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☆ Andy Paley, Whose Imprint Was All Over Pop Music, Dies at 73
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-27 | by ( Alex Williams | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The death, at a hospice facility, was caused by cancer, his wife, Heather Crist Paley, said. A curator of the spirit of classic 1960s pop, Mr. Paley played many roles over an ever-evolving career. Later that decade, he banded with his younger brother, Jonathan, to form a highly regarded, if short-lived, pop duo, the Paley Brothers. With their winsome looks and mops of blond hair, they appeared in the pages of teen bibles like 16 Magazine and Tiger Beat and toured with the pop confection Shaun Cassidy. A skilled multi-instrumentalist, Mr. Paley often went on the road with his close friend Mr. Richman and filled in on keyboards on Patti Smith’s 1976 tour of Europe.

Persons: Andy Paley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jonathan Richman, Brian Wilson, flameout, Heather Crist Paley, Paley, Billy Squier, Jonathan, Shaun Cassidy, Mr, Richman, Patti Smith’s Organizations: Beach Boys, Beat Locations: Colchester , Vt, Boston, Europe

☆ CNBC Sport: NBC still doesn't have a deal for John Tesh's 'Roundball Rock' theme
▼ + stars: | 2024-11-14 | by ( Alex Sherman | In Alex-Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +15 min

NBC Sports still expects to come to a deal with Tesh, according to a person familiar with the matter. How to value a theme song like "Roundball Rock" is nebulous at best. Any sports fan of the 1990s can tell you that John Tesh's "Roundball Rock" is synonymous with "The NBA on NBC." NBC Sports still expects to come to a deal with Tesh, according to a person familiar with the matter. How to value a theme song like "Roundball Rock" is nebulous at best.

Persons: Alex Sherman, John Tesh, I'm, Tesh, NBC Sports isn't, hasn't, Marv Albert, Bob Costas, NBA hasn't, there's, he's, Mark Wilf, Donald Trump, Wilf, Adam Silver, Silver, NBCU's Peacock, David Zaslav, John Malone, Greg Maffei, Malone, Diamond, That's, Mike Tyson, Jake Paul, it's, CNBC's Lillian Rizzo, Mike Ozanian, –, Juan Soto, Ohtani, Paul Archuleta, John Tesh's Organizations: CNBC, NBA, NBC, NBC Sports, Disney, Amazon, Warner Bros, Fox Sports, Big East, Chicago Bulls, Tesh, Minnesota Vikings, Major League Soccer's Orlando City, Orlando Pride, Vikings, Orlando, Paley Center for Media, Summit, ESPN, TNT, CNBC Sport, Liberty Media, Liberty, Atlanta Braves, Diamond Sports, Major League Baseball, NHL, Fitness, Holdings, Netflix, NFL, Philadelphia Phillies, NBC Sports Philadelphia, Industry, Hallmark, Universal Studios Hollywood, Getty Locations: Nashville, Orlando City, Trump, Texas, London, Universal City , California

☆ Jamshid Sharmahd: German-Iranian national and longtime US resident executed in Iran
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-28 | by ( Benjamin Brown | Hamdi Alkhshali | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A German-Iranian national and longtime US resident has been executed in Iran after being convicted of terrorism offences, according to Iranian state media citing the country’s judiciary-affiliated Mizan news agency. Jamshid Sharmahd, 69, was executed Monday morning for “planning and orchestrating a series of terrorist acts,” state-run IRNA and Press TV reported. His execution sparked condemnation from the United States and Germany. Sharmahd’s daughter Gazelle has repeatedly said her father is innocent and that he faced a sham trial due to his political activism and criticism of the Islamic Republic. Abram Paley, the US Deputy Special Envoy, last year met with Sharmahd’s family to discuss his imprisonment and death sentence.

