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☆ Police allege a substitute teacher encouraged middle school students to fight during class and filmed it
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-29 | by ( Alia Shoaib | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Police say an Idaho middle school substitute teacher encouraged students to fight and filmed it. They allege the teacher set a timer for students to fight and then shared videos of it to social media. Police said in a Facebook statement that Ettson Arreola, who was teaching at Syringa Middle School, set a timer and encouraged students to fight for ten seconds while he recorded videos. Two physical fights took place in his classroom on Thursday, police said, one between two male students and another between two female students. The Superintendent of the Caldwell School District, Dr. French, said: "The Caldwell School District has zero tolerance for this type of behavior.

☆ Jeff Bezos' partner Lauren Sánchez talked about being rejected as flight attendant because of her weight and becoming a pilot instead
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Media personality Lauren Sánchez has been publically dating billionaire CEO Jeff Bezos since 2019. Sánchez was also married to her former spouse, Patrick Whitesell, the executive chairman at William Morris Endeavor, at the time. "This is one of the only places I feel entirely in control," Sánchez told the outlet. "I don't know why more women don't do it," she told The Journal. "It's going to be women who are making a difference in the world and who are impactful and have a message to send,'" Sánchez told The Journal.

☆ Elliott Management's Jesse Cohn just picked his next target for an activist campaign: an ailing software giant
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-24 | by ( Dan Defrancesco | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A battle is on the horizon between Jesse Cohn and Salesforce. But the first rule of activist investing is you HAVE to talk about your activist investment. Jesse Cohn, a managing partner at the hedge fund Elliott Management, is leading his firm's latest activist campaign against troubled tech giant Salesforce via a multibillion-dollar stake. Activist investing, as we've previously covered, is set to be all the rage in 2023. Click here to learn more about Jesse Cohn, a tenacious activist investor who just set his sights on Salesforce.

☆ Brad Pitt sells 60% of his Plan B production company to French media conglomerate Mediawan, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-09 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Brad Pitt is selling 60% of his production company, Plan B Entertainment, to French media conglomerate Mediawan in a deal that's set to be announced this weekend, according to people familiar with the matter. Neither Plan B nor Mediawan responded to requests for comment. For TV, Plan B's productions have included HBO's 2014 adaptation of "The Normal Heart," directed by Ryan Murphy, and Amazon Prime Video's 2021 miniseries "The Underground Railroad." Candle Media also acquired a minority stake in Westbrook Inc. — the production company founded by Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith – earlier this year. The boutique investment bank Moelis led the sale for Plan B.

☆ Helena Bonham Carter voices support for JK Rowling and Johnny Depp
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-28 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Helena Bonham Carter is coming to the defense of two fellow members of the “Harry Potter” universe. Addressing the controversy around views Rowling has expressed that have been criticized by some as transphobic, Bonham Carter called the backlash “horrendous.”“I think she has been hounded,” she said. “Everybody carries their own history of trauma and forms their opinions from that trauma, and you have to respect where people come from and their pain,” Bonham Carter said. “People will jump on the bandwagon because it’s the trend and to be the poster girl for it,” Bonham Carter told the Times of Heard and the #MeToo movement. It has become quite hysterical and there’s a kind of witch hunt and a lack of understanding.”CNN has reached out to representatives for Bonham Carter, Depp and Rowling for comment.

☆ Jennifer Aniston reveals she tried IVF, but has no regrets now that 'the ship has sailed'
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( Antonio Planas | Antonio Planas Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Jennifer Aniston said in a new interview she has "zero regrets" after going through in vitro fertilization, all while coping with intense media scrutiny about whether she wanted to have children. You just don't think it. Despite everything she went through, Aniston told Allure, "I have zero regrets." During the Allure interview, Aniston also reflected on how her private life was fodder for seemingly endless articles speculating on whether she wanted to have children. Aniston filed for divorce from Hollywood leading man Brad Pitt in 2005 after more than four years of marriage.

