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☆ Don’t Stop Believin’? Considering a TV Golden Age, 10 Years Later
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-19 | by ( Marc Tracy | More About Marc Tracy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Was there one show that provoked you to write the book? It felt extremely daring in being one of the first shows where 9/11 was being treated in a fully rounded way. Have any of the shows in the book not stood up as much as you expected? Quite the opposite: The shows you think might have been dated have proven riveting in ways they maybe weren’t even when they were on. Not surprisingly, because the book ends making the point that one doesn’t have to be that difficult to create these wonderful shows.

Persons: ”, Tony Soprano, Walter White, Vince Gilligan Organizations: Teamsters, HBO Locations: America

☆ Melissa Etheridge Is Ready to Rewatch ‘Barbie’
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Sarah Bahr | More About Sarah Bahr | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

5Esther HicksWhen I went through cancer 19 years ago, it was a big wake-up call about health and life. 6My Gibson Chuck Berry 1970s ES-355 Replica Murphy Lab GuitarI recently went down to Nashville with my band and my crew, and we all went to the Gibson Garage. I have to have it.” I think I’ll use it in the last few numbers of the show. It started 20 years ago when I was undergoing chemotherapy and didn’t have the energy to do anything else. I saw “Barbie” on the road recently at a dine-in theater in Lexington, Ky.

Persons: Esther Hicks, Gibson Chuck Berry, Taylor Swift, Barbie ” Organizations: Gibson Locations: Nashville, New York City, Washington Square, Chicago, Kansas City, Westlake, Lexington, Ky

☆ Apple's iPhone 15 can capture 'spatial video' to rewatch on Vision Pro headset
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

In this videoShare Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailApple's iPhone 15 can capture 'spatial video' to rewatch on Vision Pro headsetApple holds its most important launch event of the year on Tuesday at its headquarters in Cupertino, California.

Organizations: Vision, Apple Locations: Cupertino , California

☆ Kody Brown's 18 children have grown up on 'Sister Wives.' Here's a look at their lives today.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-27 | by ( Esme Mazzeo | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

TLCKody Brown's 18 children have grown up on "Sister Wives." Here's everything we know about the lives of Kody Brown's kids today, from their careers to their marital statuses and beyond. She expressed a love for fashion on "Sister Wives," and enrolled in UNLV in 2015, but dropped out in 2016. In a 2022 episode of "Sister Wives," Ysabel revealed just how close she and her mom were after her parents split up. Truely Brown, 13Truely Brown is Christine and Kody's youngest daughter and the first Brown child born after "Sister Wives" began filming.

Persons: Janelle, Christine, Robyn, Meri Brown, Garrison Brown, —, Kody Brown, Kody, Logan Brown, Janelle Brown, He's, Brown, Logan, Michelle Petty, Aspyn Thompson, neé Brown, Christine Brown, Mitch Thompson, Aspyn, Thompson, Kendra Scott, Leon Brown, Instagram, Leon, Audrey Kriss, Madison Brush, Madison, Kody's, Caleb Brush, Maddie, Axel, Evangalynn, Evie, Josephine, Mykelti, Antonio, Tony, Padron, Avalon, Archer, Hunter Brown, Hunter, Audrey Hubert, She's, Paedon Brown, John Yates, Robert Garrison Brown, Garrison, Gabe, David Preston, Dayton, Robyn Brown, David Jessop, Meri, Paedon, Yates, Gabriel Brown, Gwendlyn Queiroz, Gwendlyn, Beatriz Queiroz, Aurora Brown, Ysabel Brown, Per, Ysabel, Breanna Brown, Breanna, Savanah Brown, Truely Brown, Truely, Solomon Brown, Ariella Brown Organizations: Service, American, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, UNLV, Loyola University, Entertainment, Air Force, Air Force Academy, Johns Hopkins University, Utah National Guard, National Guard, NBC, Police, LinkedIn, Northern Arizona University, YouTube, University of Utah, Madison Locations: Arizona, StartUpNV, Nevada, Utah, Salt Lake City , Utah, Las, Salt Lake City, Chicago, Avalon, Las Vegas, Flagstaff , Arizona, Rome, Italy, Dayton, Europe, North Carolina, Christine

☆ Tens of thousands expected for March on Washington’s 60th anniversary demonstration
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Martin Luther King III, along with his wife, Arndrea Waters King, and their 15-year-old daughter, Yolanda, have developed a set of traditions for this time of the year. The original march, which featured their father as a centerpiece, helped till the ground for passage of federal civil rights and voting rights legislation in the 1960s. "What we know is when people stand up, the difference can be made," Martin Luther King III told The Associated Press in an interview ahead of Saturday. Twenty three years ago, she introduced Sharpton and Martin Luther King III at a 37th anniversary march and urged them to carry on the legacy. And the voting rights marches from Montgomery to Selma, Alabama, in which marchers were brutally beaten while crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in what became known as "Bloody Sunday," forced Congress to adopt the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

Persons: Martin Luther King, Martin Luther King III, Arndrea Waters, Yolanda, Martin Luther King Jr, Arndrea, Kings ', Bernice King, We've, Bernice, Jr, Andrew Young, King, U.N, General Merrick Garland, Kristen Clarke, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Biden, Al Sharpton, Coretta Scott King, Sharpton, Martin, we've, Edmund Pettus, there's, didn't Organizations: Washington, Lincoln Memorial, Washington DC, Jobs, Kings, Major Institute, National Action, Supreme, Associated Press, NAACP, National Urban League, White, National Action Network, Nonviolent, Vigilance, Baptist, Civil Locations: Washington, Atlanta, Birmingham , Alabama, Neshoba County , Mississippi, Montgomery, Selma , Alabama

☆ Women’s World Cup: Japan Rolls and England Gets By
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( Claire Fahy | The New York Times | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

Japan wants to get back in the contender conversation after last reaching a World Cup quarterfinal in 2015, and started with a dominant win Saturday against Zambia. England vs. Haiti Aside from the United States, England may be facing the greatest expectations of any team in the tournament. But some of those names are missing from England’s current World Cup roster, after the Euro captain Leah Williamson and the star forward Beth Mead both tore anterior cruciate ligaments. At the 2019 World Cup, the team lost to Italy in the round of 16, a stage it hopes to reach again this year, unlikely as that is. According to their coach, Shui Qingxia, the Chinese are looking at this World Cup as an opportunity to reintroduce themselves to the world stage.

Persons: Alessia Russo, Kethna Louis of, Darren England, aly, ake, ove, C Organizations: Zambia, Haiti, European, Japan, WIN, JAPAN Locations: United States, Vietnam, Japan, England, Kethna Louis of Haiti, Shutterstock Denmark, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Haiti, Zambia, Japan Japan

☆ Christopher Eubanks hoping to ‘ride this momentum out’ after his dream Wimbledon run comes to an end
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-13 | by ( George Ramsay | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Christopher Eubanks’ thrilling run at Wimbledon has come to an end, but the American tennis star wants to keep riding the wave of his recent success. “I’m just enjoying myself,” Eubanks told reporters as his improbable run came to an end. “I’m having a great time. “I’m going to continue to try to ride this momentum out. I know that comes with the game style, and I’m okay with that.”Eubanks and Medvedev shake hands after their entertaining Wimbledon encounter.

Persons: Christopher Eubanks, Eubanks ’, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Cameron Norrie, Daniil Medvedev, “ I’m, ” Eubanks, “, I’m, Susan Mullane, Reuters Eubanks, ”, Eubanks, Medvedev, Glyn Kirk, ’ ”, It’s, I’ll Organizations: CNN, Wimbledon, Tennis, Medvedev, Reuters, ATP, Getty Locations: American, Mallorca, AFP

☆ A Bravo-obsessed Instagram account and podcast notched its biggest growth month ever amid 'Vanderpump Rules' #Scandoval. Here's its plan to keep the momentum going as the drama winds down.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-22 | by ( Ashley Rodriguez | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The most explosive season of Bravo's "Vanderpump Rules" ended last week. The world of "Vanderpump Rules" was rocked in March when longtime cast member Ariana Madix discovered her partner of nine years, Tom Sandoval, had been having an affair with one of her close friends, Raquel Leviss. One Bravo-focused account seized the #Scandoval moment and gained 44,000 Instagram followersBravo by Betches, an Instagram account devoted to all things Bravo from Betches Media, had its biggest growth month ever during March. While growth has slowed since peak #Scandoval, the women's media company has managed to sustain some of the Vanderpump bump. Before #Scandoval, the audience for "Vanderpump Rules" had been waning and Bravo by Betches wasn't posting about the show as much.

