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Boat tours around Kinmen are still operating, though under a closer watch by Taiwan’s coast guard. Officers visit each boat before they set sail and warn captains not to stray into Chinese waters. “In the past, whenever a mainland ship crossed the median line (into Taiwan’s waters), our cannons would fire toward it without warning,” Hung said. On Monday, five Chinese coast guard ships entered prohibited or restricted waters around Kinmen, but left shortly after being warned away by Taiwan’s coast guard, according to a Taiwan minister. Last week, Chinese coast guard officers boarded a Taiwanese tour boat for inspection, an unprecedented move that startled passengers on board.

Persons: ”, Hung Ho, cheng, Hung, Mao Zedong’s, Chiang Kai, John Mees, Kinmen, ” Hung, Sam Yeh, Kuan, ” Kuan, Chang, Wu Chia, chiang Organizations: Taiwan CNN —, Residents, Mao Zedong’s Communist, Nationalist, CNN, Mao’s Communist, Taiwan, Taiwan’s Ocean Affairs Council, Tourism Association Locations: Kinmen, Taiwan, China, China’s, Beijing, It’s, Staten Island, “, Taipei, Xiamen, AFP, Taiwanese, China's Xiamen

☆ BAFTA Award winners list
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-18 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | Thomas Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

The Christopher Nolan-directed award season favorite led the nominees with 13 nods this year and won seven awards, including director, lead actor and the coveted best film award. “Poor Things” was the other stand-out winner of the ceremony with five wins, including Emma Stone’s award for lead actress. “The Holdovers” star Da’Vine Joy Randolph continues to dominate the supporting actress category through this award season cycle. Thanking her co-star Paul Giamatti while accepting her BAFTA, Randolph said, “Gosh, I cry every time I say your name. See below for a full list of BAFTA nominees and winners.

Persons: CNN — “ Oppenheimer ”, Christopher Nolan, Nolan, ”, Emma Stone’s, “, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Paul Giamatti, Randolph, “ Gosh, Jonathan Glazer, Barbie, Maestro ”, Martin Scorsese, Tom Cruise, Michael J, Fox, Prince William, Catherine , Princess of Wales, King Charles ., “ Oppenheimer ”, Napoleon ” “, Wonka, Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer, Melinda Sue Gordon, Andrew Haigh, Justine Triet, Alexander Payne, ” Bradley Cooper, “ Maestro ” Christopher Nolan, Cord Jefferson, ” –, “ Oppenheimer, Tony McNamara, Arthur Harari, Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, “ Barbie ” David Hemingson, Josh Singer, “ Maestro ” Celine Song, Barry Keoghan, Saltburn ” Bradley Cooper, “ Maestro ” Cillian Murphy, “ Oppenheimer ” –, Colman Domingo, “ Rustin ” Paul Giamatti, ” Teo Yoo, Emma Stone, Carey Mulligan, “ Maestro ” Emma Stone, Fantasia Barrino, Margot Robbie, “ Barbie ” Sandra Hüller, Vivian Oparah, Dominic Sessa, Jacob Elordi, Saltburn, Paul Mescal, Robert De Niro, Robert Downey Jr, Ryan Gosling, “ Barbie, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Claire Foy, Danielle Brooks, Emily Blunt, Rosamund Pike, Sandra Hüller, Robbie Robertson, Ludwig Göransson, Jerskin Fendrix, ” Anthony Willis, “ Saltburn ” Daniel Pemberton, Jacqueline Durran, “ Barbie ” Jacqueline West, Dave Crossman, Janty Yates, “ Napoleon ” Ellen Mirojnick, Holly Waddington, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman, Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa, Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora, Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper, Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke, Henry Badgett, Charley Henley, Ewen Martin, “ Napoleon, Tim, Simon Hughes, Dean Koonjul, Jane Paton, Hair Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen, Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy, Bell, “ Maestro ” Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon, “ Napoleon ” Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston, Laurent Sénéchal, Thelma Schoonmaker, Jennifer Lame, Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ” Paul Watts, Rodrigo Prieto, Matthew Libatique, Maestro ” Hoyte van, Robbie Ryan, Kahleen Crawford, Susan Shopmaker, Isabella Odoffin, Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes, Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser, “ Ferrari ” Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic, Maestro ” Chris Burdon, James H, Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor, Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A, Rizzo, Johnnie Burn, ” “ Gorka, Phoebe Dynevor Ayo, Jacob Elordi Mia Mckenna, Bruce –, Sophie Wilde Organizations: CNN, Royal Festival Hall, Universal, BAFTA, Screen, Netflix, BBC, “ Society, Fox, Universal Pictures, Searchlight, “ Guardians, “ Locations: London, England, British, “

