‘No space for Bezos' projected with laser on Venice building
Video shows laser projections on a building in Venice, Italy, where Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is marrying former journalist Lauren Sanchez. 'No space for Bezos,' 'No Kings,' and 'FCK BEZOS," along with other images, were projected Thursday.
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When Keanu Reeves was doing press for Bill & Ted Face the Music in 2020, he had to explain the narrative tension underpinning the film. In essence, it was about facing your own mortality. Bill and Ted had failed to write a song that would unite the world. This had consequences for them and their families. They now had to come up with one to save the universe — otherwise it would end. Advertisement After giving a light-hearted, semi-serious answer in keeping with his character Ted, Reeves was asked a serious follow-up question by the late-night host Stephen Colbert: 'What do you think happens when we die?' Reeves leaned back, inhaled, thought about it for a second and gave an unexpectedly excellent and profound answer. 'I know that the ones who love us will miss us,' he said, a sweet and moving sentiment. Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola doesn't seem to share it. In the build-up to the FA Cup final in May, Guardiola did not get the same question as Reeves. But he did reflect on his life and legacy up until now. 'When we die,' he said. 'Our families cry for two or three days and then that's it — you're forgotten. In the careers of coaches, there are good and bad ones, the important thing is that the good ones are remembered.' Guardiola's place in football history is assured. He has won trebles, plural. He is credited with changing the game. The Spanish and German national teams lifted the World Cup during his time working in their leagues, an indicator of his influence. England have yet to do so. Next year perhaps? Regardless of whether England do or not, Guardiola's eight seasons with City have undeniably altered the football landscape in the U.K. And yet, his bleak outlook on remembrance appears to have been greatly shaped by how quick some corners of the football world were to forget Istanbul and the treble of 2023. How much of that was City-specific — Wasn't it about time they did it? — is one thing. How much of it is due to our ever-decreasing attention spans is another. As the calendar gets more congested, teams play more and more games and the turnaround time from one season to another shortens, football is, perhaps, entering its own age of digital amnesia — the phenomenon whereby the abundance of information on the internet is apparently affecting our ability to retain and remember it. Advertisement Every game risks becoming like a reel on Instagram or a TikTok video. We scroll through it, laugh or smile, share it, forget it, go blank. Onto the next one. Wydad, Al-Ain, Juventus again. They played each other in December, didn't they? Yes, in the new, extended Champions League 'League Phase'? Feels like another season ago, doesn't it. Dusan Vlahovic scored. Weston McKennie too. Remember it well? Prior to City and Juventus meeting in Orlando, Guardiola was asked by a reporter from La Repubblica about the Club World Cup and how invested he is in winning it. 'Well, now we're here we want to do well. I don't know,' he said in Italian. 'Maybe after two or three days at the end of the tournament it'll be forgotten.' Covered by the sands of time, buried by the scirocco of a new season, the golden edge of a Tiffany trophy poking through a dune as the Premier League nears on the horizon. After all, there's Wolves away already on August 16. If City win the Club World Cup, it will no doubt be a source of pride within the club. But Guardiola is probably right. The newness of the competition and the dismissive reception of the Club World Cup back in the UK — being able to say you're world champion seemed to mean little to English clubs even in the smaller, old format — mean it probably wouldn't be heralded as significant. That's in part the island mentality of England, the belief our competition is best and its only rival is the Champions League, not the Club World Cup. Not yet. 'I don't think we should ever live thinking about whether we're going to be remembered,' Guardiola said in that interview in May. So what's the purpose? Why renew for another two years? Does Guardiola keep doing what he does because he doesn't know anything else? Only football. Or is there meaning beyond being remembered? Advertisement Guardiola said after City's 5-2 win over Juventus his players made a statement to themselves. The challenge this coming season, he added, is to redefine themselves too. Whether people remember City's season or not is out of his control. The 6-0 against Wydad and 2-0 over Al Ain isn't and while they will be swiftly forgotten, they are part of the process he is overseeing. The bigger question is more for us — and the football calendar: Less still feels like more. Meaning isn't to be found in the many, but the few. More than amnesia, there is nostalgia for how the game used to be; smaller World Cups, shorter seasons, competitions that genuinely did boast the best teams from their respective continents. What will happen to football then if it dies? It won't perish, surely. The game goes on and on. But if it did, the ones who loved it will probably remember those, apparently, better days when the memories made were memories that lasted.
