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☆ John Leguizamo reveals he turned down Stanley Tucci's iconic part in 'The Devil Wears Prada'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

John Leguizamo revealed that he turned down Stanley Tucci's part in "The Devil Wears Prada." AdvertisementJohn Leguizamo said that he declined what turned out to be an iconic role for Stanley Tucci — lovable art director Nigel Kipling in "The Devil Wears Prada." 'The Devil Wears Prada,' the Stanley Tucci part," Leguizamo responded. 20th Century Studios"The Devil Wears Prada" wasn't the only role that Leguizamo said he regretted turning down. "I felt dissed, and they probably weren't dissing me, but I felt dissed," Leguizamo said.

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☆ John Leguizamo says Disney gave the 'Encanto' cast surprise bonuses because it was such a big hit
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-08 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

John Leguizamo said that "Encanto" was such a huge success that he received a bonus from Disney. AdvertisementDisney was apparently so pleased with the performance of its 2021 hit animated film "Encanto" that it gave members of the cast bonuses — at least, according to star John Leguizamo. For Leguizamo, one of those was Bruno, the reclusive uncle from "Encanto," a Disney animated film about a Colombian family with magical powers. "It was amazing," Leguizamo told BI. But past the numbers, Leguizamo told Business Insider that "Encanto" was so remarkable because of the specificity of its story.

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☆ John Leguizamo on His Best Movie Roles: 'Carlito's Way,' 'Encanto'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Before John Leguizamo was an acclaimed writer, director, and film star, he was a young Latino actor just trying to get into audition rooms. On turning down 'Carlito's Way' multiple times and becoming a leading man(L-R) Al Pacino and John Leguizamo in "Carlito's Way." UniversalYou've spoken before about turning down "Carlito's Way" a few times before you eventually made the call to sign on. John Leguizamo as Luigi in "Super Mario Bros." (1993) Warner BrosOn doing too many 'ice movies' and feeling dissed by 'Mr. On 'Sigma male' Bruno and getting a bonus for 'Encanto'Maribel and Bruno (voiced by John Leguizamo) in "Encanto."

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☆ Kate Moss Turns Out for King Charles, and Pharrell Shuts Down a City Street
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-04 | by ( Alyson Krueger | Melissa Guerrero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

It was still early on Thursday evening at Casa Cipriani in downtown Manhattan, but Lionel Richie thought he knew how his night would end: “Buckingham Palace is going to call us and ask, ‘How did it go?’”Mr. Richie, who had just walked a red carpet and was getting bombarded with selfie requests, was co-hosting the King’s Trust Global Gala, a fund-raiser for the organization started in 1976 by then Prince Charles that helps millions of underserved youth globally. The night drew more than 300 people including the actors Leonardo DiCaprio and Drew Barrymore, the musician John Legend, the stylist Law Roach and the model Kate Moss. It raised more than $1.4 million. The event, in its third year, was a collaboration between Mr. Richie, a longtime friend of King Charles, and Edward Enninful, the former editor in chief of British Vogue and co-chair of the event.

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☆ Taylor Swift's 15 best breakup songs, ranked
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-28 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Larry Busacca/Getty ImagesWhen "Speak Now" was released, Swift wasn't shy about framing the album as a diary set to music. "Every single song is like a roadmap to what that relationship stood for, with little markers that maybe everyone won't know, but there are things that were little nuances of the relationship, little hints. And every single song is like that." "Dear John" is the most obvious example, likely owing its title to Swift's ex John Mayer (though it also doubles as a reference to a wartime breakup letter, historically sent from a woman to a soldier). Indeed, the tabloid fodder attached to "Dear John" may have threatened to eclipse the song's power, had 20-year-old Swift been a less capable songwriter.

