What to stream this weekend: Conan OโBrien travels, 'Migration' soars and Taylor Swift reigns
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include Taylor Swift's eagerly anticipated album โThe Tortured Poets Department,โ a family of ducks is coaxed into flying south for the winter in the kid-friendly animated movie โMigrationโ and Conan OโBrien makes himself the brunt of jokes in his new travel show โConan OโBrien Must Goโ for Max.
What to stream this week: Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, 'Greyโs Anatomy' and MLB The Show 24
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include albums from Justin Timberlake and Kacey Musgraves, the launch of season 20 of โGreyโs Anatomyโ and Taylor Swiftโs concert film โThe Eras Tourโ landing on Disney+.
What to stream this weekend: Jason Momoa roaming, Green Day rocking and 'Fast X' exploding
This weekโs new streaming entertainment releases include albums from indie rock heroes Sleater-Kinney and the pop-punk trio Green Day, the Finnish romantic comedy โFallen Leaves,โ and the big, fun action movie โFast Xโ racing to Prime Video.
Alaska Airlines' decision not to ground Boeing jet despite warning signs comes under scrutiny
The decision by Alaska Airlines to stop flying one of its planes over the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii due to warnings from a cabin-pressurization system โ yet keep flying it over land โ is raising questions about whether the jet should have been in the air at all.
New this week: 'Me Time,' DJ Khaled and Sylvester Stallone
This weekโs new entertainment releases include fresh music from DJ Khaled and his celebrity pals, an HBO documentary about the unending toll Hurricane Katrina had on New Orleans' children and a film starring Sylvester Stallone as an aged superhero.
New this week: 'Sex and the City,' Juice Wrld and Will Smith
This weekโs new entertainment releases include a double album from Alicia Keys and a posthumous one from Juice Wrld, Sandra Bullock playing an ex-con in the Netflix film โThe Unforgivableโ and Will Smith testing himself in a wildlife documentary series.
New this week: 'No Sudden Move' and 'The Tomorrow War'
This weekโs new entertainment releases include documentaries about celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck and another on a landmark 1969 Harlem concert series known as โBlack Woodstockโ that featured Nina Simone, Stevie Wonder, Sly and the Family Stone.
Asian shares mixed on China rebound, pandemic worries
Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as data showed a strong economic recovery in China but worries lingered about the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)TOKYO โ Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as pointed to a strong economic recovery in China but worries lingered about the coronavirus pandemic. A survey released Wednesday shows Chinaโs factory activity rebounded in March from a three-month slowdown as export orders rose. U.S. stock indexes fell as another swell higher for Treasury yields pressured big technology stocks. AdHealth care stocks also dragged shares lower, outweighing gains by banks, industrial stocks and companies that rely on consumer spending.
Southwest Airlines orders 100 Boeing 737 Max planes
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, a worker uses a flashlight to inspect an engine on a Boeing 737 Max 8 built for Southwest Airlines at Renton Municipal Airport in Renton, Wash. On Monday, mach 29, 2021, Southwest said it's expanding its all-Boeing fleet with an order for 100 737 MAX airplanes. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)NEW YORK โ Southwest Airlines said Monday it is expanding its all-Boeing fleet with an order for 100 Max jets instead of buying planes from Europe's Airbus. Southwest ordered the 150-seat 737 Max 7 and expects the first 30 to show up next year. AdCombined with past orders, Chicago-based Boeing is in line to build more than 600 Max 7 and Max 8 jets for Southwest through 2031. American and United had already resumed Max flights, and Alaska Airlines began using the plane too.
Hamilton holds off Verstappen to win tense F1 season-opener
(AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)SAKHIR โ World champion Lewis Hamilton just managed to hold off Max Verstappen to win the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix and clinch the 96th Formula One win of his career on Sunday. The race was effectively decided when Verstappen overtook Hamilton on Lap 53 of 56 but went too wide on a turn and off track limits. He was told by his team to give Hamilton the position back, as he risked a time penalty. Verstappen still had a few laps to catch Hamilton and he almost did, finishing just .74 seconds behind the Mercedes driver. Verstappen took a superb pole position on Saturday, the fourth of his career, and started immediately ahead of Hamilton under floodlights at the desert track.
