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☆ Jerry Seinfeld asked Chris Rock to recreate the Will Smith Oscars slap for his Netflix movie. Rock turned him down.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-10 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Jerry Seinfeld tried to get Chris Rock to recreate the moment Will Smith slapped him. Seinfeld told a podcast he tried to involve Rock not long after the slap for his movie "Unfrosted." AdvertisementJerry Seinfeld said he wanted Chris Rock to recreate the moment Will Smith slapped him on the Oscar stage for his new movie "Unfrosted." In 2022, Smith walked onstage during the Oscars ceremony and slapped Rock after the comedian joked about the Smith's wife's bald head. Related stories"We shot that right after the Will Smith slap, and I was going to have somebody come up on the stage and have Chris punch him out as they got there," Seinfeld said.

Persons: Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Rock, Will Smith, Seinfeld, —, Smith, Rock, Dana Carvey, David Spade, Seinfeld's, Chris, Cedric, Carvey, Jada Pinkett Organizations: Service, Netflix, Rotten, Forbes

☆ We allow our kids screen time at home, and they go to a tech-free school. It's a good balance.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Melissa Petro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

But at our son's tech-free school, there isn't so much as a smart board — and that's just the way we like it. We let our kids use screens at home, but they don't overindulgeLike most Waldorf schools, Otto Specht suggests limited media exposure at home. But in our house, our kids have free rein when it comes to screen time. AdvertisementSome people argue that it's necessary to introduce kids to technology because it makes them "workplace-ready." In the meantime, let's let kids be kids.

Persons: —, Daniel Tiger's, Oscar, that's, Otto Specht, Melissa Petro's, Melissa Petro, Minecraft, He's, let's Organizations: Service, Business, Waldorf Schools, Otto Specht School, Waldorf, Disney

☆ See how badly your home could be hit by heat, wind, and bad air over the next 30 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Dan Latu | Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Realtor.com has unveiled a set of climate risk tools that homeowners and homebuyers alike can use to learn the specific climate risks of a property. The tools, called Heat Factor, Wind Factor, and Air Factor, are available starting Wednesday and can map out a neighborhood's risks of above-normal days on the heat index, chances of experiencing wind gusts over 50 mph, and days of poor air quality. More than 40% of US homes, valued at a combined $20 trillion, are vulnerable to extreme heat, wind, and poor air quality, according to a Realtor.com analysis. Understanding your home's climate riskPrior to releasing the heat, wind, and air quality tools, Realtor.com already provided fire and flood risks for properties based on data from First Street. First Street, a climate-risk firm, is also behind the data on extreme heat, wind, and air quality now added to listings.

Persons: Realtor.com, Oscar Seikaly, Bob Stephens, homebuyers, Danielle Hale, Hale, Z, Redfin, we've Organizations: Service, Factor, Air Factor, Business, San, Sun Locations: Florida , California, Texas, Miami, San Francisco, California, Florida

☆ Christopher Nolan earned nearly $100 million from 'Oppenheimer' box office and Oscar success: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-13 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Christopher Nolan didn't just get Oscar gold for "Oppenheimer," he also made a whole lot of green. "Oppenheimer" — which took home seven Academy Awards this weekend, including Best Picture — earned more than $950 million at the global box office, buoyed in part by its 70-millimeter IMAX release. Nolan's earnings were boosted by box office escalators as well as bonuses for winning both Best Director and Best Picture, according to the report. Reports of Nolan's payday arrived on the heels of a Forbes report that Margot Robbie took home $78 million in gross earnings thanks largely to the massive success of "Barbie", which raked in nearly $1.5 billion at the box office. Plus, sign up for CNBC Make It's newsletter to get tips and tricks for success at work, with money and in life.

Persons: Christopher Nolan didn't, Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Margot Robbie Organizations: Variety, Forbes, CNBC

Asian productions or nominees with a predominantly Asian cast have been making headway at the Academy Awards in recent years. South Korean thriller “Parasite” made history in 2020 as the first non-English language movie to win best picture, alongside three further awards. "The Boy and the Heron" producer Toshio Suzuki speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles on March 11, 2024. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty ImagesFor others, the award offered Japan a boost after a rough start to the year. Kelts, the Japan-based author, said the second Oscar win showed the Academy had recognized Miyazaki’s artistic genius and that Japanese animation is far from solely entertainment.

