Por Gareth Harris, CNN

Una nueva exposición en el Museo Victoria and Albert (V&A) de Londres captura el momento en que nació YouTube hace más de 20 años.

“El V&A adquirió una reconstrucción de una página web temprana y el primer video subido a la plataforma por el cofundador Jawed Karim”, dijo un portavoz del V&A.

La reconstrucción de la antigua página de reproducción de YouTube presenta la primera carga titulada “Me at the zoo”, que muestra al entonces cofundador de YouTube, Karim, de 25 años, en el zoológico de San Diego hablando sobre elefantes. El video de 19 segundos ha sido visto 382 millones de veces y ha recibido más de 18 millones de “me gusta” desde que se publicó por primera vez en la plataforma el 23 de abril de 2005.

“Lo genial de estos chicos es que tienen trompas realmente, realmente, realmente largas”, dice Karim en el video.

“Nuestro equipo de conservación digital ha pasado los últimos 18 meses reconstruyendo el diseño y la experiencia de la plataforma desde el 8 de diciembre de 2006, la marca de tiempo más antigua documentada en línea”, agregó el portavoz del V&A. El equipo del V&A colaboró con el equipo de experiencia de usuario de YouTube y el estudio londinense de diseño interactivo oio en el proyecto.

La obra inaugural de YouTube se exhibe en la galería Design 1900-Now en el V&A South Kensington, mientras que el proceso de creación de la reconstrucción se explora en una mini exposición en el V&A East Storehouse en Stratford.

Neal Mohan, CEO de YouTube, dijo en un comunicado: “Al reconstruir una página de reproducción temprana, no solo mostramos un video; estamos invitando al público a retroceder en el tiempo hasta el inicio de un fenómeno cultural global”. Corinna Gardner, curadora principal de diseño y digital en el V&A, añadió: “Esta instantánea de YouTube durante los primeros días de la web 2.0 marca un momento importante en la historia de internet y el diseño digital”.

YouTube sigue siendo una plataforma importante para las artes y la cultura, con contenido original de museos y galerías que a menudo supera a los servicios de streaming.

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By the Associated Press

Puerto Rican artists Residente and Bad Bunny are teaming up to tell the story of their home in an original historical drama.

René Pérez Joglar, the Grammy winner known professionally as Residente, will make his directorial debut with “PORTO RICO,” filmmakers and producers said Wednesday. Bad Bunny, the artist born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is set to lead a starry cast which currently includes Viggo Mortensen, Javier Bardem and Edward Norton.

“I have dreamed of making a film about my country since I was a child. Puerto Rico’s true history has always been surrounded by controversy,” Residente said in a statement. “This film is a reaffirmation of who we are — told with the intensity and honesty that our history deserves.”

“PORTO RICO” is being described as an “epic Caribbean Western and historical drama” inspired by true events. Residente co-wrote the script with Alexander Dinelaris, the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind “Birdman.”

It will mark the first leading role for Bad Bunny, who has appeared in several supporting roles in movies recently including “Happy Gilmore 2” and “Caught Stealing,” and who recently made waves with his historic Super Bowl halftime performance, which highlighted Puerto Rican culture and history.

The film has a bevy of power players behind it, including Oscar-winning Mexican filmmaker Alejandro G. Iñárritu, who is executive producing, and backing from Live Nation Entertainment. No details were available about when the film might shoot or be released.

Norton signed on to produce as well, saying in a statement that the film “sits in a tradition of films we deeply love, from ‘The Godfather’ to ‘Gangs of New York,’ that both thrill us with visceral drama and iconic characters and eras while also forcing us to face up to the shadow story under the American narrative of idealism.”

He added: “Everybody knows what a poet of language and rhythm René is. Now they’re going to see what a visual visionary he is as well. And bringing him and Bad Bunny together to tell the true story of Puerto Rico’s roots is going to be like a flame finding the stick of dynamite that’s been waiting for it.”

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By Karin Caifa

(CNN) – Before the sequins and the sparkle, there are sketches, hand stitches, a design niche and even rules of the sport to consider when making a skating costume.

Los Angeles-based designer Lisa McKinnon, who started skating at age 4, began making her own costumes when she was 12. Her craftsmanship caught the eye other skaters.

“Other people noticed and they started asking me to make them things too,” she says. “I was only about 15 or 16 when I was making actual competition costumes for the national champion in Sweden.”

For the 2026 Olympic games in Italy, McKinnon designed costumes for U.S. figure skaters Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito.

“The figure skating community is actually quite small in a way,” McKinnon says. “When you’re making costumes like myself, a lot of it is word of mouth. They ask, ‘Oh wait, hey, where did you get that from? Who made that for you?’ That’s how it started for me.”

McKinnon’s process includes detailed production and collaboration with skaters to ensure the creation adheres to the International Skating Union’s regulations for the costumes. For example, no part of the costume can fall on the ice or the skater will be penalized in their score.

McKinnon says working with Glenn included conversations with her and her choreographers. However, when creating Levito’s costume, “it’s also a very open process, and that one was like totally just what I was feeling when I was listening to the music and also what I think she would look good in.”

Naomi Brunson, of Springfield, Virginia, has always dreamed of designing ice skating costumes, and is inspired by McKinnon’s work and others who make skating costumes.

“There’s so many talented designers out there, and a lot of respect between designers,” she says. “They have this amazing gift, and Lisa McKinnon … is just spectacular, so it’s fun to see.”

