News that Lea Michele is replacing Beanie Feldstein in Broadway’s revival of Funny Girl lit up the internet on Monday. Feldstein, whose performance as Fannie Brice received mixed reviews, abruptly announced she made the “difficult decision” to depart the show two months early as “production decided to take the show in a different direction.” One day later, it was revealed Michele will take over her dream role. Funny Girl will mark Michele’s big return to the spotlight after three years. In… Source link
Read More »Google says Apple ‘should not benefit from bullying’ created by iMessage lock-in
Google has accused Apple of benefiting from bullying as part of a deliberate strategy to make Android users into second-class citizens on the iPhone-maker’s iMessage service. Apple’s messaging service includes a number of iOS-exclusive features, like Memoji, and famously turns texts from Android users green instead of the iOS-native blue. This has turned iMessage into a status symbol among US teens, creating peer pressure for young people to buy iPhones and sometimes leading to the… Source link
Read More »Urban Meyer’s bullying act was never going to work in the NFL
Urban Meyer is a bully. That has been true for a long time. It’s a character trait, if not an outright strategy. In football, especially the college level, it is neither rare nor necessarily negative. It wasn’t for Meyer. It fueled his enormous success — three national titles — far more than any schematic advantage. Urban Meyer wasn’t a play-caller. He was a recruiter, a motivator and a bully. He bullied his players, and bullied his assistant coaches, and bullied administrators, and… Source link
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