The Oracle of Omaha has become a streaming star. Warren Buffett , whose Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate’s moves are closely followed by the investment community, presides over the company’s annual meeting each spring. While every company has a shareholder event, Berkshire’s is something different. With 40,000 fervent attendees, it is equal parts financial forum, convention, rally and county fair. Held in non-pandemic times in the company’s Nebraska home base Omaha, it yields insights from the 90-year-old billionaire about his company’s portfolio and the broader markets. Yahoo Finance will have exclusive global streaming rights to the 2021 meeting, its sixth straight year in that arrangement. This year’s edition, on May 1, will be virtual as it was in 2020 due to ongoing safety concerns about Covid-19. Buffett and other executives are set to appear online from an LA staging ground. Editor-in-chief Andy Serwer will be one of the few outsiders allowed in, and will conduct … [Read more...] about Warren Buffet’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Becomes Streaming Draw For Verizon’s Growing Yahoo Finance
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Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Becomes Streaming Draw For Verizon’s Growing Yahoo Finance
The Oracle of Omaha has become a streaming star. Warren Buffett , whose Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate’s moves are closely followed by the investment community, presides over the company’s annual meeting each spring. While every company has a shareholder event, Berkshire’s is something different. With 40,000 fervent attendees, it is equal parts financial forum, convention, rally and county fair. Held in non-pandemic times in the company’s Nebraska home base Omaha, it yields insights from the 90-year-old billionaire about his company’s portfolio and the broader markets. Yahoo Finance will have exclusive global streaming rights to the 2021 meeting, its sixth straight year in that arrangement. This year’s edition, on May 1, will be virtual as it was in 2020 due to ongoing safety concerns about Covid-19. Buffett and other executives are set to appear online from an LA staging ground. Editor-in-chief Andy Serwer will be one of the few outsiders allowed in, and will conduct … [Read more...] about Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting Becomes Streaming Draw For Verizon’s Growing Yahoo Finance
Lil Duval Comedy Special ‘Living My Best Life’ Set For VOD Release
EXCLUSIVE: Allblk , AMC Networks’ popular streaming service for Black TV and film, has teamed with sister brand, RLJE Films, for the VOD release of Lil Duval ’s Living My Best Life comedy special. In his first stand-up special, based on his successful 2018 single “Smile (Living My Best Life)”, Duval takes an intimate and hilarious look at life, sex, relationships and more. Filmed before a star-studded, live audience in Atlanta, GA, the hourlong special also features appearances from actress Bresha Webb (NBC’s Marlon ), comedians Gary “G Thang” Johnson and Navaris “Navv” Greene, and social media star Pretty Vee. Lil Duval’s Living My Best Life premieres on VOD outlets Tuesday, May 4. It will stream exclusively on Allblk later this summer. Related Story Eddie Murphy Tells Kevin Hart: "The Plan Is To Do" More Stand-Up Born Roland Powell in the Florida county that inspired his stage name, Lil Duval has appeared in several films and TV shows including Meet … [Read more...] about Lil Duval Comedy Special ‘Living My Best Life’ Set For VOD Release
Tiffany Haddish & Billy Crystal Pic ‘Here Today’ Acquired By Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films; Spring Release Set
EXCLUSIVE: The Tiffany Haddish and Billy Crystal dramedy Here Today has been picked up by Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films and will open in theaters on May 7. Crystal directed the movie, repping his eighth time directing and his third on a feature film. Crystal co-wrote the screenplay with his fellow Saturday Night Live alum and Emmy-award winning writer Alan Zweibel inspired by the short story The Prize also written by Zweibel. Here Today follows veteran comedy writer Charlie Burnz (Crystal), who is going through a tough time in his life. He meets New York singer Emma Payge (Haddish) and they form an unlikely yet hilarious and touching friendship that kicks the generation gap aside and redefines the meaning of love and trust. Zweibel published his original short story The Prize in his eBook From the Bottom Drawer of: Alan Zweibel in 2011. He and Crystal decided to adapt the short story into a screenplay with Haddish in mind to play Emma … [Read more...] about Tiffany Haddish & Billy Crystal Pic ‘Here Today’ Acquired By Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions’ Stage 6 Films; Spring Release Set
Adam Perkins Dies: ‘Welcome To Chili’s’ Viral Vine Star Was 24
Adam Perkins , the Vine creator, performer and musician who achieved an unlikely fame in 2015 for a three-second video in which he enthusiastically exclaimed “Hi, welcome to Chili’s!” while clad only in boxer shorts, died Sunday of undisclosed causes. He was 24. His death was confirmed on Instagram by his twin brother Patrick Perkins. “I can’t even really put into words what this loss means for me,” Patrick wrote. “I’m often asked the question, ‘what’s it like to be a twin?’ and my response is usually, ‘what’s it like to NOT be a twin?’…it’s all i’ve known. And i’m struggling to find the words to explain what it will be like for me to live in this world without him.” For a generation once devoted to the now-defunct blink-and-miss-them Vine clips, Adam Perkins was a familiar and widely shared touchstone. His Chili’s clip is reported to have racked up more than 20 million views in a year, launching scores of remixes, spoofs and tributes on the platform. He was followed … [Read more...] about Adam Perkins Dies: ‘Welcome To Chili’s’ Viral Vine Star Was 24