Persons: John, Larry Busacca, Swift, Chris Willman, John Mayer, Willman, John Lennon's Organizations: Yahoo

☆ Guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison on ‘Help!’ to be auctioned
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A 12-string guitar played by Beatles stars John Lennon and George Harrison and thought to have been lost for almost 60 years is going up for auction. The acoustic Framus “Hootenanny” was used by the band in 1965, featuring in recordings, sessions and performances of songs including “Help!” “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” and “It’s Only Love,” according to California-based auction house Julien’s Auctions. After that, Lennon gave the guitar to a friend, who passed it on to someone “who took the guitar home, tossed it in the attic, and gave it nary a thought for decades,” the auction house said in a statement published Wednesday. “It has some distinctive markings which made it easily identifiable,” said the auction house, but “the real proof is in the sound.”Lennon pictured in December 1963. It is expected to set a world record for the most expensive Beatles guitar, the auction house said.

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☆ Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson can’t ‘fathom’ people’s fascination over their age gap
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Filmmaker and artist Sam Taylor-Johnson has said that she and her husband Aaron “couldn’t really fathom the fascination” with the age gap between them. The movie, in which Aaron Taylor-Johnson portrays John Lennon during his early years, was released in the United Kingdom in 2009. He was 19 and Sam Taylor-Johnson was 42 at the time. “I guess that interest was more when we got together – which is now 14 years – at the beginning, was quite intense,” said Taylor-Johnson. Fergus McDonald/Getty Images“And that sort of fascination, because he’s younger than me, which you know, we couldn’t really fathom the fascination.”“But I guess it’s sort of gone away a little bit,” she added.

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☆ Shift from Magnificent 7 to Fab 4 as U.S. stocks 'come off the boil,' asset manager says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailShift from Magnificent 7 to Fab 4 as U.S. stocks 'come off the boil,' asset manager saysJohn Leiper, chief investment officer at Titan Asset Management, says there has been a "dispersion" away from the so-called Magnificent 7 tech stocks toward the Fab 4.

Persons: John Leiper Organizations: Titan Asset Management

☆ Roy Wood Jr. says he made some apologies after his accidentally viral plea for 'The Daily Show' to find a host
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Roy Wood Jr. went viral at the Emmys for mouthing "please find a host" when "The Daily Show" won. AdvertisementAt the 2024 Emmys, former "Daily Show" correspondent Roy Wood Jr. unwittingly went viral when he went onstage with former host Trevor Noah, who accepted the Emmy award for outstanding talk series. "Please hire a host," Wood, who was no longer with the "Daily Show" at the time, mouthed. Advertisement"The Emmy that 'The Daily Show' won, for about half of that year, there was no host," Wood told BI. "Our writers and our producers and directors, our whole staff really stepped up," Flanz told BI.

Persons: Roy Wood Jr, Wood, —, Trevor Noah, ory Organizations: Service

☆ Peter Jackson restores classic 1970 Beatles documentary ‘Let It Be’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —A rarely seen 1970 film following the Beatles just before the band’s breakup will be released on Disney+ after being restored by Hollywood director Peter Jackson, the streaming service announced Tuesday. Jackson, who also made the award-winning 2021 docuseries “The Beatles: Get Back” for Disney+, has carried out a “meticulous restoration” of the film as well as “lovingly remastering the sound,” according to the statement. “One month before its release, The Beatles officially broke up. And so the people went to see ‘Let It Be’ with sadness in their hearts, thinking, ‘I’ll never see The Beatles together again. I will never have that joy again,’ and it very much darkened the perception of the film,” he said in the statement.

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☆ Paul McCartney and John Lennon’s sons have released a single together
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Lianne Kolirin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Yet fans of the Beatles have been taken by surprise by a new single released by the sons of two of the Fab Four - James McCartney and Sean Ono Lennon, who are both musicians themselves. The new single, entitled “Primrose Hill” after a park in north London that offers a panoramic view of the city, was announced by McCartney, son of Paul and his late wife Linda, on Instagram four days ago. Former Beatle John Lennon is photographed with his wife Yoko Ono and son Sean Lennon in New York three years before he was killed. Vinnie Zuffante/Archive Photos/Getty ImagesTogether with a picture of the pair - who look startlingly like their famous fathers - he wrote: “‘Primrose Hill’ is here! And lots of love to Sean Ono Lennon who co-wrote the song.”The picture of the pair used to promote the song is not new.

