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Folded into the cozy slide-show vibe of Magnason’s home videos and the carefully chosen archival footage, the movie plays like a scrapbook portrait in which home just happens to boast the grandest of backyards.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

The company will add two directors chosen by Chip Wilson, who has agreed to stop criticizing it for 18 months.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

Since Musk's takeover some companies have also chosen to leave the platform in what's been termed "the great X-odus".

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

In the movie, Blunt plays Margaret Fairchild, a TV meteorologist chosen by extraterrestrials as the human through whom they communicate—“the last person on earth that you’d imagine would be destined for this task,” Blunt says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

By what unlucky chance was he their chosen savior when all he could do was let them down?

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda