BERLIN (REUTERS) - Famous for the "bro comedies" of his early career, now actor Jonah Hill wants to challenge traditional concepts of masculinity with his directorial debut film about a group of troubled young skaters in 1990s Los Angeles. Mid90s, a coming-of-age movie presented at the Berlin Film Festival, follows 13-year-old Stevie who, beaten by his older brother, seeks solace with a group of troubled skaters hanging around a shop smoking and making crude jokes. The shy boy becomes a troublesome teenager spiralling out of control as he starts drinking and smoking, steals money from his mother, and hooks up with an older girl at a party in an attempt to fit in with his cool new friends. At one point, he tries to kill himself with the cord of a games console. Hill said he wanted to show how harmful the boys' often misogynistic and homophobic language is, and explore how their inability to express emotional pain led to bad decisions. "In America at that time in the 90s, traditional … [Read more...] about Actor Jonah Hill debuts as director with 90s skating film
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The life and career rise of Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, one of the youngest billionaires in the world
caption Snap CEO Evan Spiegel. source Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Berggruen Institute Life is good for Evan Spiegel. In 2017, he was given a $800 million bonus for taking his company, Snap Inc., public at a $33 billion valuation. Snap’s shares have since taken quite the hit, but Spiegel’s net worth is still around $2.7 billion, making the 28-year-old one of the youngest billionaires in the world. Spiegel also took home the title of highest-paid CEO in the world in 2017. Things seem good at home, too: Spiegel is married to model and entrepreneur Miranda Kerr, and the couple welcomed their first child – a baby boy named Hart – earlier this year. To get a better picture of how Evan Spiegel got to where he is, we’ve pulled the highlights from profiles by LA Weekly, Forbes, Business Insider, court documents, and more. Here’s how Spiegel got his start and became one of the youngest billionaires in the world. Alex Heath … [Read more...] about The life and career rise of Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, one of the youngest billionaires in the world