DIRS.INFO The most relevant business & tech news

☆ How Henry Taylor Transformed the Way We Look at Ourselves
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( M.H. Miller | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +111 min

HENRY TAYLOR How the figurative painter made portraiture the dominant mode of art in our era — and changed the way America sees itself. It was Henry Taylor doing Henry Taylor, like a pop star in his Vegas residency phase. A few seasons earlier, for Miu Miu’s spring 2022 collection, Prada delivered raw-edge chino micro-miniskirts belted below the hip bone. Firstview (8); courtesy of Prada PRADA STILL resides in the Milanese apartment where she and her two older siblings, Marina and Alberto, grew up. David Lee/© Fox Searchlight Pictures, via Everett Collection Latifah on “The Equalizer” in 2023.

Persons: Queen Latifah Annette Bening Henry Taylor Miuccia Prada, I’m, Queen Latifah, Henry Taylor, D’Angelo Lovell Williams, Miuccia Prada, Collier Schorr, Annette Bening, Katy Grannan, Delphine Danhier, Rob Talty, Sara Tagaloa, Rahim Fortune, Ian Bradley, Iasia Merriweather, Raisa, Prada, you’ve, YANAGIHARA, HENRY TAYLOR, Taylor, Thom Browne cardigan, ”, “ I’ve, Philando, Diamond Reynolds, Henry Taylor’s “, Mark Dever, Dever, “, ” Dever, Castile, he’ll, Steve Cannon, Cannon, —, ” Taylor, Joshua White, panhandlers —, he’s, Cora, isn’t, He’s, Michelle Obama, Bob Dylan, Alice Coachman, Chuck Berry, Jay, Stanley Williams, Haile Selassie I, there’s, Taylor’s “ Cora, Jeff McLane Taylor, who’ve, — Pablo Picasso, Philip Guston, Henri Matisse, Robert Rauschenberg —, Donald Trump’s, he’d, Picasso, Jordan Casteel, Kerry James Marshall, Jennifer Packer, Amy Sherald, Barack Obama, Michelle, Pharrell Williams, Kendrick Lamar’s, He’d, Emmett Till, Till, Till’s, Dana Schutz, Hannah Black, Schutz, William Styron, Nat Turner, George Jackson, Randy, Jackson, “ George Jackson ”, Dylan, Medgar Evers, Evers, Ku Klux Klan who’d, who’d, Taylor’s “ Cicely, Miles, Sam Kahn, Hershal, Taylor didn’t, Taylor’s, who’s, Bill Traylor, James Jarvaise, Jarvaise, Rauschenberg, Jasper Johns, Louise Nevelson, Frank Stella, Mark Bradford —, Hauser, Wirth —, Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, Camarillo, they’re, “ I’m, Carl Lewis ”, Robert Bean, Hershal Taylor, hadn’t, Rodney King, Kathryn Brennan, Sean Bell, Bell, Klaus Biesenbach, James Brown, Brown, shuffles, King James, bro, Johnny Walker, Clint Strozier, George Washington, Cesar Chavez, Chavez, Boycott, “ I’d, Stokely Carmichael, ” D’Angelo Lovell Williams MIUCCIA PRADA, David Cronenberg, Jean, Luc Godard, Dara Birnbaum, Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, Mario Prada, Patrizio Bertelli, Miu Miu, Guy Marineau, Condé Nast, Homer, “ Prada Marfa, Lauren Weisberger’s, Wears, Drake, Prada hasn’t, Carsten Höller, “ It’s, Suzanne Koller Prada, Suzanne Koller, Gerhard Richter, — Rei Kawakubo, Martin Margiela, she’s, Domenico Dolce, Stefano Gabbana, Donatella Versace, Suzanne Koller “, Francesco Vezzoli, Olivier Rizzo, Ferdinando Verderi, Theaster Gates, Uma Thurman, Frank Ocean, Carla Sozzani, Corso, Vivienne Westwood, Yves Saint Laurent, jolie laide, It’s, “ She’s, Lotta Volkova, Miu Miu’s, Guido Palau, they’d, ‘, Tom Ford, prim, ” Prada, Prada PRADA, Luisa Prada —, Sozzani —, Miuccia’s, Luigi Bianchi, she’d, Godard, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Bertelli, we’re, Lorenzo Bertelli, Giulio Bertelli, ” Francesco Risso, ” Risso, Fabio Zambernardi, “ Bottega, Gaetano Pesce, Saint Laurent, Pedro Almodóvar, Rem Koolhaas, ” James Jean, Frédéric Sanchez, Sanchez, cardigans, Marc Jacobs, Robert Gober, Louise Bourgeois, Gober, Suzanne Koller Prada pongee, — Prada, Milano, Damien Hirst, ” Koolhaas, Koolhaas, Wes Anderson — who’s, Bar Luce, Fondazione Prada —, ” “, Hirst, Prada sighed, ’ ” Prada, Miuccia Prada hasn’t, Raf Simons, Prada’s, Simons, ” Simons, Dior, Calvin Klein, Jil Sander, ” he’d, Miuccia, ’ ”, Andrea Guerra, Lorenzo, ” Miu, Antoneta Alamat, ” Miuccia Prada, Elio Berenett, Saunders, Awar Odhiang, Jonas Glöer, Chloe Nguyen, Estrella Gomez, America Gonzalez, Marie Duhart, Rafael Medeiros, Stefano Poli, Ariel Sadok, Cameron Koskas, Vassili, Alexandra Adams, Vincent Brière, Vira, Natsuki Oneyama, Joel Phillips, Manicurist’s, Akane Kanazawa, Marek Dague, QUEEN LATIFAH, DANA OWENS, She’d, Melle Mel, Big Daddy Kane, D.J.s, Owens, Nikki Giovanni, Octavia E, Butler, M.C.s, Latifah, Jazzy Joyce, MC Lyte, Lyte, ” Latifah, We’re, She’s, Shakim