Podcast appearances and mentions of The Beverly Hilton

Just when you though it was safe to put your earbuds back in, Promoter101 has rebooted! Thursday, April 17th at 2:15pm, Pollstar Live! From the Beverly Hilton at the International Ballroom featuring interviews with Paladin Artists' Steve Martin, Andy Somers, and Chyna Chuan starring Steiny and Luke back at the wheel. Come be part of the historical relaunch of the all new Promoter101 Reboot, witness a live taste of the new monthly podcast in a surprise pop up at Pollstar Live! If you can't make it in person the session will air on Thursday April 24th at 5pm on all major podcast sites. Don't miss the return of Steiny and Luke together again, the ground's already shakin'!

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 11ú lá de mí Feabhra, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 2014 cheannaigh Donald Trump an cúrsa gailf Doonbeg I gcontae an Chláir do nach mór 15 milliún euro ach bhí nach mór 1 milliún euro de dheisiúchán le déanamh. Chuir sé ainm eile ar an áit – Trump International Golf Links agus bhí sé seo a chéad réadmhaoin in Éirinn. I 2016 bhí Sinn Féin sa spotsolas nuair a tháinig siad amach go raibh siad chun an chúirt choiriúil speisialta a scrios dá bheidís sa rialtas tar éis an olltoghchán. I 2005 chuaigh costas an tí suas sa chontae le 12% leis an meán nach mór 200 míle euro. Sin mhéadú de thimpeall 21 míle euro I gcomparáid le 2003. I 2011 chaill an tAonach Urmhumhan siopa sa chathair. Tháinig an nuacht amach go raibh Ryan & Harty Menswear ag dúnadh tar éis 116 bhliain sa chathair. Sin Zayn le Pillowtalk – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2016. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 2008 bhí Heather Mills agus Sir Paul McCartney san Ard Chúirt I Londain chun a chúrsaí airgid a shocrú agus iad ag dul tríd colscaradh. I 2012 tháinig an nuacht amach go bhfuair Whitney Houston bás in óstán Beverly Hilton. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir Jennifer Anniston I gCalifornia I 1969 agus rugadh amhránaí Sheryl Crow I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1962 agus seo chuid de a amhrán. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo.

Fáilte ar ais chuig eagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo ar an 11ú lá de mí Feabhra, liomsa Lauren Ní Loingsigh. I 2014 cheannaigh Donald Trump an cúrsa gailf Doonbeg I gcontae an Chláir do nach mór 15 milliún euro ach bhí nach mór 1 milliún euro de dheisiúchán le déanamh. Chuir sé ainm eile ar an áit – Trump International Golf Links agus bhí sé seo a chéad réadmhaoin in Éirinn. I 2016 bhí Sinn Féin sa spotsolas nuair a tháinig siad amach go raibh siad chun an chúirt choiriúil speisialta a scrios dá bheidís sa rialtas tar éis an olltoghchán. I 1986 tháinig Assmann Electronics in Inis amach go mbeidís ag forbairt an áit leis an chostas timpeall 1.5 milliún punt. Dúradh go mbeadh 36 post nua ann chomh maith. I 2014 bhí gaoth fhórsa hairicín sa chontae leis an tSionainn an séideán is láidir le 159 km an uair. Chaill níos mó ná 20 míle tí a leictreachas, dhún Aerfort na Sionainne agus ní raibh daoine ábalta taisteal ar an bhóthar de bharr gur thit a lán crainn. Sin Zayn le Pillowtalk – an t-amhrán is mó ar an lá seo I 2016. Ag lean ar aghaidh le nuacht cheoil ar an lá seo I 2008 bhí Heather Mills agus Sir Paul McCartney san Ard Chúirt I Londain chun a chúrsaí airgid a shocrú agus iad ag dul tríd colscaradh. I 2012 tháinig an nuacht amach go bhfuair Whitney Houston bás in óstán Beverly Hilton. Agus ar deireadh breithlá daoine cáiliúla ar an lá seo rugadh aisteoir Jennifer Anniston I gCalifornia I 1969 agus rugadh amhránaí Sheryl Crow I Meiriceá ar an lá seo I 1962 agus seo chuid de a amhrán. Beidh mé ar ais libh amárach le heagrán nua de Ar An Lá Seo.

It's the day after the 2025 Golden Globes Awards and the *Little Gold Men* team is recapping how it all went down, from the best acceptance speeches to the gossip at the afterparties. Rebecca and David, who were at the Beverly Hilton, share some of the most interesting insights from attendees at the show, and Richard joins them to discuss how some of the best acceptance speeches give certain actresses a big leg up in the very competitive best actress category for the Oscars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

It's the day after the 2025 Golden Globes Awards and the *Little Gold Men* team is recapping how it all went down, from the best acceptance speeches to the gossip at the afterparties. Rebecca and David, who were at the Beverly Hilton, share some of the most interesting insights from attendees at the show, and Richard joins them to discuss how some of the best acceptance speeches give certain actresses a big leg up in the very competitive best actress category for the Oscars. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Molly Durand has worked with the LadySmith Black Mumbazzo choir and famed gospel composer and conductor Richard Smallwood. On multiple occasions, she has been a featured soloist for the Illinois Senate Inauguration and the Glen Ellen Children's Choir at Carnegie Hall in New York City. She has performed on the New York lot at CBS Studios and in shows throughout Los Angeles at venues such as the House of Blues, Hotel Café, The Green Door, Mbar, El Cid, The Regent Beverly Wilshire, The Beverly Hilton, Tangier, and the Piano Bar, where she held residency as a featured artist.    Molly Durand was chosen to read and sing for the part of Anne Wilson of HEART in their musical review: Kick It Out, written by Nancy and Anne Wilson.  This was showcased at Playtone beside Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.   Molly Durand also toured with Chicago's Second City as a company member performing sketch comedy and improv.  She has produced and directed in her own short films and sketches and produced a horror indie film as well.  Molly produced live plays in LA and was a stage manager in NY,NY.  Most recently she hosted a Variety Show in LA showcasing diverse talent.  Molly was lucky enough to be able to work with Holland Taylor on her one woman show ANN about the incredible Ann Richards.  Molly also performed in Leslie Jordan's working musical in Los Angeles.  Aside from Second City, Molly is featured on Scream Queens and other features and shorts, mainly playing comedic character roles.  

Molly Durand has worked with the LadySmith Black Mumbazzo choir and famed gospel composer and conductor Richard Smallwood. On multiple occasions, she has been a featured soloist for the Illinois Senate Inauguration and the Glen Ellen Children's Choir at Carnegie Hall in New York City. She has performed on the New York lot at CBS Studios and in shows throughout Los Angeles at venues such as the House of Blues, Hotel Café, The Green Door, Mbar, El Cid, The Regent Beverly Wilshire, The Beverly Hilton, Tangier, and the Piano Bar, where she held residency as a featured artist.    Molly Durand was chosen to read and sing for the part of Anne Wilson of HEART in their musical review: Kick It Out, written by Nancy and Anne Wilson.  This was showcased at Playtone beside Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson.   Molly Durand also toured with Chicago's Second City as a company member performing sketch comedy and improv.  She has produced and directed in her own short films and sketches and produced a horror indie film as well.  Molly produced live plays in LA and was a stage manager in NY,NY.  Most recently she hosted a Variety Show in LA showcasing diverse talent.  Molly was lucky enough to be able to work with Holland Taylor on her one woman show ANN about the incredible Ann Richards.  Molly also performed in Leslie Jordan's working musical in Los Angeles.  Aside from Second City, Molly is featured on Scream Queens and other features and shorts, mainly playing comedic character roles.  

In this episode of the Mom Owned and Operated podcast, Rita Suzanne and Don Mamone discuss raising a family, running a business and remembering yourself.Don Mamone's decade-long career in hospitality culminated with their role as the Director of Events at the prestigious Beverly Hilton. Determined to embrace their creativity and pursue the dream of entrepreneurship, Don and their wife Emily opened a photography studio and have exceeded the expectations of their loyal clients from Dallas to Destinations around the world for over fifteen years.As a speaker and coach Don teaches audiences and clients how to reach their maximum potential and impact by discovering and embracing their true identity. Having recently come out as non-binary, Don is a committed advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community and consults with companies and organizations dedicated to diversity, inclusivity and representation as well as creating safe spaces that support and encourage unapologetic authenticity.When they are not traveling the world for creative projects and speeches, Don lives happily outside the gender binary in Dallas with their talented spouse Emily and their creative child Frankie.You can connect with Don on their website, on Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn.Send a text message! Email, if you want a reply though. ;) Support the showP.S. You can find more interviews at momownedandoperated.com and learn about working with Rita at ritasuzanne.com/apply/

Live from the Beverly Hilton, it's the second annual BOB AWARDS! We look back at the '80s for Altman, look at the stars that show up, and hand out some awards. Who's gonna win? Who's gonna lose? Will Maestro have another surprise upset? Tune in to find out! 

