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☆ I felt a lack of direction after I retired from being a CEO. Then I found a new career as a model at age 63.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Jane Ridley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. I did my first modeling shoot at 63. I thought I'd give modeling a tryI was on my computer a couple of months later, and a pop-up appeared. Rachael told me I looked sharp. Hurd told Business Insider that he never gets nervous ahead of a modeling shoot.

Persons: —, Anthony Hurd, Music, I've, Hurd, Rachael, David Gandy, It's, I'm Organizations: Service, UK, Business, Comic Relief, Nike, Reebok, Coca, BMW, Kentucky, Visa Locations: London, Paris, Sweden

☆ ‘Wish’ Review: The Sorcerer’s Disgruntled Apprentice
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Amy Nicholson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Until Asha flubs a job interview with Magnifico and realizes his flaw. The solution is the same as in every Disney cartoon: our heroine runs up a hill, hair swinging, and belts a ballad about longing. Oddly — and rather fascinatingly — this is a film about a spiritual revolution. Can Asha, a humanist, convince the islanders to reject the man in the embroidered robe who preaches that he alone is a conduit for miracles? “You’d think they’d all be content.”WishRated PG for neon-green depictions of black magic.

Persons: Asha flubs, Magnifico, Natasha Rothwell, Victor Garber, —, cribbed, Alan Tudyk, Asha, I’m, Benjamin Rice, Julia Michaels, “ Organizations: Disney Locations: E.T

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died. Young had roles in acclaimed films and television shows including “Chinatown,” “Once Upon a Time in America" and “The Sopranos.”But he was always best known for playing Paulie Pennino in six “Rocky” movies. The short, paunchy, balding Young was the sort of actor who always seemed to play middle-aged no matter his age. It won three, including best picture. In 1985's “Rocky IV” he reprograms a robot Rocky gives him into a sexy-voiced servant who dotes on him.

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☆ Aparna Nancherla Is Looking for Comic Relief
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Alisha Haridasani Gupta | More About Alisha Haridasani Gupta | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A few hours before the comedian Aparna Nancherla was scheduled to perform at the Elysian Theater in Los Angeles last month, she was at home tapping. With her index and middle fingers, she was tapping the crown of her head, tapping her chin, tapping her chest and reciting affirmations. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. Her nerves were also why, I was told by her publicist, I could not meet Ms. Nancherla before her performance.

Persons: Aparna Nancherla, I’m, Nancherla, She’s “, ” Organizations: Elysian Theater, showtime Locations: Los Angeles

☆ ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ Reconsidered
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-11 | by ( Mike Hale | More About Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Also present was the cynical frontier moralism, balanced by sentimentality, that runs through most of Sheridan’s shows (including “Yellowstone” and its Old West spinoffs). But Sheridan’s tics were easier to take in “Special Ops,” which felt more relaxed but also more tightly constructed than his previous shows (with the exception of the droll gangster drama “Tulsa King,” which is overseen by Terence Winter). Maybe it’s just practice — across his six dramas, Sheridan has written or co-written close to 80 episodes of television over the last five years. supervisor and Morgan Freeman, in a few scenes, as the querulous secretary of state. The problem with Sheridan’s other shows is that they give you too much time to think; in “Special Ops,” you could just focus on the mission.

Persons: Cruz, Joe, Terence Winter, Sheridan, Anthony Byrne, Paul Cameron, John Hillcoat, Saldaña, De Oliveira, Nicole Kidman, Joe’s, Morgan Freeman Organizations: Hamptons, Tulsa

And at the age of 68, I’m very fortunate in that I can do sort of one-off appearances now and then. It’s arduous.”Instead, Lennox plans on performing at more events like “ Time for Change,” a fundraiser for numerous nonprofits, including Rotary International’s End Polio Now initiative. Lennox will perform on the floor of the Colosseum on Sunday, accompanied only by a piano, as part of the benefit. Political Cartoons View All 1148 Images“We are surrounded by beauty, by art and by history,” Cecchini said of Italy. And, of course, if you can have an event with an artist performing, the potential is that it gets a higher profile.

