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A&E >  Movies

Movie review: ‘Challengers’ sizzles with bubbling ferocity

By the time Luca Guadagnino’s erotically charged tennis film “Challengers” reaches its breathless, sweaty, pulse-pounding and deeply satisfying climax, you’ll be reaching for a cigarette, so to speak. Rarely is a film so sensorially captivating, every element of cinema, including script, cinematography, editing, score and performance blending together to create such a fizzy, frenzied brew, a chemical reaction of rage and lust sizzling with bubbling ferocity.

A&E >  TV

What to stream: Dive into Guadagnino’s world of international cinematic intrigue

Italian director Luca Guadagnino has become an art house darling over the past 15 years, making films about desire, longing, relationships and identity that have resonated with audiences and catapulted his actors to superstardom. His latest film, “Challengers” is his biggest yet, starring Zendaya, Mike Faist and Josh O’Connor in a steamy tennis love triangle that plays out over the course of 13 years.
Sports >  Seattle Seahawks

Analysis: Predicting who Seahawks will take with their 7 NFL draft picks

Apr. 23—What will the 2024 draft look like for the Seahawks in the first year of the post-Pete Carroll era? We'll begin to find out when the first round gets under way Thursday night. Until it does, it's time to take one last guess at what the Seahawks could do — not just in the first round with the 16th overall pick, but with each of their seven selections. What follows is my choice at each ...
News >  Nation/World

FCC to reinstate net neutrality, but it’s not as easy as it once was

The Federal Communications Commission will vote to put the internet back under “net neutrality” regulation on Thursday, reprising Obama-era rules that prohibit internet service providers from discriminating against certain websites by throttling or blocking them. But the FCC has run into a hitch: how to define the “internet” in the year 2024.
Sports >  UW football

Commentary: The case for UW QB Michael Penix Jr. as a first-round NFL draft pick

On Monday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter wrote “there now is speculation Penix could go as high as No. 8 to the Falcons.” Sports Illustrated’s Albert Breer stated that the Las Vegas Raiders at No. 13 have been “marked by a few other teams as one to watch on Penix,” while adding there’s “some belief in league circles” the Seahawks could snag him at No. 16. But most mock drafts still slate the proven passer as a second-round pick, citing the same concern.
News >  Business

FTC chief says tech advancements risk health care price fixing

New technologies are making it easier for companies to fix prices and discriminate against individual consumers, the Biden administration’s top consumer watchdog said Tuesday. Algorithms make it possible for companies to fix prices without explicitly coordinating with one another, posing a new test for regulators policing the market, said Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission, ...