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☆ Trump is right: He's directly responsible for the state of abortion access in the country. He's also the source of the backlash against it
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Trump said on Wednesday that he alone is responsible for the progress the anti-abortion movement has made in recent years. "Without me the pro Life movement would have just kept losing," Trump posted to Truth Social. Thank you President TRUMP!!!" Ultimately, Trump's Wednesday Truth Social post is true — there isn't anyone currently more responsible for the current state of abortion rights in America. But don't expect a Truth Social post about that anytime soon.

☆ A Texas professor failed more than half of his class after ChatGPT falsely claimed it wrote their papers
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Sophia Ankel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A professor at Texas A&M University tried to fail some students, Rolling Stone reported on Tuesday. He said he used ChatGPT to test whether they'd used the software to write the papers. A professor at Texas A&M failed more than half of his class after ChatGPT falsely claimed it wrote their papers, prompting the university to withhold their diplomas, Rolling Stone reported on Tuesday. In a follow-up post, DearKick wrote that several students wrote to Mumm to show him their timestamped Google Docs in an effort to prove that they did not use ChatGPT. While some schools in Texas have banned students from using ChatGPT, others are trying to incorporate the AI chatbot

☆ Fact Check-Image is not authentic George Santos mug shot
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-15 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

A cropped photograph of U.S. Representative George Santos taken in the Capitol in 2021 has been shared with the false claim that it is a mug shot of the newly-indicted Republican. The original image captured in January 2021 by photographer Tom Williams shows Santos walking down a hallway in the U.S. Capitol Building (here). Attorneys' Offices, Eastern District of New York, told Reuters that no mug shot was released, adding that the release of mug shots is against Department of Justice policy “unless there’s some larger public safety need, like an ongoing manhunt” (bit.ly/41DGRqE). A spokesperson for Santos’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The photograph was taken while Santos was walking down a hallway in the U.S. Capitol Building in January 2021.

☆ Dianne Feinstein's staff makes sure the senator never walks around the Capitol by herself out of concern for what she might say to reporters amid her declining health and old age, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

As her health declined, her staff began to follow her wherever she goes in the Capitol, per Rolling Stone. Feinstein returned to the Senate on Wednesday after spending nearly three months away from Washington due to a shingles infection. For the past few years, Feinstein's staff felt it necessary to ensure the senator is never alone when she walks around the Capitol, sources told Rolling Stone. Jamarcus Purley, a former staff member fired last February for work performance issues, told the magazine that Feinstein's office developed the system without her knowing. Feinstein's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ Swedish singer Loreen wins Eurovision Song Contest for 2nd time at event feting Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-14 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Swedish singer Loreen won the Eurovision Song Contest on Saturday night with her power ballad "Tattoo," at a colorful, eclectic music competition clouded for a second year running by the war in Ukraine. Loreen, 39, previously won Eurovision in 2012 and is only the second performer to take the prize twice, after Ireland's Johnny Logan in the 1980s. Under the slogan "united by music," Eurovision final fused the soul of the English port city that birthed The Beatles with the spirit of war-battered Ukraine. Now in its 67th year, Eurovision bills itself as the world's biggest music contest — an Olympiad of party-friendly pop. "Now, the music industry, the world, knows that if you appear at Eurovision, you could be in for a great thing," said Steve Holden, host of the official Eurovision Song Contest podcast.

☆ Adidas says it won't destroy its mountain of unsold Yeezy stock but plans to sell these items and donate profits to charity
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-11 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

It was left with over $1 billion of Yeezy stock. Adidas CEO Björn Gulden told investors Thursday that it wouldn't destroy these items. Gulden spoke in German at the meeting; a translated version of his comments was shared with Insider by an Adidas spokesperson. Gulden then went on to say that Adidas plans to donate the profits from the sale of these items to organizations representing people who "were hurt" by West's comments. Earlier this week, the FT first reported that a top shareholder was demanding answers over Adidas' investigation into West.

☆ A major Adidas shareholder is demanding answers over the company's tumultuous relationship with Kanye West
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Adidas cut ties with Kanye West after his antisemitic rant last October. The company began an investigation into his behavior towards Yeezy staff last November. And now a top investor will urge Adidas to reveal the results in an annual meeting, the FT reported. According to Rolling Stone, West would scream and throw books across a room in 2020 as Yeezy staff said they feared for their wellbeing. Werning will urge Adidas to share the investigation's results "here and now" and demand the company "transparently clean up the scandal," the FT reported.

☆ MTV News to shut down as Paramount slashes US workforce
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-09 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

New York CNN —Paramount Media Networks announced Tuesday it will shutter MTV News and slash its US workforce by 25%, bringing to an end the iconic music video network’s news division that once covered a range of issues from pop culture to politics and became a household name for Generation X and Millennial adolescents. During the ’90s, MTV News also provided an alternative to traditional cable news that appealed to young Americans. In addition to MTV News, some units in the company are being eliminated altogether, most of which are operations, a Paramount spokesperson said. CNN, The Washington Post, NPR, Gannett, Vox Media, NBC News and others have also cut their workforces in recent months. The Paramount Media Networks division is cutting staff by 25%.

