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☆ Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's mother said she had high-functioning depression. Here's what that means.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Anna Medaris | Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's new memoir was finished by her mother, April Simpkins. AdvertisementA new memoir by former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was released on Tuesday. Kryst was an attorney, reporter, and Miss USA titleholderKryst won the Miss USA title in 2019 while representing North Carolina, and made the top 10 at Miss Universe that same year. Miss USA Cheslie Kryst competed in the 2019 Miss Universe pageant. In 2019, Kryst was part of a historic moment when Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss America all went to women of color.

Persons: April Simpkins, Simpkins, Kryst's, —, Miss USA Cheslie Kryst, Kryst, Benjamin Askinas, John Huber, Healthline, Cheslie —, Cheslie Kryst, Mimi Winsberg, Brightside, Winsberg Organizations: Miss USA, Service, Miss, Miss Universe Organization, Mental Health, BI, Brothers, Sisters, America, Miss Teen USA, Miss America, Depression Association of America Locations: North Carolina, San Francisco

☆ Miss USA Cheslie Kryst's mother said police informed the media about her daughter's death before her own family
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst's new memoir, "By the Time You Read This," was released Tuesday. Simpkins wrote that she found out about her daughter's suicide note in a news article. AdvertisementOn the morning of January 30, 2022, April Simpkins received one last text from her daughter, former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst. It's a message Simpkins shares in Kryst's memoir, "By the Time You Read This," which she helped finish following her 30-year-old daughter's death by suicide. AdvertisementKryst won Miss USA in May 2019.

Persons: April Simpkins, Simpkins, —, Miss USA Cheslie, Kryst, Frank L, she'd, Benjamin Askinas, Miss Universe Organization Simpkins, Cheslie, John Lamparski Organizations: Miss, Service, Miss USA, Uber, Miss Universe Organization, National Alliance, Mental, New York Police Department, Business Locations: New York City, South Carolina, New York

☆ Cheslie Kryst said she was 'burned out' by the 2-week Miss USA competition before winning the crown
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-24 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

She won Miss North Carolina USA in 2019 and began preparing for Miss USA while working full-time as a complex litigation attorney. Lunch breaks were reserved for Miss North Carolina speaking engagements or practicing with her Miss USA interview coaches. Related storiesThe preparation didn't ease up once Kryst arrived in Reno, Nevada, for Miss USA 2019. Miss USA/Alex Mertz"The Miss USA competition was far more than the television broadcast aired on finals night," she wrote in her memoir. It was a historic year for pageants as Miss Universe, Miss USA, Miss Teen USA, and Miss America were all won by women of color.

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☆ How Cheslie Kryst encouraged a Miss USA contestant to make history by wearing pants during the evening gown competition
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Anneta Konstantinides | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Slawson said Kryst encouraged her to make history by wearing pants during the evening gown round. Business Insider recently sat down with former Miss USA contestant Rachel Slawson , who called Kryst a huge inspiration. Kryst, who won Miss USA in 2019, encouraged Slawson to make history as the first woman to wear pants during the evening gown competition when she competed as Miss Utah in 2020. Slawson said Miss USA 2019 Cheslie Kryst encouraged her to wear pants during the competition. Slawson went on to make history as the first openly bisexual contestant at Miss USA , as well as the first queer woman to compete at the Miss Grand USA pageant.

Persons: Rachel Slawson, Kryst, Slawson, —, It's, Miss USA Cheslie, Cheslie Kryst, Cheslie, would've, Kryst's, April Simpkins, John Lamparski, it's, I'm, she's Organizations: Miss, Miss USA, Service, Business, Miss Universe, Miss Grand USA, Miss Grand Locations: Miss Utah

☆ ‘Insidious: The Red Door’ Review: The Ghost of Jump Scares Past
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Jason Zinoman | More About Jason Zinoman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Insidious,” whose fifth installment opened Friday, is a second-tier horror franchise — it’s not even the best James Wan franchise starring Patrick Wilson, which would be “The Conjuring” — with a few elite jump scares, including one of the best in the genre. In the original in 2010, Lorraine Lambert (Barbara Hershey) is telling her son, Josh (Wilson), about a horrible dream when a red-faced demon suddenly appears behind his head. It’s a magnificent shock because of the askew blocking, the patient misdirection of the editing and Hershey’s committed performance. In “Insidious: The Red Door,” a grim, workmanlike effort that collapses into woo-woo nonsense, Wilson makes his directorial debut, and demonstrates he grasps the importance of that jump scare, which is sketched in charcoal on paper next to his name in the opening credits. This prickly relationship is at the center of the movie, as dad drives his son to college.

