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What Is Hollywood Accounting?
I’m a big Hollywood studio and I want to make a movie called Big Movie. It’s expected to break box-office records.
The first thing I do is create a holding company called Big Movie Holdings, Inc. While it was started by me, it is actually a completely independent company. I will do a deal with this company: it gets the rights to produce, market and hold the movie rights to Big Movie on one condition: it hires me to do the marketing and distribution.
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The Federal Trade Commission says four cancer charities run by extended members of the same family conned donors out of $187 million and spent almost nothing to help actual cancer patients.
The Cancer Fund of America is run by James Reynolds Sr. His son James Reynolds Jr. is the CEO of the Breast Cancer Society. Another charity, the Children’s Cancer Fund of America, is run by Rose Perkins, the ex-wife of the elder James Reynolds. He’s also the CEO of the fourth charity, Cancer Support Services.
The government says the charities claimed to provide direct support for cancer patients, breast cancer patients and children with cancer.
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Photos that will put a smile on your face – Ned Hardy
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Chinese vaccine sweeps much of the world, despite concerns – AP News
6 Dr. Seuss books won’t be published for racist images – Fox News
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The 3 Minutes It Takes To Read This Will Improve Your Conversations Forever – Pocket
How to Read a Room Service Menu Like an NBA Veteran – The Ringer
Woman Rips Into Man Who Wanted Reimbursement For Tinder Dates – Ruin My Week
Unhinged Cock Goes Nuts During Fight, Murders Owner With Three-Inch Knife Kill Shot To The Groin – OutKick
Here’s a Morbid List of the Top Destinations for a Selfie-Related Death – Inside Hook
How a 10-second video clip sold for $6.6 million – Reuters
If coffee makes you feel tense, anxious and drained, switch to matcha green tea. Sustained energy with no crash – Amazon
Osama bin Laden’s Son Is a Painter. America Is His Muse – VICE
The Best-Worst Erotic Fan Fiction About Super Mario’s Toad – Mel Magazine
Pretty Cute Girls Will Melt Your Heart – The Viraler
Nike VP Resigns After Family Tie to Sneaker Reseller Uncovered – Complex
The New Chapo: An inside look at the hunt for El Mencho, Mexico’s bloodiest drug lord – NBC
SolarWinds Officials Throw Intern Under the Bus for ‘solarwinds123’ Password Fail – Gizmodo
Amelia Hamlin sticks it to haters with braless photo – TV Shows Ace
Gordon Ryan bitch slaps Andre Galvao twice…Galvao punks out and does nothing in return (video) – MMA
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New York Govenor Andrew Cuomo making unwanted advances at wedding
Anna Ruch, said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo placed his hands on her cheeks at a wedding party and asked if he could kiss her.
Ruch, a former member of the Obama administration and the 2020 Biden campaign, said she met Cuomo at the crowded wedding reception in September 2019.
Within moments of being introduced, Ruch claims, the gov put his hand on the small of her lower back, which was exposed in an open-back dress.
“I promptly removed his hand with my hand, which I would have thought was a clear enough indicator that I was not wanting him to touch me,” she told the Times.
But the governor apparently didn’t get the hint.
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The Love and Crimes of Emma Coronel Aispuro — El Chapo’s Wife – Mel Magazine
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How to keep bugs out of your house/apartment while leaving the doors open for your dogs/cats – Amazon
4 million J&J Covid vaccines ship out, Americans expected to receive shots within 2 days – NBC
How Is The COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign Going In Your State? – NPR
Texas electricity firm files for bankruptcy citing $1.8 billion in claims from grid operator – Reuters
France’s Sarkozy convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail – AP News
The 25 Greatest Art Heists of All Time – Art News
New AI ‘Deep Nostalgia’ brings old photos, including very old ones, to life – The Verge
How a ‘beginners’ mindset’ can help you learn anything – BBC
Mom Teaches Daughters Virginity Doesn’t Exist, Goes Viral On TikTok – Ruin My Week
T.I. and Wife Tiny Accused of Sexual Assault by Over 30 Women, Lawyer Seeks Investigation | The couple has been accused of ‘forced drugging, kidnapping, rape, and intimidation’ – Spin
If you have trouble remembering if you took your medication or vitamins…there’s a pill bottle that keeps track of the last time it was opened – Amazon
El Chapo’s wife Emma Coronel Aispuro poised to rat out cartel – NY Post
Chadwick Boseman’s Wife, Simone Ledward Boseman, Tearfully Accepts His Posthumous Golden Globe – Variety
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Far-Right Platform Gab Has Been Hacked—Including Private Data: DDoSecrets says it will make the 70 GB of passwords, private posts, and more available to researchers, journalists, and social scientists – WIRED
Clubhouse and the new platform generation: How a buzzy startup may be ushering in a new crop of social platforms – Substack
The Other Side of Rent Debt: Five Small-Time Landlords Who Are Stuck – Curbed
Why Asian People Appear to Age Slower, According to Science – Bright Side
The Sexiest Golfer In The World – Mad Spread
Man Suffers Identity Crisis After Jiu-Jitsu Trained Girlfriend Chokes Him Out
My gf and I have been dating for about 6 months. We both go to the same school, so we see each other all the time, and are both going to graduate in June. We have had a great relationship, and I have no reason to dislike her. She is a rational, level-headed, and smart woman who I absolutely trust.
My gf is trained in Jiu Jitsu and I believe she is decently good (I’ve never seen her fight). She has been training at a fancy gym consistently since she started college 5 years ago. I have zero self defense training as I don’t have the time or money to go to classes or a martial arts gym. I boxed briefly in early college but had to quit pretty early on because I got a new job.
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How Does Sex Trafficking Happen In The United States?
I am on the board at an anti-human (sex) trafficking non-profit who works with what we call “survivors” (formerly trafficked people). I live in the area with the highest human trafficking rates in the US.
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BJJ White Belt Defeats BJJ Black Belt by Submission
According to the video owner, the ‘white belt’ was an advance grappler:
Guys, Veselin Dukov is not a beginner, he’s actually a very advanced grappler, but he is technically a white belt because he has less than 10 sessions with the Gi. The black belt shoudn’t be ashamed because he lost to a young and very talented grappler who has won the Bulgarian championships on various occasions and ended up second in the Euro ADCC trials. What happened at the tournament was, that he did the Expert No Gi, and wanted to test his skills against black belts in the Gi. Since he’s not a black belt, he obviously doesn’t have one and he borrowed a white belt from a female competitor. We asked NAGA officials if he could use a white belt and they said OK. So don’t give the BB such a rough time, he was legit.
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