Persons: CNN —, Hayao Miyazaki, ”, Huy Quan, Malaysia’s Michelle Yeoh, Heron ”, Ghibli’s, “, Roland Kelts, Miyazaki, Richard Harbaugh, Toshio Suzuki, ‘, ’ Suzuki, Suzuki, ” Suzuki, Richard A, Brooks, Tatsuji Nojima, “ Oscar, Takashi Yamazaki, Fumio Kishida, Yamazaki, ” Kishida, Hideaki Omura, Godzilla’s, Chris Hemsworth, Anya Taylor, Joy, Patrick T, Fallon, Kelts Organizations: CNN, Academy, Sony Pictures, Culture, Oscar Academy, Ghibli, Japan’s, NHK, Getty, Japan, Sunday, Gov, Hollywood, American, Waseda University Locations: Japan, America, Vietnam, ” Tokyo, Hollywood, Los Angeles, AFP, Aichi prefecture, Miyazaki, Japanese, Ishikawa, Tokyo

☆ Michelle Yeoh explains the sweet reason she gave Emma Stone’s Oscar to Jennifer Lawrence
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Michelle Yeoh acknowledges she may have confused Emma Stone at the Oscars on Sunday. Yeoh and fellow best actress Oscar winners Sally Field, Jennifer Lawrence, Charlize Theron and Jessica Lange were all on stage to present the award for the category. After Yeoh announced Stone had won for her performance in “Poor Things,” she handed the Oscar statuette to Lawrence, who gave it to Stone. I confused you, but I wanted to share that glorious moment of handing over Oscar to you together with your best friend Jennifer!! Emma Stone accepts the best actress in a leading role award for "Poor Things" from Jennifer Lawrence.

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☆ Vanity Fair Oscars Party: Billie Eilish, Christopher Nolan, Steven Spielberg, mix, dine on In-N-Out and dance the night away.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Oscars celebrations were in full swing on Sunday night and no post-show event was more packed with the glittery crowd than the annual Vanity Fair party. By the dance floor, Cardi B greeted Bailey and asked the new mom how her baby was doing. Nearby, Lizzo and her boyfriend scoped out the dance floor and were later seen twisting their arms to take a shot together. Kardashian wore a beige, waist-cinching gown as she fluttered around the party with Baltimore Ravens wide receiver O’Dell Beckham Jr.Kim Kardashian arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscars party. Stefanie Keenan/VF24/WireImage for Vanity Fair/Getty ImagesSam Rockwell, Justin Theroux and Jason Bateman gathered on the dance floor and were greeted by Olympian Shawn White and Nina Dobrev.

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His celebration was limited to casually holding a best directing Oscar, his first, and one of seven on the night for his film. Nolan's wife, “Oppenheimer” producer Emma Thomas, held her own statuette, for best picture, and did most of the talking as waves of well-wishers descended on the couple. Photos You Should See View All 60 ImagesBillie Eilish soon strode by with two friends, her best original song Oscar slung in one arm. The Vanity Fair dress code might be called “loosened black tie.” Many still wear their tuxes and gowns from the ceremony. Near them, “Anyone but You” and “Euphoria” star Sydney Sweeney stood in a white gown with fiancé Jonathan Davino at her side.

Persons: — Christopher Nolan, Oscar, Oppenheimer, “ Oppenheimer, Emma Thomas, Nolan, Billie Eilish, strode, it's, Radhika Jones, Thomas, Usher, Barry Keoghan, ingratiated, Serena Williams, LeBron James, James, Anya Taylor, Joy, Matteo Bocelli, Andrea Bocelli, “, ”, Huy Quan, Robert Downey Jr, Michael Jackson, Jon Hamm, Brett Goldstein, Ted Lasso ”, Catherine O'Hara, Hamm, John Mulaney, Jeffrey Wright, intently, John Waters, Sydney Sweeney, fiancé Jonathan Davino, Ludwig Göransson Organizations: ANGELES, Vanity, Beverly Hills City Hall, Wallis Annenberg City Hall Locations: Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Italian

☆ The 'Barbie' cast wore all-black to celebrate America Ferrera, not protest their Oscar snubs
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementBut these fans were ignoring the fact that one "Barbie" star was wearing Barbie pink — America Ferrera. America Ferrera attends the 2024 Oscars. It was a showstopping dress that finally gave Ferrera — who mostly wore black during the "Barbie" press tour — her big red-carpet moment. America Ferrera presenting at the 2024 Oscars with her "Barbie" costar Kate McKinnon. AdvertisementFerrera received her first Oscar nomination for "Barbie."

