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☆ Valerie Bertinelli says Eddie Van Halen was ‘not a soulmate’
  + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Valerie Bertinelli is getting real about her relationship with late rocker Eddie Van Halen. The actress and culinary TV show host reflected on their time together in a video shared on Instagram. She said watching their son, Wolfgang Van Halen, in an episode of “Behind the Music” was “not easy.”“I’d stopped it many times because it was just too brutal to watch for many reasons. I made a lot of mistakes.”Bertinelli had a tumultuous marriage to Van Halen from 1981 to 2007, in part due to his substance abuse problems. Van Halen was married to actress Janie Liszewski from 2009 until his death.
Persons: Valerie Bertinelli, Eddie Van Halen, Wolfgang Van Halen, “ I’d, ”, ” Bertinelli, Van Halen, Wolfie, Tom Vitale, Mike Goodnough, Janie Liszewski Organizations: CNN
☆ Jenny Craig is going out of business
  + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Jordan Valinsky | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +3 min
New York CNN —Jenny Craig, the weight-loss chain, has confirmed that it’s shutting down for good. Named after its founder, the Jenny Craig business started when she couldn’t lose weight after giving birth to her second child. WeightWatchers, for example, is getting into the prescription weight-loss drug business. The $106 million acquisition of Sequence will give WW a foothold into the growing market for prescription drugs to manage weight loss. Ozempic has gained popularity in part due to celebrities using it for weight loss.
☆ Jenny Craig tells employees it will shut its doors
  + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Sara Ruberg | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
Jenny Craig corporate and salaried field employees' last day will be Friday, and hourly center employees' last day working was Tuesday. Capital when it acquired Jenny Craig for an undisclosed amount in April 2019. For the past two weeks, Jenny Craig had been running out of money as it searched for a buyer. Two current Jenny Craig corporate employees say they fear the company will file for bankruptcy by the end of the week. Jenny Craig employees say there was no indication preceding the past two weeks that the company was spiraling.
☆ Mountain lion P-22 was 'compassionately euthanized' after showing signs of physical trauma. Here's how he went from a trouble-making cat to a symbol of Los Angeles.
  + stars: | 2022-12-18 | by ( Hannah Getahun | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Mountain lion P-22 was euthanized on Saturday after suffering from injuries and illnesses. There was "no hope for a positive outcome" in letting P-22 live, wildlife officials announced. The tests also showed the mountain lion suffered from multiple ailments, including kidney disease, a significant loss of weight, arthritis, and a parasitic skin infection all over his body. P-22, who has been key to mountain lion research in the area, was likely born in the Santa Monica Mountains. A trail camera picture of mountain lion P-22, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., 2012.
☆ Valerie Bertinelli celebrates her divorce becoming official
  + stars: | 2022-11-23 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +1 min
CNN —Valerie Bertinelli is now “happily divorced.”The actress and Food Network star posted a video Tuesday on her verified Twitter account in which she celebrated of her divorce from Tom Vitale being finalized. In the video, Bertinelli said she was at the airport heading to see her son Wolfgang Van Halen and had just received the call from her attorney that her divorce paperwork had been signed and was being filed. “Happily divorced. It’s finally over.”The tweet accompanying the video reads, “11.22.22 second best day of my life.”Bertinelli married Vitale on New Year’s Day 2011 and filed for divorce in May 2022. She posted on her verified Instagram account in September that she was listing a few items from January 2011 on the luxury consignment site The RealReal.
☆ The Twitter Blue relaunch is on hold until the platform can sort out impersonation issues with 'high confidence,' Elon Musk says
  + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Elon Musk says Twitter Blue's relaunch is on hold until it can deal with impersonation issues. "Holding off relaunch of Blue Verified until there is high confidence of stopping impersonation," Musk tweeted late on Monday. Musk's announcement comes after the social media platform halted its relaunch of Twitter Blue — which gives users a blue tick if they pay $8 a month — due to widespread impersonation issues. The billionaire's latest update also supersedes his earlier announcement that Twitter Blue would return on November 29. Twitter suspended its verification relaunch on November 11, and started focusing on solving impersonation issues, per Platformer's Zoe Schiffer, who cited an internal note.
☆ Chaos unchecked: A comprehensive timeline of Elon Musk's Twitter verification saga - for now
  + stars: | 2022-11-12 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
Elon Musk's revamped Twitter Blue launch has hit some major snags in the past week. The shenanigans surrounding the blue check (and subsequent gray check) has heads spinning among average Twitter users, major advertisers and big-name celebrities. Here's a look at everything that's happened with Twitter Blue in the past week and the murky state of verification on the platform. Musk's new verification model was designed to become part of Twitter's existing Twitter Blue feature, a $4.99 monthly subscription offering premium services. He also said that Twitter is adding a "parody subscript," because "tricking people is not ok."It is unclear when and how Twitter Blue may be reinstated.
