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☆ How TikTok became a 'gold mine' for dancers looking to get discovered and changed the way they make money
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"This app is a gold mine for artists like me who are still looking for their big break," Dharmapuram said. As TikTok has ascended, popular artists from Dua Lipa to Lizzo have integrated TikTok dances into their promotional strategies and seen their songs go viral. TikTok creators, professional dancers, choreographers, and dance companies who spoke with Insider said the app had changed the way they choreographed, helped them earn more money, and given them access to career opportunities they otherwise wouldn't have had. TikTok has also given dance companies and agents access to talent they otherwise wouldn't have known about. Even dance companies like American Ballet Theatre have gotten on the bandwagon.

☆ How TikTok has changed the dance industry, becoming a 'goldmine' for performers looking for their big breaks and driving choreography that fits the frame
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Shriya Bhattacharya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

"This app is a goldmine for artists like me who are still looking for their big break," Dharmapuraum said. As TikTok has ascended, popular artists from Dua Lipa to Lizzo have integrated TikTok dances into their promotional strategies and seen their songs go viral. TikTok has also given dance companies and agents access to talent they otherwise wouldn't have known about. Even dance companies like American Ballet Theatre have gotten on the bandwagon. As more people have hopped on TikTok dance trends, creators, especially those of color, have called for proper crediting for choreography, which the app has tried to address with more tools.

REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstApril 5 (Reuters) - Johnny Depp's first live-action film since the widely watched defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard was selected as the opening movie for next month's Cannes Film Festival in France, organizers said on Wednesday. The French-language film "Jeanne du Barry" stars director Maïwenn Le Besco, known as Maiwenn, as Jeanne Becu, a woman who rose from poverty to the circles of King Louis XV. Depp plays the king in the movie, which will have its world premiere at Cannes on May 16. The “Pirates of the Caribbean” actor has made few film or TV appearances since his trial concluded in June 2022. Depp also voiced an animated puffin in last month's "Johnny Puff: Secret Mission."

☆ Rihanna's Wealth: Breaking Down Her $1.4 Billion Business Empire
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-10 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Energy Breakthrough Opens Up Possibility for Better Battery PowerA team of researchers from the University of Rochester think they have found the holy grail of energy transmission. And in the next decade, it could change how we use our personal gadgets, medical devices and the energy grid. WSJ science reporter Aylin Woodward joins host Zoe Thomas to discuss this new superconductor. Plus, if you have questions about generative artificial intelligence, email us a voice recording at tnb@wsj.com. Photo by Lauren Patracca/WSJ.

☆ Puma channeled Michael Jordan to announce Rihanna's return to the sportswear brand: 'She's back'
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-01 | by ( Mary Hanbury | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Her return announcement referenced Michael Jordan's infamous return to the NBA in 1995. It's not yet clear what this collaboration will involve but Puma teased fans on Instagram with a post that said: "She's back," alongside her Fenty brand logo. One of her sneaker designs, the Fenty x Puma creeper, was voted shoe of the year by industry news outlet Footwear News in 2016. Fenty Beauty, one of her most successful ventures, helped to catapult her into the Forbes billionaires list in 2022. According to Forbes estimates, Fenty Beauty brought in over $550 million in annual revenue just one year after it launched and is currently worth around $2.8 billion.

☆ In pictures: Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Jeremy Schultz | ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT The death toll in Turkey and Syria is expected to rise as hundreds of collapsed buildings in many cities have become tombs for people who had been asleep in the homes when the quake hit in the early morning.

☆ Pregnant Rihanna lights up Super Bowl stage with 'Diamonds'
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Lisa Richwine | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Pop and R&B superstar Rihanna made a grand return to the stage on Sunday, floating high above the Super Bowl field, thrilling the crowd with a fast-paced medley of her hits and revealing that she is pregnant with her second child. It was the 34-year-old Grammy winner's first stage performance in five years. The Hollywood Reporter and other media outlets said a representative for the singer confirmed that Rihanna was indeed pregnant. She concluded her Super Bowl set with "Diamonds" as fireworks lit up the sky around the stadium. Rihanna joined a list of music luminaries who have performed at the Super Bowl, from Lady Gaga to Beyonce, Prince, Madonna and the Rolling Stones.

☆ Trump just tried to pick another fight with Rihanna, saying the pop icon had the 'single worst' Super Bowl halftime show in history
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Cheryl Teh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Donald Trump flung another insult at Rihanna after her performance at the Super Bowl on Sunday. Trump wrote that Rihanna gave "the single worst Halftime Show in Super Bowl history." This is the second time in a week that Trump has tried to pick a fight with Rihanna. "EPIC FAIL: Rihanna gave, without question, the single worst Halftime Show in Super Bowl history," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday. Trump also criticized Rihanna's fashion choices at the Super Bowl, writing: "Also, so much for her 'Stylist!'"