New this Week: 'Tina,' 'Runaway Bunny' & 'City on a Hill'
This combination of photos shows key art for "The Runaway Bunny," premiering March 25 on HBO Max, left, "Tina," a documentary about Tina Turner premiering March 27 on HBO Max, center, and "City on a Hill," a new series premiering March 28 on Showtime. He has grasped, at least for a proud man like Anthony, how oneโs ego keeps fighting a battle it doesnโt know is already lost.โAdโ In Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin's revealing documentary โTina,โ Tina Turner surveys her tumultuous and extraordinary life. The film, which debuts Saturday on HBO and HBO Max, includes intimate interviews with the 81-year-old โQueen of Rock โnโ Roll," along with previously unseen footage, audio tapes and personal photos. The piercing Romanian documentary โCollectiveโ was nominated for both best documentary and best international film โ something only one previous film ( "Honeyland," in 2020) โ has ever managed to do. Adโ AP Film Writer Jake CoyleMUSICโ Carrie Underwoodโs upcoming album features gospel hymns important to the "American Idol" winner.
Families of Boeing crash victims renew push for FAA changes
FAA Administrator Stephen Dickson has personally vouched for the plane's safety. A military and airline pilot before heading FAA, Dickson flew a Max in September. Boeing says Max jets have made 9,000 flights for 14 airlines without incident since returning to service late last year. Joe Jacobsen told the family that FAA delegated the review of most aspects of the flight system to a small number of Boeing engineers. The company admitted that two former test pilots hid information about changes to MCAS from the FAA.
Boeing posts $8.4 billion loss on weaker demand for planes
Boeing said Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, it lost $8.4 billion in the fourth quarter on weaker demand for planes during the pandemic. However, the biggest piece of the fourth-quarter loss reported Wednesday was a pretax charge of $6.5 billion tied to its newest plane, the bigger 777X. It all added up to a record full-year loss of $11.94 billion. Boeing lost $14.65 per share, much worse than the $1.64 per share loss that Wall Street expected, according to a FactSet survey. Besides the 777X write-down, Boeing took several other charges including $744 million for the Max settlement with the Justice Department.
Boeing deliveries drop despite 737 Max's return to flight
FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020 file photo, workers stand near a Boeing 737 Max airplane parked at Renton Municipal Airport next to the Boeing assembly facility in Renton, Wash., where 737 Max airplanes are made. Boeing finished 2020 with 157 deliveries, including planes handed over to cargo airlines and military customers. Boeing delivered 39 planes in December, including 27 Maxes, of which 10 went to American Airlines and eight to United Airlines. However, Boeing delivered none of its larger 787 jets as it worked to fix manufacturing problems where sections are the fuselage come together. ___This story has been updated to correct that Boeing delivered 27 Max planes in December, not 28.
Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle charge over 737 Max
FILE - In this Monday, June 29, 2020, file photo, A Boeing 737 MAX jet taxis after landing at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle. Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle a criminal charge related to its troubled 737 Max jetliner. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)Boeing will pay $2.5 billion to settle a Justice Department investigation and admit that employees misled regulators about the safety of its 737 Max aircraft, which suffered two deadly crashes shortly after entering airline service. The first airlines began flying the 737 Max in mid-2017. Boeing said in a regulatory filing that it will take a $743.6 million charge against earnings because of the settlement.
Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight
The American Airlines flight is scheduled to land at New Yorks LaGuardia Airport with about 100 passengers aboard, according to an airline spokeswoman. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the planeโs first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes. American flight 718 carried 87 passengers on the 172-seat plane, and the return flight from LaGuardia Airport to Miami International Airport held 151 passengers, according to an airline spokeswoman. Brazil's Gol airlines operated the first passenger flight with a revamped Max on Dec. 9. Some relatives of people who died in the second crash, a Max operated by Ethiopian Airlines, contend that the plane is still unsafe.
'Wonder Woman 1984' debuts with pandemic-best $16.7M
This image released by Warner Bros. Entertainment shows Gal Gadot in a scene from "Wonder Woman 1984." โWonder Woman 1984โ grossed an additional $19.4 million in international markets where it began playing a week earlier. But WarnerMedia is counting on โWonder Woman 1984โ to matter more to HBO Max, which wobbled in its initial rollout. Warner Bros. nevertheless seized on the returns for โWonder Woman 1984โ as the best as could be expected, given the circumstances. Streaming numbers weren't provided for โSoulโ or โWonder Woman 1984.โ WarnerMedia said nearly half of HBO Maxโs subscribers watched โWonder Woman 1984โ on its first day on the streaming platform, though it didn't say how long constituted a watch.
Boeing 737 Max back in air 2 years after grounded by crashes
A Gol Airlines Boeing 737 Max plane approaches to land at the international airport in Guarulhos, near Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. (AP Photo/Andre Penner)RIO DE JANEIRO โ Commercial flights with Boeing 737 Max jetliners resumed Wednesday for the first time since they were grounded worldwide following two deadly accidents nearly two years ago. Gol, the countryโs largest airline with 36 million passengers annually, owns seven 737 Max aircraft, according to Cirium. The Boeing plane was grounded globally in March 2019, shortly after a 737 Max crashed in Ethiopia.