Cornish, a professor at Ohio State University who studies rubber alternatives, isn't the only one pouring energy into alternative crops like that desert shrub, guayule, or the rubber dandelions that bloom with yellow petals in the greenhouse where Cornish works. And in Nebraska and other parts of the central U.S., green grasses of sorghum spring up, waving with reddish clusters of grains. Instead, they're crops that many companies, philanthropic organizations and national and international entities tout as promising alternatives to fight climate change. Most rubber processing happens overseas, and the U.S. isn't prepared to process rubber domestically. That's why specialty markets will be critical if these crops have any hope of taking off here, Cornish said.

Persons: Katrina Cornish, guayule, isn't, Cornish, Nate Blum, Blum, James Gerber, Gerber, there's, It’s, ”, Tesla, Guayule, Bill Niaura, “ You’re, Curt Covington, Covington, Joshua A . Bickel, Ross D, Franklin, Melina Walling Organizations: Ohio State University, Bridgestone, U.S, Agriculture Organization, AgAmerica, Farmers, Associated Press Locations: United States, Arizona, Nebraska, U.S, India, Saharan Africa, South Asia, Americas, Colorado, Wooster , Ohio, Eloy , Arizona, AP.org

In it, Wang films Yi and Chang going about their daily lives with bits of playfulness mixed in. “But now that we made this movie and it’s going to the Oscars, we do kind of feel like movie stars. “That’s kind of why we made this movie,” Wang says. “We’re going to the Oscars and I’m going with my grandmas,” Wang says, smiling. Says Wang: “They’re offer only.”___Follow AP Film Writer Jake Coyle at: http://twitter.com/jakecoyleAP___For more on this year’s Oscars, visit: https://apnews.com/hub/academy-awards

Persons: Sean Wang’s, Yi Yan Fuei, Chang Li Hua, Wang, Yi, Chang, Sean, “ Wài, Nǎi, ”, Wài, ” Chang, Zoom, Oscar, wasn’t Bradley Cooper's, Emma Stone’s, Sam Davis, that’d, ” Yi, ” Wang, “ It’s, they’ve, “, Miles, voicemails, “ We’re, Will Ang Lee, Says Wang, Jake Coyle Organizations: Bay Area, Academy, Disney, SXSW, Sundance Film, Sundance, U.S, Focus Locations: Bay, Los Angeles, Taiwan, Taiwanese, New York

☆ Stefan Irvine’s photos capture the Hong Kong villages reclaimed by nature
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-13 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Hong Kong CNN —Thick roots tumble across a dilapidated house, the snake-like trunks of a banyan tree framing where the front door once stood. “These villages have existed in Hong Kong for hundreds of years, way before the colonial period,” explained Irvine. In the 1950s and ‘60s, as Hong Kong grew as an industrial hub, many people migrated to the rapidly expanding urban centers for better working opportunities. Stefan Irvine / Courtesy Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong Kong“There were calendars on the wall, school certificates in drawers — it’s quite poignant,” said Irvine. Stefan Irvine / Courtesy Blue Lotus Gallery, Hong KongHeritage valueWhile most of the villages Irvine photographed are abandoned, he was surprised to discover not all were.

