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☆ Whoopi Goldberg says her drug abuse hit rock bottom when she got 'sloppy' at work and a hotel maid found her sitting in a closet with cocaine all over her face
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-07 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Whoopi Goldberg wrote about the low point of her cocaine abuse in her new memoir "Bits and Pieces." Goldberg said that after a year of using, it started affecting her at work and she became "sloppy." Goldberg recalled a hotel maid finding her sitting in a closet with cocaine all over her face. AdvertisementWhoopi Goldberg revealed the extent of her cocaine abuse and the moment she knew she needed to get clean. Goldberg recalled celebrating her birthday at "a very upscale hotel in Manhattan" and receiving an ounce of cocaine.

Persons: Whoopi Goldberg, Goldberg, —, wouldn't, Michael Loccisano, Tribeca Festival Goldberg, You've, It's Organizations: Service, Tribeca Festival Locations: Los Angeles and New York, Manhattan

☆ Rihanna performed for the son of India's richest man. Here are 8 times celebrities played pricey private concerts.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-02 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Italian singer Andrea Bocelli performed at Kourtney and Kim Kardashians' weddings — worsening the feud between the two sisters. Andrea Bocelli. Tensions between the pair had been brewing for several years, but one point of contention involved Andrea Bocelli. Andrea Bocelli," Kim said in a confessional. "Andrea Bocelli is my favorite male singer of all time, but I am copying her Dolce Vita lifestyle?"

Persons: Andrea Bocelli, Kim Kardashians, Michael Loccisano, Kardashian, Kim, Bocelli, Ye, nuptials, Travis Barker, Kourtney Locations: Kourtney, Italian, Italy

☆ Meet Luar, the designer clothing brand that got Beyoncé to attend New York Fashion Week
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Amanda Krause | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewOn Tuesday night, spectators packed into a Bushwick warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, to attend a New York Fashion Week show. A model walks the Luar runway during New York Fashion Week. AdvertisementA model walks the Luar runway during New York Fashion Week. Rihanna has worn Luar dresses, Dua Lipa has carried its famous Ana bag, and, of course, Beyoncé attended the latest Luar runway show. AdvertisementBeyoncé attends the Luar runway show during New York Fashion Week.

Persons: —, Raul Lopez, Nina Westervelt, Luar, Raul, that's, Lopez, he's, Victor Virgile, Ana, Beyoncé, Michael Loccisano Organizations: Service, New, New York City, Business, Hollywood, York, GCV Magazine, W Magazine, FIT, Washington Post, East Coast, British Vogue, New York, Ana tote Locations: Bushwick, Brooklyn , New York, Texas, New York, Brooklyn, Dominican, Dominican Republic, Williamsburg, Domino, Dua Lipa, New

☆ I tried Ina Garten's recipe for baked potatoes, and I'll never use another method again
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-02 | by ( Paige Bennett | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

I was excited to try Ina Garten's recipe, which promised crispy, flavorful skin. Ina Garten is a popular celebrity chef. Michael Loccisano / GettyI've loved baked potatoes since I was a kid, and I've always made them the same way: Wrapped in foil and popped in a hot oven for about an hour. But many skilled chefs, including Garten, skip the foil in order to achieve crispy exteriors. Since I love eating the skin of baked potatoes, I was ready to give Garten's method a try.

Persons: Ina Garten's, Ina Garten, Michael Loccisano, Getty, I've Organizations: Garten

☆ All the best celebrity costumes over Halloween weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Scroll down to see some of the best celebrity costumes from Halloween 2023. Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty ImagesJodie Turner-Smith opted for a bustier and printed dress as a devilish cowgirl. Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty ImagesKyle MacLachlan's pickleball match appeared to have gone dangerously wrong. Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty ImagesParis Hilton as Britney Spears' iconic blue flight attendant outfit from the "Toxic" music video. Rachpoot/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images/Getty Images

