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☆ How an unknown actor scored a role in 'Joker 2' after a chance encounter with Todd Phillips at the grocery store
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Theodore Martello landed a role in "Joker: Folie à Deux" after meeting Todd Phillips at a grocery store. After a cordial chat, which included Phillips recommending a good wine to the actor, Martello left the store. Theodore Martello (slightly in frame, far right) in the TV set scene with Gaga in "Joker: Folie à Deux." After filming, Martello contacted Phillips to thank him for casting him and to remind him that he's always available for another opportunity. Now, with "Joker: Folie à Deux" on his resume, he said he's begun landing better auditions.

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☆ Millennials and Gen X Are Figuring Out What to Do With Boomers' Stuff
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-07 | by ( Emily Stewart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +15 min

AdvertisementIn short, boomers love stuff, and not just their stuff. They held on to their parents' stuff when they inherited it, and a lot of them are sitting with their kids' stuff in their attics now, too. The market value of the object and the sentimental value don't always go hand in hand. "I often emphasize the idea that the market value of the object and the sentimental value don't always go hand in hand," he said. Remember, it takes a lot of stuff to live a full life — and it's hard to let go of it.

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☆ Vikings stay undefeated in Sam Darnold revenge game against Jets
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Rohan Nadkarni | Rohan Nadkarni Is A Sports Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The Minnesota Vikings are still undefeated after a 23-17 win over the New York Jets in London. Quarterback Sam Darnold threw for 179 yards on Sunday against the team that drafted him first overall in 2018, but he was buoyed by a stellar performance from the Vikings defense. Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers threw for 244 yards and two scores, but he was inefficient, completing only 29 of 54 attempts. Rodgers led a short, five-play, 31-yard drive in the final minute of the first half for a New York touchdown. But after leading the Jets into Minnesota territory, Rodgers threw his third interception of the day, ensuring a loss for New York.

Persons: Sam Darnold, Aaron Rodgers, Rodgers ’, Andrew Van Ginkel, Rodgers, Darnold, Garrett Wilson Organizations: Minnesota Vikings, New York Jets, Vikings, Jets, New Locations: London, Minnesota, New York

☆ There's a 'hidden truth about American-style capitalism' that investors need to know, Josh Brown says
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Ana Teresa Solá | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

Josh Brown Photo: Duncan HillJosh Brown once had this idea that in order to be a financial advisor, you needed to be buttoned up and fit a particular mold. Throughout his new book, "You Weren’t Supposed To See That: Secrets Every Investor Should Know," Brown encourages investors to look beyond the surface level of financial advice you see in traditional and social media. "The hidden truth about American-style capitalism is that if everybody is good all at once, the whole thing breaks down. Gen Z doesn't need financial planning advice. 'Gen Z doesn't need financial planning advice'

Persons: Josh Brown, Duncan Hill Josh Brown, Brown, Joshua Brown, Ana Teresa Solá, James Moock, Gen, They're, they've, X, Let's Organizations: CNBC, Ritholtz Wealth Management, Finance, New York Stock Exchange, ATS Locations: New York City

David Paterson and his stepson were attacked Friday while on a walk in Manhattan by assailants who had “a previous interaction” with the stepson, a spokesperson for Paterson said. Paterson, 70, and his adult stepson both went to a hospital as precaution after the attack on Second Avenue in East Harlem, according to Paterson's spokesperson, Sean Darcy, and New York City police. "Governor Paterson and his stepson were attacked this evening while taking a walk around the block near their home by some individuals that had a previous interaction with his stepson,” Darcy said in a statement. Eliot Spitzer and took over as governor in March 2008 after Spitzer resigned mid-term following a prostitution scandal. Police said when officers arrived, Paterson had injuries to his head and another man had injuries to his face.

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Gregory Delpeche, 49, a city hospital worker, was shot Sept. 15 while he was riding the L train. He suffered a traumatic and significant brain injury, according to the notice of claim, which is the first step in filing a lawsuit against the city. Two officers opened fire on the man with the knife after he entered the station without paying his fare and refused to drop the weapon. The video shows the officers follow Mickles up the stairs to a platform. The officers follow him out and he runs in the direction of one officer, who runs backwards.

