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Goldie Hawn says her relationship with Kurt Russell works even without marriage.Greg Doherty/Getty Images for St. RegisGoldie Hawn says freedom is why her relationship with Kurt Russell has lasted 42 years without marriage."If I'm a bird and you leave the cage door open, I may never fly out," Hawn said.Hawn, who's been married twice, said traditional ideas of partnership don't work for her.Goldie Hawn, 80, says there's one reason her relationship with Kurt Russell has lasted more than four decades without marriage."Freedom. And I really feel this way, and I always have. And even if we did get married, it wouldn't make any difference because it's 42 years now," Hawn told host Dan Buettner on Thursday's episode of "The Dan Buettner Podcast."Hawn likened the experience to being a bird in a cage."If I'm a bird and you leave the cage door open, I may never fly out. But if you close that door, for my freedom and my independence, I would probably take, like, all my feathers off," Hawn said. "It's a freedom of self, it's a freedom of basically, not melding into somebody else."Hawn and her partner, Russell, met for the first time in 1966 and reconnected in 1983 after being cast in the romance drama "Swing Shift." They started dating shortly after, and welcomed one son, Wyatt Russell, together in 1986.Their blended family includes Russell's son, Boston, from his marriage to Season Hubley, and Hawn's children, Oliver and Kate Hudson, from her previous relationship with Bill Hudson.Hawn, who has been married twice before, said she's learned that traditional ideas of partnership don't work for her."But, man, this whole idea of becoming one is not my idea of fun. That's why it works," she said.Hawn said she and Russell share a strong bond, and accept that there will be parts of each other they don't love. But she doesn't see those imperfections as a good enough reason to walk away from the relationship."Why is that a reason to break up? Why is that a reason to say this isn't working?" Hawn said."You might not like it, but is that a reason to suddenly decide that this isn't working for me?" she continued.When Buettner asked why she keeps choosing Russell, Hawn listed several reasons."Because I have respect for him. Because I think he's an amazing person. I'm also very sexually attracted to him, and that's important," Hawn said, adding that he's smart and makes her laugh.She also praised his talent and appearance."He's such a great actor, and I find him incredibly handsome to this day," she said.Hawn added that they're "an unbelievably happy family most of the time," despite their own individual flaws."Why would I want anybody who is perfect? There is no such thing," she said.Hawn has long spoken about what she believes makes her relationship with Russell last. In 2024, she told E! News that "good sex" is a key part of it."Because sex is something that connects you and creates more belonging. People who have healthy sexual relationships usually last a lot longer. But it's not just because of the act, it's because of the warmth and the intimacy that it creates," she said.Russell has also shared his perspective on their decision not to marry."At that time, we constantly got asked, 'When are you going to get married? Why aren't you married?' And we were like, 'Why does anybody care about that?' We'd asked our kids if they cared about it. They didn't. We didn't," Russell told Variety in a 2023 interview.Other celebrities have also shared their own tips for making relationships last.In 2024, Bette Midler told Entertainment Tonight that sleeping in separate bedrooms is the reason her marriage has lasted over 40 years."My husband snores," Midler said.In 2025, Food Network star…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivers a speech during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos.Harun Ozalp/Anadolu via Getty ImagesZelenskyy said on Thursday that Ukraine is still hard-pressed to protect its skies against Shaheds.He said Russia is building roughly 500 of these long-range attack drones per day.Meanwhile, he said Ukraine is building 1,000 interceptors, but warned that it's not enough.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that Russia is building roughly 500 Iranian-designed drones a day.His comments at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, are a rare public assessment from Ukrainian leaders about Russia's drone-making capacity and provide some insight into how Kyiv sees the balance of power in its long-range drone fight.Zelenskyy has said repeatedly that Ukraine is building 1,000 interceptor drones — small quadcopters designed to counter other flying drones — every day."We produce them at about 1,000 a day. We really produce them, but it's not enough. It's still not enough," he told his audience in Davos. "Russia has 500, about 500 drones, Iranian drones, each day, and dozens of missiles, ballistic missiles."Iranian drones refer to Russia's Geran family of loitering munitions, which are mostly based on the Iranian Shahed, a delta-wing drone designed to carry explosive warheads at long range. Because their designs are so closely related, Ukrainians often use their names interchangeably.These drones have been a major pain point for Ukraine, which is frequently bombarded by hundreds of Gerans and decoy drones at a time from across Russia's border.Last week, Ukraine's commander in chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that Russia is likely aiming to scale up its drone-making capacity to 1,000 Gerans per day.He added that Russia is already building 404 Shaheds of "various types" per day.Zelenskyy's latest comment also provides clues about the battlefield conditions for Ukraine's new type of air defense with interceptor drones.The Ukrainian president's figures imply that his country is fielding twice as many interceptors as Russia's Shaheds, but that a 2:1 ratio isn't sufficient to protect his country's skies.For now, interceptor drones in Ukraine are mostly controlled by human pilots, who have the difficult task of maneuvering lightweight quadcopters — sometimes in strong winds or poor weather — to chase down a flying target at speeds of over 100 mph in the vast sky.Earlier this week, Zelenskyy said that Ukraine also risks running short of interceptor drone pilots and told his government to prioritize recruiting and training more of them.The Kremlin has been increasingly developing versions of Gerans with new features, such as jet engines to replace propellers or additional cameras to help the drone avoid interceptors.More recently, Ukraine said Russia has deployed a new type of turbojet Geran that mirrors Iran's Karrar attack drone. Unlike the Shahed, it features a more conventional aircraft design,Read the original article on Business Insider

TikTok app logo is seen in this illustration taken, August 22, 2022Dado Ruvic/REUTERSTikTok has closed a deal to spin off parts of its US business in a new joint venture.Oracle and two investment firms, MGX and Silver Lake, will serve as managing investors.ByteDance will hold a roughly 20% stake and keep control of business lines like e-commerce and ads.TikTok's US workers can finally breathe a sigh of relief.The company announced Thursday that it has closed a deal to spin off parts of its US business in a new joint venture with an investor group."The safeguards provided by the Joint Venture will also cover CapCut, and Lemon8, and a portfolio of other apps and websites in the US," the company said.Adam Presser is leading the new venture, according to the company's announcement. Presser has worked at TikTok for nearly four years, most recently leading operations and trust and safety. The venture's seven-man, majority-American board includes TikTok's CEO Shou Chew.The agreement should keep the US government off its back as TikTok's parent, ByteDance, now owns just under 20% of the new US venture. That ownership stake meets a divestment requirement set by a 2024 US sell-or-ban law targeting TikTok and other apps with owners based in countries like China, which the US has deemed a foreign adversary.TikTok's new US owners include tech company Oracle, private-equity firm Silver Lake, and Abu Dhabi investment firm MGX, each of which owns 15% of the new venture. ByteDance will own around 20% of the entity, and affiliates of existing ByteDance investors will own around 30%, according to a December memo from Chew. Other investors include Michael Dell's family office and a venture run by the partners of growth investor Dragoneer.What comes next is less clear.While Oracle, MGX, and Silver Lake will serve as managing investors in the new US joint venture, their focus will be on areas such as data security. Key commercial activities, including e-commerce, advertising, and marketing, will remain with ByteDance.The company began splitting up its US staff into different legal entities in January based on whether their work would remain under ByteDance's purview, Business Insider first reported.Following the announcement, President Donald Trump said in a Thursday night Truth Social post that he was "so happy to have helped in saving TikTok."He said the deal had reached a "very dramatic, final, and beautiful conclusion."The deal has been in the works for a year. At the start of Trump's presidency, TikTok went dark for its 170 million US users, but came back online soon after when Trump promised to delay a ban.Since then, he has been pushing back the divest-or-ban deadline, saying tech leaders like Elon Musk and Oracle's CTO, Larry Ellison, could buy the app. He also floated giving China a tariff reduction if it cut a deal on TikTok.Read the original article on Business Insider

Yann LeCun said he can do management — but he doesn't like it.Yui Mok - Pool/Getty ImagesYann LeCun left Meta to launch AMI Labs, focusing on open-source world model AI.LeCun said he prefers focusing on innovation over leadership duties.LeCun has criticized the leadership of Alexandr Wang, who was briefly his boss at Meta.Yann LeCun is clear on his life goals — and being a leader is not one of them."I can do management, but I don't like doing it," Meta's former chief AI scientist said in an interview with MIT Technology Review published on Thursday."I kind of hated being a director," he said about his time at Meta's Fundamental AI Research (FAIR), a leading AI research lab he founded. "I am not good at this career management thing. I'm much more visionary and a scientist."He said his "mission in life" was not leadership, but to accelerate technological progress and inspire others to work on what interests them.In November, LeCun announced his departure from Meta, where he had worked for 12 years, and said he would launch his own AI company.His new startup, AMI Labs, focuses on building world models — a type of AI that closely reflects the real