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☆ Chris Hemsworth criticizes directors such as Martin Scorsese and Marvel actors for 'bashing' superhero movies: 'Tell that to the billions who watch them'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-14 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewChris Hemsworth criticized high-profile directors and his fellow Marvel actors for "bashing" the superhero genre when it is beloved by "billions." Chris Hemsworth as Thor in "Thor: Love and Thunder." "Superhero films actually kept people in the cinemas during that transition and now people are coming back. Related storiesHemsworth then turned his attention to Marvel actors who have spoken out against the franchise after their movies failed. Despite his strong defense of Marvel, Hemsworth criticized his last movie appearance, "Thor: Love and Thunder," on multiple occasions.

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☆ Eurovision is back, but will Baby Lasagne or Nemo triumph? Your complete guide
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Rob Picheta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

“People are like ‘OK, Sweden is the spiritual home of Eurovision’ – I see Eurovision as this moving entity,” she tells CNN. “The whole product, ABBA, is a vibe, isn’t it?”ABBA sing "Waterloo" at Eurovision 50 years ago. But ABBA are the past; Baby Lasagne, Windows95Man and Nemo – a person, not a fish – are very much the present. This year’s slim favorite is Baby Lasagne, whose arena-pounding anthem “Rim Tim Tagi Dim” describes a brain drain affecting Croatian towns. He credits his fiancée with helping him launch his career – “She’s the lasagne, and I’m just the baby,” he tells CNN.

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An income-driven repayment plan may be a good choice if you can't handle your monthly payments. The SAVE Plan is a simplified income-driven repayment (IDR) plan, which aims to provide more affordable student loan payments for borrowers with low to middle incomes. The SAVE Plan replaces the previous variations of IDR plans (Income-Contingent, Income-Based, Revised Pay As You Earn). The SAVE Plan calculates your payment based on a smaller percentage of your discretionary income compared to older IDR plans. Read more Read less Ryan Wangman, CEPF Loans Reporter Ryan Wangman was a reporter at Personal Finance Insider reporting on personal loans, student loans, student loan refinancing, debt consolidation, auto loans, RV loans, and boat loans.

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☆ Anne Hathaway says she had to make out with 10 guys in a day for 'gross' chemistry auditions. She pretended to be excited so she wasn't labeled 'difficult.'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Anne Hathaway told V Magazine that in the 2000s, she had to kiss 10 men in one day for a chemistry audition. Hathaway said she thought it was "gross" but didn't want to be seen as "difficult" by complaining. AdvertisementAnne Hathaway said she had to make out with 10 guys in one day for a chemistry audition for a movie in the 2000s. Hathaway told V that the making-out element is being phased out of chemistry auditions now. Galitzine told People in March at the SXSW festival that he was initially anxious about the dance audition, but the experience was "transformative."

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☆ Anne Hathaway details ‘gross’ chemistry tests she did in the 2000s
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-23 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway has said that she had to kiss a series of actors during the audition process in the 2000s to “test for chemistry” on camera. Speaking to V Magazine in an interview published Monday, Hathaway said: “Back in the 2000s — and this did happen to me — it was considered normal to ask an actor to make out with other actors to test for chemistry. Aren’t you excited to make out with all of them?’“And I thought, ‘Is there something wrong with me?’ because I wasn’t excited. “It wasn’t a power play, no one was trying to be awful or hurt me. Anne Hathaway and Nicholas Galitzine attend "The Idea Of You" World Premiere during SXSW at The Paramount Theater on March 16, 2024 in Austin, Texas.

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☆ I'm a student at Yale, and we party more than you'd think. Here's what parties at the Ivy League are like.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Miles Kirkpatrick | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewLike most Yale students, I'm swamped. Despite the Ivy League's reputation as one big ivory tower, Yale students still love to throw a good party. Yale isn't a huge party school, but we still have partiesWhen choosing a school, the party scene wasn't very high on my priority list. This wasn't a medieval cloister; it was just what you'd expect from any college despite the Ivy League status. Related storyEven closer to campus is Toad's Place, a club that hosts Yale-only Wednesday night parties and is free on Saturdays with a Yale ID.

