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☆ I visited Chanel's watches and fine jewelry boutique in NYC and saw why the brand is betting on in-person shopping
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Samantha Grindell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

In February, Chanel opened a watches and fine jewelry boutique on Fifth Avenue in New York City. My destination was Chanel's watches and fine jewelry flagship, dedicated to exclusive and vintage jewelry from the brand. Anna Weyant and Eileen Kelly at the opening of Chanel's watches and fine jewelry store in February 2024. Amandla Stenberg at the Chanel watches and fine jewelry opening in February 2024. Visiting Chanel's watches and fine jewelry boutique is an experience, which you just can't get online.

Persons: Chanel, Peter Marino, Coco Chanel, —, Bergdorf Goodman, Robb, Saint Laurent, Samantha Grindell, Gilbert Carrasquillo, Anna Weyant, Eileen Kelly, Chanel's, Sean Zanni, Marino, Coco, Amandla Stenberg Organizations: Service, Tiffany, Chanel, Hollywood, Workers, W Locations: New York City, New York

☆ My teenage son is pushing me away. I'm heartbroken and proud of him.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Shanti Brien | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read preview"Tell me about your day," I lobbed to my 15-year-old son, hoping my command for details would prevent his customary "It was fine." My son, my baby, my secretly favorite child, couldn't even bear 10 minutes of talking? The Littlest Bear, a small pudge of brown fur, asks his mom in a slight peep, "Am I your favorite?" Yes, my son is breaking up with me, exactly as he is supposed to do.

Persons: — Organizations: Service, Business

☆ A controversial ‘Titanic’ prop sells for more than $700,000 at movie memorabilia auction
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-27 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

And it’s now been sold at auction for more than $700,000. “Often mistakenly referred to as a door, the ornate structure was in reality part of the door frame just above the first-class lounge entrance,” Heritage Auctions wrote in the auction notes. Heritage Auctions described the prop as “king of the auction,” in a wry nod to the movie's script. There was no additional testing of these theories on the prop itself prior to its sale, as the auction house chooses to “handle all items with great care when in transit and in storage,” Heritage Auctions told CNN. “What you’re seeing is this massive interest in the films of the 1980s and 1990s,” said Joe Maddalena, executive vice president of Heritage Auctions, in a statement.

Persons: CNN —, Kate Winslet’s, Rose DeWitt Bukater, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Jack Dawson, Rose, Jack, I’ll, Indiana Jones, Doom, flotsam, ”, James Cameron, Jamie Hyneman, Adam Savage, Cameron, Winslet, DiCaprio, Joe Maddalena Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, Heritage Auctions, Heritage Locations: Orlando , Florida

☆ Kristi Noem's teeth are the oddest potential political scandal
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-15 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kristi Noem recently posted a video promoting a Texas dentist. Kristi Noem's teeth have people chattering. Earlier this week, Noem posted a nearly five-minute-long testimonial for a Texas dentist that she credits with fixing her teeth after a biking accident. "I love my new family at Smile Texas!" "The video says it all, and I am so grateful for their help fixing my smile for me."

Persons: Kristi Noem, Noem, —, Kristi Noem's Organizations: South Dakota Gov, Service Locations: Texas, Smile

☆ When the Pandemic Hit Home
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Catherine Pearson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +11 min

The World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic on March 11, 2020 — but we all have our own memories of when normal life stopped. ASIA EDWARDS, 39, BLOOMFIELD, N.J.Johnna Wallace While driving to work at the beginning of the pandemic, I couldn’t help but wonder: Was this how I was going to die? I am an emergency room nurse. Scott McGlasson My 55-year-old wife was dying from metastatic breast cancer when the pandemic hit. WENDY LAMPARELLI, 57, RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J.Ellen Blossom Our home was hit by a tornado on March 3.

