Nick Jonas as Danny and Paul Rudd as Rick in Power Ballad.

John Carney on Landing “Inscrutable” Nick Jonas for His Latest Music-Centric Movie ‘Power Ballad’

“I’m always on the lookout for interesting characters that suggest a world,” says John Carney, the director behind music-driven films like Once and Sing Street. Having dedicated himself to being a cinematic chronicler of music and the people who make it, Carney has carved out a unique in-between space as a storyteller. A self-professed “failed…

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Navy Secretary John Phelan Is Leaving the Pentagon and the Trump Administration

Navy Secretary John Phelan was fired on Wednesday after months of infighting with senior Pentagon leaders and disagreements over how to revive the Navy’s struggling shipbuilding program. Mr. Phelan is leaving the Pentagon and the Trump administration effective immediately, wrote Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief spokesman, in a terse statement. In his role leading the…

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John Phelan out as Navy secretary, Pentagon says

John Phelan is out as the secretary of the Navy, the Pentagon announced Wednesday. Phelan, who this week attended the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium in Washington, is departing the role “effective immediately,” Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell announced. U.S. Navy Undersecretary Hung Cao, a former Virginia Senate candidate and special operations veteran, will assume…

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Sources: Apple is intensifying CEO succession planning as Tim Cook, now 65, may step down as early as next year, with John Ternus seen as the likely successor (Financial Times)

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