People share the worst of LinkedIn, from ‘humble brags’ about money to cringe-worthy speeches

LinkedSin! Users shame the worst posts they’ve spotted from a recruiter who boasted his candidates can now ‘afford a decent Christmas’ to an exec who ‘forgot’ ordering a £12,750 Rolex People have shared the ‘worst’ posts spotted on networking platform LinkedIn  US and UK-based people boasted about wealth and how successful they were Recruiter bragged … Read more

Oscars 2021: Musical director Questlove explains why no winners’ speeches had play-off music

 Best Director   Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round David Fincher – Mank Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Chloé Zhao – Nomadland – WINNER Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman   Best Actor in a Leading Role Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal   Anthony Hopkins – The Father – WINNER Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom  … Read more

Oscars 2021: Questlove explains why no winner speeches had no music playing winners off

 Best Director   Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round David Fincher – Mank Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Chloé Zhao – Nomadland – WINNER Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman   Best Actor in a Leading Role Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal   Anthony Hopkins – The Father – WINNER Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom  … Read more

Oscars 2021 bosses confirm Zoom speeches and hoodies are banned from Covid-safe ceremony

Bosses for the 2021 Academy Awards have confirmed that this year’s ceremony won’t see any of its winners accept their prizes via. Zoom, as plans for an intimate in-person celebration were revealed on Thursday.  The ceremony, set to take place on April 25, will be strictly limited to nominees, presenters and their guests at Union … Read more

The Oscars announce that Zoom speeches ‘will not be an option’ for those uneasy about traveling

The Oscars ceremony next month will be an intimate, in-person gathering, limited to nominees, presenters and their guests at Union Station in Los Angeles. In an email sent to nominees on Thursday, attendees were informed there ‘will not be an option to Zoom in for the show’ amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  Guests also must adhere to … Read more

Meghan Markle may ‘pedal back’ on woke speeches, royal expert claims

Meghan Markle may ‘pedal back’ on some of her more woke speeches after realising it puts Prince Harry’s relationship with his family at risk, a royal expert has claimed. The Duchess of Sussex, 39, has recently been outspoken on a range of hot-button  issues including the addictive nature of social media, Black Lives Matter and voter … Read more

Meghan and Harry will earn fees of ‘only’ $250k to $400k for speeches

Meghan and Harry will earn fees of ‘only’ $250k to $400k for speeches because ‘level of control’ requested by the couple will ‘put clients off’ The couple’s fee was originally estimated to be around $1million for each speech International consultant has shattered this prediction in a leaked contract from  Event creator warned that organisations will … Read more

Speeches of US politicians ‘have the reading age of a 13-year-old’

Congressional speeches made by US politicians have become simpler since the 1970s and only require the reading age of a 13-year-old to be followed, study found. Computer scientists from Kansas State University analysed two million congressional speeches from Republican and Democrat politicians made between 1873 and 2010.  Text analysis algorithms were used to examine how congressional … Read more