Persons: Stefan Irvine, ” Irvine, “ It’s, ”, “, Irvine, Wong Chuk, Lai Chi Wo, they’ll, Tung Ping Chau, Yim Tin Tsai, Luk Keng, Lai, they’ve, Hong, Wo Organizations: Hong Kong CNN, steely, Hong, HK, Irvine, Blue Lotus Locations: Hong Kong, Malaysian, India, Irvine, New Territories, Accounting, Hong Kong’s, London, Tai Peng, Lamma, Lai Chi, Queen's Hill, Fanling, Tung, Shenzhen, China, “, Mau, Lai, Hong

☆ Rolling Stone’s editor-in-chief exits magazine after brief run over differences with top boss
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

In a note to staff, Wenner thanked Shachtman and said that he will begin a search for a new editor in the coming weeks. Shachtman added that while he was stepping down as editor, he would be a contributing writer for the magazine. Shachtman also emphasized that under his stewardship, Rolling Stone would not be afraid to take aim at some of music’s biggest names. The scandal ultimately led to Jann being removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. At the time, Rolling Stone described the comments as “offensive” and Shachtman published a piece examining the magazine’s history.

Persons: Noah Shachtman, Rolling Stone, Gus Wenner, ” Shachtman, Wenner, Shachtman, ” Wenner, Sean Woods, Lisa Tozzi, ”, “ I’ll, Jann, Stone Organizations: CNN, Rolling, Rolling Stone, Magazine, New York Times, Hall of Fame Locations: “, Shachtman

☆ Rolling Stone’s Top Editor Steps Down
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Benjamin Mullin | More About Benjamin Mullin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Wenner told employees in a separate note that Mr. Shachtman would be replaced in the interim by Sean Woods, the magazine’s deputy editor, and Lisa Tozzi, its digital director. The magazine will begin a search for a new top editor in the coming weeks, he said. The former top editor of The Daily Beast, Mr. Shachtman imported the news website’s hard-nosed, investigative sensibility to Rolling Stone. During his tenure, the magazine published investigations into prominent musicians and actors, including Jonathan Majors and Marilyn Manson. After his comments were published, he was ousted from the foundation and condemned by the Black Rock Coalition, a conflagration that Mr. Shachtman had pushed Rolling Stone to cover.

Persons: Wenner, Shachtman, Sean Woods, Lisa Tozzi, he’s, ” Mr, Jonathan Majors, Marilyn Manson, Stone, Jann Wenner, Gus Wenner’s Organizations: The Times, Roll Hall of Fame Foundation, Black Rock Coalition

A medical journal has retracted two studies claiming to show the harms of the abortion pill mifepristone, citing conflicts of interest by the authors and flaws in their research. Two of the three studies retracted by medical publisher Sage Perspectives were cited in a pivotal Texas court ruling that has threatened access to the pill. The U.S. Supreme Court will take up the case next month, with a decision expected later this year. Photos You Should See View All 15 ImagesBoth studies cited in the court ruling were published in the journal Health Services Research and Managerial Epidemiology. She said one of the major flaws of the retracted research is that the authors conflate ER visits with serious adverse events and don’t confirm whether patients received treatment.

Persons: —, Matthew Kacsmaryk, Sage, James Studnicki, Ivan Oransky, mifepristone Organizations: Sage, U.S, Supreme, Health Services Research, Charlotte Lozier Institute, District, New York University, University of California, FDA, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group, AP Locations: Texas, U.S, San Francisco

Even when compared with other CEOs, who routinely get paid roughly 200 times more than their typical employees, Elon Musk’s pay package was eye-opening. Critics have argued for years that CEO pay packages are exorbitant. Under Musk’s pay plan, he received a chunk of stock options each time Tesla’s market value rose by $50 billion. General Motors, for example, considers executive salaries at 3M, Boeing, Ford, IBM and other huge companies, and uses complex formulas to determine CEO compensation. Corporate law experts say any new compensation package for Musk will likely be challenged in court unless Tesla's board either resigns en masse or follows a meticulous process to protect shareholders by passing a substantially smaller package.

Persons: Tesla, Kathaleen St, Jude McCormick, Musk, Bernard Arnault, Critics, Blackstone’s Steven Schwarzman, “, ‘, ’ ” McCormick, Musk’s, shouldn’t, Mary Barra, Jim, Mark Zuckerberg, Tim Cook, they’re, ”, Charles Elson, ” Elson, Elson Organizations: Elon, Musk, Forbes, General Motors, 3M, Boeing, Ford, IBM, Big Tech, University of Delaware, Lawyers Locations: Delaware, —, Barra, U.S

☆ The Key Issues for Business in a Likely Trump-Biden Rematch
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Sarah Kessler | Vivienne Walt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