Persons: Jamshid Sharmahd, Sharmahd’s, Gazelle, “, ” Israel, Sharmahd, ” Vedant Patel, Annalena Baerbock, ”, ” Baerbock, ” Sharmahd’s, Abram Paley Organizations: CNN, Press, State, Amnesty, United, United States ’ Office, US Locations: Iranian, Iran, United States, Germany, Islamic Republic, Shiraz, Western, Tehran

It was a who’s who of Hollywood stars on the red carpet for the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards on Sunday night in Los Angeles. Jennifer Aniston, who was nominated for best actress in a drama for “The Morning Show,” wowed in a gorgeous strapless gown, which she paired with Tiffany & Co jewelry. She was nominated for her role as Alex Levy, a morning TV anchor on the hit Apple TV+ show. Naomi Watts walked the carpet with her husband, Billy Crudup, in a stunning emerald green gown. Crudup won for his role on “The Morning Show,” and Watts was nominated for her role as Babe Paley in “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.”

Persons: Jennifer Aniston, ”, Tiffany, Alex Levy, Naomi Watts, Billy Crudup, Crudup, Watts, Babe Paley Organizations: Hollywood, Swans Locations: Los Angeles, “

☆ Opinion | Aaron Sorkin: How I Would Script This Moment for Biden and the Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Aaron Sorkin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The Paley Center for Media just opened an exhibition celebrating the 25th anniversary of “The West Wing,” the NBC series I wrote from 1999 to 2003. Gunmen tried to shoot a character after an event with President Bartlet at the end of Season 1. “And I’m going to win.”Which is exactly what President Biden has been signaling since the day after his bad night. And much more important, I didn’t dramatize any danger posed by Bartlet’s opponent winning. What if Bartlet’s opponent had been a dangerous imbecile with an observable psychiatric disorder who related to his supporters on a fourth-grade level and treated the law as something for suckers and poor people?

Persons: Bartlet, ”, hobbled, Biden, Bartlet’s Organizations: Paley Center for Media, NBC, Wing

☆ What are the best galleries in London? Artists choose their favorites
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-03 | by ( Lucy Handley | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Royal Academy of Arts, London / David ParryLondon has long been home to some of the world's leading art galleries — Tate Modern, Somerset House and the National Gallery are among the U.K.'s most visited attractions. CNBC asked a mix of artists to name their favorite public and commercial galleries to visit in London — large or small. Contemporary galleries — and an upscale hotelMultidisciplinary artist Lauren Baker, who is exhibiting at the Venice Biennale until November, named contemporary galleries — and a hotel — as her favorite places to see art in London. Her top London galleries include the Royal Academy of Arts, for its "wonderful" exhibitions, she told CNBC by email. Rob Stothard | Getty ImagesEdwards also likes major London galleries Tate Modern and Tate Britain.

Persons: David Parry London, Lauren Baker, Alice, It's, Rachael Louise Bailey, Matthew Harris, Baker, Woolff, Apolline Bokkerink, Joanne Tinker, Jeff Greenberg, Matthew Flower, Amanda Wilkinson —, Maureen Paley, Gillian Wearing, Wolfgang Tillmans, Ratnam, Katharine Edwards, Mark Rothko's, Rothko, Rob Stothard, Edwards, Mark Rothko, Komal Madar, Kandinsky, Munter, Komal, Madar, Judy Chicago's, Modigliani, Gilbert Proesch, George Passmore, Gilbert, Joe Maher, Tom Oldham, Dave Grohl, Usain Bolt, Gilbert Prousch, Oldham, Queen Elizabeth II, Andy Warhol, Phillips, Dan Kitwood Organizations: Royal Academy of Arts, Royal Academy of Arts ,, Somerset House, CNBC, Venice Biennale, Alice Black Gallery, Universal, Getty, Turner, Tate Galleries, Cricket Fine, London's Tate, Tate, Tate Britain, Seagram, Gilbert & George Centre, Oldham, George Centre, . Locations: London, Royal Academy of Arts , London, Venice, London's Soho, Fitzrovia, Mayfair, Andalusia, Spain, London's Chelsea, New York, Serpentine, Hyde, London's Bermondsey, Islington, Soho, England

☆ Spencer Milligan, ‘Land of the Lost’ star, dead at 86
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Actor Spencer Milligan, best known for playing Rick Marshall in 1970s kids’ TV show “Land of the Lost,” has died at age 86. Milligan was born September 10, 1937, in Oak Park, Illinois, and died on April 18, according an obituary posted on the website of a funeral home in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, where he lived. It was during this period that he played his most famous role, appearing in 30 episodes of “Land of the Lost” from 1974 to 1975. Wesley Eure as Will Marshall (left), Kathy Coleman as Holly Marshall (second-left), Philip Paley as Cha-Ka (second-right) and Spencer Milligan as Rick Marshall in "Land of the Lost." Milligan’s “Land of the Lost” co-stars Eure and Coleman paid tribute to their friend in a video posted on Facebook.

