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☆ 3 reasons your friendship feels 'toxic' — and what you can try before breaking up
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Strong friendships feel equal, exclusive, and mutually supportive. It's a beautiful experience, but one with under-appreciated complexities, Danielle Bayard Jackson, an author and friendship coach, told Business Insider. So before you dub your bestie a toxic friend, here are three major reasons your relationship feels like it's on the rocks — and what you can try before quiet-quitting the friendship. In her book, Jackson offered ways to start conversations around those issues, as well as advice on when to just walk away. In the book, Jackson described close friendship as creating a "vault" where "each friend contributes private things in an intimate and trustworthy space."

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☆ Taylor Swift’s new album allegedly ‘leaked’ on social media and it’s causing a frenzy
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-18 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Social media can be a divisive place, but even more so when it comes to Taylor Swift. A Google Drive link allegedly containing 17 tracks that are purportedly from Swift’s eagerly awaited “The Tortured Poets Department” album has been making the rounds on the internet in the past day and people are equal parts mad, sad and happy about it. CNN has reached out to Swift’s representative for comment. The actual album is slated to drop at midnight Friday, but the claimed leak is both being hailed and nailed by Swift’s supporters. “The Tortured Poets Department” is Swift’s 11th album and comes after she became the first woman and only solo artist to win the Grammy for album of the year three times.

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☆ Players Championship: Adam Hadwin hurled his club into the water in disgust. His wife saw the funny side
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Jack Bantock | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Golfer Adam Hadwin had built a superb reputation for staying dry at The Players Championship. On Thursday, the water took its long-awaited revenge by claiming two of his balls – and even a club. Across more than four decades, hundreds of the PGA Tour’s finest players have watched in horror as their tee shot splashed into the lake at TPC Sawgrass’ iconic par-three 17th hole. Yet on all of his 28 previous visits to the penultimate tee at the ‘fifth major’, Canada’s Hadwin had safely found the island green. Ten players had found the lake from the tee during the first round, though New Zealand’s Ryan Fox aced the hole, becoming the 14th golfer in Players history to do so.

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☆ 5 subtle signs your friend is jealous of you, even if they seem supportive
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-14 | by ( Julia Pugachevsky | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A psychologist shared the subtle signs a friend might be jealous of you. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. But if you're sure you aren't the humblebrag express, Kirmayer shared some signs a friend might actually be jealous of you. Related storiesWhen you do have good news to share, Kirmayer said they might not ask many follow-up questions or acknowledge it too much. They might say and do all the textbook supportive things, but you might still feel that they're jealous.

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☆ I'm Gen X, and my best friend is a boomer. She's helping me through my divorce and models my future for me.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Amy Mchugh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Two decades later, she's still my closest friend — even though she's a boomer and I'm Gen X. She knows I love food and hate food after my mother took me to Weight Watchers when I was 13. AdvertisementNow, she's helping me get through a divorceIn September, my husband of 21 years surprised me with a divorce. I'm comforted by the love she found in a second husband a few years after her divorce. On the long road to divorce recovery, Kathy keeps showing up.

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☆ If You Liked ‘Saltburn,’ Consider This Much Better Movie
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Beatrice Loayza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

I was at my mom’s house in the suburbs when I watched Barry Keoghan make love to his bestie’s grave in Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn.”“Promising Young Woman,” Fennell’s previous film, a rape-revenge thriller for the girlboss generation, was a toothless bid at provocation. “Saltburn” seemed to promise a similar blend of all style, no substance, but the online hype had piqued my curiosity. So, there I was, watching Keoghan as an Oxford student named Oliver become one with the soil, my mother snoozing beside me. The moment brought back memories from adolescence of the dozens of times she’d walk into my teenage bedroom — or the same living room where I was watching “Saltburn” — to find me slack-jawed in the middle of “Basic Instinct” or “A Clockwork Orange.” Naturally, she always seemed to waltz in during the most morally compromised or sexually bewildering scenes.

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☆ Opinion: A thrilling Super Bowl that was also about something more
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-12 | by ( Opinion Amy Bass | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Amy Bass Rodney BedsoleThis time around, football pundits wondered if Super Bowl LVIII would be the coronation of Chiefs coach Andy Reid and the establishment of a Kansas City dynasty with a third title in five years. This Super Bowl matchup, of course, had history. “We’re not done.”Key to any Super Bowl, of course, is the halftime show. Compared to Usher on roller skates, the commercials – which often take center stage of any Super Bowl broadcast — were relatively tame. “Taylor Swift is in Las Vegas,” commentator Ian Rappoport had assured Taylor Nation.

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☆ Take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the custom jacket Taylor Swift wore to cheer on Travis Kelce at the Chiefs-Dolphins playoff game
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Charise Frazier | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift made another game day appearance Saturday to cheer on Travis Kelce. AdvertisementThe regular NFL season may have come to a close, but football continues to trend partly due to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's romance. Taylor Swift rocked a custom-made jacket that paid homage to her beau Travis Kelce. Like many of Swift's recent fashion choices, fans online pointed out that Swift's jacket featured her beau's jersey number and last name. "Sometimes our online store lights up after a Chiefs game when we win, but this is 100 times more than that, and we lost the game.

