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☆ CBS News names Wendy McMahon as new chief
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

CBS News on Monday named Wendy McMahon as its CEO and president. The role expands McMahon's prior role as co-president to having solo oversight over CBS News and its stations. McMahon will be in charge of all of CBS News' broadcast and streaming operations, as well as its 27 local TV stations, 14 local streaming channels and syndication programming. She'll also oversee content licensing to TV stations and the division's national ad sales business. McMahon will was also named president of CBS Media Ventures.

Persons: Wendy McMahon, McMahon, Neeraj Khemlani, Khemlani, Simon, Simon & Schuster, She'll, Drew Barrymore, CBS Newspath, Steven LoCascio, LoCascio Organizations: CBS, CBS News, Sunday, Simon &, Paramount, KKR, CBS Radio, CBS Media Ventures

Pop, like all genres of creative expression, is more commercialized than ever. Rihanna, who hasn’t released an album since 2016, has her multibillion-dollar Fenty Beauty line; Ariana Grande will soon star as Glinda in Universal’s “Wicked” juggernaut. Service95 represents who Lipa is “behind closed doors,” she says, a space where discussions around trans liberation are as common as those about jewelry and yoga. “My intention is never to be political … but there’s a political bent to my existence,” Lipa says. “I’ve found being in the media this way very encouraging.”

Persons: Britney Spears, Whitney Houston, Amy Winehouse, —, Lipa, don’t, Rihanna, hasn’t, Ariana Grande, ”, ’, Sinéad Burke —, she’s, ” Lipa, Tavi Gevinson, “, Drew Barrymore, Kelly Clarkson, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lipa won’t, Oprah, Reese Witherspoon, Tracy Flick, “ I’ve Organizations: “, ” Locations: Lipa, London, ” Lipa, Tokyo, Lipa’s, “

‘Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club’ Review: Global OriginsAn exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art highlights the African-American painter’s trips to Nigeria and the influence of the vibrant postcolonial community he found there, displaying his paintings alongside art by his contemporaries from around the world.

Persons: Orpheus, Jacob Lawrence Organizations: Toledo Museum of Art Locations: American, Nigeria

☆ A Netflix assistant launched a newsletter for young Hollywood because 'there is no blueprint' to break in, and she's enlisting help from workers at Disney, Showtime, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

A Hollywood assistant role has long been a launching point for a career in entertainment. But "there is no blueprint" for how to get such a job, said Cathy Campo, a creative assistant at Netflix. Campo launched The Hollywood Assistant, a monthly newsletter aimed at industry hopefuls, to change that. In February, Campo launched The Hollywood Assistant, a free newsletter that recently released its sixth edition. It's difficult to make ends meet on those salaries in the costly cities where the entertainment industry is most heavily concentrated: Los Angeles and New York.

Persons: Cathy Campo, Campo, she's, —, Matthew Belloni, Nick Lachey, She's, Emma Weiss, Jonathan Groff, Alyssa Tumale, Drew Barrymore, Brown, Jimmy Fallon, Michelle Greene, Don Rutledge, Natalie Lifson, Buchwald, Allison Leffingwell, Rutledge, Puck, Reed Alexander Organizations: Netflix, Hollywood, Brown University grad, NBCUniversal, CBS, Disney Entertainment, CAA, Chautauqua Ordway, Campo, Universal, Showtime, Media, Universal Filmed Entertainment Locations: Stillwater, Hollywood, Los Angeles and New York

☆ ‘Watercolors Unboxed’ Review: Luminous, Liquid Visions
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-15 | by ( Barrymore Laurence Scherer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Inside the buzzy newsletter a Netflix assistant launched to create a ‘blueprint’ for breaking into Hollywood — featuring tea from workers at Disney, CBS, and more
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-11 | by ( Reed Alexander | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

☆ Analysis: Why Walmart's new bet on fashion brands, home decor threatens specialty chains
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-15 | by ( Siddharth Cavale | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

She told Walmart investors its strategy is to "democratize fashion" or convert the company's core, price-conscious shoppers into style-conscious shoppers. It would probably be the rest of the market that should be worried," he said pointing to apparel retailers such as Carhartt. Walmart accounts for 4.6% of the $560.4 billion U.S. apparel market, followed by TJX, Target and Ross at 4.4%, 4.1% and 2.8%, respectively, according to GlobalData. Bankrupt Bed Bath and Beyond was a leader in the home decor and furnishing industry along with furniture chains Ikea and Wayfair. In 2005, Walmart's Metro 7 fashion brand tanked and later designer lines with Max Azria and Norma Kamali also withered.