☆ EXCLUSIVE Short-video company Triller launches metaverse platform
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Dawn Chmielewski | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Short-video platform Triller Inc is the latest company to stake its claim in the metaverse with the launch Monday of a new platform called Metaverz. The virtual performance is one of 2,000 events Triller and its subsidiaries plan to host in the next year, a majority of which will happen in the real world and in Metaverz. The Triller video sharing app launched in its current form in October 2019, and has looked to take on larger rival TikTok. Triller recently raised $310 million from Global Emerging Markets, a Luxembourg-based private investment group, in anticipation of going public as soon as next month. Triller CEO Mahi de Silva said the company is losing money, but expects to cross into profitability by 2023.

☆ Brad Pitt makes surprise sculptor debut at Finland art gallery
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Brad Pitt has made a surprise debut as a sculptor, unveiling a set of hand-crafted works at an art museum in Finland in what appears to be his first-ever public art exhibition. Pitt, 58, unveiled the sculptures on Saturday at an exhibition at the Sara Hildén Art Museum in Tampere, Finland. The surprise debut was part of a larger exhibition by British artist Thomas Houseago, with Australian musician Nick Cave also displaying his own artwork at the show. The Sara Hildén Art Museum said in a news release that it was "exciting to get to experience a new and different artistic side" of Pitt and Cave, frontman of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. "It’s about where I have gotten it wrong in my relationships, where have I misstepped, where am I complicit,” Pitt was quoted as saying.

☆ Performance evaluations at Amazon are so predatory and opaque, they drove me to quit. Here's how I navigated the worst weeks of my career.
▼ + stars: | 2022-01-20 | by ( Patrick Mcgah | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

The system is so opaque it took reporters from The Seattle Times and Insider for actual Amazon employees to find out what it entails. The first rule of Focus is: You do not talk about FocusIn February, after my team's performance evaluations, my manager told me I'd been rated as a low performer. He told me the company policy is not to inform employees they are on Focus unless they ask directly. My manager didn't agree with the decision, but the director of engineering had the final say. A spokesperson for Amazon said the company regularly reviews performance ratings and other people processes to ensure they are fair and effective.

☆ (video) Recomandări de la Mircea, fără spoilere: cinci comedii care te vor face să râzi cu poftă
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-24 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +7 min

(video) Recomandări de la Mircea, fără spoilere: cinci comedii care te vor face să râzi cu poftăE clar mai simplu să filmezi o dramă decât o comedie. Sub supravegherea pedantă a unui sensei enigmatic (Alessandro Nivola) și a colegei sale hardcore (Imogen Poots), Casey capătă un sentiment de încredere pentru prima dată în viață. Dacă vrei să faci cunoștință cu un Aki Kaurismaki american, acest film e cea mai bună ocazie. Este o comedie ușoară, în spiritul bunului umor francez, cu multiple situații amuzante, unele previzibile, dar cu un efect scontat. În rest, vă doresc vizionare plăcută și o călătorie memorabilă în lumea filmului!

Persons: Mircea, Casey, Jesse Eisenberg, Alessandro, Docteur, Crăciun, Richard, Johnny Depp, Jack Sparrow, Hunt, Barry Crump, neozeelandezul, Bella, Hector, Ricky, Bela, Murphy, Dumnezeu, . Organizations: Big, Angel Locations: Paris, Bruxelles, Van

☆ Brad Pitt a realizat toate cascadoriile din cel mai recent film al său
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-31 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: Getty ImagesBrad Pitt a realizat toate cascadoriile din cel mai recent film al săuBrad Pitt a câştigat în 2020 un premiu Oscar interpretând un cascador în filmul lui Quentin Tarantino, "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood", iar anul acesta actorul în vârstă de 57 de ani a realizat chiar el cascadoriile din thrillerul de acţiune "Bullet Train", scrie IndieWire. Proiectul a fost descris un fel de "Speed", filmul cu Keanu Reeves în autobuz. Brad Pitt a impresionat de-a lungul anilor cu rolurile din ”Fight Club”, ”Snatch”, ”Babel”, ”The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, ”Inglorious Basterds”, ”Moneyball” şi ”World War Z”. Brad Pitt a fost recompensat în 2019 de Sindicatul producătorilor americani cu trofeul onorific „David O. Selznick” pentru întreaga activitate. În 2020, la gala Oscar, Pitt a primit trofeul pentru rolul secundar din „Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood”.