Persons: —, Margot Robbie, Robbie, strapless Versace, Mike Coppola, Barbie, Ryan Gosling, Kate McKinnon, Simu Liu, Issa Rae, Greta Gerwig hadn't, Jeff Kravitz, America Ferrera, Arturo Holmes, Ferrera —, Gerwig's snubs, Gosling, Hillary Clinton, Gerwig, America, Rich Polk, Ferrera, Rita Moreno, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Emma McIntyre Organizations: Service, Academy, Business, AMI, ABC, Hollywood, America, Variety, Latina

☆ Oscars 2024 live updates: Here's what to watch at the 96th Academy Awards
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

An Oscar statue is seen as preparations continue for the 96th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 9, 2024. As Jimmy Kimmel is set to host the 96th annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, all eyes are on Universal's "Oppenheimer." The film dominated nominations for major categories, showing up in the fields for best picture, best director, best actor, best supporting actor, best supporting actress and best cinematography. The best actress category is expected to be much tighter. Lily Gladstone ("Killers of the Flower Moon") and Emma Stone ("Poor Things") have traded wins throughout this year's award season.

Persons: It's, Jimmy Kimmel, Oppenheimer, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Alexander Payne's, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Lily Gladstone, Emma Stone, Gladstone, Oscar Organizations: Dolby Theatre, Warner Bros, Globe, BAFTA, ABC, Comcast, CNBC Locations: Los Angeles , California, U.S, Los Angeles, Vietnam, NBCUniversal

☆ 2024 Review: Oscars hits and misses including best moments, performances and speeches
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The Oscars faced the double whammy of starting an hour earlier and the switch to Daylight Savings Time. Video Ad Feedback See who Host Jimmy Kimmel thanked in his opening monologue at the Academy Awards 01:04 - Source: CNNBrevity (relatively, anyway). A clip of late Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny is played onstage during the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, California on March 10, 2024. Even with “Oppenheimer” nearly blotting out the sun, seven of the 10 best-picture nominees went home with at least something, with “Maestro,” “Past Lives” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” being the three that left empty-handed. Becky G performs during the 96th Academy Awards.

Persons: Ryan Gosling’s, “ Oppenheimer, ”, Christopher Nolan’s, Emma Stone, Lily Gladstone, Jessica Lange, Michelle Yeoh, Charlize, Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Sally Field, Richard Harbaugh, A.M.P.A.S, Joy Randolph, He’s, Ken, Ryan Gosling, “ I’m, Ken ”, Emily Blunt, Barbie, Gosling, Jimmy Kimmel, Kimmel, helpfully, Alexey Navalny, Patrick T, Fallon, Jonathan Glazer’s, Mstyslav, Sen, Katie Britt, Donald Trump’s, “ Maestro, Hayao Miyazaki’s, John Cena’s, Becky G, Stewart Cook, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton Organizations: CNN, Savings, International Alliance, Alliance, Television Producers, Getty Locations: Hollywood , California, AFP, Gaza, Russian, Mariupol, Ukraine

☆ These Oscar Snubs Still Rile Up Readers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Stephanie Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When I asked readers, ahead of the Academy Awards on Sunday, if they were still mad about an Oscar snub, boy, did I get an earful. Technically a snub involves a film or an artist (or a song or any other possible contender) that was overlooked altogether at the awards. But a nominee losing to an unworthy rival was also fair game, and readers took both slights to heart. Here are the lightly edited responses:‘Saving Private Ryan’Steven Spielberg’s World War II drama lost best picture to the period romance “Shakespeare in Love” in 1999. Harvey Weinstein campaigned to get that Oscar.