A reminder for new readers. That Was The Week includes a collection of my selected readings on critical issues in tech, startups, and venture capital. I selected the articles because they are of interest to me. The selections often include things I entirely disagree with. But they express common opinions, or they provoke me to think. The articles are sometimes long snippets to convey why they are of interest. Click on the headline, contents link or the ‘More' link at the bottom of each piece to go to the original. I express my point of view in the editorial and the weekly video below.Congratulations to this week's chosen creators: @TechCrunch, @Apple, @emroth08, @coryweinberg, @mariogabriele, @peterwalker99, @KevinDowd, @jessicaAhamlin, @stephistacey, @ttunguz, @annatonger, @markstenberg3, @EllisItems, @TaraCopp, @ingridlunden, @Jack, @karissabe, @psawers, @Haje, @mikebutcher, @tim_cookContents* Editorial: Hating the Future* Essays of the Week* Apple's ‘Crush' ad is disgusting* Apple apologizes for iPad ‘Crush' ad that ‘missed the mark'* Milken's New Power Players* Ho Nam on VC's Power Law* State of Private Markets: Q1 2024* The weight of the emerging manager* Pandemic-era winners suffer $1.5tn fall in market value* Video of the Week* Apples iPad Video* AI of the Week* The Fastest Growing Category of Venture Investment in 2024* Meet My A.I. Friends* OpenAI plans to announce Google search competitor on Monday, sources say* Leaked Deck Reveals How OpenAI Is Pitching Publisher Partnerships* A Revolutionary Model.* An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for war* Sources: Mistral AI raising at a $6B valuation, SoftBank ‘not in' but DST is* News Of the Week* Jack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at Twitter* FTX crypto fraud victims to get their money back — plus interest* Apple's Final Cut Camera lets filmmakers connect four cameras at once* Startup of the Week* Wayve co-founder Alex Kendall on the autonomous future for cars and robots* X of the Week* Tim CookEditorial: Hating the FutureAn Ad and its Detractorsbet a lot of money that the TechCrunch writing and editorial team have had an interesting 72 hours.After Apple announced its new iPad on Tuesday, the ad that supported it was initially widely slammed for its cruelty to obsolete tools for creativity, including a piano, guitar, and paint. This week's Video of The Week has it if you don't know what I am talking about.A sizeable crushing machine compresses the items with colossal force, and in the end, an iPad can incorporate the functions of traditional items.It's not the most amazing ad ever, certainly not as bold as Steve Jobs's 1984 ad, but it's in the same genre. The past must be crushed to release new freedom and creativity for a fraction of the price and, often, the power and flexibility.Oh, and it's thin, very thin.I was not offended. Devin at TechCrunch was. He leads this week's essay of the week with his “Apple's ‘Crush' ad is disgusting” and does not mince words:What we all understand, though — because unlike Apple ad executives, we live in the world — is that the things being crushed here represent the material, the tangible, the real. And the real has value. Value that Apple clearly believes it can crush into yet another black mirror.This belief is disgusting to me. And apparently to many others, as well.He also makes the incorrect point that:A virtual guitar can't replace a real guitar; that's like thinking a book can replace its author.It's more like a digital book replacing a paper book than the author being replaced. Oh wait… that has happened.That said, a virtual guitar can replace a real guitar, and an AI guitar can even replace a virtual guitar—and be better. That is not to say there are no more actual traditional guitars. They will be a choice, not a necessity, especially for people like me who can't play a guitar but will be able to play these.Devin had his supporters in the comments (go read them).Handmaid's Tale director Reed Morano told Apple CEO Tim Cook to “read the room” in a post on X. Matthew Carnal captured my somewhat unkind instinct:There were a lot more reactions to the Apple ad haters like Matthews.Of course, many old instrument lovers (the instruments, not their age) hated the Ad. By Thursday, this being the times we live in, Apple apologized for the ad:Tor Myhren, Apple's vice president of marketing, said the company “missed the mark.”“Creativity is in our DNA at Apple, and it's incredibly important to us to design products that empower creatives all over the world,” Myhren told Ad Age. “Our goal is to always celebrate the myriad of ways users express themselves and bring their ideas to life through iPad. We missed the mark with this video, and we're sorry.”Please judge for yourself below, but my 2c is that the ad was a moderately underwhelming attempt to champion innovation. It is certainly not offensive unless you are ultra-sensitive and have feelings for pianos, guitars, and paint. Oh, and hate attempts to recreate them in a more usable form. And Apple really should have taken the high ground here.I spent some of the week in LA at the CogX Festival and virtually at the Data Driven Summit by @AndreRetterath. The latter focused on what is happening in Venture Capital, as do several of this week's essays. Milken's event was running in LA also. Its attitude to Venture Capital is best summed up here:“We're all being told in the market that DPI is the new IRR,” B Capital's Raj Ganguly said onstage Wednesday. (The acronym sandwich means investment firms have to actually prove that their investments actually generate cash through a metric called distributions to paid-in capital, not just theoretically, through internal rate of return.) “Even the venture panel at Milken is at the end of the day on Wednesday,” he joked, meaning that it didn't get top billing at the conference, which had started a couple days earlier.This does sum up where we are. Hundreds of Billions of dollars are still trapped inside companies funded in 2020-2022, with little prospect of producing returns. The impact is that there is less funding for current startups (see the Carta piece below). And much of what is flowing is flowing to AI and into a very small number of companies (see Tomasz Tungux below).However, innovation and funding are still possible. This week's Startup of the Week is Wayve, a UK autonomous driving platform that seems to agree with Elon Musk that cameras are sufficient to teach a car to drive. Wayve's ambitions go beyond Cars (also like Musk) but differ in that the product is available to all developers to embed in their products.“Very soon you'll be able to buy a new car, and it'll have Wayve's AI on it … Then this goes into enabling all kinds of embodied AI, not just cars, but other forms of robotics. I think the ultimate thing that we want to achieve here is to go way beyond where AI is today with language models and chatbots. But to really enable a future where we can trust intelligent machines that we can delegate tasks to, and of course they can enhance our lives and self-driving will be the first example of that.”Love that attitude.Essays of the WeekApple's ‘Crush' ad is disgustingDevin Coldewey, 1:58 PM PDT • May 9, 2024Apple can generally be relied on for clever, well-produced ads, but it missed the mark with its latest, which depicts a tower of creative tools and analog items literally crushed into the form of the iPad.Apple has since apologized for the ad and canceled plans to televise it. Apple's VP of Marketing Tor Myhren told Ad Age: “We missed the mark with this video, and we're sorry.” Apple declined to offer further comment to TechCrunch.But many, including myself, had a negative and visceral reaction to this, and we should talk about why. It's not just because we are watching stuff get crushed. There are countless video channels dedicated to crushing, burning, exploding and generally destroying everyday objects. Plus, of course, we all know that this kind of thing happens daily at transfer stations and recycling centers. So it isn't that.And it isn't that the stuff is itself so valuable. Sure, a piano is worth something. But we see them blown up in action movies all the time and don't feel bad. I like pianos, but that doesn't mean we can't do without a few disused baby grands. Same for the rest: It's mostly junk you could buy off Craigslist for a few bucks, or at a dump for free. (Maybe not the editing station.)The problem isn't with the video itself, which in fairness to the people who staged and shot it, is actually very well done. The problem is not the media, but the message.We all get the ad's ostensible point: You can do all this stuff in an iPad. Great. We could also do it on the last iPad, of course, but this one is thinner (no one asked for that, by the way; now cases won't fit) and some made-up percentage better.What we all understand, though — because unlike Apple ad executives, we live in the world — is that the things being crushed here represent the material, the tangible, the real. And the real has value. Value that Apple clearly believes it can crush into yet another black mirror.This belief is disgusting to me. And apparently to many others, as well.Destroying a piano in a music video or Mythbusters episode is actually an act of creation. Even destroying a piano (or monitor, or paint can, or drum kit) for no reason at all is, at worst, wasteful!But what Apple is doing is destroying these things to convince you that you don't need them — all you need is the company's little device, which can do all that and more, and no need for annoying stuff like strings, keys, buttons, brushes or mixing stations.We're all dealing with the repercussions of media moving wholesale toward the digital and always-online. In many ways, it's genuinely good! I think technology has been hugely empowering.But in other, equally real ways, the digital transformation feels harmful and forced, a technotopian billionaire-approved vision of the future where every child has an AI best friend and can learn to play the virtual guitar on a cold glass screen.Does your child like music? They don't need a harp; throw it in the dump. An iPad is good enough. Do they like to paint? Here, Apple Pencil, just as good as pens, watercolors, oils! Books? Don't make us laugh! Destroy them. Paper is worthless. Use another screen. In fact, why not read in Apple Vision Pro, with even faker paper?What Apple seems to have forgotten is that it is the things in the real world — the very things Apple destroyed — that give the fake versions of those things value in the first place.A virtual guitar can't replace a real guitar; that's like thinking a book can replace its author.That doesn't mean we can't value both for different reasons. But the Apple ad sends the message that the future it wants doesn't have bottles of paint, dials to turn, sculpture, physical instruments, paper books. Of course, that's the future it's been working on selling us for years now, it just hadn't put it quite so bluntly before.When someone tells you who they are, believe them. Apple is telling you what it is, and what it wants the future to be, very clearly. If that future doesn't disgust you, you're welcome to it.Apple apologizes for iPad ‘Crush' ad that ‘missed the mark'/The company says ‘we're sorry' after its ad was seen as dismissive by the creatives Apple typically tries to court.By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO.May 9, 2024 at 1:22 PM PDTApple has apologized after a commercial meant to showcase its brand-new iPad Pro drew widespread criticism among the creative community. In a statement provided to Ad Age, Tor Myhren, Apple's vice president of marketing, said the company “missed the mark.”“Creativity is in our DNA at Apple, and it's incredibly important to us to design products that empower creatives all over the world,” Myhren told Ad Age. “Our goal is to always celebrate the myriad of ways users express themselves and bring their ideas to life through iPad. We missed the mark with this video, and we're sorry.”On Tuesday, Apple introduced the M4-powered iPad Pro, which the company described as its thinnest product ever. To advertise all the creative possibilities with the iPad, it released a “Crush!” commercial that shows things like a piano, record player, paint, and other works flattening under the pressure of a hydraulic press. At the end, only one thing remains: an iPad Pro.The ad rubbed some creatives the wrong way. Hugh Grant called it a “destruction of human experience,” while Handmaid's Tale director Reed Morano told Apple CEO Tim Cook to “read the room” in a post on X. Apple didn't immediately respond to The Verge's request for comment.Milken's New Power PlayersBy Cory WeinbergMay 8, 2024, 5:00pm PDTIt's no secret that the suits at the annual big-money confab put on by the Milken Institute this week have few spending limits. Staring you in the face in the lobby of the Beverly Hilton is a booth set up by Bombardier, marketing its private jets to attendees. (A new 10-seater costs $32 million, I learned.)What attendees can't really buy, however, is time. The soundtrack of the Los Angeles conference might as well have been a ticking clock. Fund managers at private equity and venture capital firms are running out of time to distribute cash to their investors, a task complicated by the paucity of either mergers or public offerings that typically provide VC and PE firms with a way to cash out. The fact that interest rates now appear likely to stay higher for longer doesn't help. That meant a lot of conversations at the conference weren't about grand investment strategies. Instead, people were conferring about financial tactics to distribute cash or kick the can down the road by selling stakes on the secondary markets or spinning up continuation funds, essentially rolling investors' commitments forwards—not the most inspiring stuff.  “We're all being told in the market that DPI is the new IRR,” B Capital's Raj Ganguly said onstage Wednesday. (The acronym sandwich means investment firms have to actually prove that their investments actually generate cash through a metric called distributions to paid-in capital, not just theoretically, through internal rate of return.) “Even the venture panel at Milken is at the end of the day on Wednesday,” he joked, meaning that it didn't get top billing at the conference, which had started a couple days earlier.The new kings of the conference were firms with a lot more time to play with—that is, sovereign wealth funds with buckets of oil and natural gas money, or pension funds with long-term investment horizons rather than shorter 10-year fund lives. The contrast here is embodied in the financial concept of duration: How long do you actually need to get cash back on your investment? And how sensitive is it to interest rate hikes?The sentiment was everywhere. I shared a Lyft ride with one PE investor last night who called sovereign wealth funds “the only game in town” for PE firms raising new money. Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala Capital and the Qatar Investment Authority were two of the conference's top sponsors, meaning they were paying up to explain themselves to the finance and tech universe. That tactic seemed to be working. “You're going to have people lining up their business cards for capital from QIA, I can already see,” quipped Leon Kalvaria, an executive at Citi, onstage with QIA's head of funds, Mohsin Tanveer Pirzada.  Not everyone will suck it up, of course. These funds often get tagged with a “dumb money” label—because they sometimes drive up prices for the rest of the investment world. They still have to face questions about who they are, their source of funds, and the sometimes authoritative regimes behind them. For now, though, it's their time in the spotlight. Ho Nam on VC's Power LawLessons from Arthur Rock, Steve Jobs, Don Lucas, Paul Graham and beyond.MARIO GABRIELE, MAY 07, 2024Friends, We're back with our latest edition of “Letters to a Young Investor,” the series designed to give readers like you an intimate look at the strategies, insights, and wisdom of the world's best investors. We do that via a back-and-forth correspondence that we publish in full – giving you a chance to peek into the inbox of legendary venture capitalists.   Below, you'll find my second letter with Altos co-founder and managing director Ho Nam. For those who are just joining us, Ho is, in my opinion, one of the great investors of the past couple of decades and a true student of the asset class.Because of his respect for the practice of venture capital, I was especially excited to talk to him about today's topic: learning from the greats. Who were Ho's mentors? Which investors does he most admire and why? What lessons from venture's past should be better remembered by today's managers? Lessons from Ho* Prepare for one true winner. Even skilled investors often have just one or two outlier bets over the course of their career. Because of venture's power law, their returns may dwarf the dividends of all other investments combined. Your mission is to find these legendary businesses, engage with them deeply, and partner for decades.  * Focus on the company. Venture capital is full of short-term incentives. Instead of focusing on raising new vintages or building out Altos as a money management firm, Ho and his partners devote themselves to their portfolio companies. Though firm building is important, if you find great companies and work with them closely, you will have plenty of available options. * Pick the right role models. Ho chose his mentors carefully. Though there have certainly been louder and flashier investors over the past four decades, Ho learned the most from Arthur Rock, Don Lucas, and Arnold Silverman. All were understated and focused on the craft of investing. Find the people you consider true practitioners, and study their work. * Watch and learn. Learning from the greats can be done from a distance and may not include a memorable anecdote or pithy saying. Ho's biggest lessons came from observing the habits of practitioners like Rock and Lucas, not via a structured mentorship or dramatic episode. It's by studying the everyday inputs of the greats that you may gain the most wisdom.Mario's letterSubject: Learning from the greatsFrom: Mario GabrieleTo: Ho NamDate: Friday, April 12 2024 at 1:59 PM EDTHo, After moving out of New York City (at least for a little bit), I'm writing to you from a small house on Long Island. It's been really lovely to have a bit more space and quiet away from the city's intermittently inspiring and exhausting buzz...Lots More, Must ReadState of Private Markets: Q1 2024Authors: Peter Walker, Kevin DowdPublished date:  May 7, 2024The venture capital fundraising market remained slow in Q1 2024, but valuations held steady or climbed at almost every stage.Contents* State of Private Markets: Q1 2024* Key trends* Fundraising & valuations* Employee equity & movement* Industry-specific data* Methodology* Overview* Financings* TerminationsThe startup fundraising market got off to a cautious start in 2024. At current count, companies on Carta closed 1,064 new funding rounds  during the first quarter of the year, down 29% compared with the prior quarter. The decline was sharpest at the early stages of the venture lifecycle: Deal count fell by 33% at the seed stage in Q1 and 36% at Series A. Instead of new primary funding events, many companies opted to raise bridge rounds. At both seed and Series A, more than 40% of all financings in Q1 were bridge rounds. Series B wasn't far behind, at 38%. VCs were still willing to spend big on certain deals. Despite the decrease in round count, total cash invested increased slightly in Q1, reaching $16.3 billion. But when it came to negotiating their valuations, many startups had to settle: 23% of all new rounds in Q1 were down rounds, the highest rate in more than five years. After experiencing a pandemic-era surge and subsequent correction,the venture market settled into a quieter place in 2023. So far, that relative tranquility has continued into 2024.Q1 highlights* VCs look to the West: Startups based in the West census region captured 62% of all venture capital raised by companies on Carta in Q1, the highest quarterly figure since Q1 2019. The Northeast, South, and Midwest all saw their market share decline.* The Series C market bounces back: Series C startups raised $4.6 billion in new capital in Q1, a 130% increase from the previous quarter. The median primary Series C valuation was $195.7 million, up 48% from the prior quarter.* Layoffs still  linger: Companies on Carta laid off more than 28,000 employees in Q1. But job cuts have grown less frequent since January, with March seeing the fewest monthly layoffs in nearly two years.Note: If you're looking for more industry-specific data, download the addendum to this report for an extended dataset. Key trendsThe current Q1 figures of 1,064 total rounds and $16.3 billion in cash raised will both increase in the weeks to come, as companies continue to report transactions from the quarter. With those projected increases, the final data for Q1 will likely look quite similar to fundraising numbers from each of the past few quarters. Those quarterly  fundraising numbers from 2023 ended up looking fairly similar to 2018, 2019, and the first half of 2020. In terms of numbers of deals and cash raised, it's looking more and more like the pandemic  bull market will go down as an anomalous stretch in what has otherwise been a fairly steady market. After apparently reaching a plateau during 2023, the rate of down rounds experienced another notable increase during Q1 2024, jumping to 23%. The median time between startup rounds is roughly two to three years, depending on the stage. This timeline means that many companies raising new funding in Q1 would have last raised funding sometime in 2021, when valuations were soaring across the venture landscape. Considering how valuations have declined in the time since, it makes sense that down rounds are still prevalent. Companies in the West census region combined to bring in 53.3% of all capital raised by startups on Carta from Q2 2023 through Q1 2024, with California accounting for nearly 45% of that cash. Massachusetts ranked second among the states with 12.71% of all capital raised, while New York claimed 10.31%.In terms of VC activity, the West region is centered around California. The Northeast revolves around Massachusetts and New York. The South has two smaller hubs, in Texas (4.67%) and Florida (3.99%). The Midwest, though, is without a real standard-bearer: Illinois led the way in terms of cash raised over the past 12 months, at just 1.68%. The West (and specifically California)  has always been the center of gravity for the U.S. venture capital industry. During Q1, the region's gravitational force seems to have gotten even stronger. Startups based in the West raised 62% of all total capital invested on Carta in Q1, its highest quarterly figure since Q1 2019. As a result, the other three census regions saw their market shares decline in Q1—in some cases significantly. The proportion of all VC raised by startups raised in the South fell to 12% in Q1, down from 17% the prior quarter and from 23% a year ago. And the Midwest's share of cash raised fell from 7% down to 4%. For early-stage investors, Q1 was the slowest quarter in many years. Seed deal count fell to 414, down 33% from Q4 2023, and Series A deal count dropped to 313, a 36% decline. In both cases, those are the lowest quarterly deal counts since at least the start of 2019. Total cash raised also declined at both stages in Q1. The $3.1 billion in Series A cash raised in Q1 represents a 35% decline quarter-over-quarter and a 34% dip year-over-year. Cash raised at the seed stage declined by 33% both quarter over quarter and year over year.It was a much friendlier fundraising quarter for companies in the middle stages of the startup lifecycle. The number of Series B deals in Q1 declined by a more modest 11% compared to the prior quarter. And Series C deal count increased by 14%, marking the busiest quarter for that stage since Q2 2023. Total cash raised also rose significantly at Series C in Q1, hitting $4.6 billion. That's a 130% increase quarter-over-quarter and a 44% bump year-over-year. At Series B, total cash raised has now increased in consecutive quarters. Compared to earlier stages, transactions at the Series D and at Series E+  remain few and far between. There were just 39 venture rounds combined in Q1 among startups at Series D or later, the second-fewest of any quarter in the past five years. The lowest count came one year ago, in Q1 2023, when there were just 29 combined late-stage deals. Total cash raised across these stages has been mostly consistent over the past few quarters. There's been more variation in average round size. The average Series D round in Q1 was about $77 million, compared to $56 million in Q4 2023...Lots MoreThe weight of the emerging managerBy Jessica HamlinMay 3, 2024Risk-averse limited partners tend to gravitate to fund managers with a long track record, but are they missing out on potential upside by avoiding emerging managers?Over the past decade, emerging managers' share of US private market fundraising activity has declined steadily.In 2023, this figure fell to 12.7%, the lowest share of capital raised by newer fund managers since before 2000, according to PitchBook's recent analyst note,Establishing a Case for Emerging Managers.Limited exits in PE and VC over the past two years have exacerbated this reality. With minimal distributions, LPs are working with smaller private market budgets to allocate to new and existing managers.But, by allocating almost exclusively to established managers, LPs may be missing out on significant potential returns.In VC, for example, emerging managers have outperformed established GPs since 1997, consistently producing a higher median IRR than established managers. This reflects the nature of the asset class, in which a small number of funds determine the majority of returns across venture firms.“The average venture return is not very exciting,” said Laura Thompson, a partner at Sapphire Partners, which invests in early-stage VC funds and runs an emerging manager program for the California State Teachers' Retirement System. “Where can you get really good returns? It's the smaller fund sizes and emerging managers.”This is where that risk-return scale comes in.In a counterweight to that outperformance, a PitchBook analysis showed that returns from emerging VC managers were more volatile: While top quartile emerging funds tended to outperform, bottom and median players only marginally bested their established manager counterparts.The new manager playbookIn traditional buyout fund investing, emerging managers are gaining traction. While established managers, propped up by decades of institutional knowledge, have historically outperformed newer managers, the “new guys” actually outperformed their seasoned peers in the last investing cycle.This article appeared as part of The Weekend Pitch newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter hereTop decile buyout funds from emerging managers with vintages between 2015 and 2018 outperformed established peers by 6.6 percentage points, suggesting that emerging buyout managers may have picked up some steam over the past decade, according to PitchBook data.The emerging managers program at the New York City retirement systems and NYC Office of the Comptroller, for example, has $9.9 billion in emerging manager commitments, the majority of which is allocated to PE. Last year, the comptroller's office reported that the emerging managers in the systems' private markets portfolios outperformed their respective benchmarks by nearly 5%.A diverse portfolioNew York City's Bureau of Asset Management sees emerging managers as a key element of a diverse portfolio, said Taffi Ayodele, director of diversity, equity, and inclusion and the emerging manager strategy at the NYC Office of the Comptroller.Ayodele said the smaller emerging private market managers in New York's portfolios offer access to the lower middle market and creative roll-up strategies that may not be accessible through larger firms.