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☆ Travel news: Best airlines, city break inspirations and ambitious bridges
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —In CNN Travel’s latest news roundup, we bring you the world’s best airlines for 2023, city break inspiration from Texas to Mongolia to Ecuador and why China might have overstretched itself by building a 15-mile, $6.7 billion bridge. Air New Zealand – which just topped a list of 2023’s best airlines – is on the case by asking all of its international departing travelers to hop on the scales as part of a passenger weight survey, the results of which are thankfully anonymous. Destination inspirationPop quiz: What was the world’s first capital city be listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site? And now that the country’s president has vowed to revitalize the city, the future’s looking bright, too. Here’s our roundup of 20 of the world’s best nude beaches.

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☆ Stream These 9 Shows and Movies Before They Leave Netflix in June
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Jason Bailey | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

(Chappelle notoriously walked off the show during production of its third season, with only enough material for three episodes in the can.) ‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ (June 30)There may have been better early-2000s romantic comedies, but this 2003 hit from Donald Petrie may be the most early-2000s romantic comedy. Scott’s frequent leading man Denzel Washington brings tormented complexity to the grizzled hero, whose shift at M.T.A. dispatch is disrupted by a madman (John Travolta) whose crew takes over a subway car and holds its passengers hostage. And James Gandolfini is wonderful (and miles from Tony Soprano) as the city’s mayor.

Persons: ‘, Dave Chappelle’s, Chappelle, Rick James, Lil ’ Jon, —, Donald Petrie, Kate Hudson, Matthew McConaughey, Kathryn Hahn, McConaughey, Petrie, ‘ Jerry Maguire ’, Cameron Crowe, Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Crowe, ’, Antonio Banderas, ”, Salma Hayek, Guillermo del Toro, Zach Galifianakis, Amy Sedaris, Billy Bob Thornton, Tony Scott’s, Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, Tony Soprano Organizations: Dave Chappelle’s Comedy, verve, Hudson, Fun Locations: Pelham, York City

☆ WME signs author and speaker Ed Mylett, whose top business podcast adds to the agency's growing audio roster alongside clients like Malcolm Gladwell and Jay Shetty
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-31 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Hollywood talent agency WME has signed Ed Mylett, an author, public speaker, and entrepreneur. His podcast, "The Ed Mylett Show," has landed guests including Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, and more. "I need the best people to help manage the growth of 'The Ed Mylett Show' podcast," Mylett told Insider via email. Among business podcasts, "The Ed Mylett Show" currently sits at No. His podcast, "The Ed Mylett Show," has seen a bevy of other guests including Barbara Corcoran, Martin Luther King III, David Goggins, and Tony Robbins.

Persons: WME, Ed Mylett, Tony Robbins, Barbara Corcoran, Vervante, He's, Mylett, Michael B, Jordan, Dwayne Johnson, Miley Cyrus, Dan Fogelman, Jay Shetty's, Stephen Dubner's, Malcolm Gladwell's, he's, Maria Shriver, Matthew McConaughey, Martin Luther King III, David Goggins Organizations: Hollywood, Wiley, Apple, Spotify, CAA, UTA, WME, Pushkin Industries, YouTube, Forbes

☆ A real-estate investor who owns 12 properties shares the 10 business, investing, and personal development books that helped him build a $2.7 million portfolio in just 4 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

These books cover real estate and investing, business, personal development, and leadership. Intrigued by real-estate investing, Rivers took the plunge and bought his first real-estate investment property in 2019. In a recent interview, Rivers shared the 10 books — spanning topics such as business, investing, and personal development — that helped him scale his portfolio quickly. "What It Takes" by Stephen A. SchwarzmanThis book, written by the billionaire investor and Blackstone CEO Stephen A. Schwarzman, is one of Rivers' personal favorites. While much of the focus for entrepreneurs is on building a business, Rivers said understanding how to sell a business was just as important.

☆ Inside the Wild World of Celebrity Keynote Speakers: Drugs, Alcohol
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

"I never saw myself as a speaker, let alone a motivational speaker," Leonard tells me while his assistant irons his jeans. 'When I ramble," Hunter told me, "hit me in the leg!" Every plane had been grounded, including the one stuck on the tarmac with an increasingly inebriated Hunter Thompson trapped inside. But by far the most all-consuming task was booking gigs for Hunter Thompson. Just before a debate with G. Gordon Liddy at Brown University, Hunter demanded that Betsy Berg, whom I now worked alongside at GTN, score him some crystal meth.

☆ Woody Harrelson responds to Matthew McConaughey brother rumor
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-20 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

“I mean he feels like he is losing a father. But I’m like, no, you’re gaining a different father and a brother.”Like McConaughey, Harrelson recalled a conversation with “Ma Mac, Matthew’s legitimate mother,” when she told them that she “knew…” Harrelson’s father. We were in Greece watching the US team win the World Cup and I mentioned something about regrets,” Harrelson said. Harrelson and McConaughey will star in an upcoming Apple TV+ series, in a fictionalized portrayal of their friendship. “I can’t tell whether it’s just, like, their sort of slow Southern and Texas drawls or I think Texas figures in there somewhere,” Theroux said.