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☆ A Principal Confronted a Teenage Girl. Now He’s Facing Prison Time.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( John Leland | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

In a high school lobby in New Jersey, the principal saw a student heading toward a stairway and moved to cut her off. The student filed an affirmative action complaint against the principal, saying that he had grabbed her and “slammed” her against a wall. The student is Black; the principal is white and Latino. The principal, reporting the episode later that day, said he was preventing an altercation between the student and three others, who said she had threatened them. Over the months that followed, those roughly 60 seconds, captured partially on video, have divided neighbors across two towns, spawned two investigations and set off a legal process that could end with the principal in prison.

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☆ A complete timeline of Sam and Aaron Taylor-Johnson's relationship
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-10 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +32 min

Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson and director Sam Taylor-Johnson have been married since 2012. AdvertisementActor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 33, and director Sam Taylor-Johnson, 57, have been together for more than a decade. 2009: Aaron proposes to Sam after wrapping the filmSam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in September 2009. February 2017: Aaron says that the public's fixation on their relationship is 'intrusive'Sam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in April 2014. March 2021: It's reported that Sam and Aaron will team up for another film togetherSam Taylor-Johnson and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in February 2019.

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☆ John Sinclair, 82, Dies; Counterculture Activist Who Led a ‘Guitar Army’
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Michael S. Rosenwald | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

John Sinclair, a counterculture activist whose nearly 10-year prison sentence for sharing joints with an undercover police officer was cut short after John Lennon and Yoko Ono sang about his plight at a protest rally, died on Tuesday in Detroit. His publicist, Matt Lee, said the cause of his death, in a hospital, was congestive heart failure. As the leader of the White Panther Party in the late 1960s, Mr. Sinclair spoke of assembling a “guitar army” to wage “total assault” on racists, capitalism and the criminalization of marijuana. “We are a whole new people with a whole new vision of the world,” he wrote in his book “Guitar Army” (1972), “a vision which is diametrically opposed to the blind greed and control which have driven our immediate predecessors in Euro-Amerika to try to gobble up the whole planet and turn it into one big supermarket.”He also managed the incendiary Detroit rock band the MC5. Their lyrics — “I’m sick and tired of paying these dues/And I’m finally getting hip to the American ruse” — were a kind of ballad for the cause.

Persons: John Sinclair, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Matt Lee, Sinclair, ”, Army ”, “, I’m Organizations: White Panther Party, Army Locations: Detroit

☆ US Marines train for war with China on an island-hopping battlefield, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

New US Marine formations are learning to battle adversaries like China on remote islands. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementUS Marines are learning how to battle adversaries like China on remote islands in response to rising tensions in the Pacific, a report says. Pentagon experts expect that US satellites will be jammed or destroyed by China in the event of a potential war, the Post noted. In 2021, The Washington-based think tank, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, conducted war games to imagine how a war between China and the US over Taiwan would play out.

Persons: —, John Aquilino, We've, Col, John Lehane, Lehane, Lewis B, Puller, Sarah Stegall, Mark Cancian Organizations: The Washington Post, Service, US Navy, US Armed Services House, China US, 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment, 3rd, Littoral, Pentagon, Marine, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Marine Corps, US Marine Corps, Marines, Center for Strategic, International Studies, US Air Force Locations: China, Pacific, Beijing, Taiwan, Japan, Philippines, Inner Mongolia, Sarah Stegall China, South, The Washington, United States

☆ How the Cartels Launder Their Drug Money, According to a Former Agent
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Kyle Desiderio | Ju Shardlow | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Robert Mazur tells the full story of his time as a government agent investigating drug-money laundering. Mazur went undercover for the US Drug Enforcement Administration, the Internal Revenue Service intelligence division, and the Customs Service. In Operation C-Chase, Mazur successfully infiltrated the Medellín cartel by posing as a wealthy, mob-connected businessman named Robert Musella. At its peak, the Cali cartel is estimated to have produced 80% of the world's cocaine supply. It was controlled by Gilberto Rodríguez Orejuela, Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Pacho Herrera, and José Santacruz Londoño.