☆ Dianna Agron responds to decade-long speculation about Taylor Swift relationship
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-08 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —More than a decade ago there was speculation that “Glee” star Dianna Agron and Taylor Swift may have had a “Love Story.”Agron has now addressed it. In a recently published interview with Rolling Stone, the actress was asked about being a supposed inspiration for Swift’s 2012 single “22” from the “Red” album as Agron appears in the liner notes. Oh, if only!”“That’s more because of a friendship than being the inspiration for the song,” she said. I … I mean, there have been many stories about my dating life that are so wildly untrue,” Agron said. “That’s funny.”CNN has reached out to a rep for Swift for comment.

☆ Nothing Is Bigger Than Stephen Curry vs. LeBron James
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-06 | by ( Sopan Deb | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A playoff series headlined by Curry and James is the basketball equivalent of the Rolling Stones and the Beatles touring together. Or Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier, except with a touch more gray and way more mutual respect. Or, in basketball terms, this is Magic Johnson vs. Larry Bird in the 1980s. James, at 38, and Curry, at 35, are nearing the end of careers that have revolutionized basketball, with no clear heirs to continue the progression. “I think the league is very healthy as far as star power, but who takes the lead in that role?”

☆ Peter Thiel says Ron DeSantis would 'make a terrific president'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Peter Thiel says Ron DeSantis would "make a terrific president." "If he's the Republican nominee, I will strongly support him in 2024," Thiel said. "If he's the Republican nominee, I will strongly support him in 2024," Thiel told podcast host Bari Weiss in an episode of the "Honestly" podcast on Wednesday. Robert Bigelow, a UFO-loving Las Vegas hotel mogul, vowed to "go without food" if that was necessary to fund DeSantis' 2024 run. Thiel did not elaborate in the podcast on whether he plans to give money to DeSantis in the 2024 election cycle.

These publicists help bridge the gap between traditional media and the creator economy. They represent influencers on platforms like TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. These high-profile influencers use PR professionals to help them craft their images and land them media appearances. In our fourth annual power list, Insider is spotlighting top publicists and PR pros working with creators on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitch. We chose the PR professionals based on factors like their roles, responsibilities, and impact on their clients and the creator economy broadly.

☆ The first movie to cross $1 billion so far this year wasn't a superhero movie — it's 'The Super Mario Bros.'
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-01 | by ( Will Gendron | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

'The Super Mario Bros. Movie' continues to dominate the global box office. It has become the first movie of 2023 and the first video game movie ever to reach this benchmark. Over the weekend, "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" officially surpassed the $1 billion mark at the global box office. It grossed more than double the box office of the second highest-grossing movie of the year, Marvel's "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," per Box Office Mojo. Meanwhile, "The Super Mario Bros." has a tight run time of just 92 minutes.

☆ Fact Check-Laurance Rockefeller, John Podesta and Chester Bennington are not related
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-27 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

There is no evidence that oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller’s late grandson Laurance Rockefeller, White House adviser John Podesta and late Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington are directly related, contrary to rumors on social media. An image circulating online, which shows black-and-white photographs of the three men, reads: “This is Laurence (sic) Rockefeller, his son pedophile John Podesta, and his son, Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington. Reuters found no evidence that Rockefeller, Podesta and Bennington are related. The Linkin Park frontman died by suicide in July 2017 (here), (here). There is no evidence Laurance Rockefeller, John Podesta and Chester Bennington are related.

For the fourth year, Insider is recognizing the top PR reps for influencers and content creators. These publicists help bridge the gap between traditional media and the creator economy. These high-profile influencers use PR professionals to help them craft their images and land them media appearances. In our fourth annual power list, Insider is spotlighting top publicists and PR pros working with creators on Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Twitch. We chose the PR professionals based on factors like their roles, responsibilities, and impact on their clients and the creator economy broadly.

☆ Fox News has a secret file of damaging info on Tucker Carlson in case he starts trashing the network: report
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-26 | by ( Mia Jankowicz | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Fox News PR keeps an "oppo file" on Tucker Carlson in case he lashes out, Rolling Stone reported. One insider told the outlet that such files are kept on all the network's talent. Fox News' PR chief has a dossier of damaging information on Tucker Carlson to be used in the event that he comes out swinging against the network, Rolling Stone reported. Some grievances against Carlson and his team have recently emerged, with former "Tucker Carlson Tonight" producer Abby Grossberg filing a lawsuit last month which alleged a "sexist" work environment. In response to the lawsuit, Fox told Insider the allegations have "no merit" and that it would "vigorously defend" the network.

☆ Who Is E. Jean Carroll, the Writer Accusing Donald Trump of Rape?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Lola Fadulu | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

E. Jean Carroll is a writer and a former columnist for Elle magazine who doled out sex, career and other advice for more than 20 years. The author, 79, grew up as Betty Jean Carroll in Indiana. She attended Indiana University, where she was crowned Miss Indiana University in 1963. Ms. Carroll had long thought of herself as a writer; she once told USA Today that she sent pitches to magazines when she was 12 years old. Ms. Carroll also wrote for Rolling Stone and Playboy, where she was the first female contributing editor.

