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Guardian in talks to sell world’s oldest Sunday paper

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Observer staff were told that the investment would “help to safeguard its future” as a standalone product.

GMG is not actively trying to sell the Observer, but it is examining the Tortoise proposal to see if it is viable.

Founded in 1791, the Observer is the world’s oldest Sunday newspaper, with a staff of around 70.

Mr Harding, editor of Tortoise, said: “We believe passionately in its future – both in print and digital.”

He added: “George Orwell described the Observer as ‘the enemy of nonsense’. We’re excited to show readers, old and new, that it still is.”

Mr Orwell wrote for the newspaper during World War Two and afterwards up until 1948.

Another contributor was Kim Philby, the former MI6 officer and Soviet spy, who had been working for the Russians since the early 1930s.

Like most newspapers, the Observer’s print circulation had been in steadily falling until 2021, when it stopped publishing audited figures. At that point it was selling around 136,000 copies a week.

Mr Harding launched Tortoise with the former US ambassador to the UK James Barzun. It has a brief to provide “slow news” – not chasing breaking stories but rather looking at what drives trends.

It publishes a news website, podcasts and runs live discussions called “Think-ins”.

The business made an operating loss of £4.6m in 2022, the latest year for which accounts are available, with a turnover of £6.2m.

Its financial backers include David Thomson, chair of the media business Thomson Reuters, the tech investor Saul Klein, the investment firm Lansdowne Partners, banker Bernie Mensah and Nando’s executive Leslie Perlman.

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Radiografía de otro bulo xenófobo tras la acogida de 170 inmigrantes en un pueblo de Pontevedra

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Martes 9.30 de la mañana: otra llamada insultante y racista al Ayuntamiento de Mondariz Balneario, el municipio gallego más pequeño (con algo más de 600 vecinos), pero con unas instalaciones turísticas y de aguas termales consideradas de las mejores de Europa. Así llevan dos semanas. El origen, un bulo xenófobo contra la supuesta ocupación de un centro escolar para acoger a 170 inmigrantes. Se usó en verano como centro de actividades y recuperó su uso normal al comienzo del curso. Pero el bulo sobre la usurpación de instalaciones municipales ha seguido. El daño está hecho: es lo que se considera el dividendo del mentiroso, el perjuicio intencionado de un bulo cuyo mal se extiende antes y más que un desmentido

“El 85% son de Malí y el resto de Senegal y otros países”, detalla paciente el alcalde, César Gil Bernárdez, del BNG, quien atribuye toda la información falsa a “gente que ni conoce el pueblo”. “Los vecinos están tranquilos. La gente lo ha asumido con la misma normalidad que cuando se acogieron a los inmigrantes ucranios. Al Ayuntamiento no ha venido ni un vecino a pedir explicaciones ni a quejarse ni a manifestar ningún tipo de repulsa”, aclara.

Al igual que el municipio sevillano de Alcalá de Guadaíra, sometido a una explosión xenófoba en las redes hace una semana por la llegada también de reclamantes de asilo, ahora le ha tocado a Mondariz Balneario (Pontevedra).

El origen es un vídeo grabado durante los meses de verano en el centro escolar, cuando se reutiliza para talleres y campamentos. Los 170 inmigrantes, procedentes de Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) y Mérida (Badajoz) tras su llegada a Canarias en un esfuerzo nacional por repartir a los migrantes, participan entonces en actividades en el recinto y también lo usan para descansar en él. “A finales de agosto se vuelve a convertir en un centro escolar y los inmigrantes están ahora en el hotel”, relata el alcalde.

Durante su paso por el colegio, la madre de una niña escolarizada en el centro graba las imágenes de los acogidos africanos en el colegio durante el verano y lo difunde para borrarlo poco después. Pero la onda expansiva de la mentira ya es imparable. “La primera noticia que tengo es a través de Twitter [en referencia a X] y, a partir de ahí, se produce una cadena de mensajes, llamadas y correos electrónicos bastante fuera de tono”, explica Gil, quien lleva desde entonces intentando responder a todas las informaciones falsas.

