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☆ Ryan Reynolds' personal trainer shares how the 47-year-old actor got in shape for 'Deadpool & Wolverine' while keeping longevity in mind
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Rachel Hosie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewRyan Reynolds is back as Deadpool, this time alongside joke frenemy Hugh Jackman, for "Deadpool & Wolverine." To prepare for the action-packed movie, Reynolds worked with Don Saladino, his personal trainer of 15 years. Related storiesThursday and Friday featured similar exercises to Monday and Tuesday, but different sets and reps. "If you were to line up all the meals that he had during the day, I wanted them to look different, to have different textures. Reynolds focuses on longevitySaladino has always focused on resilience and longevity, and Reynolds has embraced that more over time, the trainer said.

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☆ Parisian Airbnb hosts are raking it in this summer as hotels suffer
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Many will stay in the French capital's tens of thousands of hotel rooms, but many others are opting for short-term rentals, including Airbnbs. There are 44% more short-term rentals listed in Paris than there were last summer, according to AirDNA, a collector of industry data. The French capital had the fastest-growing short-term rental market in the EU over the last year, according to Lighthouse, a firm that analyzes the hotel market. National lawmakers are also poised to raise taxes on income from short-term rentals as a way to encourage homeowners to rent out their properties long-term. Airbnb, which dominates the short-term rental market in France, has leveraged the Olympics to expand its roster of hosts and guests in France.

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☆ Taylor Swift subtly let slip she's the godmother of Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively's kids while praising the new 'Deadpool' movie
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Callie Ahlgrim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Taylor Swift shared an Instagram story to promote the new movie "Deadpool & Wolverine." Swift is close friends with Blake Lively and her husband, "Deadpool" star Ryan Reynolds. In her post, Swift described Reynolds and Lively's children as her godkids. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Swift is close friends with Blake Lively and her husband, Ryan Reynolds, who plays Marvel's "merc with a mouth" and costars in the new movie alongside Hugh Jackman.

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☆ I used to explore abandoned places as a kid. When I started exploring them again as an adult, I made a career out of it.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Blake Pfeil | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAs a kid who dreamed of being a professional artist, I spent hours at an abandoned dairy farm near my childhood home. After the dairy farm burned down, it slowly faded from my memory. The practice of exploring abandoned spaces calmed the symptoms of what eventually became a cyclothymia diagnosis — a rare mood disorder — much later in life. As I got older and moved away, my childhood fascination with abandoned spaces almost vanished completely. I lay in bed, thinking about the abandoned dairy farm, and I wondered if there were any abandoned buildings near where I live in the Hudson Valley, New York.

Persons: —, I've, I'd, Blake Pfeil Organizations: Service, Business Locations: Hudson Valley , New York

☆ He Was an Online Drug Lord. Now He’s a Crypto Entrepreneur.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Ryan Mac | Kashmir Hill | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At a cryptocurrency convention in Austin in May, Blake Emerson Benthall hustled for investor money alongside scores of other entrepreneurs. But none of them, it is safe to say, could pitch their experience as the leader of a multimillion-dollar criminal drug enterprise. In the convention’s “Deal Flow Zone,” Mr. Benthall, 5-foot-4, cleanshaven and wearing a gray tee with his start-up’s logo, turned his laptop around at a lunch table and began giving his spiel to a bespectacled potential investor. “I’m a lifelong entrepreneur,” Mr. Benthall said as he clicked through a presentation that detailed how he had run Silk Road 2.0, the second iteration of the infamous online bazaar where 1.7 million anonymous customers signed up and used Bitcoin to buy methamphetamine, heroin and other illegal substances. and the years he spent in the punitive employ of the federal government.

Persons: Blake Emerson Benthall hustled, Mr, Benthall, “ I’m, ” Mr Locations: Austin

☆ Gigi Hadid’s midriff baring triangle top revives a 2000s classic
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Famously worn by Beyoncé and Jennifer Aniston, the triangle top was inherently Brat two decades before “Brat girl summer” was officially coined. The triangle spawned offshoots too — its sister, the scarf top, was suggestively tied into a bra by Christina Aguilera. Gigi Hadid, on the red (and yellow) "Deadpool and Wolverine" carpet with friend Blake Lively, who wore a red catsuit with lace embellishment by Versace. Emily Ratajowski, Bella Hadid and Sydney Sweeney have all worn variations on the style, with Kylie Jenner repping the same Miu Miu top and skirt set as Hadid’s in black last month. Though triangle tops are meant to seem easy and breezy, they can be a nuisance for small and large breasts alike; they’re also impractical anywhere there’s wind or an air conditioner.