☆ Harry Belafonte, who mixed music, acting, and activism, dies at 96
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-25 | by ( Bill Trott | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Belafonte was born in New York City's borough of Manhattan but spent his early childhood in his family's native Jamaica. A few weeks before the launch, Belafonte told Rolling Stone magazine that singing was a way for him to express injustices in the world. "We were instructed to never capitulate, to never yield, to always resist oppression," Belafonte told Yes! "The Navy came as a place of relief for me," Belafonte told Yes! Belafonte was the first Black performer to win a major Emmy in 1960 with his appearance on a television variety special.

☆ Inside the Wild World of Celebrity Keynote Speakers: Drugs, Alcohol
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-23 | by ( David Kushner | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

"I never saw myself as a speaker, let alone a motivational speaker," Leonard tells me while his assistant irons his jeans. 'When I ramble," Hunter told me, "hit me in the leg!" Every plane had been grounded, including the one stuck on the tarmac with an increasingly inebriated Hunter Thompson trapped inside. But by far the most all-consuming task was booking gigs for Hunter Thompson. Just before a debate with G. Gordon Liddy at Brown University, Hunter demanded that Betsy Berg, whom I now worked alongside at GTN, score him some crystal meth.

☆ A Las Vegas hotel mogul who ardently believes in UFOs says he's funneling millions into Ron DeSantis' super PAC: 'I will give him more money and go without food'
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-21 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

"I will give him more money and go without food," Bigelow told Time. "Trump lost his north," Bigelow told Time. In 2017, Bigelow told CBS that he believes aliens are here on Earth and "right under people's noses." In April, Trump trounced DeSantis in a 2024 primary poll, leading DeSantis 51% to 41% in a head-to-head match-up. Representatives for Bigelow, DeSantis, and the Never Back Down PAC did not immediately respond to Insider's requests for comment sent outside regular business hours.

☆ DeSantis megadonors revolt in private chat, saying if they wanted a MAGA candidate they 'would donate to Donald Trump', report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ron DeSantis donors criticized him in a private chat. Rolling Stone obtained screenshots of the group chat between the GOP megadonors. Ron DeSantis donors raged together in a private chat about the Florida governor's presidential prospects. Rolling Stone gained access to screenshots of a group chat between several DeSantis donors, some of whom it said had given large sums to the governor. Other donors wrote that they wanted DeSantis to hit back harder at Trump, with one describing him as a "damn wimp," per Rolling Stone.

☆ They dated as teenagers. 40 years later, she decided to go on vacation with him
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“Our hallways in this school, they were outside, and so there’s this beam of sunlight shining down on her,” recalls Bo. “I’d say, ‘Come to my window and I’ll talk to you through the window,’” recalls Beverly. The former flames, now both 60, received invites to their 40th high school reunion, taking place at the Clinton Presidential Library in Little Rock. A high school reunionBo and Beverly reunited at a high school reunion and got to know one another on a subsequent sailing vacation. It was “literally a shack of driftwood and washed up lumber slapped together haphazardly on a remote beach,” recalls Bo.

☆ Trump is privately warning religious leaders that Republicans risk 'losing big' over abortion stance, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-14 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Donald Trump tells religious leaders that Republicans risk "losing big" due to its abortion stance. Three sources told the outlet that they heard Trump complain that the GOP is "getting killed on abortion." Trump has previously blamed Republicans' handling of the "abortion issue" for the party's poor performance in the 2022 midterm elections. During recent off-the-record meetings with religious leaders, Trump has tried to emphasize his previous anti-abortion record and framed himself as the "most pro-life" president in US history. There has been no bigger advocate for the movement than President Trump," he said.

☆ Mary Quant, designer who epitomized Swinging 60s, dies at 93
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized Swinging London in the 1960s has died at 93. Mary Quant, the visionary fashion designer whose colorful, sexy miniskirts epitomized Swinging London in the 1960s and influenced youth culture around the world, has died. "She was the right person with the right sensibility in the right place at the right time. Quant was also credited with introducing hot pants and micro-minis to the fashion scene in the late 1960s. Quant stepped down from the day-to-day management of her firm, Mary Quant Ltd., in 2000 after it was purchased by a Japanese company, but kept working as a consultant.

☆ Who is trans advocate Dylan Mulvaney?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-13 | by ( Scottie Andrew | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

She became famous on TikTok, where she pivoted from musical theater to advocacy when she came out as trans. But when she started posting videos sponsored by Bud Light, Olay and Nike, her accounts became flooded with anti-trans hate. After cultivating a sizable following during the pandemic, Mulvaney came out as a trans woman in March 2022. From time to time we produce unique commemorative cans for fans and for brand influencers, like Dylan Mulvaney. Mulvaney says she tries to tune out anti-trans hateDylan Mulvaney presented an award at the PFLAG National 50th Anniversary Gala in March.

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