Compere, Norma Kamali, David Yurman, David Webb, Ian Bradley Louis Vuitton, Monie, Gary Gray’s, Tracy Oliver, Kenya Barris, Megan Thee, Viola Davis, it’s, LATIFAH, Michael Jackson, Shakim, Rita Owens, Compere, Rita, scions, Amina, Amiri Baraka, Lauryn Hill, Latifah wasn’t, Lyte’s, Roxanne, Roxanne Shanté, Dana Owens, Danyel Smith, Queen Latifah —, Latifah ”, Tommy Boy, Jada Pinkett Smith, I’d, ’, ” Pinkett Smith, Al Pereira, Michael Ochs, Raymond Boyd, Getty, D’s, Gray, Latifah’s, Luther Vandross’s, Lancelot Owens Jr, Winki, Kierna Mayo, Love, merrily hyperhappy, Harriet Tubman, Angela Davis, Winnie Mandela, Tipper Gore, Al Gore, ” Love, Giorgio Armani, Van Cleef, Will Smith’s, Bel, Amanda Wicks, John Singleton’s “, Cleo, Clover Hope, “ Will, Smith, Wright ”, “ Bessie, Bessie Smith, Dee Rees, Ma Rainey, Jack Gee, Michael K, Williams, Compere’s, helpfully, Sylvia Robinson, Debra Martin Chase, Wright ” —, Lancelot Owens Sr, Pinkett Smith, Edward Woodward, Denzel Washington, Latifah’s Robyn McCall, Danyel, Vi, Lorraine Toussaint, Robyn, Paul Drinkwater, Cress Williams, Adam Lazarre, Everett, Kimberly Elise, Vivica, Nicola Goode, LL, “ Bessie ”, Frank Masi, David Lee, Jocelyn Prescod, scleroderma, David Jolicoeur, Love —, Eboni Nichols, she’ll, gazes, Bruce Springsteen, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, They’ve, Cartier, Iasia Estée, Raisa Flowers, Adrien Potier, Fallou, Nuvany David, Manicurist, Lisa Logan, Derrick Bernard, Casey Jones, Stylist’s, Charles Ndiomu, Tyler Sparling, ANNETTE BENING, Diana Nyad, “ Nyad, Bening’s, Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Alex Honnold’s, ” Chin, Nyad, Bening, Rada Owen, Owen “, Ralph Lauren, Carrie Fisher’s, Julia ”, Robert Caro, ” Bening, that’s, Delphine Danhier Gabriela Hearst poncho, Dianne Feinstein, Austin Butler, Elvis, manqué, Mike Mills, Nyad ”, Diana, Cillian Murphy, “ Oppenheimer, Kurt Collins, BENING, Tina, Tony, Pierre Choderlos, didn’t, Marquise de Merteuil, Milos Forman’s “, Glenn Close, Valmont, Lisa Cholodenko, Meryl Streep, Alexander McQueen, Forman, Stephen Frears, Myra Langtry, Langtry, Bugsy ”, Warren Beatty, moll Virginia Hill, Reagan, Ben Organizations: Minn, Facebook, Hauser & Wirth, Museum of Contemporary Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, MoMA, Los, Whitney Biennial, Biennial, Black America, New York Times, Louis Vuitton, Black Panthers, U.S ., San, Prison, Ku Klux Klan, Ardmore, New York’s Museum of Modern, California Institute of Arts, Wirth, CalArts, Mental Hospital, Studio Museum, Queens, Times, Flames, University of Southern, Fondazione Prada, New, Galleria Vittorio, Prada, Prada Group, Olympic, Harvard, Gucci, University of Milan, Union of Italian, Communist Party, ABC, Suzanne Koller Journalists, Yorker, Milano Prada Arte, Fondazione, tote, New York, Guggenheim, OMA, Next Management, Oui Management, Ford Models, Lumien, Management Paris, IMG Models, America, Bryant Artists, Burger, Swatch, Irvington High School, Black Arts, Hit Factory, Ramada, Hollywood, Flavor Unit Entertainment, CBS, WHO, Factory, Irvington, Tommy Boy Records, Unit, Michael Ochs Archives, Getty, AMC, Play Studios, Music Resource Center, “ Chicago ”, HBO, Jazz, Mo’Nique, Sugar Hill Records, Winki, ”, NBCU, Warner Brothers, Fox, Miramax, Paramount, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Everett, Bank, BET, Hawks, Mori, Digital, Key West, Liverpool ”, SAG, Telluride Film, Variety, Broadway, Miami, Writers Guild of America Locations: Los Angeles, Koreatown, Philando Castile, St, Paul, Oxnard, California, New York, “, Queens, Chicago, Mississippi, U.S, San Quentin, Castile, bro, Naples, East Texas, Ardmore, Alabama, Camarillo, Santa Barbara, Oakland, Oaks, Harlem, York, Long Island City, Spain, Vegas, University of Southern California, Texas, Milan, Canadian, Switzerland, ”, Marfa , Texas, Italian, Belgian, Corso Como, Paris, British, chino, Firstview, Milanese, Alberto, Europe, Italy, —, Taiwanese American, there’s, Manhattan, Koolhaas, Rotterdam, Netherlands, New, Antwerp, Croatian, America, Newark , N.J, Midtown Manhattan, Hudson, Brooklyn, Hit Factory , New York City, NoHo, New York City, Lafayette 148 New York, New Jersey, Newark, Jersey, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Hollywood, “ Chicago, Watts, Havana, Key, Fla, Bening, Dominican Republic, Capitan, Yosemite, San Diego, Simi Valley, Calif, Givenchy, Liverpool, Nyad, Cuba, Florida, San Francisco, Denver, Tina Howe’s, Champagne, yips