Persons: Spencer Milligan, Rick Marshall, ”, Milligan, Wesley Eure, Will Marshall, Kathy Coleman, Holly Marshall, Philip Paley, Cha, Ron Tom, Dukes, Hazzard ”, Kerry, Eure, Coleman, “ Organizations: CNN, “, Bank, Getty, “ Police, Facebook Locations: Oak Park , Illinois, Sturgeon Bay , Wisconsin, Illinois, California, Lake Michigan, “, Eure

☆ U.S. and Iranian Officials Held Indirect Talks in Oman on Risks of a Wider War
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-18 | by ( Edward Wong | More About Edward Wong | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senior American and Iranian officials held talks through intermediaries in Oman this past week, the first such conversations since Iran launched a retaliatory attack on Israel with hundreds of missiles and drones last month, according to a person familiar with the recent meetings. Brett McGurk, the top White House official on Middle East policy, and Abram Paley, the deputy special envoy for Iran, attended the talks in Oman. Since the Israel-Hamas war broke out, several Iran-backed militias in Iraq and Syria have stepped up attacks on American troops, raising fears of a wider war. However, U.S. intelligence officials assess that neither Hezbollah nor Iran wants to engage in a wider war. The format of the talks in Oman was similar to ones held in January: The Americans sat in one room while their Iranian counterparts sat in another, and Omani officials shuttled between the rooms.

Persons: Brett McGurk, Abram Paley, Axios Organizations: White, Hamas, United Locations: Oman, Iran, Israel, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, United States

☆ Mark Zuckerberg 's net worth plummets by more than $18 billion from Meta stock drop
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-25 | by ( Rohan Goswami | In Rohangoswamicnbc | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Mark Zuckerberg's net worth plunged by $18 billion Thursday after comments from the Meta CEO on the earnings call sent his company's stock price to its steepest decline since October 2022. Meta said it plans to spend $35 billion to $40 billion Meta on capital expenditures this year, an increase from its prior forecast. Zuckerberg's fortune has swung up and down through the years, as his company's stock has been particularly volatile. His net worth fell by around $100 billion in 2022. In early 2022, he lost almost $30 billion in a single day, when his company's stock price tumbled 26% on weak earnings and disappointing guidance.

Persons: Mark Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg's, Zuckerberg, Meta Organizations: Facebook, Paley Center For Media, Meta, Harvard, Reality Labs Locations: New York

☆ Opinion | The Babe Paley in ‘Feud’ Is Not the Woman I Knew
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-06 | by ( Belle Burden | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

The first time I saw Naomi Watts playing my grandmother Babe Paley in “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans,” she was in tears. She had just discovered her husband’s affair with Happy Rockefeller, the governor’s wife, finding him on the bedroom floor, scrubbing a stain of menstrual blood from their plush carpet. Babe summons Truman Capote to her Fifth Avenue apartment, her face set in distress, her mascara running. In his book, Mr. Leamer surmises that the governor’s wife in Capote’s story is Marie Harriman, not Ms. Rockefeller. There are no live recordings of Babe, no way for an actress to know how she moved and spoke.