Persons: Betches, Ariana Madix, Tom Sandoval, Raquel Leviss, dishing, Bravo, Madix, Sami Sage, Daisy Kelliher, Dylan Hafer, —, It's, lt's, Hafer Organizations: Bravo, Betches, Betches Media, Apple, Housewives, New Locations: Orange County, New York

☆ How audio startup PodCo is cashing in on Disney and Nickelodeon nostalgia with podcasts hosted by the stars of shows like 'Wizards of Waverly Place'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

PodCo produces podcasts themed around Nickelodeon and Disney Channel shows from the past two decades. Since their debut, several PodCo shows have ranked among the top 10 television and film podcasts on platforms like Spotify and Apple Podcasts, according to Chartable. Along with the hosts, other big-name alums have made appearances on PodCo shows, which are also recorded on video and viewable on YouTube. So when he heard Carlson Romano and Rooney's idea, he leapt at the chance to bring the show back in a new form. Some have written to him personally to say the "Ned's" podcast is leaving them feeling less isolated in their own lives, he added.

Persons: Stevens, Christy Carlson Romano, Brendan Rooney, Kim, Ned Bigby, Harper Finkle, PodCo, Rooney, Krystal Eve, Carlson Romano, Ren Stevens, Jenna Fischer, Angela Kinsey, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Stone, David DeLuise, Stone, Lee Citron, Stone —, California —, —, it's, wouldn't, Alyson Stoner, Zack, Cody, Devon Werkheiser, Werkheiser, Scott Simock, PodCo's, Reed Alexander Organizations: Nickelodeon, Disney Channel, Wizards, Marine Corps, Columbia University, American Film Institute, Apple, PodCo, Edison Research, Triton, Intelligence, Disney, Paramount, Netflix, YouTube, Social, Spotify Locations: Waverly, Hollywood, NBC's, California, TikTok, Texas

☆ 'Jurassic Park' still has bite at 30, and here's why
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-09 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —It’s been 30 years since Steven Spielberg’s dinosaurs stampeded across the screen in the first “Jurassic Park,” but it feels more recent. Admittedly, I was the exact target audience for this creature feature, and even though I was already somewhat of a self-taught critic (note the aforementioned mouthiness), I was awed by what I saw that summer three decades ago, and my impressions of “Jurassic Park” remain to this day. Joseph Mazzello in "Jurassic Park." Laura Dern, Sam Neill and Joseph Mazzello in "Jurassic Park." Add to that the amazing and meme-worthy smaller performances from Samuel L. Jackson (“Hold onto your butts!”), Wayne Knight (“Ah ah ah!

Persons: CNN — It’s, Steven Spielberg’s, Rex, Martin Ferrero, ”, Joseph Mazzello, dino, Kong ”, Ian Malcolm, Jeff Goldblum, Michael Crichton’s, Spielberg, John Williams, Laura Dern, Sam Neill, Goldblum, there’s Laura Dern, Sigourney Weaver, Sam Neill –, Samuel L, Jackson, Wayne Knight, Bob Peck, “, you’ve Organizations: CNN, Titans, Marvel

☆ I was an English major in college and now I lead a data analytics team. Here are 3 ways I became a 'numbers person.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-05 | by ( Navah Maynard | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AVERAGE - Calculates the average of a set of values that are manually input or from a cell range. MEDIAN - Calculates the median of a set of values that are manually input or from a cell range. SUMIF - Calculates the total value from a cell range only including the values that match the conditional logic that you set. COUNTIF - Counts the numbers of cells from a cell range only if it meets the criteria that you set. FILTER - Returns only the rows of a cell range that meets the criteria that you set.

Persons: —, I've, Ben Collins, You've, It's Organizations: Service, Microsoft, Google Locations: English

☆ 'Succession' is over, so now what?
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-03 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Viewers of “Succession” are mourning as the series came to a dramatic close after four seasons, leaving Sunday nights with an empty space to fill. If you loved “Succession,” here are just a few other shows you might enjoy. HBO Max“The Righteous Gemstones”(From left) Edi Patterson, Danny McBride and Adam Devine in "The Righteous Gemstones." “The Righteous Gemstones” is streaming on Max, which is owned on CNN’s parent company. Jeff Neumann/ShowtimeAnother drama similar to “Succession,” “Billions” will also give you your rich-people-behaving-badly fix.