After beating Nikki Haley in New Hampshire on Tuesday, Donald Trump reaffirmed his position as the leading candidate to win the Republican nomination. That has business leaders facing the possibility of another Trump presidency, and their investors trying to figure out what it could mean for their bottom lines. During Blackstone’s quarterly earnings call on Thursday, an analyst wanted to know if uncertainty over who would win a likely Biden-Trump matchup could freeze deal flow. (“At the end of the day, do you think he’s going to be more interested in attacking the A.C.A. or something else?” he said of a potential Trump presidency.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Donald Trump, Trump, ”, Jonathan Gray, Ralph Andretta, Jeff Arnold, “, Lori Esposito Murray Organizations: Republican, Biden, Trump, Economic Development, Conference Board Locations: New Hampshire

☆ Opinion: A lot of great films by women got snubbed by the Oscars and none of them are ‘Barbie’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Opinion Hannah Ryan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —It’s Oscars season and “Barbie” is dominating the discourse. But here’s the thing; “Barbie” is neither smart enough nor interesting enough to be inspiring this level of uproar. It’s also important to remember that “Barbie” has most certainly not been ignored by the Academy Awards’ members. It has eight nominations – which is far more than many of 2023’s other women-directed films got. While “Barbie” achieved cultural phenomenon status last year, other films that took a more complicated approach to womanhood were shut out of the Oscars and the mainstream awards circuit completely.

Persons: Hannah Ryan, CNN —, “ Barbie ”, Hannah Ryan Hannah Ryan, Greta Gerwig’s, Margot Robbie didn’t, Robbie, Gerwig, Hillary Clinton, Ryan Gosling, Ken, Barbie’s, Barbie ”, “ Barbie, ”, Frances Ha ”, Barbie, Ken –, It’s, Sofia Coppola’s “ Priscilla ”, Priscilla Presley’s, Elvis –, Molly Manning Walker’s, –, Ava DuVernay’s, Cailee Spaeny, Mia Mckenna, Bruce, Aunjanue Ellis, Taylor, Isabel Wilkerson’s, Priscilla ”, Lily Gladstone, Martin Scorsese, Gladstone, Bird ”, Wes Anderson’s, Rockwell’s, haven’t Organizations: CNN International, CNN, Mattel, Academy, Pulitzer, Cannes Film Locations: The, A.V

☆ Sharon Stone wants 2024 to be her year of love
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Sharon Stone is opening up about her dating life – and 2024 could be a good year for it. But that may very well happen,” the Golden Globe-winning actress told The Times of London in an interview published Friday. “I went on the @bumble dating sight (sic) and they closed my account,” she wrote in a Twitter post. Don’t shut me out of the hive.”In 1984, Stone married producer Michael Greenburg, but the pair split three years later. In a 2018 interview with Grazia magazine, Stone said she has high expectations of the men in her life.

Persons: Sharon Stone, –, I’d, It’s, Stone, Danny Moloshok, Reuters Stone, ”, who’s, “, Michael Greenburg, Phil Bronstein, Grazia Organizations: CNN, Globe, Times, Reuters Locations: London

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — Carol Kane really wanted to work with Jason Schwartzman, but the opportunity would require her to step a little outside of her comfort zone. Her character, Carla, is a retired music teacher who wants to get her bat mitzvah. Schwartzman’s Ben is her former student, and currently a cantor, who agrees to help (reluctantly at first). “The idea sounded pretty fascinating,” Kane, 71, said in a recent phone interview. And working with Schwartzman on the complex, loving relationship between Carla and Ben was as good as she hoped.