world. The Paris-based startup will work on open source solutions and be among the few frontier AI labs that he said are "neither Chinese nor American."LeCun said that he would take on the role of executive chairman, while Alex LeBrun, his former colleague from Meta AI, will be the company's CEO. LeCun will continue teaching at NYU.'No experience with research'In the MIT interview, the AI pioneer said that he did not agree with all the choices Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg made, such as letting go the robotics team inside FAIR.Earlier this month, he criticized the leadership of another Meta exec, Alexandr Wang, the former CEO of data labelling startup Scale AI. Meta invested $14.3 billion in the buzzy startup, which included hiring Wang to lead AI progress."There's no experience with research or how you practice research, how you do it. Or what would be attractive or repulsive to a researcher," LeCun said in an interview with the Financial Times.LeCun said that even though the 28-year-old was briefly his boss after Zuckerberg's AI reorg, he wasn't taking orders from Wang."You don't tell a researcher what to do," LeCun said. "You certainly don't tell a researcher like me what to do."He also made similar remarks about being a visionary instead of a leader in the FT interview."I'm pretty good at guessing what type of technology will work or not. But I can't be a CEO," LeCun, 65, said. "I'm both too disorganized for this, and also too old."Read the original article on Business Insider

Rosie O'Donnell, Sophie Turner, and Ellen DeGeneres are among the celebrities who left the US for political reasons.Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Elle; Swan Gallet/WWD via Getty Images; Casey Durkin/NBC via Getty ImagesSince the 2016 US presidential election, celebrities have been saying they'd move out of the country.More stars made similar comments after Donald Trump won the 2024 election.James Cameron recently confirmed he's continued to live in New Zealand for political reasons.The lifestyles of the rich and famous often include mansions in California, penthouses in the big city, and maybe a small pied-à-terre in a foreign country. But as politics becomes an increasingly divisive topic in the United States, some more celebrities are moving out of the country — or saying that they will.Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi moved to England from California in response to the 2024 election results. Rosie O'Donnell — thanks to her Irish grandparents — is in the process of becoming an Irish citizen, citing the current US political climate as her reason for moving in a TikTok video. Other celebrities like Laverne Cox and Cher have vowed to leave the States but haven't yet.This isn't exactly a new trend. During the 2016 US presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, many stars vocally opposed Trump and threatened to leave America if he won. Now, with Trump's second term underway, celebrities are again considering relocating — not that the Trump administration is too upset."Good riddance!" White House assistant press secretary Taylor Rogers told BI when asked for the administration's response.Celebrities aren't the only ones exploring a new place to live. Search interest for "move abroad" shows that peak interest occurred in November 2024. Though interest has since cooled off, it's still higher than in previous years.Bureaucracy.es, an immigration services site that helps Americans moving to Spain with the visa application process, told CNN in December 2024 that it's seen over 300% more clients book consultations since the November election.Here are 10 celebrities who have moved abroad, or say they will for political reasons.Olivia Singh contributed to previous versions of this post.Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de RossiEllen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi in England in June 2023.Dave Benett/Getty Images for RHIn late November 2024, TheWrap reported that comedian Ellen DeGeneres and her wife, Portia de Rossi, left their Montecito home for the Cotswolds, England. The publication said their move to the countryside was triggered by Trump's election and a source said they're "never coming back."An August 2025 Us cover story notes that DeGeneres told English broadcaster and host Richard Bacon during a July 20 event that she and DeGeneres were in the Cotswolds when the election results came in. "We were like, 'We're staying here. We're not going back,'" DeGeneres told Bacon on their reaction to Trump's victory.According to the Us story, DeGeneres and de Rossi have since moved from the original home they purchased in the Cotswolds and now live in a 10,000-square-foot country home called Hiaven. The pair tend to their chickens, sheep, and horses and walk to the local pub for lunch.Rosie O'DonnellRosie O'Donnell in October 2024.Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty ImagesIn a video recently posted on TikTok, Rosie O'Donnell confirmed that she moved from the US to Ireland with her youngest daughter, Dakota. The actor relocated on January 15, days before Trump's inauguration."Although I was never someone who thought I would move to another country, that's what I decided would be the best for myself and my 12-year-old child," O'Donnell said in the video.The talk show host, who has Irish grandparents, said her experience so far has been "pretty wonderful" and she's…