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☆ NBCUniversal describes how it's using generative AI to match ads to viewers — and says they can perform up to 49% better
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

NBCUniversal is testing gen AI-driven ads, joining Google and Meta in the race to use generative artificial intelligence to sell advertising. Megan Pagliuca, chief activation officer at Omnicom Media Group, said the agency planned to test NBCU's approach with a number of advertising clients. The gen AI ads and other One24 initiatives come as NBCU and other TV sellers are looking for an edge leading up to the upfronts, TV's big annual selling period. It's also introducing shoppable TV ads aimed at sports fans and a new way for advertisers to see the effectiveness of their ads overall. Apple is also experimenting with using AI to sell ads, Business Insider has reported.

Persons: NBCU, it's, John Lee, Lee, Megan Pagliuca, It's, Max, Google Organizations: Google, Business, Omnicom Media, Disney, Meta, Apple Locations: One24

☆ 'Hong Kong is China's Hong Kong': Beijing hits back at U.S. for 'slandering' city's new security law
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Lee Ying Shan | In Ying-Shan-Lee | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The flags of China and Hong Kong displayed in rows. China's embassy hit back against U.S. criticism of Hong Kong's new national security law on Thursday, saying the U.S. should "respect China's sovereignty." Hong Kong lawmakers passed a new national security law on Tuesday which critics say grants the government more power to quash dissent. "Hong Kong is China's Hong Kong. Hong Kong affairs are purely China's internal affairs, which no country is in the position to point fingers at or interfere in," a spokesperson said on Wednesday.

Persons: Hong, Hong Kong's, Vedant Patel, John Lee, Wang Yi, — CNBC's Evelyn Cheng, Clement Tan Organizations: U.S . State Department, Kong's Legislative, China's, Beijing, China - Locations: China, Hong Kong, U.S, China's, Hong Kong . Hong Kong, Kong's, China - U.S

☆ Hong Kong's national security law has analysts divided on its social and economic ramifications
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-20 | by ( Shreyashi Sanyal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Lawmakers, government officials, and Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee are posing for a group photo inside the chamber of the Legislative Council complex after passing the Safeguarding National Security Bill in Hong Kong, China, on March 19, 2024. Hong Kong's new national security bill that seeks to "prevent, suppress and punish espionage activities" has left analysts divided on its social and economic ramifications. Lawmakers in Hong Kong passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill, which has been under scrutiny for provisions such as life imprisonment for 'treason' and 'insurrection,' in a special session on Tuesday. Hong Kong's Legislative Council had introduced the bill known as Article 23 on March 8, and Chief Executive John Lee had urged the need to pass the law "as soon as possible" given an "increasingly complex" geopolitics backdrop. Chiu highlighted that the bill was deliberated on, amended, and passed within 11 days — a record time in Hong Kong's legislative history.

Persons: John Lee, Hong, Dominic Chiu, Chiu, — Organizations: Hong, Legislative, National, China &, Eurasia Group, Hong Kong's Legislative Locations: Hong Kong, China, China & Northeast Asia, Hong Kong's

☆ Article 23: Hong Kong passes second national security law aligning city more closely with mainland China
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Coming into effect on Saturday, the law introduces 39 new national security crimes, adding to an already powerful national security law that was directly imposed by Beijing on Hong Kong in 2020 after huge and sometimes violent democracy protests the year before. Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Lee described it as a “historical moment for Hong Kong.”Lawmakers attend a meeting for Basic Law Article 23 legislation at the Legislative Council on March 19, 2024 in Hong Kong, China. They argue their legislation is similar to other national security laws around the world. “This will surely increase the doubt, anxiety, and uncertainty of foreign businesses in Hong Kong.”In mainland China, national security laws have often ensnared both local and foreign businesses in opaque investigations. That is something Emily Lau, a former pro-democracy lawmaker, also worries about, that what made Hong Kong distinct is fast fading.