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☆ Ryan Reynolds — who has 4 kids with Blake Lively — says he wants more: 'The more the merrier'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Ryan Reynolds has four kids with Blake Lively — and he wants more. "As many little heartbeats as possible, just running around, wrecking stuff in the house. AdvertisementRyan Reynolds says four kids with Blake Lively may not be enough. As many little heartbeats as possible, just running around, wrecking stuff in the house. Reynolds and Lively married in 2012 and have four children : James, 9; Inez, 7; Betty, 4; and a one-year-old they have yet to reveal the name of.

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☆ Harry Connick Jr. says he and his wife of 30 years have 'no rules' in their marriage
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Amanda Goh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThree-time Grammy Award-winning musician Harry Connick Jr. says he and his wife don't live by any rules in their marriage. "We trust each other, we love each other, we communicate," Connick Jr. told People. Advertisement"Certain things that work for us may not work for other people, but we're not too big on rules," Connick Jr. said. Related storiesOther celebrities, in addition to Connick Jr., have spoken about how they keep their relationships strong. A representative for Connick Jr. did not immediately respond to a request for comment from BI sent outside regular business hours.

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☆ Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds have been together for over 10 years. Here's a timeline of their relationship.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Jessica Booth | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

July 2021: Reynolds shared more about when he made the first move. Ryan Reynolds said he was "begging" Blake Lively to sleep with him. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images"I met Blake on the darkest crease in the anus of the universe called 'Green Lantern,'" Reynolds recalled on the "SmartLess" podcast in July 2021, per HollywoodLife. He said he made the first move when they were both going on a train to Boston. "Next thing you know, she was going to Boston, I was going to Boston and I said, 'Well, I'll ride with you,'" he said.

Persons: Reynolds, Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Frazer Harrison, Blake Locations: Boston

☆ We moved our family to Florida for my husband's job. It ruined our marriage — and I'm back in Ohio with the kids.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-19 | by ( Candace Powell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewI've moved a lot throughout my life — across town, down the road, and from one state to another. But one move, from Ohio to Florida, cost me my husband of nearly 11 years. My husband's job required him to leave right away — three months before the kids and I could. AdvertisementBy the time we could join him, he'd already created a life for himself and seemed fully immersed in Florida culture. Three months after returning to Ohio, my husband, whom I'd been with for 14 years, packed his bags and moved out.

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☆ What we know about Usha Vance's politics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-17 | by ( Alice Tecotzky | Joshua Nelken-Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Read previewUsha Vance's classmates at Yale Law School didn't know much about her politics. Less obvious, however, is Usha Vance's political orientation and relationship to the newfound national spotlight. In 2022, two colleagues at the firm described Usha Vance as liberal or moderate to The Times. When JD Vance was himself running for Senate, Usha Vance appeared in his very first campaign ad, sitting in front of a bookshelf and talking about their three children. AdvertisementWhile Usha Vance's political orientations and interest in life as a national figure remain foggy, her devotion to her husband has seemed strong since her days at Yale Law School.

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☆ Amazon cracks down on 'coffee badging' employees by tracking individual hours spent in the office
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-16 | by ( Eugene Kim | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewAmazon is now monitoring the hours corporate employees spend in the office. This move is intended to crack down on people who are trying to skirt the company's return-to-office policy, Business Insider has learned. Coffee badging refers to employees who badge in, get coffee, and leave the office shortly to satisfy their return-to-office mandate. 'Like high school students'Many Amazon employees shared their frustrations with the new mandate, the Slack messages showed. One person wrote that people will act like high-school students "if you treat employees like high school students."

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☆ Why some women stay in religious groups that don’t let them become leaders
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( John Blake | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

“It hurt,” says Muse, the executive pastor of Hayes Barton Baptist Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Nikki Hardeman, of Atlanta, an advocacy director for Baptist Women in Ministry, left, Meredith Stone, executive director of Baptist Women in Ministry, center, and Christa Brown, an advocate for survivors of sexual abuse and a supporter of the Baptist Women in Ministry, protest outside the venue of a Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting on June 11, 2024, in Indianapolis. Some Southern Baptist leaders, for example, say they do not oppose women running for political office. And yet millions of women still give their time and money to church groups that won’t allow them to lead men. Meredith Stone, executive director of Baptist Women in Ministry, a group that works with the SBC and other Baptist groups.

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☆ A US warship's Red Sea battle with the Houthis years ago helped the Navy ready for round two, its captain says
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-15 | by ( Jake Epstein | ) 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. Unlike some other ships, the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer battled the Houthis years before they started targeting merchant shipping lanes in what has become a monthslong campaign. The Mason's commanding officer says that earlier fight helped the Navy prepare for its latest clash with the Iran-backed rebels. AdvertisementDuring its exhausting deployment, the Mason intercepted a number of Houthi drones and missiles — including some fired at the destroyer. Though long in various arsenals, these weapons had never seen combat until the Houthis launched them in late 2023.