Persons: Roy, HBO Max “, Patterson, Danny McBride, Adam Devine, Ryan Green, it’s, “, Paul Giamatti, Chuck Rhoades, Corey Stoll, Michael, Mike, Prince, Jeff Neumann, ”, Damian Lewis, Bobby Axelrod, Kevin Costner, Kevin Lynch, Dutton, … Sia, Christopher Polk, Sia, I’ve, ’ ”, Count, Maddie Ziegler, Marcelo Hernandez, Taylor Hawkins, Can’t, … Wanda Sykes, Wanda Sykes, I’m Organizations: CNN, HBO, Showtime, Justice Department, Paramount, Yellowstone, Paramount Network, Dolby Theatre, NBC, NBCU, Bank, Getty, Singer, “, Foo, Lollapalooza, Parque Bicentenario Cerrillos, Foo Fighters, Netflix Locations: Yellowstone, “, ”, Montana, Los Angeles , California, Lollapalooza Chile, Santiago , Chile, America

☆ Inside PodCo, the startup cashing in on Nickelodeon and Disney nostalgia, drawing hundreds of thousands of listeners, and scoring brand deals with stars of shows like 'Wizards of Waverly Place'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-18 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"Even Stevens" star Christy Carlson Romano and her husband, Brendan Rooney, founded the startup. Since their debut, several PodCo shows have ranked among the top 10 television and film podcasts on platforms like Apple Podcasts, according to Chartable. Along with the hosts, other big-name alums have made appearances on PodCo shows, which are also recorded on video and viewable on YouTube. So when he heard Carlson Romano and Rooney's idea, he leapt at the chance to bring the show back in a new form. Some have written into him personally to say the "Ned's" podcast is leaving them feeling less isolated in their own lives, he added.

☆ Wall Street is empowering its employees to build their own tech tools. But who is keeping track of all this stuff?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A story about training non-tech workers that has nothing to do with ChatGPT? Man Group, a $144 billion investment firm, has a popular training program to get non-tech workers up to speed on coding and data-science. Programs like <develop>, along with the rise of ChatGPT, speak to a wider trend across Wall Street of enabling employees to build their own tools despite not having a background in tech. Empowering people to build their own tools and apps to streamline their work seems great on paper. Read more about how Man Group teaches non-tech workers programming skills that help them save time.

☆ A woman earns nearly $5,000 a month selling pictures and videos of her feet — dirty socks can fetch as much as $500
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Julia Naftulin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Chrissy makes an average of $5,000 each month selling custom videos and photos, plus used socks she mails out. Chrissy told Insider she's been selling photos of her "elegant" size seven feet on the website for three years. That's when I started to explore other options and came across Fun with Feet," Chrissy told Insider. Whenever they see a photo, they want to imagine the person behind that photo," Chrissy told Insider. She said she plans to continue selling feet photos until she gets sick of it, but doesn't anticipate that will be any time soon.

☆ 'I didn't watch Champions League final again until last weekend, it was torture' - Klopp
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LIVERPOOL, England, Feb 20 (Reuters) - Liverpool coach Juergen Klopp conceded that he had not been able to bring himself to rewatch last season's Champions League final defeat by Real Madrid until this past weekend, insisting reliving the experience was "torture". "Different things happened to us with Real Madrid," Klopp told a news conference on Monday. I didn't watch it back until this weekend and I know why I didn't watch it back now, it was proper torture. "We always work so hard for qualifying for the Champions League that I really think you have to cherish these moments. It's Real Madrid.

"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is now streaming exclusively on Disney Plus. Check out the trailer for 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'Though the original "Black Panther'' movie starred Boseman as T'Challa, Boseman does not appear in the sequel. How to watch 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' on Disney PlusYou can watch "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" at home on Disney Plus. How to rent or buy 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever'"Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" is also available for purchase for $20 from digital retailers including Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, and Vudu. Is 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' worth watching?

☆ Q&A with 'That '90s Show' star Kurtwood Smith: 'I was a little insecure on the first episode of "That '70s Show'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-31 | by ( Eboni Boykin-Patterson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Kurtwood Smith played Red Forman on "That '70s Show" and reprised the role for "That '90s Show." Fans who recognize him will often come up and ask him to call them "a dumbass" just like Red would. The idea of Jackie and Fez together is pretty funny. I was a little insecure on the first episode of "That '70s Show," but I got some pretty good laughs out of it, and then it just continued on. I didn't necessarily think, "Oh, I'm pretty funny" — we had great writers on that show, and we have great writers on "That '90s Show."