☆ The 45 King, Who Produced for Jay-Z and Eminem, Dies at 62
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Orlando Mayorquin | More About Orlando Mayorquin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

The 45 King, the influential New York City hip-hop producer who worked with Queen Latifah, Eminem and Jay-Z, died on Thursday. Born Mark Howard James, he took the moniker The 45 King because of his fondness for sampling old, obscure records. His death was announced on social media Thursday afternoon by a fellow hip-hop producer, DJ Premier. Information on the cause or place of death were not immediately available. “His sound was unlike any other from his heavy drums and his horns were so distinct on every production,” DJ Premier wrote, referring to James as DJ Mark The 45 King.

Persons: Queen Latifah, Eminem, Jay, Mark Howard James, James, DJ Mark Organizations: New, DJ Locations: New York

☆ The fashion show that changed hip-hop forever
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-10 | by ( Sowmya Krishnamurthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Chanel’s 1991 Fall-Winter ready-to-wear show was set in Paris, but its soul was right off the streets of New York City. “He listens to everything, reads everything, sees everything, and then distills it into these potent fashion images.”Linda Evangelista and Karl Lagerfeld (center) walk the runway during the finale of Chanel's 1991 Fall-Winter fashion show in Paris, France. Victor Virgile/Gamma-Rapho/Getty ImagesWhat would become known colloquially as Chanel’s “hip-hop collection” was a watershed moment, the pinnacle of French prêt-à-porter (ready-to-wear) welcoming hip-hop into its sanctum. It’s unclear whether Mizrahi and the like appreciated hip-hop or saw it as a grab for cache and cash. Editor’s Note: This piece is excerpted from Sowmya Krishnamurthy’s “FASHION KILLA: How Hip-Hop Revolutionized High Fashion,” published by Gallery Books, a subsidiary of Simon & Schuster.