Persons: — Carol Kane, Jason Schwartzman, Nathan Silver, Carla, Schwartzman’s Ben, C, Mason Wells didn’t, ” Kane, ”, Kane, Schwartzman, Ben, “ He’s, he’s, Marty Scorsese, “ That’s, Emma Stone, Oscar, won’t Organizations: Sundance Film, CBS, sundance Locations: CITY , Utah, France, Park City , Utah, “

☆ Can a Forgotten Hot Spot Reclaim Its Cool?
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Chantel Tattoli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Anya Firestone’s job as a luxury tour guide in Paris has brought her to many rarefied corners of the city. But only recently did she do something that countless locals and visitors have done over the last 130 years: Book a reservation at Maxim’s, the storied French restaurant that opened in 1893 and has counted Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Margrethe II of Denmark, Jean Cocteau, Jane Birkin and Man Ray among its patrons. “The place was packed,” Ms. Firestone, 35, said of the night she ate there in late November. She was not alone in that perception. “Many people, even most, did not realize it was open as a restaurant,” said Pierre Pelegry, a director at Maxim’s who has worked there for 27 years and was hired by Pierre Cardin, the French fashion designer, after he bought the restaurant in 1981.

Persons: Anya Firestone’s, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, Margrethe II of Denmark, Jean Cocteau, Jane Birkin, Man Ray, Ms, Firestone, hadn’t, ”, Pierre Pelegry, Pierre Cardin Locations: Paris, Maxim’s

Lily Gladstone knew she wanted to be somewhere special when the Oscar news came. “I wanted to be as close to Mollie Kyle and her family as I could be. But Gladstone pointed out that the film was not only about what she called the “horrible, complicated, skewed love” between Mollie and Ernest. It is also, she said, about “the love that Mollie and her community had for each other. As an actor and then, how I can help get other stories told that deserve to be out there.

Persons: Lily Gladstone, Oscar, Martin Scorsese’s, “, ” Gladstone, Mollie Kyle, Gray, Gladstone’s, She’s, I’ve, ”, …, David Grann’s, Mollie, Ernest Burkhart, Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Gladstone, Ernest, “ I’ve, that’s Organizations: Gray Horse, Globe Locations: Oklahoma, American, Pawhuska , Oklahoma, Fairfax, Seattle, Blackfeet, Montana

☆ Step inside Emma Stone’s century-old, sunlit LA home, just listed for $4 million
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Jacqui Palumbo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Emma Stone has just finished playing a morally complicated home-flipper in the first season of “The Curse,” and now the actor is selling her own newly-renovated Los Angeles abode. Ryan Lahiff/Sotheby’s International RealtyStone expanded the vaulted kitchen with eat-in dining. Ryan Lahiff/Sotheby’s International RealtyPops of color and maximalist touches give the home a cheery feeling. Ryan Lahiff/Sotheby’s International RealtyThe bathroom, with a claw foot tub, is full of charm and sunlight. Ryan Lahiff/Sotheby’s International Realty

Persons: Emma Stone, Stone, ”, Eric Lavey, Xavier Collin, Lavey, “ It’s, “, ” Stone, Dave McCary, Ryan Lahiff Organizations: CNN, Image Press Agency, Stone Locations: Los Angeles, Los Angeles , New York, Austin , Texas, —, Arizona, New York, Texas

☆ Emma Stone defends ‘honest’ sex scenes in ‘Poor Things’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Jack Guy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Hollywood star Emma Stone has responded to criticism of the graphic sex scenes in her latest film, “Poor Things,” telling the BBC that sex is a crucial part of her character’s storyline. Sex plays an important role in the film as one way Bella learns to understand her body, and how others covet it. Stone (left) with co-star Mark Ruffalo (right), who plays Duncan Wedderburn, one of Bella's not-so-suitable suitors. Though the film, which was released on December 22 in the US and January 12 in the UK, has mostly received positive reviews, its frank and abundant sex scenes have proved too much for some movie-goers and critics. Stone plays a woman who is brought back to life with the brain of a baby.

Persons: Emma Stone, Alasdair Gray’s, Bella Baxter, Bella, Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Duncan Wedderburn, Bella's, Samira Ahmed, ” Stone, ”, “ I’m, “, Ahmed, Yorgos Organizations: CNN, Hollywood, Searchlight Pictures, Landmark Media, BBC Locations: Scottish, Hollywood

☆ Blackstone to Buy U.K. Software Developer Civica
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-22 | by ( Ben Dummett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Blackstone’s tie-up with Civica, if completed, could be announced as soon as Wednesday. Photo: jeenah moon/ReutersBlackstone agreed to buy U.K.-based software developer Civica, placing its second multibillion-dollar bet in Europe in as many days, in a sign that private-equity deal making in the region is picking up. The value of the transaction wasn’t disclosed. The Wall Street Journal earlier reported it valued Civica at close to $2.5 billion including debt.