Persons: Brad Pitt, Quentin Tarantino, Brad, Greg, . Pitt, David Leitch, ., . Smith, Maria, Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Michael Shannon, Aaron Taylor, Johnson, Rapperul Bad, John Wick, Shaw, Benjamin Button, David O . Selznick, Pitt Organizations: World Locations: american, Tokyo, Hollywood

☆ Revenire de senzație în boxul mondial! Oscar De La Hoya se întoarce în ring după 13 ani de la retragerea sa
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-27 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: 1 min

El a dezvăluit acest lucru în timpul unei conferinţe de presă, susţinută alături de rapper-ul american Snoop Dogg, pentru promovarea evenimentului "Triller Fight Club", programat pe 17 aprilie. De la Hoya nu a oferit niciun alt detaliu în legătură cu viitoarea sa luptă.Oscar De la Hoya are 48 de ani și a fost campion mondial la şase categorii diferite de greutate, după ce a cucerit medalia olimpică de aur la Jocurile Olimpice de la Barcelona, în 1992.Considerat unul dintre pugiliştii cu cea mai bună tehnică din istoria boxului, De la Hoya nu a mai luptat de la înfrângerea suferită în decembrie 2008, la Las Vegas, în faţa filipinezului Manny Pacquiao. ''The Golden Boy", cum e supranumit Oscar De La Hoya după câştigarea aurului olimpic, are în palmares 39 de victorii, 6 înfrângeri şi 3 remize.

Persons: Snoop Dogg, Manny Pacquiao, Oscar Locations: Hoya, Barcelona, Las Vegas

☆ Streetfighters, Hooligans and Nazis: Inside Sweden's Most Notorious Underground Fight Club
▼ + stars: | 2019-11-24 | by ( Karim Zidan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +20 min

Few outsiders have ever attended a KOTS fight in person. "The most notorious fight club, the one and only place for the unwanted ones, delivering the most stressed out and fucked up environment you can find. Back in 2019, the fight club started live streaming its events and charging around $14 per fight. In the exchange, a fan asked why the fight club allows anti-fascists to compete. "This is the most raw form of fighting," Hooi, who is not affiliated with any far-right groups, wrote during our interview.

Câte cărți din această listă de 130 din literatura română și universală ai citit? Mircea Eliade – Maitreyi#5. Liviu Rebreanu – Ciuleandra#21. Liviu Rebreanu – Adam și Eva#22. JRR Tolkien – The Lord of the Rings#102.

Persons: Facebook, Mihail Bulgakov, Maestrul, Margareta, 2, George Orwell, Nicolae Dabija, Mircea Eliade, Maitreyi, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Marin Preda, Feodor Dostoievski, Liviu Rebreanu, Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray, Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Antoine, Saint, Margaret Mitchell, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Ernest Hemingway, Ion Druță, Jane Austen, Adam, Eva, Frédéric, Hector, Lev Tolstoi, Anna Karenina, Victor Hugo, Emily Bronte, J.K . Rowling, Harry Potter, Ion, Mihail, Dan Brown, Erich Maria, Irvin D ., Nietzsche, Anne Rice, Alexandre Dumas, Monte, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, Bram Stoker, F . Scott Fitzgerald, Friedrich Nietzsche, Zarathustra, George Călinescu, Haruki, Henri Charriere, Mario Vargas Llosa, Milan Kundera, Stendhal, Roșu, Sisif, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Chuck Palahniuk, Elisabeth Gilbert, Harper Lee, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo, Herman Hesse, E.B . White, J.D . Salinger, Jose Saramago, Marcel Proust, Stieg Larsson, Patrick, Paulo Coelho, William Shakespeare – Romeo, Adolf Hitler, Mein, Aldous Huxley, Aureliu Busuioc, Boris Pasternak, Camil Petrescu, Procust, Cela, Charles Dickens, Dante, George R.R, Martin, Guy de Maupassant, Haruki Murakami, Kafka, Siddhartha, Ioan Slavici, Johann Goethe, Jules Verne, Kurt Vonnegut, Mircea Cărtărescu, Napoleon Hill, Octavian Paler, Ray Bradbury, Simone de Beauvoir, Somerset, Sun, Umberto Eco, JRR Tolkien, Douglas Adams, Suzanne Collins, Audrey Niffenegger, C.S . Lewis, Louisa May Alcott, Stephen King, Amin, Madeleine L’Engle, Margaret Atwood, Khaled, Orson Scott Card, Markus Zusak, William Shakespeare, Anne Frank, Frank Herbert, John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tatiata, Milan, Joseph Heller, Stephen Chbosky, Arthur Golden Locations: Pădurea spânzuraților, Eat, Notre Dame, Paris

