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DOS Ch-167
Coming back to London after so long felt like waking up from a dream and stepping back into reality. Unfortunately, I had to return without Rihanna—she needed to wrap things up in L.A. before moving here. Evan and Nadia were traveling separately from me since she was heading to her place, and Evan, ever the gentleman, had offered to drop her off. That left just me and Benji, who had flown straight to London since he already had all his stuff with him.“Troy,” Benji called out nervously. “You never…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-165
“You have around $900 million in stock, give or take a few tens of millions,” Andrew Cohen said with a smug grin.Meanwhile, I sat there dumbfounded, unsure what to do with all that money.“That,” he added, “when combined with your 20% stake in Crocs, 70% in YouTube, and more than $100 million sitting in your bank account from your earnings for , officially makes you a billionaire now. Because it’s difficult to value those two companies, I’m not sure how much your net worth will come out to be…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-164
April 2006, Leavesden Studios, London, UKDick Parsons was not happy with whatever the fuck was going on at Warner Bros. As their subsidiary with the largest turnover, he had given Barry Meyer a lot of leeway in conducting their affairs. So it was considered common courtesy to reach out and have a conversation if something went awry. It felt like a betrayal when he had to piece it together after reading the news.Troy Armitage, Warner Bros.’ biggest collaborator of 2005, had suddenly jumped ship to…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-162
I didn’t have the words to describe the feeling of winning my second Oscar before turning 18. On one hand, it felt unimaginably good holding the trophy; on the other, I knew I hadn’t created these songs on my own. In a way, this Oscar didn’t feel like it was fully mine. With these conflicting emotions swirling in my mind, I waited backstage for the next award.Usually, winners are ushered off to give interviews, but since I was nominated in another category immediately following this one, I had been…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-161
After that first award for Best Supporting Actor, the award show went by in a blur. One after another, more awards were being given out to different movies. In the last few weeks before the voting ended, Dad and Warner Bros had scaled up the promotions of and significantly. I personally didn’t think we had any chance in a major category when a masterpiece like was right there, but Warner Bros was adamant. They had just won Best Picture last year for and wanted to repeat that feat this year.Usually,…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-160
(Flashback)"Robyn," a middle-aged woman called out from the seat beside her. "When will you let me meet this boyfriend of yours? I'll be honest with you, I don't like you dating some white boy. I need to see if he's good enough for you."Rihanna rolled her eyes but didn't look away from the road as she drove her new Audi R8. "I don't think anyone will ever be good enough for you, Mama. And why do you have a problem with his race when Dad wasn't fully black either?""He was black enough for me," she said…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-159
“Gryffindor wins!” a male voice announced over the loudspeakers. “Four hundred and fifty to one hundred and forty!”I was handed the Quidditch Cup by Madam Hooch because I was the captain of the team.“We won the Quidditch Cup!” Jamie as Ron yelled excitedly, hugging me like his life depended on it. We were both in our full Quidditch gear, soaking wet from head to toe. Our brooms lay forgotten on the ground, just like the rest of the team’s. It was meant to be raining lightly during the game,…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-158
Seeing the audience’s reactions during the premiere of any of my movies is always a treat. Of course, it helped that all my films were carefully chosen from my meta-knowledge, as they were already destined to be critical darlings. might have been an exception to that rule, but I knew it would succeed thanks to its chartbuster songs.“It was a great movie,” Roger Ebert said enthusiastically at the party we had organized afterward for prominent critics, cast members, business associates, friends, and…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-157
“This is so good!” Roger Ebert said excitedly to his wife, the thrill of finally watching a film he had high hopes for evident in his voice. “Can’t wait to see the rest of it.”His enthusiasm was so focused on the movie that he didn’t even notice his wife’s reaction to his words. It had been a while since he had seen a truly great film that wasn’t a rewatch.The hollow eyes of Steve Carell on the screen pulled Roger back into the story. Carell, a comedic genius known for making audiences…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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DOS Ch-156
Rihanna felt so tired after all the touring she had been doing recently. No one had told her how exhausting the life of a pop star could be, especially when you had to rely on these tours to sustain the lifestyle. She wasn’t by any means poor, but the amount she had to spend on clothes, makeup, jewelry, fitness, and beauty treatments was entirely too much.It didn’t help that the six-album contract Jay-Z made her sign was just shy of being labeled predatory, with her getting only barebones as compared…- 961.0 K • Ongoing
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