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By any reasonable measure, David Fincher had made it by 1990. He was directing rapturous music videos for Madonna (“Express Yourself,” “Vogue”) and doing lucrative ads for top brands worldwide. The production company he co-founded, Propaganda Films, had cornered the MTV market, helping launch the careers of such future notables as Spike Jonze and Antoine Fuqua. But there was Hollywood to conquer and Fincher, not yet 30, rushed headlong into his feature debut, one that no superfan of Ridley Scott (also a genius director of commercials) could pass up: the third movie of the “Alien” franchise. While it has since found a hardcore base of defenders, 1992’s dour, much-mussed “Alien 3,” a troubled production, was a disappointment that Fincher has largely disowned. A little over three years later, however, he was back with a movie that has since come to define him, even with future Oscar-nominated titles on the horizon. Starring Morgan Freeman and a rising Brad Pitt as two detectives — one deliberate and cynical, the other impulsive and naive — in an oppressively rainy city hunting down a ghoulish maker of tableaus based

Google has terminated 28 employees after dozens of workers participated in sit-ins inside company offices earlier this week to protest the tech giant’s work in Israel amid the war against Hamas in Gaza. The protests, organized by the No Tech for Apartheid campaign, raised concerns about Google and Amazon’s $1.2-billion cloud computing contract with the Israeli government and military. The campaign is demanding that Google and Amazon drop the effort, known as Project Nimbus. The advocacy group staged protests and sit-ins on Tuesday at Google office locations in New York and Sunnyvale, Calif., where nine Google employees were arrested for trespassing. The campaign said the firings included people who did not directly participate in the sit-in protests. Google said the employees had violated company policy. In a letter to Google staff, Google vice president of global security Chris Rackow said the workers were terminated after an internal investigation, adding that their actions ran afoul of the company’s code of conduct and harassment rules. “They took over office spaces, defaced our property, and physically impeded the work of other Googlers,” Rackow wrote in a memo obtained

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public’s help in solving a 2020 murder in Norwalk. Raul Cervantes Corona, 32, was killed on Dec. 18, 2020, in a parking lot in the 10900 block of Rosecrans Avenue while meeting a friend for “an evening off-road vehicle outing,” the Sheriff’s Department said. That evening, Corona was found suffering from a gunshot wound to his upper body and was declared dead at the scene, as reported by the Whittier Daily News. “While Raul was in the driver’s seat, an individual approached him on the driver’s side and shot him in cold blood,” Sheriff Robert Luna said. On Thursday, the Sheriff’s Department renewed their call for information on the shooter, who was wearing red when they approached Corona’s car and shot him. “The assailant quickly left the scene and got into a vehicle that was parked close by,” the LASD added. Luna added that the vehicle was a light gray Kia Forte. No motive has been publicized, but Luna said “it is very important to note that nothing was taken from Raul.” Anyone with information

House could finally vote on Ukraine, Israel aid bills – CBS News Watch CBS News Speaker Mike Johnson may get a House vote on a set of foreign aid bills that would finally allocate additional funds for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion reports on potential Republican opposition to Johnson’s move. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Netanyahu pushes back on calls for restraint in response to Iran attack – CBS News Watch CBS News Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is pushing back on calls from allies to use restraint as he weighs options for a reprisal attack against Iran. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta and BBC News correspondent James Landale report. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

Blinken urges Ukraine support at G7 Italy meeting – CBS News Watch CBS News Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated the need for additional funds to aid Ukraine in its war against Russia during a bilateral meeting with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba at the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Capri, Italy. CBS News’ Olivia Gazis reports. Be the first to know Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Not Now Turn On

By Graham Kates, Katrina Kaufman, Stefan Becket Updated on: April 18, 2024 / 11:49 AM EDT / CBS News Juror dismissed from Trump trial Juror dismissed from Trump’s “hush money” trial 10:13 A woman who was selected to serve on the jury in former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York was excused Thursday after she expressed concerns about being identified publicly and her ability to remain impartial. The juror, a young woman who was chosen to serve on Tuesday, said she “definitely has concerns now” after friends and family asked her if she was a juror, based on reports in the media about those who have been selected.  “Aspects of my identity have already been out there in public. Yesterday alone, I had friends and family push things to me,” she told the court on Thursday. “I don’t think at this point that I can be fair and unbiased.” Judge Juan Merchan immediately reprimanded the press for reporting what he considers too much information about the jurors. He said questions about potential jurors’ employers would be redacted from the court record moving forward

A suspect is in the hospital Thursday after being shot in Torrance while authorities were serving a warrant in a child abuse investigation, police said. The shooting was reported about 3:45 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. “Around 3:45 a.m., LAPD investigators along with U.S. Marshals were in the 4800 block of Torrance (Boulevard) serving a felony child abuse warrant on a suspect,” an LAPD statement said. “The suspect shot at officers who returned fire,” police said. “The suspect was struck by gunfire & transported to a local hospital. During the shooting, an officer sustained a graze wound & has received medical treatment. The suspect’s firearm is at scene. The area of Torrance (Boulevard between) Anza (Avenue) & Victoria (Street) will be impacted for several hours due to the investigation.” According to the LAPD, SWAT officers were not deployed as part of the warrant service operation. According to Fox 11, the wounded suspect, a 44-year-old man, was taken to a hospital by Torrance Fire Department personnel, and he was listed in stable condition. His name was not immediately available. Police closed all lanes

Authorities Thursday were looking for the man who assaulted and robbed a woman earlier this week in San Fernando. The crime occurred about 3 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of Park Avenue, according to KTLA5. The victim, Juliana Murillo, had just bought her mother a bouquet of flowers for her birthday when her attacker came up from behind as she was just outside her apartment building and violently knocked her down, sending everything she was holding, including the flowers, to the ground. “He pushed me really hard and I hit my head on the door,” Murillo told KTLA. “My body just went into shock. I couldn’t process what was going on. I kept saying, `What are you doing, what are you doing?’ He used force to turn me over and he pulled out my purse and took off.” Despite the hit to her head, Murillo was able to put up a fight, struggling with the man, who eventually made off with her purse, which carried her car keys, credit cards and identification. The suspect then took off in a dark-colored vehicle. Murillo suffered several