☆ Twitter's new paid-for checkmark system has created a Wild West of scamming and parody
  + stars: | 2022-11-10 | by ( Sam Tabahriti | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +4 min
Twitter's new paid-for checkmark system has created a Wild West of scamming and parody. Billionaire Mark Cuban also told Musk he spent "too much time" muting newly verified accounts. The new system has also created a Wild West of scamming and parody, with users impersonating public figures from George W. Bush to OJ Simpson, as well as LeBron James and Donald Trump's former lawyer Rudy Giuliani. A Wild West TwitterA screengrab of a verified Twitter page impersonating the social media platform's account. TwitterMore "verified" accounts impersonating high-profile individuals continue to emerge.
☆ Twitter exec says there will soon be three types of accounts: official, paid, and unlabeled
  + stars: | 2022-11-08 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
Some originally verified accounts will soon sport an "official" label, she said, while any user who pays $7.99 per month for Twitter Blue, the company's subscription product, will sport a blue checkmark. Musk himself has benefitted from having the Twitter verification checkmark. Under Musk's direction, the new Twitter Blue checkmark will instead work as a paying subscriber badge that the company nonetheless plans to call "verification." "The new Twitter Blue does not include ID verification – it's an opt-in, paid subscription that offers a blue checkmark and access to select features. "Not all previously verified accounts will get the 'Official' label and the label is not available for purchase.
☆ Kathy Griffin suspended from Twitter for impersonating Elon Musk
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Donie O'Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
New York CNN Business —Twitter has suspended comedian Kathy Griffin for impersonating the company’s new owner, Elon Musk. Musk has made an $8 Twitter subscription plan his signature bid to bolster the company’s revenue. Comedian Sarah Silverman used her verified account to troll Musk, copying his profile picture, cover image and name. “This will be clearly identified as a condition for signing up to Twitter Blue,” he tweeted. Musk mocked Griffin Sunday, quipping that “she was suspended for impersonating a comedian.” Musk also tweeted that Griffin could get her account back by paying $8 a month for Twitter Blue, although it wasn’t clear whether Musk was serious.
☆ Twitter suspended comedian Kathy Griffin's account after she changed her name to Elon Musk to make fun of him
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Comedian Kathy Griffin's Twitter account was suspended after she impersonated Elon Musk. Griffin now joins a range of several celebrities and figures who had their Twitter handles suspended for parodying Musk. Any name change at all from a verified account would lead to "temporary loss of verified checkmark," he added. In a similar case, former NFL punter Chris Kluwe had his verified account suspended when he changed its details to match Musk's profile. Too many bird groups fighting each other internally other at Twitter," Musk wrote.
☆ Elon Musk bans impersonation without parody label on Twitter raising questions about free speech commitment
  + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( Lora Kolodny | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu Agency | Getty ImagesAfter several celebrity and blue-check verified Twitter users changed their accounts to mimic the social network's new owner Elon Musk, he called for a swift change to policy enforcement. Musk wrote on Sunday that, moving forward, Twitter will now permanently suspend impersonators' accounts without warning if they are not clearly labeled as parody. In May, after he agreed to buy Twitter, Musk argued against lifetime bans and said he would reverse one on Donald Trump. The platform would not usually jump to a permanent ban of a user's account for impersonation prior to Musk's takeover. Twitter and Elon Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment or confirmation as to whether Sommer and Griffin were permanently banned.
☆ Actress Valerie Bertinelli 'becomes' Elon Musk, trolling the billionaire on Twitter to prove a point about blue check verification system
  + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Valerie Bertinelli posed as Elon Musk on Twitter this weekend to show flaws in his newly proposed verification system. After changing her display name, she posted dozens of tweets in support of Democratic candidates. Several celebrities — including Shonda Rhimes and Sara Bareilles — have expressed plans to leave Twitter since Musk took over, citing concern with his leadership. "The blue checkmark simply meant your identity was verified," Bertinelli wrote on Twitter after changing her name. As "Elon Musk," she posted hashtags like #VoteBlueToProtectYourRights and shared tweets supporting gubernatorial contenders Gretchen Whitmore in Michigan and Beto O'Rourke in Texas, among others.
☆ Twitter delays $8 ‘blue check’ verification plan until after the midterms
  + stars: | 2022-11-06 | by ( Jennifer Korn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +4 min
New York CNN Business —Twitter is delaying the rollout of account verifications for its paid Twitter Blue subscription plan until after the midterm elections, a source with knowledge of the decision confirmed to CNN. A fresh Twitter account created by CNN that opted for the paid feature did not show the checkmark on its public profile. The decision to delay the rollout comes as the entire decision to charge users for verification has faced wide public backlash. Television actress Valerie Bertinelli similarly changed her account name to the Twitter CEO’s, tweeting Friday that “[t]he blue checkmark simply meant your identity was verified. Musk has also said he will limit the company’s content restrictions and require the paid subscription for account verification.
☆ Kanye West anti-Jewish posts lead Adidas to cut ties way too late
  + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Josh Levs | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +7 min
After weeks of inaction, Adidas on Tuesday finally dropped its partnership with the proud antisemite Ye, aka rapper Kanye West. But the delay fuels the antisemitic narrative by suggesting Adidas took this step reluctantly and only under pressure. As a company with its own Nazi history, Adidas had every reason to know the dangers of letting antisemitism grow and fester. As a company with its own Nazi history, Adidas had every reason to know the dangers of letting antisemitism grow and fester. It’s a fact that should make Adidas the first business to act against antisemitism on its watch.
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