Persons: Barbie, Greta Gerwig’s, Lister, Megan Fox, Bill ”, Edward Norton, David Beckham, Britney Spears, Austin Butler, Andy Warhol, Kaia Gerber, Edie Sedgwick, Cindy Crawford, Sandy Olsson, Presley Gerber, Raoul Duke, Rande Gerber, Danny Zuko, Matt Winkelmeyer, Halsey, Bauer, Griffin, Jodie Turner, Smith, Shauna Robertson, Michael Kovac, Kelly, Kyle MacLachlan's pickleball, Max, Betty Boop, Michael Loccisano, Justin Bieber, Hailey Bieber, Rachpoot, Kelsea Ballerini, Gilbert Carrasquillo, Lori Harvey, Lara Croft, Paris Hilton, Hilton, Katy Perry, Demi Lovato, Brett, Jason Oppenheim, Sabrina Carpenter Organizations: CNN, Los Angeles, Paris Hilton, Netflix, Victoria, Paris Locations: ’ New York, London, Los, Las Vegas

☆ Abercrombie & Fitch says it is 'appalled' by allegations against former CEO Mike Jeffries
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-04 | by ( Parija Kavilanz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Abercrombie & Fitch says it has launched its own investigation into allegations originally published by the BBC that the company’s former CEO, Mike Jeffries, exploited men for sex. “We are appalled and disgusted by the behavior described in the allegations against Mr. Jeffries, whose employment with Abercrombie & Fitch Co. ended in 2014, nearly ten years ago. At least some of the parties are alleged to have occurred while Jeffries was the CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch. Jeffries’ attorney, Brian Bieber, provided a response to CNN to the BBC report, saying that “Michael is 79 years old and retired. In years past, he has chosen not to comment on media reports, documentaries, and stories of any kind as they relate to his personal life - and does not plan on doing so now.”Mike Jeffries, former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO, photographed in November 2005.

Persons: Fitch, Mike Jeffries, Jeffries, “, Matthew Smith ., Jeffries ’, Brian Bieber, Michael, ” Mike Jeffries, Michael Loccisano, ”, – Organizations: New, New York CNN, Abercrombie, BBC, Abercrombie & Fitch Co, CNN, Abercrombie & Fitch, Fitch, Brothers Laundry Service, The New York Times, & $ Locations: New York, Black

☆ DoorDash, Instacart, and GrubHub drivers say they're being booted from their delivery jobs without notice — and the services won't tell them why
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-26 | by ( Alex Bitter | Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Unexplained deactivations are commonplace for some gig workers, according to accounts from drivers. The agent on the other end approved it, he told Insider, and assured him that it wouldn't negatively affect him. Sudden, unexplained deactivations have become commonplace for workers on gig delivery apps, according to accounts from these workers. Grubhub and DoorDash told Insider that employees determined the deactivations of drivers. Do you work for Instacart, DoorDash, Uber Eats, or another delivery service and have a story idea to share?

Persons: —, Uber, would've, they'd, Steve, Jason Picon, Jason, Grubhub, Michael Loccisano, Instacart, Rikki Nudelman, I've, DoorDash, Nudelman, we're, New York City, Sergio Avedian, Guy, Avedian, Carsten Koall, Uber hadn't Organizations: Service, Grubhub, Santa Barbara, DoorDash, New York Daily News, Tribune, Getty, Walmart Locations: Oregon, Virginia, Texas, California, Central California, Los Angeles, Santa, New York, New York City Ribeiro, New, Seattle, deactivations, Berlin

☆ I'm an Instacart shopper. I log on at 4 a.m., travel to other cities, and even stay in hotels to make more money.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-30 | by ( Alex Bitter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Instacart recently cut base pay for shoppers from $7 to $4 per batch of orders. When we first started my wife's account in 2020, you still got mileage pay in addition to your batch pay. What about the new shopper who has no idea what the is difference between a good batch and a bad batch? Instacart told Insider that a shopper holding two shopper accounts is "a direct and clear" violation of Instacart guidelines that could result in deactivation. The shopper Insider spoke to and his wife both shop for Instacart and both have accounts.

Persons: Instacart, I've, there'll, Fred Meyer, they've, Michael Loccisano, sunup, it's Organizations: Instacart, Service, Costco, Care, Labor Locations: Wall, Silicon, Oregon, Instacart, Salem, Southern Oregon

☆ Analysis: Country music is at a crossroads. Two of its most viral songs show why
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The struggle for the soul of country music is on full display now as two very different songs have been making headlines. Michael Loccisano/Getty ImagesThese two songs, so differently received yet recorded under the same big country umbrella, are an embodiment of the crossroads where country music currently stands. Like all musical traditions that fuse, evolve and splinter, country music and its legions of fans are engaged in a negotiation for the genre’s main identity. When the Dixie Chicks spoke out against the Iraq War in the early 2000s, their popularity in country music circles never fully recovered.. Small towns, fast cars and American values are as essential to country music as four chords and the truth.