Waiting for passengers, American puts Boeing Max in the air
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet plane is prepared for to fly from Dallas Fort Worth airport in Grapevine, Texas, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. American Airlines took its long-grounded Boeing 737 Max jets out of storage, updating key flight-control software, and flying the planes in preparation for the first flights with paying passengers later this month. โI'm really disgusted by the whole thing and the fact that American Airlines would pay for that. It's not responsible for them to put you on this flight.โChicago-based Boeing said Wednesday it has flown more than 1,400 test flights on updated Max planes. Regulators in Europe and Brazil have cleared a path for their airlines to resume Max flights in a few weeks.
European regulator moves to clear Boeing 737 for flight
BERLIN โ European regulators on Tuesday took a step closer to letting the Boeing 737 Max fly again, publishing a proposed airworthiness directive that could see the aircraft cleared within weeks after being grounded for nearly two years over deadly crashes. The publication of the directive by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency opens a 28-day public consultation period after which the agency will review the input and then approve the aircraft for flight. That happened less than five months after another Max flown by Indonesiaโs Lion Air plunged into the Java Sea. The move by the EASA, which is based in Cologne, Germany, comes after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration already cleared the Boeing 737 Max earlier this month. The European directive requires the same changes as those mandated by the FAA, so there will be no software or technical differences between jets operated by American or European carriers.
'Wonder Woman 1984' to debut in theaters and on HBO Max
โWonder Woman 1984โ isnโt skipping theaters or moving to 2021, but it is altering course. After the first month for free on HBO Max, โWonder Woman 1984โ will play in theaters for an additional few weeks before being made available for rental on demand. Warner Bros. also sent its next big film, โThe Witchesโ straight to HBO Max, which parent company Warner Media launched earlier this year. โWonder Woman 1984โ is a major tentpole for Warner Bros. Is it possible for that to happen again this Christmas with Wonder Woman 1984 between theaters and HBO Max?โ Killar wrote Wednesday.
Boeing Max cleared for takeoff, 2 years after deadly crashes
(AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)After nearly two years and a pair of deadly crashes, the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has cleared Boeingโs 737 Max for flight. The nationโs air safety agency announced the move early Wednesday, saying it was done after a โcomprehensive and methodicalโ 20-month review process. U.S. airlines will fly the Max once Boeing updates critical software and computers and pilots receive training in flight simulators. The FAA says the order was made in cooperation with air safety regulators worldwide. Anton Sahadi, who lives in Jakarta, Indonesia, and lost two brothers in the Lion Air crash, said it's too early for the Max to fly again.
Deeper job cuts at Boeing as pandemic throttles air travel
Boeing said Wednesday that it will cut 7,000 more jobs as it continues to bleed money during a pandemic that has smothered demand for new airline planes. Boeing Co. outlined the job cuts on the same day it reported a $449 million loss for the third quarter, a swing from the $1.17 billion it earned in the same period last year. Thursday marks the second anniversary of the crash of a Lion Air 737 Max off the coast of Indonesia. With customers in no mood to buy expensive new planes, Boeing expects to keep burning cash. The Max was Boeingโs best-selling plane, but now the company has 450 in storage that it canโt deliver.
Panel's report blasts Boeing, FAA for crashes, seeks reforms
But both the agency and Boeing have said certification of the Max complied with FAA regulations, the 246-page report said. He said the committee won't scrap the delegation program, and he hopes to reach agreement on reforms before year's end. Committee investigators said they found several instances in which Boeing concealed information about MCAS from the FAA and airlines. But there was no evidence that they reported this to the FAA, the report said. According to the report, Boeing wanted to keep details about MCAS from the FAA so it wouldn't require additional pilot training.
Regulators to examine pilot training for Boeing 737 Max jets
Aviation regulators and pilots from several countries will begin next week reviewing Boeingโs proposal for training pilots to fly the revamped 737 Max, a sign that the grounded plane is moving closer to returning to service. The Federal Aviation Administration said Friday that the review will start Monday at Londonโs Gatwick Airport and last about nine days. The review will include aviation officials and pilots from the United States, Canada, Brazil and the European Union. A spokesman for Chicago-based Boeing said the company expects to win regulatory approval to resume shipping new Max jets in the fourth quarter. Earlier Friday, Europeโs flight safety authority said the first flight tests for the Max were completed.