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☆ A photo of a bloodied Trump raising his fist after being shot has already become the defining image of his reelection bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Hannah Abraham | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A photograph of President Donald Trump raising his fist in defiance after he was shot at his rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday has already become the most iconic image of his reelection among Republicans. Donald Trump Jr. posted the image on X with the caption, "He'll never stop fighting to Save America." Related storiesFlorida Senator Marco Rubio shared both of their posts, before sharing the photo again with the caption, "God protected President Trump." Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy echoed his sentiments, sharing the photo with a similar caption: "Grateful to President Trump for his sacrifice. "We learned one very important thing tonight — President Donald Trump is willing to die for this country.

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☆ Insider Today: Trump survives shooting
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-14 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. The world is waking up in shock this morning after former President Trump survived a shooting at a rally in Pennsylvania. Steve Granitz/FilmMagic; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BINot all self-driving cars are created equalTesla employees say they were told to prioritize data from self-driving cars belonging to Elon Musk and other VIPs. AdvertisementCompanies are using AI to mine users' data, in order to determine and charge the highest price you're willing to pay. Advertisement— Michael Guan, CEO and cofounder of Final Round AI, whose AI "magical teleprompter" can help people ace job interviews.

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☆ What we can expect from 'Captain America 4: Brave New World'
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-12 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Julius Onah will direct the fourth Cap film, "Captain America: Brave New World" (previously titled "New World Order"). AdvertisementAnthony Mackie will be joined by familiar faces from the MCU and new additionsMackie, Carl Lumbly, and Danny Ramirez star in "Captain America: Brave New World, directed by Julius Onah. AdvertisementGiancarlo Esposito will make his MCU debut as a villainGiancarlo Esposito plays a mysterious, villainous character in "Captain America: Brave New World." 'Captain America: Brave New World' is set for release on February 14, 2025Harrison Ford and Anthony Mackie costar in "Captain America: Brave New World." Then in May, The Hollywood Reporter said that "Brave New World" would undergo reshoots over the course of 22 days.

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☆ Trump and his potential VP are at odds over this nasty GOP House primary
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-10 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Blake Masters and Abe Hamadeh are in the midst of a nasty primary for a House seat in Arizona. Sen. JD Vance, a potential Trump VP pick, has endorsed Masters. AdvertisementAs Donald Trump prepares to announce his vice presidential nominee at the Republican National Convention next week, the former president seems to have found a potential favorite: Sen. JD Vance of Ohio. "It looks good," Trump said of Vance's signature beard on Fox News radio on Wednesday morning. According to various media reports, Vance, Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, and Gov.

Persons: Blake Masters, Abe Hamadeh, Sen, JD Vance, Masters, Trump, Hamadeh, Vance, —, Donald Trump, Ohio, Abraham Lincoln, Marco Rubio, Doug Burgum Organizations: Trump VP, Service, Republican National Convention, Fox News, Business Locations: Arizona, Marco Rubio of Florida, North Dakota

☆ What the rest of hurricane season could hold after Beryl made early-season history
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Mary Gilbert | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Collin Reid/AP A boat damaged by Hurricane Beryl lies on its side at a dock in Kingston on Thursday. Leo Hudson/AP Simone Francis gathers items from her home that were blown away by Hurricane Beryl in Old Harbor, Jamaica, on Thursday. Ricardo Hernandez/AP Pastor Winston Alleyne clears trees felled by Hurricane Beryl in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on July 2. Lucanus Ollivierre/AP Fishing boats, damaged by Hurricane Beryl, sit in a heap at the Bridgetown Fisheries in Barbados on July 1. Randy Brooks/AFP/Getty Images Brad Reinhart, senior hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center in Miami, tracks Hurricane Beryl on July 1.

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☆ The US Navy ousted the commanding officer of USS Hershel Williams two months after the tanker-like sea base ran aground in Africa
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Konstantin Toropin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewThe Navy has relieved the commanding officer of the expeditionary mobile base ship USS Hershel "Woody" Williams two months after the vessel briefly ran aground outside the African country of Gabon, a Navy statement announced Monday. Michael Concannon will assume the duties of interim commanding officer aboard the Williams. Lenard Mitchell, then-commanding officer of USS Hershel "Woody" Williams, delivers remarks during a ceremony in the hangar bay. Geoffry Patterson, then an incoming commanding officer of USS Georgia, salutes Capt. Patrick Clark, outgoing commanding officer during a change of command ceremony in Souda Bay, Crete.

