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☆ ‘Bridgerton’: Why everyone is talking about the ‘She’s All That’-inspired staircase scene
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Kaila Nichols | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —This article may contain spoilers for Bridgerton Season 3. Dearest gentle reader…By now, viewers have had time to watch the first four episodes of the highly anticipated third season of Bridgerton. That scene in particular was inspired by the 1999 romantic comedy, “She’s All That,” according to showrunner Jess Brownell. “There’s room for some reflection and some growth in her as well.”The first four episodes of Bridgerton Season 3 are now available to stream on Netflix. Bridgerton Season 3 Part 2 will premiere June 13.

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☆ 'Bridgerton' fans are praising the disability representation in season 3, including an 'autistic-coded' character
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Read previewWarning: Spoilers ahead for "Bridgerton" season three, part one. Fans are lauding season 3 for its representation of people with disabilitiesZak Ford-Williams as Lord Remington on season three of "Bridgerton." — Michelle Birkby (@michelleeb) May 16, 2024Today is Global Accessibility Awareness day and @bridgerton season 3 premier day. Francesca Bridgerton is autistic. Francesca isn't explicitly stated as being on the autism spectrum in Julia Quinn's 'Bridgerton' novels or on the TV seriesHannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton on season three, episode two of "Bridgerton."

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☆ 'Bridgerton' showrunner Jess Brownell breaks down Polin's future, the return of Kanthony, and 'more conflict to come' in part 2
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Season three of "Bridgerton" centers on Polin, the ship name of Penelope Featherington (Nicola Coughlan) and Colin Bridgerton (Luke Newton). Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington and Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton on season three of "Bridgerton." AdvertisementClaudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton and Hannah Dodd as Francesca Bridgerton on season three, episode three of "Bridgerton." AdvertisementLuke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton on season three, episode two of "Bridgerton." "Bridgerton" season three, part one is now streaming on Netflix.

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☆ Lady Tilley Arnold is Benedict's new love interest on 'Bridgerton' season 3 — here's what to know about her, and if she's in the books
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Benedict Bridgerton has a new love interest on season three of "Bridgerton" — a widow named Lady Tilley Arnold who's in no rush to remarry but is enjoying the company of the titular family's second-born sibling. AdvertisementLady Tilley Arnold doesn't appear in Julia Quinn's Bridgerton book seriesHannah New as Lady Tilley Arnold on season three, episode three of "Bridgerton." Hannah New as Lady Tilley Arnold and Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton on season three, episode three of "Bridgerton." Does Benedict Bridgerton end up marrying Lady Tilley Arnold? Hannah New as Lady Tilley Arnold and Luke Thompson as Benedict Bridgerton on season three, episode three of "Bridgerton."

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☆ 'Bridgerton' showrunner Jess Brownell explains how a Pitbull cover made its way into a pivotal scene in season 3
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Warning: Major spoilers ahead for season 3 of Netflix's "Bridgerton." A cover of Pitbull's "Give Me Everything" plays during Colin and Penelope's carriage scene in episode 4. Showrunner Jess Brownell told BI she picked the song because it had the "right crescendo" for the moment. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The love story between Colin (Luke Newton) and Penelope (Nicola Coughlan), collectively known by the ship name Polin, gets the spotlight on this season of "Bridgerton."

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☆ 'Bridgerton' star Jonathan Bailey reveals he came up with the idea for Kanthony's season 3 premiere kiss during dance rehearsals with Simone Ashley
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewKanthony may no longer be the central focus of "Bridgerton," but stars Jonathan Bailey and Simone Ashley are still feeding the fandom. Meanwhile, Anthony Bridgerton (Bailey) and Kate Sharma (Ashley), the main couple of the previous season, return to town still basking in the glow of their recent honeymoon. Jonathan Bailey as Anthony on the season three premiere of "Bridgerton." NetflixDuring the season three premiere, Kate and Anthony decide to delay their duties of running the Bridgerton household in favor of extending their honeymoon. "Bridgerton" season three, part one is now streaming on Netflix.

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☆ Cressida Cowper is getting a redemption arc in 'Bridgerton' season 3. Here's how it differs from the books.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Bridgerton" season three is making a big change to the former villain Cressida Cowper. AdvertisementIn the books, Cressida marries before Penelope and Colin's love storyJessica Madsen as Cressida Cowper and Claudia Jessie as Eloise Bridgerton in "Bridgerton" season three. Liam Daniel / NetflixCressida appears in two "Bridgerton" books: "The Viscount Who Loved Me," which was source material for season two, and in "Romancing Mr. Bridgerton," which underpins season three. In "Romancing Mr. Bridgerton," Cressida is a vain, mean bully of London society. Cressida pretends to be Lady Whistledown and later blackmails PenelopeJoanna Bobin as Lady Cowper and Jessica Madsen as Cressida Cowper in "Bridgerton" season 3.