Persons: Jason Aldean, Luke Combs, Tracy Chapman, Chapman, Combs, ”, Tracy, ” Chapman, “, Luke, Bryan Bedder, they’ve, Aldean, Little Richard, Otis Redding, ” Aldean, —, Holly G, Morgan Wallen, Michael Loccisano, foremothers, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton, ” Combs, it’s Organizations: CNN, CMT, Billboard, Singer, Amarillo, Black Opry, Washington Post, Texas Democrat, country’s, Dixie, Grand Ole Opry Locations: Copenhagen, underrepresentation, Aldean, Macon , Georgia, Iraq

☆ Tony Bennett, crooner who sang ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco,’ dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Catherine E. Shoichet | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —Legendary singer Tony Bennett, best known for singing “I Left My Heart in San Francisco,” has died, according to his longtime publicist, Sylvia Weiner. From Tony Bennett Bennett was discovered by Bob Hope while performing at a New York City club in 1949. In 1963, his recording of "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" won Grammy Awards for record of the year and best solo vocal performance. ABC Photo Archives/Walt Disney Television/Getty Images Bennett and San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein hang onto the outside of a San Francisco cable car before taking a test ride in 1984. His performance of “I Left My Heart in San Francisco” won Grammys for best record and best male vocal performance.

Persons: Tony Bennett, “, ”, Sylvia Weiner, Bennett, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra, Lady Gaga, ” Bennett, he’d, CNN’s Larry King, Susan Benedetto, Danny, Dae Bennett, Johanna Bennett, Antonia Bennett, Paul McCartney, Larry Busacca, Anthony Benedetto, Tony Bennett Anthony Dominick Benedetto, Hope, ‘, ’, ‘ Anthony Dominick Benedetto, ’ ” Tony Bennett, Virginia Sherwood, Anthony Dominick Benedetto, John, Mary, John Jr, Tony Bennett Bennett, Bill Randall applauds, Patricia, D'Andrea, Daegal, Pat, collie, David McLane, Sammy Davis Jr, David Redfern, Louis Armstrong, Charlie Ley, Sandra, Malcolm MacNeil, Mirrorpix, Joanna, Howard Cosell, Dianne Feinstein, Feinstein, Jeff Reinking, David Letterman, Richard Drew, Patti LaBelle, Hans Deryk, Mark J, Terrill, Elton John, Scott Gries, Madame Tussaud's, Kevork, Tim Mosenfelder, Fernando Leon, Tina Turner, Robert Redford, Julie Harris, Suzanne Farrell, Scott Suchman, Kevin Winter, Billy Joel, York's Shea, Kevin Mazur, Duke Ellington, Brendan Hoffman, Stevie Wonder, Shahar Azran, Amy Winehouse, Kevork Djansezian, Susan, Michael Loccisano, Sean Zanni, Ball, Tony, San Francisco ”, …, ’ ” Bennett, NPR’s Terry Gross, it’s, Clinton, JP Yim, you’re, “ It’s, Danny Bennett, kd, Elvis Costello, “ Tony Bennett, Jack Benny, Charlie Chaplin, Walt Disney, Gary Gershoff, –, Sinatra, Jon Bon Jovi, Bono, ” Sinatra, “ Larry King, Ella Fitzgerald, Ella, Bing Crosby, “ Cheek, Cheek, Alzheimer’s Organizations: CNN, MTV, Recording Academy, Los Angeles Convention Center, Paramount, NBCU, Bank, Getty, Facebook, Columbia Records, Bettmann, Patrick's, NY, Smithsonian, Daily, Hulton, ABC, Walt Disney Television, San Francisco, United Nations, Super, Rainforest Foundation, New York's Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Giants, Kennedy, Apollo, New York's Radio City Music Hall, American Ballet, Children's Diabetes Foundation, Children's Diabetes, Radio City Music Hall, San, Clinton Global, New York Times, New York’s High, of Industrial Art, Kennedy Center, ”, AARP, Radio City Music, CBS Locations: San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Astoria , New York, Greenwich Village, New York City, Cleveland, St, Manhattan, Redferns, Washington , DC, View , California, Washington, Lady