☆ Microsoft could bring back Clippy, but make him smart
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

New York CNN —This week, Microsoft confirmed it’s planning to invest billions in OpenAI, the company behind the viral new chatbot tool ChatGPT. The prospect of Microsoft, maker of software that people mostly hate, getting involved with ChatGPT, a product people generally like, is raising a lot of eyebrows. Almost immediately, people began joking on social media that ChatGPT could be used to revive the broadly maligned, big-eyed goon known as Clippy. “There is a kernel of truth to the Clippy comparison,” David Lobina, an artificial intelligence analyst at ABI Research, told Sam. All of the above suggestions were generated by asking ChatGPT various forms of the question, “How could Microsoft integrate ChatGPT into its products?”Argh, Samantha, you scamp!

☆ What’s in Our Queue? ‘Never Have I Ever’ and More
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-21 | by ( Shivani Gonzalez | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Podcast: ‘Gilmore Guys’Many of us are prepping for our annual fall rewatch of “Gilmore Girls,” and this podcast is the perfect companion. It is hosted by Kevin Porter, a die-hard fan of the show, and Demi Adejuyigbe, who, before starting the podcast, had never seen an episode. (And in case anyone was wondering, #TeamJess.)

☆ Liz Cheney says Mike Pence was 'essentially the president' on January 6 as Trump refused to send reprieve
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Cheney suggested that Mike Pence was "essentially" the acting president on January 6, 2021. "Testimony that President Trump was the only person who refused to respond to desperate calls for help, even from his own congressional allies. In her speech on Monday, Cheney suggested that Trump's second-in-command, Mike Pence, stepped into his superior's role. "If you watched our hearings closely, you understand that Vice President Mike Pence was essentially the president for most of that day," she said. After Trump assailed Pence on Twitter for refusing to reject Electoral College votes for President Joe Biden, rioters throughout the Capitol began chanting "hang Mike Pence."

☆ Trina McGee, who played Angela on ‘Boy Meets World,’ says she was asked to ‘turn down’ her ‘Black meter’
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-19 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Another “Boy Meets World” mystery was solved during a recent episode of the rewatch podcast, “Pod Meets World.” Trina McGee, who portrayed Angela Moore during the final three seasons of the sitcom, revealed why she wasn’t part of the series finale. She’s somehow taking our light.’ [That] was the gist of it,” said McGee, who played Shawn Hunter’s (Rider Strong) girlfriend on the show. I remember when I was doing ‘Angela’s Ashes’ episode, somehow my Black meter had slipped up and I was at about a 9. Just got her for her hat.’”After the scene, McGee told Friedle his comment referring to her as Aunt Jemima was not okay. McGee recalled feeling “very small,” to which Friedle responded, “How could you not?”“It literally changed my life,” he continued.

☆ Analysis: 'The Handmaid's Tale' gets a new season
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Analysis Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Gone are the days when you had to wait week by week for a hit show's new episodes. Three things to watch'The Handmaid's Tale" Season 5Yvonne Strahovski as Serena Joy Waterford is shown in a scene from the fifth season of "The Handmaid's Tale." 'Atlanta' Season 4Donald Glover as Earnest "Earn" Marks in a scene from season four of "Atlanta." If you watched the show's third season earlier this year, you either loved it or hated it. Death Cab for Cutie "talked about past relationships, failed relationships, our parents' relationships, and relationships that have lasted forever."

☆ How 2 colleges are using NFTs to engage sports fans and help athletes make money from NIL
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Colin Salao | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Colleges like BYU and Syracuse are starting to sell NFTs of their sports teams and athletes. National Research Group said NFTs with real-world utility in sports could change the industry. Unlike the conventional NFTs in the market today, these NFTs also come with real-world benefits. BYU fans storm the field after the team's overtime win over Baylor on September 10, 2022. NRG's study said that sports fans are an ideal market for NFTs, particularly because of the industry's long history of fans purchasing memorabilia.

☆ How To Look Good on Zoom and Other Video Calls
▼ + stars: | 2022-06-09 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +4 min

By Jessica Dodell-FederAt this point in the Great Work From Home Revolution we should all be experts at Zoom. Many of us realize we could probably look (or sound) a little more polished on video calls, but other than raising your camera to eye-level, as The Wall Street Journal newsroom has recommended, what can you do? (For example, as The Wall Street Journal newsroom has reported, when we are anxious, our shoulders may be tense and our jaw clenched.) Look polished: Focus on a few key featuresTo appear professional and fresh-faced on a video call, focus on your skin, says Sharon Chuter, the founder and CEO of the inclusive beauty brand UOMA Beauty. (This video from The Wall Street Journal newsroom illustrates that hard fact.)

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