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The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in the two cases on Monday, with rulings due by the end of June. Blum's goal is for the Supreme Court to overturn its own precedents allowing race as a factor in admissions. Blum raised more than $8 million from 2015 to 2020 for Students for Fair Admissions, most going to covering legal fees. No Students for Fair Admissions members served as plaintiffs or testified in court in the Harvard and UNC cases as the group lost in lower courts. The Supreme Court in January agreed to hear appeals backed by Blum in both cases.

☆ It’s a scary time in Hollywood. But the horror studio behind hits like ‘Halloween Ends’ is making a killing
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Frank Pallotta | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

That includes hits like “Get Out,” “The Black Phone,” “The Purge,” “Paranormal Activity,” and the rebooted “Halloween” trilogy. “Halloween Ends,” the trilogy’s final film, hits theaters and streaming this weekend. Scary low budgets, scary good results"Get Out" was one of Blumhouse's biggest commercial and critical hits. For Jason Blum, the company’s CEO and founder, making movies on low budgets is more than just about saving money. “We’re really known for low budgets because low budgets are profitable,” he told CNN Business.

☆ 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone' review: The Netflix movie gets its message across with a smart Stephen King adaptation
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-05 | by ( Review Brian Lowry | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Harrigan’s Phone” to the relatively short list of really good Stephen King adaptations, garnishing a coming-of-age story with understated hints of the supernatural and thoughtful rumination about cellphones that finds true horror in their ubiquity. In one highly amusing ramble, Mr. Harrigan rattles off every terrible thing that the cellphone might unleash, calling it “a gateway drug” for all manner of societal ills, including the dissemination of bogus news. Harrigan’s Phone” exhibits a level of restraint not regularly associated with the movie’s two high-profile producers, Ryan Murphy (“American Horror Story”) and the prolific horror maven Jason Blum. (Whether the movie promotes Apple’s flagship product while decrying its effects will likely be, to reference another “Twilight Zone,” in the eye of the beholder.) Harrigan’s Phone” premieres October 5 on Netflix.

☆ How Bryan Lourd became one of the most powerful people in the history of Hollywood
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Alex Sherman | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +18 min

Lourd, 61, isn't a household name, but he wields a stunning amount of influence in Hollywood. Lourd's Hollywood clients aren't just A-listers, they're A+-listers: Brad Pitt. An old-fashioned talent agent who loves discussing old movies and doesn't mind pointing out the flaws in his own clients' work, Lourd has become arguably the most powerful person in Hollywood. "He's one of the most powerful people in the history of Hollywood," said Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos. But Lourd's clients are such bankable stars that it's equally important for Hollywood executives to be friendly with him as it is beneficial for Lourd and CAA.

☆ Can Brown Noise Turn Off Your Brain?
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Dani Blum | Illustrations Alexis Jamet | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Welcome to the cult of brown noise, a sometimes hazily-defined category of neutral, dense sound that contains every frequency our ears can detect. Brown noise is like white noise but has a lower, deeper quality. She added that many patients have come in asking about brown and white noise as of late, often pointing to posts they’ve seen on social media. What is brown noise? When we play brown noise, we hear every frequency that the ear is able to detect at once, said Dr. Berlau.

☆ What it's like working for lawmakers whose golden years are clouded by power struggles, rumors of senility, and constant second-guessing
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-13 | by ( Warren Rojas | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +25 min

Doug Heye, a Republican strategist, told Insider that some political maneuvering is more tactical. Emanuel, now the US's ambassador to Japan, didn't refute that the exchange took place but told Insider he didn't remember it. It serves the institution," the former GOP aide told Insider, adding that seasoned dealmakers are preferable to partisan bomb-throwers "with some agenda that they're driving." Paul Morigi/Getty ImagesWhite, now the executive director of the Mississippi Department of Transportation, told Insider his boss always had the final word. 'Preserving their dignity'Convincing career lawmakers to hang it up before they tarnish their respective legacies is tricky business, a veteran GOP leadership aide told Insider.

☆ This DoorDash hack used by local food-delivery couriers is saving restaurants big on delivery fees. Here's how it works.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-02 | by ( Nancy Luna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

That fee can be passed on to customers to save restaurants money. "The DoorDash self-delivery is a hack," Simmons, whose organization represents 550 local delivery operators in the US, said. And by deploying the self-delivery tactic with apps like Grubhub and DoorDash, restaurants can save even more money, Blum said. Colonel Delivery restaurants partners that use self-delivery can't pass on delivery fees to DashPass customers. But the "hack" is worth looking into if it can save restaurants from paying higher third-party delivery fees, he added.

☆ Kevin Hart sold a $100 million stake in his media company to private equity firm Abry. Here are 10 more Hollywood production shops that are hot M&A targets.
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-19 | by ( Natalie Jarvey | Elaine Low | Madeline Berg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +12 min

Abry Partners' $100 million stake in Kevin Hart's company HartBeat is the latest big M&A move in Hollywood. Dealmakers said production companies are valuable amid the streaming wars and demand for content. The M&A activity had top Hollywood dealmakers telling Insider in early 2022 that practically every independent production company is a target. Many production companies make work-for-hire or don't control the rights to a project once it is sold off to a studio distributor. Based on January interviews with five entertainment industry experts and insiders, Insider identified a list of 10 production companies that could be compelling acquisition targets as M&A activity continues.

☆ Hedge-fund billionaire Leon Cooperman slams cannabis company Green Thumb Industries and accuses it of insider selling in a testy exchange
▼ + stars: | 2022-05-06 | by ( Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Leon Cooperman ripped into Green Thumb Industries executives and accused them of insider selling. Green Thumb Industries' stock is down by 47% since January 1. During Green Thumb Industries' investor call on Wednesday evening, the hedge-fund billionaire Leon Cooperman ripped into the Chicago cannabis giant's CEO, Ben Kovler, over what Cooperman said was rampant insider selling by the company's executives. "I currently remain the largest shareholder in Green Thumb, and management continues to believe in the $75 billion to $100 billion opportunity ahead for both Green Thumb and the industry at large." Despite mixed results in the quarter, analysts are optimistic about Green Thumb Industries' long-term growth prospects.

☆ How I Hold It Together: ‘Worry Timers’ and More
▼ + stars: | 2021-12-16 | by ( ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

How I Hold It Together: ‘Worry Timers’ and More Dani Blum Researching in BrooklynYogee ChandrasekaranAs a senior news assistant for the Well desk, I spend a lot of time thinking about what it means to find balance and stay calm in a frantic news cycle. Here are six things I do to keep myself grounded →

☆ Cinci sfaturi de la Rimobel cum să alegi o bucătărie la comandă
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-27 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +4 min

Pentru ca tot acest timp să te bucuri de confort și relaxare ai nevoie de o bucătărie care să te reprezinte, dotată așa cum spune cartea. Dacă totuși ești adeptul stilului clasic conservator, echipa Rimobel are o pasiune aparte față de eleganța clasicistă. Fiecare bucătărie clasică e ca o creație de artă, în care toate detaliile și elementele de decor sunt măiestrite cu multă dragoste și pasiune. Fără ele o bucătărie ar fi pur și simplu incompletă. Pe lângă bucătării, poți comanda mobilier pentru dormitor, camera de zi, baie, camera copiilor, dar și mobilier comercial pentru afacerea ta.

Persons: Rimobel, Egger, Blum, Teka Organizations: Rimobel Locations: Moldova, Hettich, Kaiser

☆ Şefa diplomaţiei columbiene, Claudia Blum, a demisionat pe fondul protestelor antiguvernamentale
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-14 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Claudia Blum nu a precizat motivul demisiei în mesajul video de anunţ difuzat joi, dar potrivit media columbiene ea a fost criticată pentru prestaţia sa în ce priveşte gestionarea crizei.Postul de ministru de externe ar urma să fie preluat de adjuncta sa Adriana Mejia.ONU şi Uniunea Europeană şi-au exprimat preocuparea după informaţiile privind un exces de forţă din partea forţelor de ordine, respinse ferm de Ministerul columbian de Externe.Manifestaţiile au vizat iniţial un controversat proiect de reformă fiscală, care între timp a fost retras, iar ministrul columbian al economiei Alberto Carrasquilla şi-a dat demisia în legătură cu această problemă, la 3 mai.Acum, protestele se concentrează în cea mai mare parte pe alte aspecte, între care un proiect de reformă a sistemului de sănătate şi fragilul proces de pace din Columbia.Columbia, a doua cea mai populată ţară din America de Sud, după Brazilia, este un aliat important al Statelor Unite în regiune.

Persons: Claudia Blum, Mejia.ONU, Externe.Manifestaţiile, Alberto Carrasquilla Organizations: Uniunea Europeană Locations: Columbia.Columbia, America de Sud, Brazilia, Statelor Unite

☆ SCOOP: Sen. Dianne Feinstein fails to disclose husband's stock purchase, says she's willing to pay a fine
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-27 | by ( Dave Levinthal | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband, investment banker Richard Blum, invested up to $50,000 in polling firm The Generation Lab. But the Democratic lawmaker didn't disclose the purchase until this month, weeks after a federal deadline. Feinstein has not yet been contacted by the Senate Ethics Committee on whether she will face a fine, Mentzer added. Members of Congress are generally allowed to buy and sell individual stocks — to the chagrin of some government reform advocates — so long as they publicly disclose the transactions. Not until May did Feinstein publicly disclose her husband's Facebook stock purchase, investigative journalism outfit Sludge revealed later in 2018.

☆ Dozens of Goldman Sachs partners have departed the bank since David Solomon became CEO. See the running list here.
▼ + stars: | 2020-02-27 | by ( Carter Johnson | Dakin Campbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

David Solomon has been Goldman Sachs' CEO for more than four years after succeeding Lloyd Blankfein. There's been a lot of talk about morale at Goldman Sachs. In reality, Solomon said, there were fewer "partner transitions at Goldman Sachs" in 2022 than any year "going back to 2014." "At the moment, year-to-date, our turnover is at a 5-year low, not just for partners, in the whole firm," Solomon added. Here is a running list of Goldman's partners that have retired from the firm — or moved on to roles at other companies — since Solomon became CEO.

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