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☆ 'Succession' star Nicholas Braun plays 2 very different characters in 'Saturday Night' — but that wasn't always the plan
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"Succession" actor Nicholas Braun stars as Andy Kaufman and Jim Henson in "Saturday Night." Jason Reitman, the film's director, said that Jim Henson was written with Braun in mind to play the role. Braun also landed a second job as Kaufman after Benny Safdie had to drop out of the movie. Braun, known for his Emmy-winning role as the bumbling, awkward Greg Hirsch on HBO's "Succession," stars as both Jim Henson and Andy Kaufman in "Saturday Night." Advertisement"As we kept on thinking about who would be right for Andy Kaufman, we just kept on coming back to Nicholas Braun," Reitman told IndieWire.

Persons: Nicholas Braun, Andy Kaufman, Jim Henson, Jason Reitman, Braun, Kaufman, Benny Safdie, —, Jason Reitman's, Greg Hirsch, HBO's, Eddie Murphy, Tina Fey, Dan Aykroyd, Reitman's, Jose Perez, Bauer, Griffin, Reitman, IndieWire, Gil Kenan, Henson, Kenan, Hopper, Sony Pictures Braun, Safdie, " Braun, Jim would've, Andy Organizations: Service, NBC, Hopper Stone, Sony Pictures Locations: Atlanta

☆ How the cast of 'Saturday Night' compares to the real-life people they're playing
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-11 | by ( Olivia Singh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Jason Reitman's new film "Saturday Night" chronicles how the first episode of "SNL" came together. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . AdvertisementA new film centered on the creation of NBC's long-running sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live" is now in theaters. Here's how the cast compares to the real-life people they're playing in "Saturday Night.'"

Persons: Jason Reitman's, Gabriel LaBelle, Lorne Michaels, Cory Michael Smith, Chevy Chase, —, Jason Reitman, Nicholas Braun, Finn Wolfhard Organizations: Chevy, Service

“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

☆ ‘Succession’ Auctions Off ‘Ludicrously Capacious Bag’ and Other, Less Capacious Props
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

An auction house in Dallas that is usually stocked with fine art and rare baseball cards now holds a six-foot dog mascot suit last seen in Episode 1 of the HBO drama “Succession.” Audiences may recall a nauseated Cousin Greg (Nicholas Braun) putting on the costume and puking through its eyeballs. The item has been thoroughly cleansed of prop vomit, according to auction staff members, and is now among 236 lots of memorabilia from the show that are up for bidding on the Heritage Auctions website through Saturday. “Even the eyeholes are mostly clean,” said Robert Wilonsky, a spokesman for the auction house.

Persons: Greg, Nicholas Braun, ”, Robert Wilonsky Organizations: HBO, Heritage Locations: Dallas

NEW YORK (AP) — Someday soon, someone will be walking down the street proudly carrying a ludicrously capacious bag, bought for a ludicrously capacious price. Beginning, “My father Logan Roy was a great man,” the four cards represent the tragic failure of Roman (Kieran Culkin) to meet the moment. Tom, in his worst “human-grease-stain” way, imagined aloud what could be in the “ludicrously capacious” tote: “Flat shoes for the subway? (A group of prop sausages went for $5,250.) “The plastic ones are are actually much more durable as props," says Jacobs.

Persons: ”, Roy, “, Logan Roy, Roman, Kieran Culkin, Robert Wilonsky, there’s, Monica Jacobs, Jacobs, Tom, Shiv Roy, Sarah Snook, Logan, Shiv, Jeremy Strong, Kendall, Bridget, Cousin Greg, Nicholas Braun, ” Jacobs, Michelle Matland “, Sandro, — Organizations: Burberry tote, HBO, Heritage Auctions, New York, Express Locations: Dallas, American, New York

☆ Your Fall Movie Preview
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-09 | by ( Melissa Kirsch | More About Melissa Kirsch | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Searching for something to look forward to in the last light of summer, the fall movie schedule beckons. When the sun sets too early, what better refuge than the movies, where Annette Bening is playing Diana Nyad (October), Colman Domingo plays Bayard Rustin (November) and Timothée Chalamet is Willy Wonka (December)? Some studios pushed their big theatrical releases to 2024 while the ongoing actors’ strike prevents stars from promoting films. Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway and Marisa Tomei star in Rebecca Miller’s romantic comedy “She Came to Me,” about a composer who’s having trouble composing. That one’s set in my neighborhood, so I’m presold on it.

Persons: Annette Bening, Diana Nyad, Colman Domingo, Bayard Rustin, Chalamet, Willy Wonka, I’m, “ Dicks, ”, Nathan Lane, Megan Mullally, Larry Charles, Kristen Roupenian’s, Nicholas Braun, Peter Dinklage, Anne Hathaway, Marisa Tomei, Rebecca Miller’s, who’s

☆ Matt Onofrio quickly made millions as a real-estate influencer. Then he was indicted for bank fraud.
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Matt Turner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

That was the verdict a top tech executive shared with me recently, describing the impact he predicted AI would have on the workforce. The unfolding situation has the potential to cast Onofrio as a real-estate confidence man for the influencer age. Also read:Wall Street's new normalPeople walk by a Lamborghini car along Wall Street in Manhattan. In that environment, any fool — or anyone on Wall Street — could buy almost any asset, sit back, and watch its value increase. Wall Street is hoping that — and investing like — we're going back to that era sometime soon.

