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Scarecrow romance debuts; Guz Khan’s Lapland Christmas; Philly’s windshield barnacle backlash; Brooks screens “Ella McCay”; Texas Tech rules spark academic freedom clash; Australia grows, no rate cuts
First look at Julia Donaldson’s new love story with scarecrows
Two devoted scarecrows plan the perfect wedding until a rival blows in to threaten everything. Even in a cornfield, love cannot resist a little melodrama. File under wholesome chaos, straw edition.
Guz Khan’s Christmas comedy heads to Lapland
Guz Khan’s new holiday comedy follows the Farooqi family after a surprise windfall bankrolls a Lapland getaway that promptly devolves into festive chaos. Nothing says seasonal cheer like converting unexpected cash into snowbound mayhem and arguing in thermals.
Philadelphia’s windshield barnacles spark backlash
Northern Liberties residents are calling windshield barnacles predatory and questioning their legality, saying the companies behind them are skirting the city’s Ticket to Tow law. The devices keep clinging to windshields and, conveniently, to loopholes. Private enforcement dressed up as public safety, now with suction cups and fine print.
James L. Brooks screens “Ella McCay” in New York
Brooks’ political dramedy gets a special screening, centering on a young woman suddenly vaulted into the governor’s office as she navigates cameras, the capitol, and a combustible family. Because the hardest constituency is still the one at the dinner table, and they do not take questions from the press.
Texas Tech’s new rules on race and gender spark academic freedom clash
New chancellor Brandon Creighton rolled out a memo limiting instruction that “promotes” certain concepts on race, sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation, while allowing them as just one viewpoint among others. Translation, discuss but do not endorse, and run your syllabus through a flowchart that ends with the Board of Regents as curriculum cops. Noncompliance risks discipline, supporters call it clarity and guardrails, critics call it an attack on academic freedom that chills teaching and harms transgender students. The kicker, it is pitched as the first step in implementing a law Creighton himself authored before arriving to enforce it. Grading your own homework, now with institutional letterhead.
Australia’s economy, steady growth and no rate cuts
GDP rose 0.4 percent in the September quarter and 2.1 percent year over year, a broader but unspectacular footing. Private investment jumped on an AI data center binge, households inched up spending on essentials, and public investment rebounded on renewables and water projects. With sticky services inflation, the Reserve Bank’s favorite yoga pose is unchanged, sit perfectly still. Markets see cuts as a fairy tale for later, maybe after one more plot twist.
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