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4 May, 2013

Jamie Foxx interview

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Winfrey interviews Jamie Foxx  and talks about being a SNL host and his music career.

In different forms at different times. When I’m in the studio, I’m completely focused on music. But it’s tough for me when I’m with other musicians, as it makes me think of my childhood. When I was younger, I was funny, but I really only wanted to be a recording artist. I just didn’t get the chance – until recently.

Jamie Foxx's Life-Changing Lessons | Oprah's Next Chapter | Oprah Winfrey Network

3 May, 2013

Learns about allegations

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One day before the end of classes, Nungesser receives two new accusations. The first is from Natalie, a former girlfriend alleging he had emotionally and sexually abused her for the duration of that relationship. The second is from Josie, who claims that in April 2012, he had tried to kiss her at a party. Josie had written off the incident as drunken aggression, but after a mutual friend of hers and Nungesser’s tells her that he was participating in a hearing panel related to sexual assault, she contacts the Office of Gender-Based and Sexual Misconduct. She says she remembered thinking:

What if I wasn’t as tall and strong as I am? What if I was really drunk? Those ideas made me very scared for other women.

The Office sends Nungesser an email instructing him to vacate his room at ADP the next day “to ensure the safety of all the parties involved in this matter” and move to another dorm for the few remaining days of the school year.

Jason Collins interview

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Winfrey interviews Jason Collins on Oprah’s Next Chapter. Winfrey questions Collins about being the first openly gay active pro athlete and coming out to his brother. 

It’s pretty light we try to make each other laugh. Were brothers. He was just very serious and he said I’m gay. Just like that, I’m gay.

How Jason Collins Came Out to His Twin Brother | Oprah's Next Chapter | Oprah Winfrey Network

2 May, 2013

New York Times feature

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The newspaper profiles the firm’s Demo Day, speaking with Graham, Altman, and Livingston about the company’s strategy for picking startups to support. Graham:

Imagine an assembly line where Facebooks and Googles come along every few years. You can either pick that cookie off the assembly line or not. If you pick it off, it’s market price, which varies. But if you don’t pick it off, you’re out of the game.

The Talks interview

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Ellis gives an interview to The Talks. He discusses seeing a dead body, problems with drugs, and his Twitter.

I just have these random opinions about movies or bands or what I am listening to and they end up floating on my little Twitter page and that’s it. I just have this abstract notion that I have 350,000 followers. But what does that mean? I never tweet at people. I’m not a bully. I just have these thoughts. A lot of people do insult others. I get those tweets constantly where people are like, “You are a douche bag!” “You suck!” or “You haven’t been relevant in years!” I get those all the time. A hundred of them a day. I’ve never done that in my life.

Essence cover

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serenaWilliams appears on the cover of Essence magazine to discuss her big butt and being the number one tennis player in the world.

It can be a bit weird. Before it was, ‘Serena has a big butt,’ and that was all. Now there are way more people who feel comfortable with themselves and they’re saying, ‘I’m a woman, and this is what I look like.’ I always say, ‘We’re popular now! We’re finally in style!

1 May, 2013

Kutcher, Oseary interview

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Kutcher and OSeary talk about A-Grade, and confirm that the fund has raised money at a $100 million valuation. Kutcher:

Yeah, that’s true.

On the amount raised:

Enough.

Kutcher says they are bundling existing investments and formalizing them in the fund, and are heavily focused on social products like Airbnb and services-based companies like Zaarly.

Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary of A-Grade | Disrupt NY 2013 Fireside Chat

Kutcher tells Arrington: ‘Fuck off’

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Arrington and Kutcher exchange banter onstage at Disrupt NY. Arrington:

I’ve never gotten to interview you without getting told to f-ck off

Kutcher:

You always say something that deserves a good ‘Fuck off’ early on

Arrington:

My favorite movie that you’ve been in … Dude Where’s My Car was funny

Kutcher:

Fuck off

Ashton Kutcher to Mike Arrington 'F@*k Off!' | Disrupt NY 2013

2013

Disrupt 2013 interview

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Arrington interviews Conway, Lee, and Pokorny about where the innovations are in tech.

Lee:

I would actually say in the last 12-18 months ideas are bigger, bolder, more ambitious…

Those include things like drone companies, and scientific research.

Conway:

We just in the last six months have [identified] two new target sectors to invest…education and the internet of things

He says the company is looking at ‘hardware devices communicating constantly with the web’, and says SV Angel is ‘defining’ the new sector of health informatics.

Lee:

The basic idea is if you think about the explosion of genomic medical information, all the medical data that is now being digitized…I think there’s now a chance to turn biology itself into a [tech sector]

Pokorny:

I’m still bullish on consumer innovation

SV Angel | Disrupt NY 2013 Fireside Chat

NKD cover

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avan-jogia-nkd-magazine-may-2013-cover-guyJogia appears on the cover of the May 2013 issue of NKD magazine. He talks about his role in Twisted, Pretty Little Liars, and being in the industry.

I’m an actor. It’s my job and it’s also my passion. With this kind of job, you either become a celebrity or a public figure, and some actors don’t know how to deal with that. If I’m going to be in the limelight, I rather not talk about bubble gum or my favorite snack. If you don’t talk about what you stand for, problems remain and nothing gets solved.

British GQ cover

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emma-watson-covers-british-gq-new1Watson appears on the cover of the May 2013 issue of British GQ magazine. She talks about her character in Bling Bling, choosing to do Bling Bling, and a role she doesn’t want to play.

Really I was open-minded about doing anything, but the one thing I didn’t want to do was get myself into a corset because I was worried I’d never get out again.

The Art of Wrestling interview

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Devitt is a guest on The Art of Wrestling to discuss indy wrestling, Japan and American styles coming to Japanese wrestling.

It used to be very wrestler A vs. wrestler B in like very much a shoot fight style. Now I think the American style is coming over more and more.

WrestlingInc.com interview

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Booker T discusses winning the WWE King of the Ring tournament and becoming King Booker:

I was like, I’m going to act like a king if I become King Booker. I thought about it and I studied the Pope, the King of Scotland just as far as people to watch. I just took on a different persona that people could remember forever more. With everybody that won the King of the Ring, they’re not going to think about them first, they’re going to think about King Booker. Then, they’re going to think about who (else) won the King of the Ring.