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☆ Apple CEO Tim Cook shares his No. 1 strategy for clearing his head: 'It's better than any other thing you could possibly do'
  + stars: | 2023-04-05 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +3 min
At least, that's what Apple CEO Tim Cook does. Getting out into nature eases those tensions and helps Cook mentally reset, he told GQ on Monday. Its data showed that good health and wellbeing peaked after spending 200-300 minutes outside. Cook, who has an estimated net worth of $1.8 billion, isn't the only billionaire who prioritizes outdoor time. Take this survey and tell us how you want to take your money and career to the next level.
☆ 19 famous figures who went from rags to riches
  + stars: | 2023-03-25 | by ( Erin Mcdowell | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +1 min
Oprah Winfrey grew up poor and went to college on a scholarship. Oprah Winfrey. Following an appearance in a local beauty pageant, she went on to become the first African American TV correspondent in the state at the age of 19. The acclaimed talk show host later moved to Chicago, where she began work on her own morning show, later known as "The Oprah Winfrey Show." Since moving on from her talk show, Winfrey has founded OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network.
☆ Tiger Woods's NDA battle with Erica Herman is dragging his obsession with privacy into the spotlight
  + stars: | 2023-03-14 | by ( Jack Newsham | Katherine Long | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +13 min
Tiger Woods's ex-girlfriend Erica Herman claims he evicted and abused her, but she has an NDA. Davis wasn't the first person asked to keep Tiger Woods's name out of his mouth, and according to a $30 million lawsuit filed earlier this month by Woods's ex-girlfriend Erica Herman, he wasn't the last. The battle over Herman's NDA is a window into Woods's longtime obsession with privacy. In October 2021, exhibits and transcripts were sealed in an unsuccessful case brought by the family of an employee at Tiger Woods's restaurant who died in a drunk driving incident. When Woods's image imploded in 2009, he used nondisclosure agreements to stanch the gush of details about his personal life into the media.
☆ Inside the Trump grand jury room — '40s-era furniture, linoleum-topped desks, and a looming indictment
  + stars: | 2023-03-13 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +11 min
Instead, the grand jury room where Donald Trump could become the first former president to be criminally indicted is a drab, un-Trumplike space, seemingly too ordinary for its purpose. After each presentation, she'd wait, seated on one of those same chairs, as grand jurors deliberated behind closed doors. "And yes, sometimes there are people who will drive the other 22 grand jurors crazy with off-the-wall questions." There needs to be at least 16 grand jurors present out of the originally selected 23 to have a voting quorum. The prosecutor, meanwhile, will sit on that old, uncomfortable wooden chair just outside the grand jury room, and wait for the buzzer.
☆ Trump is publishing a book of 150 private letters he's received, including at least one of the 'love letters' he got from Kim Jong Un — and a signed version will set you back $399
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Donald Trump is releasing a new book titled "Letters to Trump." This is his second book under Winning Team Publishing, a company run by Donald Trump Jr., his oldest son. "Letters to Trump" is up for preorder and will be released for general sales on April 25, per Winning Team Publishing. No book highlights his iconic relationships like 'Letters to Trump,'" Sergio Gor, the cofounder of Winning Team publishing, told Axios. This is Trump's second book published with Winning Team Publishing.
☆ Here's what's inside the nearly $125,000 gift bag given to Brendan Fraser, Steven Spielberg and other Oscar nominees
  + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( Nicolas Vega | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +4 min
But on top of critical acclaim and higher earning potential, there's another benefit to getting an Oscar nod: the gift bag. "There's nothing like a first time nominee's enthusiasm about getting this gift bag," Fary says. Because of the large quantity of products that is being gifted, Distinctive Assets delivers everything packed into two suitcases. What's included in this year's 'Everybody Wins' gift bag? Director Steven Spielberg has received numerous "Everybody Wins" gift bags for past Academy Award nominations.