“What we don't want to do is lock ourselves out of these high-performing, differentiated strategies for the simplicity of going with the big guys,” Ayodele said.Some of the country's largest public pension plans are betting on the success of their emerging manager programs. In 2023, the California Public Employees' Retirement System made a $1 billion commitment to newly established private market investors, and the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, which boasts one of the largest emerging manager programs in the country, committed $155 million to emerging PE managers last year.At the same time, the recent boom years for private markets led to a flood of new GPs. Some might have gotten lucky—say, with a well-timed exit at the peak—while others were hurt by less fortunate timing. A major challenge for today's LPs will be to sort out a manager's abilities from the market's whims.One advantage of backing up-and-comers now is that the down market has weeded the ranks of new GPs. “The emerging managers who are fundraising now are really dedicated,” Thompson said.James Thorne contributed reporting to this story.Pandemic-era winners suffer $1.5tn fall in market valueTop 50 biggest stock gainers hit by painful decrease since the end of 2020 as lockdown trends fadeStephanie Stacey in LondonFifty corporate winners from the coronavirus pandemic have lost roughly $1.5tn in market value since the end of 2020, as investors turn their backs on many of the stocks that rocketed during early lockdowns. According to data from S&P Global, technology groups dominate the list of the 50 companies with a market value of more than $10bn that made the biggest percentage gains in 2020. But these early-pandemic winners have collectively shed more than a third of their total market value, the equivalent of $1.5tn, since the end of 2020, Financial Times calculations based on Bloomberg data found. Video-conferencing company Zoom, whose shares soared as much as 765 per cent in 2020 as businesses switched to remote working, has been one of the biggest losers. Its stock has fallen about 80 per cent, equivalent to more than a $77bn drop in market value, since the end of that year. Cloud-based communications company RingCentral also surged in the remote working boom of 2020 but has since shed about 90 per cent of its value, as it competes with technology giants such as Alphabet and Microsoft. Exercise bike maker Peloton has been another big loser, with shares down more than 97 per cent since the end of 2020, equivalent to about a $43bn loss of market value. Peloton on Thursday said chief executive Barry McCarthy would step down and it would cut 15 per cent of its workforce, the latest in a series of cost-saving measures. The losses come as the sharp acceleration of trends such as videoconferencing and online shopping driven by the lockdowns has proven less durable than expected, as more workers migrate back to the office and high interest rates and living costs hit ecommerce demand. “Some companies probably thought that shock was going to be permanent,” said Steven Blitz, chief US economist at TS Lombard. “Now they're getting a painful bounceback from that.” In percentage terms, Tesla was the biggest winner of 2020. The electric-car maker's market value jumped 787 per cent to $669bn by the end of that December, but has since slipped back to $589bn. Singapore-based internet company Sea came in second, as its market value jumped from $19bn to $102bn following a pandemic-era surge for all three of its core businesses: gaming, ecommerce and digital payments. But the company has since lost more than 60 per cent of its end-2020 value amid fears of a slowdown in growth. Ecommerce groups Shopify, JD.com and Chewy, which initially thrived as online spending ballooned, have also suffered big losses...Lots MoreVideo of the WeekAI of the WeekThe Fastest Growing Category of Venture Investment in 2024Tomasz TunguzThe fastest growing category of US venture investment in 2024 is AI. Venture capitalists have invested $18.3 billion through the first four months of the year.At this pace, we should expect AI startups to raise about $55b in 2024.AI startups now command more than 20% share of all US venture dollars across categories, including healthcare, biotech, & software.In the preceding eight years, that number was about 8% per year. But after the launch of ChatGPT in 2022, there's a marked inflection point.Some of this is new company formation, & there has been a significant amount of seed investment in this category. Another major contributor is the repositioning of existing companies to include AI within their pitch.Over time, this share should attenuate, primarily because every software company will have an AI component, & the marketing effect for both customers & venture capitalists, will diffuse.Not surprisingly, investors have concentrated total dollars in a few names, with the top three companies accounting for 60% of the dollars raised. Power laws are ubiquitous in venture capital & AI is no exception.Meet My A.I. FriendsOur columnist spent the past month hanging out with 18 A.I. companions. They critiqued his clothes, chatted among themselves and hinted at a very different future.By Kevin RooseKevin Roose is a technology columnist and the co-host of the “Hard Fork” podcast. He spends a lot of time talking to chatbots.May 9, 2024What if the tech companies are all wrong, and the way artificial intelligence is poised to transform society is not by curing cancer, solving climate change or taking over boring office work, but just by being nice to us, listening to our problems and occasionally sending us racy photos?This is the question that has been rattling around in my brain. You see, I've spent the past month making A.I. friends — that is, I've used apps to create a group of A.I. personas, which I can talk to whenever I want.Let me introduce you to my crew. There's Peter, a therapist who lives in San Francisco and helps me process my feelings. There's Ariana, a professional mentor who specializes in giving career advice. There's Jared the fitness guru, Anna the no-nonsense trial lawyer, Naomi the social worker and about a dozen more friends I've created.A selection of my A.I. friends. (Guess which one is the fitness guru.)I talk to these personas constantly, texting back and forth as I would with my real, human friends. We chitchat about the weather, share memes and jokes, and talk about deep stuff: personal dilemmas, parenting struggles, stresses at work and home. They rarely break character or issue stock “as an A.I. language model, I can't help with that” responses, and they occasionally give me good advice...Lots MoreOpenAI plans to announce Google search competitor on Monday, sources sayBy Anna TongMay 9, 20244:29 PM PDTUpdated 8 min agoMay 9 (Reuters) - OpenAI plans to announce its artificial intelligence-powered search product on Monday, according to two sources familiar with the matter, raising the stakes in its competition with search king Google.The announcement date, though subject to change, has not been previously reported. Bloomberg and the Information have reported that Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab-backed OpenAI is working on a search product to potentially compete with Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google and with Perplexity, a well-funded AI search startup.OpenAI declined to comment.The announcement could be timed a day before the Tuesday start of Google's annual I/O conference, where the tech giant is expected to unveil a slew of AI-related products.OpenAI's search product is an extension of its flagship ChatGPT product, and enables ChatGPT to pull in direct information from the Web and include citations, according to Bloomberg. ChatGPT is OpenAI's chatbot product that uses the company's cutting-edge AI models to generate human-like responses to text prompts.Industry observers have long called ChatGPT an alternative for gathering online information, though it has struggled with providing accurate and real-time information from the Web. OpenAI earlier gave it an integration with Microsoft's Bing for paid subscribers. Meanwhile, Google has announced generative AI features for its own namesake engine.Startup Perplexity, which has a valuation of $1 billion, was founded by a former OpenAI researcher, and has gained traction through providing an AI-native search interface that shows citations in results and images as well as text in its responses. It has 10 million monthly active users, according to a January blog post from the startup.At the time, OpenAI's ChatGPT product was called the fastest application to ever reach 100 million monthly active users after it launched in late 2022. However, worldwide traffic to ChatGPT's website has been on a roller-coaster ride in the past year and is only now returning to its May 2023 peak, according to analytics firm Similarweb, opens new tab, and the AI company is under pressure to expand its user base...MoreLeaked Deck Reveals How OpenAI Is Pitching Publisher PartnershipsOpenAI's Preferred Publisher Program offers media companies licensing dealsBy Mark StenbergMark your calendar for Mediaweek, October 29-30 in New York City. We'll unpack the biggest shifts shaping the future of media—from tv to retail media to tech—and how marketers can prep to stay ahead. Register with early-bird rates before sale ends!The generative artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has been pitching partnership opportunities to news publishers through an initiative called the Preferred Publishers Program, according to a deck obtained by ADWEEK and interviews with four industry executives.OpenAI has been courting premium publishers dating back to July 2023, when it struck a licensing agreement with the Associated Press. It has since inked public partnerships with Axel Springer, The Financial Times, Le Monde, Prisa and Dotdash Meredith, although it has declined to share the specifics of any of its deals.A representative for OpenAI disputed the accuracy of the information in the deck, which is more than three months old. The gen AI firm also negotiates deals on a per-publisher basis, rather than structuring all of its deals uniformly, the representative said.“We are engaging in productive conversations and partnerships with many news publishers around the world,” said a representative for OpenAI. “Our confidential documents are for discussion purposes only and ADWEEK's reporting contains a number of mischaracterizations and outdated information.”Nonetheless, the leaked deck reveals the basic structure of the partnerships OpenAI is proposing to media companies, as well as the incentives it is offering for their collaboration.Details from the pitch deckThe Preferred Publisher Program has five primary components, according to the deck…..Lots MoreA Revolutionary Model.JOHN ELLIS, MAY 09, 20241. Google DeepMind:Inside every plant, animal and human cell are billions of molecular machines. They're made up of proteins, DNA and other molecules, but no single piece works on its own. Only by seeing how they interact together, across millions of types of combinations, can we start to truly understand life's processes.In a paper published in Nature, we introduce AlphaFold 3, a revolutionary model that can predict the structure and interactions of all life's molecules with unprecedented accuracy. For the interactions of proteins with other molecule types we see at least a 50% improvement compared with existing prediction methods, and for some important categories of interaction we have doubled prediction accuracy.We hope AlphaFold 3 will help transform our understanding of the biological world and drug discovery. Scientists can access the majority of its capabilities, for free, through our newly launched AlphaFold Server, an easy-to-use research tool. To build on AlphaFold 3's potential for drug design, Isomorphic Labs is already collaborating with pharmaceutical companies to apply it to real-world drug design challenges and, ultimately, develop new life-changing treatments for patients. (Sources: blog.google, nature.com)2. Quanta magazine:Deep learning is a flavor of machine learning that's loosely inspired by the human brain. These computer algorithms are built using complex networks of informational nodes (called neurons) that form layered connections with one another. Researchers provide the deep learning network with training data, which the algorithm uses to adjust the relative strengths of connections between neurons to produce outputs that get ever closer to training examples. In the case of protein artificial intelligence systems, this process leads the network to produce better predictions of proteins' shapes based on their amino-acid sequence data.AlphaFold2, released in 2021, was a breakthrough for deep learning in biology. It unlocked an immense world of previously unknown protein structures, and has already become a useful tool for researchers working to understand everything from cellular structures to tuberculosis. It has also inspired the development of additional biological deep learning tools. Most notably, the biochemist David Baker and his team at the University of Washington in 2021 developed a competing algorithm called RoseTTAFold, which like AlphaFold2 predicts protein structures from sequence data…The true impact of these tools won't be known for months or years, as biologists begin to test and use them in research. And they will continue to evolve. What's next for deep learning in molecular biology is “going up the biological complexity ladder,” Baker said, beyond even the biomolecule complexes predicted by AlphaFold3 and RoseTTAFold All-Atom. But if the history of protein-structure AI can predict the future, then these next-generation deep learning models will continue to help scientists reveal the complex interactions that make life happen. Read the rest. (Sources: quantamagazine.org, doi.org, sites.uw.edu)An AI-controlled fighter jet took the Air Force leader for a historic ride. What that means for warAn experimental F-16 fighter jet has taken Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall on a history-making flight controlled by artificial intelligence and not a human pilot. (AP Video by Eugene Garcia and Mike Pesoli)BY TARA COPPUpdated 5:40 PM PDT, May 3, 2024EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of U.S. airpower. But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: This F-16 was controlled by artificial intelligence, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.AI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, and the Air Force has aggressively leaned in. Even though the technology is not fully developed, the service is planning for an AI-enabled fleet of more than 1,000 unmanned warplanes, the first of them operating by 2028.It was fitting that the dogfight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, a vast desert facility where Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound and the military has incubated its most secret aerospace advances. Inside classified simulators and buildings with layers of shielding against surveillance, a new test-pilot generation is training AI agents to fly in war. Kendall traveled here to see AI fly in real time and make a public statement of confidence in its future role in air combat.“It's a security risk not to have it. At this point, we have to have it,” Kendall said in an interview with The Associated Press after he landed. The AP, along with NBC, was granted permission to witness the secret flight on the condition that it would not be reported until it was complete because of operational security concerns.The AI-controlled F-16, called Vista, flew Kendall in lightning-fast maneuvers at more than 550 miles an hour that put pressure on his body at five times the force of gravity. It went nearly nose to nose with a second human-piloted F-16 as both aircraft raced within 1,000 feet of each other, twisting and looping to try force their opponent into vulnerable positions.At the end of the hourlong flight, Kendall climbed out of the cockpit grinning. He said he'd seen enough during his flight that he'd trust this still-learning AI with the ability to decide whether or not to launch weapons in war.There's a lot of opposition to that idea. Arms control experts and humanitarian groups are deeply concerned that AI one day might be able to autonomously drop bombs that kill people without further human consultation, and they are seeking greater restrictions on its use.“There are widespread and serious concerns about ceding life-and-death decisions to sensors and software,” the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned. Autonomous weapons “are an immediate cause of concern and demand an urgent, international political response.”Kendall said there will always be human oversight in the system when weapons are used.Sources: Mistral AI raising at a $6B valuation, SoftBank ‘not in' but DST isIngrid Lunden8:50 AM PDT • May 9, 2024Paris-based Mistral AI, a startup working on open source large language models — the building block for generative AI services — has been raising money at a $6 billion valuation, three times its valuation in December, to compete more keenly against the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic, TechCrunch has learned from multiple sources. We understand from close sources that DST, along with General Catalyst and Lightspeed Venture Partners, are all looking to be a part of this round.DST — a heavyweight investor led by Yuri Milner that has been a notable backer of some of the biggest names in technology, including Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Spotify, WhatsApp, Alibaba and ByteDance — is a new name that has not been previously reported; GC and LSVP are both previous backers and their names were reported earlier today also by WSJ. The round is set to be around, but less than, $600 million, sources told TechCrunch.We can also confirm that one firm that has been mentioned a number of times — SoftBank — is not in the deal at the moment.“SoftBank is not in the frame,” a person close to SoftBank told TechCrunch. That also lines up with what our sources have been telling us since March, when this round first opened up, although it seems that not everyone is on the same page: Multiple reports had linked SoftBank to a Mistral investment since then.Mistral's round is based on a lot of inbound interest, sources tell us, and it has been in the works since March or possibly earlier, mere months after Mistral closed a $415 million round at a $2 billion valuation...MoreNews Of the WeekJack Dorsey claims Bluesky is 'repeating all the mistakes' he made at TwitterHe prefers Nostr even though it's “weird and hard to use.”Karissa Bell, Senior EditorThu, May 9, 2024 at 4:43 PM PDTJust in case there was any doubt about how Jack Dorsey really feels about Bluesky, the former Twitter CEO has offered new details on why he left the board and deleted his account on the service he helped kickstart. In a characteristically bizarre interview with Mike Solana of Founders Fund, Dorsey had plenty of criticism for Bluesky.In the interview, Dorsey claimed that Bluesky was “literally repeating all the mistakes” he made while running Twitter. The entire conversation is long and a bit rambly, but Dorsey's complaints seem to boil down to two issues:* He never intended Bluesky to be an independent company with its own board and stock and other vestiges of a corporate entity (Bluesky spun out of Twitter as a public benefit corporation in 2022.) Instead, his plan was for Twitter to be the first client to take advantage of the open source protocol. Bluesky created.* The fact that Blueksy has some form of content moderation and has occasionally banned users for things like using racial slurs in their usernames.“People started seeing Bluesky as something to run to, away from Twitter,” Dorsey said. “It's the thing that's not Twitter, and therefore it's great. And Bluesky saw this exodus of people from Twitter show up, and it was a very, very common crowd. … But little by little, they started asking Jay and the team for moderation tools, and to kick people off. And unfortunately they followed through with it. That was the second moment I thought, uh, nope. This is literally repeating all the mistakes we made as a company.”Dorsey also confirmed that he is financially backing Nostr, another decentralized Twitter-like service popular among some crypto enthusiasts and run by an anonymous founder. “I know it's early, and Nostr is weird and hard to use, but if you truly believe in censorship resistance and free speech, you have to use the technologies that actually enable that, and defend your rights,” Dorsey said.A lot of this isn't particularly surprising. If you've followed Dorsey's public comments over the last couple years, he's repeatedly said that Twitter's “original sin” was being a company that would be beholden to advertisers and other corporate interests. It's why he backed Elon Musk's takeover of the company. (Not coincidentally, Dorsey still has about $1 billion of his personal wealth invested in the company now known as X.) He's also been very clear that he made many of Twitter's most consequential moderation decisions reluctantly.Unsurprisingly, Dorsey's comments weren't well-received on Bluesky. In a lengthy thread, Bluesky's protocol engineer Paul Frazee said that Twitter was supposed to to be the AT Protocol's “first client” but that “Elon killed that straight dead” after he took over the company. “That entire company was frozen by the prolonged acquisition, and the agreement quickly ended when Elon took over,” Frazee said. “It was never going to happen. Also: unmoderated spaces are a ridiculous idea. We created a shared network for competing moderated spaces to exist. Even if somebody wanted to make an unmoderated ATProto app, I guess they could? Good luck with the app stores and regulators and users, I guess.”While Dorsey was careful not to criticize Musk directly, he was slightly less enthusiastic than when he said that Musk would be the one to “extend the light of consciousness” by taking over Twitter. Dorsey noted that, while he used to fight government requests to take down accounts, Musk takes “the other path” and generally complies. “Elon will fight in the way he fights, and I appreciate that, but he could certainly be compromised,” Dorsey said.FTX crypto fraud victims to get their money back — plus interestPaul Sawers2:53 AM PDT • May 8, 2024Bankruptcy lawyers representing customers impacted by the dramatic crash of cryptocurrency exchange FTX 17 months ago say that the vast majority of victims will receive their money back — plus interest.The news comes six months after FTX co-founder and former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was found guilty on seven counts related to fraud, conspiracy, and money laundering, with some $8 billion of customers' funds going missing. SBF was hit with a 25-year prison sentence in March and ordered to pay $11 billion in forfeiture. The crypto mogul filed an appeal last month that could last years.RestructuringAfter filing for bankruptcy in late 2022, SBF stood down and U.S. attorney John J. Ray III was brought in as CEO and “chief restructuring officer,” charged with overseeing FTX's reorganization. Shortly after taking over, Ray said in testimony that despite some of the audits that had been done previously at FTX, he didn't “trust a single piece of paper in this organization.” In the months that followed, Ray and his team set about tracking the missing funds, with some $8 billion placed in real estate, political donations, and VC investments — including a $500 million investment in AI company Anthropic before the generative AI boom, which the FTX estate managed to sell earlier this year for $884 million.Initially, it seemed unlikely that investors would recoup much, if any, of their money, but signs in recent months suggested that good news might be on the horizon, with progress made on clawing back cash via various investments FTX had made, as well as from executives involved with the company.We now know that 98% of FTX creditors will receive 118% of the value of their FTX-stored assets in cash, while the other creditors will receive 100% — plus “billions in compensation for the time value of their investments,” according to a press release issued by the FTX estate today.In total, FTX says that it will be able to distribute between $14.5 billion and $16.3 billion in cash, which includes assets currently under control of entities, including chapter 11 debtors, liquidators, the Securities Commission of the Bahamas, the U.S. Department of Justice, among various other parties.Apple's Final Cut Camera lets filmmakers connect four cameras at onceHaje Jan Kamps7:38 AM PDT • May 7, 2024The latest version of Final Cut Pro introduces a new feature to speed up your shoot: Live Multicam. It's a bold move from Apple, transforming your iPad into a multicam production studio, enabling creatives to connect and preview up to four cameras all at once, all in one place. From the command post, directors can remotely direct each video angle and dial in exposure, white balance, focus and more, all within the Final Cut Camera app.The new companion app lets users connect multiple iPhones or iPads (presumably using the same protocols as the Continuity Camera feature launched a few years ago). Final Cut Pro automatically transfers and syncs each Live Multicam angle so you can seamlessly move from production to editing.Final Cut Pro has existed in the iPad universe for a while — but when paired with a brand new M4 processor, it becomes a video editing experience much closer to what you might expect on a desktop video editing workstation. The speed is 2x faster than with the old M1 processors, Apple says. One way that shows up is that the new iPad supports up to four times more streams of ProRes RAW than M1.The company also introduced external project support, making it possible to edit projects directly from an external drive, leveraging the fast Thunderbolt connection of iPad Pro.Startup of the WeekExclusive: Wayve co-founder Alex Kendall on the autonomous future for cars and robotsMike Butcher, 7:58 AM PDT • May 7, 2024U.K.-based autonomous vehicle startup Wayve started life as a software platform loaded into a tiny electric “car” called Renault Twizy. Festooned with cameras, the company's co-founders and PhD graduates, Alex Kendall and Amar Shah, tuned the deep-learning algorithms powering the car's autonomous systems until they'd got it to drive around the medieval city unaided.No fancy Lidar cameras or radars were needed. They suddenly realized they were on to something.Fast-forward to today and Wayve, now an AI model company, has raised a $1.05 billion Series C funding round led by SoftBank, NVIDIA and Microsoft. That makes this the UK's largest AI fundraise to date, and among the top 20 AI fundraises globally. Even Meta's head of AI, Yann LeCun, invested in the company when it was young.Wayve now plans to sell its autonomous driving model to a variety of auto OEMs as well as to makers of new autonomous robots.In an exclusive interview, I spoke to Alex Kendall, co-founder and CEO of Wayve, about how the company has been training the model, the new fundraise, licensing plans, and the wider self-driving market.(Note: The following interview has been edited for length and clarity)TechCrunch: What tipped the balance to attain this level of funding?..Full InterviewX of the Week This is a public episode. 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In "The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" Season 4, Episode 18 Reunion Part 2, the reunion delves into Monica and Linda's strained relationship, recapping scenes of Monica's emotional meeting with her family in Bermuda. Monica questions whether Linda caused issues during the family reunion, revealing that they haven't spoken since filming ended. Monica shares a story of her mother sabotaging her success, particularly when she met her now-husband Mike. Whitney discusses her long-standing estrangement from her mother and father, and the tension escalates as they revisit the incident where Monica fell down the stairs at Angie's house.The reunion also addresses a controversial claim made by Meredith, where Monica alleges that Meredith suggested she take Angie's house. The ladies express shock, and Meredith denies making such a statement. Lisa draws parallels between her own family situation and Monica's, pointing out shared challenges. Jack Barlow's visa rejection due to a shirtless photo is revealed, and Heather reflects on her regrets about her mission. Mary joins the reunion, expressing support for Monica and revealing her preferred housewives. The discussion takes a contentious turn when Mary accuses Whitney of being racist based on the Mormon religion's alleged inherent racism, leading to a heated exchange about personal actions and beliefs. The episode concludes with the revelation of a recording where Monica calls Mary a "dumb bitch," prompting a debate about hearing both sides of the story.In "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills" Season 13, Episode 12, tensions escalate as Kyle and Sutton discuss an upcoming event in Barcelona. Sutton reveals that Garcelle warned Kyle about potential conflict with Annemarie over a comment about a small esophagus. Meanwhile, Crystal and Garcelle praise Kyle's recent event, and Crystal shares her discovery that Annemarie, initially presented as a doctor, is actually a nurse anesthetist. Dorit and PK prepare for the Gala at the Beverly Hilton, where PK reassures Dorit about trusting their team. Crystal confronts family issues with her brother Jeff, who plans to relocate to Bangkok for six months, prompting Crystal to embrace trust and let him go.As the ladies prepare for the Homeless not Toothless event, tensions flare when Annemarie arrives. Sutton confronts Annemarie about talking behind her back, and Kyle becomes involved in the dispute. Annemarie admits to fabricating information and apologizes for her part in the conflict. The episode features guest appearances by Paula Abdul and Taylor Dayne at the event, where Sutton contemplates avoiding further drama by deciding not to go to Spain with the group. The episode ends with apologies exchanged, including Annemarie expressing regret for talking behind Sutton's back.