Persons: Naomi Watts, Babe Paley, ”, Happy Rockefeller, Truman Capote, mascara, Matisse, Laurence Leamer’s, Leamer, Marie Harriman, Rockefeller, Babe, “ Baba, Brooke Organizations: Swans, Basque Locations: “, Manhasset, Long

☆ Richard Lewis and Larry David, Best Frenemies Forever
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Maya Salam | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

If ever a Hollywood friendship was destined to be, it might have been the one between the comics Larry David and Richard Lewis, who died from a heart attack on Tuesday at 76. That would set the tone that would define their friendship — and their onscreen relationship — for the rest of their lives. “I disliked him intensely,” Lewis told The Spectator last year, calling the young David cocky and arrogant. “We became instant best friends,” David said of Lewis during that 2002 interview, at the Paley Center for Media. In 2010, talking with Howard Stern, Lewis said, “When I became a comic, he loved my work, and I loved his work.”

Persons: Larry David, Richard Lewis, —, “, ” Lewis, David, Larry, I’m, ” David, Lewis, Howard Stern, ” Organizations: Paley Center for Media Locations: Brooklyn, York

☆ ‘Feud’ Style Recap: Fake Eyelashes as Armor
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

This article contains spoilers for Episode 4 of “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans.”As the latest episode of “Feud” begins, Babe Paley (Naomi Watts) is facing radiation treatment for cancer and the terrifying possibility of her death. But she does so in a full dress and heels. At the same time, Truman Capote (Tom Hollander), who is unraveling from heavy substance abuse, tours his friends around a rehab facility, with a long scarf over his shoulder and a newsboy cap. VANESSA FRIEDMAN There were a few key moments for me in this episode. First, when Babe ties her Hermès scarf around her bag, which set off a trend that is still going on today.

Persons: ”, Babe Paley, Naomi Watts, Truman Capote, Tom Hollander, Paley, VANESSA FRIEDMAN, Babe Organizations: Swans, ”

NEW YORK (AP) — Executive producer Ryan Murphy is known for creating vivid TV worlds where high drama feels completely normal. Costume designer and producer Lou Eyrich has helped him bring these worlds alive, and their latest collaboration, “Feud: Capote vs. Eyrich said Watts, who plays Babe Paley, “got hit the hardest” as the main character besides Capote. While the real Paley wore a designer dress with a fur coat to the ball, Posen made adjustments. “She took everybody’s notes really to heart and she really wanted it to be collaborative.

Persons: Ryan Murphy, Lou Eyrich, ”, Truman Capote, Babe Paley, C.Z, Lee Radziwill, ” Tom Hollander, Capote, cavorting, Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Demi Moore, Chloe Sevigny, Molly Ringwald, Laurence Leamer, Watts, Eyrich, “, ” Watts, Hulu —, Murphy, “ Ryan, ” Eyrich, Erich, Babe, Gucci loafers, Zac Posen, Posen, ” Posen, Jim Henson, Fellini, Zeffirelli, Paley, it’s, Van Cleef, Cartier, Verdura, I’m, ” Moore, Ringwald, —, ” Ringwald, “ I’m, ” Sevigny, Eyrich’s Organizations: —, Manhattan, AP, Hulu, American Locations: New York, turtlenecks, Givenchy

☆ The real story of Babe and Bill Paley's troubled marriage — and the affair Truman Capote exposed — depicted on 'Feud' season 2
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

"Feud" season two shines a light on the late New York socialite Babe Paley and her husband Bill. AdvertisementOne of the first scenes of "Feud: Capote vs. Capote exposed Bill Paley's infidelity in a short story published in 1975Babe Paley (Naomi Watts) and Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) in episode 1 of "Feud: Capote vs. Babe Paley (Naomi Watts) in episode 1 of "Feud: Capote vs. "Feud: Capote vs.

Persons: Babe Paley, Bill, Babe, Truman Capote, Happy Rockefeller, —, Tom Hollander, hurrying, Naomi Watts, Capote, Chitty Chitty Bang, Bill Paley, Treat Williams, Paley, Media —, Paley's, Laurence Leamer, Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, Ina Coolbirth, Slim Keith, Sidney Dillon, Cleo Dillon, Sidney, he's, hadn't, Marie Harriman, W, Averell Harriman, Rockefeller, Rebecca Creskoff, Nelson Rockefeller, Melanie Benjamin Organizations: New York, Service, Paley Center, Media, Basque, New York Times, New, Swans Locations: New, Manhattan, New York, La, Capote's