Persons: Matt Turner, Nicholas Braun, Greg Hirsch, AI's, Lance McMillan, Matt Onofrio, he'd, Spencer Platt, There's, Insider's Linette Lopez, ANDREW CABALLERO, REYNOLDS, OPMs, Spriha Srivastava, OpenAI, Nicole Miranda, Elizabeth Holmes, Hallam Bullock, Bob Bryan, Hana R, Alberts Organizations: Toronto Star, Getty, Lamborghini, Getty Images, Tech Locations: California, Midwest, Manhattan, Washington ,, Florida

☆ In ‘Succession,’ Tom and Greg Were Never Playing the Long Game
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-29 | by ( Alexis Soloski | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

I genuinely don’t know what he wants any more than I know what I want. Do I need to feel this bad at work?” I also don’t know if he’s going to cut my salary. Walking down the hall, every office: “You’re fired.”Why do you think Shiv sides with Tom over her brothers, Kendall and Roman? She just looks at Kendall and thinks, “I can’t.” I don’t think she made a rational decision. And then there’s this beautiful stage direction that Jesse wrote in the script of Tom and Shiv in the car.

☆ None of the Roy children deserve to succeed Logan but I'm hoping it's Shiv
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-28 | by ( Rebecca Knight | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

There are really no good choices for who should succeed Logan Roy in "Succession." She also fakes authenticity — a power move, one expert told Insider. The show revolves around the deeply dysfunctional Roy family and the jockeying to succeed Logan Roy, the recently deceased patriarch played by Brian Cox, as head of the family media empire, Waystar Royco, loosely based on Fox News and News Corp. "Shiv seems to be a person who gets relationships," Gino told Insider. The media baron and inspiration for Logan Roy, Rupert Murdoch, the head of News Corp, also has stirred speculation over which of his children might succeed him at the top of the home of Fox News.

☆ Do You Have What It Takes to Be Kendall Roy’s Assistant?
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Callie Holtermann | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ms. Nagel said she had enjoyed learning to solve the problems of the ultrarich. The dog spent a week at sea being doted on by Ms. Nagel and the ship’s crew while the family ignored him. A week later, Ms. Nagel said, she found a family ashore to adopt the Pomeranian. “She starts to want to speak her mind a little more this season, but she’s still an assistant,” Ms. Canfield said in an interview at the Season 4 premiere. Other onscreen assistants expose viewers to workplace sexism (Julia Garner in “The Assistant”) and racism (Rex Lee in “Entourage”).

☆ The mourning dress codes of ‘Succession’
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-22 | by ( Jacquelyn Palumbo | Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

“Succession” has treated us to both a wedding and a funeral as fate of the Roy siblings spin out towards its finale (which is produced by Warner Bros. Discovery, parent company of CNN), and its penultimate episode gave us mourning dress codes in a grand Catholic setting. “I can do anything — my dad just died,” Shiv responds when asked for a favor at the mass. By episode nine, with the company in a shaky post-Logan transition, the optics of how the Roy siblings perform at the funeral hold a lot of weight. Emotions must be stamped down, they maintain a fragile façade, and getting too close to the truth of Logan Roy is met with a wall of cognitive dissonance.

☆ 7 movie and TV trailers that dropped this week, from 'Succession' to 'Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves'
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-27 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Several new trailers were released this week, including a trailer for HBO's hit series "Succession." Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves brings the rich world and playful spirit of the legendary roleplaying game to the big screen in a hilarious and action-packed adventure." Premiere date: March 31, 2023Where to watch: In theaters"Daisy Jones and the Six"YouTube synopsis: "It's time to hear the real story. Premiere date: March 3, 2023Where to watch: Amazon Prime"Shazam Fury of the Gods"YouTube synopsis: "From New Line Cinema comes 'Shazam! Premiere date: February 9, 2023Where to watch: HBO Max

☆ FTX's blowup is a turning point for Wall Street's crypto adoption journey
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-11 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

But first, where does Wall Street go from here? A warning sign for Wall Street to get out now before it's in too deep. Insider's Rebecca Ungarino and Danielle Walker examined what the knock-on effects of FTX's blowup mean for Wall Street's crypto plans. A key part of Wall Street's adoption of crypto was working with intermediaries bridging the gap between the two worlds. Read more on how FTX's blow up might impact Wall Street' long-term crypto plans.

☆ Gwyneth Paltrow attempts to eat a vagina-scented Goop candle in Super Bowl ad for Uber Eats' expanded retail offerings
▼ + stars: | 2022-02-12 | by ( Bethany Biron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Uber Eats is announcing expanded consumer goods and convenience offerings in its Super Bowl ad. The ad marks a partnership with Goop and the launch of new retail hubs on the Uber Eats app. "Nearly three million consumers order essentials beyond food each month through Uber Eats," the company wrote in a blog post earlier this week. In tandem with the Super Bowl ad, Uber Eats is also launching themed retail hubs for the Super Bowl and Valentine's Day that feature curated items available for delivery through the app. This will be the second Super Bowl ad for UberEats, following a 2021 spot starring actors Mike Myers and Dana Carvey as their popular "Wayne's World" characters.

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