Author: Alex Maschino

After admitting she was interested in The Golden Bachelorette runner-up Guy Gansert, Kelly Bensimon claimed his costar Pascal Ibgui recently slid into her DMs. “Pascal, another guy on The Golden Bachelorette, slid into my DMs,” Kelly shared on the Tuesday, April 8, episode of the “Ben & Ashley I Almost Famous” podcast, before admitting to hosts Ben Higgins and Ashley Iaconetti that she didn’t watch the first season of the reality dating series which premiered in September 2024. “It’s actually very entertaining.” The Real Housewives of New York alum explained how Ibgui introduced himself to her by attempting to relay…

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 The Houston Astros made the postseason for an eighth consecutive season after finishing with a record of 88-73 and winning the American League West.Although the Astros made yet another playoff appearance, their streak of seven straight American League Championship Series appearances ended as they lost to the Detroit Tigers in the wild-card round.The Astros have had an interesting offseason as they traded outfielder Kyle Tucker to the Chicago Cubs and could potentially lose third baseman Alex Bregman as a free agent.While things may look questionable for the current Astros team, they did get some good news as an organization as…

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Here is where things stand on Wednesday, 9 April: Fighting The Ministry of Defence in Moscow said its units intercepted and destroyed 23 Ukrainian drones overnight on the border in Russia’s Kursk and Belgorod regions. The ministry also said Russian forces mounted a shock attack and recaptured the village of Guyevo in Kursk, which had been held by Ukrainian troops since August 2024. Moscow said it carried out air and artillery strikes on Ukrainian troops inside Russian territory, pushing Kyiv’s soldiers back towards the border. Ukrainian forces attacked two Russian energy facilities in the past 24 hours despite a mutually…

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The typical CEO spends their time attending meetings, strategizing with their board, and, in the case of the boss of semiconductor giant ASML, batting off questions about how to get to where he is. It’s an understandable query. As CEO of the Fortune 500 Europe lithography group, Christophe Fouquet is in charge of one of the most strategically important companies in the world. His €3.5 million ($3.6 million) pay packet last year, and more in accumulated stock options, doesn’t temper the envy either. But speaking to Norges Bank Investment Management CEO Nicolai Tangen on his In Good Company podcast, Fouquet…

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The White Lotus’ Sam Nivola is explaining Lochlan Ratliff’s near-brush with death. In the Sunday, April 6, season 3 finale, Nivola’s character made a protein shake using a blender that his father, Timothy (Jason Isaacs), previously used to make a round of poisoned piña coladas to give to his family (except Lochlan). While Timothy ultimately didn’t give the toxic fruit-infused cocktails to his wife and kids, Lochlan used the same blender to make himself a protein shake the following morning without rinsing it out first. In an interview on the Monday, April 7, episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy…

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Island Records has promoted Marshall Nolan to Executive Vice President, Head of Commercial Strategy, the Universal Music Group label announced Tuesday (April 8).The appointment comes after Nolan’s significant contributions to campaigns for Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter, Island Records said.Nolan joined Universal Music Group in 2022. In his new role, he will continue to oversee streaming, physical, and direct-to-consumer strategies, reporting to Island’s Co-Chairmen and CEOs Imran Majid and Justin Eshak.During his tenure at Island Records, Nolan helped modernize the label’s e-commerce, physical product, and indie retail strategies by focusing on commercial marketing. He was recently recognized as Billboard’s Executive…

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The White Lotus‘ Aimee Lou Wood is still processing her character Chelsea’s fate after that shocking season 3 finale. During the Sunday, April 6, finale of the hit HBO series, Chelsea and Rick (Walton Goggins) died as a result of his decisions in Thailand. “It’s weird,” Wood, 31, admitted at a post-finale panel. “Because for about two weeks before we shot it, I felt super weird. It was, like, this odd, ominous thing that was just hanging over us.” Knowing where Chelsea would end up clouded Wood’s performance. “I didn’t expect it to feel like that for such a long…

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