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☆ A gay man was heartened after a woman hit on him in a parking lot. When their missed connection went mega-viral, TikTok helped them form a budding friendship.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Frazier told viewers he responded at the time that he was single but "very gay." On TikTok, Frazier said her compliment absolutely melted him, and he wanted to reconnect with her IRL. Mayberry told BI she learned of Frazier's video because she'd posted about the interaction to her Instagram Stories in November, right after the run-in. More than a month later, one of her followers who'd come across Frazier's video direct-messaged her, sensing they'd both been talking about the same incident. Mayberry told BI the connection was "revitalizing," and she hoped to show others the good that can come from putting yourself out there.

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☆ Opinion: Taylor Swift has it. Elon Musk and George Santos don’t
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

Exit George SantosVideo Ad Feedback SE Cupp: Trump didn't pave the way for George Santos. In the week that Americans said goodbye to Rosalynn Carter, Henry Kissinger and Sandra Day O’Connor, it was jarring that Santos occupied our minds. But as SE Cupp argued, in a more rational world, Santos would have resigned from Congress long ago. • Join us on Twitter and Facebook“Many Republicans just don’t care,” wrote Zelizer. Ron Edmonds/APAs a 12-year-old girl in 1981, Traci Lovitt was riveted by the appointment of Sandra Day O’Connor as the first woman on the Supreme Court.

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☆ Opinion: How Taylor Swift conquered capitalism
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Opinion Jeff Yang | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —There’s a whole cottage industry in pop culture essay writing dedicated to trying to unpack why Taylor Swift is so successful. Singer-songwriter Taylor Swift performs onstage during Taylor Swift The 1989 World Tour Live In Los Angeles at Staples Center on August 25, 2015 in Los Angeles, California. Taylor Swift performs onstage during night one of Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour at Nissan Stadium on May 05, 2023 in Nashville, Tennessee. Already a billionaire, Swift stands to personally make as much as $4.1 billion from the “Eras” tour, according to estimates cited by the Post. Keep an eye out: “The Tao of Tay: The Swift Path to Success,” coming soon to better airport bookstores everywhere.

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☆ Dashing Through These Films
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Elisabeth Vincentelli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The most fun entry on the BET+ slate is Terri J. Vaughn’s comedy about friendship. When Wyvetta (Tichina Arnold, from “The Neighborhood”) is dumped at the altar on Christmas Eve, she and her supportive bestie Dione (Tami Roman) publicly swear off romance on their podcast. Um, did these two women really intend to remain chaste for the rest of their lives? Filmed largely in Atlantic City, this breezy movie benefits from Arnold and Roman’s believable camaraderie. And we could have used a lot more of Michael Colyar and Jackée Harry as Wyvetta’s forbearing parents.

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☆ 63% of Gen Z workers have a best friend in the office—there are 2 potential drawbacks, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

More than half, 51%, of all workers and 63% of Gen Z workers say they have a best friend at their job, according to a recent Glassdoor survey. Those polled reported some pretty crucial mental health benefits for having an office bestie: support and enjoyment in the workplace were among the top two pros, followed by stress relief. When forging relationships in the office, you need to remember that the stakes are different, says Glassdoor chief economist Aaron Terrazas. "Workplace friendships will never be the same as friendships outside the workplace, and it's important to keep in mind that you may need to continue working with work friends even after a friendship sours," he says. Here are two potential drawbacks to having a best friend at work, and how to manage each situation.

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☆ ‘Wingwomen’ Review: A Crew of Femme Fatales
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Beatrice Loayza | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Wingwomen” is the rare French action movie directed by a woman, Mélanie Laurent, the breakout star of “Inglourious Basterds” turned filmmaker in her native France. Laurent also stars as the film’s veteran thief, Carole, a steely, chiseled blonde. 2, is Alex (Adèle Exarchopoulos), an expert sniper and an unabashed flirt whom the older Carole recruited years ago for a diamond heist. Now a seasoned crime team, Carole is the brains, Alex the muscle. Alex gets bruised and bloodied, but so does the meathead baddie.

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☆ 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

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The creators say our habits have more of an impact on our finances than the money in our bank account. Successful management of your personal finances is learned behavior, they explain, and is very much based in your financial habits and awareness. Our financial habits are the standards, routines, and practices that we rely on to navigate our day-to-day financial lives. That is the important part, that she takes the steps to change her financial habits," Lucas says. "Building good financial habits takes time," says Sarayi, "and for many of us, it does not happen overnight."

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☆ Anna Delvey, the ‘fake heiress’, hosted a rooftop fashion show — under house arrest
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-13 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | Alex Rees | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

New York City CNN —Swarming crowds and extravagant locations are par for the course at New York Fashion Week. On Monday, a packed rooftop show hosted by convicted felon Anna Delvey became one of the more unusual runways the city has seen in recent years. Delvey (left), wearing a bedazzled suit jacket designed by Shao Yang, poses with publicist Kelly Cutrone (right) after the show. Courtesy ShaoModels in the lobby of Delvey's East Village apartment building before beginning their ascent to its rooftop. As the crowd swelled, designer Yang was at one point almost denied access to her own show.