Persons: — Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart, Lennox “ won’t, “ I’m, ” Lennox, I’m, Lennox, ”, Alberto Cecchini, ” Cecchini, Italy, ” Jennifer Jones, “, Jones, Bill Gates, I’ve Organizations: Hall of Fame, Associated Press, Rotary, Rotary International, Initiative, AP, Relief, Associated, Lilly Endowment Inc Locations: Italy

☆ Meet the grumpy stayers: People stuck in their jobs who can't leave for better gigs
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

He's one of the country's "grumpy stayers": workers who are reluctantly staying put in a cooling labor market. Grumpy stayers are in some ways the next iteration of quiet quitters, rattled by layoffs and fewer opportunities. In other words, grumpy stayers might be feeling left behind, with salaries lagging behind those of their peers who've departed. No room for improvementA theme across grumpy stayers is that they don't want to be grumpy, but work conditions make them that way. One solution, she said, would be for companies to engage with their grumpy stayers and lean more on their expertise to solve problems.

Persons: didn't, Jose Gonzalez, he's, hasn't, Gonzalez, Gonzalez isn't, they'd, stayers, Elizabeth, she'd, Erica Groshen, who've, Groshen Organizations: Service, Cornell University's School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Companies Locations: Wall, Silicon, Massachusetts, Texas

☆ 'Love Actually' writer/director Richard Curtis staging 'Christmas Actually'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —At Christmas, you tell the truth and this year it will be coming from a stage. A scene from "Love Actually." The director, whose movie writing credits include “Notting Hill,” “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Bridget Jones’s Diary,” is also the co-founder of Comic Relief. “I’m hoping that people will have a really great time - but also be part of supporting brilliant Comic Relief projects changing people’s lives, at home and abroad,” Curtis told the publication. He did not share the names of any stars attached to “Christmas Actually” as of yet.

Persons: Richard Curtis, ”, ” Curtis, Bridget Jones’s, Lenny Henry, “ I’m Organizations: CNN, BBC News, Comic Relief, “

Adrienne Hurst and Dan Farrell andListen and follow ‘The Daily’Apple Podcasts | Spotify | StitcherAlmost everyone who reads “American Born Chinese,” Gene Luen Yang’s groundbreaking graphic novel, is a little afraid of Chin-Kee. The book is a classic of young-adult literature, threading together stories of Asian American boyhood with a revered Ming dynasty novel. Chin-Kee’s role in it is a small one, but he is the bomb at the book’s heart. He makes the old schoolyard “me Chinese” rhymes and begins sentences with “Confucius say …” He sings “She Bangs,” in a library, in the style of the “American Idol” contestant William Hung. A laugh track runs in a ribbon under each scene, a brutal little receipt: “HA HA HA HA HA.”So when news arrived, in 2021, that “American Born Chinese” would be adapted as a live-action Disney+ streaming series, the first reaction from some readers was, more or less, “Oh, no.”

Persons: Adrienne Hurst, Dan Farrell, Gene Luen, Chin, Kee, “ Confucius, Bangs, ”, William Hung Organizations: Spotify, Idol

☆ In ‘The Blackening,’ Rather Than Dying First, Getting the Last Laugh
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Kelli Weston | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In the short, a group of Black friends confronted by a killer must decide who is “the Blackest” — and therefore liable to be killed first. Of course, the comedy lies in what naturally ensues: Everyone gathered tries to prove they are the least Black. One character retches through repeated attempts at insisting that “All lives matter,” the invalidating response to Black Lives Matter. (“The Blackening” recreates the short in one of its funniest scenes.) Initially attached as a producer, Tim Story, best known for “Barbershop” (2002), fell in love with the script and additionally opted to direct.