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☆ Long after Oppenheimer, the US is still paying benefits to people who were exposed to radiation from nuclear tests
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Jake Epstein | Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Decades after Oppenheimer, the US still pays benefits to people exposed to nuclear radiation. Civilians who contracted cancer or other diseases due to nuclear testing also receive benefits. Long after the creation and testing of that first nuclear weapon and the many more tests that followed, Washington is still paying benefits to veterans and civilians exposed to radiation from nuclear bomb tests and cleanups. It was over 40 years after the first nuclear test, codenamed "Trinity," before the risks and dangers were officially recognized. Jeff T. Green/Getty ImagesCurrent VA benefits related to nuclear radiation exposure include cleanups at the Marshall Islands and Palomares, Spain, from a 1966 US Air Force plutonium accident.

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☆ ‘Orwell’ Review: Champion of an Ordinary Truth
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-19 | by ( Dominic Green | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

George Orwell in an undated photograph. Photo: Estate of Vernon RichardsGeorge Orwell, the inventor of the Ministry of Love and Room 101 in “Nineteen Eighty-Four,” was married for the second time in Room 65 of University College Hospital in London. His sickbed was not far from Senate House, the building that had inspired the Ministry of Truth. The groom was dying of tuberculosis and wore a crimson corduroy jacket. One hundred days later, on Jan. 21, 1950, Orwell was dead, aged 46.

☆ The Mind-Expanding Value of Arts Education
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-02 | by ( Ginanne Brownell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Awuor Onguru says that if it were not for her continued exposure to arts education as a child, she never would have gotten into Yale University. Growing up in a lower-middle-class family in Nairobi, Kenya, Ms. Onguru, now a 20-year-old junior majoring in English and French, started taking music lessons at the age of four. During her high school summer breaks, Ms. Onguru — who also has a strong interest in creative writing and poetry — went to the United States, attending the Interlochen Center for the Arts’ creative writing camp, in Michigan, and the Iowa Young Writers’ Studio. Ms. Onguru, who recently returned to campus after helping organize Yale Glee Club’s spring tour in Kenya, hopes to become a journalist after graduation. “But they found places to express themselves, found places to be creative, found places to say things that they didn’t know how else to say them.”

☆ A World Heritage Designation Can Be a Blessing, or a Curse
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Ginanne Brownell | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article is part of our special report on the Art for Tomorrow conference in the Italian cities of Florence and Solomeo. MOMBASA, Kenya — It is a tale of three cities. Locals and tourists jockey for space in the zigzagging alleys, with shops selling everything from silver jewelry to body products made with locally grown baobab. And between the two sits Old Town Mombasa and at its eastern tip, Fort Jesus, an imposing 16th-century structure built by the Portuguese, its multiple openings offering glorious views of the Indian Ocean, and gentle breezes that help stave off the coastal heat. But while these streets are busy, too, here in Old Town Mombasa, it’s mostly locals, unlike in the other two locales, where throngs of tourists flood the streets.

☆ US military atomic cleanup crews were sent out in the wake of American nuclear testing, and many paid a heavy price, veterans say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Over a period of more than a decade, the US military conducted dozens of nuclear tests in the Pacific. Years later, soldiers were sent to the Marshall Islands to try and clean up the fallout from the testing. Nuclear tests like Castle Bravo produced a substantial amount of nuclear fallout that negatively affected the people of the Marshall Islands, according to the Brookings Institution think tank. Impact of radiation contaminationNuclear weapons testing in the Marshall Islands had "devastating effects" on the country's environment that "remain unresolved," according to a 2019 report by the Republic of the Marshall Islands' National Nuclear Commission. However, he, like thousands of others, are excluded from the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, which only covers veterans present for atmospheric nuclear tests.

Cassaundra Brownell, a self-described “serial entrepreneur” from Maryland, was relieved when she found the Justis Connection, a company that links potential clients with Black attorneys. Her case illuminates a point Black lawyers and advocates have been making for some time: Black clients feel that they receive heightened support and more favorable results from Black lawyers than with non-Black legal aid. And unlike Black lawyer associations like the National Conference of Black Lawyers and The National Black Lawyers, which some have relied on to find Black legal representatives in their cities, the Justis Connection specifically works on making those client-attorney connections. “And the thing about a Black attorney is that he or she would be much more relatable to Black clients,” Davidson said. But it’s probably not going to be the same.”However, even with connections being made, a significant problem still exists: There are not enough Black attorneys to address the needs of Black clients.

☆ Meet the GOP's biggest Hollywood donors
▼ + stars: | 2020-08-26 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

America First Action, the most notable super PAC backing President Donald Trump, has directly criticized Hollywood. Donors from Hollywood-area ZIP codes also rank among the most generous donors to key Republican senators, including Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Marco Rubio of Florida. 3 donor ZIP code in the nation, trailing only ZIP codes in Houston and Palm Beach, Florida, which is home to his Mar-a-Lago Club resort. Bill Pugliano/Getty ImagesTrump continues to profit from HollywoodIn messages to supporters this year, Trump has decried "liberal HOLLYWOOD donors" and "MEGA HOLLYWOOD DONORS," while his son Donald Trump Jr. has castigated the "Hollywood Elite." As president, Trump's pension earned him more than $84,000 in 2017, about $91,000 in 2018, and about $78,000 in 2019, his personal financial disclosures showed.

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