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☆ While TikTok's future is unknown, micro-business owners continue to rely on it — including one founder who shared 3 tips for marketing and going viral
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-21 | by ( Bella Sayegh | Leila Jordan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

When Lauren Nelda Pascal sewed her first silk bonnet, she wasn't thinking about building a viral TikTok business. Now Pascal's TikTok business account has over 107,000 followers and 2.6 million likes, and Lizzo and other celebrities have featured her products on their pages. But she said the discussion forced business owners to consider how they might pivot their social-media strategy if needed. Unlike on TikTok, businesses using Instagram Reels, Instagram's short-form-video feature, should be more cautious with trending audio. I have a product that I believe in, and so I try to let that bleed through my content," Pascal said.

Persons: Lauren Nelda Pascal, Lolo's, Pascal, —, TikTok, I'm, KXAN Austin, Giselle Ugarte, Ugarte, KXAN, Karen North, It's, wasn't, doesn't Organizations: Service, Facebook, Business, Oxford Economics, USC Annenberg Locations: Jacksonville , Florida, TikTok

☆ Kentucky Innocence Project wages new fight to free Quincy Cross
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-07 | by ( Jacque Smith | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

But Cross has always expressed his innocence, and Currin’s father, Joe Currin, has come to believe Cross was wrongfully convicted. CNN will be following the team of the “Wrongful Conviction” podcast as it reports on KIP’s efforts to overturn Cross’ conviction. Stubblefield testified at Cross’ trial that when the gathering wrapped up, Currin left to walk home. Perkins also testified Cross kept pulling up his pants because he wasn’t wearing a belt. Pages of newly discovered emails between Mangold and Galbreath are a part of KIP’s motion to vacate Cross’ conviction.

Persons: Jessica Currin, Quincy Omar Cross, Joe Currin, Cross, “ We’ve, ” Joe Currin, you’ve, Miranda Hellman, KIP, Joshua Lott, Maggie Freleng, Currin, Vinisha Stubblefield, Stubblefield, Jeffrey Burton, Tamara Caldwell, Victoria Caldwell, Burton, Caldwell, Chris, Mike Perkins, Perkins, Stephen Lance Dennee, AP Burton, Victoria Caldwell’s, Alford, Carlos “ Lolo ” Saxton, Jeremy Adams, Saxton, Adams, Jeffrey Burton’s, Stubblefield recanting, wasn’t, “, ”, –, Nathan Kent, Jeff don’t, Victoria Caldwell's, Jessica Currin's, KIP that’s, Hellman, Adams ’, Mayfield, Susan Galbreath, Galbreath, Tom Mangold, Mangold, Currin “, Susan Galbreath gestured, AP Galbreath, Quincy Coss, I’d, She’s Organizations: CNN, Mayfield Middle School, Kentucky Innocence, Washington Post, Paducah Sun, Graves, Kentucky Department of Corrections, Quincy Cross, AP, Cross, Caldwell, Facebook, Kentucky Attorney General’s, Kentucky State Police, Mayfield Police, Mayfield Police Department, Kentucky, Investigation, Quincy, Kentucky Bureau, Gatorade, General’s Locations: Kentucky, Graves, Mayfield, Mayfield , Kentucky, Stubblefield, Caldwell, Union City , Tennessee, Graves County

☆ Opinion: ‘Joy Ride’ is the Asian American-centered movie that all audiences need to see
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Opinion Regina Kim | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —When I first heard about the film “Joy Ride,” an unabashedly raunchy comedy about four Asian American friends and their misadventures in China, I couldn’t contain my excitement. Regina Kim Courtesy Regina KimIt felt exactly like the kind of movie that the Asian American community had been waiting for. To be perfectly honest, after going to a screening of “Joy Ride,” it took me two days to fully process what I’d seen. Perhaps I was so startled because I wasn’t used to seeing Asian Americans — especially Asian American women — depicted like this. I’m hoping that more people will realize that Asian American women can be sassy, outspoken, hilarious, weird or all of the above — but, most importantly, that we, too, are human.

Persons: Regina Kim, Stone, ELLE, who’ve, – we’ve, Adele Lim, Rich, Cherry Chevapravatdumrong, Teresa Hsiao, Ashley Park, Audrey, Stephanie Hsu, Kat, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, I’d, —, Lolo, White, ”, it’s, direly Organizations: Twitter, CNN, American, Asian, Facebook Locations: China, American, America

☆ ‘Joy Ride’ Review: A Raunch-Com Roller Coaster
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Elisabeth Vincentelli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This film, directed by the “Crazy Rich Asians” co-writer Adele Lim, may not reinvent the raunch-com wheel (see: “The Hangover,” “Girls Trip,” “Bridesmaids”), but it does change who’s driving the car. And, most importantly, it is really, really funny. “Joy Ride” processes all of its familiar ingredients into a sustained, sometimes near-berserk, barrage of jokes, interspersed with epic set pieces. That is, up until the two-thirds mark, when the movie paints itself into a corner and presses the “earnest sentimentality” eject button before managing a narrow escape. It’s a small price to pay for the inspired pandemonium that precedes.

Persons: ”, Adele Lim, Audrey, Ashley, Emily, Sherry Cola Organizations: Rich Locations: Paris ”, Pacific Northwest

LOS ANGELES, July 5 (Reuters) - When actress Stephanie Hsu realized there were no limits to how outrageous she could be in the film "Joy Ride," she was confident it was going to be a "good time." "Joy Ride" follows childhood friends Audrey and Lolo, who are joined by Lolo's cousin Deadeye and Audrey's former college roommate Kat as they embark on a wild journey to China to find Audrey's birth mother. It features an all-Asian main cast with queer and non-binary actors that introduce multi-faceted characters who reach beyond racial or gender stereotypes. We definitely throw the patriarchy around in a way that is awesome," said Wu, who is non-binary. Reporting by Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross; Editing by Mary Milliken and Rosalba O'BrienOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Stephanie Hsu, Adele Lim, Rich, Hsu, Oscar, Audrey, Lolo, Lolo's, Deadeye, Kat, Emily, Ashley Park, Audrey Sullivan, Sherry Cola, Sabrina Wu, Wu, Danielle Broadway, Rollo Ross, Mary Milliken, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Lionsgate, Thomson Locations: ANGELES, China, Southwest, Paris

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