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☆ Dwayne Johnson reportedly peed in Voss water bottles on film sets and was up to 8 hours late to shooting 'Red One'
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-01 | by ( Eammon Jacobs | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementIt also reported that he tried to save time on other sets by peeing in Voss water bottles, which upset some crew members. He pees in a Voss water bottle and his team or a PA has to dispose of it." When speaking to Esquire ahead of 2021's "Red Notice," Johnson admitted that he pees in water bottles during his lengthy workouts because the gyms he goes to don't have bathrooms. "Any reporting that implies that we got to this point with him showing up seven-eight hours late to set is both ridiculous and false." Representatives for Johnson and Amazon MGM Studios did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

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☆ I finally had the chance to stay in a snow hotel along the Arctic Circle this year. I didn't last the night.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ulrike Lemmin-WoolfreyI put on my boots and warm jacket and ran out of the snow hotel and into the night, where it was snowing beautifully. I ran across the path into the chalet my husband — already aware of my nighttime habits — had booked at a discounted price. On the hotel's website, one night in a one-bedroom chalet in February is listed at 8,000 Norwegian Krone, or $743. So, I peed in our private bathroom, slid into a real bed, with a real blanket, no dead reindeer or sleeping bag to battle with, and slept contentedly. But I'd only do it for one night, then off into the chalet for the next.

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☆ Robert Downey Jr. was so committed to method acting as the method actor Kirk Lazarus in 'Tropic Thunder' that he even peed in character, his co-star said
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read previewRobert Downey Jr. was so committed to method acting his part as the method actor Kirk Lazarus in "Tropic Thunder'" that he went to the toilet in character, according to his costar Danny McBride. Downey Jr. wore blackface for this role, a decision that has been criticized in recent years because of its racist history. McBride said he heard Downey Jr. saying in character: "I'm gonna go drain the snake." In 2009, Downey Jr. received a supporting actor Oscar nomination for his performance in "Tropic Thunder." AdvertisementRobert Downey Jr. has defended wearing blackface in 'Tropic Thunder'Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr. and Ben Stiller in "Tropic Thunder."

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☆ After trying for years, I got pregnant twice for less than $300 with an at-home, artificial insemination kit
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Kelly Burch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

She conceived the first time she used a home insemination kit. Although we weren't yet actively trying to conceive, we thought I'd get pregnant quickly when we removed the precautions. AdvertisementA home insemination kit worked on the first tryThen, I found something interesting in my research — Mosie Baby, a home insemination kit. The Mosie kit cost about $99 when I first used it, so it's a fraction of the cost of an IUI. Even though we'd been having sex for years, using the kit made us a bit shy.

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☆ My 6-year-old's friend didn't want to play with him. Instead of stepping in as super mom, I let them figure it out themselves.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Sarah Dimuro | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewBy the time school started again, my son was excited to be reunited with his friends. He looked so proud walking into the play yard that first day back, Super Mario Brothers backpack stuffed with his first grade essentials. AdvertisementBut then, as I was tucking him into bed one evening, he turned to me and said: "Mama, Carla doesn't want to play me anymore." I also appreciated the idea she mentioned about reminding our son what it means to be a good friend. A month after our conversation, I picked him up from his after-school program, and there was Carla, playing with the other girls.

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☆ Opinion: We’ll finally get some answers from Iowa about Trump
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

It is a feat former President Donald Trump is trying to duplicate this year. The first true test of Trump’s comeback occurs Monday in Iowa, where caucusgoers will venture into sub-zero temperatures to choose between Trump, Florida Gov. After months of speculation, we’ll finally get some answers to a few questions: Is there an opening for any Republican aside from Trump? Most of our contributors thought Haley won Wednesday’s CNN debate in Iowa against DeSantis, but Trump’s absence from the stage again loomed large. “Haley sounded like someone looking to take on the genuine article — the Republican frontrunner,” wrote W. James Antle III.

