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☆ 'A Good Girl's Guide To Murder' lead Emma Myers said it was 'scary' she had two weeks to prepare for the role, including nailing her British accent
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-01 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Read preview"A Good Girl's Guide To Murder" lead actor Emma Myers told Business Insider that she had two weeks to practice her British accent for the role before shooting started. The 2019 novel that the series is based on, "A Good Girl's Guide To Murder" by Holly Jackson, was a New York Times bestseller and became popular after blowing up on "BookTok." Ravi (Zain Iqbal) and Pip (Emma Myers) try to solve a five-year-old murder case in "A Good Girl's Guide to Murder" season one. A representative for Netflix did not immediately respond to a comment request from Business Insider outside business hours. "A Good Girl's Guide To Murder" premieres on Netflix on August 1.

Persons: —, Emma Myers, Myers —, Pip Fitz, Pip, Holly Jackson, Myers, wasn't, Ravi, Zain Iqbal, Sally Mais Organizations: Service, Netflix, Business, New York Times Locations: Florida

☆ The Personal Back Story Driving ‘They Cloned Tyrone’
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Reggie Ugwu | More About Reggie Ugwu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Where did “Tyrone” start for you? I knew I wanted to do a mystery, like a bootleg Scooby-Doo where the detectives are inadequate but somehow uniquely equipped. He had gotten arrested for something when we were 18 or 19 that ended up changing the course of his life. I started thinking a lot about blame and responsibility and that’s when all the elements of the movie came together. A lot of times it’s a song, or a piece of score and I’ll be trying to recapture how that feels.

Persons: Tyrone ”, Tony, Dion, ”, II ”, Fontaine, I’ll, Bootsy Collins, Mary Jane Girls, Patrice Rushen, Alicia Myers —, Pat, UGK

☆ Real-estate investors rush to score deep discounts on Florida properties hammered by Hurricane Ian: 'If they were asking $1 million before the storm, I'll offer $750,000'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Jordan Pandy | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Real-estate investors are trying to take advantage of the down market by buying properties for less. They seem undeterred by high insurance costs, possibly falling home values, and ever-worse storms. The real-estate market in Florida just doesn't stop. "If they were asking $1 million before the storm, I'll offer $750,000," Lema told The Wall Street Journal. Photo by Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty ImagesStill, it seems many buyers are undeterred by or unaware of insurance costs, future home-value depreciation, and the risk of ever-stronger hurricanes and rising sea levels.

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