Meet Beautiful Existence, a Seattle woman who is really named Beautiful Existence and who really pledged to eat and drink nothing but Starbucks products for all of 2013. And she did it. She said so on her blog, For1YearOfMyLife.com: "I Did It!" Beautiful, who in the past has pledged to follow Parents magazine advice for a year or to only buy products from Goodwill for a year, picked Starbucks (and "Starbucks-inspired" brands like Roy Street Coffee, Tazo Tea and Evolution Fresh) because, "The company pays good benefits for part-time works. That's where my money is going." Related: Starbucks serves Butterbeer—get the Harry Potter recipe here! "Why? am I...
- 1/2/2014
- E! Online
Stunt teams from Skyfall and Game of Thrones have won this year’s SAG Award for Outstanding Action Performances by Film and Television Stunt Ensembles. SAG Awards Committee Chair JoBeth Williams and committee member Scott Bakula announced the award from the red carpet at the 19th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards and were webcast on tntdrama.com, tbs.com and People.com which will be streaming until 5 Pm Pt / 8 Pm Et. The Stunt Ensemble Honors recognize recognize stunt performers and coordinators. Nominees were chosen by their film and television nominating committees and were announced December 12, 2012. The recipients are: Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture Skyfall (Columbia Pictures) Hussain Abdullah Arsha Aghdasi Mahsa Ahmadi Gillian Aldam Lucy Allen Scott Armstrong Gary Arthurs Amir Badri Lee Bagley Cody Banta Carly Barnes Lloyd Bass Nikki Berwick Mustafa Beyter Dani Biernat Nellie Burroughes Michael Byrch Annabel Canaven Justo Usin Carrera...
- 1/27/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
One of The Onion's more memorable headlines was written way back in 1998: "New Starbucks Opens in Restroom of Existing Starbucks." It's funny because it may as well be true. There was a time when the ubiquitous green giant was opening new and identical outposts at a whiplash rate--the Seattle-based chain introduced 2,571 new locations in 2007 alone--and even sneaking in a few non-Starbucks secret Starbucks locations for giggles.
But soon after Starbucks experienced its first ever quarterly sales dip, its feisty founder Howard Schultz returned to his CEO post in early 2008 and made immediate changes. He slowed the pace of expansion, cut over 3,000 positions around the world and attempted to revive a start-up attitude that had been dormant for many years. Part of that effort included busting new stores out of a tired mold, both in terms of design and bean selection. New Starbucks coffee shops were encouraged to deviate from the aggressively middlebrow,...
But soon after Starbucks experienced its first ever quarterly sales dip, its feisty founder Howard Schultz returned to his CEO post in early 2008 and made immediate changes. He slowed the pace of expansion, cut over 3,000 positions around the world and attempted to revive a start-up attitude that had been dormant for many years. Part of that effort included busting new stores out of a tired mold, both in terms of design and bean selection. New Starbucks coffee shops were encouraged to deviate from the aggressively middlebrow,...
- 1/22/2010
- by Maccabee Montandon
- Fast Company
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