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☆ Gold Gala fashion: ‘It’s the one place where you can really represent’
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-13 | by ( Stephy Chung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

On Saturday, stars gathered on the steps of The Music Center in Los Angeles for the Gold Gala — a celebration of Asian Pacific influential talent across entertainment, fashion, technology and more, hosted by the non-profit Gold House. Actor Eugene Lee Yang attends the Gold Gala in an eye catching ensemble. It’s not something that I grew up imagining I’d have for myself.”Lucy Liu, wearing a gown by Bibhu Mohapatra, and Karan Johar exchange a greeting at the Gold Gold 2024. Michael Kovac/Getty ImagesFrom left to right, Shelby Rabara and Harry Shum Jr. attend the Gold Gala. So that’s been wonderful to see people take chances, and how we’ve knocked it out of the park,” Lakshmi told CNN.

Persons: Karrueche Tran, Thai Nguyen, “, ”, Tran, Nymphia, Sheng Cheong, Karan Johar, Agnez Mo, Eugene Lee Yang, Charley Gallay, Araya Doheny, Jeannie Mai, ” “, Padma Lakshmi, Lucy Liu, Joel Kim Booster, ” Lucy Liu, Bibhu Mohapatra, Michael Kovac, Shelby Rabara, Harry Shum Jr, Monica Schipper, USC Annenberg, Tommaso Boddi, Rodin Eckenroth, that’s, we’ve, ” Lakshmi, Prabal Gurung Organizations: Los Angeles CNN, The Music Center, CNN, Getty, Pacific, Gold House, USC Locations: Los Angeles, Pacific, American, Vietnamese, African American, City, ”, Indonesia, Hollywood, Thai

☆ Jeannie Epper, Stunt Double to the Stars, Is Dead at 83
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-11 | by ( Penelope Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Jeannie Epper had at least 100 screen roles, maybe even 150 — no one is quite sure. But because she was a stunt double, galloping on horseback, crashing cars and kicking down doors for the stars of films and television shows, hers was not a household name. In her heyday, however, Ms. Epper was ubiquitous. She hurtled through the air most weeks as Lynda Carter’s stunt double on the hit television series “Wonder Woman” and mimed Ms. Carter’s leggy lope. Ms. Epper, whose bruising career spanned 70 years, died on Sunday at her home in Simi Valley, Calif. She was 83.

Persons: Jeannie Epper, Epper, Lynda Carter’s, Carter’s leggy lope, Kathleen Turner’s, Michael Douglas, Linda Evans, Joan Collins, Shirley MacLaine’s, ”, Jack Nicholson’s Locations: Gulf of Mexico, Simi Valley, Calif

☆ Opinion | Trump’s New Stance on Abortion
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-09 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

To the Editor:Re “Abortion Should Be Left to the States, Trump Says” (front page, April 9):In his statement on Monday, former President Donald Trump seemed to be trying to forge a middle ground on the question of whether abortion should be legal. His problem is that it is simply not possible. To illustrate the point: In the matter of the murder of a living person, would we leave it up to each state to make its own decision? director for Planned Parenthood, we faced this problem. Our Washington director at the time, Jeannie Rosoff, made a public statement to the effect that there is no middle ground when it comes to discussing the legality of abortion.

Persons: Trump, Donald Trump, Jeannie Rosoff Locations: Washington

☆ Beyoncé’s ‘The Linda Martell Show’ single is named for a trailblazer you need to know
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-28 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

“Rhythm and blues and country music are the most parallel types of music,” Singleton has been quoted as saying. “Country music tells a story,” Martell told Rolling Stone. And while Martell recalls receiving two standing ovations that night, the road to country music success was far from smooth. A place in historyMartell’s story may have languished in history were it not for both her country music family and her biological one. “Minority, women and marginalized artists deserve to play on a level playing field in the country music industry,” Thompson told The Tennessean last year.

