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☆ I built an Airbnb treehouse in my yard. I charge up to $250 a night — and I've already made enough money as a host to quit my job.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-03 | by ( Cari Shane | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Will Sutherland owns a treehouse Airbnb on his property. I also sourced a bunch of cedar logs from a friend who was having a house built. For years, our guests in our Airbnb skoolie — a converted school bus — had been using the bathroom in our house. When I built the treehouse, I also built a bathhouse with a shower and a toilet at the same time. We basically live in a little miniature community here, flanked by our bus guests and treehouse guests all the time.

☆ Dairy Queen is one of Warren Buffett's most-famous businesses. CEO Troy Bader laid out the benefits of Berkshire Hathaway's ownership, and explained how he's navigating the pandemic, inflation, and ne
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-23 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway acquired Dairy Queen for nearly $600 million in 1998. Dairy Queen CEO Troy Bader told Insider that Berkshire's ownership lets him invest for the long run. Bader explained how Dairy Queen has dealt with the pandemic, inflation, and new customer demands. "What he feels is really what we see with so many of our customers, who have this different connection with Dairy Queen." Higher prices, less moneyInflation is dealing a one-two punch to Dairy Queen by raising its costs and squeezing its customers, Bader said.

☆ American and British Airways just opened brand new joint luxury lounges at New York's biggest airport as they grow their partnership — see inside
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-08 | by ( Taylor Rains | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

But, to better streamline their operation, British Airways has moved into Terminal 8, and the pair are now officially "roommates," as American CEO Robert Isom put it at a press conference in November. (L-R): Iberia CEO Javier Sánchez-Prieto, British Airways CEO Sean Doyle, American Airlines CEO Robert Isom, Port Authority Executive Director Richard Cotton, Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY), and Queen Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. cut the ribbon to the new Terminal 8 at JFK on Tuesday, November 29. Taylor Rains/Insider

☆ How and where to use your travel points for a ski vacation
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-07 | by ( Jennifer Yellin | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

Marriott Bonvoy ski vacation hotelsOf the three major hotel chains in the US, Marriott has the largest number of properties catered toward ski vacations. Points required: A Category 7 property, requiring 25,000 to 35,000 World of Hyatt points per night. Points required: A Category 6 property, requiring 21,000 to 29,000 World of Hyatt points per night. Points required: A Category 7 property, requiring 25,000 to 35,000 World of Hyatt points per night. Points required: A Category 6 property, requiring From 21,000 to 29,000 World of Hyatt points per night.

☆ The small but mighty love for ‘Willow’ that led to a shiny new series
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Dan Heching | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

It’s a refreshing turn against recent trends that a cult classic without the sizable built-in fanbase of, say, a “Star Wars” or Marvel property would receive the fancy reboot treatment. “You could be walking around a convention floor, and in a sea of Harley Quinns, you’ll spot a Willow,” Delaney observed. High hopesThe arrival of the new 8-episode series comes with high hopes from the small but mighty fanbase. Bob Dolman, who wrote the screenplay for the original film, also acted as supervising producer on the first episode. Kilmer’s ex-wife Joanne Whalley, who he met on the original film, will be back in the series as warrior Sorsha.

☆ ‘Dancing With the Stars’ names Season 31 winner
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Marianne Garvey | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —“Dancing With the Stars” has crowned a new winner and she’s a TikTok-teen queen. Shangela and Gleb Savchenko danced to to “Queen Bee” by Rochelle Diamante and also scored a 36 out of 40. Host Tyra Banks announced that fourth place went to Shangela and Savchenko. Third place went to Brady and Carson. Second place went to Windey and Chmerkovskiy.

☆ 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+.

☆ 'Disenchanted' review: Amy Adams turns the page on a princess' storybook ending on Disney+
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-18 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —“Disenchanted” asks the existential question, “What comes after ‘Happily Ever After?,’” which is, naturally, a sequel … only (because it’s 15 years later) for streaming. Amy Adams nimbly steps back into the role of an animated princess trying to adapt to the live-action world, in an epilogue to “Enchanted” that has moments of magic without completely delivering on the premise. As recounted in storybook fashion, Adams’ Princess Giselle settled down with her unexpected prince, single dad Robert (Patrick Dempsey), and had a baby with him. If there appeared to be room to creatively advance the mythology, “Disenchanted” merely chooses to recycle it. “Disenchanted” premieres November 18 on Disney+.

☆ Rihanna would like Beyoncé to model for Savage X Fenty
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-15 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —If anyone has the power to manifest it’s Rihanna, right? The superstar singer and entrepreneur recently shared her dream model to walk the runway for her Savage X Fenty fashion line. “Beyoncé,” Rihanna told E! Now both women are not only two of the biggest stars in the music industry, but also have successful fashion lines - Rihanna with Savage X Fenty and Beyoncé with Ivy Park. Plenty of stars have already been featured by Savage X Fenty, with Taraji P. Henson, Sheryl Lee Ralph and Marsai Martin among those who appeared at the line’s latest fashion show.

☆ 'The Crown': Dame Judi Dench wants 'cruelly unjust' Season 5 to come with a disclaimer
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Dame Judi Dench has played a British queen before and now she is sounding off about Netflix’s popular dramatization of the royal family. In a letter to The Times, the revered actress shares her concerns about the forthcoming new season of “The Crown,” writing that “the closer the drama comes to our present times, the more freely it seems willing to blur the lines between historical accuracy and crude sensationalism.”“While many will recognise The Crown for the brilliant but fictionalised account of events that it is, I fear that a significant number of viewers, particularly overseas, may take its version of history as being wholly true,” Dench write. “Given some of the wounding suggestions apparently contained in the new series — that King Charles plotted for his mother to abdicate, for example, or once suggested his mother’s parenting was so deficient that she might have deserved a jail sentence — this is both cruelly unjust to the individuals and damaging to the institution they represent.”Season 5 of the series debuts November 9 in the US and is set during the 1990s in Britain. “As Queen Elizabeth II (Imelda Staunton) approaches the 40th anniversary of her accession, she reflects on a reign that has encompassed nine prime ministers, the advent of mass television and the twilight of the British Empire,” a Netflix synopsis of the new season reads in part. “Yet new challenges are on the horizon.

☆ Beyoncé denies claim she misused ‘I’m Too Sexy’ sample
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-08 | by ( Zoe Sottile | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Genre-crossing superstar Beyoncé has denied allegations that she misused a sample of Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy” on her newest album. Right Said Fred described Beyoncé as “arrogant” in a comment made to the British tabloid The Sun on Tuesday. Fred Fairbrass and Richard Fairbrass of the band Right Said Fred during the ARD TV-Show "Schlagerbooom - Das Internationale Schlagerfest" at Westfalenhalle on November 2, 2019, in Dortmund, Germany. “The comments made by Right Said Fred stating that Beyoncé used ‘I’m Too Sexy’ in ‘Alien Superstar’ without permission are erroneous and incredibly disparaging,” the singer’s representative told Entertainment Weekly on Friday. Additionally, “Alien Superstar” doesn’t use any of the sound recordings from “I’m Too Sexy,” just the composition, according to the statement.

☆ This biotech startup is developing a vaccine for honeybees. Check out the 16-slide pitch deck Dalan Animal Health used to raise $3.5 million.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-26 | by ( Riddhi Kanetkar | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A biotech startup that is developing a vaccine for honeybees has just raised $3.55 million. Check out the 16-slide deck used to raise the fresh funds. A startup that has created a vaccine to protect honeybees against American Foulbrood, a bacterial disease that threatens bee colonies worldwide, has raised $3.5 million in fresh funds. Dalan Animal Health, founded in 2018 in Georgia, US, aims to ease beekeepers away from "unsustainable" treatments such as antibiotics. Check out the 16-slide deck used to raise the fresh funds.

☆ Opinion: The British Empire: A legacy of violence?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Peter Bergen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

A related question is also surfacing now: What is the legacy of the British Empire writ large? Bergen: This reassessment of British Empire: You are leading the charge. Bergen: So, are the British in high school as they learn about British history being told a bunch of fairy tales? Are there similarities between the 1619 Project and what you and other colleagues are doing in your reassessment of the British Empire? And I think that’s what we’re seeing in different kinds of ways with the history of the British Empire.