☆ WeightWatchers jumps into into the prescription weight loss drug business with Ozempic
  + stars: | 2023-03-07 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +2 min
New York CNN —WeightWatchers is getting into the booming prescription weight loss drug business. The GLP-1 agonists Sequence helps prescribe include Wegovy, Ozempic, and Rybelsus. The FDA approved Ozempic for the management of diabetes in 2017 and Wegovy for weight loss in 2021. Ozempic has gained popularity in part due to celebrities using it for weight loss. But there are many concerns with using diabetes drugs for weight loss, including high costs and shortages that are making it harder for people with diabetes to obtain the drugs.
☆ Diverse talent in Hollywood takes reins to speed up change
  + stars: | 2023-03-06 | by ( Danielle Broadway Rollo Ross | Danielle Broadway | Rollo Ross | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +6 min
Diverse creators are building incubators, their own production pipelines and venues where they can screen work and receive feedback and support each other. Of the 13,252 Oscar nominees since 1929, 6% are from underrepresented ethnicities, a USC Annenberg Inclusion at the Academy Awards report concludes. Located in Atlanta and Los Angeles, it creates collaborative spaces for diverse talent to support each other. As the most underrepresented group in the industry, Latino talent is also keen to change their narrative. There were 32 years without Latino nominees at the Academy Awards, with the most recent shutout in 2002.
☆ Cruise ships have named celebrity 'godmothers' including Oprah Winfrey, Queen Elizabeth, and Nicole Scherzinger. Here's what the role involves.
  + stars: | 2023-03-05 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
Being a cruise ship godmother is a long-standing tradition. Here's where a cruise ship's godmother is and what the role includes. A cruise ship godmother is a long-standing tradition. Several cruise companies, including Norwegian, have a mixture of ship godmothers and godfathers. Naming a cruise ship godmother is also a marketing initiative, celebrities sponsoring ships brings more publicity and build excitement for the launch of a new ship.
☆ Marianne Williamson opens long shot 2024 challenge to Biden
  + stars: | 2023-03-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: +5 min
Biden, 80, is the oldest president in U.S. history and would be 86 at the end of a second term. Biden's political advisers say they aren't worried about the Democratic primary and say Biden is anxious to defeat Donald Trump again in the general election. Williamson insists her 2024 campaign is about far more than just making a statement. A Texas native who now lives in Beverly Hills, California, Williamson is the author of more than a dozen books. She ran an unsuccessful independent congressional campaign in California in 2014 and supported Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 progressive challenge of eventual Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton.
☆ Chris Rock Is Finally Ready to Talk About Will Smith’s Oscar Slap
  + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( John Jurgensen | ) www.wsj.com   time to read: 1 min
Chris Rock, by saving his ammunition for Netflix, has set up a rare thing: a stand-up special with a timely hook. Chris Rock is poised to hit back on his own terms and his own turf: a stand-up comedy special that will stream live on Netflix a week before the Academy Awards. Since Will Smith clobbered him at last year’s Oscars in front of their Hollywood peers and about 15 million onlookers on U.S. television, Mr. Rock has avoided the forums where celebrities typically go to unburden themselves. No prime-time interview with Oprah. In short, no milking of the moment.
☆ 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.
☆ What happened to 70 cops involved in notorious killings
  + stars: | 2023-02-19 | by ( Jack Newsham | Katherine Long | Nick Robins-Early | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +20 min
Police officers involved in the deaths have become an intense focus of investigation, protest, and media coverage. Despite being at the heart of some of the most defining incidents in modern policing, most of the officers involved continue to live their lives under the radar. Insider's review of 72 cops involved in two dozen of the most notorious police killings of the past 30 years shows the many different paths officers have taken. There's no nationwide view into what happens to officers involved in egregious incidents of violence. In rare cases, cops involved in these killings have tried to publicly rehabilitate their image rather than seek out anonymity.
☆ Tyler Perry is one of the world's highest-paid entertainers. Here's how the Hollywood mogul makes and spends his $1 billion fortune.