Persons: Black, Oliver, Perkins, Tim Story, ”, Yvonne Orji, Morgan, We’re, Foregrounding

☆ The Album Art Studio That Made Pink Floyd’s Pig Fly
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Mark Yarm | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The Dutch filmmaker Anton Corbijn, the director of “Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis),” a documentary on the design firm that opens in New York on June 7, had a slightly different take. “It’s just not normal to fly all the way to Hawaii to do that picture,” he said. Among the 415 album covers Hipgnosis made between 1968 and 1983 was Pink Floyd’s “Animals” (1977), for which a 40-foot inflatable pig was photographed floating between the chimneys of London’s Battersea Power Station. Unfortunately, the single cable affixed to the pig snapped, and up the balloon went — into the flight zone for Heathrow Airport. Noel Gallagher, a fan, provides some modern-day context and comic relief.

Persons: Anton Corbijn, ”, “ It’s, Hipgnosis, Pink Floyd, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Corbijn, Powell, David Gilmour, Mason, Waters, Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Gouldman, Noel Gallagher Organizations: Battersea Power, Heathrow Airport, Pink Locations: New York, Hawaii, London, Battersea

☆ Opinion: Harry Belafonte lived in – and transformed – two worlds
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Opinion Gene Seymour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Gene Seymour Jeremy Freeman/CNNBut history, as it often does, had other ideas for Belafonte, who died April 25 at 96, having lived a long, full life as both entertainer and activist. The times he lived in paved a smoother way for him than the one faced by his mentor and hero Paul Robeson. On the other hand, there was, relatively speaking, only so much Belafonte could do on the entertainment side. Here, as elsewhere in Belafonte’s life, the activism and the entertainment sides of his public life worked in tandem to buttress, offset and enhance the other. Join us on Twitter and FacebookAnd in a gratifying sense, the push-pull of history’s demands worked in Belafonte’s favor as a screen actor.

☆ I used AI to create my professional headshots and the results were either great or hilarious
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

A TikTok featuring an AI service promising studio-quality headshots for $17 intrigued me. So when I saw this TikTok about an AI service that promises low-cost, studio-quality headshots, I was intrigued. Without further ado, here are some of the greatest hits, along with a smattering of commentary:Rebecca Knight in an AI headshot. Rebecca Knight AI form. Rebecca Knight in AI form.

☆ What it feels like when your mental health condition becomes a punchline: 'It actually drives people further into hiding'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

But if you don't actually have obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) or bipolar disorder (BPD), those jokes can be offensive to people who are actually living with the illnesses. Gabe Howard Podcast Host of "Inside Mental Health" and Author of "Mental Illness is an Ass----"And with the growing interest in mental health, self-diagnosing, and diagnosing others, without a medical background has become more socially acceptable, Mathews adds. Other people's opinions of bipolar disorder, often communicated through jokes, began to shape Howard's views on his own condition. Gabe Howard Podcast Host of "Inside Mental Health" and Author of "Mental Illness is an Ass----"Thankfully, he no longer feels this way. 3 tips for shifting your language around mental health conditions

☆ What’s Next In Menswear? 6 Standout Trends From the Latest Runway Shows
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Jamie Waters | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

TRYING TO SPOT casual clothes at the recent menswear shows was a bit like playing “Where’s Waldo?” Sober, dressier items so outnumbered once-dominant streetwear staples on the catwalks that if you spied a hoodie, jeans or flashy sneakers, you felt like you’d won a game. This season belonged to investment pieces: sharp-shouldered suits, chunky polished-leather shoes, heirloom-quality coats. Guys bored of schlubby sweats and wary of splashing out money on overly loud, quick-to-date clothes when the cost of living is wincingly high. Less clear: How they will fare in the real world, when they hang off average-size mortals, not long-limbed models. One stylist friend announced, half-seriously, that he feared these coats would make his shorter clients look like kids who’d raided their dads’ closets.