“Son [los bulos] de gente extraña que ni siquiera conoce qué es lo que está pasando. No tienen ni identidad ni vinculación con el pueblo”, detalla. Los vecinos, por el contrario, son ejemplares en su actitud de acogida. Ya tuvieron refugiados ucranios. “Pero entonces, como eran blanquitos y rubios, no se dijo nada”, lamenta una vecina hastiada con el uso de su pueblo para mensajes xenófobos.

El bulo inicial, aunque se retirara, lo recogen las redes. El rastro más antiguo del vídeo que se encuentra en las plataformas es una publicación en Facebook del 29 de agosto: un usuario (que muestra en sus redes su simpatía con el PP) comparte utiliza pantallazo del vídeo: zapatos apoyados en una pared, un inmigrante descansando en un sillón, unos jóvenes paseando por las instalaciones en toalla. Más adelante, el 11 de septiembre, otro usuario de Facebook lo comparte como si fuera actual. Pero es mentira, el colegio ya está preparado para la vuelta a las clases y los vecinos no protestan ni hay preocupación entonces.

Hace dos días, el 15 de septiembre, el vídeo salta de nuevo con más fuerza que nunca: un usuario que se presenta como Sr.Liberal recupera el vídeo grabado un mes antes para amplificar el bulo con mentiras propias que desarrolla en un tuit: “Galicia: los padres del Colegio de Mondariz-Balneario (Pontevedra), me remiten este vídeo, han metido a 200 inmigrantes de Malí en un municipio de 700 habitantes. Y ojo a esto, la Dirección del colegio ha aconsejado a los padres de las niñas que no lleven falda, ya que los menores tendrán que convivir con ellos en las mismas instalaciones. Los padres están atemorizados. Que toda Galicia y toda España sepa lo que está pasando”. El vídeo lleva más de 1,7 millones de reproducciones en X.

La cuenta oficial de El mundo amplía el número de inmigrantes y se hace eco: “280 malienses acogidos en el municipio más pequeño de Galicia: el alcalde “solidario” y la vecina del “no”. Otro usuario (Sephe) sube la apuesta. Para este, ya son 300.

La carnaza está servida. Hispanidad publica este lunes un artículo que titula con la falsedad difundida por Sr.Liberal: “Un centro de Pontevedra aconseja a sus alumnas no llevar falda… porque en su colegio tendrán que convivir con inmigrantes”. Y le sigue La gaceta de la iberoesfera con la misma información falsa.

El esquema es sencillo y lo explica Madeleine Janickyj investigadora en Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural del University College de Londres y especializada en el uso de las herramientas computacionales para el abuso y el odio: “Las noticias falsas y las mentiras se difunden mucho más rápido. Son sensacionalistas y la gente se aferra a ellas. Es difícil detenerse por la velocidad a la que se propagan y porque la gente confía. Pero deberíamos verificar antes de asumir una información”.

Para Wenrong Zheng, experto de la Universidad de Shandong en análisis de datos y autor de una investigación sobre “información falsa fabricada por personas con intención e infundada”, la difusión de estas mentiras no responde a modelos epidémicos, donde el bulo actúa como un virus. “Los modelos de enfermedades infecciosas ven la propagación de rumores como un proceso pasivo de recibir la infección, ignorando así los cambios conductuales y psicológicos de las personas en el mundo real, así como el impacto de los eventos externos en la propagación de rumores”, explica.

Según su trabajo, el bulo necesita complicidad y se parece más a “la reacción en cadena que se produce dentro de los reactores nucleares”. Empiezan a pequeña escala (el vídeo casero de la madre de una alumna en el caso de Mondariz Balneario), pero, según detalla el investigador, “cuando las personas se encuentran con bulos, se ven influenciados por sus intereses y prejuicios personales y deciden si se propagan o si es necesaria una exposición repetida antes de propagarlos”, añade.



