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If there is one Superstar that does not need any introduction, it’s Brock Lesnar. “The Beast Incarnate” is arguably one of the most dominating pro wrestlers of all time. With a diverse career, Lesnar has dominated in every industry he has set foot into. Brock Lesnar- Net Worth 2023Being in the industry for long enough, Lesnar has gathered massive wealth for himself. Currently, he has an estimated net worth of $25 million. [Read More]

Global development This article is more than 10 months oldExtreme poverty could be eradicated globally by 2050 – reportThis article is more than 10 months oldHigher growth should mean stable employment and wages, with low- and middle-income countries seeing biggest improvements The end of extreme poverty may finally be achieved by 2050, spurred by economic growth in low-income countries, according to a new economic forecast. Though the Covid pandemic began to reverse progress in eradicating extreme poverty, and additional challenges will emerge, the damage may have a very limited impact on the overall trajectory of economic growth, according to a Center for Global Development (CGD) report. [Read More]

Nearly 6,000 independent artists submitted to this year's Tiny Desk Contest with high hopes of performing behind the same Desk that's been graced by artists like Taylor Swift, Usher and Yo-Yo Ma. Today, Morning Edition announced the winner: Little Moon, a band from Springville, Utah. Much like the story behind it, the band's winning entry, "Wonder Eye," has distinct phases. It begins with artist Emma Hardyman quietly plucking a guitar before her voice builds and the six-person band — Emma Hardyman, plus bassist Nathan Hardyman, keys player Bly Wallentine, harpist Bridget Jackson, drummer Chris Shemwell and electric guitarist Grace Johnson — erupts with a force of sound. [Read More]

“One minute you’re on top of the world. The next minute some secretary is running you over with a lawn mower.” This was quite possibly the most action-packed, darkly comic and confounding episodes of “Mad Men” yet. I’ve been trying to sort it out for two days now and I still don’t have many conclusions about “Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency.” From the title on down, it’s a rip-snorter. [Read More]

Manager repped Olivier, Beatty, Davis Talent agent and personal manager Mimi Weber died May 16 of an aneurysm in Los Angeles. She was 80. Weber began her career in 1958 at MCA in New York, representing clients including Laurence Olivier, Warren Beatty, Bette Davis and Cary Grant. She became a personal manager in 1961 and represented actors including George Maharis, Myrna Loy, Harry Guardino, Nick Nolte and Pam Dawber. She worked with up and coming performers as well as established stars, and was instrumental in launching Nolte’s career by helping to get him cast in the “Rich Man, Poor Man” mini-series. [Read More]

The Iron Claw, Rocky, A League of Their Own This story was originally published on January 29, 2019. It has been updated with new movies, including The Iron Claw. It is strange that sports movies are considered a genre since, all told, they really are just a setting. It’s like saying that “desert movies” are a genre, or “ocean movies” are. The best sports movies are independent of the sport they’re depicting, with universal stories that should appeal to anyone whether they love the sport or not. [Read More]

FictionReviewJay Parini is swept along by a US prizewinner of deathbed memoriesIt will surprise few readers of Tinkers, a Pulitzer prize-winning first novel, that Paul Harding was a student of Marilynne Robinson, who won a Pulitzer for Gilead in 2005. Robinson swept us into the thoughts of a dying old man with deep spiritual resources. Harding does much the same, taking us through the wandering memories of George Washington Crosby. The novel might have been called As He Lay Dying. [Read More]

Goodbye, angels. “The Idol” — or at least its first season — came to a conclusion after five episodes on Sunday night, but not without the usual dose of darkly sexual ups and downs for its jewel-eyed, rat-tailed stars. Titled “Jocelyn Forever,” the episode begins with Jocelyn (Lily-Rose Depp) at her home, working on a song with prolific Mike Dean (played by himself). As she sings lyrics Tedros (Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye) prompted her to write — “My kinda love / Force me, choke me ’till I pass out” — it becomes clear that the ex-pimp’s coke habit has caught up to him. [Read More]