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☆ Mary Katharine Ham on How Online Conservatism Changed - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-09 | by ( Jane Coaston | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I’ve been on Twitter (now X) since June 2008, meaning that I’ve spent 16 years on the platform. And while many of the most “online” candidates lose in real-life elections (Blake Masters in the 2022 Arizona Senate race, for one), why they garner so much support in the first place is worth contemplating. What is it about the purity spiral of the online right — partisans playing to the most intense parts of the online base, continually trying to prove their conservative bona fides — that thrives despite real-world losses? Mary Katharine Ham is a commentator for Fox News who has been very online and immersed in social media politics just as long as I have. So I spoke with her about the online right — its real-world wins and losses and what the point of being an online conservative influencer is in the first place, especially for women.

Persons: I’ve, “, Blake Masters, Mary Katharine Ham Organizations: Twitter, Arizona Senate, Fox News

☆ Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce: A timeline honoring the one year anniversary of him tackling her heart
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

CNN —Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift’s love affair is “so high school” in the best way. Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are besties as well as teammates. I’ve never dealt with it,” Kelce told the publication of Swift’s life in the spotlight. I especially love football because my boys have been doing it for so long,” Donna Kelce told CNN at the time. Taylor Swift is joined on stage by Travis Kelce during an Eras Tour performance at Wembley Stadium in London on June 23.

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☆ The Arizona primary where the MAGA movement is devouring itself
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-08 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +18 min

"He is running a very bigoted race," Hamadeh told me of Masters, "and MAGA and the America First movement is bigger than that." An anti-Hamadeh yard sign, paid for by the Masters campaign, beside one of Hamadeh's own signs in the 8th district. "This guy, he lost against Mark Kelly because he's a weirdo," Hamadeh told me. "I think that warrants some investigative journalism," Hamadeh told me. "I can't vote for you," one woman, apparently not a prospective constituent, told Hamadeh as she shook hands with him after the event, "but I'll give you a donation."

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☆ Critics roasted LVMH for spending big on Tiffany. 4 years later, the bet doesn't look so bad.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-06 | by ( Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

When luxury giant LVMH shelled out $15.8 billion for storied jewelry company Tiffany in 2021, it faced outsize expectations. On the luxury resale site The RealReal, Tiffany is the most-searched jewelry brand of 2024 so far. Meanwhile at Tiffany, LVMH is using a team of Cartier veterans. Growing pains have tarnished TiffanyBut reviving a luxury brand isn't easy, and investors have been murmuring that Tiffany's turnaround hasn't met expectations. "When you go into a Tiffany store, you're going to expect to have that amazing experience in customer service."

Persons: —, Blake Lively, Gabrielle Union, Hailey, Katy Perry, Tiffany, That's, haven't, Bernard Arnault, they're, Cartier, it's, — hasn't, Arnault, Abraham Lincoln, Mary Todd, Theodore Roosevelt, LVMH, Fflur Roberts, HSBC's Rambourg, Cindy Ord, Rambourg, Bernard Arnault's baguette, Euromonitor's Roberts, Bulgari, Jelena Sokolova, Morningstar, China —, Roberts, Jeremy Moeller, Vierig, It's, Van, Taylor Swift, Chiara Battistini, " Roberts, There's, Battistini, Audrey Hepburn, — it's, LVMH's Tiffany, Hailey Bieber, Taylor Hill, Sokolova, I'm Organizations: Service, Business, LVMH's, HSBC, Bloomberg, Getty, Cartier, Fifth, Nike, McKinsey Locations: Manhattan, China, Asia, Paris, Tiffany, influencers, LVMH's

☆ Influencers have changed the ad industry. Now what?
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-04 | by ( Gaelle Legrand | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Commercial playsTania Bryer: In 1994, it was considered groundbreaking – using an ad to flip gender roles on their head. They're somehow interacting with brands through the prism of influencers, and it gives them a way to talk back. Tania Bryer: A 2019 Edelman study revealed that consumers' trust in the brands they purchase from had declined, but trust in influencers was up. Tania Bryer: And Chawawa says that trust also extends to the type of influencer brands work with. Tania Bryer: And while that may be convenient for brands, creator economy strategist Jamie Gutfreund says it can hurt influencers.

Persons: Tania Bryer, Munya Chawawa, Instagram, Munya, Richard Edelman, Edelman, They're, Joe Gagliese, There's, that's, it's, TikTok, Blake Chandlee, Goldman Sachs, You've, I've, copywriters, Emily, Jamie Gutfreund, influencers Organizations: YouTube, Trust, influencers Locations: influencers, Paris

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