Persons: Readers, ” Danny Elfman’s, ” Will Ferrell, ”, Abby Ryder Fortson, Margaret, Ryan ’ Steven Spielberg’s, Love, Ryan ”, Harvey Weinstein, MATT DENTON Organizations: “ Paddington Locations: Old, N.J

☆ Spurned, Slighted, Rejected: 25 Oscar Snubs We’ll Never Get Over
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-08 | by ( The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Every year since the Academy Awards were invented, somebody has been overlooked, ignored, passed over, disregarded or brushed off. You know what they say about beauty and beholders. But perceived Oscar omissions — snubs, as we have come to call them — have grown into a frenzied annual conversation, with people left off the nomination list, or nominated but denied a statuette, sometimes receiving as much attention, or more, as those who win. These are the 25 true snubs and unjust losses that Times film critics, columnists, writers and editors still can’t get over. Read more →‘Do the Right Thing’ for Best Picture (1990)Actual winner: “Driving Miss Daisy”

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☆ ‘Io Capitano,’ Italy’s Oscar Nominee, Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Richard Braude | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Of all the offerings this Oscar season, one stands out: “Io Capitano.” A nominee for best international feature film, the film is a visually stunning and often harrowing account of the journey from West Africa to Europe. At a time when Italy’s far right is in government, introducing draconian anti-migrant laws amid a flood of poisonous rhetoric, “Io Capitano” represents an important intervention by its director, Matteo Garrone. Wolof dominates the script, claiming a place for a language that, though present in Italian society, has been nearly absent from Italian cinema. Yet for all its achievements, the film doesn’t tell the whole story. “Io Capitano” owes its title to the final scenes of the film in which the Senegalese protagonist, Seydou, is strong-armed into helming a rusty fishing trawler that takes him and hundreds more from Libya to Lampedusa, Italy’s southernmost island.

Persons: ”, Matteo Garrone, Garrone, Walt Whitman’s, — “ Locations: West Africa, Europe, Senegal, Senegalese, Libya, Lampedusa

☆ Ellen Degeneres’s Oscar selfie turns 10: remembering the epic moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —It’s been 10 years since Ellen Degeneres broke X (then still Twitter) by posting an instantly iconic selfie packed with A-List actors during the 2014 Oscars telecast. Revisiting this moment, and the famous faces in it, is a time capsule. Ellen DeGeneres at the final taping for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show." Michael Rozman/Warner Bros.Degeneres at the time was still hosting her long-running daytime talk show “The Ellen Degeneres Show,” which aired its final episode in 2022 after 19 years. Jolie and Pitt at the time of the selfie were still a couple.

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☆ Ellen DeGeneres' internet-breaking Oscars selfie was taken 10 years ago, and wow, has it aged badly
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-03 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ellen DeGeneres' widely circulated Oscars selfie was taken on March 2, 2014 — 10 years ago. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementEllen DeGeneres' internet-breaking Oscars selfie was taken 10 years ago and wow, has it aged badly. The moment Elle DeGeneres gathered members from the audience for a selfie at the 2014 Academy Awards was televised. AdvertisementIf another Oscar selfie were to be taken at this year's ceremony, I can't imagine any of these stars would make it in.

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☆ How Benjamin O. Davis Sr. and Davis Jr. became America’s first Black generals
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Nicole Chavez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

In 1940, Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first Black person to achieve the rank of brigadier general in the US Army. Twenty years after his father made history, Davis Jr. became the first Black brigadier general in the Air Force in 1960. Davis Sr. was born in Washington, DC, less than 20 years after the ratification of the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery. So, Davis Jr. moved alone to Chicago for nearly two years to secure the nomination and his spot at West Point. “So, (the Army) provided no opportunities for African Americans to lead troops, it provided no opportunities before 1940 for African Americans to fly airplanes, there were no African Americans in the Marine Corps,” Moye added.

