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☆ Gwyneth Paltrow says Bill Clinton slept through a White House screening of her Jane Austen adaptation: 'He was snoring right in front of me'
  + stars: | 2024-03-23 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +2 min
download the appSign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Read previewGwyneth Paltrow has jokingly cursed out former President Bill Clinton for falling asleep during a showing of her 1996 film "Emma." Appearing on the First We Feast's viral YouTube interview series "Hot Ones," Paltrow was asked by host Sean Evans about the rumor that Clinton "passed out asleep" during a White House screening of the Jane Austen adaptation. Despite Clinton's response to the film, "Emma" received generally positive reviews from critics and was nominated for two Academy Awards, one for costume design and another for original score. Paltrow's role in "Emma" came two years before Paltrow's Oscar-winning performance in another period piece, "Shakespeare in Love."
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☆ Feeling lonely? Go to the library.
  + stars: | 2023-09-24 | by ( Juliana Kaplan | Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +12 min
And it's becoming clearer just how important "third places" — spaces for socializing outside of work and home — are. Wood, who thinks libraries are "one of the last true third places," explained that there are a range of spaces in her library. Abrams said he regularly drops by the New York Public Library just to pick up sticky buns from Amy's Bread, a bakery with an outpost in the library. Eliza Relman/InsiderIn Boston, for instance, the Boston Public Library is thriving, Gregor Smart, the head of the Kirstein Business Library and Innovation Center at BPL, said. Covid taught the library the need for things like Macs with webcams, for instance, so library goers can hop on Zoom or do job interviews.
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☆ Patch is transforming empty buildings into community hotspots for locals. Check out the 11-slide pitch deck it used to secure $3 million.
  + stars: | 2023-03-20 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com   time to read: +3 min
London-based Patch has secured $3 million from JamJar Investments and the founder of PureGym. The startup converts local buildings into community-based workspaces for a range of events. Check out the 11-slide deck Patch used to raise the fresh funds. Patch aims to revive the remnants of these empty local buildings into multi-purpose community hotspots, giving locals an accessible venue to work and socialize. The startup makes its money in two ways; its community members pay a membership fee starting at £24 a month, which gives them access to these community spaces.
☆ How to adapt Jane Austen -- and why it's so hard to get right
  + stars: | 2022-08-07 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com   time to read: +10 min
Over the years, Austen adaptations have made millions, been nominated for more than a dozen Oscars and several Emmys, and convinced viewers the world over that Mr. Darcy is the gold standard of suitors. Pride vs. Miss Prejudice," two of several Austen adaptations starring Asian protagonists. "Austen is a way for today's readers to both romanticize about soul mates and also sustain their self-respect," said Brodey, who's published several papers on Austen. What the best Austen adaptations get rightA strong Austen adaptation doesn't need to parrot the original text or even take place in late 18th-century England. The Austenites CNN interviewed agreed -- for an Austen adaptation to succeed, it needs to maintain the spirit of her work, especially her incisive depth and incomparable wit.
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