Persons: Walmart Supercenters, Drew Barrymore, Sofia Vergara, Denise Incandela, George, Ralph Lauren, Rosenblum, Privately, Refinitiv, TJX, Ross, Brandon Maxwell, Clea Shearer, Joanna Teplin, fryer, Sofia Jeans, Vergara, Arun Sundaram, Sundaram, Max Azria, Norma Kamali, Siddharth Cavale, Vanessa O'Connell, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Walmart, Reebok, Saks, Tilly's Inc, Abercrombie, Fitch, Bravo, Netflix, Bed, Amazon.com, Walmart's Metro, Thomson Locations: Bath, U.S, Bed Bath, Walmart's, New York

☆ Drew Barrymore Drops Out of Hosting MTV Awards Show Over Writers’ Strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-05 | by ( Derrick Bryson Taylor | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Drew Barrymore will no longer host the MTV Movie & TV Awards on Sunday, announcing that she would step down in support of the writers’ strike in Hollywood that has seen late-night comedy shows go dark and thousands of television and movie writers take to picket lines. Ms. Barrymore’s decision, which was announced Thursday, was the latest blow to the awards show, which has also canceled its red carpet and may see other talent withdraw, according to Variety. “I have listened to the writers, and in order to truly respect them, I will pivot from hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards live in solidarity with the strike,” Ms. Barrymore said in a statement to the publication. “Everything we celebrate and honor about movies and television is born out of their creation.”Ms. Barrymore said on Instagram she would return to host the show next year and was still planning to watch the show on Sunday. Representatives for Ms. Barrymore and for MTV could not immediately be reached Friday morning.

[1/3] Writers Guild of America members and supporters picket outside Sunset Bronson Studios and Netflix Studios, after union negotiators called a strike for film and television writers, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Mario AnzuoniLOS ANGELES, May 4 (Reuters) - The group representing Hollywood studios fired back on Thursday at claims from striking film and television workers that they have been forced into the "gig economy" because of changes brought by the streaming TV era. Roughly 11,500 members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) went on strike on Tuesday, saying that studios had "created a gig economy inside a union workforce." Most TV writers, the group said, are employed on a weekly orepisodic basis, with a guarantee of a specified number of weeks or episodes. Writers say they are working more and making less as studios have shifted their focus to streaming over traditional TV and cable.

☆ Drew Barrymore steps down from hosting MTV Movie & TV Awards in support of writers’ strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-04 | by ( Alli Rosenbloom | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Drew Barrymore is standing in solidarity with striking members of the Writers Guild of America by stepping down as the host of the MTV Movie & TV Awards that is scheduled to air on Sunday. “I have listened to the writers, and in order to truly respect them, I will pivot from hosting the MTV Movie & TV Awards live in solidarity with the strike,” Barrymore said on Thursday in a statement shared with CNN. A source close to the MTV Movie & TV Awards confirmed to CNN that Barrymore will return to host the 2024 edition of the show. The MTV Movie & TV Awards is the latest television event to be affected by the strike. The MTV Movie & TV Awards is still currently scheduled to air live on MTV on Sunday at 8pm in the viewer’s time zone.

☆ Review: Flying High and Falling Hard in ‘Peter Pan Goes Wrong’
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-19 | by ( Jesse Green | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Six years ago, the Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society brought its production of “The Murder at Haversham Manor” from its home base in England to Broadway. After the leading lady was knocked unconscious by a door, she was replaced by the stage manager; when knocked unconscious as well, he was replaced by a sound technician and eventually, somehow, a grandfather clock. Barrie’s “Peter Pan.” Many of the same disasters happen chez Darling as happened at Haversham Manor, or close variations on them. Let’s just say that Peter doesn’t fly so much as flail while airborne. He, too, is knocked unconscious.