Persons: Sheehan Fisher, Katie MacGregor, KATIE MacGREGOR, WHITING , MAINE Asia Edwards Covid, ASIA EDWARDS, Johnna Wallace, JOHNNA WALLACE, Julie DeJager, Tom Hanks, JULIE DeJAGER, CLEVELAND , OHIO Katherine Schwartz, Covid, it’ll, ”, Wanda, KATHERINE SCHWARTZ, Jean Martirez Barton, —, “, JEAN MARTIREZ BARTON, Lauren Alzos, I’d, LAUREN ALZOS, BROOKLYN Farah Alvin My, Chuck E, cupcakes, ” FARAH ALVIN, Vicky Fleming I’m, VICKY FLEMING, Scott McGlasson, SCOTT McGLASSON, MINNEAPOLIS Aisha McMillan, AISHA McMILLAN, BALTIMORE Melissa Manning, MELISSA MANNING, CITY Sarah Cornwell, SARAH CORNWELL, Christie Poulton, CHRISTIE POULTON, Wendy Lamparelli, WENDY LAMPARELLI, Ellen Blossom, ELLEN BLOSSOM, NASHVILLE Maryann Briggs, Jasmine, MARYANN BRIGGS, Matt Dominianni, MATT DOMINIANNI, Carrie Shanafelt, CARRIE SHANAFELT, BRONX Ali Jordahl, Terri Tilford, I’m immunocompromised, TERRI TILFORD, Tim Prendergast, TIM PRENDERGAST Organizations: World Health Organization, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, The Times, Costco, GREAT, BJ’s Wholesale, Broadway, CITY, NASHVILLE, Bronx ., BRONX, ALI, ATLANTA, TIM Locations: Mason City , Iowa, WHITING , MAINE Asia, BLOOMFIELD, N.J, DURHAM, CONN, CLEVELAND , OHIO, New Mexico, Chicago, Albuquerque, EVANSTON, Manhattan, BROOKLYN, P.P.E, GREAT BARRINGTON, MINNEAPOLIS, BALTIMORE, HILLSBORO, RIDGEFIELD PARK, Covid, BOULDER, COLO, Bronx, Atlanta, PALM SPRINGS, CALIF

☆ Opinion | Why It’s Hard to Explain Joe Biden’s Unpopularity
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Ross Douthat | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Joe Biden is one of the most unpopular presidents in modern American history. In Gallup polling, his approval ratings are lower than those of any president embarking on a re-election campaign, from Dwight Eisenhower to Donald Trump. Apart from anxiety about his age, there isn’t a chattering-class consensus or common shorthand for why his presidency is such a political flop. When things went south for other recent chief executives, there was usually a clearer theory of what was happening. Trump’s unpopularity was understood to reflect his chaos and craziness and authoritarian forays.

Persons: Joe Biden, Dwight Eisenhower, Donald Trump, Joe Simonson, George W, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton Organizations: Gallup, Washington Free, Biden, White Locations: Iraq

☆ Sweating Buckets, and Loving It: Minnesotans and Their Saunas
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-17 | by ( Ernesto Londoño | Jenn Ackerman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

For people in Minnesota, the sauna is a link to the past and a way to form new bonds. Feb. 17, 2024Jumping in a hole in a frozen lake during a subzero Minnesota winter evening is brutal. On the banks of Lake Minnewashta in Excelsior, just outside Minneapolis, the answer lies in a dimly lit, wood-burning barrel-shaped sauna a few feet away. Minnesotans have begun partaking in a version of this ritual in droves as a tradition imported by the state’s Nordic settlers in the late 1800s has gone mainstream. While cold plunging is not obligatory — and some opt out — most of the new sauna venues encourage even mild forms of cold exposure, like dumping a bucket of cold water on your head.

Locations: Minnesota, Lake Minnewashta, Excelsior, Minneapolis, Midwest

☆ Biden’s allies can’t agree on how to combat questions about his age and memory
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

How damaging are all the renewed questions about age and mental acuity going to be? One Democratic member of the House responded to being told of the questions about age and memory raised in the report with a morbid laugh and sullen shake of the head. Inside the White House and among Biden’s reelection campaign staff, the tension is constant. Biden aides also feel themselves that this hasn’t been enough. Most importantly, they reflect what Biden aides have learned from experience: Nothing combats questions about the president’s competence as much as people seeing him in action.

