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☆ Shonda Rhimes thinks people tried too hard to make 'Barbie' a 'feminist manifesto'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Shonda Rhimes said that she thought "Barbie" was a great movie. However, she thinks some people may have overhyped it as a "feminist manifesto." download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementShonda Rhimes said that the "Barbie" movie was "delightful" — but thinks that it might have been overhyped as a feminist masterpiece. Rhimes told Variety that she saw the film at home rather than theaters, and initially declined to comment on whether or not she liked the film.

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☆ The live-action 'Lion King' prequel 'Mufasa' will star both Beyoncé and Blue Ivy — here's everything we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-29 | by ( Kirsten Acuna | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Disney's live-action "The Lion King" remake is getting a prequel in 2024 called "Mufasa: The Lion King." AdvertisementDisney's prequel to its "The Lion King" remake, "Mufasa: The Lion King," has finally gotten its first trailer — and as luck would have it, this film stars Beyoncé too. Here's everything we know about "Mufasa: The Lion King." Timon and Pumbaa are seen in 2019's "The Lion King." "Mufasa: The Lion King" serves as an origin story for Simba's father.

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☆ The 3-way kiss scene in 'Challengers' wasn't in the original script, director says
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Warning: This article contains spoilers for "Challengers," which was released in theaters on April 26. One of the most memorable moments from the tennis drama was not in the original script. The kiss between Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor was a late addition to the story. AdvertisementIt turns out that the three-way kiss scene between Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor was not in the original script for "Challengers." Instead, it seems that the scene from the tennis drama, which was released in theaters on April 26, was added sometime during rehearsals.

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☆ Anne Hathaway hints that the stars are aligning for 'Princess Diaries 3,' but there's no formal announcement yet
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-27 | by ( Katie Balevic | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Anne Hathaway just hinted about a possible sequel to the beloved "Princess Diaries" movies. AdvertisementThe stars may finally be aligning for "Princess Diaries 3" to the thrill and delight of millennials everywhere. In "The Princess Diaries 2: A Royal Engagement," Princess Mia met her match in the handsome Lord Nicholas Devereaux, played by Chris Pine. Asked about "Princess Diaries 3" by The New York Times, she affirmed that things were moving along but again didn't share any details. AdvertisementIn 2019, one fan tweeted that they were "expecting a princess diaries 3 of them ruling genovia while raising their child."

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☆ Ellen DeGeneres spoke about the 'devastating' end of her talk show. Here are all the celebs who have spoken out about their experiences with her.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Julie Gerstein | Palmer Haasch | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

"The Ellen Degeneres Show" ended in May 2022, two years after toxic workplace allegations surfaced. AdvertisementShe was supposed to go out with a bang, but Ellen DeGeneres' much-loved talk show instead went out with a whimper. Even years after the 2020 controversy and ending of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," celebrities like Emily Ratajkowski have continued to question some of her behavior. Garrett, who has appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" multiple times, reshared Variety's article about the comedian's letter apologizing to staffers who felt disrespected. AdvertisementOctavia Spencer said all her experiences on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show' have been 'supportive and fun'The actress, who's appeared on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" numerous times over the years, issued a statement supporting DeGeneres via Instagram on August 13.

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☆ How Serena Williams and Naomi Osaka's controversial 2018 US Open final inspired Zendaya's tennis movie 'Challengers'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewLuca Guadagnino's "Challengers" isn't based on any real tennis players, but an infamous moment from the US Open unintentionally planted the seed for the film's juicy premise. The drama stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a tennis prodigy turned coach whose competitive career ends after an on-court knee injury. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. As the incident unfolded during the second set, with the tournament referee and a WTA supervisor stepping in to assess the situation, Osaka, who grew up idolizing Williams, kept her composure.

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☆ As ‘Alien’ turns 45, those screams still echo through space and time
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-26 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —“In space, no one can hear you scream.”“Alien” premiered with that memorable advertising line in June 1979. I went to see “Alien” on its opening weekend with my older brother, knowing relatively little about it. Driving to the Avco cinemas in Westwood near UCLA, we immediately noticed the long line for tickets wrapping around the theater and heading down the block. Yaphet Kotto, Sigourney Weaver and Ian Holm in "Alien." Yet in the 1970s, with films like “Jaws,” “Star Wars” and “Alien,” they seemed to emerge almost organically, yielding screams, either of delight or horror, that, like those memories, have echoed across space and time.