Persons: Gregory Delpeche, Derell, John Chell, “, Mickles, Gregory, Nick Liakas Locations: New York City, Brooklyn, Delpeche, Delpeche’s

☆ Asheville's vibrant arts scene has powered its economy. Rebuilding will be hard.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Alexandra Byrne | Alexandra Byrne Is A New York City-Based Reporter | Incoming Intern With The Nbc News Business | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

Visitors to Asheville’s Buncombe County spent nearly $3 billion last year, accounting for 20% of the county’s annual economy. “It has been a very vibrant tax base” as well, added Nadine Charlsen, who owns Northlight Studios on Depot Street and served as president of the River Arts District from 2018 to 2021. Asheville’s River Arts District in 2018. Nadine Charlsen, owner of Northlight Studios, Asheville, N.C. Andrea Kulish Wilhelm, an artist and teacher who specializes in pysanky, or Ukrainian Easter eggs, has been walking down to the River Arts District every day since Helene swept through.

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☆ I compared Costco locations in the city and the suburbs. Here were the biggest differences.
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-04 | by ( Gabbi Shaw | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

As a New York City resident, I've been hesitant about becoming a Costco member. I finally joined over the summer and decided to compare city and suburb locations. Go to newsletter preferences Thanks for signing up! AdvertisementI now live in New York City and, after joining Costco, assumed I would order products online. Still, I needed to know: Is a New York City Costco the same as the suburban Costco I've visited in the past?

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Furniture and other manufactured goods, especially machinery like farm equipment, vehicles and auto parts, could also be disrupted, the lobbying group said. “There’s no reason for people to go out and do like we did during Covid and hoard,” Ellen said. There’s no reason for people to go out and do like we did during Covid and hoard. “There’s no reason to panic,” he said, adding that many companies and freight operators have spent months preparing for the strike. Agresta advised consumers to consider similar products and local options if shortages arise for perishable goods, including produce.

Persons: feedstocks, ” Ellen, Andy Ellen, Joseph Agresta, tammytheblackprepper, Agresta, ”, Ron Vachris, “ Organizations: North Carolina Retail, Rutgers Business School, Walmart, Costco Locations: Canada, Mexico, West Coast

☆ Americans are able to bet on the US elections again after a legal fight
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Kelly Cloonan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Americans can bet on the outcome of US elections following a legal fight. Last month, Kalshi briefly listed bets on congressional election outcomes before the CFTC shut them down. On Wednesday, prediction market Kalshi got the go-ahead to take bets on congressional elections after a months-long legal battle with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. That makes it one of the only options for Americans to bet on election outcomes, and the only legal one for Americans to wager large amounts of money. The court's decision comes just five weeks before the elections, and follows years of legal battles between prediction markets and the CFTC.

Persons: Kalshi, —, CoinDesk, Harry Crane Organizations: CFTC, Service, Futures Trading Commission, Federal, Kalshi, Senate, Rutgers University Locations: New York, New Zealand

☆ The Gap comeback that might actually be working
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Cathleen Chen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +21 min

Designer Zac Posen — now creative director at Gap Inc., at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in March 2024. Danny Moloshok/ReutersSince 2014, the Gap brand has nearly halved its presence in North America, going from 968 stores in the market to 472 as of February. It makes up about 20% of overall Gap Inc. revenue, while Old Navy accounts for more than half. Before Gap, Posen was on track for a similar trajectory to Mizrahi’s. They started by redefining the positioning of each brand: Gap as a pop culture brand.

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☆ Anduril's Palmer Luckey slammed restrictions on AI use in the military
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-02 | by ( Shubhangi Goel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

In a college talk, Palmer Luckey criticized AI restrictions in military use. Luckey, founder of Anduril Industries, warned of adversaries like Russia and China using AI. In a Tuesday talk at Pepperdine University, Palmer Luckey, the founder of Anduril Industries, said he fears that AI will be used by "evil people," while Western powers are being coerced into not using AI. He added that Iran is going to have access to great AI in the future, and that China already has great AI. During Tuesday's talk, Luckey said that all of Anduril's tech operates autonomously and runs on its AI platform, called Lattice.

Persons: Palmer Luckey, —, Luckey, Anduril, Alex Karp, Karp, we're, Brian Schimpf Organizations: Anduril Industries, Service, Pepperdine University, United Nations, VR, Meta, of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, Special, Command, Founders Fund, Sands Capital, New York Times Locations: Russia, China, Ukraine, United, Iran, Europe, West, Israel, Palantir

☆ Fact check: JD Vance and Tim Walz at the vice presidential debate
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Cnn Staff | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +32 min

Tim Walz and Republican Sen. JD Vance of Ohio are facing off Tuesday night in New York City for their first – and only – vice presidential debate. Vance mischaracterizes Harris’ role on border policySen. JD Vance claimed that Vice President Kamala Harris was appointed the “border czar” during the Biden administration. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance attend a debate hosted by CBS News in New York on Tuesday. A recent report from the US Department of Energy found 142,000 new clean energy jobs were created in 2023. Alex Kent/Getty Images Cutout images of Vance and Walz are displayed at a debate watch party in New York.

