Innholdsfortegnelse for 10/30/2020 i Newsweek International

1992  Madonna’s career—marked from its inception by scandalous artistic choices and a lust for the limelight—continued with the joint release of the album Erotica and a coffee table book entitled Sex. Newsweek reported that “Dismissive reviews, splashed across the tabloids like news of Pearl Harbor, couldn’t stop the ambush.” Topping The New York Times best seller list, Sex sold 150,000 copies on the day of its release. Now, 28 years later, the star announced another surprise endeavor: She’s directing a film about her own life and career and co-writing the script with Oscar-winning writer Diablo Cody. 1970 Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, leader of “one of the world’s most placid democracies,” made a “crucial experiment: meeting terror with toughness,” Newsweek reported, by invoking the War Measures Act in response to a…

“WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT RACE,” PHIL VISCHER says in a video posted June 14 on YouTube. The evangelical creator of VeggieTales, a children’s show that tells Bible stories using animated vegetables with names like Junior Asparagus and Pa Grape, tells viewers that Black households have one-tenth the wealth as white ones and delves into the history of Jim Crow laws, the “war on drugs” and “militarized police.” He talks about news media that scares Americans with images of Black criminals and teachers who favor white kids due to their “unconscious bias.” Call Vischer the tip of the spear of what critics call a “woke” Christian movement whose members have not only embraced the language of the left but also its chief goal of defeating Donald Trump in the upcoming…

THE BEST (CYBER) DEFENSE IS A GOOD (CYBER) OFFENSE by Jamil N. Jaffer WE ARE AT WAR IN CYBERSPACE. WHILE lawyers might quibble about the definitions of armed attacks, the fact of the matter is that, for around a decade, we’ve been in a series of consistent—albeit small-scale—conflicts in cyberspace. They have intensified recently, particularly since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and have had a massive impact on the American public and private sectors. Standing alone, cyber-enabled economic warfare conducted by China drains the American private sector of billions of dollars a year, with total damages estimated in the trillions. Former NSA Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander described this concerted effort as “the greatest transfer of wealth in human history.” Even worse, in the last six years alone, we’ve…

01 Peace Tower Ottawa, Canada Rather than appear scary or intimidating, these four gargoyles jutting out from the Peace Tower in the middle of Parliament Hill are carved in the likeness of a man with his hands together. The tower serves as a memorial to the men and women who have given their lives fighting for Canada. 02 National Cathedral Washington, D.C. Luke’s father has peered over the side of the otherwise classic cathedral since the 1980s. The carving of the villainous Darth Vader was the third-place winner in a contest for children during the cathedral’s 83-year construction. Others among its 112 gargoyles include a bear representing the symbol of Missouri and one carved in the likeness of a New York City corporate executive. 03 Biltmore Estate…

MICHAEL STRAHAN IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE BUSIEST PEOPLE ON TELEVISION at the moment. In addition to his daily gig as one of the hosts of ABC’s Good Morning America, he’s also a contributor to FOX Sports and hosts ABC’s reboot of the game show The $100,000 Pyramid, one of his “favorite shows to film because it doesn’t feel like a job...it’s a great time.” If all that doesn’t keep him busy enough, he also has his popular athleisure clothing line, MSX by Michael Strahan, which recently expanded to include affordable, official NFL-licensed items. Before he moved to TV, Strahan spent 15 years as a defensive end for the New York Giants. He said the transition wasn’t “easy,” but that he looked to his idols like Michael Jordan and Magic…