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☆ Hong Kong lawmakers pass new national security law, giving government more power to curb dissent
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-19 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Hong Kong lawmakers passed a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the latest step in a sweeping political crackdown that was triggered by pro-democracy protests in 2019. The legislature passed the Safeguarding National Security Bill during a special session Tuesday. The law threatens stringent penalties for a wide range of actions authorities call threats to national security, with the most severe — including treason and insurrection — punishable by life imprisonment. "I fully agree with what the Chief Executive said: the sooner the legislation is completed, the sooner national security will be safeguarded," he said. Hong Kong's political scene has changed dramatically since the massive 2019 street protests that challenged China's rule over the semi-autonomous territory, and the imposition of Beijing's National Security Law.

Persons: Hong, John Lee, Andrew Leung, Critics, China's Organizations: National, Kong's Legislative, Legislative, British, National Security Law Locations: Central, Hong Kong, Beijing, Kong's

☆ Virtual-reality concerts could redefine the live-music experience — but it'll take more time
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Ngozi Nwanji | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

VR concerts have emerged as a creative outlet for artists such as Travis Scott and Teflon Sega. The enigmatic singer Teflon Sega, who performs as a virtual-reality avatar, also worked with Wave to put on a virtual concert in 2022. Why artists and fans are interested in VR concertsThe appeal of VR concerts lies heavily in their experimental nature. Sarah Malkin, the director of metaverse entertainment content at Meta, told BI that the virtual concerts served both creative and strategic purposes. Over three months, the artist's VR concert was available to watch at select theaters in different cities.

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☆ A Showcase for Israeli Property Creates Rancor in a Diverse Town
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( John Leland | Arvind Dilawar | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hundreds of demonstrators protested on Sunday outside an Orthodox Jewish synagogue in Teaneck, N.J., where 35 Israeli real estate companies were promoting their properties to potential American buyers. Cars honked in support, or drivers and passengers flung vitriol at the demonstrators. The demonstrators traded profanities and taunts with a much smaller group of pro-Israel counter-demonstrators, and police had to break up a few potential fights, but overall they kept the two groups separated. The real estate show, at Congregation Keter Torah, is one of several in the area this month that have sparked heated protests. And just before the local events, at a sales event outside Toronto last weekend, a man was arrested on charges of attacking pro-Palestinian demonstrators with a nail gun.

Persons: Israel, profanities Organizations: Jewish, Keter, Toronto Locations: Teaneck, N.J, Israel

☆ The best couple looks from the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar after-party
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Amanda Krause | Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Vanity Fair hosted its Oscars after-party in Beverly Hills, California, on Sunday. Chrissy Teigen and John Legend, for example, wore eye-catching ensembles when they arrived. AdvertisementWhile the 2024 Oscars were hosted in Los Angeles, Vanity Fair kicked off its after-party in Beverly Hills. And as is the case every year, celebrity couples were some of the best-dressed stars on the red carpet. From Chrissy Teigen and John Legend to Donald Glover and Michelle White, here's what Hollywood's A-list couples wore for the event.

Persons: Chrissy Teigen, John Legend, —, Donald Glover, Michelle White Organizations: Service Locations: Beverly Hills , California, Los Angeles, Beverly Hills

☆ Article 23: Hong Kong unveils its second national security law, aligning city more closely with mainland China
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Hong Kong CNN —Hong Kong’s government unveiled a new suite of powerful national security laws on Friday that critics and foreign governments warn could deepen the ongoing crackdown in the city and further undermine its reputation as an international business hub. They point to the application of national security laws in mainland China as well as in Hong Kong where a Beijing-imposed national security law has already transformed the once outspoken city since 2020, silencing almost all dissent and jailing dozens of political opponents. The new draft Hong Kong law – known locally as Article 23 – is aimed at “filling the loopholes” left by the Beijing-imposed version enacted in 2020, according to the Hong Kong government. But the atmosphere in Hong Kong this time around is very different. Many of the city’s leading pro-democracy figures are in jail either convicted or facing charges under the 2020 national security law.

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