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☆ Kyle MacLachlan was 'sort of offended' when the internet branded him babygirl — until he learned it was a 'high compliment'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewKyle MacLachlan was slightly confused when the internet started fangirling over him in a particularly Gen Z way. (The day MacLachlan posted his version using the same caption Lorde used on her photos, the pop star commented, "I am………. The Gen Z slang term, which refers to attractive men, has been in vogue for a few years. It really became popular in 2023 with "Breaking Bad" antihero Walter White to Kendall Roy from "Succession" being dubbed babygirl. Babygirl isn't the only Gen Z slang the actor has been adding to his vocabulary.

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☆ Jeremy Strong Isn’t Sure He Knows Who He Is
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +9 min

Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Jeremy Strong Isn’t Sure He Knows Who He IsFor years, Jeremy Strong was a relatively anonymous, steadily gigging actor. Jeremy Strong and Brian Cox in “Succession.” Craig Blankenhorn/HBOYou know, the quote that comes to mind for me is “Ass, gas or grass. I don’t think I’m someone who particularly has a drum to bang. Don’t know. I don’t know that that show can be put into any box, but it had an incredible amount of humor in it.

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☆ The $40 martini is in, and it's giving loud luxury
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The maximalist martinis encapsulate the "loud luxury." Loud luxury, in contrast to quiet luxury, is about spending a lot and owning it. "Call it loud luxury," she wrote. Loud luxury, in contrast, isn't afraid to show off. It's not necessarily the logo that makes something loud luxury, but anything that stands out and signals "this is expensive."

Persons: —, Boon, Jaya Saxena, Punch —, Kendall Roy, HBO's, Lauren Saria, Punch, Martini Organizations: Service, Ilis Locations: New York, San Francisco, San Francisco and New York, Manhattan, there's, Ilis, Miami

☆ The one thing the superrich want in their homes is simple — and it's actually cheap
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Zoe Rosenberg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"They want to be comfortable everywhere," an interior designer told Sotheby's of his luxury clients. Folks want to be at ease in 2024, according to Sotheby's luxury outlook for the year ahead , and no one has more spending power to make that a decadent reality in their homes than the wealthiest among us. Actor David Harbour showed Architectural Digest his Brooklyn backyard sauna and cold plunge pools, by New York-based modular sauna company Swelter House, in February 2023. "I got really into sauna and cold plunge, like, three years ago," he said, standing in the doorway of the Finnish-style sauna. Eklund's own home in Beverly Hills, California has an infrared sauna and a cold plunge pool, though, he told BI, he's "not the average buyer."

Persons: Sotheby's, —, Loro Piana, Kendall Roy, Robert Stilin, Stilin, Michael Gabellini, Gabellini Shephard, Kendall Jenner, Kardashian, Fredrik Eklund Bravo, Fredrik Eklund, John Gomes, David Harbour, Eklund, luxuriating, Liliya Krueger, Jenner Organizations: Service Locations: Los Angeles, Brooklyn, New York, Beverly Hills , California

☆ Veteran VC and OpenAI investor Vinod Khosla says he used ChatGPT to write a rap for his daughter's wedding
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Vinod Khosla said in an X post that he used ChatGPT to write a rap for his daughter's wedding. And then used another AI tool to turn the lyrics into a song that he played at the event. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe experienced venture capitalist Vinod Khosla is praising AI tools for helping him write a rap for his daughter's wedding. The billionaire and father-of-four detailed his use of the technology in an X post on Saturday. AdvertisementAdvertisement"AI can do more for humanity in creating a utopian world and world of abundance," he told The Journal.

Persons: Vinod Khosla, —, Khosla, virality, Kendall Roy, Greg Brockman Organizations: Service, Wall Street, Khosla Ventures Locations: OpenAI

☆ Rupert Murdoch Turned Passion and Grievance Into Money and Power
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( James Poniewozik | More About James Poniewozik | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The polite way to describe the legacy of a man like Rupert Murdoch is to leave aside whether his accomplishments were good or bad and simply focus on how big they were. Maybe he had “a terrible force,” as Kendall put it, but “he built, and he acted. … He made life happen.”But the polite way is exactly the wrong way to assess Mr. Murdoch, who on Thursday announced his retirement from the boards of Fox and News Corporation. Mr. Murdoch achieved nothing the polite way. Rupert Murdoch’s empire used passion and grievance as fuel and turned it into money and power.