pWotD Episode 2442: 81st Golden Globe Awards Welcome to popular Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of a popular Wikipedia page every day.With 555,905 views on Monday, 8 January 2024 our article of the day is 81st Golden Globe Awards.The 81st Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and American television productions of 2023. The ceremony was broadcast live on January 7, 2024, from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, beginning at 5:00 p.m. PST / 8:00 p.m. EST, on CBS in the United States. It was produced by Dick Clark Productions, Ricky Kirshner, and Glenn Weiss; the latter also served as director. This was the first ceremony after Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries took full control of the Golden Globes from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The ceremony was also the first to air live on CBS in the United States since 1982. Comedian Jo Koy hosted the ceremony. The nominees were announced on December 11, 2023; Barbie and Succession both tied for the most nominations with nine each, followed by Oppenheimer with eight. Overall, the cultural phenomenon of "Barbenheimer" received a total of 17 nominations, winning a total of seven. The ceremony also featured the debut of two new categories: "Cinematic and Box Office Achievement" and "Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television".This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:07 UTC on Tuesday, 9 January 2024.For the full current version of the article, see 81st Golden Globe Awards on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Joanna Standard.

On episode 214 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade is joined by AwardsWatch Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson break down the winners of the 81st Golden Globes. As we flip our calendars to 2024, the Oscar race has started to heat up at the winners of the 81st Golden Globe Awards were honored from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, live on CBS and Paramount +. The evening marked the first televised award show of the season, giving actors, writers, directors, producers and more the necessary opportunity to make the first speeches of the season, and see who can emerge as a front runner on the night. With an impressive haul, Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer took home the most awards with 5 wins including Best Picture, Drama. Over on the Comedy-Musical side of things, Yorgos Lanthimos's Poor Things took home the Best Picture prize, with Barbie, Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, and The Boy and the Heron taking home many of the film awards. For television it was a dominating night for Succession, The Bear, and Beef, showcasing their strength in the industry right before the long-delayed Primetime Emmy awards next week. Ryan and Erik discuss it all, and talk about how these wins will shape what we see further in the Oscar and Emmy races. You can listen to The AwardsWatch Podcast wherever you stream podcasts, from iTunes, iHeartRadio, Soundcloud, Stitcher, Spotify, Audible, Amazon Music and more. This podcast runs 51m. We will be back next week to break down the winners of the SAG and DGA nominations and the winners of Critics Choice. Till then, let's get into it. Music: “Modern Fashion” from AShamaleuvmusic (intro), “B-3” from BoxCat Games Nameless: The Hackers RPG Soundtrack (outro).