Persons: Joe Biden, notecards, Biden, –, Donald Trump, couldn’t, he’s, Trump, ”, West, they’ve, Annie Kuster, “, ” Kuster, don’t, Kevin McCarthy –, Emanuel, Gabe Amo, Emmanuel Macron, François Mitterrand, Abdel Fattah el, ‘ Mitterrand, Dina Titus, “ Joe Biden, Jamie Raskin, Trump’s, Jean Caroll, Raskin, ” Biden, Biden’s, Kate Berner, Andrew Bates, “ Biden, ” Bates, Bates jabbed, Beau Biden, CNN’s Haley Talbot, Kevin Liptak Organizations: Virginia CNN, Democrats, CNN, Democratic, Trump, Washington, West Wing, New, Nevada Democrat, Senate, ” Maryland, “, White, Security, Republicans, Border Patrol Union, Biden, House Democrats Locations: Leesburg, Virginia, New Hampshire, Valley Forge, Charleston, Las Vegas, Rhode Island, Israel, Mexico, Egypt, Nevada, Wilmington , Delaware

☆ Here’s what major analysts are chattering about before Disney earnings
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Pia Singh | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Analysts are largely bullish on Walt Disney stock ahead of the media company's fiscal first-quarter earnings out Wednesday afternoon. But analysts are not sure about the effect of the move on Disney's share price just yet. Analysts are generally optimistic on Disney ahead of earnings, with some even thinking the stock is trading at a cheaper valuation than it should be. Disney remains Morgan Stanley's sole overweight media stock given the firm's bullish view on parks and streaming, analyst Benjamin Swinburne wrote in a Monday note. DIS 1Y mountain Disney stock.

Persons: Wells, Steven Cahall, Morgan Stanley's, Benjamin Swinburne, Swinburne, Jason Bazinet, Bazinet, Hugh Johnston, Disney, Blackwells, Nelson Peltz's Organizations: Walt Disney, Disney, Blackwells, ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros . Discovery, UBS, Big Tech, Citi, Hulu, DIS, Capital, Fund Management Locations: rebundling, Tuesday's, F1Q23

☆ When my foster child threw a tantrum, I realized how important it was to provide a safe emotional space when he was going through trauma.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Mark Daley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The first time my foster child, Ethan, had a full-on meltdown, I froze like a deer in headlights. At first, I wanted to, but only because I was panicking and didn't know what else to do. Intellectually I knew this was normal behavior for any toddler, and I suspected, extremely normal for any child going through trauma and significant change. I wanted them to know they were safe and to feel every big feeling they had. I wanted them to know that Jason and I weren't going anywhere.

Persons: —, Ethan, Vladimir Putin, Buddy, It's, patting, Jason, Mickey Mouse, Mickey, Mary Poppins, I'd, Mark Daugherty, Clinton, didn't Organizations: Service, Business, Yorkers

All the while Eliza Babinska charged along, energy spilling out of her body like sparks of electricity. “Eliza hates this,” Vasilisa, her older sister, said with a giggle. When Vasilisa first saw her perform, she said: “I was like, that’s my sister? I saw her face, and I was like, whoa.”Even the way Eliza holds her head in class is imposingly regal. On the subway, her chin started to droop, almost as heavily as her eyelids.

Persons: Pati, Eliza Babinska, —, “ Eliza, ” Vasilisa, Eliza, Julia, Vasilisa, “ Organizations: New York City Ballet, School, American Ballet Locations: Queens, Manhattan, barre, droop

“I was in all the states,” Rosalynn Carter told the AP. At The Carter Center, she launched a fellowship for journalists to pursue better coverage of mental health issues. Years later, Rosalynn and Jimmy would quietly support integration — and call for it more vocally at Plains Baptist Church. Ruth Carter later engineered a date between her brother and Rosalynn during one of his trips home from the U.S. But the void would not begin to close until the former president conceived The Carter Center.