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☆ ‘Challengers’ review: Zendaya stars in director Luca Guadagnino’s triangle where love means nothing
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —In tennis, “love” means nothing. Back in the present, Tashi is Art’s wife and coach, having lost her own career to a devastating knee injury. Even using the sport as a metaphor, “Challengers” might become a bit of a challenge for those who show up eager to see the principals sweat for different reasons. Because she’s playing more complicated angles, Zendaya’s Tashi is the most interesting character as well as a source of frustration. While the build-up proves effective, the payoff simply feels too precious, in a way that’s particularly unsatisfying.

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☆ ‘Challengers’ Stars Put New Spins (and Slices and Volleys) on the Love Triangle
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Kyle Buchanan | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Can trash talk be a love language? It is in the world of Luca Guadagnino’s new film “Challengers,” which pits two best-friend tennis players, Patrick (Josh O’Connor) and Art (Mike Faist), against each other in a bid to win the heart of the superstar Tashi Duncan (Zendaya). “I find them all really likable and charming — and terrible also,” Zendaya said with a grin. “I wanted to do it because it’s brilliant,” she said. “It’s not like I sat in my room and had this master board: ‘OK, this is how I’m going to make my big transition for my first lead theatrical role.’”

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☆ ‘Challengers’: Normcore Clothes on Sweaty Bodies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This week “Challengers,” Luca Guadagnino’s film about love, lust and tennis, finally hit theaters after being delayed by the actor’s strike last fall. Starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist as racket prodigies reunited by fate and tournaments, with costumes by Jonathan Anderson (designer of Loewe, his own JW Anderson line and many Uniqlo collabs), it is a romp through competitions and clothes. Vanessa Friedman Aesthetics — clothes, colors, design — have always been important in Luca Guadagnino’s movies, but “Challengers” is the first time he has collaborated with a single fashion designer: Jonathan Anderson. Jessica Testa Well, it’s not often you see a major fashion designer step into a film costume designer role. VF I loved the whole pop-art aesthetic of the movie, but I can’t say any of the clothes screamed “JWA” to me.

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☆ ‘Avengers Assemble:’ Five years after ‘Endgame,’ the box office needs more than just a blip
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

For many it felt like a soothing balm, underscoring the kind of communal experience people were missing as the still-new coronavirus pandemic shuttered theaters. Even allowing for that, the operatic heights achieved by “Endgame,” which grossed nearly $2.8 billion worldwide, would have been difficult to replicate. Such a concept would have sounded particularly foreign in the run-up to “Endgame,” when Marvel and its leader, Kevin Feige, appeared to possess a Midas touch. Venezuelan filmgoers watch the first screening in Venezuela of Marvel Studios' "Avengers: Endgame" at a cinema in Caracas on April 26, 2019. Unlike “Endgame,” the challenges that face the movie business can’t be undone with a snap of the fingers.

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☆ N.F.L. Draft Is Like Super Bowl for City of Detroit
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Ken Belson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

took its college draft on the road a decade ago, its first stops were Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas, three of the league’s biggest markets. Unlike the N.F.L.’s marquee event, the Super Bowl, the draft does not require extensive public subsidies, hotels and security. in recent years to award the draft to Cleveland, Kansas City, Mo., and other cities that have never, and may never, host a Super Bowl. Detroit hosted the Super Bowl in 2006, as a reward to the Lions for moving into a new stadium. They also hope the three days of exposure on television showcases the city to fans who might not otherwise visit.

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☆ How the Movie ‘Civil War’ Echoes Real Political Anxieties
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-21 | by ( Lisa Lerer | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

From the multiplex to social media, the prospect of America collapsing into armed conflict has moved from being an idea on the tinfoil-hat fringes to an active undercurrent of the country’s political conversation. Voters at campaign events bring up their worries that political division could lead to large-scale political violence. A cottage industry has arisen for speculative fiction, serious assessments and forums about whether the country could be on the verge of a modern-day version of the bloodiest war in American history. And “Civil War,” a dystopian action film about an alternative America plunged into a bloody domestic conflict, has topped box office sales for two consecutive weekends. Of course, the notion of a future civil war remains a mere notion.

