Based in Los Angeles, Parker spent the last eight years building and leading the IP business at Verve — now a full-service division of the agency — which during her tenure sold more than 250 projects across publishing, audio, film, television, and licensing.
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Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 Apr. 2026
The electrician wiring a data center is building the backbone of the AI boom, where a single error can cost millions in downtime.
The 2020s have been a decade of compounding American institutional failure — a pandemic, political rupture, an affordability crisis, student loan servicers treated as adversaries, a healthcare system that bankrupts the sick, and a growing sense that the system is not working as advertised.
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Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
Risky peptides Specifically, the PCAC will consider moving the 12 peptides back onto a list of drugs that compounding pharmacies can make for human use.
The board has also contemplated devising an explanation or message for the county’s website detailing to the public the reason for the changes.
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Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
There were also signs of progress on property taxes as lawmakers on the House Ways and Means Committee advanced their tax cut proposal — although their plan remains far from the one their Senate counterparts are devising.
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Stephen Gruber-Miller,
Des Moines Register,
19 Mar. 2026
As Gyllenhaal begins concocting her third directorial feature, could Curtis be part of the picture?
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Antonio Ferme,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2026
Gyllenhaal, who also wrote her film, has corrected the imbalance, refashioning the story from the Bride’s perspective and concocting a protagonist of unfiltered feminist fury.
The next and crucial step would be conceiving of and setting up power-generating utilities to light buildings and make machines and factories run.
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Michael Kilian,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
The married couple teamed as creative partners on the unique project with Sagal credited as conceiving the concept and leading it while Sutter is handling the book and staging.
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