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☆ Rupert Murdoch completes the real-life 'Succession' story. Here's how his son Lachlan rose to the top.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Rupert Murdoch announced he is stepping down as the leader of Fox and News Corp.His elder son, Lachlan, will take over both companies, ending a decades-long family drama. She quit the family business years ago. AdvertisementAdvertisementThat left Lachlan and James, who have passed the title of successor between the two of them over the decades. For much of the 2000s and 2010s, it seemed as if James would eventually take over the family business. AdvertisementAdvertisementMeanwhile, Murdoch's favorite son, Lachlan, has been a Roman Roy-esque wild card, with the same right-wing politics as the "Succession" character.

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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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☆ What the New York Times says the ultrawealthy are buying, from $530 napkins to $24,500 sport coats
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Grace Mayer | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Quiet luxury is trending among the ultrawealthy. These subtle displays of wealth come in all shapes, The New York Times reported in a recent piece. According to a recent article in the New York Times, when quiet luxury, or stealth wealth, is done well, "wealth display is noticeable, but only to those who know what they're looking for." From $530 hand-embroidered placemats and napkins to $15,000 coffee makers, here's what to look for. Read more of The New York Times article here.

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☆ People are comparing Elon Musk's rebranding of Twitter to X with a cringe pitch from Kendall Roy in 'Succession'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Elon Musk announced Saturday that Twitter would be rebranding to X, replacing its bird logo and doing away with identifiable phrases like "tweet." Many Twitter users aren't totally on board with the move, resulting in CEO Linda Yaccarino's verbose statement being compared with a cringeworthy business pitch featured in "Succession." Kendall Roy, played by Jeremy Strong, describes it as "Substack meets Masterclass meets The Economist meets The New Yorker." Noah Shachtman, the editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone, quipped: "[Kendall Roy voice] It's, y'know, Venmo meets Clubhouse meets Ebay meets ChatGPT." "Enjoyable to imagine Kendall Roy saying this to investors," said another tweet, which has been seen 2 million times.

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☆ George Soros hands over his $25 billion empire to one of his sons — and yes, it's a bit like 'Succession'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-11 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

George Soros has handed control of his foundation and investment fund to his 37-year-old son Alex. George Soros, 92, has handed the reins of his $25 billion empire to his 37-year-old son in a decision that has surprised some. There are some parallels between the Soros succession and the Roy siblings' battle for control of Waystar Royco in HBO's "Succession." "He's earned it," George Soros told the newspaper. Representatives for George Soros didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider, made outside normal working hours.

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☆ Jeremy Strong ‘terrified’ the ‘Succession’ creator during that last scene
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —It was an improvised scene the audience didn’t see, but Jeremy Strong freaked out the “Succession” creator with his performance in the series finale. The creator, Jesse Armstrong, appeared on a recent episode of NPR’s “Fresh Air” and was asked about Strong climbing over the railing at the river as if he may jump in during the improvised final scene of the Emmy-winning HBO series. I was terrified that he might fall in and be injured,” Armstrong said. “I did try and go in the water,” Strong said. Your job is to give the writing heart and a nerve and … all that stuff.”Strong said he “didn’t feel like (Kendall) could come back from what happens to him.”

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☆ Opinion | Put ‘Succession’ in the TV Pantheon
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-02 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Then, too, the show’s judgment on elites can be read in two distinct ways, one more left-wing and one more right-wing. This consciousness came with varying levels of self-delusion, and none of these shows fully forgave their protagonists in the end. But the possibility of redemption existed for them at least notionally, and I think that’s why “Succession” seems like such an outlier among its peers. I think this critique is partially fair, and that, along with the strengths I described above, there is a savage superficiality to some of the characterizations in “Succession” that’s beneath the psychological level achieved on other famous TV dramas. When it comes to the desire for redemption and honesty and love, though, I’m not sure “Succession” is as barren as Phillips seems to suggest.