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☆ Opinion: Bill Belichick and Nick Saban were the kind of coaches I tell my therapist about
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-12 | by ( Opinion Jeff Pearlman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Under his leadership, Belichick took an organization that never sniffed a Super Bowl title and made it a regular occurrence. Jeff Haynes/AFP/Getty Images Belichick, right, coaches alongside New York Giants head coach Bill Parcells during a playoff game in 1984. Jim Rogash/Getty Images Belichick watches from the sideline as his team plays the Seattle Seahawks in the 2015 Super Bowl. Tom Pennington/Getty Images Belichick presents President Donald Trump with an official Super Bowl helmet at the White House in 2017. Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images Belichick leaves the field after losing to the Kansas City Chiefs in December 2023.

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☆ Once homeless, Peter Mutabazi opens his home to kids as a single foster dad
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-14 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Mutabazi is not married and belongs to a rare group – federal data shows that only about 3% of foster parents are single men. After playing outside, Peter Mutabazi serves his foster kids ice cream in their Charlotte, North Carolina, home. Sean Mcinnis/The Charlotte Observer/ZumaHe blurs the faces of his foster kids to maintain their privacy. Mutabazi says it’s not easy being a single dad and relies on a community of other foster parents to help. At the same time, foster kids also need space to process feelings that they’re not ready to share, Fleisher says.

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☆ Belgian Justice Minister in Hot Water Over 'Pipigate'
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

At a parliament hearing, Van Quickenborne apologised and said he had not been aware of the incident the night it happened. Van Quickenborne has round-the-clock protection following a failed attempt to kidnap him last year. Van Quickenborne said he had no access to police video, but in parliament he played footage of cameras at his house. Opposition politicians blasted Van Quickenborne. "You have given a whole new dimension to the concept of the Belgian joke," said opposition party N-VA's Yngvild Ingels.

Persons: Geert De Clercq, Vincent Van Quickenborne's, Van Quickenborne, Josie Kao Locations: Geert De Clercq BRUSSELS, Belgium, Belgian

☆ 'Pipigate' peeing scandal puts Belgian minister in hot water
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Geert De Clercq | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Vincent Van Quickenborne talks to the media as he arrives at a budgetary control meeting in Brussels October 17, 2012. At a parliament hearing, Van Quickenborne apologised and said he had not been aware of the incident the night it happened. Van Quickenborne has round-the-clock protection following a failed attempt to kidnap him last year. Van Quickenborne said he had no access to police video, but in parliament he played footage of cameras at his house. Opposition politicians blasted Van Quickenborne.

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☆ Factbox: Who has been prosecuted for trying to undo Trump's 2020 election loss?
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Four other defendants have pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy, the Justice Department said in May. MORE THAN 1,000 ARRESTSMore than 1,000 people have been arrested on charges arising from the Capitol attack, according to the Justice Department. Of those, 570 have pleaded guilty and 78 were convicted at trial. Rhodes during his sentencing hearing called himself a "political prisoner" who was trying to oppose people "who are destroying our country." Vallejo was sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes.

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☆ More Oath Keepers convicted of sedition in US Capitol attack face sentencing
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Sarah N. Lynch | Thomson Reuters | Sarah N. Lynch Is The Lead Reporter For Reuters Covering The U.S. Justice Department Out Of Washington | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Federal prosecutors are asking U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta to sentence Roberto Minuta and Edward Vallejo to 17 years in prison each after they were convicted in January alongside two other Oath Keepers members. If the judge follows that recommendation, those would be the second-longest sentences for any of the 1,000-plus people charged in the Capitol attack that was intended to block Congress from certifying Democrat Joe Biden's November 2020 election victory over the Republican Trump. Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, convicted in November of seditious conspiracy and other charges, was sentenced by Mehta last week to 18 years in prison, the longest of any of the sentences. Prosecutors said he stayed at a suburban Virginia hotel where the Oath Keepers had staged a "quick reaction force" and stashed firearms to be quickly ferried into Washington if needed. Joseph Hackett and David Moerschel, co-defendants in the trial in which Minuta and Vallejo were convicted - are due to be sentenced on Friday.

