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Abel Selaocoe: ‘As an African cellist, I’ve always been looking for a home’ | Classical music

Abel Selaocoe walks into a bar in King’s Cross, London, with a small suitcase and a large, curvaceous silver case. “I’m sorry, sir, but you’re going to have to put that in the cloakroom,” the waitress says. “I can’t – it’s my life,” Selaocoe exclaims, and gives her a winning smile. She tries to insist, and watches, bemused, as he steers both cases into a corner. It is about his life that we are here to talk – his extraordinary journey from growing up in a township outside Johannesburg to becoming a classical cellist of…

‘I’ve gotten beat’ on my ‘Shark Tank’ bets, Mark Cuban admits – TechCrunch

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‘I’ve denied it for years, but Taylor Swift really can write’: Ben Bailey Smith’s honest playlist | Doc Brown

The first single I boughtI used to get a pound pocket money and buy a Milkybar – the chunky one, not the flat one – a can of D&G ginger beer and a copy of the Beano. Then my older sister started spending hers at a record shop on Willesden High Road in north London, where you could get seven-inch singles for 99p. I bought She Makes My Day by Robert Palmer, but I don’t remember why.The song I inexplicably know every lyric toMy dad was obsessed with Bob Dylan so I’m very familiar with pretty much all of his work from…

Apple CEO Tim Cook Rubbishes Report Jony Ive Was ‘Frustrated’ With Him

Apple CEO Tim Cook has rubbished reports claiming that chief design officer Jony Ive quit the company after "being frustrated with Cook's alleged lack of interest in design".In a rare email sent to an NBC News reporter after the Wall Street Journal reported that "Ive had grown frustrated with Cook's leadership and alleged lack of interest in the design production process," the Apple CEO said: "The story is absurd. A lot of the reporting, and certainly the conclusions, just don't match with reality".Cook hardly rebuts news…

Jony Ive no longer works at Apple — for realsies this time

Jony Ive is officially out of Apple, three years after he left the first time according to a new report. Ive previously left Apple to start his own firm in 2019, but was signed on as a consultant immediately. Ive founded LoveFrom and then signed a $100 million contracting deal with Apple. That deal appears to have been for three years, with The New York Times now reporting that the contract has come to an end and that the pair have decided to go their separate ways. The reasons for that haven't been made public, but it…

‘Amber Heard is a gold digger, I’ve known Johnny Depp for years’: Mickey Rourke

Mickey Rourke has said that Amber Heard is a ‘gold digger absolutely’. Mickey is known for playing the role of Whiplash in Iron Man 2. Actor Mickey Rourke who is known for playing the role of Ivan Vanko/Whiplash in Iron Man 2 has called Amber Heard a ‘gold digger’ in a new interview. While talking about her and Johnny Depp's trial, he said that he also faced false allegations in the past and that he knows Johnny for many years. Johnny Depp won the defamation case against Amber on June 1, after a six-week-long trial. Also…

Apple ex-hardware designer, Jony Ive, now free to work with Apple’s rivals

Last updated: July 13th, 2022 at 16:18 UTC+02:00 Apple and Jony Ive are parting ways for good. This development will allow Ive, Apple’s ex-hardware designer, to work with companies that Apple deems as competitors. Jony Ive joined Apple in 1992. He was the leading designer for countless Apple products and contributed to the company’s massive success over the years. However, Jony Ive left the company in 2019 due to friction with Apple’s leadership and CEO Tim Cook. The designer’s frustrations with Apple’s change of…

Apple Ends Consulting Deal With Former Design Chief Jony Ive: Report

Apple Inc has ended a consulting deal with former design chief Jony Ive, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.Citing sources, the newspaper reported that Ive's contract had come up for renewal and the parties agreed not to extend it. Ive, who left Apple in 2019, was a close confidant of the late Chief Executive Steve Jobs and spearheaded design work on the company's candy-colored Mac computers and the iPhone.Apple declined to comment on the report.After departing Apple, Ive remained a consultant for Apple and also…

“I’ve Become One Of Those Old Arseholes…”

Taika Waititi Is The Director Of Thor Love And Thunder ( Photo Credit – Movie Poster ; Wikimedia ) The two biggest phenomena at this point in the entertainment world are Stanger Things Season 4 and Marvel Cinematic Universe’s fresh release Thor: Love And Thunder. One is dominating the OTT space while the other is busy earning big money at the global Box Office. But looks like the Chris Hemsworth starrer’s director Taika Waititi is not really happy with the Millie Bobby Brown starrer as they have taken…