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☆ Billie Eilish literally signed Melissa McCarthy’s face during SAG Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Melissa McCarthy was the ultimate fangirl at the SAG Awards on Saturday when she asked Billie Eilish for an autograph onstage. Eilish ended up signing her name – with permanent marker – right on McCarthy’s forehead while the pair were presenting the award for outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series. While McCarthy attempted to continue gushing over Eilish while she was mid-signature, the singer hilariously covered McCarthy’s mouth as the audience bellowed with laughter. “We’ve actually met before,” McCarthy said, going on to correct herself that they’ve actually met three times. And one of my dogs.”She went on to gush that she actually met Eilish “in utero” before she was even born, because Eilish’s mother, Maggie Baird, was McCarthy’s improv teacher years ago.

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☆ Ewen MacIntosh, star of British comedy ‘The Office,’ dead at 50
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

London CNN —British actor Ewen MacIntosh, best known for his role in BBC comedy series “The Office,” has died at the age of 50, his representatives confirmed. “It is with a heavy heart I can confirm the very sad news of our client Ewen’s passing. Ewen was a wonderful actor and an even better human being. The very funny and very lovely Ewen Macintosh, known to many as ‘Big Keith’ from The Office, has passed away. RIP,” wrote Merchant in a post on X.

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☆ How Scorsese Moves the Camera With Purpose in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Mekado Murphy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

He gets up, he turns in circles, the camera circles around him, and as that’s happening, other figures are coming into frame from left and right. And as he pivots around and tries to explain that his wife is sick, which is an understatement, the camera keeps tracking around. “My wife, she’s real sick!” That was one of the most enjoyable moments, laying out that shot. Not boring images, but boring, really focused on them. “I need to sit down.” “Yes, you do, but you’re standing.” That’s when he really has lost his senses and he’s really, really tired.

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☆ Second City Expands to the First City and Sets Up Shop in Brooklyn
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Kathryn Shattuck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

From the very beginning of the improv theater Second City, its name made clear that it wasn’t a New York institution and didn’t aspire to be. But after 65 years, the Chicago-based institution that has strongly influenced modern comedy is opening an outpost on Monday in Brooklyn, in what is the First City. Two weeks before the lights were set to officially go up, Ed Wells, Second City’s chief executive, showed off its new 12,000-square-foot home on North Ninth Street in Williamsburg even as he acknowledged the headwinds facing the expansion. There is a 190-seat main stage theater with a wraparound mezzanine and a 50-seat black box theater for student shows. The Bentwood restaurant, named after the chair that Second City actors use onstage, sometimes as a prop.

Persons: Ed Wells Organizations: Improv, North Ninth Locations: City, New York, Chicago, Brooklyn, It’s, Williamsburg

☆ Don't start your work presentations by simply saying 'hello.' Here's how to be more engaging in the conference room.
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-08 | by ( Meredith Grundei | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

As a public-speaking coach who has worked with many executives and senior teams, I know how to make work presentations more engaging. AdvertisementInstead, try to capture their attentionBegin your presentation with a hook or a story — something that grabs their attention right from the start. You could also try to form a personal connectionOften, presentations lack a personal touch. This not only makes your work presentation more relatable but also helps to establish a deeper connection with your audience. AdvertisementTry to encourage interactionAt the very least, you should try to engage your audience from the beginning — whether in person or on virtual calls.

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☆ I study highly successful people for a living. Here are 11 little habits they practice every day
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Adam Grant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Here are 11 little life changes that highly successful people practice every day:1. To encourage trial and error, set a goal for the minimum number of mistakes you want to make per day or per week. Listen to the coaches who have relevant expertise (credibility), know you well (familiarity), and want what's best for you (care). The best way to learn something is to teach it. You understand it better after you explain it — and you remember it better after you take the time to recall it.