Persons: Rosalynn Carter, Jimmy Carter’s, ”, Kathy Cade, “, Cade, ” Jimmy Carter, Jonathan Alter, Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton, Rosalynn, ” Cade, Ronald Reagan, ” Rosalynn Carter, Reagan, ” Grandson Jason Carter, She “, Jason Carter, Carter, Eleanor Rosalynn Smith, Lillian Carter, “ Miss Lillian ”, Jimmy, Smith, James Earl Carter Sr, Jim Crow, Rosalynn’s, Alter, Ruth Carter, Earl Carter, ” Alter, Stu Eizenstat, Anwar Sadat, Israel’s Menachem Begin, ” Miss Lillian, Pat Caddell, They’ve, ” Jason Carter, Joe Biden, Jill Biden, Mrs, Paige Alexander Organizations: Washington, Georgia Democrat, The Carter, Carter Center, Associated Press, White, AP, East Wing, Mental Health Systems, Kennedy Center, Plains Baptist, Smiths, U.S . Naval Academy, Navy, Plains Methodist Church, Georgia Southwestern College, Naval, “, Brigade, Democratic, Wing, White House, Camp David, Carter, ” Carter Locations: Ga, Georgia, Iran, Plains, Plains Baptist Church, Washington, Iowa, Spanish, America, Cambodian, U.S, COVID, Panama, Atlanta, Guinea

☆ What it’s like to work with ADHD
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Aj Willingham | Brook Joyner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

I used to think I had done it all in spite of my ADHD, which was officially diagnosed eight years ago. One of the sad ironies for people who have ADHD is that we crave the order we can’t seem to create. A common tip for people with ADHD is to break down a task into manageable bits: Stand up. It’s certainly more important, which is why I’m writing this instead of shuffling downstairs repeating the phrase “Laundry and trash bag, laundry and trash bag” like a Druidic incantation. READ MORE: Signs of ADHD can be different in girlsThe stigma around ADHD and other learning differences is starting to crack as we discover more about what makes such brains tick.

Persons: AJ Willingham, vacantly, I’m, Brook Joyner, I’ve, Willingham, It’s, “, you’re, it’s, ” Organizations: CNN, National Association of Black Journalists Locations: you’re, Atlanta

☆ Joe Biden: Democrats dismiss worries about president’s reelection bid as Dean Phillips launches primary challenge
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —President Joe Biden is just as low in the White House’s internal polls as in any of the public ones. But while Biden advisers are dismissive of Rep. Dean Phillips’ primary challenge launched this week, they are also annoyed about it. Still, they remain confident that Biden is Democrats’ best option in 2024. Boyle told CNN this week that between the war in Israel and Gaza and the chaos of House Republicans electing their new speaker, he had not had “one conversation with anyone” about Phillips. Asked if he was worried about Phillips being a factor even back home in their state’s primary, Walz laughed.

Persons: Joe Biden, Mike Donilon —, —, Donilon, Biden, Dean Phillips, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Phillips, Walz, “, ‘, ’, Ron, Brendan Boyle, ”, ” Boyle, daydreaming, Harris, Emanuel Cleaver, ” “ Joe Biden, ” Ben Wikler, ’ Phillips, Gretchen Whitmer, Louis, “ We’ve, ” Biden, Trump –, Trump, ” Harris, St . Louis, Boyle, Democratic Sen, Dianne Feinstein’s, Gavin Newsom, California politicos, Nancy Pelosi, Jamie Raskin, Raskin, Biden’s Organizations: CNN, ’, GOP, Democratic, Center, American, Florida Gov, president’s, MAGA Republicans, Democrat, Granite, Democrats ’, Biden, Democratic National Committee, Trump, “, New Hampshire Democrats, Republicans, Los Angeles Times, California Gov, Senate, Maryland, House Democratic Locations: Washington, Florida, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, St, Louis, Wisconsin, Concord , New Hampshire, Michigan, Israel, St ., Gaza, Minnesota, California

☆ Under the Leather Jackets: Anxiety, Bravado and the Keys to TV Stardom
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Henry Alford | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Winkler’s affective shortcomings throw his social anxiety and bouts of verbal diarrhea into high relief. But, Hollywood being Hollywood, when the film came out Winkler was asked to do press. As my former boss might have written, VTEBNLPBI (very tidy ending, but no less powerful because of it). John Stamos, he of “Full House” and “E.R.” and Broadway, takes longer to warm to on the page. Stamos is blessed with some of Winkler’s candor — he admits to having had two nose jobs and having gone to Alcoholics Anonymous.

