Tag: helped

12 SEP

How an institute at the University of Utah has helped entrepreneurs build their startups and raise more than $700 million in funding

Kazi Awal/Insider Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute. Courtesy of Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute University of Utah's Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute helps students launch startups and raise money. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and alumni have access to mentorship and other resources. The university also plans to offer an online master of business creation degree to expand its reach. This article […]

07 SEP

Elizabeth Holmes is asking for a new trial after a star government witness allegedly went to her house last month and said he was losing sleep over his testimony that helped convict her

Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes leaves after a hearing at a federal court in San Jose, California, U.S., July 17, 2019. Reuters/Stephen Lam Elizabeth Holmes has requested a new trial. She was convicted of fraud and conspiracy in a months-long trial that ended in January. Her partner, Billy Evans, says one of the government's star […]

30 AUG

Hobbits and the twin towers: how The Lord of the Rings helped get us through 9/11

When tentative news began to leak, pre-Y2K, that Kiwi director Peter Jackson was making a live-action Lord of the Rings trilogy, legions of longtime LOTR fans (including me — at age 8, The Hobbit was the first novel I finished) were excited, but our enthusiasm was tempered. For one thing, the casting seemed hard to […]

25 MAR

NCIS 2021: Maria Bello speaks out on how she helped construct Sloane’s exit

Forensic Psychologist Jacqueline ‘Jack’ Sloane (played by Maria Bello) was an integral part of the NCIS team until very recently. Following her touching final appearance at the start of March, Bello has revealed she had a hand in how her character would eventually leave the popular CBS series. Maria Bello has shed more light on […]

22 DEC

How The Mandalorian Helped Set Precedent for a Rise of Skywalker Twist

RELATED STORIES The following contains spoilers from both The Mandalorian Episode 7 (which Disney+ released on Dec. 18) and the newly released motion picture Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Some who watched The Mandalorian‘s penultimate Season 1 episode this week may have raised an eyebrow when the Child (aka “Baby Yoda”) employed the Force […]

10 JAN

A photographer hired by Fiji Water helped create the viral ‘Fiji Water Girl’ meme because no one was drinking the bottled water at the Golden Globes

Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for FIJI Water “Fiji Water Girl” stole the show on the red carpet Sunday at the Golden Globes.  Many people may not have realized that the photographer who caught the photo-bombing model carrying Fiji Water was actually commissioned to photograph the Golden Globes by the bottled water brand.  While the photographer was […]

18 DEC

Steele dossier’s main claims ‘likely false,’ admits journalist who helped launch Russiagate

The explosive dossier that fueled Russiagate and served as justification for snooping on a top Trump aide contains numerous claims that are “likely false,” according to one of the first journalists to report on the document. Read more Michael Isikoff, whose report on alleged Trump-Russia links was cited extensively by the FBI to secure a […]