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☆ An American Airlines passenger peed on another traveler on a New York to India flight, reports say
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-24 | by ( Bianca Giacobone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A passenger on an American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi flight is accused of urinating on a fellow passenger while inebriated. An American Airlines passenger urinated on another traveler midflight, according to local media reports. "American Airlines flight 292 with service from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Indira Gandhi International Airport was met by local law enforcement upon arrival in DEL due to a disruption on board," an American Airlines spokesperson told Insider. At the beginning of March, a 21-year-old student reportedly urinated on another passenger who was asleep on an American Airlines flight from New York to Delhi. In January, Wells Fargo fired an employee who was accused of urinating on a fellow passenger while on Air India's New York to Delhi flight in November.

☆ CNN's Van Jones presses a GOP state lawmaker on the Tennessee House voting to expel 2 Black Democratic legislators over their push for gun restrictions: 'Why are you being so unreasonable?'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-09 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Van Jones last week pressed a Tennessee Republican over his caucus voting to oust two Democratic lawmakers. "You have not done this to anybody except for two people in 200 years," Jones told state Rep. Jeremy Faison. The GOP-led state House took the action after then-Reps. Jones and Pearson led a gun reform protest from the floor. Faison said he felt as though House Republicans followed the proper protocol. State Rep. Gloria Johnson, a white lawmaker who also joined the gun reform protest, was not expelled by House Republicans and remarked last week that "it's pretty clear" why she was spared.

☆ Defying odds: A story of survival under Turkey's earthquake rubble
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Ali Kucukgocmen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Berber was speaking from a bed at Mersin City Hospital, some 250 km from the 15-storey building that collapsed in the city of Antakya in southern Hatay province, where half the buildings were either destroyed or heavily damaged. I looked around, my son turned on a light, took a flashlight and said 'Father, it's an earthquake!' "I shouted, shouted and shouted. Deniz Gezer, internal medicine specialist at Mersin City Hospital, said one of the biggest problems for survival was the cold. Caglar Aksoy Colak, a doctor at Mersin City Hospital, said doctors only provided "supportive treatment" for Berber.

A jury on Monday convicted four members of the extremist group the Oath Keepers of seditious conspiracy. The trial, which started Dec. 12, included testimony from Brian Ulrich, a member of the Oath Keepers’ Georgia chapter who had pleaded guilty to seditious conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding. ... I’m not afraid and I’m ready to f---ing go.”The four defendants were charged as part of the same seditious conspiracy case involving Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes that went to trial in October. Rhodes and Kelly Meggs, the leader of the group’s Florida chapter, were convicted of seditious conspiracy in November. The maximum sentence for seditious conspiracy — a rarely used Civil War era statute — is 20 years in federal prison.

☆ In a tough year for hedge funds, the top firms still crushed it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

But first, we've got hedge fund returns. It's returns season for hedge funds, and boy is this year a doozy. Insider's Alex Morrell has a breakdown of how some of the flagship strategies at top hedge funds like AQR, Citadel, D.E. Alex's story gets into the nitty gritty — and more importantly, the specific numbers — but the big takeaway is this: While 2022 was a pretty awful year for the hedge fund industry, some of the industry's top funds absolutely crushed it. And while it might seem impossible to figure out a way to make money in that type of environment, that's exactly when I'd expect a hedge fund to step up.

☆ Former Wells Fargo VP faces charges of sexual harassment, obscenity, and 'insulting the modesty' of a 72-year-old woman after officials say he drunkenly peed on her during a flight
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Shankar Mishra, a former Wells Fargo VP, was arrested in India on Saturday, local outlets reported. Officials accused Mishra of drunkenly urinating on a 72-year-old woman on an Air India flight in November. After a search to locate him, Mishra now faces charges including sexual harassment for the incident. In response to the incident, Air India is reconsidering its policy of serving alcoholic beverages, Mirror Now reported. Representatives for Wells Fargo did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment.

