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☆ Opinion: ‘Civil War’ is more than a reflection on America’s divisions
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Opinion Noah Berlatsky | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Noah Berlatsky Noah BerlatskyAlex Garland’s “Civil War” has mostly been discussed as a reflection of, and a warning about, America’s current partisan divisions. Unlike the actual US Civil War, this one doesn’t seem to have any particular racial or racist connotations. But it’s the same kind of cop out that powers most of Hollywood’s most iconic Vietnam war movies. Hollywood Vietnam war movies generally aren’t about whether America did the right thing, nor are they about how America’s choices affected people in Vietnam. Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" (1987), starring Matthew Modine as Joker, is based on the events of the Vietnam war.

Persons: Noah Berlatsky, CNN —, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Noah Berlatsky Noah Berlatsky Alex Garland’s “, ”, he’s, Garland, Nick Offerman, Lee, Kirsten Dunst, Joel, Wagner Moura, Jessie, Cailee, Sammy, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Lee Wagner, Trump, Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, Jesse Plemons, that’s, Francis Ford Coppola’s, Stanley Kubrick’s, don’t, —, Dawn ”, Stanley Kubrick's, Matthew Modine, It’s, transfixed Organizations: CNN, Union, Hollywood, America, Central, Warner Bros Locations: Chicago, Vietnam, Viet, American, Washington, California, Texas, Hollywood Vietnam, American Vietnam, Hollywood

☆ A man named Brick is being caned in Singapore for illegally sneaking into the country on a small boat: local report
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Brick, 26, is an Indonesian man who is set to be caned nine times for trying to illegally enter Singapore. Caning is a judicial punishment in Singapore that can be given to male offenders who are below 50. AdvertisementA 26-year-old Indonesian man was sentenced to 18 months in prison and nine strokes of the cane in Singapore for illegally entering the island nation by swimming, local media reported. Singaporean outlet Channel News Asia identified the man by only one name — Brick — and reported that he approached Singapore on a small boat called a sampan in June 2023. Given his latest sentence, the total rises to 34 cane strokes and 68 months in prison.

Persons: —, Brick, Brick's, Michael Fay, Fay, Singapore's, Halimah Yaacob Organizations: Service, Channel News Asia, CNA, Business, Staff Locations: Indonesian, Singapore, Batam, Indonesian Embassy

☆ Tracy Britt Cool, who worked for Warren Buffett for 10 years, is making her name in midsized firms
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Yun Li | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Tracy Britt Cool has been busy acquiring midsized companies — ones too small for her old boss Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway — and now she wants to build a close-knit community for these smaller businesses. Unlike the Berkshire CEO's laissez-faire approach to managing his companies, however, Cool is more hands-on, guiding company leaders through hiring and developing strategies. "We want to be the trusted home for midsized companies," Cool said in an interview. Buffett influence Cool famously got a job working for Buffett as his financial assistant by sending the "Oracle of Omaha" a letter after graduating Harvard Business School. Cool declined to comment on her relationship with Buffett or her experience at Berkshire.

Persons: Tracy Britt Cool, Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway —, Buffett, Charlotte, Kanbrick, Brian Humphrey, Cool, Kanbrick hasn't, Benjamin Moore, it's Organizations: Berkshire Hathaway, Elite, Cool, Harvard Business School, Oriental Trading Company, Systems Locations: Berkshire, Nashville, Kansas, Omaha, Pennsylvania

☆ Ryan O'Neal, famous for his role in 'Paper Moon' alongside his daughter, dead at 82, son says.
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-08 | by ( Associated Press | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Ryan O'Neal was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2012, a decade after he was first diagnosed with chronic leukemia. Advertisement"My father, Ryan O'Neal, has always been my hero," Patrick O'Neal wrote, adding, "He is a Hollywood legend. His real-life daughter, Tatum, played a trash-talking, cigarette-smoking orphan who needs his help — and eventually helps redeem him. Ryan O'Neal pleaded guilty to the charge and entered a drug diversion program, but he publicly denied the drugs were his. Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal was born on April 20, 1941 and was the son of screenwriter Charles O'Neal and actor Patricia Callaghan O'Neal.

Persons: —, Ryan O'Neal, Oscar, Tatum, Patrick O'Neal, O'Neal, Peter Bogdanovich, Stanley Kubrick, Barry Lyndon, Farrah Fawcett, Fawcett, Redmond, Joanna Moore, Griffin O'Neal, Tatum O'Neal, Patrick, Leigh Taylor, Young, Ali MacGraw, Griffin, Peyton, Mia Farrow, Bogdanovich, Barbra Streisand, Shirley Temple, O'Neal's, perfectionism, Oliver Barrett, John McEnroe, Drew Barrymore, Gian, Carlo Coppola, Francis Ford Coppola, negligently, Redmond O'Neal, Charles Patrick Ryan O'Neal, Charles O'Neal, Patricia Callaghan O'Neal Organizations: Service, Business, Paramount Pictures, Hollywood Locations: Los Angeles, Europe, Bogdanovich's, Maryland

☆ The sperm whale attack that inspired the novel 'Moby-Dick' may have also involved some aggressive killer whales
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Maiya Focht | Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

This story is said to have inspired the novel "Moby-Dick," and was adapted into a 2015 film. In fact, killer whales may have been key characters in the infamous incident that inspired Herman Melville's 1851 novel "Moby-Dick." "Moby-Dick" is inspired by a sperm whale, not a killer whale, sinking the whaling boat "Essex" in 1820. From there, the sailors had to fight off the conditions of the open ocean and follow up attacks by possible orca whales. The novel that resurfaced the story of the EssexPhilbrick's book is a historical recount of what happened to the real sailors that inspired Melville's tale.

