Lisa Kudrow will host the Open Minds Gala, an event that recognizes those who raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health issues, set for March 22 at the Beverly Hilton. Demi Lovato will be among the honorees at The Jane and Terry Semel Institute’s biannual Open Minds Gala, which recognizes those who raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health issues.
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Demi Lovato to Be Honored for Mental Health Advocacy
Lisa Kudrow will host the Open Minds Gala, an event that recognizes those who raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health issues, set for March 22 at the Beverly Hilton. Demi Lovato will be among the honorees at The Jane and Terry Semel Institute’s biannual Open Minds Gala, which recognizes those who raise awareness and reduce the stigma of mental health issues.
PwC accountants responsible for Oscars mixup won’t be allowed back, Academy says
This Feb. 26, 2017 file photo shows Martha L. Ruiz, left, and Brian Cullinan from PricewaterhouseCoopers at the Oscars in Los Angeles. , and accountant on the other side of the stage, Martha L. Ruiz, has also been deemed responsible.
PwC accountants involved in Oscar flub won’t return
The two PricewaterhouseCoopers accountants at the center of Sunday’s best picture fiasco have worked their final Oscars ceremony, an Academy spokesperson said. Martha Ruiz and Brian Cullinan will remain partners at PwC but will no longer be on the firm’s team working for the Academy, according to a source with knowledge of the matter.
PwC: ‘We failed the Academy’ in best picture mess up
PricewaterhouseCoopers has taken “full responsibility” for the mistakes and “breaches of established protocols” that led to “La La Land” mistakenly being named best picture at the Oscars on Sunday night in one of the most infamous gaffes in the show’s history. In a statement released Monday evening, the firm confirmed that PwC managing partner Brian Cullinan “mistakenly handed the back-up envelope for Actress in a Leading Role instead of the envelope for Best Picture to presenters Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway.”
A minute-by-minute look at the Oscars snafu The scene: Hollywood’s Dolby Theater.
When the wrong winner for best picture was read Sunday night, it caused mayhem and resulted in the biggest Oscars error of all time. 7:48 p.m. EST/4:48 p.m. PST – PricewaterhouseCoopers tweets a photo of representatives Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz on the red carpet.
Oscars 2017: Tweeting accountant blamed for Best Picture goof-up
Prior to learning of a presentation error, ‘La La Land’ producers Marc Platt , Jordan Horowitz and Fred Berger accept the Best Picture award for ‘La La Land’ onstage during the 89th Annual Academy Awards at Hollywood & Highland Center on February 26, 2017 in Hollywood, California. Pic/AFP Los Angeles: An accountant for the Academy Awards botched the meticulous procedure for announcing the Oscar for best picture when he handed victory to “La La Land” before declaring “Moonlight” the real winner, PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Monday.
Tweeting accountant blamed for Oscar blunder
Brian Cullinan and Martha Ruiz of PWC confer on stage after the Best Picture was mistakenly awarded to “La La Land” instead of “Moonlight”. Photo: Reuters An accountant for the Academy Awards botched the meticulous procedure for announcing the Oscar for best picture when he handed victory to La La Land before declaring Moonlight the real winner, PricewaterhouseCoopers said on Monday .
PwC’s hard-won reputation under threat after Oscars mix-up
… 2014. Ruiz, a 19-year veteran at PwC who specializes in providing tax compliance and advisory services to entertainment clients in southern California, joined Cullinan as the Oscars balloting co-leader in 2015. In a promotional video on the …
PricewaterhouseCoopers Apologizes for Oscars Best Picture Mix-up
The 89th Oscars came to a stunning end last night when Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway announced that La La Land had won Best Picture. The cast of the crew had come on stage to accept the award, but it was then made clear that Beatty and Dunaway had read opened the wrong envelope and Moonlight was the actual winner.
Oscar’s Best Picture Screwup: The Real Story, As Pricewaterhouse Takes Blame
UPDATE with PricewaterhouseCoopers statement: The Best Picture gaffe that marred tonight’s Oscar broadcast was caused by a doppelganger Best Actress envelope mistaken for the night’s final prize caused the unprecedented screw-up that temporarily bestowed the top trophy to La La Land instead of rightful winner Moonlight . Accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers confirmed just now that the fault was theirs: We sincerely apologize to Moonlight, La La Land, Warren Beatty , Faye Dunaway , and Oscar viewers for the error that was made during the award announcement for Best Picture.