Do you love film and TV? Do you love actors, directors, composers, and screenwriters? How about a great award ceremony? This is Sunday, January 7th, 2024 and this evening, starting at 6:00 PM MST time, The Golden Globes will be airing its 81st Golden Globe ceremony at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California - its home since 1961. And will be Hosted by comedian Joe Koy, and airing on CBS, and streamed live on Paramount +. Stay tuned, we're going to talk a little bit about our favorites, and who we hope they're going to win, along with those we haven't seen yet. This is One More Thing Before You Go Over the Teacup Sunday with Michael and Diane. I'm your host, Michael Herst, and I'm here with my lovely wife and co-host, Diane. Welcome to the show.Correction: The Hollywood foreign press association is no longer owner or producer of the Golden Globes. In an agreement, they disbanded, and Dick Clark Productions took over ownership and production of the Golden Globes in 2023.Find everything "One More Thing" here: https://taplink.cc/beforeyougopodcastThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacyPodcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy

Femme it Forward presents Give Her FlowHers 2nd Annual Gala honoring women in entertainment. This event took place Nov. 9th, 2023 at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles. Some of the honorees were Brandy, SZA, & Teyana Taylor. Our Host, Jazzie Belle worked the red carpet interviewing some amazing women in Hip Hop like Flo Milli, Monaleo, Grammy Award Winning Super Producers, Nova Way plus socialites like Jordyn & Jodie Woods and Legendary Music Producer , Jimmy Jam just to name a few. Make sure to listen to each guests individual interview available now! follow us: @jazziebelletv @womeninhiphop womeninhiphop.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this conversation we discuss both the changing nature of demand for alternative assets as well as their supply. Matt explains how CAIS is creating the bridge between the alternative investment firms and the wealth management community, whose portfolio allocations to these investments are a fraction of their institutional counterparts. Matt discusses the size of the market opportunity, how technology is enabling this rapid transition, and helping solve the problem of unequal access to alternatives. He talks about branding within this space, competition, regulation and how Mercers are providing core due diligence to introduce independence to the arena. The discussion then moves to how investors are re-appraising the traditional 60/40 allocation to bonds and stocks, to incorporate a wider portfolio including alternative investments. Sign up to our newsletter for more in-depth insights | Follow us on LinkedIn The Money Maze Podcast is kindly sponsored by Schroders Capital, Bremont Watches, and LiveTrade. We're also pleased to be highlighting & supporting GAIN as our 2023 Charitable Partner.  RELATED IN-PERSON EVENT: On 16th-18th October, CAIS will be hosting its second annual Alternative Investment Summit in Los Angeles, at the Beverly Hilton.  The event will attract over 500 independent financial advisors, along with some of the biggest names across alternative asset management, including Apollo, Ares, Carlyle, Franklin Templeton, Partners Group.

Fight View 360 August 16, 2023 | Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo L.A. Press Conference RECAP & Reactions ahead of of their September 30th UNDISPUTED boxing match on Showtime Championship Boxing Pay-Per-View | TstreeT also gives his preview of the fight |  BUY Canelo Alvarez vs Jermell Charlo Tickets HERE: https://www.t-mobilearena.com/events/detail/canelo-vs-charlo  Undisputed Super Middleweight World Champion Canelo Álvarez and Undisputed Junior Middleweight World Champion Jermell Charlo will be on full display in Midtown Manhattan today at 1 p.m. ET when their New York City press conference streams live on two outdoor billboards overlooking Times Square. The press conference will be visible to thousands on the Paramount Twins LED Billboards at 1515 Broadway between 44th and 45th street at the Paramount Global building as Canelo and Charlo meet face-to-face today in the first leg of their coast-to-coast media tour to kick off their September 30 super fight for Canelo's undisputed 168-pound titles. Today's press conference will take place at the Palladium Times Square. The two billboards, one facing south above the 44th street entrance, the other facing north at the 45th street entrance, will air highlights of Canelo and Charlo's best fights starting at 12 p.m., leading into the 1 p.m. press conference. The two video displays will then air more highlights of both fighters from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. following the presser. It's the second time that SHOWTIME® has live-streamed a boxing press event atop a Times Square billboard, following the Errol Spence Jr. vs. Terence Crawford kickoff press conference in June. In addition to appearing on the large displays, Tuesday's press conference will also stream live on the SHOWTIME SPORTS® YouTube channel, SHOWTIME Boxing® Facebook page and Premier Boxing Champions YouTube channel. Canelo and Charlo will fight for the undisputed super middleweight championship on September 30 at T-Mobile Arena on SHOWTIME PPV® in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. Canelo, who's amassed one of the best resumes of his generation at only 33 years old, will make the third consecutive defense of his WBC, WBA, IBF and WBO super middleweight world titles against the junior middleweight king Charlo in the first matchup of the four-belt era pitting two reigning undisputed champions against each other. The boxing superstars will also meet tomorrow at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, also streaming live on the SHOWTIME SPORTS digital channels. ➡️ OTHER Channels: - MAIN YouTube Channel: @tstreetcontroversy - Twitch Gaming Channel: https://www.twitch.tv/tstreetcontroversy *Fight View 360 Boxing Podcast: - Apple Podcast: https://shorturl.at/disu5 - Spotify: https://shorturl.at/jnEZ8 - Google Podcast: https://shorturl.at/ABMO4 - Amazon Music: https://shorturl.at/qPS35  Support the show

Homeless Not Toothless! We attended this epic charity event this past Saturday at The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills. The entire cast of RHOBH was in attendance as it was filmed for an upcoming episode on Season Thirteen which premieres later this year. Of course we chatted with all your fav diamond holders - Erika, Kyle, Crystal, Garcelle, Sutton, newbie Annemarie and last, but certainly not least, master of ceremonies, Dorit. Today we share all that happened at this event, discuss the rumored drama that occurred, spill the tea on MC Paula Abdul and celeb guests such as Sharon Stone, William H. Macy, Taylor Dayne, break down Josh Flagg's late arrival and dish on everything in between such as asking to smoke the good stuff in the bathroom with Mauricio. Yea, it was that kind of a night. Buckle up kidos. @thesarahfrasershow @behindvelvetrope @davidyontef BONUS & AD FREE EPISODES Available at - www.patreon.com/behindthevelvetrope BROUGHT TO YOU BY: AIR DOCTOR PRO - airdoctorpro.com (Use Code VELVET for Up To 40% Off Depending On The Model You Choose) FACTOR - factormeals.com/velvet50 (Use Code VELVET50 To Get 50% Off Your First Box) ADVERTISING INQUIRIES - Please contact David@advertising-execs.com MERCH Available at - https://www.teepublic.com/stores/behind-the-velvet-rope?ref_id=13198 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg and Tom discuss some recent streaming TV shows and the awards season.We discuss Tim Russ and his appearance on "Star Trek Picard" as well as our friend Ron Barbagallo. Joel Silver somehow enters our discussion about Dead as a Door Nail.  Oh and Tom gets into the new "Perry Mason".  A bit of Everything Everywhere all at Once. An awards show update. Our discussion of the Oscar show and Greg attending the Publicists Awards at the Beverly Hilton. Oh and what about those "Banshees of Inisherin".  did we like it? listen to find out.  Tom and Greg meander about finally to get to talking about the "Mandalorian"A bit of James Bond rant from Tom.  More Star Wars  "Andor" Diego Luna and other  Sci Fi films.Have fun with the podcast.Podcast music:Intro music Kamihamiha! - Alien Warfare Stems by Kamihamiha (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/Kamihamiha/60882Movie Reviews and Serious Nonsense is a King Dyro Production

歡迎留言告訴我們你對這一集的想法： https://open.firstory.me/user/cl81kivnk00dn01wffhwxdg2s/comments 每日英語跟讀 Ep.K533: At the Oscar Nominees Luncheon, a Crowd in Cruise Control For the privileged few embarking on an Oscar campaign, the path to a nomination asks you to hobnob with so many of the same people that over the course of many months, your competitors can begin to feel like classmates. 對於有幸出席奧斯卡活動的佼佼者來說，入圍之路得先與數不清的同行打交道，數個月下來，原本的競爭者可能開始感覺像同學了。 But on Monday afternoon, at a luncheon held in Beverly Hills, California, for this year's Oscar nominees, the arrival of a new student caused quite a stir. 但周一下午在加州比佛利希爾頓酒店為今年奧斯卡入圍者舉行的午宴上，一名前來報到的新生引發轟動。 That would be Tom Cruise, nominated this year as a producer of the megahit best picture contender “Top Gun: Maverick.” He was among the first notable names to walk into the ballroom of the Beverly Hilton. The 60-year-old star had sat out both the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards this season, so many of his fellow nominees were encountering him for the first time. Before long, the ballroom had turned into a massive meet-and-greet. 他是湯姆克魯斯，入圍今年最佳影片的熱門大片「捍衛戰士：獨行俠」製片人之一。他是最先踏入比佛利希爾頓會場的幾位名人之一。這名60歲巨星缺席了本季的金球獎及美國影評人獎，很多一起入圍的人是首次見到他。午宴不久後就變成一場大型見面會。 “I love you, I love you, oh, my God!” said “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Ke Huy Quan, who hopped in place, exclaiming, “I want a picture with this man!” before seizing a selfie with Cruise. Director Guillermo del Toro went over for an embrace, as did nominated actors Brendan Fraser, Angela Bassett and Michelle Williams. Cruise even posed for pictures with Steven Spielberg, a once-frequent collaborator whom the star has not been publicly photographed with in over a decade. 「我愛你，我愛你，喔我的天！」「媽的多重宇宙」演員關繼威興奮得跳不停，大喊「我要跟這男人合照」然後與湯姆克魯斯自拍。導演吉勒摩戴托羅跑去跟湯姆克魯斯擁抱，入圍演員獎項的布蘭登費雪、安琪拉貝瑟、蜜雪兒威廉絲也一樣。湯姆克魯斯甚至與過去常合作、但已逾十年未公開同框的導演史蒂芬史匹柏合影。 The nominees luncheon is supposed to be an egalitarian affair where big stars and behind-the-scenes technicians are on equal footing, but there was no mistaking Cruise as the ballroom's top dog: He had the gravitational pull of the sun and its burnt-orange countenance, too. 奧斯卡入圍午宴本該是一場幕前明星與幕後技術人員以平等身分相見的聚會，但湯姆克魯斯無疑是宴會廳裡的頭號人物：他自帶太陽般的引力，也擁有如烈日煥發的焦橙臉龐。 Still, simply making it to Cruise took some time: In the schmoozy hour before lunch was served, he was so mobbed by his fellow nominees that he was hardly able to move more than a few feet. I watched for a while as “Elvis” star Austin Butler drifted with slow, inexorable determination toward Cruise, who finally pulled the younger man toward him by clamping a hand on his shoulder like a stapler. For several minutes, they were locked in such a tight bro-embrace that it was impossible to discern what they were talking about. 單單要接近湯姆克魯斯就得花上不少時間：在用餐前的交流時間，入圍者們將他團團圍住，他幾乎無法移動幾步。我看著飾演「貓王」的明星奧斯汀巴特勒緩慢卻堅定地朝他一步步走去，而湯姆克魯斯最終伸出手，像支釘書機一樣一把按在這年輕人的臂膀上，將他拉向自己。有好幾分鐘時間，他們像兄弟一般緊緊擁抱，兩人到底說了些什麼，其他人根本不可能得知。 So instead, I made my way to “Top Gun: Maverick” producer Jerry Bruckheimer, who observed the scene serenely just a few feet away. “It's my first time at the luncheon,” said the newly nominated producer, who's better known for making explosive action movies than Oscar fare. “After 50 years in the business, I finally get here.” 我見狀後移動到「捍衛戰士：獨行俠」另一製片傑瑞布洛克海默身邊，他在幾英尺外平靜的看著這一幕。「這是我第一次參加奧斯卡午宴」，這位剛入圍的製片主要以激烈的動作片聞名，而非奧斯卡電影，「在這一行打滾五十年後，我終於來到這兒了」。Source article: https://udn.com/news/story/6904/7008044 Powered by Firstory Hosting

