, headlined by Kid Rock, attracted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/millions-tune-in-for-tpusa-all-american-halftime-show-during-super-bowl">millions of viewers</a> who watched it live on multiple streaming platforms.

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