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☆ The 7 best things to stream this weekend, from a Netflix reality show to one of the year's best horror movies
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Movies like "Late Night With the Devil" are newly streaming. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementTwo of the best horror movies in recent memory are both available on streamers this weekend. "Late Night With the Devil," in theaters earlier this year, is available on Shudder. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Boeing's fleet of 8 corporate jets spent some 4,500 hours in the sky flying company executives last year, data shows
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-17 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Boeing's corporate planes collectively flew about 4,500 hours across some 1,800 flights last year, according to data from the aviation-tracking website JetSpy. Jet Edge InternationalThe fleet's top airports include Chicago International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, and Boeing Field King County International Airport — all located near Boeing's corporate offices and factories. AdvertisementThe locations of Boeing's corporate fleet on April 12, according to JetSpy data. For instance, JetSpy data shows aerospace company Lockheed Martin collectively flew its five private jets for about 2,700 hours in 2023. AdvertisementBoeing wrote in the filing that its CEO "is required to use company aircraft for all business and personal travel for security reasons."

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☆ Dropbox CEO says employees appreciate remote work more than cushy office perks: 'they value flexibility a lot more than snacks'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read previewDropbox cofounder and CEO Drew Houston said he views his employees like customers, and that means giving them what they want — which isn't in-person work. Many companies are pushing employees to return to office in a hybrid structure, including giants like Google, Apple, and Amazon. Transitioning to virtual first meant getting rid of the "super vibrant in-person culture" Dropbox had before, the CEO said. But Houston said people voted "voted with their feet that they value flexibility a lot more than snacks in the office." AdvertisementThe CEO said one of the problems with hybrid work is it puts employees on a leash to tied to the nearby office space.

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☆ Nicola Peltz Beckham, a billionaire's daughter, made an indie film where she plays a poor stripper. It didn't go well.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Nicola Peltz Beckham wrote, directed, and stars in the indie film "Lola" about a teen living in poverty. Peltz Beckham is the daughter of billionaire Nelson Peltz and is married to Brooklyn Beckham. AdvertisementNicola Peltz Beckham's directorial debut about a teen struggling to make ends meet in middle America is getting lambasted by critics. "Lola," released in limited theaters on February 9, is written and directed by Peltz Beckham, who plays the titular character. This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.

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☆ Nicola Peltz Beckham's directorial debut is being slammed by critics who are calling it 'poverty porn'
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Nicola Peltz Beckham wrote, directed, and stars in the indie film "Lola" about a teen living in poverty. Peltz Beckham is the daughter of billionaire Nelson Peltz and is married to Brooklyn Beckham. AdvertisementNicola Peltz Beckham's directorial debut about a teen struggling to make ends meet in middle America is getting lambasted by critics. AdvertisementBrooklyn Beckham and Nicola Peltz Beckham have been married since 2022. Business Insider reached out to Peltz Beckham and the film's distributor Vertical Entertainment, but did not receive a response.

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☆ 'Civil War' Director Alex Garland Says His Movie Is Political, Despite Criticism
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

But the writer-director's latest film, "Civil War," isn't about to spoon-feed its message to audiences, either. He wants "Civil War" to make the viewer think, question, and, most importantly, feel. There's been plenty of conversation around how to interpret the message of "Civil War," but you've also been a bit misinterpreted lately. For example, one of the journalists in "Civil War" says, "Oh no, it's like the race to Berlin." She's having an internal state of civil war, which then goes into its own state of collapse.

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☆ In ‘Monkey Man,’ Dev Patel attempts to reclaim Hinduism for the underdog
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

CNN —“Monkey Man,” Dev Patel’s directorial debut action thriller that he also stars in, wrote and produced, opens with a tale familiar to Hindus around the world. This mythology is the foundation of “Monkey Man,” which hit theaters on April 5. In "Monkey Man," Kid plots revenge on the corrupt forces that raided his forest village and killed his mother. Dev Patel directed, wrote, produced and starred in the action thriller "Monkey Man," which is inspired by the Hindu legend of Hanuman. “Monkey Man,” then, is a warning about what can happen when people are oppressed and disempowered for too long.