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☆ Port strike could reignite inflation, with larger economic impact dependent on how long it lasts
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Jeff Cox | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Port of Miami dockworkers strike near the port entrance and demand a new labor contract, on October 1, 2024 in Miami, Florida. One rule of thumb is that for each strike day, it takes nearly a week to get ports operating at normal levels. watch now"We think fears around the potential economic impacts are overdone," wrote Bradley Saunders, North America economist at Capital Economics. "Frequent shocks to supply chains in recent years have left producers more attuned to the risks of running low inventories. "There is little chance that the administration would risk jeopardizing its recent economic successes less than two months before a tightly-contested election," he said.

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☆ ‘Comfortable, fun, familiar’: Microsoft’s bid to make its AI chatbot more enjoyable to talk to
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Clare Duffy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Microsoft on Tuesday announced a major update to Copilot, its AI system, that it says marks the first step toward creating an “AI companion” for users. The updated Copilot has new capabilities, including real-time voice interactions and the ability to interpret images and text on users’ screens. Copilot’s update also reflects Microsoft’s specific vision for how everyday people will use AI as the technology develops. Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman contends that people need AI to be more than a productivity tool, they need it to be a kind of digital friend. “I think in the future, the first thought you’re going to have is, ‘Hey, Copilot,’” Suleyman told CNN in an interview ahead of Tuesday’s announcement.

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☆ The unexpected gender dynamic shaping the 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-01 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

CNN —All signs suggest that the partisan divide over changing gender roles in society could widen even further in the 2024 election, adding a new source of uncertainty to a contest already on a knife’s edge. That was only the latest example of his campaign signaling its support for traditional gender roles. “The messaging on gender coming out of the campaign broadly is very much about reaffirming traditional roles for women and for men,” Cassese said. In PRRI polling this year, nearly half of Republicans agreed with two absolutist statements about gender roles. His problem is that most voters outside the core GOP coalition are generally comfortable with the changes in gender roles and family dynamics since the “Father Knows Best” era in the 1950s.

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☆ What Walz’s and Vance’s past debates may reveal about Tuesday’s high-stakes matchup
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Daniel Strauss | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Past debate footage reveals that both generally veer away from personal attacks and prefer loftier rhetoric to digging deeply into specific facts to establish policy credibility. Their past debate opponents said they didn’t always provide direct answers to questions. In both the primary and general election debates, Vance often stuck to policy areas he felt most comfortable with: immigration, the economy and drug control. According to those interviews and evidence from his past debates, Vance, a Yale Law School graduate, seems to enjoy getting into verbal volleys. Tim Walz debates for governor on August 17, 2018, at Grand View Lodge, in Nisswa, Minnesota.

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High risk of natural disaster and extreme heat For two decades, they’ve also been some of the most popular places to move as Americans have flocked to the South and West. Much of Vermont, which is not highlighted as high risk in the maps above, saw devastating flooding last year following a record-breaking storm. Jacksonville Tallahassee Gainesville Daytona Beach Orlando Tampa HIGH HURRICANE WIND RISK Sarasota The Tampa metro area has been one of the fastest growing in the country. Many of these new residents have settled in coastal communities that are at high risk for hurricanes. Dallas-Fort Worth sits in an area at high risk for serious thunderstorms, hailstorms and tornadoes.

☆ 37% of couples use cash wedding gifts for the down payment on a new home, report says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Aditi Shrikant | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

More couples than ever before, 87%, reported including cash funds in their wedding registry, according to recent data from Zola. Of couples collecting cash, 37% are putting that money toward purchasing a house. With today's housing market, it's clear why couples are funneling wedding gifts into a down payment. If you're coming into a substantial financial windfall due to a wedding, or any other scenario, here's the best place to stash your potential down payment cash. "If a client of mine walked in with $30,000 of wedding money, I would say, 'Let's buy you a bond,'" he says.