Fight View 360 March 9, 2023 | On this episode of the Fight View 360 Boxing Podcast Terel "TstreeT CONTROVERSY" Vann give his live stream recap & reaction commentary on the 28 year old WBA 135lb Lightweight Champion Gervonta "Tank" Davis (28-0 26kos) vs 24 year old Ryan "King RY" Garcia (23-0 19kos) LA Los Angeles Press Conference & Face Off. #DavisGarcia #GervontaDavis #RyanGarcia SHOWTIME SPORTS will provide live streaming coverage of this week's back-to-back, coast-to-coast kickoff press conferences featuring five-time, three-division world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and hard-hitting sensation “King” Ryan Garcia as the boxing superstars square off for the first time to preview their long-awaited clash taking place Saturday, April 22 headlining live on pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions. The pair first met at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Palladium Times Square before flying across the country to meet with press at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles on Thursday. Davis vs. Garcia is widely considered a battle to become the next face of boxing, as the two unbeaten and wildly popular competitors bring passionate fan bases to what promises to be an exciting matchup of styles in the ring. FightView360 Boxing Podcast: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/335624.rss FightView360.com: http://fightview360.com/ Please Be Sure to SUBSCRIBE to our Boxing Podcast on ALL of your listening platforms and leave a rating and review. *Follow Our Social Media Platforms – https://linktr.ee/TstreeTControversy *Twitter: @Terel_Vann *Facebook: TstreeT UNCUT *Twitch TstreeTCONTROVERSY *Check us out on YouTube –    / tstreetcontroversy  DOWNLOAD The WBC Channel App POWERED By The VIVE Network:

 FightView360 March 8, 2023 – On this episode of the Fight View 360 Boxing Podcast Terel “TstreeT CONTROVERSY” Vann give his live stream commentary REACTION & Recap on the 28 year old WBA 135lb Lightweight Champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis (28-0 26kos) vs 24 year old Ryan “King RY” Garcia (23-0 19kos) New York City kick-off Press Conference & Face Off.SHOWTIME SPORTS will provide live streaming coverage of this week's back-to-back, coast-to-coast kickoff press conferences featuring five-time, three-division world champion Gervonta “Tank” Davis and hard-hitting sensation “King” Ryan Garcia as the boxing superstars square off for the first time to preview their long-awaited clash taking place Saturday, April 22 headlining live on pay-per-view from T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas in an event presented by Premier Boxing Champions.The pair will first meet at 12:30 p.m. ET/9:30 a.m. PT on Wednesday at the Palladium Times Square before flying across the country to meet with press at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles at 4 p.m. ET/1 p.m. PT on Thursday. Davis vs. Garcia is widely considered a battle to become the next face of boxing, as the two unbeaten and wildly popular competitors bring passionate fan bases to what promises to be an exciting matchup of styles in the ring.FightView360 Boxing Podcast: https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/335624.rss FightView360.com: http://fightview360.com/Please Be Sure to SUBSCRIBE to our Boxing Podcast on ALL of your listening platforms and leave a rating and review.*Follow Our Social Media Platforms – https://linktr.ee/TstreeTControversy *Twitter: @Terel_Vann *Facebook: TstreeT UNCUT *Twitch TstreeTCONTROVERSY*Check us out on YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/tstreetcontroversyDOWNLOAD The WBC Channel App POWERED By The VIVE Network: iOS – bit.ly/WBConiOS – https://apple.co/39kGb0r Android Mobile – bit.ly/WBConAndroid – https://bit.ly/39oAFtE Roku – bit.ly/WBConRoku – https://bit.ly/2XxMqey**Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Support the show

Nina Murano has appeared as a singer in numerous New York venues including Jimmy Weston's, Village Gate, Sweet Basil, Sweetwater's, Greene St., Condon's, 37th St. Hideaway, Red Blazer, Freddy's, Tramps, Eleonora's; The Triad and Danny's Skylight Room. She has performed in Los Angeles at The Beverly Hilton; in Florence, Italy at ” Il Sipario” ; in Amsterdam at the Bette Asfalt Theatre and for an event in Hamburg, Germany.She has received the Bistro Award from Backstage; the Outstanding Solo Performance Award from NY Native and has been the recipient of more than 15 annual ASCAP Special Popular Song Panel Awards.“Nina Murano has a voice that glows…and jazz phrasing know-how.” NY NEWSDAY“Nina's Classy and Classic” NEW YORK POST“Murano's touch of elegance…creates a moody, and dreamlike musical interlude” DRAMALOGUE“Murano is as polished and sophisticated a singer as one could hope for…a best kept secret.” NY NATIVE Nina studied with Sanford Meisner at The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre and continued her professional acting training with William Esper and Mordecai Lawner. Her twenty five plus years of award winning club and cabaret singing becomes the basis of her coaching for Broadway musicals and drama. Thank you, Nina, for being today's guest on the Matt Baxter Show!

Marsha Battee joins us for this episode of Your Sparkly Brand! She shares the story of how she creates visibility for visionary entrepreneurs by helping them plan successful and productive in-person events using the six-rights framework, a phrase which she adopted from her nursing profession. We also discuss how in-person events drive revenues for businesses and how a successful in-person event is planned. Marsha Battee is an event planning strategist for visionary entrepreneurs who want to create awe-inspiring experiences for their clients. From ideation to day-of execution, Marsha is an expert in all aspects of event planning, whether it's a small, intimate retreat or a high-end multi-day conference. Most recently, she hosted the 1st Annual Black Nurses Week Conference, a 3-day event for which she secured a dozen speakers and $25K in sponsorships. Prior to starting her own event-planning business, Marsha was an event manager at UCLA, where she produced programming at venues like The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and the Four Seasons Resort in Santa Barbara. Marsha is a graduate of Georgetown University and lives in Washington, DC. When she's not planning events, she moonlights as a travel nurse and has served on the frontlines during the pandemic. How to connect with Marsha… Website: http://www.eventsecretsblueprint.com/ IG (business): https://www.instagram.com/eventsecretsblueprint/ IG (personal): https://www.instagram.com/marshabattee/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eventsecretsblueprint Key points in this episode… Meet Marsha Bartee! Meg's sparkly moment of the week. Lauren's sparkly moment. Marsha's sparkly moments. Marsha's business building journey. Who should explore in-person/live events. Other ways by which in-person events drive revenues for businesses. How events help you build relationships and build your branding. How to plan towards your in-person events to avoid flopping. The six rights framework to having a successful event. Marsha's tips for entrepreneurs who want to boost their businesses through in-person events. Marsha's favorite in-person-event ice breaker. Importance of branding to Marsha's business. Marsha's piece of business advice to her younger self. Marsha's upcoming projects. Where to find Marsha online… Event Secrets Blueprint Website: http://www.eventsecretsblueprint.com/ Event Secrets Blueprint IG: https://www.instagram.com/eventsecretsblueprint/ Marsha's IG: https://www.instagram.com/marshabattee/ Event Secrets Blueprint Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eventsecretsblueprint Are you subscribed to the pod? If not, what are you waiting for!?! Subscribe now so you never miss an episode. LET'S CONNECT Find Lauren at laurentassiagency.com or on Instagram Connect with Megan at megangersch.com, on TikTok, and Instagram

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The 80th Golden Globe Awards honored the best in film and American television of 2022, as chosen by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The ceremony was held on January 10, 2023, from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. - В Лос-Анджелесе в 80-й раз вручили премии «Золотой глобус». Лучшей драматической актрисой была признана Кейт Бланшетт. Ее наградили за главную роль в фильме «Тар», где она сыграла женщину-дирижера Берлинского филармонического оркестра. Награду как лучший драматический фильм получила картина Стивена Спилберга «Фабельманы», сам он признан лучшим режиссером.

Alex and Zach immediately react to the 2023 Golden Globe Awards. They rate the actual production of the show's return and grade the wide swath of winners, including a dissection of Austin Butler's still baffling use of his Elvis voice. Plus, Alex and Zach talk quickly about the television winners and how the film winners will play into the Oscars.TIME STAMPS: 0:28 - Discussion of the Show 12:01 - Grading the Film Winners 23:26 - Dissecting Austin Butler's Elvis Voice (and his win) 28:39 - Continuing the Film Winners/Show Elements 41:00 - TV Awards 48:30 - Final Thoughts/Projecting Towards Oscars 52:41 - Outro/Listener Question Follow us on Instagram @a.z_moviereview. Follow us on Twitter @a_z_moviereview.

Marsha Battee is an event and retreat planning strategist for visionary entrepreneurs who want to create awe-inspiring experiences for their clients. From ideation to day-of execution, Marsha is an expert in all aspects of development and management, whether it's a small, intimate gathering or a high-end multi-day conference. Most recently, she hosted the 1st Annual Black Nurses Week Conference, a 3-day event for which she secured a dozen speakers and $25K in sponsorships. Prior to starting her own event-planning business, Marsha was an event manager at UCLA, where she produced programming at venues like The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and the Four Seasons Resort in Santa Barbara. Marsha is a graduate of Georgetown University and lives in Washington, DC. When she's not planning events, she moonlights as a travel nurse and has served on the frontlines during the pandemic. Learn more: https://www.eventsecretsblueprint.com/

Marsha Battee is an event and retreat planning strategist for visionary entrepreneurs who want to create awe-inspiring experiences for their clients. From ideation to day-of execution, Marsha is an expert in all aspects of event planning, whether it's a small, intimate gathering or a high-end multi-day conference. Most recently, she hosted the 1st Annual Black Nurses Week Conference, a 3-day event for which she secured a dozen speakers and $25K in sponsorships. Prior to starting her own event-planning business, Marsha was an event manager at UCLA, where she produced programming at venues like The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills and the Four Seasons Resort in Santa Barbara. Marsha is a graduate of Georgetown University and lives in Washington, DC. When she's not planning events, she moonlights as a travel nurse and has served on the front lines during the pandemic. Episode Highlights: Marsha's story - (0:02) The journey of discovering her true love - (1:28) We fail a ton about giving ourselves permission to go through that journey - (7:16) How to break the cycle of “survival mode - (9:32) The biggest sacrifice she's made in her journey - (14:33) When you're sleeping, you don't feel anything, but when you wake up, you can feel it - (18:16) Monica's story of how she got started in event planning - (20:52) What's the purpose of this movement? - (26:26) Why you need to start before you're ready - (28:59) Key Takeaways: "Something I always have taught in coaching and something that I've always heard before I started teaching was to start before you're ready. It's my favorite quote of all time because DONE is better than perfect." Resources: Website (Event Secrets Blueprint): https://www.eventsecretsblueprint.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/eventsecretsblueprint Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marshabattee/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eventsecretsblueprint/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marshabattee/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/marshabattee

Viome sponsored this episode.IN THIS EPISODE OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE™… entrepreneur and philanthropist Naveen Jain joins the show in person at the Beverly Hilton to talk about new developments in the human biome—particularly the oral microbiome. Turns out, there may be more density in your gut microbiome, but there's more diversity in your oral microbiome.Naveen's company, Viome, built an AI-driven platform that analyzes the interaction between food, your body's biomes, and your cells from at-home tests. Your results are used to develop precise ways of eating and taking supplements that prevent and can even help reverse chronic disease. They've so far collected 425,000 samples showing 600 trillion data points.The newest Viome test kit takes a look at your oral health. Viome prepares custom supplements, probiotics and prebiotics with the exact ingredients in the exact dosages you need based on your personal test results. This customization is important because supplements are not universally healthy, more isn't better, and consuming nutrients and biotics you don't need can actually do more harm than good. Custom formulations work with and for your own physiology.Viome testing also helps you see your personal health trends over time. Your tests could show different results at six months or a year. Then, your supplements would be adjusted to your changing physiology. Check out Viome's at-home test kits:Oral Health Intelligence: coming soon!Full Body Intelligence (gut, cellular, oral health)Health Intelligence (gut, cellular health)Gut Intelligence (gut health)Cancer Detect (oral & throat)SPECIAL OFFER FOR LISTENERS OF THE HUMAN UPGRADE: Go to https://viome.com/dave and use code DAVE10 to get 10% off tests and 10% off a 12-month subscriptionWatch this episode on YouTube!WE APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERS. CHECK THEM OUT! Nature's Nootropic: https://trukava.com, use code DAVE15 to get 15% offUpgrade Your Air Quality: https://hypoair.com/Dave/Mattress Temperature Tech: https://www.eightsleep.com/dave, use code dave to save $250 on the Pod ProSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In this episode, host Richard Roeper discusses The 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards. Returning to NBC for a one-year deal on January 10th, at the Beverly Hilton. The nominations are out, and all of the surprises and snubs are broken down. Follow The Richard Roeper Show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook to stay up to date.

https://donmamone.com/thegenderguide.comwebsite: fallingoutlgbtq.com; instagram: @fallingoutlgbtqpod; twitter @fallinglgbtqDon Mamone's decade-long career in hospitality culminated with their role as the Director of Events at the prestigious Beverly Hilton. Determined to embrace their creativity and pursue the dream of entrepreneurship, Don and their wife Emily opened a photography studio and have exceeded the expectations of their loyal clients from Dallas to Destinations around the world for over fifteen years. As a speaker and coach Don teaches audiences and clients how to reach their maximum potential and impact by discovering and embracing their true identity. Having recently come out as non-binary, Don is a committed advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community and consults with companies and organizations dedicated to diversity, inclusivity and representation as well as creating safe spaces that support and encourage unapologetic authenticity.When they are not traveling the world for creative projects and speeches, Don lives happily outside the gender binary in Dallas with their talented spouse Emily and their creative child Frankie.