  + stars: | 2023-02-17 | by ( Debanjali Bose | Talia Lakritz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: 1 min
Tyler Perry has an estimated net worth of $1 billion, according to Forbes. Tyler Perry became a billionaire in 2020. Associated PressPerry was the third highest-paid entertainer in the world in 2022 at $175 million, Forbes reported. He joined the seven-figure ranks of Oprah Winfrey, George Lucas, John de Mol, and Steven Spielberg in September 2020, and his net worth remains at $1 billion as of February 2023, according to his Forbes profile.
☆ Fact Check-Oprah has not launched weight loss gummies, contrary to online posts
  + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +2 min
Oprah Winfrey has called out as false and fraudulent posts on social media that say she has launched or is selling Keto weight loss gummies. “TIME did not publish this article.”In October 2022, Winfrey advised social media users on her Instagram (here) and Facebook page (here “Fraud alert! Please don’t buy any weight loss gummies with my picture or name on them. There have been social media ads, emails, and fake websites going out and I want you to hear it straight from me, that I have nothing to do with them. Posts online do not show weight loss gummies officially promoted by Oprah Winfrey.
☆ 'Identity capital' is the key to getting your dream job and making friends in your 20s, according to Gen Z and millennials on TikTok
  + stars: | 2023-02-11 | by ( Jason Lalljee | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +8 min
Young professionals on TikTok are advocating for building "identity capital" to get ahead at work and in life. Identity capital has a lot more to do with connections and relationships and community." "I think of identity capital as anything you do that adds value to who you are," Jay told Insider. "The personal resources acquired developmentally become important," Côté wrote in one 2012 paper, with those personal resources being the experiences that make up identity capital; he calls identity capital the "black box of agency" where there is none. "I don't think identity capital is only valued to the extent that it's seen as profitable," she said.
☆ The Watch List: Underscored’s most anticipated product launches of 2023
  + stars: | 2023-02-01 | by ( Cnn Underscored Staff | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
CNN Underscored editors regularly highlight new product launches — everything from a new colorway of that viral pan to the next must-have sneaker — through announcement posts, in-depth reviews and comparative testing pieces. Now, for the first time, we’re giving readers a sneak peek at some of the most anticipated products that are set to launch in 2023 with a new feature: The Watch List. The Legendary Classic Canteen will combine an old-school aesthetic with modern design elements like a handy strap and leakproof lid. Meanwhile, the box quilt pattern keeps everything looking casual cool in four colors: natural, white, light gray and charcoal. Cabeau TNE S3: The Neck’s EvolutionCabeauThe Cabeau Evolution S3 is our pick for best travel pillow based on a variety of factors.
☆ Rodney King's daughter calls Tyre Nichols' police beating death 'sickening' 32 years after her father's assault
  + stars: | 2023-01-25 | by ( Haven Orecchio-Egresitz | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +5 min
Rodney King's daughter is sickened by beating of Tyre Nichols in Memphis. Lora King says the race of the 5 officers involved in Nichols' beating is irrelevant. On Monday, law enforcement officials allowed Nichols' family and their lawyers to privately view body-camera footage of Nichols' arrest. In the wake of the killing, attorneys for the Nichols family compared his beating to that of King's. Rodney King AP Images"Hashtags and clearer videos"Lora King said she wishes that 32 years after her father's infamous beating the world would have progressed beyond unjustified police killings of Black men.
☆ Are jerks more likely to get ahead at work?
  + stars: | 2023-01-23 | by ( Aki Ito | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +10 min
Even worse, all the cutthroat role models we're surrounded by at work make us hesitant about being nice ourselves. In the social sciences, the technical term for jerks — those who are combative, selfish, and manipulative — is "disagreeable." Call this the jerk way. All in all, being a jerk doesn't help you get ahead — but it also doesn't hurt. Sutton's no-asshole rule has become widely adopted, and businesses like Atlassian have overhauled their performance reviews in part to ensure that "brilliant jerks" can't get ahead.