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (LOW) Stake Held by Fifth Third Bancorp
Fifth Third Bancorp maintained its position in shares of Lowe’s Companies, Inc. during the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 553,684 shares of the home improvement retailer’s stock at the end of the fourth quarter.
Former treasury head Ken Henry attacks political system
Former federal treasury head Ken Henry has lashed out at the political and media dysfunction that he says has led to reform paralysis. The National Australia Bank chairman told a conference in Canberra that “politicians have dug themselves into deep trenches from which they fire insults designed merely to cause political embarrassment”.
Analyst’s Rated Stock: Bank of America Corporation
Bank of America Corporation disclosed in a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission that Director WHITE MICHAEL D has acquired 25,000 shares of Bank of America Corporation in trading session dated November 21, 2016. The difference between the estimated and actual earnings was $0.02 per share.
Community Garden to kick off 2017 season
Photo provided by Geoffrey Howard It is still mid-winter, but this photo from a previous season shows what will be … soon. – The Warwick Community Garden will launch its eighth season with its annual pre-season planning and orientation get-together at the Warwick Valley Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 18, at 11 a.m. The meeting is open to current members, new members and folks who just want to check it out.
Larry Summers: Trump administrationa s grousing more like an East…
Many business people think it is wonderful that we have a new administration in Washington filled with people from business backgrounds. To a point, I relate.
Gary Cohn Emerges From Trump Shadows Touting Dodd-Frank Overhaul
President Donald Trump’s economic policies have a new public face, and it belongs to a balding Wall Street banker barely a month out of the No. 2 job at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Gary Cohn, who left Goldman’s glass-and-steel lower Manhattan headquarters for a West Wing office with enormous potential clout, is taking on an expanded role as he fills a gap while the new administration waits to seat its Treasury Secretary.
Dating app pairs people who hate the same things
Hater allows people to bond over all the other things they hate. Buzz60’s Amanda Kabbabe has the details.
ICICI Prudential Life Q3 net up 3.3% at Rs 450 cr20 min ago
New Delhi, Jan 24 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance today reported 3.3 per cent rise in net profit to Rs 450 crore for the December quarter of the current fiscal. The net premium income of the company rose 28.9 per cent to Rs 5,698 crore during the third quarter of 2016-17, as against Rs 4,420 crore a year ago, as per its regulatory filing.
Wells Fargo & Company MN Raises Position in FARO Technologies, Inc.
Wells Fargo & Company MN boosted its stake in shares of FARO Technologies, Inc. by 8.8% during the third quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The institutional investor owned 7,555 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 613 shares during the period.
Trump and his companies ‘owe more than $1.4 billion’, says Wall Street Journal
The revelation has prompted renewed concern about a potential conflict of interests minefield when President-elect Donald Trump takes office in two weeks’ time. Photo/ AP Debt “connected” to the President-elect’s companies adding up to more than US$1 billion is owed to more than 150 financial institutions, the Wall Street Journal reported overnight.
Democrats are already building a case against Trumpa s pick to lead Treasury Department
Steven Mnuchin, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury, arrives at Trump Tower in New York on Dec. 12. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Treasury Department is likely to face a contentious confirmation battle centered on his purchase of a failed subprime mortgage lender that repeatedly has been accused of wrongful foreclosures. The formal vetting process for Steven T. Mnuchin, who served as Trump’s campaign finance chairman and worked at investment bank Goldman Sachs for nearly two decades, has not yet begun.
‘Stop thinking of the market as a whole and think of it as a market of stocks.’
There are very few profit-takers in this market, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Wednesday, and with so little overhead resistance, stocks still have a lot more room to run. How can the dramatic rise of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since the election be justified? Cramer said that if you look at each stock individually, you’ll see that there are many reasons not to sell.
‘Stop thinking of the market as a whole and think of it as a market of stocks.’
There are very few profit-takers in this market, Jim Cramer told his Mad Money viewers Wednesday, and with so little overhead resistance, stocks still have a lot more room to run. How can the dramatic rise of the Dow Jones Industrial Average since the election be justified? Cramer said that if you look at each stock individually, you’ll see that there are many reasons not to sell.