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☆ Opinion: My 12-year-old son is cutting school… and I couldn’t be prouder
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( Opinion Paul Hockenos | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Berlin CNN —My 12-year-old son is cutting school on September 15 — an act of non-violent civil disobedience that his mother and I approve of entirely. Then-15-year-old Swedish student Greta Thunberg leads a school strike in Stockholm, 2018. Irish schools students demand immediate action on climate change during the "Global School Strike for Climate Action" march from St Stephen's Green to Leinster House in 2019. An array of climate activist groups surged in the slipstream of the global climate strikes, and now campaign on their own and together with it. The majority must mobilize and the global climate marches are one, high-profile, legitimate way to do it.

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☆ This summer has been all about recapturing our youth
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

That’s right, I take it way back to the days when “summer vacation” didn’t mean me looking for reasonable airfare and accommodations to book. Something to sip on…A scene from "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem." “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” is out this week and if ever there was a franchise that is both for the young and young at heart, it’s this one. One thing to talk about…People attend Day 3 of the Lollapalooza Music Festival on Saturday, July 30, 2022, at Grant Park in Chicago. That’s right, you can enjoy the long-standing, Chicago-set music festival from the comfort of your own home – and no need for porta-potties!

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☆ My friend broke up with her awful boyfriend and invited me to Greece in his place — but I didn't realize she expected me to pay half. Can I back out?
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-30 | by ( Olivia Christensen | Avril Ayers | Read More | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

For Love & Money is a biweekly column from Insider answering your relationship and money questions. This week, a reader's best friend invited them on a vacation after a breakup ruined her original plans. Write to For Love & Money using this Google form. Your best friend recently ended her relationship with a man she was serious enough about to plan a summer vacation with. Rooting for you both,For Love & Money

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☆ How to start a pet-sitting side hustle—you could make as much as $40 per hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-08 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

For anyone looking for a side hustle this summer, pet-sitting might be the way to go. Their owners will need help taking care of them when they're gone. In fact, some might need help whether they end up going away or not. Pet owners need help with an assortment of activities. Whatever help owners need and you're interested in giving, check out sites like Care.com, Wag!, Rover and Sittercity for opportunities.

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☆ Meghan Trainor has had her second baby. His name may surprise you
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-05 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Meghan Trainor has announced the birth of her second child with husband Daryl Sabara, and the couple have landed on a decidedly old school name. “On July 1st (our 7 year anniversary of our first date) we welcomed Barry Bruce Trainor into the world,” Trainor wrote in an Instagram post Tuesday. The post included a gallery of photos of baby Barry, as well as a shot of Trainor in a hospital bed. Trainor, best known for hit single “All About That Bass,” was recently forced to apologize after making controversial remarks about teachers. “Teachers of TikTok and teachers of the world, I recently said ‘F teachers’ on the podcast, and it’s not how I feel,” Trainor said.

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☆ 4 lucrative side hustles for summer 2023—one pays up to $80 per hour
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-01 | by ( Gili Malinsky | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

If you're curious to start a side hustle yourself, summer could be a good time to dive in. Be a summer school assistantPost pandemic, many kids are far behind in school. As such, more parents may elect to send their kids to summer school than usual. She calls it a "summer school assistant." The summer school assistant would pick kids up from summer school, help them with their homework and tutor them in any particular subject if needed.

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☆ The Fed is secretly stress testing the US economy against nightmare scenarios
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-29 | by ( Nicole Goodkind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

When asked how the Fed plans for the worst case scenarios on the geopolitical front, he first responded in Fedspeak. At every Fed policy meeting, he said, “our staff works up six or seven or eight alternative simulations,” he said. The market impact: The policy scenarios considered by the Fed are quite sensitive. That’s likely why when Powell was asked about the scenarios the Fed had most recently considered, he stayed mum. They’re posting elaborate TikToks where they pretend that the McDonald’s Grimace shake has killed them, of course.

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☆ McDonald’s bet on viral success with its Grimace shake. TikTok users are pretending it killed them
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-28 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Since the debut of the Grimace shake earlier this month, TikTok users have been excitedly ordering the shake, released in honor of McDonald’s character Grimace’s “birthday,” and then pretending to die on camera after consuming the purple beverage. They often dump the shake over their convulsing bodies, apparently signaling that Grimace, that bumbling bestie of Ronald McDonald, killed them. The Grimace shake, though, has become more infamous than beloved. In a typical “Grimace Shake” TikTok, an enthusiastic young person, Grimace shake in hand, will wish the big purple mascot a happy birthday before taking their first sip. When reached for comment, McDonald’s referred CNN to a tweet from Grimace: “meee pretending i don’t see the grimace shake trendd,” along with a photo of the purple one himself, eyebrows raised.

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