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☆ ‘Succession’: Jeremy Strong on Kendall’s ‘Catastrophic’ Ending
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When filming on the final season of “Succession” wrapped this winter, the actor Jeremy Strong flew to the Danish fishing village where he and his wife have a home. For Strong, who began filming the HBO drama seven years ago and won an Emmy for playing Kendall Roy, this was a happy ending. But for the character, “Succession,” created by Jesse Armstrong, concluded on bleaker terms. Kendall began Sunday night’s finale episode believing that he would emerge as the chief executive of a giant conglomerate. But the final scene, which also took place at the water’s edge, also at sunset, left Kendall numb, friendless, bereft.

☆ 4 things 'Succession' gets wrong about business
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

HBO's hit show "Succession" airs its series finale Sunday night, with Waystar Royco's future in the balance. It captures the spirit of boardroom drama, but takes some liberties with corporate law, experts said. On HBO's hit show "Succession," the beats of a proxy fight are sometimes just as intense as a scheming betrayal from a once loyal lackey. Over four seasons, the show has laid out a thesis about the all-encompassing gravitational force of Logan Roy, the media mogul behind the fictional news and entertainment conglomerate Waystar Royco. "But the failure of the board to engage in any succession planning at all, is a first thing to note," she said.

☆ 3 reasons why 'Succession' tech bro Lukas Matsson is Elon Musk crossed with Daniel Ek
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-27 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Viewers say the character seems to resemble aspects of both Elon Musk and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. Alexander Skarsgard plays Matsson, the billionaire CEO of tech streaming media giant GoJo – a socially awkward, vaguely sinister tech bro. But viewers have been pointing out the character's similarities to two bosses in particular — Elon Musk, and Spotify CEO Daniel Ek. "I definitely didn't try to play an Elon Musk character," Skarsgard said. In one recent episode of "Succession," Matsson tweets a "very nasty joke" after Kendall Roy's presentation about the Living+ initiative because he's less than pleased about the move.

☆ Do You Have What It Takes to Be Kendall Roy’s Assistant?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Nagel said she had enjoyed learning to solve the problems of the ultrarich. The dog spent a week at sea being doted on by Ms. Nagel and the ship’s crew while the family ignored him. A week later, Ms. Nagel said, she found a family ashore to adopt the Pomeranian. “She starts to want to speak her mind a little more this season, but she’s still an assistant,” Ms. Canfield said in an interview at the Season 4 premiere. Other onscreen assistants expose viewers to workplace sexism (Julia Garner in “The Assistant”) and racism (Rex Lee in “Entourage”).

☆ On ‘Succession,’ Striving Is The Worst Insult of All - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-20 | by ( Elizabeth Spiers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

The Roy children’s individual ambitions are sometimes risible, but we’re never asked to question why they would be ambitious in the first place. What’s not acceptable, within the moral logic of the show, is the ambition of those characters who were not born into money and power but want to achieve them. In an episode midway through the final season, Tom admits to Shiv that he cares about these things. I do.” He tells her, “If you think that’s shallow, why don’t you throw out all of your stuff for love? “You’re a hick,” she says, “your whole family is striving and parochial.” Striving — that’s the biggest insult of them all.

☆ Roman and Kendall Roy’s ‘Succession’ Pads Hit the Market — for Real
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Ronda Kaysen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If Roman Roy were a real person, he wouldn’t live on the Upper West Side. So said a real-life real estate broker recently. Fans of the show were there with Roman (played by Kieran Culkin) during a recent episode when he solemnly brushed his teeth the morning after a devastating plot twist. Daniella G. Schlisser, the real-life associate broker with Brown Harris Stevens and a listing agent for the apartment, said that if Roman were a real person, she would redirect him south, probably to TriBeCa, where he might receiver a warmer welcome. Given his winning personality, she’d advise him: “No one’s going to talk to you here — you won’t make any friends” in the family-oriented Upper West Side.