Persons: CNN —, Nancy Sinatra’s “, Rocky, Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, gazed, Karen Mulder, Helena Christensen, Linda Evangelista, CHANEL, ”, glitz, “ Chanel ”, Jeans, risqué, “, Karl Lagerfeld, Lagerfeld, Tim Blanks, ” Linda Evangelista, Victor Virgile, Chanel, ” gushed Rose Marie Bravo, Isaac Mizrahi, Charlotte Neuville, Adrienne Vittadini, Randolph Duke, Norma Kamali, Arthur Hubbert, Katharine Hamnett, Rifat Ozbek, Queen Latifah, Donna Karan, Mizrahi, ” Mizrahi, Freddy, Chuck D, Flav, Al Pereira, Michael Ochs, Denise Burrows, Pat Cleveland, Dorothy “ Terri ” Springer, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Simon, Schuster, Sowmya, Simon & Schuster Organizations: CNN, Co, Magazine, Newsweek, Penske Media, Getty, Women’s, Michael Ochs Archives, Fashion, New York Times, Gallery Books, Simon & Locations: Paris, New York City, Harlem, France, Chanel

☆ A toast to 'Living Single' as it turns 30
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Something to sip on…Kim Fields in a scene from "Living Single." Rather than rehash the fact that “Living Single” was “Friends” before “Friends” ever existed, lets applaud it for the glow-up and grow-up it showcased in Kim Fields. That’s why I have no problems jamming along to the new series “Dance with Qai Qai,” now running on YouTube. “It has been amazing to see how Qai Qai has captured the hearts of so many young fans so we’re thrilled to introduce them to ‘Dance with Qai Qai!,’” Williams said in a statement. We can’t wait for other families to get to watch—and dance—together!”It’s been wild watching Qai Qai go from one child’s beloved doll to a full-fledged star.

Persons: Kim Fields, Warner, Everett “, Kim, Fields, Butterworth, Queen Latifah, Kim Coles, John Henton, Terrence C, Carson, Erika Alexander, Yvette Lee Bowser, Eunetta Boone, Coles, “, JOY, ”, Serena Williams, Olympia, Qai, Alexis Ohanian, Qai Qai, Alexis Ohanian’s, ’ ” Williams, Williams, Tim McGraw, ” I’m, Taylor Swift, … Sunny Sandler, Stacy Friedman, Samantha Lorraine, Lydia Rodriguez Katz, Sadie Sandler, Ronnie Friedman, Zaara, Idina Menzel, Bree Friedman, Adam Sandler, Danny Friedman, Adam Sandler’s, Sunny, Jackie Sandler, Fiona Rosenbloom’s, Sandler Organizations: CNN, Warner Brothers, Atlanta, LOVE, YouTube, Smokeout, Netflix Locations: Kim Fields, New York City, Windy, Chicago , Illinois

☆ Hip-Hop’s Biggest Fashion Moments, From Run-D.M.C. to Kanye
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Jacob Gallagher | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

On stage and in magazine spreads, rappers have waged a Cold War about who could dress the flyest, wear the most outré thing, push the envelope the furthest. And they backed it up on their songs, bragging endlessly about outdressing everyone and weaving designer name after designer name into their rhymes. Queen Latifah on the set of video shoot for "Fly Girl" in New York City, 1991. Photo: Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty

Persons: Queen Latifah, Al Pereira, Michael Ochs Organizations: Michael Ochs Archives, Getty Locations: New York City

☆ This top Procter & Gamble exec is showing Hollywood how brands can make prestige films and be 'power-up' partners for studios and streamers
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Lucia Moses | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

P&G Studios head Kimberly Doebereiner argues that great entertainment can come from brands. Procter & Gamble is at the forefront of the growing brand film space — with its own in-house shingle, P&G Studios, actively pursuing entertainment projects that look nothing like ads. "The first thing I'd love is for the distributors to see that great content can come from anybody, and even if it's from a brand, that doesn't mean it's brand content," she told Insider in an interview. "We have great marketing, we have great brands, we can help bring in viewers, right? "We'd love to have our content be able to show up in the retailer with our brands and create better awareness for that content," Doebereiner said.