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House to vote on Speaker Mike Johnson’s funding plan as shutdown looms

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WASHINGTON — Speaker Mike Johnson said the House will vote Wednesday on a six-month stopgap funding bill linked to legislation requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote — the same package he abruptly pulled off the floor last week amid growing GOP opposition.

Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, spent the weekend calling members and trying to flip GOP defections to the yes column. But given Republicans’ narrow 220-211 majority, and some members’ blanket opposition to short-term bills known as continuing resolutions, or CRs, it’s highly unlikely Johnson can push the package through the House.

The federal government is set to shut down at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 1 unless Democrats and Republicans can agree on a funding bill. Johnson’s plan calls for a half-year CR tied to the Donald Trump-backed SAVE Act, though the package would be dead on arrival in the Democratic-led Senate and faces a veto threat from President Joe Biden.

“Congress has an immediate obligation to do two things: responsibly fund the federal government, and ensure the security of our elections. Because we owe this to our constituents, we will move forward on Wednesday with a vote on the 6-month CR with the SAVE Act attached,” Johnson said in a statement Tuesday.

“I urge all of my colleagues to do what the overwhelming majority of the people of this county rightfully demand and deserve — prevent non-American citizens from voting in American elections,” he said.

The White House, congressional Democrats and some Republicans are pushing for an even shorter-term bill that keeps the government open past the election, into December. That would buy bipartisan negotiators more time to strike a deal on fiscal year 2025 funding.

In a floor speech Monday, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., lambasted Johnson and his party for trying to pass a funding measure that has no chance in the upper chamber.

“Mr. Speaker Johnson, you know as well as everyone else that your plan is a no-go as currently written. A six-month CR with poison pills is not going to fly in a narrowly divided government,” Schumer said.

“If the hard right thinks that we will willingly give them leverage to ram Project 2025 down the American people’s throats early next year by agreeing to a six-month CR, they are dreaming,” he added.

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Lebanon explosions: Hezbollah apparently targeted as pagers detonate, several dead, thousands hurt

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At least nine people were killed and thousands of others were injured when handheld pagers exploded across Lebanon on Tuesday in an apparent targeting of Hezbollah members, according to Hezbollah officials.

Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency initially reported that “the handheld pagers system was detonated using advanced technology, and dozens of injuries were reported” in Beirut’s southern suburbs and other areas. Lebanon’s health minister later said at least nine people were killed and 2,750 wounded — 200 of them critically.

Among those injured when the pagers exploded included Iran’s ambassador in Lebanon, Iranian state media reported.

A security source in Lebanon told Reuters that the pagers were carried by members of Hezbollah. A Hezbollah official, speaking to the outlet on condition of anonymity, described the incident as a detonation that was the “biggest security breach” during the nearly year-long war with Israel. It wasn’t immediately clear who was responsible for the attack. While Hezbollah blamed Israel, the Israeli government has not commented.

HEZBOLLAH’S NEIGHBORS: ISRAELI BORDER COMMUNITY UNDER CONSTANT ATTACK FROM TERROR GROUP

Civil Defense first-responders carry a wounded man

Civil Defense first responders carry a wounded man whose handheld pager exploded at al-Zahraa hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Photos and videos from Beirut’s southern suburbs circulating on social media and in local media showed people lying on the pavement with wounds on their hands or near their pants pockets.

“Several hundred” people were wounded in all in different parts of Lebanon when the incident happened, The Associated Press cited a Hezbollah official as saying.

In a statement obtained by Reuters, Hezbollah confirmed that the blasts killed at least two of its fighters and a girl. 

The girl was the 9-year-old daughter of a Hezbollah fighter who was inside her parents’ home when the pagers exploded, the Times of Israel reported.

ISRAEL STRUCK BY LONG-RANGE MISSILE FROM YEMEN, 40 PROJECTILES FROM LEBANON IN EARLY MORNING ATTACKS

Hezbollah said the cause of the simultaneous explosions was under investigation.

