Mike Blake/Reuters Snap CEO Evan Spiegel received a massive payout in 2017, being awarded $ 638 million in stock and compensation the year the firm went public. That’s probably a higher payout than any other chief executive in the US, data firm Equilar told The Financial Times. That’s astonishing given Snap lost $ 720 million […]
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Evan Spiegel’s 15-year roadmap for Snapchat is so good, it convinced an early employee to ignore his family’s advice and take the job
During an interview at Business Insider’s IGNITION conference in New York Nick Bell, Snapchat’s VP of Content, explains how Evan Spiegel sold him on Snapchat. The following is a transcript of the video. Alyson Shontell: You know him better than anyone in this room. Evan Spiegel has been compared to Steve Jobs, Picasso…people wonder if he is the next […]
‘The Pirates Of Somalia’ Trailer: Evan Peters Gets In Over His Head
Evan Peters and his fake beard might be in trouble in The Pirates of Somalia trailer. In the drama inspired by a true story, Peters plays a journalist who hopes to investigate Somali pirates, only to get more than he bargained for. The new film from The Bronze director Bryan Buckley also stars a very sleepy looking Al Pacino […]
Performer of the Week: Evan Peters
THE PERFORMER|Evan Peters THE SHOW|American Horror Story: Cult THE EPISODE | “Charles (Manson) in Charge” (Nov. 7, 2017) THE PERFORMANCE| All season, Peters has amazed and appalled with his portrayal of Kai Anderson, the visceral embodiment of “the passion of the angry white man,” as a friend of sister Winter’s called it (shortly before he […]
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel threw shade at Facebook’s most sacred business rule (SNAP, FB)
Illustration adapted from Bruce Turner/Flickr Snapchat’s Evan Spiegel doesn’t appear to believe in Facebook’s famous motto of “move fast and break things.” The Snap CEO recently threw shade at Mark Zuckerberg’s early mantra, which has seeped out of the tech industry and into pop culture through TV shows like HBO’s “Silicon Valley.” “One of the things […]
‘The Boys’ Will Bash in Some Superhero Skulls on Amazon; Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg Still on Board
After years of jumping between the big and the small screens, and of being bounced from network to network like a troubled child in an ’80s movie, The Boys has found a new home. The television adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson‘s anti-superhero comic is now being developed at Amazon, where it could receive a […]
American Horror Story: Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters' Cult Characters Revealed
Two American Horror Story alumni found romance so nice, they’re doing it twice. Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters, who played a doomed husband and wife in the anthology series’ Roanoke season, will be love interests in the next chapter, Cult. Creator Ryan Murphy recently announced the news via Instagram. In his post, Murphy revealed that the mainstays’ characters, Ally and […]
Tony Awards 2017: Kevin Spacey Spoofs Evan Hansen, Jokes About 'Coming Out' During Opening
Kevin Spacey briefly traded the White House for the Great White Way on Sunday as host of the 71st Annual Tony Awards on CBS. Spacey’s opening number — a self-deprecating montage of songs about how he knows he was no one’s first choice to host — opened with him dressed as the titular character from […]
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and supermodel Miranda Kerr got married in an ‘intimate affair’ on Saturday (SNAP)
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel and supermodel Miranda Kerr have officially tied the knot. The pair got married at their home in Brentwood, California, on Saturday, according to E! News, who spoke to people who attended the ceremony. E! reports that the wedding was an “intimate affair,” with fewer than 50 people in attendance, most of […]
‘Sweat,’ ‘Dear Evan Hansen,’ and More: Here Are 2017’s Tony Nominees
After a live stream — announced by Jane Krakowski and Christopher Jackson — earlier this morning, the list of 2017 Tony nominees is complete, and it features, you’ll never guess: shows! And actors! Only one of the shows (Groundhog Day the Musical) nominated in the musical category also falls into the “Adaptation of a Film That Maybe Didn’t Need […]