Persons: CNN — Beyoncé’s, Cowboy Carter ”, Linda Martell, ”, Beyoncé, “, Martell, Thelma Bynem, “ You’d, William “ Duke ” Rayner, Shelby Singleton Jr, ” Singleton, Singleton, ” Martell, Rolling, Jeannie C, Riley, BlackHistoryMonth Martell, Mickey Guyton, Rolling Stone, ” Guyton, “ I’ve, I’ve, …, Marquia Thompson, ” Thompson, ” Beyoncé Organizations: CNN, Rolling Stone, Grand Ole Opry, SSS, Records, Country Blues, Tennessean Locations: Texas, South Carolina, Harper, Singleton

☆ At 100 and 96, this couple is getting married: What they say is key to their love and longevity
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-25 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Harold Terens, 100, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, met nearly three years ago and are getting married in June. Falling in love is a timeless act, and for Harold Terens, 100, and Jeanne Swerlin, 96, who are smitten with each other, love is an elixir of youth that keeps them both going. Terens and Swerlin love to travel together, but their favorite pastime is simply spending time together in their homes. Courtesy of Harold Terens and Jeanne Swerlin. Harold Terens, 100

Persons: Harold Terens, Jeanne Swerlin, it's, Romeo, Juliet, Jeannie, Terens, Caroline, Whitney, Swerlin, Sol Katz, Harold, Thelma Organizations: CNBC Locations: France, Paris

☆ How Many Tribeca Pediatrics Does a City Need?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Steven Kurutz | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 1994, Dr. Michel Cohen, a 35-year-old Moroccan-French émigré, opened Tribeca Pediatrics in a storefront on Harrison Street in Manhattan’s TriBeCa neighborhood. Dr. Cohen had tousled brown hair and wore thick-framed eyeglasses and clothes by brands such as Commes des Garcons, Paul Smith and A.P.C. He rode around the neighborhood on a bicycle and made house calls to newborns and their vulnerable parents, as if TriBeCa were a quaint village and he a country doctor. Rather than a sterile medical building, Tribeca Pediatrics’s street-level office was actually the front half of Dr. Cohen’s loft apartment, where he lived with his artist wife, Jeannie Weissglass, and three young daughters, who would run in and out while he saw patients. Cheery and bright, with vintage wallpaper from Secondhand Rose and toys in the waiting area, the practice was “low intervention,” the phrase Dr. Cohen used to describe his approach to medicine.

Persons: Michel Cohen, Cohen, Garcons, Paul Smith, Jeannie Weissglass Organizations: Tribeca Pediatrics, TriBeCa Locations: French, Manhattan’s TriBeCa, Tribeca

☆ Zero-carbon energy generated a record 41% of US power in 2023
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Catherine Boudreau | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A record amount of renewable energy, led by solar, was added to the grid. It was the opposite story for wind power. They generated a record 41% of US power in 2023. Rowlands-Rees said that falling gas prices made it the cheapest form of energy in 2023. The power sector, as recently as 2016, was the top emitter.

Persons: BloombergNEF, Tom Rowlands, Rees, BloombergNEF's, Rowlands, —, Biden, Jeannie Salo Organizations: Service, Investments, Business, Companies, Industry, Schneider Electric, Toyota Locations: China, America, Japan, Southeast Asia, Coast, New York, Massachusetts, Georgia, North Carolina, Business

☆ 5 expats who relocated to Iceland break down the biggest challenges they faced after moving
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Five expats to Iceland told Business Insider about the biggest challenges they faced. "I used to be afraid of winter coming," Jewells Chambers, who relocated from Brooklyn seven years ago and makes the podcast All Things Iceland, said. Public transport is 'terrible'"Driving is the standard in Iceland," Chambers said. "I think tourism has been wonderful for Iceland," Basappa said. And the main street in Reykjavik used to be Icelandic boutiques, but "everything got swept up and turned into puffin shops," she said.

Persons: You've, Shruthi Basappa, Jewells Chambers, Grace Dean, Chambers, Sonia Nicolson, Jeannie Riley, Nicolson, Riley, you've, Basappa, Alice Olivia Clarke, She'd, expats, Chambers doesn't, They're, they'd, It's, Soeren, Clarke, Airbnb, Brooklyn . Nicolson Organizations: Statistics, Business, SEI, Hallmark, Toyota, Facebook, Tourism, Getty Locations: Iceland, Statistics Iceland, India, Barcelona, Brooklyn, Texas, Canada, Reykjavik, puffin, expats, Brooklyn .

