Innholdsfortegnelse for 10/2/2020 i Newsweek International

2003 “Not many TV characters have entered our living rooms and our hearts like Friends,” said Newsweek. “The sitcom was a hit the minute it debuted….No wonder NBC is charging Super Bowl-size ad rates, about $2 million per 30-second spot, for the May finale.” In 2015, Friends returned to living rooms across the world when it was released on Netflix. In 2018, the streaming service paid almost $80 million to keep the show for one more year. Meanwhile, taping for a highly anticpated reunion special originally set to be released on HBO Max in May has been repeatedly postponed due to COVID-19. 1962 Newsweek wrote, “Today the political pollsters are more powerful than ever.” One of the most well-known was Louis Harris, “whose pulsetaking [led] to the selection of candidates.”…

“Dropping the ball means that I’ve let go of my own unrealistic expectations about how I need to keep them all in the air to begin with.” EACH WEEK DORIE CLARK, NOTED strategy consultant, communication coach and professor of business at Duke and Columbia universities, hosts the Newsweek LinkedIn Live interview series Better. She talks to business leaders, authors and founders about the latest innovative ideas and trends and takes questions from viewers of the livestream. Recently she spoke to entrepreneur Tiffany Dufu, founder and CEO of The Cru, a peer coaching service for women, and author of Drop the Ball: Achieve More By Doing Less. That’s a timely message now. In a world turned upside down by the pandemic, almost everyone is trying to juggle more than they’re used…

“A SATRICAL VOICE”SNL’s Cecily Strong on why comedy is important now » There is a museum for just about everything if you look hard enough, but these attractions take the traditional experience of passively viewing art and flip it on its head. They encourage visitors to interact with the exhibits—at a safe distance from others and with a variety of new safety measures in place such as disinfectants, one-way traffic plans, reduced visitor capacity and more—and experience art in a new way. As museums begin to open their doors after months of going dark, here are some of the most interesting immersive art experiences around the world—from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Melbourne, Australia. 01 House of Eternal Return Sante Fe, New Mexico This interactive art experience by the…

“I would have rather taken him out. I had him all set. Mattis didn't want to do it.” —PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SYRIAN PRESIDENT BASHAR AL-ASSAD “NO ONE HAS LESS COMPASSION FOR HUMANS THAN A LANDLORD.” —CHRIS ROCK ON PRESIDENT TRUMP “I wanted to marry her but at the same time protect her because being in a relationship with a man in prison, it’s extremely difficult and painful.” —JONATHAN IRONS ON MARRIAGE TO WNBA STAR MAYA MOORE, WHO HELPED GET HIS WRONGFUL CONVICTION OVERTURNED “Courage is being definitely afraid of something and going on with it anyway. And that’s my story, being deathly afraid and saying, but I’ve got to do this.” —rita moreno “IT WAS AN INTERESTING WEEKEND. LESSON LEARNED. THINGS HAPPEN. IT’S EMBARRASSING. YOU GOT TO ROLL WITH THE…

FROM MELANIA TRUMP TO “THE GIRL YOU WISH YOU HADN’T STARTED A Conversation With at a Party,” Cecily Strong has created some of the most memorable characters on Saturday Night Live over the last eight years. A recent parody subject stands out; Fox News personality Jeanine Pirro reached out to Strong. “I was happy to hear she enjoyed it. I want her to know it’s in good fun.” Her work on the show earned Strong her first Emmy nomination, a fact she wasn’t sure was actually the truth after an NBC executive texted to congratulate her. “I couldn’t find anything about it. She must mean the show was nominated and she texted all of us or something,” Strong recalled. While SNL prepares for a new season, Strong will also be…