Designs by Karl Lagerfeld are displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute exhibition, "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," in New York on April 29, 2023. (Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)Celebrated tonight at the Met Gala will be the opening of the Costume Institute's exhibition "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," curated by the Institute's Andrew Bolton. Looks designed by Karl Lagerfeld on display during the press preview of the Costume Institute's exhibition, "Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty," on May 1, 2023. "The serpentine line signifies Lagerfeld's historicist, romantic, and decorative impulses, while the straight line indicates his modernist, classicist, and minimalist tendencies." The exhibition will be open for public viewing May 5 through July 16, 2023.

☆ Zendaya and Sia join Labrinth on stage for surprise Coachella performance
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“Euphoria” star Zendaya surprised festival-goers on Saturday night during Labrinth’s Coachella Weekend 2 set to sing two songs they collaborated on from the hit HBO show. “I just wanted to say thank you again for such a magical beautiful night,” she said on her Instagram story, going on to thank Labrinth for the “last minute” invitation. In her signature wig and bow, Sia joined him onstage to perform “Thunderclouds,” a track off of the 2019 album “Audio,” which Sia, Labrinth and Diplo collaborated on after forming their super-group called LSD. “Dance Moms” star Maddie Ziegler also joined them onstage during the song to perform a dance number. Sia and Ziegler last performed on the Coachella stage together in 2016, and Ziegler often appears in Sia’s music videos and during the singer-songwriter’s on-stage performances.

☆ The stock market rally in 2023 has added $213 billion to the wealth of the world's top 10 billionaires
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-15 | by ( Matthew Fox | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A strong start to the stock market this year has helped reverse some of the big losses billionaires saw in 2022. So far this year, the world's top 10 billionaires added a collective $213 billion to their net worth. MARTIN BUREAU/AFP via Getty ImagesNet Worth: $92.8 billion2023 Gain: $21.3 billionSource of Wealth: L'Oreal9. Elon MuskElon Musk Gilbert Carrasquillo/GC ImagesNet Worth: $180 billion2023 Gain: $43.2 billionSource of Wealth: Tesla, SpaceX, Twitter1. Bernard ArnaultEric Piermont/Getty ImagesNet Worth: $210 billion2023 Gain: $47.8 billionSource of Wealth: LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

☆ Iggy Pop Isn’t About to Whitewash His Past
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-02 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +18 min

Mamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times Talk Iggy Pop Isn’t About to Whitewash His PastIggy Pop’s life and work constitute one of music’s most remarkable survival stories. Iggy and the Stooges around 1969 — from left, Scott Asheton, Ron Asheton, Dave Alexander and Iggy Pop. But if you quietly say it to some sepulchral music, that’s a different thing, because you’re facing darkness once you hit 50. I don’t think that I was really thinking about anything. My doctor tells me I have a strong immune system, but I don’t think that’ll do it for you.

“Spoiler Alert,” the new film based on entertainment journalist Michael Ausiello’s heartbreaking 2017 memoir, certainly doesn’t have a storybook ending. The film, directed by Michael Showalter (“The Big Sick”), closely follows “Spoiler Alert: The Hero Dies,” which Ausiello wrote in the wake of his husband Kit Cowan’s death from colorectal cancer, at age 42. Even watching the movie now, it’s still a bit of a head trip to see it.”From left, Ben Aldridge, Jim Parsons, Sally Field and Bill Irwin in "Spoiler Alert." But, in general, these moments — and even the comedic stylings of Sally Field — aren’t able to distract from the inherent sadness of “Spoiler Alert” for very long. “I want them to have their own experience seeing the movie,” Ausiello said of audience members.

☆ Gyms and at-home fitness battle for prominence this holiday season
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Jack Stebbins | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Michael Loccisano | Getty ImagesThe fitness industry appears headed for a strong holiday season, but not everyone will see a boost. Now inflationary pressures and a post-lockdown reset look poised to benefit traditional gyms and trade-down options — threatening connected at-home fitness equipment like the products made by Peloton and Lululemon -owned Mirror. Tarlowe, who covers Planet Fitness and Lululemon, said fitness spending remains steady, even among lower-income, inflation-squeezed consumers. People are trading down and shifting more toward value, he said, "and that bodes well for Planet Fitness." Planet Fitness CEO Chris Rondeau said members are exercising more, too: six times a month versus five times a month when Planet Fitness went public in 2015.