☆ They Don’t Make Socialites Like They Used To
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( The Styles Desk | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Ryan Murphy’s new limited series, “Feud: Capote vs. the Swans,” takes viewers into a defunct world, set in the rooms once inhabited by the carefully coifed fixtures of Manhattan’s high society. The show examines the rift between the writer Truman Capote and his friends — a pack of socialites whom he called his “Swans” — after a fictionalized excerpt from his unfinished novel spilling their secrets was published in Esquire magazine in 1975. The Swans, each dressed in her own polished, throwback style, are played by an impressive cast: Diane Lane as Nancy “Slim” Keith, Calista Flockhart as Lee Radziwill, Naomi Watts as Barbara “Babe” Paley and Chloë Sevigny as C.Z. Ahead of the release of the first two episodes, members of the Styles desk gathered to discuss the designers highlighted in the series and how the show made them nostalgic, but also hopeful, for the return of a more intentional way of dressing.

Persons: Ryan Murphy’s, ”, Truman Capote, Diane Lane, Nancy “ Slim ” Keith, Calista Flockhart, Lee Radziwill, Naomi Watts, Barbara “ Babe ” Paley, Chloë Sevigny, C.Z, Styles Organizations: Swans, Esquire

☆ The real story behind the suicide of American socialite Ann Woodward in 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Woodward's suicide is depicted in the first episode of "Feud: Capote vs. Ann Woodward had a run with Truman Capote where she reportedly called him a homophobic slurTom Hollander plays Truman Capote in "Feud: Capote vs. Ann Woodward and William Woodward Jr. at the Embassy Club in the Ambassador Hotel in New York in 1975. According to Montillo, Capote recognized Woodward and approached her table; after a brief conversation, she reportedly called Capote a homophobic slur. Despite the two decades since her husband's death, Woodward's reputation was still in tatters among those who remembered the headline-making incident.

Persons: —, Ryan Murphy's, Truman Capote, Jon Robin Baitz, Laurence Leamer's, Tom Hollander, Capote, Leamer, Ann Woodward, Woodward, Demi Moore, Holly Golightly, Angeline Lucille Crowell, Ann Eden, William Woodward Jr, Susan Braudy, Bettmann, Roseanne Montillo's, Woodward's, Moritz, Montillo, Mrs, Bang, Lady Ina Coolbirth, Jones, Ann Hopkins, David Hopkins, Babe Paley, Naomi Watts, Nancy, Slim, Keith, Diane Lane, Ann Woodward's, Gerald Clarke, Capote's, Elsie Woodward, Truman, BuzzFeed's Alessa Dominguez, Jimmy, William Organizations: Service, Business, FX, Hulu, New York, Embassy Club, Woodward Locations: American, New York, Manhattan, La, Basque, Kansas, New, Europe, St

☆ Meet Truman Capote's 'swans,' the real socialites featured in 'Feud' season 2
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The second season of "Feud" focuses on Truman Capote and a group of socialites he called his swans. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . The Swans," the second season of Ryan Murphy's anthology series, dramatizes the fallout between author Truman Capote and some of New York's most legendary socialites, whom he referred to in his final, unfinished novel as "swans." Here's everything you need to know about Capote's swans featured in "Feud" — and the ones that didn't make his inner circle but still had their secrets exposed in his work.

Persons: Truman Capote, Babe Paley, Slim Keith, C.Z, Lee Radziwill, Capote, —, Ryan Murphy's, Tom Hollander Organizations: Service, Basque

☆ ‘Feud: Capote vs. the Swans’ Review: Cold Blooded
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-31 | by ( Mike Hale | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“Feud: Capote vs. the Swans,” which premieres Wednesday on FX (streaming on Hulu), is something that its protagonist could not abide: a bore. The second season of the anthology series “Feud” stretches the story of Truman Capote’s falling out with the “swans” of New York society across eight episodes and more than seven hours. They have gone instead for chilly, moralistic and cautionary. “Capote vs. the Swans” feels as forbidding and vindictive as the society wives who pass judgment on Capote. An element in that affect is the fashionably fractured approach the show takes to its storytelling.

