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☆ 'Bridgerton' actor Jessica Madsen would 'love' to see Eloise and Cressida have a friends-to-lovers story
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-04 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Read preview"Bridgerton" actor Jessica Madsen and fans of the show want one thing: for Cressida Cowper and Eloise Bridgerton to fall in love with each other. AdvertisementSpeaking to Business Insider ahead of the "Bridgerton" season three, part one premiere, Madsen said she would love to see Cressida and Eloise have a friends-to-lovers storyline. Calls for Cressida and Eloise to become a couple grew after fans became aware that Madsen is in love with a woman. Benedict (Luke Thompson) (right) and Eloise Bridgerton (Claudia Jessie) in "Bridgerton" season three. Advertisement"I've always loved that there's this coding that people have with Eloise," Jessie said.

Persons: —, Jessica Madsen, Cressida Cowper, Eloise Bridgerton, Cressida, Madsen, Eloise, Claudia Jessie, Liam Daniel, " Madsen, I'd, haDUA9W72u, brian ✒️ ✨, eloise don’t, Ha7zSiXPkW, kenna 🤠 Organizations: Service, Netflix, Business, Pride

☆ A member of Elon Musk's entourage told ex-Twitter director Esther Crawford her job was to help take care of the billionaire, author says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Beatrice Nolan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Musk's former lieutenant was told her job was to "help take care of him," a new book said. A member of Musk's entourage spoke to Esther Crawford after she met Musk, per "Breaking Twitter." A Boring Company staffer told Crawford that "Elon is a very special guy," the book said. AdvertisementAdvertisementElon Musk's former lieutenant Esther Crawford was told that she needed to protect and look after the owner of X, formerly Twitter, a book said. In a video posted to X in July, Crawford said Musk was "living in an echo chamber" surrounded by "yes men."

Persons: Esther Crawford, Musk, Crawford, Elon, —, Elon Musk's, Ben Mezrich, Jehn Balajadia, Balajadia, she'd Organizations: Boring Company, Service, Twitter, Balajadia

☆ Sam Bankman-Fried took 21 private jet trips to and from Washington, and chartered Cessnas to transport Amazon packages to FTX HQ, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-30 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

FTX spent $15 million on flights and plane upgrades with a charter airline, a court filing said. Bankman-Fried made 21 trips to or from Washington, DC, on a Learjet 60, a person with direct knowledge told Insider. AdvertisementAdvertisementSam Bankman-Fried and FTX frequently chartered private jets from a Bahamian company called Trans Island Airways (TIA), three people familiar with the matter told Insider. They added that each trip cost between $20,000 and $30,000, which means the Learjet flights alone could cost more than $1 million. AdvertisementAdvertisementProsecutors allege that Bankman-Fried orchestrated a scheme that involved funneling $100 million of FTX funds through executives to politicians .

Persons: FTX, Fried, —, Sam Bankman, Joe Bankman, Jerome Powell, Martin, Ryan Salame, Bankman, Michael Lewis, Lewis, Sam, Ryan, Sam's Organizations: Service, Trans Island Airways, TIA, Amazon, Bombardier Global, Embraer ERJ, Trans, Airways, Prosecutors, Capitol, Yorker, New York Times, Federal, Learjet, Bankman, TIA's, Cessna, Fort, Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport, Twitter Locations: Washington, DC, Florida, Bahamas, Caribbean, New York, Chicago, Fort Lauderdale

☆ Elon Musk is auctioning off Twitter's signs and decorations as part of the X HQ overhaul — take a look
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-11 | by ( Haley Tenore | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

X — formerly Twitter — will auction off items from its San Francisco HQ due to its brand overhaul. Just because these items are being auctioned off doesn't mean you'll be able to fill your living room with furniture from Twitter HQ. HGP will help buyers carry items into the loading area, but it does not provide shipping services. In January, the company sold items from its HQ including a pizza oven, office furniture, and an espresso machine. The Twitter bird and signature sky blue theme are slowly being removed in favor of the black and white X branding.

Persons: Elon Musk Organizations: Twitter, San Francisco, Heritage Global Partners, Elon Locations: San Francisco

☆ An X user with 455,000 followers had his handle 'ripped' away by Elon Musk's company as part of its rebrand from Twitter
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

X has found its latest handle victim as it took away the handle "@music" from a user. It comes after the company suddenly removed the "X" handle from user Gene X Hwang. The page , which was formerly labeled Twitter Music, now has Vaught's old handle and is labeled as an affiliate of X. Just now, Twitter / X just ripped it away," Vaught tweeted. The removal of @music comes a week after the company took away the @x user handle from user Gene X Hwang without asking him.

Persons: Jeremy Vaught, Gene X Hwang, Vaught, Kwang, didn't Organizations: X Corp, Twitter, X HQ

☆ Twitter abruptly took the @x username from the guy who originally had it. Read the email he was sent offering an 'exclusive visit' to Elon Musk's rebranded X HQ.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Pete Syme | Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

The owner of the handle, Gene X Hwang, said he'd been willing to trade it. In its rebranding efforts, X — formerly known as Twitter — abruptly took over one of its user accounts with the handle @x on Tuesday night. He'd owned the @x handle since 2007 and has since generated over 53,000 followers on the social media site. X emailed Gene X Hwang that they had taken his handle during their rebranding process. What's more, taking over the @x handle appears to be the least of the social media's rebranding woes.

Persons: Gene X Hwang, he'd, X, Twitter —, He'd, Hwang, that's, he's, Elon Musk, Gizmodo Organizations: Twitter, Tesla, SpaceX, X, Telegraph, Meta, San Francisco Police Department Locations: San Francisco

☆ Mick Jagger's security guy reportedly helped Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife disable security cameras suspected of beaming footage back to Fox HQ after divorce
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-12 | by ( Aaron Mok | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Mick Jagger sent his security consultant to help his disable cameras in Rupert Murdoch's ex-wife's house, Vanity Fair reported. The footage from the home in Oxfordshire — which she got in the divorce settlement — was being sent to Murdoch's Fox headquarters, Vanity Fair reported. Hall, who married Murdoch in 2016, had previously been married to Jagger. Representatives for Murdoch, Hall, and Jagger did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment. Read the Vanity Fair's full report on Rupert Murdoch here.

☆ Elon Musk's private jet hasn't flown to SpaceX's main launch site since he bought Twitter, jet-tracker claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Elon Musk's private jet hasn't flown to Starbase in almost three months, per jet-tracking data. He has flown to airports near SpaceX HQ in LA, however, and could have used its planes to fly to Starbase. Prior to Musk's Twitter acquisition, Brownsville, Texas was one of the private jet's most frequent destinations, per Sweeney's flight data. However, Musk's private jet has flown to airports near SpaceX's headquarters in Hawthorne, California since the Twitter acquisition, including Los Angeles International Airport, Sweeney's data shows. After purchasing Twitter, Musk said his workload jumped from "70 to 80 hours a week to probably 120."

☆ Staff at a Bahamian restaurant said Sam Bankman-Fried often spent $2,500-a-day on luxury lunches for FTX staff, report says
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Sam Bankman-Fried used to spend thousands of dollars on staff lunches, Fox Business reported. But FTX workers never returned for happy hour, a bartender told Fox Business. Cocoplum staff told Fox Business that the restaurant was one of several that delivered lunch to the FTX HQ on a regular basis for a cost of about $10,000 a day. Despite telling Bloomberg in April that he didn't want a yacht, Fox Business reported that Bankman-Fried owned a 52-foot yacht worth millions of dollars. Bankman-Fried declined to answer Fox Business when asked if he used client assets to fund his purchases.

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