Selena Gomez takes the heat in new cooking show
Selena Gomez is taking the heat in the kitchen. The singer-actress slices and dices in Selena + Chef, debuting Aug. 13 on the new HBO Max streaming service. There was no one off-camera perfectly prepping the ingredients and Gomez didn't glam up her clothing or makeup while chopping and stirring. Remote cameras set up in her kitchen captured Gomez's mishaps that include flames in the oven and squirting juices. Gomez learned to use a wet towel to adjust the shape and position on the plate of a classic French omelette.
Troubles abound, Boeing losses bloom to $2.4 billion in 2Q
Boeing lost $2.4 billion in the second quarter and the company will slow production and cut more jobs as demand for commercial aircraft shrinks during the coronavirus pandemic. Aircraft lessor AerCap said Wednesday that it canceled orders for 15 Max jets; it still has 80 on order. The second-quarter loss included write-downs for production slowdowns, severance payments and temporary closures because of virus outbreaks in Boeing factories. It compared with a loss of $2.94 billion in the same quarter last year, when Boeing took a $5.6 billion charge to cover compensation it owes airlines for the Max grounding. Revenue fell to $11.81 billion, down from $15.75 billion a year earlier.
Dog park with drinks for owners in works in West Michigan
PLAINFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. A cold one while Max chases his buddies? An indoor dog park is in the works near Grand Rapids. The Plainfield Township Board recently voted to give a liquor license to The Pack Indoor Dog Park, WOOD-TV reported. The recommendation now goes to the Michigan Liquor Control Commission. Address: 5205 West River Dr NE, Comstock Park, Michigan 49321
Coronavirus impact saps AT&T revenue; 3M sign-ups at HBO Max
AT&T Inc. on Thursday said the coronavirus sapped $2.8 billion from its revenue, mostly in its WarnerMedia TV and film division. WarnerMedia revenue fell 23% to $6.8 billion due to a pullback by TV advertisers, particularly as there were no live sports, and movie theaters closed. The company is hoping to navigate the shift to online video with its HBO Max service, which launched in late May. There are 36.3 million U.S. subscribers to HBO Max or HBO. The company said it had work to do to educate and motivate HBO customers that they could switch to HBO Max, which has more content.
NBC's video service Peacock stresses 'free,' looks to 2021
So now Peacock, which launches Wednesday, is hoping that blaring free in an ad campaign for the service will entice viewers wary of adding yet another video subscription to their stack, even in todays stay-at-home world. It has a free tier and a $5-a-month paid tier with more video. Disney Plus, Apple TV Plus, HBO Max and short-video service Quibi have all launched over the past year. As a Comcast internet customer, she could get Peacock for free, so she did. HBO Max did not reply to a question about its subscriber count since launch.
Too much TV? Enter HBO Max, the latest streaming wannabe
(Richard Termine/Sesame Workshop via AP)Is a pandemic the perfect time to launch a new and relatively expensive streaming service? The phone company is investing billions in HBO Max, its first big entertainment venture since it spent $85 billion for Time Warner in 2018. HBO Max costs $15, same as the HBO Now streaming service it's supposed to replace, with discounts after the launch limited to some AT&T customers. Disney launched Disney Plus and the sports-focused ESPN Plus and took control of Hulu from an industry joint venture. It's easy to prompt HBO Now users to switch to Max if they signed up directly through HBO, and many big cable companies have agreed to promote HBO Max to their existing HBO customers.
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Grounded Boeing jet hits another pothole in path to return
Boeing says it is in the final stages of making fixes to the Max, which has been grounded eight months after two crashes that killed 346 people. The CEO of American Airlines, a major Boeing customer, said he is growing more confident that the Max will soon be approved to fly again. Boeing assumed that pilots would use longstanding procedures for handling a nose-down pitch of the plane even if they didn't know what caused it. Meanwhile, American Airlines CEO Doug Parker said nothing is certain about the Max's return, "but we feel a lot better about the fact that indeed the aircraft is going to get certified sometime in the near future. Parker said at an investor conference in Chicago that he based his prediction on discussions American has held with Boeing and the FAA.
Boeing chairman says CEO won't get bonus until Max flies
Boeings new chairman gave Muilenburg a vote of confidence Tuesday , Nov. 5, and said the chief executive is giving up any bonus this year. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)Boeing's new chairman gave embattled CEO Dennis Muilenburg a vote of confidence Tuesday and said the chief executive is giving up any bonus this year. David Calhoun said the Boeing board believes Muilenburg "has done everything right" and is positioning the Chicago company to return the 737 Max to service after two accidents killed 346 people. Muilenburg's compensation last year was worth $23.4 million, including a $13.1 million bonus and $7.3 million in stock awards. Boeing has said recently that it expects the Federal Aviation Administration to approve its changes to the Max before year-end.