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☆ 4 Shows to Catch at the New York Comedy Festival
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Jason Zinoman | More About Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

An absolute legend of stand-up, Margaret Cho is a touchstone for many performers. They have worked on both coasts and accumulated many television credits, but they will operate out of a leading house of improvisation. Alex EnglishNov. 12, Chelsea Music HallA seasoned sketch television writer, Alex English is a reliable killer in stand-up sets. His new show, “Alex English Prays the Gay Away,” finds him at longer form, and there should be a bounty of hard-hitting punchlines. For more details on the shows, go to nycomedyfestival.com.

Persons: Margaret Cho, ”, Tami Sagher, Chris Gethard, Alex English, “ Alex English Organizations: UCB, Chelsea Music Hall Locations: nycomedyfestival.com

☆ Opinion: I’ve sacrificed for a Hollywood acting career. This is where I draw the line
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Zamira Rahim | Opinion Mehdi Barakchian | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

In case you haven’t followed the actors’ strike, the AMPTP and SAG-AFTRA are negotiating revenue sharing and policies around use of artificial intelligence (AI), among other items. I’m fortunate to have enough success acting full time that I’ve been able to pay my bills and acquire health insurance. Prior to the advent of streaming, actors like me relied on residuals paid out based on how often we appeared in a show and how successful it was. In short, actors work much more to make ends meet and still sometimes find ourselves earning less. When streaming first showed up, it had a lot of work to do to draw and maintain audiences.

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☆ RFK Jr's major campaign announcement began with him frantically searching for a copy of his speech because his teleprompter was apparently 'upside down'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-09 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

On Monday, Kennedy declared he's running as a independent for President of the United States. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . It's not immediately clear what the issue was, but the teleprompter likely had issues as Kennedy complained, "It's upside down." With his speech in hand, Kennedy returned to the stage to continue his announcement. Once a long-shot Democratic presidential hopeful, Kennedy now has his sights set on becoming the first major independent presidential hopeful since environmental activist Ralph Nader in 2000.

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☆ 29-year-old background actor on the SAG-AFTRA strike: AI could mean 'I have nothing new to offer'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Among those on strike are the many extras who fill screens countrywide, performing nonspeaking parts, often in the background of a scene. She's since made a living as a background actor in shows like "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "Succession," "Law and Order: Organized Crime" and "Blue Bloods." The ninth and tenth hours pay time and a half and any hours worked beyond that pay double. Being on set shows you 'how different actors behave'It's hard to say how many people do background work in the U.S. "My whole New York network has been built through background," Cunningham says.

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As the all-powerful ruler of oil-rich Gabon, Ali Bongo Ondimba had two passions, music and forests, that forged powerful ties across the world. An accomplished musician, Mr. Bongo recorded a disco-funk album and lured James Brown and Michael Jackson to Gabon. As president, he built a music studio at his seaside palace and played improv jazz to foreign diplomats at state dinners. More recently, Mr. Bongo allied with Western scientists and conservationists, entranced by both the paradisiacal beauty of Gabon, an Arizona-sized country covered in lush rainforest and teeming with wildlife, and by his commitment to protecting it. But to his own people, Mr. Bongo, 64, embodied a family dynasty, founded by his father, which had dominated Gabon for 56 years — until this week, when it came crashing down.

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☆ How Hip-Hop Changed the English Language Forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Miles Marshall Lewis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +16 min

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☆ My company runs on a 4-day workweek. Our days can be intense but revenue has increased and we're never going back.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Robin Madell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

His company switched to a four-day workweek and saw an increase in revenue. I'd heard about companies, particularly in the UK, experimenting with a four-day workweek, and it made a lot of sense to me. A condensed workweek can be more intenseWe heard from employees that they loved the four-day workweek and never wanted to go back to the old way. If you want to try a four-day workweek at your company, here's my advice:Don't jump in feet first without a preliminary test. If your company's compensation is tied to time, a four-day workweek will be less successful.