Persons: Blackstone Organizations: Street Locations: Europe

☆ Blackstone Nears $2.5 Billion Deal to Buy Software Developer Civica
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Ben Dummett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Blackstone’s tie-up with Civica, if completed, could be announced as soon as Wednesday. Photo: jeenah moon/ReutersBlackstone is in advanced talks to buy Civica in a deal valuing the U.K.-based software developer at close to $2.5 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. The tie-up, if completed, could be announced as soon as Wednesday. It would mark Blackstone’s latest bet in the U.K. following its recent purchases of two hotels—one in Birmingham and another outside of Edinburgh—and a project to build affordable housing across the U.K.

Persons: Blackstone, Edinburgh — Locations: Birmingham, Edinburgh

☆ Private equity superstores overstock the shelves
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Liam Proud | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +8 min

LONDON, Nov 8 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Private equity investors seem happier these days shopping for returns at specialty shops over supermarkets. U.S. private equity funds raised some $240 billion in the first nine months of 2023, according to research outfit PitchBook, 13% less than a year earlier. New York-based CD&R in August raised $26 billion for its 12th-generation private equity fund while Eurocentric CVC managed an even more eye-popping $29 billion in July. A better explanation, from the consultants who advise LPs on where to put their cash, is that private equity supermarkets may be cannibalising themselves. Until they can prove otherwise, the more scattered private equity superstores risk losing more ground to the specialists.

Persons: Clayton, Blackstone, Steve Schwarzman, Marc Rowan, don’t, Rowan, Rob Lucas, Blackstone’s, they’re, Lucas, Jeffrey Goldfarb, Thomas Shum Organizations: Reuters, Rice, CVC Capital Partners, Apollo Global Management, Blackstone Capital Partners IX, “, IX, CVC, Apollo, Blackstone, U.S, Thomson Locations: Dubilier, New York, Blackstone, Asia, Luxembourg, Europe, Americas

☆ Rock ’n’ Soul: The Amazing Story of Sly & the Family Stone
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Alan Light | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

THANK YOU (FALETTINME BE MICE ELF AGIN): A Memoir, by Sly Stone with Ben GreenmanIt is difficult to convey just how astoundingly unlikely it is that this book exists. Sly Stone is one of pop music’s truest geniuses and greatest mysteries, who essentially disappeared four decades ago in a cloud of drugs and legal problems after recording several albums’ worth of incomparable, visionary songs. “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” — named for Sly & the Family Stone’s monumentally funky 1969 No. 1 hit — is the first title from Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s new publishing imprint, and even the drummer/author/filmmaker acknowledges that it isn’t a definitive story. “There is plenty, too, that is not here,” writes Questlove, who is currently working on a Sly Stone documentary, in the foreword.

Persons: Sly Stone, Ben Greenman, Amelia Earhart, Ness, ” —, ”, Questlove, Sly, “, Jackson, Prince, Miles Davis, D’Angelo, Janet Jackson, LL Organizations: YOU, Roll Hall of Fame, Sly, Beastie

☆ ‘Lawmen: Bass Reeves’ review: David Oyelowo stars in Taylor Sheridan’s latest western with a historical twist
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

After bland western prequels to his flagship drama “Yellowstone,” producer Taylor Sheridan finds marginally more fertile territory in “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” a series that will devote each season to a different frontier lawman or outlaw. Eventually, Bass escapes, hiding out during the remaining days of the Civil War before settling down and trying his hand at farming. Dennis Quaid in "Lawmen: Bass Reeves." In that context, “Bass Reeves” kicks off what Paramount clearly hopes will be an ongoing franchise with a solid if unspectacular opening salvo, without fully doing justice to its intriguing subject. “Lawmen: Bass Reeves” premieres November 5 on Paramount+.