Hezbollah members recently began using the pagers that exploded after the group’s leader ordered them to stop using cell phones over concern that Israeli intelligence could track the devices.

People gather outside hospital

People gather outside the American University hospital after the arrival of several men who were wounded by exploded handheld pagers in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Bassam Masri)

Hezbollah is an Islamic terrorist organization that has long had the backing of Iran.

Police officers inspect car

Police officers inspect a car after a hand-held pager exploded inside the vehicle in Beirut, Lebanon, on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

The incident comes at a time of heightened tensions between Lebanon and Israel. The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and Israeli forces have been clashing near-daily for more than 11 months against the backdrop of war between Israel and Hezbollah ally Hamas in Gaza.

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Players ´close´ to striking over fixture congestion, warns Rodri – Soccer News

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Players could go on strike over the amount of games they are required to play, Rodri warned on the eve of Manchester City’s Champions League opener versus Inter.

The 2024-25 edition of the Champions League will be the first to use a new format featuring 36 teams, with each side now required to play eight group-stage games, rather than six.

Meanwhile, City will be one of 32 teams to take part in FIFA’s expanded Club World Cup at the end of the season, a tournament that has drawn stern criticism from many within the game.

City navigated 61 games when winning the treble two seasons ago but could be set for a far more rigorous schedule this term, leaving Rodri to warn a players’ strike could lie ahead.

“I think we’re close to that [striking],” Rodri told reporters. “It’s the general opinion of the players, and if it keeps this way, we’ll have no other option.

“I really think it’s something that worries us. We are the guys who suffer.”

The optimal number of games “in which a player can perform at the highest level,” the Spaniard added, is “between 40 and 50”.

“After that, you drop because it’s impossible to sustain the physical level,” he added. “This year, we’re going to go until 70, maybe 80, depends on how far you go into competitions.

“I think it’s too much. We have to take care of ourselves, because we are the main characters of this sport or business.

“Not everything is money or marketing, it is also the quality of the show. When I rest, when I’m not tired, I perform better. And if people want to see better football, we need to rest.”

Last season, the 28-year-old’s campaign extended through to Spain’s Euro 2024 final victory on July 14, as did those of City team-mates Kyle Walker, John Stones and Phil Foden, who finished as runners-up with England.

City defender Manuel Akanji recently joked he may have to retire at 30 because of the gruelling schedule.

“It’s so tough,” the defender said. “You don’t just think about this season, but also next season.

“Let’s say we win the league or cup, then go to the final of the Club World Cup; the Community Shield is three weeks after. When do we have holidays?”

On Wednesday, City host Inter in a repeat of the 2023 Champions League final, won by the English side courtesy of Rodri’s strike.

City forward Erling Haaland is eyeing a piece of history as he could overtake Cristiano Ronaldo as the fastest player to reach 100 goals for a single club, having scored 99 goals in 103 appearances in all competitions, including nine in four league games this season. Ronaldo netted 100 in his first 105 matches for Real Madrid.

“I played for 11 years and scored 11 goals. This guy, in four games he’s scored nine,” boss Pep Guardiola said with a laugh.

“The opponents will find a solution, and we have to find a solution to beat them, to find a way.”



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FDIC unveils rule forcing banks to keep fintech customer data in aftermath of Synapse debacle

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The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation on Tuesday proposed a new rule forcing banks to keep detailed records for customers of fintech apps after the failure of tech firm Synapse resulted in thousands of Americans being locked out of their accounts.

The rule, aimed at accounts opened by fintech firms that partner with banks, would make the institution maintain records of who owns it and the daily balances attributed to the owner, according to an FDIC memo.

Fintech apps often lean on a practice where many customers’ funds are pooled into a single large account at a bank, which relies on either the fintech or a third party to maintain ledgers of transactions and ownership.

That situation exposed customers to the risk that the nonbanks involved would keep shoddy or incomplete records, making it hard to determine who to pay out in the event of a failure. That’s what happened in the Synapse collapse, which impacted more than 100,000 users of fintech apps including Yotta and Juno. Customers with funds in these “for benefit of” accounts have been unable to access their money since May.