Persons: Paul McCartney, Winkler, chattering, Neil Simon’s, Simon, “, ”, —, Barry ” —, John Stamos, candor —, John Organizations: Hollywood, Anonymous

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Upon spotting a zookeeper laden with a bucket full of fruit-flavored ice pops, black spider monkeys in Rio de Janeiro’s BioParque gracefully swung their way towards him on Friday, chattering excitedly. The ice pops are part of the monkeys’ well-being program. For the monkeys, the ice pops are watermelon, pineapple or grape flavored. But for Simba, the zoo’s lion, the ice treat is made up of blood or minced meat. To cool her down even more, a zookeeper sprayed Koala with a hose.

Persons: chattering, it's, it’s, ”, zookeeper Tadeu Cabral, Simba, Daniel Serieiro, Carlos Acuña Organizations: RIO DE, National Institute of Meteorology Locations: RIO DE JANEIRO, Rio de, Brazil, Sao Paulo, Costa Rica, Bahia

☆ Three reasons Biden’s problems appear to be overblown
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-17 | by ( Harry Enten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

But while Biden clearly has problems – no president with an approval rating hovering around 40% is in good shape – some of his issues appear to be overblown at this time. It is worth analyzing whether the fact that a lot of Democrats don’t think Biden should be renominated masks a larger problem he could face in a general election. But Biden’s pulling in more than 90% of Democrats in Fox News and Quinnipiac University general election polling released this past week. The fact is Biden’s got problems, but worrying about renomination is not one of them. Most voters think Biden did something inappropriate related to his son’s business dealings.

Persons: Joe Biden, Biden, Zach Wolf, it’s, David Ignatius, don’t, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Marianne Williamson, Ted Kennedy, Jimmy Carter, Donald Trump’s, Biden’s, Hunter, Trump, Bill Clinton, It’s, I’m, they’d Organizations: CNN, United Auto Workers, Democratic, Washington, Fox News, Quinnipiac University, Republicans, Biden, Trump, Clinton’s Democratic Party, GOP, Voters, Gallup Locations: Delaware, midterms

Even as the import ban kicked in, tables were filled at Japanese restaurant Fumi in Hong Kong on August 24, 2023. Kathleen Magramo/CNNHours before China’s announcement, the Asian financial center of Hong Kong – a semi-autonomous Chinese city – imposed its own ban on aquatic product imports from 10 Japanese regions including Tokyo and Fukushima. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has reportedly “strongly” requested via diplomatic channels that China “immediately overturn” the ban. Still, Fei too thought that the bans from China and Hong Kong would have limited impact on Japanese trade. Consequently, even considering the reputational damage for Japanese seafood products, Japan’s overall exports will not be materially undermined,” Fei said.

Persons: “ It’s, ”, Thomason Ng, Fumi’s, “, Kathleen Magramo, Japan’s, Masanobu Sakamoto, Fumio Kishida, ” Sakamoto, –, Nigel Marks, there’s, CNN “ It’s, ” Marks, David Krofcheck, ” Krofcheck, Stefan Angrick, Angrick, That’s, China “, Fei Xue, Fei, ” Fei, restaurateurs, Hong Kong’s, Cara Man, we’ll Organizations: CNN, Hong Kong’s, East China, Fisherman’s Cooperative Association, ” “ Fishermen, Japanese, Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO, Curtin University, University of Auckland, World Health Organization, Moody’s, Economist Intelligence Unit, “ Seafood Locations: Hong, Hong Kong’s Central, Fumi, Asia, Japan, China, Fukushima, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Weibo, East, Beijing, Australia, Ocean, South Korea, Taiwan, New Zealand, Japanese, Central, Japan’s Hokkaido, Kyushu, Kagoshima, Norway, Canada

☆ Welcome to Barbenheimer Weekend
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Melissa Kirsch | More About Melissa Kirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Start the day with the darker fare: Christopher Nolan’s moody “Oppenheimer,” about the physicist who ran the Los Alamos Laboratory during the development of the atomic bomb. The movie industry hopes so. Ticket sales for the year in the U.S. and Canada are down about 20 percent from the same period in 2019. Analysts predict that “Barbie” could take in $100 million domestically through Sunday; “Oppenheimer” around $50 million. “These are not the tried-and-true safe bets that are the hallmark of the summer movie season,” he said.