Persons: Truman Capote’s, —, Babe Paley, Jon Robin Baitz, Gus Van Sant, Ryan Murphy —, “ Capote, ” Organizations: Swans, Hulu, Basque Locations: New York, La

☆ Truman Capote Cashed In on His Friends’ Secrets. It Cost Him Everything.
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Ginia Bellafante | More About Ginia Bellafante | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

She died of lung cancer in 1978 never having spoken to Capote again. In the fall of 1955, Mrs. Woodward shot and killed her husband at their estate in Oyster Bay, in the middle of the night, believing that he was a burglar. Capote decided it was not, even though someone eventually pleaded guilty to trying to rob the Woodward house on the night of the shooting. In mid-October, just as Capote’s story was set to drop, Mrs. Woodward killed herself in her uptown apartment. While she had had a difficult life and there was no way to know why she did it, many speculated about the correlation.

Persons: ”, William Paley, Paley, Capote, Ann Woodward, Capote’s, Woodward, Basque ”, “ Ann Hopkins, “, bigamist, ” Alex Belth, Rich Little Organizations: Basque Locations: New York, Oyster Bay, Nassau, Basque

☆ Naomi Watts, Demi Moore and Diane Lane Swan at the Plaza
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Melissa Guerrero | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The show focuses on the schism between the novelist Truman Capote, played by Tom Hollander, and the coterie of New York City socialites he befriended. Some of the society fixtures, whom Capote referred to as his “swans,” are played by a distinguished cast: Barbara “Babe” Paley (Naomi Watts), Nancy “Slim” Keith (Diane Lane), C. Z. Guest (Chloë Sevigny), Lee Radziwill (Calista Flockhart), Joanne Carson (Molly Ringwald) and Ann Woodward (Demi Moore). The series is based on “Capote’s Women,” a 2021 book by Laurence Leamer. The Times’s Charlotte Curtis reported that “international Who’s Who of notables” attended including Frank Sinatra, Mia Farrow and the Maharani of Jaipur.

Persons: FX’s, ”, Truman Capote, Tom Hollander, Barbara “ Babe ” Paley, Naomi Watts, Nancy “ Slim ” Keith, Diane Lane, Chloë Sevigny, Lee Radziwill, Joanne Carson, Molly Ringwald, Ann Woodward, Demi Moore, Laurence Leamer, Capote, Charlotte Curtis, Frank Sinatra, Mia Farrow Organizations: Swans, New, New York City, Esquire, Museum of Modern Locations: New York, Jaipur

☆ Confessions of a startup founder's wife
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

I wished I had told Kyle that I would understand if he wanted to quit. That's as apt a description of Kyle's startup as it is of our relationship. I'm not sure Kyle has found as many perks to being a startup founder married to a startup reporter. Now Kyle's startup has pivoted a third time. The truth is, I don't know if Kyle's startup will make it.

Persons: Kyle, Kyle shrugged, pang, I'd, hadn't, Scott Belsky, It's, messier, I've, he'd, Jillian, Chris Dixon, Andreessen Horowitz, Jeff Bezos, MacKenzie Scott, Schulze, TikTok, Josh Cochran, Marc Andreessen, I'm, He'd, Eric Paley, Steve Jobs, —, Playbyte, he's, Rohan Seth, Paul Davison, Steve Huffman, hasn't, Instagram, it's, Zelda, That's, cradling, Melia Russell Organizations: Apple Watch, Steam, Francisco's Mission, University of California, TechCrunch, White House, YouTube, Labor Locations: Champagne, Francisco's, Berkeley, San Francisco, New York, America, Playbyte, Kyle, Boston, Bay, sobs

☆ Founder Collective has quietly built a seed-investing powerhouse that just raised a $95 million new fund. Its secret sauce: staying small.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Melia Russell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

The firm has raised $95 million for its fifth and largest fund, Founder Collective tells Insider exclusively. While it's not the splashiest shop, those in the know know Founder Collective has quietly built one of the most successful venture-capital franchises on the East Coast. Founder CollectiveFounded in 2009, Founder Collective started as a bloc of founders and investors pooling their money to invest in startups. Founder Collective has always been ruthlessly focused on the seed stage, where investors take the biggest risk in pursuit of the highest returns. "We have been fastidious and we've screamed it to anyone who will listen: capital efficiency, capital efficiency, capital efficiency," Frankel said.

