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☆ Sex tapes! Celebrity rehab! Trump hush-money trial goes full National Enquirer as Hulk Hogan, Lindsay Lohan, Charlie Sheen are name-dropped.
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-03 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Charlie Sheen, Hulk Hogan, Lindsay Lohan, and Tila Tequila were all name-dropped. Charlie Sheen, Hulk Hogan, Lindsay Lohan, Floyd Mayweather, Tila Tequila — all were name-dropped in morning testimony. Bove asked. Bove asked Davidson. Advertisement"I've represented several clients who had claims against Charlie Sheen," Davidson answered carefully.

Persons: Stormy Daniels, Keith Davidson, Charlie Sheen, Hulk Hogan, Lindsay Lohan, Tila Tequila, —, Donald Trump's, Floyd Mayweather, Playboy Bunny Karen McDougal, Trump, Daniels, Davidson, Emil Bove, Donald Trump, Jane Rosenberg Bove, You've, Bove, you've, shakedowns, McDougal, lister, Hogan, Kevin Winter, Terry Bollea, Bollea, Hulk, Amy Sussman, Lindsay Lohan Davidson, Betty Ford, Lohan, Valerie Macon, Kevin Blatt, Tequila, Charlie Sheen's, Jamie McCarthy, Sheen, Blatt, I've, Anderson, Heidi Gutman, Capri Anderson, I'm Organizations: Service, National Enquirer, Manhattan, Enquirer, Trump, Reuters, Hulk Hogan's, TMZ, Morning America Locations: Manhattan, Sheen, Capri, Anderson

☆ How the N.F.L. Draft Became a Trading Floor
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Ben Blatt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The Bears’ pick — expected to be U.S.C. quarterback Caleb Williams — was acquired last year as part of a blockbuster deal in which Chicago also got receiver D.J. Moore and three other draft picks. That trade is part of an increasing draft-night trend in the pursuit of “draft capital.” As teams become much more sophisticated in their understanding of how much a draft pick is worth, particularly in later rounds, draft picks have become increasingly common as deal-sweeteners, or to round out intricate trade packages.

Persons: Caleb Williams —, Moore Organizations: Bears, Chicago Locations: ”

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☆ Eclipse’s Path Is Also Leaving a Trail of High Hotel Prices
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Ben Blatt | More About Ben Blatt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A representative from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, the parent company of Super 8, said each Super 8 is an individually operated franchise that sets its own rates. However, all franchise owners have access to the same revenue management software that they can use to set pricing strategy. The Ritz-Carlton in Dallas is currently listing a two-night stay at $7,600 for Sunday-Tuesday. One week later, the price for a two-night stay will be $1,329. Even Super 8 hotels in Glendale, Ariz., the site of the men’s N.C.A.A.

Persons: Thelma Diller, “ I’ve, ”, “ Organizations: Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Ritz, Carlton, Masters Locations: Dallas, Glendale, Ariz, Augusta , Ga, Augusta, Malvern , Ark

☆ How Much Would You Pay to Make Sure You Never Sawed Off a Finger?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-30 | by ( Ben Blatt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

What’s it worth to you to minimize the risk of cutting off a finger? Or perhaps it’s worth nothing, if you think you’re already careful enough? If you’re a woodworker willing to spend enough money, you can buy a table saw that detects fingers and stops the blade like this:

☆ Is Taylor Swift Actually Increasing N.F.L. Ratings?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Ben Blatt | Francesca Paris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Ever since Taylor Swift started dating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce, she has elevated him into a new tier of celebrity. The league said that regular-season viewership was up 7 percent from last season, according to Nielsen data. Two of the four highest-rated “Sunday Night Football” games this season were attended by Swift. Just because we could, we did a little digging (OK, maybe too much digging) into just how real the “Swift effect” is. We found that the answer, like dating as a celebrity, is complicated.

Persons: Taylor Swift, Kansas City Chiefs ’ Travis Kelce, Swift Organizations: Kansas City Chiefs, Nielsen, Football

☆ The Rise of the N.F.L.’s 2-Point Conversion: A Guide to Strategy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Ben Blatt | Francesca Paris | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

playoffs, which begin Saturday afternoon, will probably bring high-stakes moments around a simple decision: After a touchdown, should your team kick for one point, or go for two? The 2-point try — where teams get to run one play to score from the 2-yard line — was initially a hit with coaches when it was introduced to the N.F.L. in 1994, but its popularity soon faded. In recent seasons that trend has reversed, with 2-point attempts becoming more common thanks to rule changes and to the growing role of analytics.

☆ Match shares surge on report activist investor Elliott takes $1 billion stake
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-09 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Shares of Tinder owner Match jumped as much as 12% during Tuesday morning trading after The Wall Street Journal reported that Elliott Management, the activist investing firm behind campaigns at Salesforce and Pinterest , had built a roughly $1 billion stake in the online dating company. The company had a market cap of $10 billion at the close Monday, but that pales in comparison to its more than $45 billion market cap in 2021. Elliott is expected to engage with Match management, the Journal reported citing people familiar with the matter, but it was not clear if that engagement would include nominating its own directors. But the company reported a continued tumble in so-called Tinder payers in November when it reported third-quarter earnings. A spokesperson for Elliott Management was not immediately available for comment.

