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Celina Tolbert celebrated her 30th birthday at a chateau.
  • Celina Tolbert threw a fantasy-themed 30th birthday at a French chateau for $2,500.
  • Guests' costumes and the party's decorations followed a "magical fantasy forest" theme.
  • Celina celebrated with 21 friends, and saw the party as her version of a wedding.

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Sara Perelli-Minetti runs an executive compensation coaching company and suggests candidates use live calls to gather context when negotiating salaries.
  • Compensation coach Sara Perelli-Minetti advises job seekers to use live calls to get context about an offer.
  • Perelli-Minetti said candidates should then follow up with an email when making their ask.
  • Job seekers should never

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Anne Hathaway films "The Devil Wears Prada 2" in New York City.
  • Vintage Coach briefcases are having a moment.
  • Anne Hathaway carried one in "The Devil Wears Prada 2," and Coach fans are bringing them to work.
  • Shoppers say the bags, which can be 40 years old, are timeless, practical, and of superior quality.

Simone Chavoor was tired of walking into work with an


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Dietitian Josie Porter only takes supplements if and when she needs them.
  • The dietitian Josie Porter only takes supplements if and when she needs them.
  • Porter was no longer working out to failure so reasoned she didn't need to supplement creatine.
  • She advocates for "sensible" supplement use and shifts her stack when her routine changes.

Josie Porter is always reassessing her supplement


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SpaceX's valuation has grown exponentially since its 2002 founding.
  • In 2002, Elon Musk founded a dark-horse company to make rockets reusable, and thus more affordable.
  • That company, SpaceX, went public on Friday at a $1.8 trillion valuation, with shares popping out of the gate.
  • BI pieced together some of SpaceX's most iconic — and visual — moments

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Chef Wolfgang Puck says he's never had to "work" a day in his life.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Wolfgang Puck, a 76-year-old chef based in Los Angeles. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

I've spent more than 60 years building my restaurant business after coming to the US from Europe and opening Spago in West Hollywood in 1982.

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Joby (pictured) and Archer are targeting a 2026 certification.
  • Joby, Archer, and Beta are racing to make flying cars a reality, each with unique aircraft designs.
  • They envision eVTOLs one day regularly carrying people to airports or to work.
  • Flying taxis face hurdles like certification, infrastructure, and public acceptance.

Three US aerospace startups are in a high-stakes


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Amazon is hosting its 2026 Prime Day sale from June 23 to 26 instead of mid-July like usual, throwing the summer retail calendar for a loop. What gives?

The company isn't sharing many details about its reasoning. But based on what it has said, and what it's prioritizing lately, it's fairly easy to deduce an answer: There's a lot happening this July already, and shoppers will want to stock up for


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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he no longer thinks there will be a "jobs apocalypse."
  • OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he thought AI would have impacted entry-level white-collar jobs more.
  • "I'm delighted to be wrong about this," Altman recently said.
  • Altman isn't the only AI leader shifting how they talk about job displacement, with Microsoft's AI boss clarifying a viral

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  • Investors say the SpaceX IPO could become a "watershed moment for the space industry."
  • Those who made fortunes in SpaceX's IPO are expected to invest some of their windfall in the next generation.
  • Here's Business Insider's list of 18 startups helmed by SpaceX employees-turned-founders.

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The other night, I was swiping through Bumble, and I came across a profile that made me laugh: "Not hot enough to have no bio." But, here's my take: No one is too hot to make a total absence of effort look enticing. Even celebrities on Raya have bios (even if it's just one sentence).

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The nightmare that can be modern dating proves a strong jumping-off point for a film involving a blind date that ends up in the path of a cold-blooded murderer. It's a real mood-killer. Set over one snowy night in a tiny town in British Columbia, Canada, All Night Wrong thrusts two ordinary people into extraordinary, frankly terrifying, often hilarious circumstances — the type that really bond


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