☆ Twitter suffered an outage during Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show — its 2nd in a week — despite Elon Musk's directive to maximize stability
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Pete Syme | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime performance coincided with nearly 1,000 reports of a Twitter outage. It came just four days after "a massive outage" saw users left unable to tweet. Nearly 1,000 users reported on Downdetector that they were having problems with Twitter, peaking as the Super Bowl halftime show started around 8:30 p.m. The apparent outage came just four days after Wednesday's "massive" one left users unable to tweet. The platform did not suffer any outages then, despite a larger viewership and Musk's similar emphasis on keeping Twitter running.

☆ Taylor Swift is the highest paid female entertainer in the world, earning $92 million in 2022
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-13 | by ( Morgan Smith | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Taylor Swift is the highest paid female entertainer in the world, earning a cool $92 million in 2022 following the success of her 10th studio album "Midnights," according to a new report from Forbes. To determine the ranking, Forbes considers entertainers' total 2022 pretax earnings, minus fees for representation (managers, lawyers, etc.) While 2022 was a strong year for Swift, her annual earnings were still less than half of what the highest paid entertainers in the world, the progressive rock band Genesis, made last year. Altogether, Genesis earned $230 million in 2022, thanks to a $300 million music rights sale to Concord Music Group in September. There wasn't a single woman on Forbes's list of the top 10 highest paid entertainers in 2022 — the highest paid female entertainer, Reese Witherspoon, ranked 12th for making $115 million in 2021.

☆ Meet Justina Miles, Rihanna's Super Bowl halftime show ASL performer
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-12 | by ( Jennifer Liu | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

As millions tune in to watch the Philadelphia Eagles take on the Kansas City Chiefs at the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona, this Sunday, Justina Miles will be making history. She will also be the first female deaf performer for the Super Bowl's halftime show. More than 120 million viewers watched the Super Bowl halftime show in 2022, which featured Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar. It was the first Super Bowl halftime show to feature ASL performers, including rappers Sean Forbes and Warren "WaWa" Snipe. Super Bowl pre-game coverages starts Sunday at 1 p.m. EST on Fox, and kickoff is set for 6:30 p.m. EST.

☆ Rihanna's Fenty brands are capitalizing on her Super Bowl halftime show performance in 'pure genius' ways
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Rihanna's highly anticipated Super Bowl LVII halftime show performance is happening Sunday. Rihanna previously declined to perform at the Super Bowl in 2019. Her fashion and beauty brands — including Savage X Fenty, Fenty Beauty, and Fenty Skin — have all reconfigured their sites to feature a "Game Day" section in anticipation for Sunday's performance. The pop star's lingerie and loungewear brand Savage X Fenty also took the chance to capitalize on the Super Bowl appearance by debuting "Team Fenty" jerseys and sweatsuits. Savage X FentyIn September, it was announced that Rihanna would headline the Super Bowl halftime show performance after the singer declined the gig in 2019.

☆ Rihanna plans highly anticipated return to stage with Super Bowl halftime show
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Amy Tennery | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/7] Rihanna waves to media ahead of her Super Bowl LVII Apple Music Halftime Show at the Phoenix Convention Center, in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S., February 9, 2023. REUTERS/Caitlin O’HaraPHOENIX, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Nine-time Grammy Award winner Rihanna makes her highly anticipated return to live performance at Super Bowl 57 on Sunday, headlining a halftime show that will highlight her Caribbean culture. It is the second time Rihanna has been asked to perform at the Super Bowl after she reportedly turned down an offer in 2018 out of solidarity for quarterback Colin Kaepernick and his protest against racial injustice. "I've been so focused on the Super Bowl I totally forgot that my birthday is coming up (on Feb. 20)," the singer added. I'm just like, Super Bowl, Super Bowl, Super Bowl."

☆ Kohl's vs. T.J. Maxx: 5 reasons I find shopping at Kohl's faster, cheaper, and less overwhelming
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Danielle Bauter | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Danielle Bauter recently compared shopping at her local Kohl's and T.J. Maxx in Upland, California. Though T.J. Maxx offers more variety, Bauter said shopping there makes her feel a bit overwhelmed. T.J. Maxx also has a rewards program, but it requires that you sign up for a TJX Rewards credit card. Kohl's carries fewer brands than T.J. Maxx, but they speak more to my styleBauter compared shopping at T.J. Maxx to shopping at Kohl's. Though T.J. Maxx carries a wider variety of designers, I can be easily overwhelmed by too many options.

LOS ANGELES, Jan 25 (Reuters) - "Naatu Naatu", the standout song in the Indian period film "RRR," has won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice Award, garnered hundreds of millions of views on YouTube and spawned a TikTok challenge. Keeravani, songwriter of ''Naatu Naatu'' from the movie ''RRR'', which is nominated for best original song at the Oscars, poses for a portrait at the Reuters office in Culver City, California, U.S. January 13, 2023. "Naatu Naatu" and Keeravani are competing with some big household names in the best song category, including Lady Gaga's "Hold My Hand" from "Top Gun: Maverick" and Rihanna's "Lift Me Up" from "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". In the action-Bollywood epic directed by S.S. Rajamouli, "Naatu Naatu" begins when the two leads, played by Ram Charan and N.T. Rahman won the Oscar for the Hindi song “Jai-Ho,” but that was for the U.S.-British production of “Slumdog Millionaire,” which was set in India.

