The CGI in Steven Spielberg’s 1993 film Jurassic Park was so good, it convinced:

• George Lucas to get started on the “Star Wars” prequels
• Stanley Kubrick to invest in “A.I.”
• Peter Jackson to make “Lord of the Rings”

Lesson: Spielberg is responsible for Jar Jar Binks.
Jurassic Park def has one of the best "legacy" sections on Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic_…
Side note: Steven Spielberg made $250m from Jurassic Park (merch and box office) -- its the single largest sum any individual has made from one film.
Also, this bit of foreshadowing was amazing:

"Dr Alan Grant (Sam Neill) fashions a functioning seatbelt with only two latches and no latch plate. This foreshadows a later scene where the dinosaurs are suddenly able to breed despite all originally being female" (Buzzfeed)

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22 Jun
Found a glorious IMDB post: "movie scenes inspired by paintings". Here some great ones🧵

1/ Inception (inspired by "Penrose Stairs", M.C. Escher)
2/ Scream (inspired by "The Scream", Edvard Munch)
3/ The Exorcist (inspired by "Empire of Light", René Magritte)
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18 Jun
In 2018, Alex Cooper launched "Call Her Daddy" on Barstool with only $70k in guaranteed money. 3 years later, she closed a $60m deal with Spotify.

Every creator should study her story. Fortunately, Dave Portnoy has laid it all out in 2 separate podcasts.

Here's a breakdown 🧵
1/ FYI: "Call Her Daddy" is a female-led podcast that covers sex, culture, relationships etc.

It launched in 2018 on Barstool w/ 2 hosts (Alex, Sofia). They split in 2020.

Cooper took the show to #5 most-streamed on Spotify and just signed a 3yr/$60m deal with the streamer.
2/ Dave Portnoy discovered "Call Her Daddy' on Instagram.
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16 Jun
Satya Nadella was just named Chairman of Microsft's Board.

Since Nadella took over the CEO role from Steve Ballmer in Feb 2014, $MSFT has added more than $1.6T to its market cap.

Even with the gains, his net worth is only $800m.

Lesson: You don't get rich being an employee. Image
FFS people, this is joke.

Although, he *would* be way richer if he just invested in BTC in 2014.
Anyways, here's a hysterical video of Ballmer
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16 Jun
Alex Cooper's original "Call Her Daddy" deal with Barstool in 2018 was a base of $70k (+ ~5% of merch)

She cleared $500k+ that year.

Her new Spotify deal is $20m a year for 3 years. Damn!
Barstool just rockets careers.

Check this story I wrote in March about how Barstool and the hockey pod "Spittin' Chiclets" built a $100m+ alcohol brand: thehustle.co/pink-whitney-s…
Portnoy: “This is the nature of the beast. You sign someone unknown, she explodes. It’s not different than an athlete contract.”
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15 Jun
Cristiano Ronaldo told people to “drink water” instead of Coke at a presser.

$KO is down.
*blah blah blah* “the whole market is down”

Quit ruining my narrative: insider.com/cristiano-rona…
Could Ronaldo removing the bottles of Coke be a marketing ploy (prob not LOL).

BUT, some people think the disastrous launch to New Coke in the 80s *was* a marketing ploy to drive interest in Classic Coca-Cola:
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13 Jun
Been rounding up Reddit posts that reveal "industry secrets". Here are some great ones 🧵

1/ Live Events

"At any concert you attend, the best sound will be directly in front of the engineer at the main soundboard."
2/ Book Writing

"It costs about $200k to put your own book on the top of the NY Times Bestseller List. All you have to do is buy a lot of copies yourself."
3/ Casino

"I'm not in the casino industry, but I am in the fire service: Casinos pump an extra 1% of oxygen into the air to make you more alert and give you more energy. You stay longer and spend more money. It's also why casino fires are so catastrophic."
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