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☆ How a TikToker with 760K followers built a business reenacting Facebook Marketplace scams, from the apps he uses to manage his workflow to how much money he earns
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-09 | by ( Marta Biino | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But one day, he had a funny interaction on Facebook Marketplace after putting an item for sale, and his wife suggested he tried making a TikTok video reenacting it. Two years later, he's amassed almost 800,000 followers on TikTok and Instagram with videos of "Facebook Marketplace Nightmares," where he reenacts real conversations users have had while negotiating transactions on Facebook. Here's the tech stack Guerra uses to edit and repurpose content, manage his workflow, and keep track of brand partnerships. VideoleapFor edits on his short-form videos, Guerra uses Videoleap, an editing app for mobile phones that costs $8 a month and provides pre-edited templates to make TikToks and Instagram reels. Guerra used Jotform to make a form for his audience to submit their Facebook Marketplace experiences.

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☆ Pee-wee Herman’s Commitment to Silliness and More: The Week in Reporter Reads
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-04 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Of all the great flesh-and-blood cartoons of 1980s popular culture — Hulk Hogan, Madonna, Mr. T — the one easiest for small children to relate to was Pee-wee Herman. In reality, Pee-wee Herman was nothing like us at all, a dreamy man-child in a red bow tie whose sugary smile could curl into a punky scowl. A singular piece of comic performance art for a mass audience, Pee-wee Herman stood out in every form he appeared in, whether improv theaters, late-night talk shows, the movies or Saturday morning television. The world of Pee-wee is full of this loopy surrealism that could veer into innuendo but never got dark. It was always welcoming, wildly diverse, profoundly silly.

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☆ Before There Was Pee-wee, There Was Pinky
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Guy Trebay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The comedian Paul Reubens, a.k.a. Though Pinky Lee is an unfamiliar name today, it would not have been to a man of Mr. Reubens’s generation. Pee-wee Herman was born Paul Rubenfeld in 1952 in Peekskill, NY; Mr. Lee was born Pincus Leff in 1907 in Saint Paul, Minn. Rubenfeld, who was a talented child actor, would rename himself Reubens and become an improv comic. His early work with the The Groundlings in Los Angeles, notably in a Pinky parody skit, would eventually form the basis for one of the more indelible characters in show business. Mr. Lee came up through the ranks as a tap dancer on the vaudeville circuit.

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☆ Harvard professor Francesca Gino was accused of faking data. Now her million-dollar empire is crumbling — and scholars are eyeing who's next.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Kate Taylor | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

"We believe that many more Gino-authored papers contain fake data," the Data Colada professors wrote. Data Colada found that the raw data showed clear anomalies, such as a distribution infinitely more likely to be produced by a random-number generator than actual people. Soon after, Data Colada ran an article alleging that Gino tampered with data in at least one of her honesty-pledge experiments. A post on Data Colada or a tweet from Brown is like a bomb going off in the behavioral-science world. Others who attempted to build on Gino's studies are grappling with having wasted time, money, and energy.

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☆ In Pee-wee Herman, Joy and Fun Got Flat-Out Weird
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Jason Zinoman | More About Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Of all the great flesh-and-blood cartoons of 1980s popular culture — Hulk Hogan, Madonna, Mr. T — the one easiest for small children to relate to was Pee-wee Herman. In reality, Pee-wee Herman was nothing like us at all, a dreamy man-child in a red bow tie whose sugary smile could curl into a punky scowl. A singular piece of comic performance art for a mass audience, Pee-wee Herman stood out in every form he appeared in, from improv theaters to late-night talk shows to the movies to Saturday morning television. His appearances on that most ironic of late-night shows were like invasions from Candy Land. You laughed not because the jokes were funny, but because they were told with such commitment to the fun of it all.

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☆ Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman star, dead at 70
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Paul Reubens, who found fame as the quirky man-child character Pee-wee Herman, has died, his publicist announced. It was after college that Reubens created the iconic character Pee-wee Herman while a member of the famed Los Angeles improv group, The Groundlings. Paul Reubens as Pee-wee Herman in 2009. The HBO broadcast of the show introduced the Pee-wee Herman character to a national audience. In 2010, he produced, co-wrote and starred in an updated revival of “The Pee-wee Herman Show” in Los Angeles.

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