☆ Exhausted air traffic controllers are making more mistakes on the job amid a stretched workforce doing 10-hour workdays and 6-day workweeks, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-03 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The shortage in US air traffic controllers is not new, but it has reached a critical juncture. AdvertisementFor years, air traffic controllers have seen their ranks diminish, to the point where 10-hour days and six-day workweeks have become increasingly common among this group tasked with preserving safety in America's skies. However, the nationwide shortage of air traffic controllers is not a new phenomenon. In August 1981, then-President Ronald Reagan fired 11,000 striking air traffic controllers, in what was a pivotal moment for the labor movement in the US. "The nation absolutely needs more air traffic controllers, and growing the work force will result in better working conditions and more flexibility," she added.

Persons: they're, —, Ronald Reagan, Reagan, Bill Clinton, Neil Burke, John F, Burke, Jeannie Shiffer Organizations: Times, Service, The New York Times, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, The Times, Kennedy International Airport, LaGuardia Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport Locations: United States, New York

☆ Some air traffic controllers who've endured 6-day workweeks and unrelenting schedules have turned to alcohol and drugs to avoid seeking professional help, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Air traffic controllers, who have long endured staffing shortages, are facing increasingly strenuous schedules. The workloads have led some controllers to use alcohol, sleeping pills, and drugs to cope, per a Times report. When it comes to air traffic controllers, the coping mechanisms that some of them have sought to employ were further detailed in complaints to the FAA. "The nation absolutely needs more air traffic controllers, and growing the work force will result in better working conditions and more flexibility," she added. AdvertisementShiffer also said that the agency prioritized the health of its air traffic controllers, noting that it provided free counseling.

Persons: —, Jeannie Shiffer, Shiffer Organizations: FAA, Service, The New York Times, Federal Aviation Administration, Times, Washington Post, The Times

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper Jeezy has filed for divorce from TV personality Jeannie Mai after two years of in marriage. Jeezy and Mai began dating in 2018 and were married in March 2021. Jeezy is seeking joint legal custody of their daughter, according to the divorce documents. Political Cartoons View All 1163 ImagesRepresentatives for Jeezy and Jeannie Mai did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Grammy Award-nominated rapper Jeezy exploded on the music scene in the mid-'00s and is widely considered a trailblazer of Atlanta trap.

Persons: —, Jeezy, Jeannie Mai, Jay Wayne Jenkins, Mai Organizations: ANGELES, Atlanta Locations: Georgia’s Superior, Fulton County, California

☆ A Panel-by-Panel Life of the Man Who Created Charlie Brown
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-25 | by ( Jeff Smith | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

FUNNY THINGS: A Comic Strip Biography of Charles M. Schulz, written by Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi. Illustrated by Luca Debus. Charles M. Schulz was a complicated man. “Funny Things,” the new hand-drawn biography of Schulz by Luca Debus and Francesco Matteuzzi, doesn’t shy away from these other traits. Fortunately (and this becomes clear in “Funny Things” almost immediately), “Peanuts” was all that to Debus and Matteuzzi, too.

Persons: Charles M, Schulz, Luca Debus, Francesco Matteuzzi, Charlie Brown, Lucy Van Pelt, Sparky, Michelangelo, “, Moby, Dick ”, ”, Jeannie ”, Mister Ed, Dagwood, Snoopy, Bone, Debus

☆ Interns and college students are using virtual reality to learn office skills without ‘repercussions’—but not everyone is sold on the metaverse
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-24 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Apple's new Vision Pro virtual reality headset is displayed during Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) at the Apple Park campus in Cupertino, California, on June 5, 2023. College classes and internship programs are employing VR headsets to teach students and early talent the ropes of an office environment. Laura Bedalov, a customer success manager at Cappfinity, sets up the virtual reality workplace environment that colleges and internship programs are using to train young people. Within UCD's virtual reality world, which was developed in partnership with Cappfinity, students may take on the role of a human resources employee choosing a job candidate to hire. Maurice Knightly, education innovation lead at UCD's Innovation Academy who helped spearhead the VR class, says headset prices have gotten cheaper over time.