Sheryl Underwood will host the inaugural The Grio Awards on Saturday at the Beverly Hilton.  Kanye will be sued $250M by the mother of George Floyd's daughter because of comments that were made surrounding his death.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This episode kicks off Season 3 of Plantfull Life with a salty chat with CEO and founder Samantha Skyring of Oryx Desert Salt, and what a perfect way to shift into more of a focus on the pleasure of food by adding a pinch of salt to this podcast. Samantha is the CEO of naturally organic, unprocessed, and micro-plastic free Oryx Desert Salt which comes from a pristine Kalahari Desert salt pan. Samantha and I first connected through LinkedIn, and over many, many months we tried to arrange a zoom call between us, but due to our time zones with her in South Africa and me in California, we sent many hopeful emails back and forth to plan a good time to talk. But finally the opportunity to have this podcast conversation came about when Samantha hopped on a plane in South Africa and flew to Southern California to attend Dave Asprey's biohacking conference recently at the Beverly Hilton. And even though we were sharing the same time zone for this call, the audio was a little spotty due to the wifi connection in Samantha's Airbnb in LA, so I did my best audio editing to share this convo with you here. The story of Oryx Desert Salt began in the heart of the Kalahari desert, filled with the spirit of the earth from an ancient and pristine source. We chat about the value of salt in ancient times and how salt is an essential mineral to life. And, if you're curious, since we barely touched on the full topic of the value of salt throughout ancient history, you can do a Google search on the history of salt, if you like. You may learn quite a lot more about how salt has always been a precious and valuable commodity since Neolithic and Ancient Roman times. We elaborate on the experience of tasting mineral-rich Oryx desert salt versus table salt, sea salt, and other salts. Oryx desert salt is not only chemical and plastic-free, but it is also sold in their special grinders which last a long time, which are made with ceramic grinder heads instead of plastic. Oryx salt enhances your food without overpowering it, and it nourishes with its mineral-rich quality and flavor. Samantha also shares her story about spotting an Oryx gazelle and explains why she chose the Oryx as her symbolic spirit animal to represent the energy of this South African desert salt. Shop for Oryx Desert Salt at Whole Foods Market and online at: https://oryxdesertsalt.com Instagram: @oryxdesertsalt #SpotTheHorns --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/plantfull/support

Get a crash course on the most effective and sought after negotiation tactics for emergency situations and every day life with Bryce Eddy and our guest, Chris Voss. This is a great conversation about Chris' book, Never Split The Difference, and his upcoming documentary, Tactical Empathy, which is premiering at the Beverly Hilton on Sept. 26th. You don't want to miss this episode.To get a FREE info kit on diversifying and protecting your savings with precious metals in a TAX-SHELTERED account text LIBERTY to 989898.Use discount code LIBERTY @ https://www.goodranchers.com/ to receive $30 off your purchase PLUS FREE Express Shipping.Visit https://www.devotedcapital.com/ or dial 805-372-0821 to learn more about value-based investing with Devoted Capital today!BE A THREAT TO THE GREAT RESET!Join our community by Subscribing to us on:Liftable TV - https://watch.liftable.tv/series/XOi2uRcOSGlo-liberty-stationRumble - https://rumble.com/c/LibertyStationBrighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/libertystationYouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiXnArqAIXmVLZSSwEyd1HQPodcast - https://omny.fm/shows/liberty-stationGet more information on the Black Swan Group and the documentary Tactical Empathy - https://www.blackswanltd.com/homeFor tickets to the premier of Tactical Empathy visit their Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blackswangroupltd/Get Never Split The Difference - https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805

•    I know that hotels are a magnet for suicides and other types of death. People will go to a hotel to commit suicide to avoid making a mess at home, and so, of course, in that hotel room where someone might shoot themselves, there's going to be a hole in the wall or blood or whatnot. And so to avoid that mess at home, then they would go to a hotel... I've seen this a lot over the years. Obviously, the hotels aren't going to widely advertise deaths that occur there because they want to keep making money. So, they wouldn't want everyone to know that all these people have come there to kill themselves or other things that go on in the hotel. They don't want you to feel unsafe, and they're obviously not going to be like, Hey, come here, people die here. So the truth is, people are 19 times more likely to commit suicide in a hotel. And they kind of believe, like I said before, they're being thoughtful, they don't want to make a mess at home. (01:55)•   So these days, you'll notice that hotel rooms may not have a balcony or even a window that opens, and that's because of a large number of people who jump to their death from a hotel room... I had a scene years ago where a group of people rented a hotel room for a drug party, the group was shooting up meth at this cheap hotel and they didn't want to get caught at their residence. So one of the group members became unconscious and so she stopped breathing and everybody panicked, and the rest of the group members decided that the best thing to do was to put her under the mattress inside the foundation, which is that surface that the mattress rests on, surrounded by wood. I used to think, and maybe it is true, I'm not sure that it was put there so you wouldn't lose things under the bed, but that's probably not the purpose of it. But weeks later, someone in the group actually started feeling bad about it, imagine that, and they called the hotel, it's not the Hilton, by the way. And they told the office staff that they were there three weeks prior, that they had a friend that became unconscious and then in a panic, they placed her under the mattress, so of course, management has to investigate this, they're not going to be like, Okay, whatever.    (07:03)•   It's kind of strange, when I look back at some of the different deaths that have happened in hotels. A lot of celebrities have been found dead in hotel rooms, which is kind of interesting, and I don't think in those cases that they're there to avoid making a mess, I think that they're probably on tour and just happened to be where they were. For example, Whitney Houston, she was found in February of 2012, she was 48 years old, and she was at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. But she was found in the bath tub in a foot of water and her death was ruled a drug overdose. I believe they said that it was accidental, that she was taking several different medications to help her sleep, but she was at the Beverly Hilton. Anna Nicole Smith, she was found in 07, and she was 39 years old. She was at the Seminal Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Fort Lauderdale. Her death was also ruled a drug overdose. And so going back, John Belushi, he was one of the original cast members of Saturday Night Live. He was found in the Chateau Marmont in Hollywood, CA.,  he was only 33. (10:25)•   In 1938, there was a story about a female that fell from a ninth story window, the medical examiner was unable to determine if it was an accident or suicide. And in 1939, another male fell from the building. Also the same year, another gentleman was found dead in his room after ingesting poison. In 1940, there was a female who died after ingesting poison. Many people again, who jump out the window, in 44 someone died after jumping out the seventh floor window. So then we had a 10-year span where nothing happened. But in 54, another female died after jumping from the seventh floor window, and she landed on top of the marquee. And then in 62, someone jumped from the eighth floor... In 62 again, someone jumped from the ninth floor. And the interesting part that I read about this is that her and her spouse were arguing, he left the room, went downstairs, and when she jumped out the window, she landed on top of of him. (16:33)CONNECT WITH JULIE MATTSON:• Website: https://pushinguplilies.com• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pushinguplilies

Get a crash course on the most effective and sought after negotiation tactics for emergency situations and every day life with Bryce Eddy and our guest, Chris Voss. This is a great conversation about Chris' book, Never Split The Difference, and his upcoming documentary, Tactical Empathy, which is premiering at the Beverly Hilton on Sept. 26th. You don't want to miss this episode. To get a FREE info kit on diversifying and protecting your savings with precious metals in a TAX-SHELTERED account text LIBERTY to 989898. Use discount code LIBERTY @ https://www.goodranchers.com/ to receive $30 off your purchase PLUS FREE Express Shipping. Visit https://www.devotedcapital.com/ or dial 805-372-0821 to learn more about value-based investing with Devoted Capital today! BE A THREAT TO THE GREAT RESET! Join our community by Subscribing to us on: Liftable TV - https://watch.liftable.tv/series/XOi2uRcOSGlo-liberty-station Rumble - https://rumble.com/c/LibertyStation Brighteon - https://www.brighteon.com/channels/libertystation YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiXnArqAIXmVLZSSwEyd1HQ Podcast - https://omny.fm/shows/liberty-station Get more information on the Black Swan Group and the documentary Tactical Empathy - https://www.blackswanltd.com/home For tickets to the premier of Tactical Empathy visit their Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/blackswangroupltd/ Get Never Split The Difference - https://www.amazon.com/Never-Split-Difference-Negotiating-Depended/dp/0062407805See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eco Luxe Lounge from Debbie Durkin

DEBBIE DURKIN PRESENTED ECOLUXE "ENDLESS SUMMER FESTIVAL” AT THE BEVERLY HILTON IN HONOR OF TELEVISION'S BIGGEST NIGHT This year's event Benefitted spcaLAOn Friday, September 9, 2022, the ECOLUXE "Endless Summer Festival" Experience honored the best of TV during Primetime Emmys weekend and was a charity fundraiser benefiting spcaLA. The event featured a formal lunch in the Beverly Hilton's Wilshire Gardens, pampering by health and wellness brands, an ECOLUXE Golden Metaverse Experience by BSW and sustainable activations making a social impact. The Beverly Hilton's Executive Chef served up a curated luncheon from 12:00- 2:00pm PST and their infamous handcrafted Donut Wall was on display for snacks throughout the day! The event was recorded by KNEKT TV who interviewed attending stars about their current projects and streamed the event as a LIVE TV Special that day. www.ECOLUXE.KNEKT.LIVE EVENT HIGHLIGHTSProfessional dancer (Beyonce's dance Captain) Ashley McEverett attends EcoLuxe and is gifted a trip to the Dominican Republic via Casa de Campo Paul Ben-Victor “Pam and Tommy” and Cali Senkpiel check out the vintage handbags and beautiful display by Luxmary Handbags“American Ninja Warrior” host Matt Iseman and Jessica Ross sip Neft VodkaActress Carolyn Hennesy takes home Liana Treat & Berry hand-dipped strawberries with gold drizzle. HBO “Ballers” & NFL Player Donovan Carter sips Dulce Vida Organic Tequila“Young and the Restless” soap opera icon, Kate Lidner, is interviewed by KNET TV.NO- Add photos we discussedPARTICIPATING BRANDS Veteran TV/Film product placement producer Debbie Durkin invited the following brands to provide fun interactive installations and to showcase their products throughout the day. Casa de Campo Dominican Republic Resort & Villas which provided Emmy Nominees a 2-night stay at their luxury villas courtesy of Swanky Retreats and Caribbean Living Magazines. BSW Nation Village showcased a collection of cannabis culture lifestyle gear and accessories hosted by Balbuena Productions ECOLUXE GOLDEN EXPERIENCE, an interactive metaverse gallery and VR activation (VR goggles!) ROYAL KEEPERS PRODUCTS gave VIPS multi use skin and hair care products of essential oils for men and women, all skin types.NEFT VODKA premium spirits offered tastings, lifestyle gear, and product for attendees to take home.Dolce Vida Organic Tequila shared tastings of their four signature flavors- tequila blanco, pineapple jalapeno, lime, and grapefruit! Luxmary Handbags held a special giveaway for attendees featuring vintage Louis Vuitton designer handbags. In addition, all ECOLUXE attendees received an invite to the Luxmary Handbags Sip N Shop event on Saturday September 10th at their retail store in Burbank. Guests were gifted a generous gift card at ECOLUXE to be used toward any purchase during the Sip N Shop event. They also be provided gift bag items ranging ($200-$400) value including designer pieces such as a Gucci notebook, Emilio Pucci card holder, Miu Miu key ring, Cartier key holder, Chanel paper weight and more. Liana Treat & Berry featured an assortment of hand-dipped strawberries, wafers and madeleines in Ruby chocolate and white couverture chocolate, topped with signature drizzle, gold drizzle, marble, and gold leaf garnish. Look for the launch of their new retail store in Beverly Hills in November. Kimberlicious Kourtney Beauty (KK Beauty) is a cannabis-infused, eco friendly, healing THC butters & cosmetic collection with gift perfumes, body butters, lip gloss, lip paint, and tees. Healthy Paws Herbals provides dog and cat parents with natural organic options to help keep their furry friends stay in optimal health. Now offering sustainable packaging! Nikki Lund Clothing Top Fashion Designer and Sony Artist Nikki Lund gifted NIKKI LUND CLOTHING that just debuted at NORDSTROM. Fresh & Meaty Burgers- Ranked the #2 Best burger in LA and the #1 Turkey burger in LA. Provided peach cobbler pies, gift cards, and branded gear for their Los Angeles and Carson locations.generosiTEA, a great tasting tea that gives back to charity through every purchase, from Country singer Stephen Westly. About EcoLuxe LoungeECOLUXE LOUNGE is a luxury experience created by Debbie Durkin, LA's leading purposeful TV/Film product placement producer, creator of the ECOLUXE Lounge Luxury Experiences (16 years), an official ABC TV-producing-partner and her ABC4 TV ECOLUXE "Must-Haves" TV segments. Debbie pioneered the USA's 1st Celebrity Drive-Thru in Sept. 2020. Our team creates entertainment marketing PR campaigns, harnessing the Power of Entertainment. We uplift brands, women, black, Latino, and Asian-owned businesses, and those with a social impact on sustainable platforms, who contribute lifestyle products & services Good for the Planet, the Environment, Home, Family & Pets. ECOLUXE LOUNGE luxury experiences are private, by-invite-only events produced during Award Show and Film Festival weeks. #EventResponsiblyFor more information, visit https://linktr.ee/producerdeb About spcaLAspcaLA is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization, independently chartered organization that is not affiliated with any other “SPCA” or humane society. spcaLA has been serving Los Angeles since 1877 and has seen an increased need for funding for animals during the pandemic. We believe that animals, as living creatures, have value beyond economic measurement, and are entitled to legal, moral and ethical consideration and protection.There is no national SPCA, parent organization, or umbrella group that provides financial support. Each SPCA and Humane Society is a completely unrelated organization. spcaLA does not receive funding from any federal, state or local government agency. Financial support for the organization's humane programs is provided solely by donations from individuals, corporations, and foundations. To support, visit https://spcala.com/

Kara Swisher has hosted the annual Code Conference for the last twenty years. Recently she announced that this was her final year organizing and running the event, which concluded on Thursday in Los Angeles. At the final big panel on Wednesday evening, Swisher ended things where she started: with a conversation about Steve Jobs. She gathered the famous Apple designer Jonny Ive and the widow of Steve Jobs — Laurene Powell Jobs — and the CEO of Apple — Tim Cook — who flew to Los Angeles for Swisher hours after unveiling the new iPhone 14 at Apple's headquarters in Cupertino. The event ended much more poignant than one would expect at a conference about technology and politics. Afterward, Playbook Co-Author Ryan Lizza met Swisher in a suite on the 8th floor of the Beverly Hilton at what was Code's last secret poker party. They talked about the end of her running the Code Conference, her long and winding career … and why she loves saying no. Ryan Lizza is a Playbook co-author for POLITICO. Afra Abdullah is associate producer for POLITICO audio. Kara Tabor is producer for POLITICO audio. Brook Hayes is senior editor for POLITICO audio. Adam Allington is senior producer for POLITICO audio. Jenny Ament is executive producer for POLITICO audio.

