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When Christopher Rim and Wafa F. Muflahi met seven years ago as undergraduates at Yale, they became close friends, which evolved into a strong working relationship. For the past five years they’ve been colleagues at education and college consulting firm Command Education in Midtown, where Rim’s the CEO and Muflahi’s a partner and senior program …
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Two members of the South Carolina National Guard suffered serious injuries in a lightning strike in Washington D.C. early Friday morning They were on duty at Lafayette Square as protesters gathered for the seventh night They were not directly hit by the bolt but felt its effects Both are in a stable condition in hospital An …
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Protesters gathered on Friday at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to support the Black Lives Matter movement. The protest comes one day after David Oyelowo, who starred in the 2014 best picture nominee “Selma” as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., revealed that Oscar voters were angered by the cast wearing T-shirts that …
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David Oyelowo says his 2014 movie “Selma” was robbed of its chance at Oscars glory by a peeved and prejudiced Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The British-American actor, who was nominated for playing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the movie, told ScreenDaily Thursday that the cast’s solidarity with protesters after Eric Garner’s …
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At the height of the coronavirus pandemic in mid-April, used-car dealer Alex Tovstanovsky had vehicles jammed six rows deep on his lot in the western Chicago suburb of Naperville. But the seeming oversupply was not a mistake. Despite plummeting sales at his store, Prestige Motor Works, Tovstanovsky was betting on a recovery, buying dozens of …
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Over the past week, many fashion brands have shown support for the Black Lives Matter movement following the police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and more. But according to celebrity stylist Law Roach, who works with Zendaya, Kerry Washington, Ariana Grande and more, the style world still has much work to do. “I do …
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General Motors is developing an electric van aimed at business users, joining a growing list of carmakers planning EVs for the same segment that includes customers such as Amazon and UPS, five people familiar with the plans told Reuters. That multibillion-dollar strategy could enable GM, Ford and at least two EV startups to build and …
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The band behind Joe Exotic’s tunes on Netflix’s “Tiger King” has inked a record deal. The one-man Vince Johnson Band (previously a two-man duo before member Daniel Clinton passed away in late 2019) has signed an exclusive licensing and distribution agreement with BMG Rights Management and Create Music Group, TMZ reports. As part of the deal, …
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Carrie Underwood is helping her husband Mike Fisher speak publicly about his emotional struggles following her miscarriages. The couple discussed suffering multiple miscarriages in the second episode of their “I Am Second” series. While the country singer, 37, revealed that she had three miscarriages leading up to son Jacob’s birth in January 2019, this is …
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French fashion legend Carine Roitfeld issued a public apology on Wednesday, after an Instagram post of her with black model Anok Yai was slammed as “tone-deaf,” “deeply offensive” and “self-serving.” Earlier this week, as millions of social media users showed their support for the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd’s death, …
When Christopher Rim and Wafa F. Muflahi met seven years ago as undergraduates at Yale, they became close friends, which evolved into a strong working relationship. For the past five years they’ve been colleagues at education and college consulting firm Command Education in Midtown, where Rim’s the CEO and Muflahi’s a partner and senior program …