Persons: Gary Swidler, Greg Blatt, Sam Yagan, Nelson Griggs, Elliott, Jesse Cohn Organizations: Match, Match Group, Nasdaq, Street Journal, Elliott Management, JPMorgan, Phillips, CNBC, Citrix, eBay, Twitter Locations: New York City, Salesforce

☆ Watch Amateurs Race Against the Tour de France’s Top Climbers (Sort Of)
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( K.K. Rebecca Lai | Ben Blatt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Col du Platzerwasel Puy de Dôme Col du Tourmalet Stage 20 Stage 9 Stage 6 Col du Platzerwasel Stage 20 Puy de Dôme Stage 9 Col du Tourmalet Stage 6 Photos of cyclists climbing mountains at the Tour de France. Col du Tourmalet (Stage 6)10.4 miles 7.4% avg. gradient Tadej Pogacar Pro cyclist Starts in 00:00:00 00:00:00 Rich Bower School administrator 00:00:00 Start the climb! gradient Sepp Kuss Pro cyclist Starts in 00:00:00 00:00:00 Martin Catherineau Student 00:00:00 Start the climb! gradient Feilx Gall Pro cyclist Starts in 00:00:00 00:00:00 Christophe Schmitt Newspaper journalist 00:00:00 Start the climb!

Persons: du Platzerwasel Puy, du, Etienne Garnier, du Platzerwasel, MARCO BERTORELLO, Thibault Camus, Col du Tourmalet, Rich Bower, du Tourmalet, Bower, Rich Bower “, ”, “, Puy, Sepp, Martin, Sepp Kuss, Martin Catherineau, Col du Platzerwasel, Christophe Schmitt, Felix Gall of Austria, Schmitt Organizations: Tour de France, Agence France, Presse, Getty Images, Getty, AP, Amateur, de France, Rich Bower School, Martin Catherineau Locations: AFP, Slovenia, Oxfordshire, England, France, American, Lyon, Europe, Eastern France, Mulhouse

☆ Supreme Court justices in Google case express hesitation about upending Section 230
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Lauren Feiner | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Supreme Court Justices voiced hesitation on Tuesday about upending a key legal shield that protects tech companies from liability for their users' posts, and for how the companies moderate messages on their sites. The current case was brought by the family of an American killed in a 2015 terrorist attack in Paris. Lower courts sided with Google, saying Section 230 protects the company from being held liable for third-party content posted on its service. Even conservative Justice Clarence Thomas, who has openly written that the court should take up a case around Section 230, seemed skeptical of the petitioners' line in the sand. Liberal Justice Elena Kagan suggested it's not necessary to agree completely with Google's assessment of the fallout from altering 230 to fear the potential consequences.

The Supreme Court for the first time in this case is scrutinizing the scope of a much-debated 1996 federal law called Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which protects internet companies from liability for content posted by their users. "These are not like the nine greatest experts on the internet," liberal Justice Elena Kagan said of the court's members, eliciting laughter in the courtroom. Kagan and conservative colleague Justice Brett Kavanaugh both suggested Congress might be better suited to adjust legal protections for internet companies if warranted. Conservative Chief Justice John Roberts questioned whether Section 230 should apply given that recommendations are provided by YouTube itself. President Joe Biden's administration urged the Supreme Court to revive the lawsuit by Nohemi Gonzalez's family.

☆ Supreme Court justices aren't 'the 9 greatest experts on the internet,' Elena Kagan said as they heard a major tech case
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-21 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Section 230 provides tech companies with legal immunity over the content shared on their sites. "We're a court," Justice Elena Kagan said during more than two-and-a-half hours of oral arguments on the major tech case. The family argued that Google should be held liable for its platform, YouTube, recommending ISIS videos to its interested users. Both Republicans and Democrats have attacked the provision, saying tech companies should be subject to some accountability for how they run their platforms. Despite the justices' skepticism, however, some of them did question the broad legal immunity granted to tech companies during arguments on Tuesday.

[1/2] GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) logo is seen in this illustration, August 10, 2022. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that federal law preempts the plaintiffs' state-law claims that GSK failed to warn doctors and pregnant women that animal studies found a link between birth defects and taking Zofran. Louis Bograd, a lawyer for the plaintiffs at Motley Rice, did not respond to a request for comment. Without any newly acquired information, GSK could not legally change the label without the FDA's blessing, Kayatta wrote. For the plaintiffs: Louis Bograd of Motley RiceFor GSK: Lisa Blatt of Williams & ConnollyRead more:Zofran birth defect cases should be revived, say hundreds of plaintiffsGSK defeats 425 lawsuits alleging Zofran causes birth defects(NOTE: This story has been updated with a comment from GSK.)

☆ Justice Clarence Thomas confesses he's a Prince fan during a spirited debate over Andy Warhol's artwork and copyright law
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Oma Seddiq | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The Supreme Court heard a case involving pop artist Andy Warhol's iconic silkscreen prints of musician Prince. At issue is whether Warhol violated copyright law by relying on a photographer's image of Prince for his art. The Andy Warhol Foundation has asked the Supreme Court to overturn that ruling. "If you called Andy Warhol as a witness, what would he say?" "And this is a work of art sending a message about modern society," he said of Warhol's.

☆ Emilian Galaicu-Păun, 22 octombrie 2020
▼ + stars: | 2020-10-26 | by ( ) moldova.europalibera.org time to read: +8 min

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