Persons: Eric Paley, Collective's, it's, Beezer Clarkson, Sapphire, Clarkson, Paley, David Frankel, Frankel, Amanda Herson, Herson, we've Organizations: Sapphire Partners, Cendana, Foundry Group, Forbes, Felicis Ventures Locations: Cambridge , Massachusetts, East, Coupang, Susa

Cast member Matthew Perry poses at the premiere of the television series "The Kennedys After Camelot" at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills, California U.S., March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 3 (Reuters) - Actor Matthew Perry, who died on Saturday at age 54, was laid to rest on Friday at a Los Angeles cemetery in a service attended by relatives and castmates from the hit 1990s television sitcom "Friends," show business media reported, citing photographs. Mourners gathered at the Forest Lawn cemetery in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles, less than a mile from the Warner Brothers studio where the show was filmed. The cause and manner of Perry's death are to be determined by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office, following completion of an autopsy with toxicology tests. Reporting by Daniel Trotta in Carlsbad, California, and Steve Gorman in Los Angeles; Editing by Jamie FreedOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Matthew Perry, Mario Anzuoni, Michael Jackson, Lucille Ball, Elizabeth Taylor, Perry, Chandler Bing, York Post's, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, TMZ, John Bennett Perry, Keith Morrison, that's, Daniel Trotta, Steve Gorman, Jamie Freed Organizations: The Paley Center for Media, Beverly Hills , California U.S, REUTERS, Warner Brothers, Media, TMZ, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County Medical, Thomson Locations: Beverly Hills , California, Los Angeles, Hollywood, York, Los Angeles County, Carlsbad , California

☆ Meta shares dip following cautious commentary about unrest in the Middle East
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Ashley Capoot | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Shares of Meta initially rose after the report but the gains were erased when Meta's finance chief Susan Li warned analysts about unpredictability in the Middle East. As a result of the conflict in Israel, Meta gave fourth-quarter guidance between $36.5 billion to $40 billion. Meta reported $34.15 billion in revenue for the quarter, up 23%, and the fastest rate of growth since 2021. Evercore analysts said "the BIG negative" from the call was that brand advertising demand has slowed as a result of the war. Despite the slowing brand advertising demand, the Evercore analysts said a lot is "working" at Meta.

Persons: Li, Susan Li, Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, Morgan Stanley Organizations: Meta, Facebook, Paley Center For Media, Deutsche Bank Locations: Israel, New York, Ukraine, Meta

☆ A grape soda fountain, a moonbounce and an electric fan: Is this modern art?
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-13 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

London CNN —The 20th annual installment of Frieze — London’s biggest and most influential art fair — has officially begun. A grape soda fountainAdam Farah-Saad's debut at the Public Gallery booth included a steel 6-person fountain pumping KA grape soda. Courtesy of Public GalleryLondon artist Adam Farah-Saad’s first solo exhibition presented by Public Gallery featured a large reworked steel drinking fountain similar to those seen at children’s parks or playgrounds. This version would probably prove more popular with those under 18, too, since it exclusively pumps out KA Black Grape Soda instead of H2O. Placed 20 inches away is a rotating electric fan causing the pages of the pad to flutter between drawings.

Persons: Regent’s, Barbara Sturm’s “, ”, Elizabeth Peyton’s, Adam Farah, Saad’s, Farah, Mariah Carey’s, Caballero Alto, Bruno Ruiz, Débora Delmar, “ Caballero Alto, Beuys, Linda Nylind, Wantanee, Siripattananuntakul, Joseph Beuys, Gillian Wearing, Maureen Paley's, Haricot, Shilpa, Shilpa Gupta Organizations: London CNN, Gallery, Public, Llano Gallery, Young British, Frith Locations: Gallery London, Mexico City, Llano, London, Chapultepec Castle, Thai, New York, United Kingdom

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