Persons: Taylor Sheridan, Bass Reeves, ”, David Oyelowo, George Reeves, Shea Whigham, Bass, Dennis Quaid, Reeves, Sheridan, Judge Parker, Donald Sutherland, “, Chad Feehan, “ Ray Donovan ”, “ Bass Reeves ”, Lauren Smith, Dick Wolf, Tulsa King ”, there’s, ” –, it’s, Bass Reeves ” Organizations: Paramount, Confederate Army, Tulsa King Locations: Kingstown, ”

☆ CVC IPO efforts may not be third-time lucky
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters Breakingviews) - CVC Capital Partners’ ambitions to become a publicly traded diversified asset manager are on the back burner. Shares of rival managers have been pummelled as investors fret over the Gaza conflict, a weakening economy and whether buyout groups can continue to flourish in an era of higher interest rates. True, interest rates may fall. But geopolitical tensions are unlikely to die down, given unresolved issues in the Middle East and Ukraine. They do not reflect the views of Reuters News, which, under the Trust Principles, is committed to integrity, independence, and freedom from bias.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Pamela Barbaglia, Aston Martin, Neil Unmack, Oliver Taslic Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Partners, Financial Times, Moody’s, Pfizer, Thomson Locations: Amsterdam, Ukraine, Luxembourg, Gaza, East

NEW YORK (AP) — The fallout from the actors strike, now past 100 days, has been widespread throughout the film industry. As the strike pushes into Hollywood’s awards season, it’s increasingly muting the reception for some of the best performances of the year. With so many out of work due to the strike, no one should cry for muzzled Oscar campaigns. Just as Carney’s “Once” was a breakthrough for Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Hewson is a revelation in “Flora and Son.” (Streaming on Apple TV+)COLMAN DOMINGOColman Domingo has long been a powerhouse on screen. The film is set mainly during the run-up to the 1963 March on Washington, which Rustin was the architect of.

Persons: haven’t, it’s, muzzled Oscar, Sandra Hüller, “ Priscilla ” –, Barbie ”, “ Oppenheimer, ”, —, Andrew Scott, ” Aunjanue Ellis, Emma Stone, ” Jeffrey Wright, Carey Mulligan, “ Maestro, LILY GLADSTONE Martin, Scorsese, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ernest Burkhart, Robert De Niro, William Hale, Lily Gladstone’s, Mollie Kyle, she’s, PAUL GIAMATTI, DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH, DOMINIC SESSA, Alexander Payne’s “, there’s Paul Giamatti, Payne, Randolph, JAMIE FOXX Jamie Foxx, Maggie Betts ’, Tommy Lee Jones, Foxx, Jones, JODIE FOSTER Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin’s, Annette Bening, Diana Nyad, Jodie Foster’s, Bonnie Stoll, Nyad’s, “, Foster, GABRIEL GARCÍA BERNAL “ Cassandro, Cassandro . Bernal, Perros ”, HEWSON, Eve Hewson, Bono, Steven Soderbergh’s “, John Carney’s “, Hewson, Joseph Gordon, Levitt, Orén, Glen, Markéta Irglová, COLMAN DOMINGO Colman Domingo, “ Zola, George C, Wolfe's “ Rustin, Bayard Rustin, Domingo, Rustin, AARON PIERRE, Garth Davis, Aaron Pierre, Saoirse Ronan, Paul Mescal, Pierre, PHOEBE DYNEVOR, ALDEN EHRENREICH, Chloe Domont's, Phoebe Dynevor, Alden Ehrenreich, it's, MARSHAWN LYNCH, Marshawn Lynch, Emma Seligman’s, Rachel Sennott, Edebiri, Lynch, It’s, he’s Organizations: ”, SAG, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Apple, NFL Locations: “, Vietnam, Mississippi, Dublin, “ Flora, Washington

☆ Blackstone Investment Strategist Byron Wien Dies at 90
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Laura Cooper | Ted Bunker | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Byron Wien had joined Blackstone’s quarterly partners meeting last week. Photo: Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg NewsByron Wien, the longtime Blackstone executive known for his market prognostications and intense networking, died at 90 on Wednesday. Wien, who developed a wide following with his annual “Ten Surprises” list, was vice chairman of the private wealth group at Blackstone, which he joined 14 years ago. For decades, his lists detailed economic, political and financial market surprises he expected to see in the year ahead. He produced the 38th edition last January.

Persons: Byron Wien, Christopher Goodney Organizations: Bloomberg, Blackstone

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