Alyssa Milano, who has roused thousands of women to speak out about their experiences of sexual harassment and assault, joined #MeToo movement creator Tarana Burke on Wednesday to call for more change after TIME revealed its 2017 Person of the Year: “The Silence Breakers.”
Milano and Burke met for the first time on the Today show after TIME chose as its Person of the Year the people around the world who shared their experiences with sexual assault and harassment, including those who did so as part of the #MeToo movement.
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For Democrats who tuned into Thursday night’s debate looking to calm their worries about President Joe Biden’s age and acuity, they came away with zero remedy. Within 10 minutes of the CNN-hosted event’s start, some of even Biden’s most loyal supporters found themselves asking if the nomination was, in fact, settled.
Full Name: Carl Celian Icahn
Profession: Investor and Business Magnate
Biography: A billionaire, Icahn made his fortune on Wall Street as one of the most notorious corporate raiders of the 1980s. Later he became a hedge fund manager well known as an activist shareholder and investor.
A favoured tactic of Icahn's is to "greenmail" companies into making radical changes or restructuring under the threat of a takeover. Such changes once announced often ensures a large increase in the target company's share price allowing Icahn to sell his stocks in the company at a significant profit.
If you’re like many women, your purse weighs somewhere in the neighborhood of six pounds—if not more. That overstuffed tote isn’t just getting in your way: It could actually be a danger to your health, says Dr. Sabrina Strickland, an orthopedic surgeon at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
“When you carry a heavy bag on your shoulder, you kind of have to lift [your shoulder] or lean over to the other side, otherwise it’s going to fall right off,” Strickland says.
Every year, Broadway brings an exciting group of emerging talents to the spotlight. This new season of theatrical talent and innovators are certain to wow audiences everywhere. Last year’s 10 Broadway Stars to Watch honored Jessica Stone of “Kimberly Akimbo” and Tony winner J. Harrison Ghee from “Some Like It Hot.” And in 2020, although Broadway was closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Variety honored Tony winner Michael R. Jackson, the writer and composer of the musical “A Strange Loop,” director Schele Williams and stage manager and producer Cody Renard Richard.