☆ Netflix's Harry and Megan doc is a hit in the US — mostly with women over 50
  + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Travis Clark | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
Netflix's "Harry and Meghan" is a hit in the US, based on Nielsen numbers. During the week that the second half of the series dropped, half its viewers were 50 or over. Half of the viewers in that week-long period were 50 or over, and a whopping 73% of viewers were women, according to Nielsen. "The Crown," Netflix's dramatized Royals series, also leans older, but even moreso than "Harry and Meghan." When its fifth season debuted in November, Nielsen said that 60% of its viewers were over the age of 50.
☆ 'Do I have to sit still?': 6 questions about meditation, answered by an expert who has been practicing for 15 years
  + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com   time to read: 1 min
Meditation is often cited as one of the most effective practices for improving just about everything. It can help reduce anxiety and depression, increase attention span, and make us happier, according to a handful of studies. It's one of the more accessible practices endorsed by hyper-successful stars like Jerry Seinfeld and Oprah. You might also have trouble pinpointing exactly how it's affecting your everyday work or personal life. Here are six question about mediation, answered by a mediation expert, that can offer some clarity.
☆ Prince Harry's William resentment makes 'Spare' a royal tragedy
  + stars: | 2023-01-12 | by ( Vicky Ward | Vicky Ward Is The Author Of | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +6 min
“I was twenty the first time I heard the story of what Pa allegedly said to Mummy the day of my birth,” Harry writes. So, too, despite all Harry’s resentment, seems to be his brother. William stays by Harry’s side the night before Harry’s wedding, only leaving to stay the night with Kate and his kids. But on this topic, Harry’ resentment gets the better of him. They’ll read “Spare” and see that, personalities aside, the chief culprit for Harry’s lifelong resentment is the unfortunate law of primogeniture.
☆ A Minute With: R&B singer H.E.R. inspired to see women grab guitars
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com   time to read: +3 min
attends a premiere event for Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration in Los Angeles, California, U.S., December 13, 2022. already has five Grammy Awards, a best song Oscar, and nearly two decades of experience performing - despite being only 25. : "I think a lot of women, especially young Black women, young Filipino women, don't really think that these kinds of things are possible and I barely thought it was possible. It's crazy how music can do that, but it's also crazy that I can do that and I feel really grateful." : "I'm so grateful that that was technically like my first debut, officially working with Oprah and Spielberg is involved.
☆ QAnon influencer who accused Democrats of pedophilia was himself convicted of abusing 8-year-old boy in 1999
  + stars: | 2023-01-10 | by ( Tom Porter | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
A clip shows a QAnon influencer being confronted over a past child-abuse conviction. The clip is from HBO Max documentary "This Place Rules." The belief that elite Hollywood figures and Democrats covertly run child abuse rings is one of the core claims of QAnon, the sprawling online conspiracy theory movement that Todeschini has promoted. "Do you feel like maybe you're projecting by …" said Callaghan, before Todeschini jumps back in to say: "No, I'm not projecting." "This Place Rules" explores the undercurrents that resulted in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, and is being streamed on HBO Max.
☆ Prince Harry takes aim at royal family ahead of bombshell memoir release
  + stars: | 2023-01-08 | by ( Leila Sackur | ) www.nbcnews.com   time to read: +3 min
LONDON — Prince Harry will deliver another highly publicized blow to Britain's royal family Sunday, in a pair of TV interviews two days before the publication of his much-anticipated memoir. In conversations with Tom Bradby, a news presenter at British broadcaster ITV, and with Anderson Cooper on CBS' “60 Minutes,” Harry is expected to shed more light on the acrimonious royal split. Timed to coincide with the release of his autobiography, “Spare,” trailers from both interviews show Harry accusing his family of fueling negative news coverage about him and his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. In the memoir Harry accuses his brother of physically attacking him during an argument over his marriage to Meghan. The two first outlined their side of the story in their bombshell interview with media mogul Oprah Winfrey, accusing members of the family of racism.
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