☆ 'Succession' fans are reading into which characters use an iPhone or an Android, and think it could hint at how the show will end
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Fans are looking for easter eggs in "Succession" protagonists' clothing and accessories. Apple has been said to not want on-screen villains using iPhones, sparking theories about Tom's Android. Fans are dissecting the tiniest details from the show for hints about how the series will end. On the HBO show "Succession," where the fortunes of protagonists can shift every episode, fans are looking everywhere — in wardrobe choices and in accessories — for clues about their favorite characters' ultimate fates. Fans have also been reading into Kendall's moments in water — in a bathtub, pool, or the open water — for signs of what's next for Logan's "number one boy."

☆ Inside Kendall Roy's $29 million NYC 'Succession' apartment: We went to 'great lengths to create something truly unique'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Celia Fernandez | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

One of the many, many highlights of tuning in to HBO's "Succession" every week is getting to see how the other half lives. Unlike Logan and Marcia Roy's home, also featured prominently in the episode, Kendall's stunning space is not a set. For one fan of the show, seeing this penthouse apartment featured in prime time was a gratifying experience. McMillan is the founder and CEO of DDG, the developer of 180 East 88th Street in New York City, where the luxury apartment is located. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom, 5,508 square-feet "triplex" apartment, which is in Manhattan's tallest tower north of 72nd Street, is listed for $29 million.

☆ Kendall Roy's 'Succession' penthouse is on sale for $29 million
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Hafsa Khalil | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The penthouse at 180 East 88th Street, which featured as the home of Jeremy Strong’s character in HBO’s Emmy-winning hit show, “Succession,” is on sale for $29 million. A spiral staircase leads to the second floor and to the roof landing. Sean HemmerleThe interior of the five-bedroom apartment covers 5,508 square feet and includes two living rooms, four bathrooms, a private elevator and a spectacular, sculptural spiral staircase. Sean HemmerleThe three-story home was originally listed by Corcoran for $33 million in 2022, but dropped to its current price this year. And for anyone with a bit more to spend, Roman Roy’s (Kieran Culkin) equally opulent Upper West Side apartment is also on sale, for a cool $38 million.

☆ Kendall Roy’s ‘Succession’ penthouse hits market for $29M
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ In ‘Succession,’ a Rallying Cry for Overshadowed Siblings of a Certain Age
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-26 | by ( Ellen Gamerman | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Siobhan Roy would smile at her brothers while shivving them in the back. Roman Roy would wither his siblings with mockery. And Connor Roy would throw all their trophies in the closet and scream “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia!”Connor Roy is the Jan Bradiest of the Roy siblings in “Succession,” which returns to HBO for its fourth and final season on Sunday. Like the middle child from “The Brady Bunch” whose lament about lucky big sis Marcia became a rallying cry for overshadowed siblings of a certain age, Connor is the child who can’t crack into the cool crowd even when that crowd is his own family. Alan Ruck, who plays Connor with gross entitlement and glib self-delusion, can’t help but feel the sting.

☆ I asked ChatGPT to write a viral Super Bowl commercial. Here's what an advertising pro thought of the AI script.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Aidan Pollard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The most generic beer commercial of all timeChatGPT writes a script for a beer commercial Screenshot/ChatGPTFor my first commercial, I told ChatGPT to "write me a beer commercial that would run during the Super Bowl." "This is the perfect beer for the Super Bowl," ChatGPT wrote as a line for one of the characters. The cast of 'Succession' sells a luxury SUVChatGPT writes a Lexus commercial ChatGPT/ScreenshotNext up, I asked ChatGPT to "write me a funny Super Bowl commercial for the newest Lexus SUV, starring the cast of Succession." Just like the beer commercial, Eastman told me this script seemed generic. A Skittles commercial that almost hits the markChatGPT writes a Skittles commercial ChatGPT/ScreenshotLast up, I asked ChatGPT to "write me a viral and crazy Super Bowl commercial for a candy of your choosing."

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