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☆ Patrick Wilson: The Scream King Takes the Director’s Chair
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Beatrice Loayza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

“I’d been trying to direct a movie since 2015,” Wilson told me over coffee at a West Village bistro. “No offense, but that’s not how you deal with a problem,” Wilson chuckled. “The Red Door” confronts the trauma of that earlier film from the perspective of a father-son relationship. I asked Wilson if his sons — one is heading to college soon — send him curt one-word texts. “Nah, we have a great relationship,” said Wilson, who since 2005 has been married to the actress Dagmara Dominczyk (Karolina in “Succession”).

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☆ The home that inspired Kate Winslet's English cottage from 'The Holiday' is now available on Airbnb
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-22 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The rural English cottage that inspired Kate Winslet's house in 'The Holiday' is now on Airbnb. The couple who owns the home put in on Airbnb after learning that it was a cinematic landmark. The house that inspired the English cottage in 'The Holiday' is now on Airbnb. They moved in with no knowledge that it inspired the Hollywood film, according to The Independent. The house has been reserved for Christmas, New Year's weekend, and the majority of February 2023, according to Airbnb, though there are bookings available throughout the upcoming year.

☆ Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss, high-functioning depression and why ‘checking in’ isn’t enough
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Randi-Richardson-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Randi Richardson | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +12 min

High-functioning depression is a colloquial term and not a technical clinical diagnosis, explains Rheeda Walker, Ph.D., psychologist and leading researcher on suicide in the Black community. Persistent depressive disorder is another official diagnosis that, for some patients, may include high-functioning depression, Walker says. But she also stresses that because high-functioning depression is not a technical diagnosis, she’s hesitant to say they’re the same. But a 2021 study indicates the Black suicide rate is likely higher than documented because the manner of death is often misclassified. If you’re concerned about a loved one attempting suicide, Walker notes that anxiety is “as strong a predictor” as depression.

☆ 'The Whale' review: Brendan Fraser's standout performance can't keep Darren Aronofsky's film afloat
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —The love showered on Brendan Fraser out of film festivals inflates expectations for “The Whale” wildly out of proportion, in a movie based on a play that occurs almost entirely within a lone apartment. Weighted down not by its morbidly obese protagonist but rather its stick-thin supporting players, Fraser deserves praise for his buried-under-makeup performance, but that’s not enough to keep the movie afloat. Adapted by Samuel D. Hunter from his play, “The Whale” actually derives its title from the book “Moby Dick,” although the convincing enormity of Charlie’s physique obviously provides another meaning. As poignant and heartbreaking as Charlie’s plight is, “The Whale” can’t transcend the line between theater and film. While it’s easy to root for Fraser to earn accolades, in the annual hunt for award-worthy movies, consider this another one that got away.

☆ Tom Brady and Kim Clijsters are Major League Pickleball's newest team owners
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Jessica Golden | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Tom Brady of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers throws against the New Orleans Saints during the second quarter at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on September 13, 2020 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady and International Tennis Hall of Famer Kim Clijsters are the latest high-profile athletes to join the pickleball craze. Major League Pickleball announced on Wednesday that Brady and Clijsters are headlining their newest ownership group to buy an expansion team, which will begin playing in 2023. The Brady and Clijsters group is led by Knighthead Capital. In September, Anne Worcester, Major League Pickleball's strategic advisor, told CNBC that demand for teams has grown exponentially and that prices are in the seven-figure range.

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