Persons: Kimberly Doebereiner, Doebereiner, Gamble, Ron Howard, Brian Grazer's, Michael Sugar's Sugar23, Reese Witherspoon's, Barbie, we've, Brand, Queen Latifah Organizations: G Studios, Procter, Gamble, HBO, Hulu, Brands, Hollywood, Advertising, Tide, Gillette, Tribeca Studios, Walmart, Blue Fox Entertainment Locations: Hollywood

☆ Jamie Foxx receives support from Will Smith, Glenn Close and many more after sharing first video since hospitalization
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Jamie Foxx on Friday spoke out for the first time since he was hospitalized in April in a video shared to his Instagram page, and support from many of the Oscar-winner’s famous friends poured in. Close’s sentiment of support and gratitude for Foxx’s video update echoed throughout the comments section with messages of support from his followers to his celebrity friends alike. We love you in this household.”Will Smith, who starred alongside Foxx in the 2001 film “Ali,” poked at the actor getting visibly emotional in his video, joking, “Awww Man!! Details of what led to Foxx’s hospitalization remain undisclosed, but in his video on Friday the “Ray” star set the record straight over rumors on social media. I’m not paralyzed, but I went to hell and back, and my road to recovery had some potholes as well.

Persons: Jamie Foxx, winner’s, Glenn Close, Foxx, ” Foxx, ” Queen Latifah, Jamie you, ” Will Smith, “ Ali, ”, ” Smith, ” Dwayne “, ” Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jennifer Garner, Reese Witherspoon, Michael B, Jordan, Viola Davis, Kerry Washington, Justin Timberlake, Ray, I’m, “, it’s Organizations: CNN Locations: Atlanta, Chicago

☆ She's an 'Alien Superstar' — and now she's in housing. Beyoncé joins Kelly Rowland and the city of Houston in support of a new affordable development.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-07 | by ( Alcynna Lloyd | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Beyoncé Knowles is teaming up with Kelly Rowland and Houston officials to support a housing project. It was unclear if Knowles and Rowland are investing in the project. However, Knowles and Rowland are among the few that have taken their real estate interests beyond the glitz and glamor of purchasing luxurious homes. With more buyers moving into the area, home prices and rents have surged as residents compete for housing. Given that statistic, he said he's "grateful" for the Knowles and Rowland project.

Persons: Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, —, Knowles, Rowland —, Kennedy Sessions, Rowland, LeBron James, Shaquille O'Neal, Queen Latifah, they're, Harris, Lina Hidalgo, Joe Biden's, Houston Pastor, Rudy Rasmus, he's Organizations: Houston, Service, American, Harris County, Hollywood, NBA, Golden Globe, Coalition, Homeless, Census Bureau, Texas Tribune Locations: Houston, Harris County, Midtown, Harris, America

☆ Tina Turner to be honored by Patti LaBelle during the BET Awards on Sunday
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-24 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —The legendary Tina Turner will receive a posthumous tribute this weekend as part of the 2023 BET Awards. Patti LaBelle is set to honor the late icon with a performance during the awards show that will capture “the essence of Turner’s unparalleled legacy,” according to a release from BET. This year’s BET Awards will also honor several other landmark entertainers. Past lifetime achievement award recipients have included Whitney Houston, Prince, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Samuel Jackson, Lionel Richie and New Edition. The BET Awards 2023 will air live on Sunday on BET at 8 p.m. ET/ PT from the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Persons: Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle, Turner, Busta, Bia, Cutty Ranks, Dexta, Swizz Beatz, Whitney Houston, Queen Latifah, Mary J, Blige, Samuel Jackson, Lionel Richie Organizations: CNN, BET, Microsoft Theater, Paramount Locations: Zurich, Switzerland, Cutty, Prince, Los Angeles

☆ Stars at Cannes take break from red carpet to support AIDS research
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

CANNES, May 25 (Reuters) - Celebrities including Queen Latifah, Jeffrey Wright and Heidi Klum escaped the Cannes Film Festival's crowded Croisette Boulevard for a night to attend a fundraiser for AIDS research at a secluded luxury hotel in the nearby resort town of Antibes. In addition to Rexha, Gladys Knight, Adam Lambert and Halsey entertained the high-paying guests while Queen Latifah played host for the evening that included a fashion show and auction. The goal of the luxury evening was to raise money on behalf of amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, which also supports HIV prevention, treatment education and advocacy. [1/5] The 76th Cannes Film Festival - The amfAR's Cinema Against AIDS 2023 charity gala - Antibes, France, May 25, 2023. Queen Latifah and Eboni Nichols pose.

