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When I worked on “Ocean’s Eight,” one of the biggest surprises on it was that Cate Blanchett was incredibly funny and did not take herself seriously at all.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

The rise of remote work has seriously stymied younger workers’ efforts to launch a career, according to new research from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026

“I made it clear, through my edicts, my announcements to them that we wanted those cases involving violence, that they know how seriously we were taking them,” he told me.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Altogether, the Browns’ decision to deal away the 30-year-old Garrett is a sobering admission that a team that has won only eight games over the past two years is still years away from seriously contending.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

“What does it mean?” she would ask me seriously.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott