Innholdsfortegnelse for 12/4-12/11/2020 i Newsweek International

THE BEATLES When the Beatles first toured the U.S. in 1964, Newsweek predicted, “The odds are that they will fade away.” But as Peter Brown, the group’s business manager, wrote for Newsweek in 2014, “The Beatles were a once-in-a-lifetime, freakish combination of talent and timing.” When John Lennon, “once the cheeky wit and sardonic soul of the Beatles” was tragically killed 40 years ago on December 8, 1980, Newsweek reflected that the band was the catalyst for “an epoch-making spasm in Western history, the moment when, at least for a time, the center of creative consciousness shifted to young people.”…

Why this book? Why now? Now, more than ever before, we are beginning to question our collective memory of the past. There is a huge amount of anger and passion in play, especially when it comes to our public monuments—not only in the USA, but all around the world. This book is an attempt to pause, take a step back and look at what our monuments really mean. What role do you think monuments should serve? A good monument will remind us not only of our history, but of the values that we hold dear. Some of the most important monuments in my book have been constructed on sites where huge world events took place: I’m thinking of Auschwitz, Hiroshima or Stalingrad. These are important places where we can remember…

As the Netherlands grapples with the second wave of Covid-19, economic bright spots remain, including in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector. Demand for FMCG has risen more sharply in the Netherlands than any other country in Europe since the pandemic began, and the total value of FMCG sales rose by 7.5% in the 13 weeks to August 2020. This on top of an already increasing Home Ambiance market on the back of a strong health & well-being trend. With a deep history and long track record of strong success, Bolsius is riding the wave of FMCG growth. Established in 1870, the company has risen from a homegrown family business to become a major European exporter, recording decades of consistent growth as it expanded from the Netherlands to Germany, Scandinavia…

Like every member of the European Union (EU), the Netherlands has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, and to reduce CO2 emissions by at least 55% of their 1990 levels by 2030. This will entail billions of new investment in the green energy industry, leaving forward-thinking businesses like Koolen Industries, and its Chairman and CEO Kees Koolen, in the best position to lead the way in greening Europe’s economy. An early investor in Uber who previously served as CEO of Booking.com, Koolen clearly knows how to pick winners. He founded Koolen Industries in early 2019 with the clear objective of making clean energy accessible, affordable, and more widely-adopted. He wants to cover every step of the clean energy process, from solar generation to storage, transport, and delivery. As he…

THE BOREDOM AND ANXIETY OF THIS YEAR wasn’t what indie singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers had been expecting. Instead of touring and sharing stages with The National and The 1975, she’s been home in Los Angeles. “I tried to make banana bread,” she tells Newsweek “but it got moldy, literally one day later. So I did something wrong.” Still the folk-based Bridgers, 26, is having a banner year musically. Punisher, her second album under her own name, was released this past June to critical acclaim. Before launching a solo career, Bridgers had made records as a member of the bands Better Oblivion Community Center (with Bright Eyes’ Conor Oberst, and boygenius (with Julien Baker and Lucy Dacus). On November 20, Bridgers released a new EP Copycat Killer, which recasts four of the…

“You’re still my Aunt Viv.” —WILL SMITH RECONCILING WITH JANET HUBERT ON THE FRESH PRINCE REUNION “I KNEW I HAD TO GET INVOLVED, I KNEW I HAD ENOUGH.” —CINDY MCCAIN ON SUPPORTING JOE BIDEN “At least for now...I enter a second retirement. That could change, because everything changes. But if this is the end of my acting career, so be it.” —MICHAEL J. FOX ON HIS DECLINING HEALTH “People have accepted the things that he said that are so vile about so many other people. What difference is it going to make if he said that about me?” —actor holly robinson peete on donald trump calling her a racial slur “I AM PROUD OF THE WORK WE HAVE DONE OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS TO PREVENT ELECTION INTERFERENCE AND SUPPORT…

Domestic leaders like Royal A-Ware Food Group have kept the industry on a strong growth path. While the company didn’t take its modern form until 2010’s merger of Anker Cheese and Bouter Cheese, its history dates back to 1890. That’s when Bouter Cheese was first established, originally operating as an animal feed and cheese trading business in Steefkerk, South Holland. Anker Cheese, meanwhile, was founded in 1963 as a family business, with current owner and CEO Jan Anker taking the helm in 2001. Anker said the group’s early activities help shape its success over the years. “It goes back to the genes of the company. We originated as a trading company, and if you’re a trading company you can survive only if your customers are happy. This original mentality has…

Stranger in the Alps (2017, Dead Oceans) A melancholic, mainly folk album, Stranger in the Alps, the Los Angeles-based singer’s debut album, contains the arrestingly catchy “Motion Sickness.” The record received superlative reviews. Bridgers said in a press statement at the time, “I wanted the album to completely represent who I am and these songs are representative of what I set out to do.” boygenius (2018, Matador) boygenius is an indie pop and folk lover’s dream, a supergroup featuring Bridgers and equally acclaimed singer-songwriters Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker. On this six-song EP, the trio’s voices and heart-wrenching songs blend beautifully together. On the prospect of a follow-up record, Bridgers said, “I think that the idea behind the band is that it has to be fun. And as…

MONUMENTS ARE ERECTED TO CELEBRATE VICTORIES AND MOURN LOSSES. WE CHISEL NAMES INTO buildings as a way to claim a piece of posterity. But what happens when those same statues and touted heroes are no longer role models for society’s current values? In the wake of the George Floyd protests this summer, statues throughout America of Christopher Columbus, Jefferson Davis, Stonewall Jackson, John Calhoun and others have been torn down. Princeton University removed President Woodrow Wilson’s name from its School of Public Policy and the American Museum of Natural History in New York City requested that a statue of President Theodore Roosevelt be removed from the front of its building because it depicts Black and indigenous people in an inferior way. What is the value in monuments to the past?…

What is perhaps most unique about the Netherlands is that a longstanding culture of cooperation and consensus have worked to boost innovation and digital development rather than impede it. Prime Minister Mark Rutte said as much at a speech to Silicon Valley, where he highlighted the country’s major competitive advantages: “We are home to leading technology clusters, with world-class R&D in the fields of agri-food, life sciences and health, chemicals and high-tech. Business, academia and government work together in these clusters in a truly unique way, creating a climate for innovation at home and abroad. And we have a workforce with an open, international and pro-business mentality. So with everything we do, we strive to be fit for the future.” A pro-business mentality has also helped, and The World Bank’s…

“Selena was always so authentically herself. She was going to be an icon regardless.” ON MARCH 31, 1995, THE 23-YEAR-OLD TEJANO MUSIC SENSATION SELENA was tragically murdered in Corpus Christi, Texas. “She has always kind of been present. Of course it has a lot to do with her being robbed from us,” says Christian Serratos, who portrays the singer in Netflix’s Selena: The Series, premiering December 4, and made with the blessing of Selena’s family. Serratos, known for her work in Twilight and The Walking Dead, is the second actress to portray the singer in a major project, the first being Jennifer Lopez in the 1996 hit biopic Selena. “I know there’s going to be comparisons, and we’re just going to have to come to terms with that.” But the…