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• Visits to the US by international travelers declined for the eighth straight month in December.
• International trips haven't slowed, but visitors are less interested in traveling to the US.
• The decline is a sustained blow to the tourism industry.

The US isn't the tourist

• Matt Damon and Ben Affleck co-starred in and co-produced a new original heist film for Netflix.
• Damon said Netflix wants action films to be made differently to cater to inattentive audiences.
• The actor said that could "really infringe on how we're telling a story."

Netflix

Six years after the announcement of plans to build Atari Hotels in eight cities across the US, including Las Vegas, only one now seems to be moving forward, in Phoenix, Arizona. The Las Vegas deal ultimately "didn't come to fruition," spokesperson Sara Collins told Las Vegas Sun this week, and Atari Hotels is putting its focus into the Phoenix site "for the time being."

Phoenix was always meant to

Amazon is reportedly adding Teresa Palmer (The Fall Guy, Warm Bodies, Hacksaw Ridge) to its pantheon of Norse gods for its God of War TV show adaptation. As first reported by Deadline, Palmer will play Sif, Thor's wife and eventual leader of the Aesir, in the live-action adaptation. It may not carry as much weight as the casting of the video game's protagonist that was revealed earlier this week

• The AFL-CIO says ICE raids in Minnesota are putting "innocent working people in danger."
• A group of local unions is encouraging residents to skip work, school, and shopping on January 23.
• Federal law enforcement officers are in Minnesota as part of Operation Metro Surge.

The AFL-CIO

• I moved my family from a 3,300-square-foot house to 1,200 square feet of living space.
• The move has reduced my family's stress and strengthened our bond.
• We found community and freedom in our downsized city life.

In July 2025, my husband, Zach, and I moved our family of four from the suburbs of Ft

In another attempt to reduce our attention spans to mush, TikTok has released the PineDrama app, which offers serialized drama series that are roughly a minute per episode. As first spotted by Business Insider, the app is designed exactly like TikTok, but instead of trendy dance videos, you can scroll through and watch "micro dramas."

For those new to the category, micro dramas are bite-sized TV