Persons: Benjamin O, Davis, Davis Jr, “ Davis, ”, J, Todd Moye, “, White, ” Moye, Sr, West Point Davis, Oscar S, De Priest, Illinois, ” “, Doug Melville, ’, America’s, Ben Jr, ” Benjamin O, Simon, Simon & Schuster, Franklin D, Roosevelt, Moye, Army shouldn’t, Harry S, Truman, Melville, Le’Trice Donaldson, ” Donaldson, Bill Clinton, Davis , Jr, ” Clinton, ” Melville Organizations: CNN, US Army, Tuskegee Airmen, Air Force, University of North, Service’s Tuskegee, Guard, 8th US Volunteer Infantry, Army, Army’s, of, 9th Cavalry, Buffalo Soldiers, Army War, Corps, West Point, African, Blacks, Tuskegee Institute, 99th Fighter Squadron, 332nd Fighter Group, Chanute Air Museum, Simon &, Marine Corps, Alabama’s Tuskegee Army, US Air Force, Armed Services, United States Army, United States Air Force, Black, Texas, Corpus Christi, Department of Transportation, Federal Air Marshal Service, America Locations: University of North Texas, Washington ,, Spanish, Philippines, Mexico, American, France, Chicago, West, West Point, Italy, Washington, America, North Africa, Sicily, Vietnam, “

☆ Kate McKinnon reprises Weird Barbie role for another hilarious Oscars spot with Jimmy Kimmel
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Everyone’s favorite banged-up Barbie doll is at it again with Jimmy Kimmel, a few weeks ahead of Hollywood’s biggest night. Kate McKinnon, who played “Weird Barbie” in best picture Oscar nominee “Barbie,” is appearing in another fun promo leading up to next month’s Academy Awards, with host Kimmel in tow. In the latest spot, Weird Barbie presents Kimmel with a “Matrix”-style choice, with a churro in one hand, and an Oscar statuette in the other. The choice is yours.”“The churros, for sure, yeah,” Kimmel responds without hesitation, grabbing the baked good and chowing down immediately. The late night funnyman previously served as host at last year’s ceremony, as well as those in 2017 and 2018.

Persons: CNN —, Barbie, Jimmy Kimmel, Kate McKinnon, Barbie ”, “ Barbie, ”, Kimmel, Will, ” McKinnon, ” Kimmel, Oscar, Helen Mirren, McKinnon, America Ferrera, Ryan Gosling, funnyman Organizations: CNN, month’s, year’s, ABC, America Locations: Hollywood’s

☆ 'The Davos underground': A final take on the secretive parties of the world's rich and powerful
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Mackenzie Sigalos | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +23 min

"That's when you get the good s---," said a Davos attendee who is regularly selected to join the exclusive backroom of the Annual Davos Wine Forum Tasting. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards JPMorgan took over the Kirchner Museum for its annual drinks event. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards The attire of the Davos set is decidedly not chic. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards The color of your conference badge determined access to World Economic Forum events. Zoom In Icon Arrows pointing outwards Skiing and snowboarding post panels and broadcasting was another favorite pastime of some Davos goers.

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They’ll be livestreamed on Oscars.com, Oscars.org and the academy’s social media platforms, and carried live on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”Christopher Nolan’s three-hour opus “Oppenheimer” comes in the favorite for best picture, best director and a host of other awards. Though Nolan is regarded as the big-budget auteur of his era, he's never won an Academy Award, nor have any of his films won best picture. Also in the mix: Carey Mulligan ("Maestro"), Sandra Hüller ("Anatomy of a Fall"), Margot Robbie ("Barbie") and Annette Bening ("Nyad"). There, Downey Jr. and Gosling are likely to face off, while other nominees might pull from Robert De Niro ("Killers of the Flower Moon"), Willem Dafoe ("Poor Things"), Mark Ruffalo ("Poor Things") and Charles Melton ("May December"). Two releases from streaming companies — Apple’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” and Netflix’s “Maestro” — are in the best-picture mix.

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☆ The Biggest Oscar Snubs and Surprises 2024: Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie Miss Out
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Though “Oppenheimer” made an explosive showing when the Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday morning, plenty of other would-be contenders failed to launch. As your Projectionist, here’s my analysis of the morning’s biggest surprises and omissions. Greta Gerwig misses a directing nomination. With her billion-dollar blockbuster, “Barbie,” Greta Gerwig set a Hollywood record for the highest-grossing movie ever directed by a woman. But it did at least pull off a dark-horse supporting actress nod for America Ferrera alongside an expected supporting-actor nomination for Ryan Gosling.