☆ ‘I Hate You, Kathie Lee Gifford!’ Ozempic Users Report Bizarre Dreams
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Peter Loftus | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Chery McLemore was recently enjoying watching a parade of cows and bulls at a cattle auction with actor Matthew McConaughey. Then he started climbing atop the small pet llama she had brought, and she had to raise her voice to tell him to stop. “Fine, you can stay with your llama, I’m leaving!” Mr. McConaughey screamed before storming off.

☆ A real estate investor who owns 12 units shares the 10 business, investing, and personal development books that helped him build a $2.7 million portfolio in just 4 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-16 | by ( Lisa Kailai Han | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

These books cover real estate and investing, business, personal development, and leadership. Intrigued by real estate investing, in 2019 Rivers decided to take the plunge and buy his first real estate investment property. In a recent interview with Insider, Rivers recalled only making $28,000 during his first year of selling real estate. It taught him the expectations to set for his employees while he was building up his full-service real estate firm, Rivers Capital Group. While much of the focus for entrepreneurs is on building a business, Rivers believes that selling a business is just as important.

☆ Horses on the catwalk: Stella McCartney pushes leather-free style
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Mimosa Spencer | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Models present creations by designer Stella McCartney as part of her Fall-Winter 2023/2024 Women's ready-to-wear collection show during Paris Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 6, 2023. REUTERS/Sarah MeyssonnierPARIS, March 6 (Reuters) - Stella McCartney drove home her leather-free fashion message by sending a team of horses to canter alongside models wearing styles crafted from new, eco-conscious materials. "I just really want to show everyone in the world - and the world of fashion - that you don't really need to do that," she said. At the show in the Ecole Militaire stables in Paris, seven horses, guided by their trainer, Jean-Francois Pignon, performed individually and in formation. LVMH owns a minority stake in the label and McCartney serves as environmental adviser to the entire luxury group.

☆ Matthew McConaughey's Salesforce gig
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( Hallam Bullock | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Hallam Bullock here, reporting from London — and yes, Matthew McConaughey is on my mind. Salesforce has reportedly been paying McConaughey $10 million a year to act as a "creative adviser." Robyn Phelps/InsiderProgrammers are thrilled about AI tools like ChatGPT. Read why programmers are pumped about the rise of AI tools. Larry Lundstrom spends about 40 to 60 hours a week as a pastor, but on the side, he uses AI tools like ChatGPT to make pitch decks for businesses.

☆ Mark Zuckerberg is turning Facebook into Instagram as part of his self-declared “year of efficiency.”
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

He chatted with a woman who was locked out of her Apple account minutes after her iPhone was stolen. CEO Mark Zuckerberg is structurally changing Facebook to mimic Instagram. The restructuring — which will likely include layoffs, as Insider reported — is part of Zuck's planned "year of efficiency." 8. iPhone users could soon send iMessages through PCs. These are the best MagSafe battery packs for iPhone users.

☆ At Marc Benioff’s Salesforce, It’s One Big Family—Until Trouble Hits
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Tom Dotan | Katherine Bindley | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Through the sky’s-the-limit boom years, Marc Benioff , the co-founder and chief executive of Salesforce.com Inc., told employees they were bound together like family. In today’s leaner times, he is laying off thousands of them. Since its founding in 1999, the San Francisco-based business-software company has grown fast and spent big. Salesforce put its name on skyscrapers in San Francisco, Tokyo, London and New York City and, according to people familiar with the arrangement, agreed to pay actor Matthew McConaughey more than $10 million a year to be a creative adviser and TV pitchman. Mr. Benioff added around 30,000 employees from the start of 2020 until the end of last year, roughly a 60% increase.

☆ Salesforce has been reportedly paying Matthew McConaughey $10 million a year to act as a 'creative adviser' despite laying off 8,000 employees last month
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-28 | by ( Lakshmi Varanasi | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Salesforce reportedly struck a deal with the actor Matthew McConaughey, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company reportedly agreed to pay McConaughey $10 million a year to serve as creative advisor and TV pitchman. McConaughey starred in an ad Salesforce ran during the 2022 Super Bowl donning an astronaut suit. But the cloud-based software company may still be paying millions to harness the star power of actor Matthew McConaughey. Salesforce reportedly agreed to pay McConaughey $10 million a year to serve as its "creative advisor and TV pitchman," The Wall Street Journal said Tuesday, citing people familiar with the arrangement.