Persons: Christopher Nolan’s, Oppenheimer, ”, Milk, Greta Gerwig’s “, fantasia, ” “ Barbie, ” “ Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, “, ‘ Oppenheimer, Barbie ’, Will Barbenheimer, Barbie ”, Paul Dergarabedian Organizations: Los Alamos Laboratory, Alamo, Times Locations: Chicago, U.S, Canada

☆ The Crispiest Chicken Cutlets You Can’t Mess Up
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Margaux Laskey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

For something equally lovable but a bit less hands-on, try Eric Kim’s ritzy Cheddar chicken breasts. They rely on Ritz crackers and are baked in the oven, which means no Jackson Pollock oil splatters to clean up. Speaking of vegetarians: Priya Krishna calls vegetable pulao “a weeknight staple in many Desi households” because it’s wildly flexible. Not only is it less messy, but I find it’s easier to get an even thickness when the slippery meat is neatly contained. You can do this in advance, then roll or fold up the sheets — meat included — and store in the fridge until you’re ready to bread and fry.

Persons: Eric Kim’s, Jackson Pollock, there’s David, Priya Krishna, ”, Natasha Pickowicz, Guy Organizations: Ritz Locations: Victorian England

☆ Why Are Remote Corporate Workers Having More Fun? Co-Working Spaces.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Roy Furchgott | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

During the pandemic, Mr. “It can be a little distracting,” said Mr. Slaughter, who sequestered himself at a small desk in his bedroom. “It’s not as though I could go anywhere in the house.”When LabCorp told its employees they would be returning to the office, Mr. Slaughter found out he had no office to return to — his job had been made “fully remote.” Like many companies, LabCorp reduced office space, having found employees were just as effective — and often happier — working from home.

Persons: Andrew Slaughter, Slaughter, ”, “ It’s, LabCorp Organizations: Research, of Locations: of Durham, N.C, singalongs

☆ How the Studio Behind ‘Super Mario’ and ‘Minions’ Has Become the Animation Leader
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Can Nintendo stay competitive in the evolving videogames industry? WSJ’s Sarah E. Needleman and analyst Michael Pachter discuss Nintendo’s game-changing approach to the videogames industry. The founder of the animation studio behind “Super Mario” and the yellow, chattering “minions” cartoon characters says his movies aren’t made specifically for children. “Thematically there’s an underpinning to every one of our films. “When we sit down in our creative process, we’re never intending or focused on, ‘We’re making it for children,’ though it may come out that way.”

☆ The Simple Secret to the ‘Super Mario’ Animation Studio’s Success
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Robbie Whelan | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

☆ ‘Whatever It Takes’: The Street Teams Who Help Mentally Ill New Yorkers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Andy Newman | Hiroko Masuike | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Half a year with the street counselors who dispense free sneakers, monthly injections and gentle encouragement to some of the city’s most vulnerable and volatile residents. It had taken their team almost five months just to track down the 43-year-old homeless woman, chasing leads from the police and other homeless people. On this afternoon last August, they were trying to help her find the holy grail: an apartment where someone with a severe mental illness could build a stable life. The woman, M, flashed them a big smile. In her black baseball cap, long blond wig, oversize sunglasses and about 20 bracelets, she looked like a misplaced movie star.

HELENA, Mont. — As Montana lawmakers entered the critical final days of their legislative session on Thursday, one of the state’s only transgender lawmakers, Zooey Zephyr, was left exiled from the House chamber, monitoring the debate and casting votes on a laptop as she sat on a hallway bench near a bustling snack stand. Even as her Republican peers sought to isolate her in the wake of her impassioned comments against a proposed ban on what doctors call gender-affirming medical care for children, Ms. Zephyr said she would not remain idle. She spent much of the day on the bench, working with headphones in her ears to block the sound of chattering lobbyists, the hiss of a milk foamer and the voices of lawmakers ordering coffee. “I am here working on behalf of my constituents as best I can given the undemocratic circumstances,” Ms. Zephyr said on Twitter.

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