Persons: “ Oppenheimer ”, Greta Gerwig, “ Barbie, Barbie ”, Gerwig, Lady Bird, Margot Robbie, Ryan Gosling, Celine Song’s “, Justine Triet’s “, ”, who’d, Palme, Young, Charles Melton, “, Dominic Sessa Organizations: America Ferrera, Cannes Film

☆ For ‘Barbie’ Fans Online, a Bitterly Ironic Oscar Snub
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Joseph Bernstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When the 2024 Oscar nominations were announced this morning, the snubs of the two most prominent women involved in “Barbie” — the director, Greta Gerwig, and the lead actress, Margot Robbie — became the breakout story. The top-grossing film of 2023, passing the $1 billion mark worldwide, is based on the imagined life and times of the iconic Mattel doll. A cultural phenomenon on its own terms, “Barbie,” along with “Oppenheimer,” became half of an unusually thoughtful summer blockbuster duo released on the same day in July (“Barbenheimer”): nothing to sneeze at. “Let me see if I understand this: the Academy nominated ‘Barbie’ for Best Picture (eight nominations total) — a film about women being sidelined and rendered invisible in patriarchal structures — but not the woman who directed the film. Okay then,” read a viral X post by the writer Charlotte Clymer.

Persons: “ Barbie ”, Greta Gerwig, Margot Robbie —, “ Barbie, “ Oppenheimer, ”, ‘ Barbie ’, —, Charlotte Clymer, Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Ryan Gosling, Gosling, Ken, “ We’re, Jodi Lipper Organizations: Mattel, America Locations: Barbieland

NEW YORK (AP) — Christopher Nolan was still sleeping when his film, “Oppenheimer," landed a leading 13 Academy Awards nominations Tuesday. “Oppenheimer,” Nolan's sprawling American saga of J. Walter Oppenheimer and the creation of the atomic bomb, has more or less been the Oscar frontrunner since it made its acclaimed debut in late July. It came one nomination shy of tying the record for best Oscar nominations ever. “It's flabbergasting," said Thomas who spoke with her husband in an interview a few hours after nominations were announced. And so I think that’s something that really touched audiences.

Persons: — Christopher Nolan, “ Oppenheimer, Emma Thomas, Nolan's, “, ” Nolan, Nolan, Thomas didn't, J, Walter Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Emily Blunt, “ Oppenheimer ”, Hoyte van, Jennifer Lame's, Ellen Mirojnick's, Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman's, Luisa Abel's, Ludwig Göransson's, It's, Thomas, he’s, it’s, Oppenheimer, —, Oppenheimer ”, it's, we'll, We're, you've, We've, We'll, Jake Coyle Organizations: Associated Press, Dunkirk Locations: ”

☆ Ex-Twitter workers snapped up enormous hashtag signs and company art auctioned off by Elon Musk to decorate their homes
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Tom Carter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewElon Musk laid off thousands of Twitter employees following his chaotic takeover — and some appear to have taken part of the company with them. Asset manager Fidelity recently estimated that X is now worth 71% less than when Musk took over . pic.twitter.com/uUO7Dgw1Yz — Mike Sington (@MikeSington) December 9, 2022Other ex-Twitter employees snagged company art and memorabilia when Musk put it up for auction last year. Former engineering manager Jon Ball, who left the company in 2019, picked up a three-foot-tall hashtag statue, according to the Journal.

Persons: —, Elon Musk, Lauren Fratamico, Musk, witter, egan, ince, orth, witter H, ike S ington, witter e Organizations: Service, Business, Twitter, Wall Street Locations: lon, usk

☆ Struggling insurance upstart Oscar is making a long shot bet on a Trump-era program to fuel growth
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The New York insurance company has struggled to find its footing for years. At the top of the list is this little-known Trump-era policy, which offered employers a new way to give workers health benefits. Oscar has struggled with deep lossesBertolini is the former CEO of the insurance company Aetna. The company raised its health plans' prices and renegotiated contracts with healthcare providers and vendors — including its pharmacy-benefit manager — to lower expenses. In the future, Oscar plans to design specific health plans that cater to those types of customers.

Persons: —, Joshua Kushner, Mario Schlosser, Oscar, it's, Mark Bertolini, It's, Bertolini, Trump, Ari Gottlieb, Elijah Nouvelage, haven't Organizations: Service, Business, New, Morgan Healthcare, Aetna, Reuters, HRAs Locations: New York, ICHRAs

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