Persons: Homebuying, Douglas Boneparth, Mark La Spisa, let's Organizations: Bone, U.S Locations: Zola, New York City, Vermilion

☆ Laurene Powell Jobs is betting on these 11 AI startups
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-30 | by ( Robert Frank | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Laurene Powell Jobs speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017. News that Laurene Powell Jobs is investing in a new artificial intelligence "computing device" highlights her growing appetite for AI startups, according to fresh data. The Emerson Collective, Powell Jobs' family office, investment company and philanthropy, has invested in at least 11 AI-related startups since 2022, according to data provided exclusively to CNBC by Fintrx, the private wealth intelligence platform. According to Fintrx, the Emerson Collective has participated in AI funding rounds totaling more than $1 billion. A representative for the Emerson Collective declined to comment.

Persons: Laurene Powell Jobs, Steve Jennings, Robert Frank, Powell Jobs, Fintrx Organizations: TechCrunch, Getty, Emerson, CNBC, Fintrx Locations: New York, San Jose , California, French, Norwegian

As federal investigations swirled around Eric Adams over the past year, the New York City mayor stuck to a familiar script. In one instance, an unidentified Adams staffer agreed to an interview with FBI agents. In March 2019, an Adams staffer was exchanging text messages with the then-Brooklyn borough president about another possible trip to Turkey. “To be o[n the] safe side Please Delete all messages you send me,” the staffer wrote Adams, according to the indictment. Later that day, the Adams staffer visited the businessman at his office and said he had just met with the mayor.

Persons: Eric Adams, ”, Adams, “ We’re, didn’t, —, Alex Spiro, Victor J, He’s, Doug Muzzio, Jerry Nadler, Alexandria Ocasio, Nydia, “, ” Adams, Damian Williams, Oakey, Hall, William “ Boss ” Tweed, it’s Organizations: New York City, FBI, Turkish, Bloomberg, Getty, Democrat, NYPD, Baruch College, ”, Turkish Airlines, New, Oakey Hall, Tammany Hall, Museum, Mansion Locations: Manhattan, Gracie, New York, —, America’s, York, Alexandria, India, France, China, Ghana, Nice, Istanbul, Colombo, Sri Lanka, Beijing, U.S, Brooklyn, Turkey, New, City of New York

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s attempt to appear on New York’s general election ballot. Kennedy, who has dropped his own presidential campaign and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump, is fighting to appear on ballots in certain states over Democratic opposition. Kennedy’s lawyers said a state court was wrong in concluding that he could not appear on the ballot because of a dispute over his place of residence. Kennedy lives in California but had included a New York address as his residence when circulating a petition to appear on the ballot. After losing in state court, Kennedy filed an emergency application in federal court, but lost at both the district court and appeals court levels before turning to the Supreme Court.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Kennedy, Donald Trump, Trump, Joe Biden Organizations: Democratic, Supreme Locations: New York, California, York

☆ Maggie Smith, Oscar-winning actor known from Harry Potter and 'Downton Abbey,' has died at age 89
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Actress Dame Maggie Smith arrives at the Royal Film Performance and World Premiere of the film, "The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel", at Leicester Square, London February 17, 2015. Smith's sons, Chris Larkin and Toby Stephens, said in a statement that Smith died early Friday in a London hospital. You have to get up very, very early in the morning to outwit Maggie Smith." "Jean Brodie," in which she played a dangerously charismatic Edinburgh schoolteacher, brought her the Academy Award for best actress, and the British Academy Film Award (BAFTA) as well in 1969. English actress Maggie Smith, UK, 8th March 1974.

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☆ As Eric Adams prepares to appear in court, the number of Democrats calling for his resignation keeps growing
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-27 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to appear in court over bribery and wire fraud charges. AdvertisementAs New York City Mayor Eric Adams prepares for court, the number of Democrats calling for his resignation is growing. Meanwhile, at least four members of the New York City Council have encouraged Adams to step back, the outlet said. We deserve better, which is why Mayor Adams should step down," Sandy Nurse wrote on X. Hochul issued a statement on Thursday asking Adams to "find an appropriate path forward to ensure the people of New York City are being well-served by their leaders."

Persons: Eric Adams, Adams, —, Katharine Parker, Alexandria Ocasio, Cortez, Brad Lander, Lander, John Avlon, Laura Gillen, Avlon, Sandy Nurse, Sen, John C, Liu, Kathy Hochul, Hochul Organizations: York City, Service, New York City, New York Times, New, Democratic Locations: York, Manhattan, Rep, Alexandria, New York City, Brad Lander , New York, New York, . New York

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