Boeing employee raised concern about design of Max system
Angry lawmakers bombarded the hearings' star witness, Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg, with questions and lectures. Boeing went ahead with the single-sensor design, with no backup to prevent MCAS from pushing the plane into a dive. At Wednesday's hearing, and one the previous day before the Senate Commerce Committee, lawmakers angrily blasted Boeing's CEO over the design and marketing of the Max. The Boeing CEO acknowledged that he knew before the second crash that a senior Boeing test pilot had raised concerns after trying MCAS in a flight simulator. However, Boeing didn't reduce the production rate until this April, when the grounding of the Max halted deliveries of new Max jets.
Dow sinks 200 points as Boeing's stock tanks
Scott Olson/Getty Images(CNN) - The Dow dropped some 200 points Friday, following a sharp drop in Boeing's shares. Boeing shares traded down 3.3%. The Dow dropped nearly 200 points, or 0.7%, while the broader S&P 500 was down 0.6%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite is 1.2% lower. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.
American expects 737 Max flights to return mid-January
(CNN) - American Airlines announced Wednesday that it is removing the Boeing 737 Max from its flight schedule until mid-January, an acknowledgment that the aviation industry does not expect the plane to carry passengers during the busy holiday travel season. "American expects to slowly phase in the MAX for commercial service and will increase flying on the aircraft throughout the month and into February," the airline said. "The FAA is following a thorough process, not a prescribed timeline, for returning the Boeing 737 Max to passenger service," the spokesman said. It is a setback for airlines that they will not have the 737 Max back in service in time for the busy holiday travel season. As they wait to increase capacity, they could use the 737 Max on some flights that are currently scheduled to have other equipment, such as the older, less fuel efficient 737-800.
'Sesame Street' heading to HBO Max in 2020
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for HBO(CNN) - "Sesame Street" is heading to WarnerMedia's new streaming service, HBO Max. Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind the series, will produce five new 35-episode seasons for HBO Max starting in spring of 2020, WarnerMedia announced Thursday. HBO Max will also air annual "Sesame Street" specials and four new related series including a late night TV talk show called "The Not Too Late Show with Elmo." HBO Max subscribers will also have access to the 50-year library of the show. This landmark deal perfectly illustrates the type of quality programming HBO Max will offer across every demographic."
Teen's underwater discovery helps solve 1992 missing persons case
Google MapsREVELSTOKE, Canada (CNN) - A curious 13-year-old boy discovered a vehicle in a lake in Canada last month, and helped solve the case of a woman who went missing 27 years ago. "We told him about the vehicle in the lake and said, 'why would they not have removed this car?'" Griffin Lake is right along the Trans-Canada Highway, and the RCMP believe the vehicle drove off the highway into the lake, CNN affiliate CTV reported. The Revelstoke RCMP did not immediately respond to a CNN call and email for comment. "That's good detective work on his part," Revelstoke RCMP Cpl.
United will allow passengers to avoid 737 Max flights
An American Airlines Boeing 737 Max 8, on a flight from Miami to New York City, comes in for landing at LaGuardia Airport on March 11, 2019, in the Queens borough of New York City. Boeing's stock dropped more than 12 percent at the open on(CNN) - United Airlines passengers fearful of boarding a Boeing 737 Max will be able to rebook flights for free once United starts flying the planes again. Nocella said it's probably too soon to tell what passenger reaction will be once the 737 Max returns to service. A spokesperson said that if a passenger does not want to fly the 737 Max, "we will offer them full flexibility." It's unclear when the 737 Max will return to the skies.
'Doctor Who' coming to HBO Max in 2020
BBCNEW YORK - HBO Max is hoping its latest library acquisition helps it "Exterminate!" On Thursday, WarnerMedia announced that all British cult favorite "Doctor Who" will be available on the streaming service when it launches in spring 2020. The deal will give HBO Max subscribers access to 11 seasons of "Doctor Who," beginning with the Ninth Doctor episodes that premiered in 2005. The addition of "Doctor Who" to the HBO Max library is part of a larger, long-term deal the service has made with BBC Studios. HBO Max's library of acquired content already includes shows like "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," "Pretty Little Liars" and "Friends."
United suspending route because of Boeing 737 Max grounding
From United Airlines(CNN) - The continued grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has forced United Airlines to suspend a route. United has 14 Boeing 737 Max 9 jets in its fleet. The Chicago to Leon route doesn't use a Boeing 737 Max, but a smaller regional jet called the Embraer 175. To make up for the loss of its 737 Max planes, United needs to reroute other aircraft to maintain service. American Airlines said it will take a $400 million profit hit because of the prolonged 737 Max grounding.