☆ Analysis: The final season of ‘Dead to Me’ is a poignant eulogy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-19 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Believe it or not, one of the things that has been helping me lately is just carving out some chill time. Three things to watch‘Dead to Me’ Season 3Christina Applegate as Jen Harding in a scene from "Dead to Me" on Netflix. Saeed Adyani/NetflixThe new season of “Dead to Me,” starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, will be the dark comedy series’ last. I am especially invested in this last season given Applegate’s revelation that she has multiple sclerosis. ‘The Santa Clauses’Tim Allen (second from right) in a scene from "The Santa Clauses" on Disney+.

☆ Social media users are calling Rihanna out for including Johnny Depp in her coming Savage X Fenty fashion show
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Daysia Tolentino | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Johnny Depp will appear in the fourth edition of Rihanna’s Savage X Fenty fashion show, NBC News has confirmed. “We will boycott the show if Johnny Depp is in it,” a Twitter user said. “Delete the Johnny Depp scene now if it ever existed,” another wrote. Representatives for Amazon Prime and Savage X Fenty did not immediately respond to requests for comment. “If Johnny Depp has any part in this, I will no longer support the brand,” a Twitter user wrote.

☆ Rihanna makes music comeback after six years with new song 'Lift Me Up'
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/3] Singer Rihanna attends a premiere for the film Black Panther: Wakanda Forever in Los Angeles, California, U.S., October 26, 2022. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/File PhotoLONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Chart-topper Rihanna released her first solo music in six years on Friday, an emotional ballad written in tribute to late actor Chadwick Boseman. "Lift Me Up", Barbados-born Rihanna's first new song since her 2016 album "Anti", features on the soundtrack of upcoming Marvel film "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever". The move is a sequel to the 2018 box office hit "Black Panther" in which Boseman played the lead King T'Challa. In recent years, Rihanna, whose chart-topping hits include "Umbrella", "Diamonds" and "Work", has developed her makeup and lingerie lines.

☆ Rihanna to make long-awaited return to music with 'Black Panther' movie sequel
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-26 | by ( Stefan Sykes | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

After a six-year hiatus, Rihanna is set to release new music for the forthcoming Marvel sequel "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever." The song is a tribute to actor Chadwick Boseman, who starred in the original "Black Panther" movie and died in November 2020 at age 43 after a yearslong battle with colon cancer. The song was co-written with Nigerian singer-songwriter Tems, Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Gransson and "Black Panther" director Ryan Coogler, according to Disney-owned Marvel. "Rihanna has been an inspiration to me, so hearing her convey this song is a great honor," Tems added. The soundtrack for "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" will be available Nov. 4.

☆ 'American Idol' runner-up Willie Spence dies at 23 after car crash
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-12 | by ( Julianne Mcshane | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Former "American Idol" runner-up Willie Spence died following a car accident on Tuesday, according to a preliminary report from the Tennessee Highway Patrol. Spence, 23, finished as runner-up to Chayce Beckham in the show's 19th season, which aired last year. Just hours before the crash, Spence posted a video of himself singing "You Are My Hiding Place" on his Instagram page. Katharine McPhee Foster, who finished as the runner-up on season five of "Idol" and performed a duet with Spence on season 19, posted news of the death to her Instagram story. Spence planned to perform at a show in London next month, according to a post on his Instagram.

☆ Rihanna to perform at Super Bowl halftime show in Arizona
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Singer Rihanna poses as she arrives at the Fashion Awards 2019 in London, Britain December 2, 2019. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterSept 25 (Reuters) - Rihanna will perform at the Super Bowl halftime show in February in Glendale, Arizona, the National Football League announced on Sunday. Previous halftime performers have included Michael Jackson, Prince, Beyoncé, Missy Elliott, Lady Gaga, the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Madonna, Bruce Springsteen and the Who. The Super Bowl, the biggest event in American football, takes place at Glendale's State Farm Stadium on Feb. 12. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Jonathan Allen; Editing by Will DunhamOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Insider Life: Red-hot housing market — MGM's Picasso auction — Austin's 'new normal'
▼ + stars: | 2021-08-13 | by ( Jordan Parker Erb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Kingsley CarsKingsley Cars is a UK-based company that transforms old Range Rovers into $200,000 works of art. Plus, some say Stitch Fix doesn't have enough trendy clothes for clients looking for post-pandemic, "back-to-life" outfits. Hear more from Stitch Fix stylists. See some of the art going up for auction. Marianne Ayala/InsiderAustin's hot housing market has reached what brokers are calling a "new normal."

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