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☆ Live Updates: World Leaders Urge Restraint as Israel Weighs Retaliation Against Iran
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-15 | by ( Mike Ives | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Israeli military analysts are divided on whether a more direct confrontation with Iran would alter the war in Gaza. But it occurred against the backdrop of the war in Gaza, where Israel is battling Hamas, a militant group funded and armed by Iran. Some analysts argued that the implications for Gaza would depend on whether Israel responded with a major counterattack against Iran. Other military experts, however, dismissed the link between the Iranian attack and the war in Gaza. General Gilead said that Israel’s army had enough resources to fight against Iran and continue to wage war against Hamas in Gaza.

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☆ The Dystopian ‘Civil War’ Reaches No. 1 at the Box Office
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-14 | by ( Brooks Barnes | More About Brooks Barnes | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Hollywood executives — not all, but most — have insisted for years that uncomfortable, thought-provoking, original movies can no longer attract big audiences at the box office. Alex Garland’s dystopian “Civil War,” set in a near-immediate future when the United States is at war with itself, sold an estimated $25.7 million in tickets at North American theaters, enough to make the film a strong No. 1, surpassing the monsters sequel “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire.” Ticket sales for “Civil War” exceeded the prerelease expectations of some box office analysts by roughly 30 percent. IMAX screenings provided nearly 50 percent of the “Civil War” gross. “Civil War,” starring Kirsten Dunst as a journalist on a military embed, became the latest example of ticket buyers breaking with Hollywood’s conventional wisdom about what types of films are likely to pop at the box office.

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☆ A boomer who moved to Panama after years as a bartender in the Hamptons and New Mexico outlines the pros and cons of living in Central America
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Noah Sheidlower | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

George Stumpp, a retired bartender, lives comfortably in Panama after moving from New Mexico. He said Panama has robust infrastructure, a lower cost of living, and many of the same stores as the US. AdvertisementGeorge Stumpp, 65, worked as a bartender and bar supervisor in Long Island and New Mexico for decades. He's enjoying retirement in a country with a lower cost of living and high-quality healthcare, and he said he's enjoyed adapting to Panamanian culture. As his kids got older, he started to vacation in Central America, traveling to Costa Rica, Belize, and Panama.

Persons: George Stumpp, —, he's, we've, Stumpp, it's, Long, there's Organizations: Service, Panama City, Central, Business, Hamptons, Sante Locations: Panama, New Mexico, Long Island, Panamanian, Colombia, Thailand, St, Maarten, Long, Sante Fe, Santa Fe, Central America, Costa Rica, Belize, Ontario, Canada

☆ Kevin Costner says he 'hopes' to return for final episodes of 'Yellowstone,' after previously threatening to sue the show's producers over a pay dispute
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Read previewKevin Costner has said he is open to returning to "Yellowstone" to wrap things up despite previously stating his intentions to take the show's producers to court over a pay dispute. Reports of a feud between "Yellowstone" cocreator Taylor Sheridan and Kevin Costner began in February 2023. Season five of "Yellowstone" saw John Dutton (Kevin Costner) elected governor of Montana. AdvertisementRepresentatives for Costner, Sheridan, and Paramount Network did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider, made outside regular working hours. Previously, Sheridan has hinted that the ending of "Yellowstone" could see Costner's character killed off.

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☆ Michael Pollan's deliciously simple meal plan to avoid ultra-processed foods — and where it falls short
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-13 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"We all make compromises," Pollan told Business Insider ahead of the release of his latest documentary, Food, Inc. 2, out April 12. "We do the best we can, and people pick out the issues they want to deal with, and can deal with." AdvertisementAt home, Pollan tries his best to avoid eating industrial meat, eggs, or any other product from big factory farms. They keep a stash of well-sharpened knives, ready to chop and cook a rainbow of veggies for dinner most nights. The reality is that Pollan does participate in America's industrialized food system.

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