☆ ‘The Gregory Gift’ Review: A Personal Trove Made Public
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Barrymore Laurence Scherer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

‘Triptych of the Crucifixion and Sibyls’ (1584)Before the development of public museums as we know them, princes, aristocrats and wealthy spirits of a scholarly bent collected works of art and objects of wonderment, which they displayed in chambers known as “treasure rooms” or “cabinets of curiosities.” Along with preserved animals, fossils, mineral specimens and other scientific rarities, these collections often included works in gold and silver, precious enamels, sacred relics, mechanical automata and related objects. Princely collections like the Habsburg Imperial Treasury in Vienna and Dresden’s Green Vault ( Grünes Gewölbe), renowned in their day, remain so today.

☆ Drew Barrymore on Big Ideas, IRL Dates and Her Quest to be ‘Cool-Adjacent’
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-30 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Drew Barrymore on Her Unexpected Hit Talk Show, IRL Dates and Macho Appliances
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-09 | by ( Grace Rasmus | Photographs Heather Sten For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

“I CAN’T BELIEVE we just gave everyone in the audience Oura rings,” said Drew Barrymore, laughing. These two episodes—where they’ll take home the aforementioned fitness tracking rings, weighted Bala Bangle wristbands and Ms. Barrymore’s favorite JanSport backpack—are the first time they’ve been allowed to forgo face masks. “When we signed up to do this show in 2019, there were high expectations,” Ms. Barrymore recalls, from her mostly pink dressing room. “When we launched in the pandemic, there was a lot of disappointment. I don’t really identify with smoothness, I identify a lot more with struggle.”

☆ Olaplex hit with lawsuit by customers accusing the buzzy brand of causing hair loss, downplaying complaints
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-10 | by ( Sindhu Sundar | Azmi Haroun | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Insider has previously reported on Olaplex customers who said they experienced hair loss and got refunds. "OLAPLEX products do not cause hair loss or hair breakage," a spokesperson for the company told Insider in a statement. Insider has previously reported on customers alleging that they experienced hair loss after using Olaplex products and reported that some had even received refunds. Olaplex's statement added that there are "a wide variety of reasons for hair breakage or hair loss," calling the allegations in the lawsuit, "baseless accusations." "Defendants have been dismissive of their customers' hair loss, instead describing hair shedding as normal and unavoidable and attributing the hair loss to a long list of other potential causes," they wrote.

☆ 5 things to know before the stock market opens Monday, January 30
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Mike Calia | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

This week it will run into some big tests, given the earnings schedule dominated by big tech names (more on that below) and the Federal Reserve's next moves. Here's a look at the earnings week ahead: Tuesday: General Motors McDonald's UPS Pfizer Spotify Snap AMDWednesday: Peloton MetaThursday: Apple Alphabet Amazon Ford Starbucks Qualcomm3. Renault aims to cut Nissan stakeRenault and Nissan automobile logos are pictured during the Brussels Motor Show on January 9, 2020 in Brussels. France's Renault and Japan's Nissan have agreed to restructure their agreement, which they struck in 1999. The overall health and size of its business allows it to mix things up and try new things.

☆ Bright lights and snazzy mannequins: Walmart rolls out sleek new store designs
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-28 | by ( Melissa Repko | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +7 min

In company surveys, he said nearly every shopper said the store's displays and mannequins encouraged them to browse longer. Walmart's new store design includes displays that show off how a customer could decorate a nursery or kitchen. Melissa Repko | CNBCWashington declined to share data about Walmart's store traffic and sales at its Springdale store and other flagships that have opened in recent months. Visits to its Walmart store in Springdale, Ark. Victor Millan, of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey, makes weekly shopping trips to the Walmart in Teterboro for groceries and other items.

☆ Razzies Apologizes for Nominating Child Actor for Worst Actress
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-26 | by ( Jennifer Calfas | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Razzie Awards, the sardonic awards organization that celebrates lousy films and performances, said it would no longer nominate actors and filmmakers under the age of 18 after the group faced backlash for naming a child among this year’s worst actresses. The Razzies this week nominated Ryan Kiera Armstrong , a 12-year-old actor, for her performance as a girl with pyrokinetic powers in 2022’s “Firestarter,” a remake of the 1984 film based on the Stephen King novel. The role was originally played by Drew Barrymore .

