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☆ One Potential Key to Knicks’ Season: Friendship
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Tania Ganguli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Researchers who study social networks in workplaces have found that having friends at work can make employees more productive and successful, not to mention happier. Friends can hold one another accountable in ways that acquaintances can’t, and a friend can help a new employee understand the workplace more quickly. So it was when Donte DiVincenzo signed with the N.B.A.’s New York Knicks in July. “It’s almost like you skip that introduction phase.”The Knicks have exceeded expectations this season. Some basketball pundits think this could be the year they reach the conference finals for the first time since 2000, when Brunson’s father, Rick, was a Knicks bench player.

Persons: can’t, Donte DiVincenzo, Julius Randle, Josh Hart, Jalen Brunson, “, ” DiVincenzo, Randle, Brunson’s, Rick Organizations: New York Knicks, Madison, Knicks, Eastern Conference, Philadelphia 76ers

“The Bear” had a bearish night indeed, fully dominating the comedy category in its first season, winning the top prize and three acting awards. And the chaotic, darkly humorous “Beef” was the other big victor, winning best limited series, with leads Steven Yeun and Ali Wong becoming the first Asian Americans to win in their categories. Oliver tried to test the new system after winning best scripted variety show: “I’m not leaving without being played off by Anthony Anderson’s mom. You said maybe, if I win!”A BIG BEAR HUG, ER, KISSCould “The Bear” replicate its success from the Golden Globes? Yes, chef, with Jeremy Allen White and Ayo Edebiri winning for best actor and best supporting actress in a comedy, and Ebon Moss-Bachrach winning a supporting actor award.

Persons: Cousin Greg, ”, Roy, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Quinta Brunson, “ Abbott, ” “, Ally McBeal ”, Natasha Lyonne, Tracee Ellis Ross, Lucy ”, John Oliver beseeching, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Anthony Anderson, Mom Doris, . Anderson, Jo Koy, Anderson wasn’t, Anderson, Mister Rogers, ” Anderson, Jesus, Doris Bowman, Bowman, “, Jennifer Coolidge, Oliver, Anthony Anderson’s, Bracco, Michael Imperioli, “ Ally McBeal ”, Ellen Pompeo, Katherine Heigl, Chandra Wilson, Sandra Oh, –, Ted Danson, Kelsey Grammer, Rhea Perlman, John Ratzenberger, George Wendt, Norm, Rob Reiner, Sally Struthers, “ Martin ”, Matthew Macfadyen, Wamsbgans, Snook, ” Nicholas Braun, ” Snook, Shiv Roy, ” Kieran Culkin, Jeremy Allen White, Ayo Edebiri, Ebon Moss, Bachrach, Moss, Matty Matheson, Matheson, BURNETT, Carol Burnett, Christina Applegate, Burnett, ” Applegate, Brunson, Abbott, Isabel Sanford, Norman, —, Martin Luther King Jr, Edebiri, Niecy Nash, Betts, “ Dahmer, Jeffrey Dahmer, Nash, “ I’m, Glenda Cleveland, Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor Organizations: “, Golden Globes, Liverpool football, HBO, Globes, WIN, WHO, Netflix Locations: Philadelphia

Hollywood jumped into planning mode Thursday at the news of a tentative agreement between striking actors and the major entertainment companies. Just hours after the tentative agreement was announced, “The Marvels” star Iman Vellani was already being offered to press for interviews. The Walt Disney Co. movie, which cost over $200 million to produce, opens this weekend with showtimes starting as early as Thursday afternoon. Searchlight Pictures also started actively planning things for Michael Fassbender, who stars in Taika Waititi's “Next Goal Wins,” out next week. Brunson’s writing team had already been back in the room, but the strike’s suspension clears the way for filming.

Persons: Hollywood, what's, Iman Vellani, Michael Fassbender, ”, Timothée Chalamet, Wonka ”, Jason Momoa, publicists, Joe Biden, ” Biden, “, they’ve, Gavin Newsom, Simu Liu, “ Barbie, ” Lui, “ Bravo, ” Albert Brooks, Rob Reiner, “ Albert Brooks, Max, ” Brooks, ” Octavia Spencer, ” “ Abbott, Quinta Brunson, “ we’re, Justine Bateman, Priscilla ”, “ Ferrari, Bradley Cooper’s Leonard Bernstein, “ Maestro, Carey Mulligan, Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Jeffrey Wright, Ridley Scott’s “ Napoleon, Joaquin Phoenix, Martin Scorsese’s, Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert DeNiro, Alexander Payne’s “, Paul Giamatti, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster Organizations: Walt Disney Co, showtimes, Searchlight Pictures, Screen Actors, American Federation of Television, Radio Artists, “ SAG, SAG, HBO Locations: California, Venice

☆ Doyle Brunson: ‘The Godfather of Poker’ has died aged 89
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Ben Church | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Doyle Brunson, dubbed ‘The Godfather of Poker,’ has died at the age of 89, according to a family statement shared by his agent Brian Balsbaugh on Twitter. “It is with a heavy heart we announce the passing of our father, Doyle Brunson,” the statement read. May he rest in peace.”The World Poker Tour said Brunson, one of the most recognizable faces in poker history, died on Sunday in Las Vegas. “His impact on poker will be felt for generations to come,” the World Poker Tour tweeted. There will never be another Doyle Brunson,” Daniel Negreanu, one of the world’s best poker players, wrote on Twitter.

☆ Fact Check-U.S. Supreme Court denied petition to hear case alleging fraudulent 2020 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-13 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The lawsuit was previously dismissed by a U.S. district court and an appellate court upheld the dismissal (see pages 3-4 in case). The headline came from a Jan. 6 article describing the Brunson case as one the SCOTUS would decide “whether or not the case will receive a hearing” (here). One Facebook user shared the headline on Jan. 10 and said, “Good news, the Supreme Court has chosen to docket the Brunson case. A spokesperson for the U.S. Supreme Court did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. The U.S. Supreme Court is not currently considering Brunson’s case; the Court denied his petition for review of prior rulings on Jan. 9.

☆ Jimmy Kimmel apologizes to Quinta Brunson for ‘dumb comedy bit’ at Emmys
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Sandra Gonzalez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

But Jimmy Kimmel did take some time during Quinta Brunson’s appearance on his late-night talk show Wednesday to apologize for what he called a “dumb comedy bit” that some viewers felt took away from her Emmy victory on Monday. “People said I stole your moment,” Kimmel told Brunson. He remained there throughout Brunson’s acceptance speech and into the commercial break, nearly two minutes in total. Kimmel remained out of the camera’s frame for the duration of Brunson’s speech, which lasted roughly one minute. I’m going to be on his show on Wednesday, so I might punch him in the face,” she joked.

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