Persons: Moby, Dick, —, Herman Melville's, Nathaniel Philbrick's, Chris Hemsworth, Tom Holland, Cillian Murphy, Moby Dick, Essex, Hanne Strager, Philbrick, Melville, Owen Chase's, George Pollard Jr, Pollard Organizations: Service, New Bedford Whaling Museum, Smithsonian, Cruising Association, Business, New York Times Locations: Strait, Gibraltar, Essex, Nantucket, Polish, Moroccan, Danish

DALLAS (AP) — A miniature X-wing Starfighter used in a “Star Wars” film sold for over $3 million during an auction over the weekend of items both collected and created by longtime Hollywood model-maker Greg Jein. The auction house said that everyone from model-makers to collectors and science-fiction fans attended, making the event its best-attended in years. The Red Leader X-wing Starfighter that was used in the 1977 film “Star Wars: Episode IV — A New Hope" sold for about $3.1 million after a bidding duel between two collectors, the auction house said. Also going for an eye-popping amount was a “Star Wars” Stormtrooper costume that sold for $645,000. Zutavern said his friend had a love of Hollywood history, and a passion for seeking out items for his collection.

Persons: Greg Jein, Jein, Joe Maddalena, Jein’s, ” Jein, Stanley Kubrick's, Steven Spielberg's, Lou Zutavern, Zutavern, “, ” Organizations: DALLAS, Heritage Auctions, Red, “, Air and Space Museum Locations: Hollywood, Dallas, Los Angeles, Washington ,

☆ C-3PO's head, 'Titanic' costumes for sale at Propstore film auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Marie-Louise Gumuchian | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/4] Actor Anthony Daniels, who played C-3PO in 11 Star Wars films, poses next to a screen-matched, light-up C-3PO head from the 1977 film "Star Wars: A New Hope" which is part of his personal collection, at Propstore in Chenies, Britain, September 20, 2023. The head will be auctioned with other film... Acquire Licensing Rights Read moreRICKMANSWORTH, England, Oct 3 (Reuters) - From "Star Wars" droid C-3PO's head to Leonardo DiCaprio's "Titanic" costume, a trove of costumes and props are headed to auction next month in a sale of film and television memorabilia worth around $14.6 million. More than 1,800 items are being sold by entertainment memorabilia auctioneer Propstore at its annual live auction, which this year runs from Nov. 9-12. Leading the sale, which Propstore estimates will fetch more than 12 million pounds (14.6 million), is the light-up head actor Anthony Daniels wore to play C-3PO in "Star Wars: A New Hope", with an estimate of 500,000 - 1 million pounds ($600,000- $1.2 million). Daniels is also selling other "Star Wars" memorabilia.

Persons: Anthony Daniels, Leonardo DiCaprio's, Propstore, Daniels, Stephen Lane, DiCaprio, Ryder's, Ursula Andress, Johnny Depp's, Harrison Ford's, Indiana Jones, Freddy, Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump, Stanley Kubrick's, Marlon Brando, Lane, they're, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Alex Richardson Organizations: Star Wars, Wars, Reuters, Pirates, Thomson Locations: Propstore, Chenies, Britain, RICKMANSWORTH, England, Caribbean

☆ 'Barbenheimer' opening weekend could top $200 million, a jolt for Hollywood's soft box office
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This weekend at the box office is all about atomic bombs and blonde bombshells. Typically when two big movies from two different studios hit theaters at the same time, it's a competition for ticket sales. Heading into the weekend, "Barbie" is expected to capture at least $90 million in domestic ticket sales, with some box office analysts projecting the film could tally upwards of $140 million. Major movie chains have indicated that ticket sales are strong for both films this weekend and additional shows have been added to accommodate demand. "Going into this weekend anticipation has been very high for both 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer,'" said Jeffrey Kaufman, chief content officer at Malco Theatres.

Persons: That's, Oppenheimer, Erik Davis, It's, Barbie, Jeffrey Kaufman, Greta Gerwig, Bird, Hollywood's, Audiences, Stanley Kubrick's, Margot Robbie, Ken, Ryan Gosling Organizations: Warner Bros, Mattel, AMC Theatre, National Association of Theatre, Malco, Academy Locations: Barbie

☆ Warren Buffett's former deputy slams crypto and meme stocks, heralds AI's 'iPhone moment,' and flags big risks to commercial real estate. Here are the 6 best quotes from her annual letter.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Warren Buffett's ex-deputy blasts meme stocks and cryptos and welcomes a more sensible market. Tracy Britt Cool advises investors to be careful and touts ChatGPT as groundbreaking. Here are the six best quotes from Britt Cool and her Kanbrick cofounder in their annual letter. Tracy Britt Cool and her Kanbrick cofounder, Brian Humphrey, also jabbed at meme stocks and cryptocurrencies, and hailed artificial intelligence as a game-changing technology. (Britt Cool and Humphrey singled out commercial real estate, heavily indebted companies with floating-rate loans, and the mushrooming federal debt as areas of concern.)"

A sale of Westbrick would mark an exit from the Canadian oil and gas production business for KKR. KKR has owned Westbrick for a decade, longer than most of its investments, making a sale logical, one of the sources said. KKR invested C$250 million in Westbrick when it was a smaller producer in 2012. Apart from Westbrick, KKR's other investments in Canada include gas processing assets and a stake in the Coastal GasLink pipeline under construction. "Anyone who knows me knows that Westbrick has been for sale every day since our existence," he told Reuters via email.

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