☆ These are the 10 most expensive ZIP codes in the Northeast
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-28 | by ( Mike Winters | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

The Hamptons dominate the rankings for the most expensive neighborhood in the Northeast, with Sagaponack, New York, taking the top spot. A beachside village that's home to Drew Barrymore and Jimmy Fallon, Sagaponack is second only to Atherton, California for most expensive U.S. ZIP code in 2022, in terms of median value for homes, according to data provided by realty service RealtyHop. The second most expensive Northeast ZIP code is in Boston's Back Bay area. It's a small area for a ZIP code, consisting of only a few blocks of luxury condos next to the Prudential Center. Homes in these ZIP codes are close to $6 million.

☆ Drew Barrymore asks President Biden why he proposed five times
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-26 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ 'It's A Wonderful Life': See the classic Christmas film on the big screen this month
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-10 | by ( Jeanne Bonner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Karolyn Grimes and James Stewart in "It's A Wonderful Life." Fathom has long wanted to revive showings of “It’s A Wonderful Life,” Carey said, noting that fans have been asking for it. No film is a failure if it has fansWhat’s long delighted film historians is the fact that when “It’s a Wonderful Life” debuted, it was largely deemed a wash. As film historian Jeanine Basinger writes in her compendium, “The It’s A Wonderful Life Book,” the original idea for the film languished for years before the studio RKO sold it to Capra in 1945 for a mere $10,000. William Edmunds and James Stewart in 1946's "It's A Wonderful Life."

☆ Lizzo is TikTok’s top music artist for 2022
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-06 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

TikTok users also pushed “Jiggle Jiggle” and the “It’s corn!” kid to the top viral trends on the app in the U.S.Lizzo, who has 26 million TikTok followers, was the No. 1 music artist on TikTok this year, based on total video views. 1 trending song in the U.S. was “Sunroof” by Nicky Youre and Dazy, with TikTok users making some 8.9 million videos featuring the track. “Jiggle Jiggle,” the rap created more than two decades ago by documentary filmmaker Louis Theroux, gained a new life after it was remixed by DJ duo Duke & Jones (No. TikTok Top Artists 2022, U.S.@lizzo @bellapoarch @badbunny @charlieputh @dojacat @selenagomez @nessaabarrett @yunggravy @billieeilish @meghantrainorTikTok Top Trending Videos 2022, U.S.@amauryguichon: Constructing a very large chocolate giraffe @chipmunksoftiktok: Squishy’s back after hibernation!

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☆ Ina Garten’s husband sends spicy texts that sometimes ‘go astray’
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —It sounds like things are still hot in the kitchen with Ina Garten and her husband of more than 50 years. According to multiple reports, the “Barefoot Contessa” confirmed to Drew Barrymore during an upcoming appearance on the latter’s daytime talk show that her husband Jeffrey sends her “love texts.”“And sometimes they go astray,” Garten said. Turns out that Jeffrey, who she’s been married to for 53 years, may not have checked the receiver on those texts. “She was like, ‘Woah.’ She sent back, ‘I don’t think this was meant for me.’”Her husband makes frequent appearances on her Food Network series, “Barefoot Contessa.” The couple will celebrate their 54th anniversary in December. Food Network is owned by CNN’s parent company.

☆ Sherri Shepherd has dreamed of having a talk show all her life. Next she wants an Emmy
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-01 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN: You were on “30 Rock,” a comedy, and obviously “The View,” how are you finding having your own talk show? And then every week I’m flying out, and it’s always a phone call going this guest dropped out. How do you prepare for those days and know you’re gonna be equipped for that? Because what you’re supposed to do is make people laugh. You’re supposed to give them a good time.”How are you balancing work and life?

☆ ‘Sargent and Spain’ Review: An Artist’s Iberian Enchantment
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-29 | by ( Barrymore Laurence Scherer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

WashingtonDuring the 1870s, John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) studied in the Paris atelier of the painter Carolus-Duran(1837-1917), one of the pre-eminent society portraitists of the Third Republic, who honed young Sargent’s gift for the kind of virtuoso portraiture that would make his fortune. Carolus also sowed the seeds of Sargent’s fascination with Spain, imparting to his star pupil not only his own deep devotion to the work of Baroque master Diego Velázquez and to Spanish painting in general, but also his love of Spanish folk life and music.

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