☆ 44% of TikTok users have done this because of videos on the app—and it's not a dance challenge
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Kamaron Mcnair | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Listening to a song is the most popular action TikTok users have taken as a result of the app, with 44% of users saying they've done so, according to a recent survey from The New Consumer. That helped lead nearly 1 in 4 TikTok users to say they've purchased something they saw on TikTok. Plane tickets might not be strictly considered a "product," but 12% of users say they've traveled to another city or country inspired by TikTok. While listening to new music or making a "nacho table" with your friends might be the outcome of your time on TikTok, users say that's not the reason they open the app. 1 reason users turn to TikTok is for mindless entertainment and comic relief, the survey found.

☆ 'National Treasure: Edge of History' review: A Disney+ series adds a young-adult chapter to the movies
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Giving the “National Treasure” movies a young-adult spin, “National Treasure: Edge of History” transforms the franchise into a Disney+ series, one that offers the same playful approach to the past while weighing that down with tiresome relationship issues and a protagonist with her own Scooby gang. The opening episodes have their moments, but it’s less something to treasure than at best mildly enjoy. Nicolas Cage starred in the 2004 movie and its sequel, a sort of discount “Raiders of the Lost Ark.” The baton here passes to Lisette Olivera as Jess, a whip-smart Dreamer whose father, a protector of treasures, disappeared when she was a baby. As the recent “Willow” reminds us, Disney has aggressively mined its movie library for titles that might lend themselves to streaming-series treatment, and “National Treasure,” with its episodic aspect as Jess must locate and crack new clues, perhaps works on that level better than most. “National Treasure: Edge of History” premieres December 14 on Disney+.

☆ 4 stats that show how much TikTok has taken over the media world
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok is outshining its competitors as a key media platform for Gen Z, a new online survey by The New Consumer and Coefficient Capital shows. TikTok's userbase has exploded in recent years, ever since the pandemic when millions of people turned to the social-media app to entertain themselves during quarantine. Here are the top four takeaways from the Consumer Trends 2023 report that show TikTok's rise:1. An excerpt from the 2023 Consumer Trends Survey. An excerpt from the 2023 Consumer Trends Survey.

☆ Here's what critics are saying about Marvel's 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Danai Gurira and Letitia Wright star as Okoye and Shuri in Marvel Studio's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." DisneyIt's impossible to replace the irreplaceable, but that was Ryan Coogler's task as the director and co-writer of Disney's latest Marvel Cinematic Universe film, "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." Here's what some critics thought of "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" ahead of its Friday debut:Kristy Puchko, MashablePuchko says the film, while action-packed, is at its core about how people handle loss differently. Still from Marvel Studio's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." Winston Duke stars as M'Baku in Marvel Studio's "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever."

☆ 'Black Adam' review: Dwayne Johnson stars as the antihero in a drab addition to the DC Universe
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —“Black Adam” features a protagonist of almost unlimited power, which only makes its puny script more conspicuous. There’s simply no getting around the clunkiness of the dialogue, or the sense “Black Adam” overestimates the character’s appeal. Times being what they are, playing an actual superhero represents an inevitable addition to Johnson’s action resume, and “Black Adam” (setting aside “DC’s League of Super-Pets”) checks off that box. “Black Adam” premieres October 21 in US theaters and is rated PG-13. DC and Warner Bros., which is distributing the movie, are units of Warner Bros.

☆ 'Survivor' players reveal what it's really like to compete on the show
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-11 | by ( Meghan Cook | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +30 min

Former "Survivor" players told Insider what competing on the reality series is really like. Sleeping arrangements are rougher than viewers might thinkTom Laidlaw and Elaine Stott at camp on "Survivor: Island of the Idols." For more details, read 'Survivor' players reveal how the show chooses their only outfit and what it's like wearing it for up to 39 days. For more details, read 'Survivor' players break down 5 moments they wished aired on the show and 4 they're relieved didn't. For more details, read 'Survivor' players reveal what it was like getting their periods on the island.

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