Bruson is new to crafting skating costumes and has worked with junior and senior level skaters and a couple of nth U.S. National Team.

The work takes time. Brunson says she takes about 10 hours for research, which includes conversations about a skater’s music and choreography, sketches, material selection, and fittings. Building the costume can take anywhere from 10 to 40 hours. Brunson even makes her own lace and estimates that she hand-placed more than 120,000 rhinestones last year.

McKinnon also admires the work of fellow designers during the Winter Olympics, but admits seeing her own designs on ice hits differently.

“When the skater is wearing something that I have created for them, and it just hits all the notes and it just gels together with their looks, their performance, their skating, the music, the choreography,” McKinnon said. “That’s when it just feels really amazing.”

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By Karin Caifa

(CNN) – Before the sequins and the sparkle, there are sketches, hand stitches, a design niche and even rules of the sport to consider when making a skating costume.

Los Angeles-based designer Lisa McKinnon, who started skating at age 4, began making her own costumes when she was 12. Her craftsmanship caught the eye other skaters.

“Other people noticed and they started asking me to make them things too,” she says. “I was only about 15 or 16 when I was making actual competition costumes for the national champion in Sweden.”

For the 2026 Olympic games in Italy, McKinnon designed costumes for U.S. figure skaters Alysa Liu, Amber Glenn and Isabeau Levito.

“The figure skating community is actually quite small in a way,” McKinnon says. “When you’re making costumes like myself, a lot of it is word of mouth. They ask, ‘Oh wait, hey, where did you get that from? Who made that for you?’ That’s how it started for me.”

McKinnon’s process includes detailed production and collaboration with skaters to ensure the creation adheres to the International Skating Union’s regulations for the costumes. For example, no part of the costume can fall on the ice or the skater will be penalized in their score.

McKinnon says working with Glenn included conversations with her and her choreographers. However, when creating Levito’s costume, “it’s also a very open process, and that one was like totally just what I was feeling when I was listening to the music and also what I think she would look good in.”

Naomi Brunson, of Springfield, Virginia, has always dreamed of designing ice skating costumes, and is inspired by McKinnon’s work and others who make skating costumes.

“There’s so many talented designers out there, and a lot of respect between designers,” she says. “They have this amazing gift, and Lisa McKinnon … is just spectacular, so it’s fun to see.”

Bruson is new to crafting skating costumes and has worked with junior and senior level skaters and a couple of nth U.S. National Team.

The work takes time. Brunson says she takes about 10 hours for research, which includes conversations about a skater’s music and choreography, sketches, material selection, and fittings. Building the costume can take anywhere from 10 to 40 hours. Brunson even makes her own lace and estimates that she hand-placed more than 120,000 rhinestones last year.

McKinnon also admires the work of fellow designers during the Winter Olympics, but admits seeing her own designs on ice hits differently.

“When the skater is wearing something that I have created for them, and it just hits all the notes and it just gels together with their looks, their performance, their skating, the music, the choreography,” McKinnon said. “That’s when it just feels really amazing.”

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By Martin Goillandeau and Chris Boyette, CNN

(CNN) — Eight of nine skiers buried near California’s Lake Tahoe amid heavy snow and “extreme weather conditions” in the deadliest avalanche in the state’s recorded history have died, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday.

One is still missing and presumed dead, Sheriff Shannan Moon said.

Six skiers participating in the three‑day backcountry trip in northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains were previously rescued with “various injuries,” the sheriff’s office said, and were taken to a hospital for treatment. One was released Tuesday night, Capt. Rusty Greene said, and the other is expected to be released Wednesday.

“We did have conversation with the families of the folks that are that are still outstanding and let them know that our mission has went from a rescue to a recovery,” Moon said.

Of the nine skiers who were not rescued, seven are female and two are male, the sheriff’s office said. Their names were not released.

“It’s a difficult conversation to have with loved ones,” she said. “I can’t even imagine the amount of questions and stress that those families are going through right now.”

Three-day backcountry trip

The skiers, who are from multiple states, were on the final stretch of the trip and were returning to the trailhead Tuesday morning when a wave of ice, rocks and debris came crashing down on them.

The avalanche spanned about a football field’s length of the mountain, according to Chris Feutrier, USDA forest supervisor for the Tahoe National Forest.

The avalanche struck, he said, when “a persistent weak layer had a large load of snow over the top of it. That persistent weak layer is still there and has reloaded with another three feet of snow – so the hazard remains high.”

Some of the survivors, who are four men and two women, said they were trying to go out as a group when someone saw the deluge of snow and yelled, “avalanche,” Greene said.

In the avalanche’s wake, survivors – one of whom was one of the guides, Moon said – were left scrambling to try to find the rest of their group and to improvise shelter as they awaited rescue.

The disaster at Castle Peak set off a dangerous, hourslong rescue effort hampered by heavy snow and strong winds from the winter storm roaring through the rugged Sierra Nevada mountains.

Emergency crews received reports of the avalanche around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday and about 50 rescuers were deployed, Moon said.

The sheriff described the rescuers as “skilled” but working through “extreme weather conditions” including snow and gale force winds, making for low visibility.

Eleven hours later, six survivors had been rescued with “various injuries,” according to the sheriff’s office, noting two had to be transported to the hospital for treatment and nine were reported to be missing.

“Eight of the nine additional skiers have been located deceased. We are still looking for one of the members at this time. Due to the ongoing challenges of the weather, the avalanche conditions, the effort remains o