☆ Jenny Craig, the Once-Highflying Weight-Loss Brand, Is Going Out of Business After 40 Years
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Joseph De Avila | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Jenny Craig’s closure comes after new drugs have shaken up the weight-loss industry. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesJenny Craig , the weight-loss brand that once touted celebrity endorsements from stars like Queen Latifah , Mariah Carey and Jason Alexander , is shutting down after four decades in business. The company, which offered coaching sessions and personalized meal plans, said Thursday it was canceling all online food orders and merchandise sales in corporate centers. It also stopped its coaching sessions, the company said.

☆ Hip-Hop, Still Fly at 50
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-08 | by ( Guy Trebay | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Everything is a flashback,” Syreeta Gates said last week. “That’s the way it always is with our culture. It was a dizzying convergence, musically and visually. Decades afterward, the rap scholar Tricia Rose would note in “Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America” how skeptical the mainstream initially was to music most thought was a fad. That is, until the indie producer Sylvia Robinson released the hit song “Rapper’s Delight” in 1979.

☆ MoviePass CEO Stacy Spikes on his plans to relaunch the service (for real) and bring back an unlimited option
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Stacy Spikes told Insider he plans to put MoviePass out of beta and make it available for all by the summer. You would think Spikes would want to run as far away as possible from the movie-ticket-subscription startup. Before Stacy Spikes created MoviePass he created the Urbanworld Film Festival. I wanted to put that down because I see so many times people approach me and think MoviePass was my first business. MoviePassThe MoviePass beta version is focused on the credits system, e-ticketing, and fixing bugsWhat have been the biggest challenges in getting this beta version of MoviePass off the ground?

☆ CBS' Kelly Kahl is the fourth major TV network chief to exit in 6 weeks and it shows how the streaming wars are disrupting power in Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-16 | by ( Elaine Low | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Kelly KahlThe CBS Broadcast Center in Manhattan. Thomson ReutersAfter 26 years at the network, including over five years at the top, Kelly Kahl is leaving his post at CBS amid a broader restructuring and streamlining at Paramount Global. Kahl also presided over the network when it introduced its trio of "FBI" dramas, hit comedy "Ghosts," and Queen Latifah starrer "The Equalizer," Cheeks noted. In his stead is Amy Reisenbach, who is stepping into the role of CBS Entertainment president to oversee the network's primetime, daytime, and late night creative departments, according to the company. A CBS veteran who has been there since 2005, she has occupied programming roles at both the network and the studio.

☆ Someone just paid over $39,000 for a 15-year-old iPhone—more than 50 times its original price
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

That's how much the bidder paid this weekend for a factory-sealed model of the first-edition iPhone — their winning bid topped out at $39,339.60. The 8GB smartphone was sold by LCG Auctions on Sunday. Steve Jobs first unveiled the original iPhone in 2007, and Apple quickly sold millions of units. In addition to the 8GB of storage the phone also featured a 2-megapixel camera. For context, the base model of the recently-released iPhone 14 has 128GB of storage and sports a 12-megapixel main camera with an ultra wide lens.

☆ Queen Latifah shares the piece of advice that helped make her a superstar: 'I've never felt barriers or ceilings'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-13 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

For Queen Latifah, who has released three films in 2022 and stars in "The Equalizer" on network television, having a wide and varied career was always the plan. Ever since her big break as a rapper in the later 1980s, Latifah says that her mom has advised her to "never to put all my eggs in one basket." Latifah, who is currently promoting her new partnership with Lenovo's Evolve Small Initiative, did just that. She quickly branched out from rap to singing, sitcoms, films and even hosted her own talk show at one point. When she had an interest in pursuing something, she says that she always felt like it was worth trying.

Search resuls for: "Queen Latifah"

16 mentions found