☆ 'Do Revenge' links teen strangers on a train that runs out of steam
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-16 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

(CNN) "Do Revenge" has all the makings of an attention-generating machine, combining a "Mean Girls" vibe with the stars of two popular teen franchises in Camila Mendes ("Riverdale") and Maya Hawke ("Stranger Things"). It's too bad the Netflix movie doesn't match those qualities, offering a mishmash of homages that's mildly diverting but can't ace the final. Yet the plot (based on a script by Robinson and Celeste Ballard) doesn't pursue that enticing prospect with much conviction, which might explain why it runs out of steam down the stretch. The movie also owes debts to a lot of other teen fare, such as "Cruel Intentions," itself an adaptation of the French novel that became "Dangerous Liaisons." Mostly, it's a story of unlikely friendship, set against the backdrop of another private school where the parties make Roman bacchanals seem restrained and pale by comparison.

☆ Drag performer, 25, dies mid-performance at Philadelphia bar
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-15 | by ( Alexander Kacala | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

A Philadelphia drag performer beloved by the local LGBTQ community died Monday night during a performance at a popular gay bar. Valencia Prime, 25, was performing at Tabu Lounge and Sports bar, in the heart of Philadelphia's Gayborhood, when she collapsed on stage, bar owner Jeffrey Sotland said. "We say goodbye to Valencia Prime but we will not forget the light you brought to the stage." Valencia Prime. According to Prime's Facebook page, she graduated from Delran High School in 2015 and later attended Rowan College at Burlington County in New Jersey and Temple University in Philadelphia.

☆ King Charles doesn't have to pay inheritance tax on the Queen's private estate worth more than $750 million
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-11 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

King Charles has inherited the Duchy of Lancaster estate valued at more than $750 million. He will not have to pay inheritance tax on the estate due to a rule approved in 1993. The provision was first exercised in 2002 when the Queen Mother passed on an estate worth about $80 million to the Queen including a collection of Faberge eggs. The Lancaster estate generated revenue of £24 million ($27 million) last year, its financial records state, and the King is now entitled to its income. It had assets worth more than £650 million ($754 million) at the end of March this year, the duchy's website states.

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☆ Live updates: Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, earnings, stock price info and more
▼ + stars: | 2022-04-30 | by ( Paul R. La Monica | Cnn Business | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

See's Candies President and CEO Pat Egan, speaks to Fox Business reporter Liz Claman about Warren Buffett's favorite See's product, Peanut Brittle, during the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting, on Friday, April 29. Berkshire-owned See's Candies and Dairy Queen both had popular booths on the exhibit floor. "People need their candy," said See's Candies president and CEO Pat Egan. He added that higher labor and equipment costs are a challenge for Dairy Queen franchisees too. But Bader said Dairy Queen franchise operators have to "thread the needle" because the chain doesn't want to lose customers.

Persons: Pat Egan, Liz Claman, Warren Buffett's, John Peterson, Berkshire Hathaway, Egan, See's, Troy Bader, Bader Organizations: Fox Business, Berkshire Hathaway, Berkshire, Dairy, Dairy Queen Locations: America

☆ Beyonce a câştigat cele mai multe trofee din istoria galei NAACP Image Awards
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-30 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +2 min

Sursa foto: nytimes.comBeyonce a câştigat cele mai multe trofee din istoria galei NAACP Image AwardsLa câteva săptămâni după ce a făcut istorie la premiile Grammy, cu un record de 28 de trofee, Beyonce a fost recompensată cu patru premii în cadrul galei National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Image Awards, care a avut loc în weekend, în categoriile dedicate muzicii, informează DPA. Cu un total de 22 de trofee obţinute de-a lungul timpului, Beyonce este cel mai premiat artist din istoria NAACP Image Awards. LeBron James a fost recompensat cu President's Award pentru activitatea sa extra-sportivă, care include finanţarea unei şcoli publice, ''I Promise school''. Girată de organizaţia americană pentru drepturi civile National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, The Image Awards este o gală anuală de premiere, care recompensează performanţe deosebite în film, televiziune, muzică şi literatură realizate de persoane de culoare. Creată în 1967 pentru a încuraja o participare mai largă a persoanelor de culoare în lumea televiziunii, filmului şi muzicii, Image Awards a devenit o ceremonie de premiere televizată în 1986, când a fost difuzată pentru prima dată de NBC.

Persons: Beyonce, Derrick Johnson, Megan Thee, Anthony Anderson, Chadwick, Viola Davis, James Organizations: National, Viola, National Association, Image, NBC

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