☆ Woody Harrelson Can Play Anyone. It’s Being Himself That’s Hard.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( David Marchese | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +17 min

“I’m an A personality and a B facade,” says Woody Harrelson, and that’s as good an explanation for his charm and success as you’re likely to find. I don’t know. I could go hang off one of those big mountaintop-remover coal things, but that’s not going to stop it. I meet with the director, and I’m going to do it — they’re making it for like $500,000 — then the guy just goes with someone else! I have a gluttonous side, and I know that’s not going to help me be a spiritually better person.

☆ CEO Satya Nadella prepares Microsoft for an epic bounce-back
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Diamond Naga Siu | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jumpman, jumpman, jumpman, Nadella's up to something (cloud). Microsoft reported earnings on Tuesday, and its cloud growth is slowing down. But CEO Satya Nadella shared his plan for how Microsoft can rebound with the economy. But Microsoft sees this as an opportunity to assist customers with stretching their IT dollars. Email dsiu@insider.com or tweet @diamondnagasiu) Edited by Matt Weinberger (tweet @gamoid) in San Francisco and Hallam Bullock (tweet @hallam_bullock) in London.

☆ Actor Matthew McConaughey and musician Will.i.am are often involved in company strategy discussions at Salesforce, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Matthew McConaughey and Will.i.am have taken part in corporate strategy discussions at Salesforce, the FT reported. The FT reported, citing a source familiar with the matter, that actor McConaughey and musician and producer Will.i.am are often included in business conversations. McConaughey, meanwhile, has been heavily involved in Salesforce's advertising in recent years, including appearing in its 2022 Super Bowl commercial. According to a different source cited by the FT, McConaughey and Will.i.am are only involved in informal conversations in the business, not meetings around corporate strategy. Salesforce did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider about Will.i.am and McConaughey's apparent involvement in corporate discussions.

☆ 3 tips on negotiating from Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer: 'I always get a raise'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-18 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Oscar-winner Octavia Spencer recently discussed her pay negotiation tactics in an interview. Spencer has been a vocal advocate of equal pay for women of color in Hollywood. Her perspective has remained straightforward on the topic: "Women and women of color have always lagged. While acknowledging that some negotiating is always necessary because, "Nobody's going to offer you what you're worth," she said, "I'm also not that negotiator who's going to go back and forth. If you can't come up to my price, there are so many other people that you can go to who probably will accept what you're offering.

☆ Dwayne Johnson says running for president is ‘off the table’
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-07 | by ( Kelly Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Many were hoping Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson could be a potential rock for America, but instead, the beloved actor and businessman intends to be a rock for his daughters. A bid for president is “off the table,” Johnson told Tracey Smith with CBS News Sunday Morning. Dwayne Johnson poses during the black carpet for the "Black Adam" Fan Event at Museo Anahuacalli on October 03, 2022 in Mexico City. Hector Vivas/Getty Images South America/Getty ImagesAdmired the world over, one poll from 2021 found 58% of Americans would have liked to see Johnson as the next president of the United States. In the same poll, 58% said they would support actor Matthew McConaughey.

☆ Matthew McConaughey shares what his parents taught him about consent
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Matthew McConaughey says his father helped teach him about the concept of consent. During a recently published episode of Amanda de Cadenet’s “The Conversation: About the Men” podcast, the actor talked about how his parents instructed him about healthy sexual relationships. “I had been taught, been guided by my parents about respect for a woman, respect for the relationship, respect for sexual intimacy, respect for space,” he said. “And he goes, ‘Well, it’s gonna go further than that one day. “After that, I got to have some healthy sexual relations,” McConaughey said.

☆ Actorul Matthew McConaughey este favorit să devină guvernator al statului Texas, conform sondajelor
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-20 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesActorul Matthew McConaughey este favorit să devină guvernator al statului Texas, conform sondajelorMatthew McConaughey, celebrul actor câștigător de Oscar, este favorit să devină noul guvernator al statului american Texas, conform unui sondaj realizat pentru Universitatea Texas de ziarul The Dallas Morning News. Conform acestuia, actorul american ar beneficia de susținerea a 45% dintre alegătorii înregistrați, actualul guvernator republican fiind creditat cu doar 33%. În luna martie, actorul a spus în cadrul unui interviu podcast că „ia în considerare” o posibilă candidatură la șefia executivului texan. McConaughey a mai speculat pe tema unei candidatura politice la alegerile din noiembrie 2020, însă ulterior a respins ideea în emisiunea „The Late Show” al lui Stephen Colbert. Republicanul Gregg Abbott a fost ales guvernator în 2014 şi a fost reales în 2018.

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☆ I moved my family from California to Austin, Texas, and regretted it. Here are 10 things to consider before making an expensive mistake.
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Brett Alder | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +21 min

Brett Alder moved to Austin, Texas, for work and regrets the choice. A lot of people, including myself, move from California to Austin because of the hype and the perception that California and Austin are reasonably comparable in lifestyle. Water: Water is also shockingly expensive. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies. Expensive pool maintenance, expensive landscaping services, expensive home repairs, expensive dining and movies.

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