(doc) Top 100 cărți recomandate de către cititorii din Moldova în cadrul Book ChallengeVineri, 29 august, pe Facebook-ul din Moldova, prin intermediul lui Alexandru Vakulovski, a apărut o nouă provocare: utilizatorii de Facebook trebuie să numească Top 10 cărți care i-au marcat sau Top 10 cărți preferate. Echipa #diez, a încercat să colecteze cât mai multe liste ale utilizatorilor și să facă un Top 100 a cărților care i-au marcat pe cititorii din Moldova. Din aceste liste, iată care este Top 100 cărți care ne-au marcat:Top 100 cărți care au marcat cititorii din Moldova#1. Mircea Eliade – Maitreyi#5. Victor Hugo – Notre Dame de ParisÎntreaga listă cu peste 600 de cărți o puteți vedea aici: Lista cu Top 10 cărție care au marcat cititorii din Moldova.

Persons: Alexandru Vakulovski, Mihail Bulgakov, Maestrul, Margareta, 2, George Orwell, Nicolae Dabija, Mircea Eliade, Maitreyi, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Marin Preda, Feodor Dostoievski, Liviu Rebreanu, Oscar Wilde, Dorian Gray, Franz Kafka, Albert Camus, Antoine, Saint, Margaret Mitchell, Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu, Ernest Hemingway, Ion Druță, Jane Austen, Adam, Eva, Frédéric, Hector, Lev Tolstoi, Anna Karenina, Victor Hugo, Emily Bronte, J.K . Rowling, Harry Potter, Ion, Mihail, Dan Brown, Erich Maria, Irvin D ., Nietzsche, Robert, Alexandre Dumas, Monte, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sherlock Holmes, Bram Stoker, F . Scott Fitzgerald, Friedrich Nietzsche, Zarathustra, George Călinescu, Haruki, Henri Charriere, Mario Vargas Llosa, Milan Kundera, Stendhal, Roșu, Sisif, Charlotte Bronte, Jane Eyre, Chuck Palahniuk, Elisabeth Gilbert, Harper Lee, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Quo, Herman Hesse, Irina Binder, J.D . Salinger, Jose Saramago, Marcel Proust, Mihaela Rădulescu, Patrick, Paulo Coelho, William Shakespeare – Romeo, Adolf Hitler, Mein, Aldous Huxley, Aureliu Busuioc, Boris Pasternak, Camil Petrescu, Procust, Cela, Charles Dickens, Dante, George R.R, Martin, Guy de Maupassant, Haruki Murakami, Kafka, Siddhartha, Ioan Slavici, Johann Goethe, Jules Verne, Kurt Vonnegut, Mircea Cărtărescu, Napoleon Hill, Octavian Paler, Ray Bradbury, Simone de Beauvoir, Somerset, Sun, Umberto Eco Organizations: Challenge Vineri, Facebook Locations: Moldova, Pădurea spânzuraților, Eat, Notre Dame, Paris

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