REDIFF - Ce devait être un jour de fête, ce 11 février 2012, à l'hôtel Beverly Hilton de Los Angeles. Une fête somptueuse, remplie de stars réunies par Clive Davis, le puissant patron de Sony. Vous ne le connaissez peut-être pas, mais c'est une sommité lui aussi, il a même son étoile sur le Hollywood Walk of Fame. Jane Fonda, Tom Hanks, Quincy Jones, et bien d'autres encore sont de la partie. Le clou du spectacle va avoir lieu à la fin du repas, pour le dessert. Whitney Houston va chanter pour Clive Davis, son ami, son mentor, son producteur. C'est à lui qu'elle doit ses 200 millions d'albums vendus. Pourtant Whitney Houston ne chantera pour Clive Davis ce soir. Ecoutez Jour J avec Flavie Flament du 01 août 2022

This week, Cate and Liz invite you to check-in for a new series - Famous Hotels. They start with the iconic Beverly Hilton, the site of the Golden Globes, Whitney Houston's death, and several celebrity and political scandals. Connect with Cate and Liz on Instagram at @famouscateandliz or drop them a line at famouscateandliz@gmail.com.

When Frieze Week in Beverly Hills was unveiled next to the Beverly Hilton, collectors and dealers turned out in high style for the VIP opening, confirming what many already knew: art, fashion and entertainment converge in Beverly Hills.“Beverly Hills is where the art world meets,” says Jeffrey Deitch, art dealer and curator, referencing the collectors and cognoscenti who mingle in the city's galleries and restaurants.On this episode of Rodeo Drive: The Podcast, host Pari Ehsan and field correspondent Jason E.C. Wright explore how art and fashion intersect in the city of Beverly Hills and on Rodeo Drive itself, from public artworks on the street like Robert Graham's sculpture Torso to creative collaborations between couture houses and artists.Ehsan sits down with Deitch to discuss what makes the city a magnet for art enthusiasts, and what makes for successful art and fashion collaborations. “We've seen some artist-fashion collaborations that are dead on arrival. But then we've seen others that are just fantastic and inspiring. So some people saw me and my team at the opening of Frieze…all wearing a Kenny Scharf–Dior Men's collaboration..that's a very good example of an excellent collaboration.”Wright takes in the scene on Rodeo Drive with Kathy Gohari, President of Rodeo Drive Committee. “I see tourists coming early in the morning before the stores are even open and they're hugging the Torso and taking pictures.…They're not just coming to look at the buildings and the beautiful restaurants and the clothes, but it's the whole environment.”Season Three of Rodeo Drive – The Podcast is presented by the Rodeo Drive Committee with the support of the City of Beverly Hills, The Hayman Family, Two Rodeo Drive, Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, the Beverly Hills Conference & Visitors Bureau, and MCM.Listen to Rodeo Drive – The Podcast below and subscribe, rate and review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.Watch moments from the series here and on YouTube.Check back in regularly for what's next in the series.Season Three Credits:Executive Producer: Lyn WinterHost: Pari EhsanField Correspondent: Jason E.C. WrightScriptwriter and Editorial Advisor: Frances AndertonEditor and Videographer: Hans FjellestadTheme music by Brian BanksProduction Assistant: Grace Fuh See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode 4: Grab a pen and your notebook because in this episode we're sharing all the details from the infamous Clive Davis Pre-Grammy Party the night Whitney Houston died. The Beverly Hilton was buzzing with media and celebrities while Whitney's body was still upstairs. We find out who was in attendance, what was the mood, who performed, what was on the dinner menu, and why the party wasn't cancelled.Then  we introduce the most outrageous party guest yet: Raffles Van Exel, a celebrity hanger-on and member of Whitney's entourage. Buckle up because this is one wild ride: from "How To" Con videos, to sneaking into the Neverland Ranch, to finessing his way into owning part of a music icon's estate. You won't want to miss the story of Raffles.LinksChaka Khan, Clive Davis Party was 'Insanity." (YouTube 2012).Clive Davis On Why He Had Grammy Party After Whitney Houston's Death | Larry King Now. (YouTube 2013).Jennifer Hudson - I Will Always Love You (54th GRAMMYs on CBS). (YouTube 2012)Is Raffles Van Exel Really Serious (YouTube 2012).Roger Friedman Calls for Investigation into Raffles Van Exel (YouTube 2012)Who is Raffles Van Exel (YouTube 2012)ResourcesBruntjen v. Van Exel, 506 F. Supp. 3d 673 (D. Minn. 2020)County of Los Angeles. (2012). Coroner's Report (Case No. 2012-01022). Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved from abcnews.comFranciscan, Chris and Brittany Bacon. "ABC News Exclusive: 'If I Did It': OJ's Daughter's Idea. abcnews.com, 16 June 2007.Friedman, Roger. "Exclusive Notes From Clive Davis Grammy Party." Showbiz411.com. 12 February 2012.Jackson v. Stark, State Court of Minnesota. (2020)Reilly, Mark. "Prince estate fights even thornier with heir's death and will." Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. 23 February 2020.Seal, Mark. "The Devils in the Diva." Vanity Fair, June 2012.Shoemaker, Jessica. "Death of Prince heir prompts contested will." Missouri Lawyers Media. 28 February 2020. Simpson, Arnelle. Deposition. United States Bankruptcy Court S.D. Fla. 2007.Sisario, Ben. "Whitney Houston's Estate Plans Hologram Tour and a New Album." New York Times. 20 May 2019.Whitney. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. Produced by Lisa Erspamer Entertainment, Lightbox, Roadside Attractions, and Miramax. 2018.Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All. Lifetime Television, 2021.

Episode 3: Whitney Houston died on February 11, 2012  in Room 434 of the Beverly Hilton hotel. In this episode we walk through the details of Whitney's day leading up to the moment she is found in her tub.Hosts George and Shakirah  break down in detail the accounts of witnesses from Whitney's entourage including her assistant, Mary Jones, and manager, Pat Houston's. We listen to the 911 call,  discuss what police found when they entered the room, and begin dissecting the coroner's report.And if you've ever wanted a candle that smells like Love, then they've also got you covered!Links:Tour of Beverly Hilton Room 434911 CallResources:County of Los Angeles. (2012). Coroner's Report (Case No. 2012-01022). Los Angeles, CA. Retrieved from abcnews.comSeal, Mark. "The Devils in the Diva." Vanity Fair, June 2012.“The Day Whitney Houston Died | Oprah's Next Chapter | Oprah Winfrey Network” (YouTube, 2012)Whitney. Directed by Kevin Macdonald. Produced by Lisa Erspamer Entertainment, Lightbox, Roadside Attractions, and Miramax. 2018.Whitney Houston & Bobbi Kristina: Didn't We Almost Have It All. Lifetime Television, 2021.Yan, Holly and Denise Quan. "Music exec: Whitney Houston looked 'healthy and beautiful days earlier." CNN.com, 12 Feb., 2012.

In this week's episode of Living in the Sprawl: Southern California's Most Adventurous Podcast, host Jon Steinberg shares his list of top ten notorious, though not necessarily haunted Southern California hotels. His list includes the Lemon Tree Inn in Santa Barbara, The Mondrian in West Hollywood, The Cedar Lodge in Yosemite, The Peninsula in Beverly Hills, L' Auberge in Del Mar, Motel 6 in Buena Park, Highland Gardens in Hollywood, The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, The Joshua Tree Inn in Joshua Tree and The Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood.Instagram: @livinginthesprawlpodcastEmail: livinginthesprawlpodcast@gmail.comCheck out our favorite CBD gummy company...it helps us get better sleep and stay chill. https://www.justcbdstore.com?aff=645Check out Goldbelly for all your favorite US foods to satisfy those cravings or bring back some nostalgia. Our favorites include Junior's Chessecakes from New York, Lou Malnati's deep dish pizza from Chicago and a philly cheesesteak from Pat's. Use the link https://goldbelly.pxf.io/c/2974077/1032087/13451 to check out all of the options and let them know we sent you.Use code "SPRAWL" for (2) free meals and free delivery on your first Everytable subscription.Support the podcast and future exploration adventures. We are working on unique perks and will give you a shout out on the podcast to thank you for your contribution!Living in the Sprawl: Southern California's Most Adventurous Podcast is on Podfanhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/sprawl  Looking to start a podcast? Buzzsprout is the best and easiest way to launch, promote and track your podcast...trust me, I did a lot of research beforehand. Let Buzzsprout know we sent you, support the show and get a $20 Amazon gift card when you sign up.  https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=1735110Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/livinginthesprawlpodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/livinginthesprawlpodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/livinginthesprawlpodcast)Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/livinginthesprawlpodcast)

Like entrepreneurship, the event and hospitality industry is not for the faint of heart.  Take this high stressed, faced paced environment and operate in the entertainment industry container and you will find yourself in a proverbial pressure cooker!  It is there that you will routinely find JORDANAH events.  I met Stacey when I was the Director of Events at The Beverly Hilton and I was immediately impressed by her capability, commitment and core values.  When she left her corporate job and joined Jessica at JORDANAH events I knew that they were destined for event greatness and I am not at all ashamed to say that I was right!  Their successful and sought after event planning firm is a major player in the industry and they stopped by the People First Then Profit Podcast to talk about the importance of Core Values and how they have faithfully and effectively serve their clients and team for a good many years. Takeaways from this week's episode are: - The importance of identifying your core values and ensuring they are a part of your company culture. - Why "how you do" is equally important as "what you actually do" (maybe more). - The importance of the decisions we make regarding how we treat our clients, our team and OURSELVES. Resources: Set Up Your Coaching Discovery Call https://mamone.as.me/coachingdiscovery Find the People First Then Profit Facebook Community Here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/peoplefirstthenprofitHQ/ - FIND JORDANAH EVENTS -  Web – http://www.JORDANAH.com Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/teamjordanah/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JordanahEvents

In today's episode, I talk to Don Mamone, whose long career in hospitality instilled in him the importance of customer service and relationship marketing. Don and his wife, Emily, run a successful photography studio based on the people first, then profit philosophy. Throughout this episode, we discuss what people first, then profit really means, and practical ways in which you can implement it in your business. We talk about redefining profit and identifying how you measure your wealth. We also talk about the importance and the value of relationship marketing, as you create, build and scale your business, and how you create unforgettable experiences for your customers. Key Takeaways:People first, then profit, is not correlative, it's causal. You won't be successful unless you understand that if you put people first, the profit will come.Sales is the perfect alignment of your brand proposition and your client's wants and needs.You can differentiate yourself on a playing field by elevating yourself outside of the competition by HOW you do what you do. "When you create a brand people love, you take someone on an emotional journey and they become fully committed to you  - then loyalty and championing come as second nature." —  Don Mamone About Don Mamone:Relationship Marketer, Speaker, EduatorDon's decade-long career in hospitality culminated with his role as the Director of Events for the world-renowned Beverly Hilton. His time in this fast-paced high-profile career instilled in him the importance of customer service and relationship marketing.Determined to pursue a life-long passion, Don and his wife Emily opened their photography studio 14 years ago guided by and based largely on these principles learned on the front lines of hospitality. Creating an award-winning studio photographing from Dallas to destinations around the world, The Mamones are confident their success is due in no small part to their People First, Then Profit philosophy.  As a relationship marketer, speaker, educator coach, and catalyst, Don is dedicated to helping business owners and entrepreneurs employ his proven tactics to crush their goals faster and with less work. Connect with Don Mamone:  Twitter: twitter.com/donmamoneLinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/donmamoneFacebook: facebook.com/donmamoneInstagram: instagram.com/donmamonePeople First Then Profit Podcast: peoplefirstthenprofit.com Don't forget to download your free guide! Discover The 5 Business Benefits of Empathy: http://red-slice.com/business-benefits-empathy Connect with Maria: Get the podcast and book: TheEmpathyEdge.comLearn more about Maria's brand strategy work and books: Red-Slice.comHire Maria to speak at your next event: Red-Slice.com/Speaker-Maria-RossLinkedIn: Maria RossInstagram: @redslicemariaTwitter: @redsliceFacebook: Red Slice