“In many cases, it was advertised that the funds were FDIC-insured, and consumers may have believed that their funds would remain safe and accessible due to representations made regarding placement of those funds in” FDIC-member banks, the regulator said in its memo.

Keeping better records would allow the FDIC to quickly pay depositors in the event of a bank failure by helping to satisfy conditions needed for “pass-through insurance,” FDIC officials said Tuesday in a briefing.

While FDIC insurance doesn’t get paid out in the event the fintech provider fails, like in the Synapse situation, enhanced records would help a bankruptcy court determine who is owed what, the officials added.

If approved by the FDIC board of governors in a vote Tuesday, the rule will get published in the Federal Register for a 60-day comment period.

Separately, the FDIC also released a statement on its policy on bank mergers, which would heighten scrutiny of the impacts of consolidation, especially for deals creating banks with more than $100 billion in assets.

Bank mergers slowed under the Biden administration, drawing criticism from industry analysts who say that consolidation would create more robust competitors for the likes of megabanks including JPMorgan Chase.

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Kanye West skips major court hearing after lawyer walks out

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Kanye Wests lawyer Brian Brumfield dropped him in August
Kanye West’s lawyer Brian Brumfield dropped him in August

Kanye West has opted out of attending a court hearing in his lawsuit with the Gap, after his lawyer Brian Brumfield in August.

Per In Touch, the court documents show that the hearing took place on September 12 in Los Angeles Superior Court in the lawsuit. Ye and his company Yeezy didn’t appear to attend the hearing.

The judge also said that neither the Runaway rapper nor his company inform the court of a new lawyer after Brian dropped out. It was also revealed that Ye will soon be asked to sit for his own deposition.

The rapper got into business with the Gap in 2020, after which his Yeezy clothes would be sold in Gap stores worldwide.

However, legal issues began over modifications to a building that Yeezy was using under the Gap deal. The building was leased to Gap by Art City Center, who sued the retail giant over the changes.

In the 2022 lawsuit, Art City accused The Gap of making countless, “significant, unapproved modification” to the building. They demanded damages upwards of $800,000.

However, the Gap denied making the changes, so the company countersued the Cardinal hitmaker’s company for making the changes.

The countersuit claimed that, “by making and not repairing or restoring the foregoing alterations of the Premises that [Ye] made without Gap’s participation or approval, [Ye] breached the Strategic Agreement and directly and proximately caused Gap to incur expenses to repair and restore the premises.”

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Vitale’s preseason PTPers, floor generals and more players to watch

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College basketball is awesome, baby! Buckle up, men’s hoops fans, because we’re just weeks away from tip-off for the 2024-25 season, and I know you’re feeling it like I am. The excitement is building as a fresh batch of diaper dandies are getting ready to hit the hardwood and show what they’ve got.

We’ve seen more player movement than ever before, and how about that shocker — John Calipari is at Arkansas! Can you believe it?! The storylines this season are going to be out of this world, and I’m here to give you a sneak peek at what I’m looking forward to.


Dickie V’s PTPers (prime-time players)

Last season, there was never any doubt: Zach Edey was a man among boys, taking home his second straight National Player of the Year honor. Tennessee‘s Dalton Knecht gave him a run, but no one was stopping Edey. This season, the race is wide open! Get ready, because here’s who I’m watching:

Cooper Flagg, Duke Blue Devils
Hunter Dickinson, Kansas Jayhawks
RJ Davis, North Carolina Tar Heels
Mark Sears, Alabama Crimson Tide
AJ Storr, Kansas Jayhawks
L.J. Cryer, Houston Cougars


Dickie V’s Floor Generals

Now, we all know come NCAA tournament time, you’ve got to have guys who can handle the rock under pressure. Teams with the best distributors are the ones dancing in March. These are my guards to watch this season:

Mark Sears, Chris Youngblood, Latrell Wrightsell Jr. (Alabama Crimson Tide)
Dajuan Harris Jr., AJ Storr (Kansas Jayhawks)
RJ Davis, Elliot Cadeau, Ian Jackson (North Carolina Tar Heels)
Braden Smith, Fletcher Loyer (Purdue Boilermakers)
Ryan Nembhard, Khalif Battle, Nolan Hickman (Gonzaga Bulldogs)
L.J. Cryer, Emanuel Sharp, Milos Uzan (Houston Cougars)


Dickie V’s Low Post Enforcers

And let’s not forget the big boys down low. Dominating the paint, baby — it’s an art form! You need length in the lane to have success. Check out these big men who will be controlling the paint this year:

Hunter Dickinson, K.J. Adams Jr., Rylan Griffen (Kansas Jayhawks)
Cooper Flagg, Khaman Maluach, Maliq Brown (Duke Blue Devils)
Oumar Ballo, Mackenzie Mgbako, Malik Reneau (Indiana Hoosiers)
Clifford Omoruyi, Grant Nelson (Alabama Crimson Tide)
Alex Karaban, Samson Johnson, Liam McNeeley (UConn Huskies)
Ryan Kalkbrenner, Mason Miller, Jamiya Neal (Creighton Bluejays)


Dickie V’s Marco Polo Team

The impact of NIL is changing the game. Teams are finding it harder to keep their core players, but that means more impact transfers! Here’s my top transfers who are going to have immediate impacts:

Johnell Davis, Arkansas Razorbacks (from Florida Atlantic Owls)
Clifford Omoruyi, Alabama Crimson Tide (from Rutgers Scarlet Knights)
AJ Storr, Kansas Jayhawks (from Wisconsin Badgers)
Kadary Richmond, St. John’s Red Storm (from Seton Hall Pirates)
Oumar Ballo, Indiana Hoosiers (from Arizona Wildcats)
Norchad Omier, Baylor Bears (from Miami Hurricanes)


Dickie V’s Frank Lloyd Wright Team

Finally, let’s give a standing O for the coaches, baby! These sideline maestros are doing double duty, not just coaching but also managing their rosters through the NIL maze. Here’s my list of the architects of success looking for the golden ring in 2025:

Dan Hurley, UConn Huskies
Mark Few, Gonzaga Bulldogs
Bill Self, Kansas Jayhawks
Nate Oats, Alabama Crimson Tide
Kelvin Sampson, Houston Cougars
Matt Painter, Purdue Boilermakers

It’s gonna be a phenomenal season! Can’t wait to see it unfold!

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Tres heridos por quemaduras en una explosin en la planta de ArcelorMittal en Gijn

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Tres trabajadores de la empresa auxiliar Daorje han resultado heridos en una explosin registrada en las bateras de cok de ArcelorMittal en Gijn, han informado a EFE fuentes de la multinacional siderrgica.

La explosin ha tenido lugar pasadas las 14:00 horas de este martes en el extremo de la batera 1, en las vlvulas anti explosin del gas de alimentacin, han precisado las fuentes.

Fuentes de la multinacional siderrgica en Asturias han explicado que el fuego ya ha sido controlado por el servicio de extincin de incendios de la propia compaa.

Tres trabajadores de la empresa Daorje, que presta servicios auxiliares a ArcelorMittal, han resultado heridos y han sido evacuados al HUCA.

Por el momento, se desconocen las causas que han causado la explosin, as como el estado en el que se encuentran los heridos.

Tras el siniestro, la Guardia Civil, que recibi inicialmente el aviso de un herido a causa de un incendio, se ha desplazado a la factora gijonesa para investigar las causas.



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Keegan-Michael Key on becoming young Bumblebee in new

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Keegan-Michael Key on becoming young Bumblebee in new “Transformers One” – CBS News


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In “Transformers One,” Keegan-Michael Key voices B-127 in the origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron. The film, distributed by Paramount Pictures, features his character teaming up with Scarlett Johansson’s Elita to save their planet.

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