Persons: Laura Bedalov, Jeannie Liakaris, Rebecca Picciotto, Cappfinity, Ernst & Young, Alan O'Donnell, O'Donnell, Maurice Knightly Organizations: Apple's Worldwide, Apple, Meta, Microsoft, University College Dublin, UCD's Innovation Academy, UCD, VR, CNBC, Netflix, Pico Locations: Cupertino , California

☆ How to help loved ones with disabilities during the holidays, from a TV host whose family struggled with aunt's MS diagnosis
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-20 | by ( Renée Onque | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Jeannie Mai Jenkins, a TV host on syndicated talk show "The Real," kept her Aunt Linh's multiple sclerosis (MS) diagnosis a secret from her other family members, until her aunt was ready to tell them herself. Once her family became aware of her aunt's condition, they decided to change how they approached the holidays. Those taxing gatherings also influenced Mai Jenkins to get involved with Express4MS, a new campaign that aims to provide visibility into the journeys of people living with the disease. Ultimately, her family made adjustments that could help people with conditions beyond MS, too. "If you have someone in your family who has a condition of any kind, keep this in mind," she adds.

☆ Asian American voters could help decide the Senate runoff in Georgia, experts say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Sakshi Venkatraman | Sakshi Venkatraman Is A Reporter For Nbc Asian America. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

“We’re also meeting people at their doors.”When it came to appealing to South Asian voters in Georgia, Nabilah Islam said her “secret weapon” had been under her nose for years. During her recent campaign for state Senate, the 33-year-old Bangladeshi American brought conversations about issues to aunties and uncles on their home turf: WhatsApp. She's now the first South Asian ever elected to the Georgia state Senate. A bloc starting to gain more recognitionAccording to Karthick Ramakrishnan, co-director of AAPI Data, the concerted efforts to appeal to Asian voters in Georgia are reflected in nationwide politics. Steps like these prove grassroots efforts to appeal to AAPI voters work, Makhija said.

☆ Which to Choose: Medicare or Medicare Advantage?
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-20 | by ( Paula Span | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Which to Choose: Medicare or Medicare Advantage? Medicare Advantage plans, like traditional Medicare, are funded by the federal government, but they are offered though private insurance companies, which receive a set payment for each enrollee. The proportion of eligible Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans has hit 48 percent. Which is better: Medicare or Medicare Advantage? Credit... Kenny Holston for The New York Times Unlike most Medicare Advantage plans, traditional Medicare does not include drug coverage.

☆ Dolly Chugh Q&A: How to love a country with a complicated history
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Angela Duckworth | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

This tradition of loving one’s country, but not always liking what is done in its name, is not new. In this conversation, she offers seven tools grounded in psychological research that can help you learn — and unlearn — American history. The newly released book "A More Just Future: Psychological Tools for Reckoning With Our Past and Driving Social Change" is written by social psychologist Dolly Chugh. Dolly Chugh: The interview opened with him spontaneously singing “Hello, Dolly!” to me, so he definitely had me at hello! Dolly Chugh of the NYU Stern School of Business offers seven tools that can help you learn — and unlearn — American history.

☆ Is a Bra a Shirt? These Women Say Yes
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( Rory Satran | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Blogger Caroline Daur wears a black bra top at Milan Fashion Week in June. The piece has become as foundational as a T-shirt for some women over the past couple years. NBC executives, willing to go so far as a risqué bra, bolero and harem pants, considered revealing the navel to be one step too far. Now, 50 years after Jeannie paved the way for bra tops in public, non-bottle-dwelling women of all ages and shapes are trying the style. “The bra top is the new T-shirt,” said Eli Mizrahi, the designer of Paris brand Mônot, which launched in 2019 and makes sleek bra tops that first became an unexpected hit during the pandemic.

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