☆ Universal film boss Donna Langley reveals how her studio changed the way you see movies and her hopes for an all-female 'Fast & Furious'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Universal film chief Donna Langley says movies will never go back to "those exclusive traditional windows" in theaters. "I would love to see a female 'Fast,'" she said about the future of the "Fast & Furious" franchise. Though it seems Langley has an insatiable drive to dominate the cutthroat film industry, she revealed to Insider in a recent phone interview that her mission is simple: "Make the right kind of movies that fit the cultural zeitgeist globally." Steven Spielberg and Donna Langley at "The Fabelmans" world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. We are a theatrical business and theatrical will always lead our business.

☆ How Peloton went from a pandemic-era success story worth $50 billion to laying off more than 4,000 workers and losing 3 top execs in a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Peloton's stock has been trading well below the IPO price of $29 per share, at one point dropping as low as $8.22. Prior to founding Peloton, Foley was president at Barnes & Noble, overseeing its e-commerce business. "I would say that it took about five years for the really smart money to start getting involved," Foley told Insider in 2018. The ad, featuring a woman whose husband gifts her a Peloton bike for Christmas, was viewed as being sexist and playing into outdated standards of beauty. Public outrage over the ad sent Peloton's stock plunging 9%, wiping out $942 million in market value in a single day.

☆ How Peloton went from a pandemic-era success story worth $50 billion to laying off more than 4,000 workers and losing 4 top execs in a month
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Avery Hartmans | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

☆ Trading the Fed, plus insights from a 99th-percentile fund manager
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-20 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Spencer Platt/Getty ImagesHello and welcome to Insider Investing. I'm Joe Ciolli, and I'm here to guide you through the current market and investing landscape. Here's what's on the docket:If you aren't yet a subscriber to Insider Investing, you can sign up here. Pool/Getty ImagesThe Federal Reserve left interest rates steady this past week while setting the stage for two hikes by year-end 2023. Read the full story here:Hennessy FundsFinancial-sector stocks have outperformed the rest of the market over the last several months.

☆ 10 top crypto tokens, plus the rising stars of equity research
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-02 | by ( Business Insider | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

I'm Joe Ciolli, and I'm here to guide you through what's been happening in markets. Here's what's on the docket:If you aren't yet a subscriber to Insider Investing, you can sign up here. He shares 3 themes and 10 tokens he's betting on in crypto, and also walks through an example of how to execute special situations investing in digital assets. Their bearish bets have paid off amid a steep decline in SPAC market sentiment and overall performance. Exclusive data from S3 Partners details the 10 most profitable SPAC shorts in the market right now.

☆ How to trade the SPAC slowdown, plus the case for $1 million Bitcoin by year-end
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-25 | by ( Joe Ciolli | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Brian Snyder/Reuters; Michael Loccisano/Getty Images; Samantha Lee/InsiderHello and welcome to Insider Investing. Here's what's on the docket:If you aren't yet a subscriber to Insider Investing, you can sign up here. He first bought Bitcoin at $10 and began to double down in 2014 after acquiring a "HODL" mindset. He explains how Bitcoin might hit $1 million by year-end — and as a bonus lays out what meme token Dogecoin is all about. Read the full story here:TappanOnline art platform Tappan Collective, which launched in 2012, saw sales double in 2020 as online art sales surged.

☆ A powerful group of lobbyists and donors pushed Mitch McConnell to take a 'hard red line' that delayed a stimulus bill for months
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-16 | by ( Kimberly Leonard | Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +19 min

A powerful group of business organizations has pushed for the liability shields and donated generously to McConnell and other Republicans. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty ImagesThe Chamber of Commerce's big giveThe Chamber of Commerce has been among the most vocal proponents of liability protections. Overall, however, Walmart's workers and PAC gave about evenly to Democrats as to Republicans this election. Its PAC gave $9,000 to McConnell's campaign and gave $3,000 to Cornyn. During the past three decades, McConnell has received robust support from some of the industries lobbying hard for liability protections.

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