☆ Malls Welcomed Dogs. The Results Have Been Ruff.
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-16 | by ( Suzanne Kapner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

NORWALK, Conn.—It was Weston Bear Marshall’s first time at the mall and he wasn’t up on his etiquette. Soon after arriving on Black Friday, the two-year-old lifted his leg and peed on an information sign. “He’s marking his territory,” said Vincent Marshall, owner of the Old English sheepdog.

☆ Malls Welcomed Dogs. The Results Have Been Ruff
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-15 | by ( Suzanne Kapner | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ Oath Keepers: Second seditious conspiracy trial against Oath Keepers begins with opening statements
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( Hannah Rabinowitz | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The Justice Department prosecuted the first Oath Keepers seditious conspiracy case earlier this fall with mixed success – two leaders, including Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes, were convicted of the charge while three others were acquitted. That adjustment was on full display Monday, as prosecutor Troy Edwards delivered his opening argument to the jury. Prosecutors struggled at times during the first trial to explain whether Rhodes directly ordered his militia to enter the Capitol building. Rhodes told them it was now time to take their place in history,” Edwards said. When the Oath Keepers heard that the Capitol had been breached, Edwards said they hustled toward the chaos.

☆ Hot Market for Cyber Insurance Begins to Stabilize
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Richard Vanderford | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +6 min

The market for cyber insurance has begun to stabilize after a surge in ransomware attacks in recent years propelled a steep rise in premiums, observers say. Cyber insurance can pay ransoms to hackers who lock company technology systems, or it can help offset the cost of responding to data breaches. The insurance itself remains relatively niche—insurer Munich Re Group estimated the global value of cyber insurance premiums at $9.2 billion at the outset of 2022, compared with hundreds of billions of dollars spent in the U.S. alone for commercial insurance, according to the Insurance Information Institute—but events spurring premium increases have become familiar. But not all companies can, as some must have cyber insurance to work with partners, Mr. McNicholas said. “The cyber insurance community has to be fairly nimble and flexible in how it looks at risk.”Write to Richard Vanderford at Richard.Vanderford@wsj.com

☆ Brian Eno Reveals the Hidden Purpose of All Art
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-14 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +19 min

I think I’m still answering it. I’m absolutely fascinated by this question, because I think I have an answer, and I don’t think it has ever been well answered. Since we’re talking about how things work: How do you want your new album to work for people? You have to take that on board as being one of the things that’s happening in culture and quite different from the story that we’re generally hearing. I don’t think many people take that as seriously as I do.

☆ The Ayahuasca Diaries
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-26 | by ( Mattathias Schwartz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +37 min

But please understand: I didn't drink ayahuasca so I could write an article about it. I wrote an article about it so I could drink ayahuasca. I was desperate to drink ayahuasca — I had been for several months, in fact — and the formality of an assignment would help me out at home. Instead, a friend of a friend linked me up with an ayahuasca sangha, a Buddhist word for a spiritual community. I thought of my old friend, Scott, who, many years before, had declined an opportunity to drink ayahuasca.

☆ I'm an Amazon delivery driver. Our performance is constantly monitored, but we've found ways to cheat the system.
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-06 | by ( Jenny Powers | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Insider spoke to an Amazon delivery driver who asked to remain anonymous to protect his job. I started working part time as a driver for Amazon in 2019 after seeing an online classified ad. Amazon preaches safety, safety, safety, and while that's a great narrative for the media, behind the scenes it's another story. I've never been in a wreck, but these types of instances can drag a driver's score down, and the bottom line is everything comes down to your score. Amazon prides itself on getting driver safety under control, but then puts demands in place that force us to circumvent the system.

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