By THE NEW YORK TIMES AUG. 16, 2018 Power. Innovation. Identity. Madonna has blended all of these and much more into a singular career in music, fashion, movies and beyond. For her 60th birthday, we assessed her broad and deep influence. Power. Innovation. Identity. Madonna has blended all of these and much more into a singular career in music, fashion, movies and beyond that’s crossed boundaries and obliterated the status quo. For her 60th birthday, our writers assessed her broad and deep influence. Zak Kaczmarek/Getty Images 1.She is fighting the pernicious idea that older women don’t matter. “People say I’m controversial,” Madonna told an audience of music-industry peers in 2016. “But I think the most controversial thing I have ever done is to stick around.” Sexism was the demon that haunted Madonna’s early career, but for two decades — maybe longer — it’s had an equally unwelcome sibling: ageism. … [Read more...] about 60 Times Madonna Changed Our Culture
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The Big Business of Being Gwyneth Paltrow
Sections Skip to content Skip to site index Feature Inside the growth of Goop — the most controversial brand in the wellness industry. Gwyneth Paltrow. Credit Amanda Demme for The New York Times Supported by ByTaffy Brodesser-Akner July 25, 2018 On a Monday morning in November, students at Harvard Business School convened in their classroom to find Gwyneth Paltrow. She was sitting at one of their desks, fitting in not at all, using her phone, as they took their seats along with guests they brought to class that day — wives, mothers, boyfriends. Each seat filled, and some guests had to stand along the back wall and sit on the steps. The class was called the Business of Entertainment, Media and Sports. The students were there to interrogate Paltrow about Goop, her lifestyle-and-wellness e-commerce business, and to learn how to create a “sustainable competitive advantage,” according to the class catalog. She moved to the … [Read more...] about The Big Business of Being Gwyneth Paltrow
TRUMP to Chuck Todd, on his military advisers: ‘Well, I watch the shows’ – On whether to admit Ukraine to NATO: ‘I would not care that much, to be honest’ – May soon rule out third-party bid
By Mike Allen (@mikeallen; [email protected]) and Daniel Lippman (@dlippman; [email protected]) BREAKING – “Pro-Bush super PAC spending $10M-plus on initial TV campaign,” by AP’s Tom Beaumont in Des Moines: “Officials with Right to Rise USA say they [will make an ‘eight-figure’ buy Mon.] in Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina TV markets and on cable television in the three states. Ads are scheduled to begin in Iowa and New Hampshire on Sept. 15, in South Carolina a week later and then run continuously through the end of the year. Story Continued Below “The plan ... is ... the first major move by the group, which was developed by ... Mike Murphy, to run alongside Bush’s own campaign organization, which is bound by federal fundraising limits. ‘We believe Jeb Bush has the strongest record of conservative accomplishments in the race, and we plan to tell that story,’ Paul Lindsay, … [Read more...] about TRUMP to Chuck Todd, on his military advisers: ‘Well, I watch the shows’ – On whether to admit Ukraine to NATO: ‘I would not care that much, to be honest’ – May soon rule out third-party bid
TRUMP doubles down on travel ban – WHO’S ANCHORING COMEY — TRUMP UNHAPPY with Sessions — LINDA McMAHON on the hiring ‘bottleneck’ — TRUMP ORG’s new budget hotel chain – MSNBC’s PRIMETIME SURGE to No. 1
Driving the Day Listen to the Playbook Audio Briefing http://bit.ly/2rH4Ohg ... Subscribe on iTunes http://apple.co/2eX6Eay ... Visit the online home of Playbook http://politi.co/2f51Jnf Good Tuesday morning. Today is the 73rd anniversary of D-Day. Story Continued Below IN CASE YOU DIDN’T GET THE POINT MONDAY MORNING, another statement from President Donald Trump on Twitter at 9:20 p.m. last night: “That’s right, we need a TRAVEL BAN for certain DANGEROUS countries, not some politically correct term that won’t help us protect our people!” JEN HABERKORN and BURGESS EVERETT scoop that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) wants to vote on replacing Obamacare by the July 4 recess. We even hear that Senate Republicans are starting to send pieces of what might end up in their plan to the Congressional Budget Office. SURE, A VOTE CAN HAPPEN, but listen to the quotes Burgess and Jen got from Republican senators, and tell us if you hear confidence or … [Read more...] about TRUMP doubles down on travel ban – WHO’S ANCHORING COMEY — TRUMP UNHAPPY with Sessions — LINDA McMAHON on the hiring ‘bottleneck’ — TRUMP ORG’s new budget hotel chain – MSNBC’s PRIMETIME SURGE to No. 1
THE PRESIDENT posts a video of himself pummeling a man with CNN logo on his face — CNN: ‘We will keep doing our jobs. He should start doing his’ — SASSE punts on ’20
Driving the Day THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES tweeted a 28-second video of himself punching someone whose face is covered by the CNN logo. The altered video is from one of his appearances 10 years ago on WWE. THE TWEET -- THE PRESIDENT at 9:21 a.m.: “#FraudNewsCNN #FNN” http://bit.ly/2sfIASRStory Continued Below LET’S BE CLEAR -- The president has just sent his 33 million followers a video of himself pummeling a man covered by the CNN logo. CNN anchors and reporters -- indeed, anchors and reporters from many media outlets -- have been threatened and harassed. The president tweeted this message from the comfort of his summer golf home in New Jersey, surrounded by Secret Service. Meanwhile journalists are in the field, across the country and the world. THE WHITE HOUSE keeps telling us the president wants to talk about policy, but the media doesn’t want to cover it. Since June 30, the president has tweeted once about health care -- and it was to suggest a new … [Read more...] about THE PRESIDENT posts a video of himself pummeling a man with CNN logo on his face — CNN: ‘We will keep doing our jobs. He should start doing his’ — SASSE punts on ’20