Washington Post
39 minutes ago
- Washington Post
The best that Bezos' money can buy: A wedding for the ages in timeless Venice
VENICE, Italy — The Italian city of Venice was making waves Friday with the most anticipated wedding of 2025 — that of billionaire Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sánchez. The sky itself is no limit for this couple who has traveled into space, and expectations are about as high. One of the world's most-enchanting cities as backdrop? Check.
CNN
40 minutes ago
- CNN
You might not have Bezos-level bucks, but you still might want a prenup
Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez may or may not have chosen to sign a prenuptial agreement before getting married. Such agreements normally detail what each person will take away in terms of assets, debts and spousal support should the marriage end in divorce or death. Bezos — the founder of Amazon whose net worth Forbes estimates to be north of $200 billion — has a lot of wealth to protect, should his second marriage go south. But chances are his assets and estate are already structured and professionally managed in a way that they would never become marital assets, two attorneys who specialize in prenups told CNN. So the biggest question if he and Sanchez did opt for a prenup is what payout she would get if they divorced or he predeceases her. But for everyone else wondering if they should get a prenup before saying 'I do,' there are many factors to consider for both partners. Prenups used to be stigmatized as unromantic and a sign that at least one partner (or the partner's family) didn't trust the incoming spouse or worried the marriage wouldn't last. But, in recent years, Illinois-based divorce and marital attorney Gail O'Connor, founder of O'Connor Family Law, said she has seen a huge jump in couples seeking them out. It might be a generational thing, she suggested. 'Millennials want to be very financially independent. So there is this idea of people getting married later and thinking, 'I've worked hard for this and want to protect it,'' O'Connor said. But the 'it' doesn't have to mean billions or even millions. It could just mean you've worked for a decade and built up savings, investments and stock options. Or, conversely, she said she has seen a lot of couples where one person has a large debt load — for example, $100,000 or more in education loans. 'And their partner wants to be protected from that,' O'Connor said. Prenups may make sense for couples who are on their second marriage or just marrying much later in life after accumulating assets and having children whose interests they want to protect. Or for any couple where one partner stands to inherit money or who simply has a much higher net worth going into the marriage. But the couples for whom prenups are arguably most critical are those in which one partner owns a business. 'It's not about the actual level of wealth but what the assets are (when a couple marries),' said Jacqueline Newman, managing partner of Berkman Bottger Newman & Schein in New York. While a business may not be worth much when a couple weds, it might grow greatly during the marriage — that is, of course, what happened for Bezos during his first marriage, to MacKenzie Scott. Business-owning spouses will want to protect the value of what they built, but non-owning spouses also will want to protect their financial well-being, especially if they make considerably less in their own job or are a stay-at-home parent. Especially since business-owning spouses may have a lot of control over what their actual income is during the marriage (which is likely to be considered in assessing joint marital assets and spousal support) versus what gets reinvested into their business, Newman noted. The contract can be drawn as narrowly or as broadly as a couple wants. For instance, Newman noted, a couple may opt for a prenup that basically asserts that any assets or debt in one person's name goes with that person at the end of the marriage. And any assets or debts in both partners' names are split. A very simple prenup might also just focus on a single asset and how it will be treated if the marriage dissolves. Or, O'Connor said, it could address the issue of how one partner's debt is paid off during the marriage. For instance, if any jointly held marital assets are used to make one partner's debt payments, that partner may need to reimburse the joint account. Financial disclosure by each partner is required by law. While verification of what you disclose is not necessarily legally required, O'Connor asks her clients to give her proof of their assertions by way of their most recent tax returns, W2s, stock option grants, business valuations, and bank and brokerage statements. Whether you work with a marital law attorney or a trust and estate law attorney who specializes in prenups – or if you create a legally binding agreement through online entities like – it is in each partner's best interest to be transparent and honest about what they have, what they make and what they owe, O'Connor said. If you're not, should things end badly, that can be used against you if your spouse wants to challenge the validity of the prenup. 'You don't want to build a contract subject to a successful attack. The more disclosure you have, the better,' she said. A prenup is governed by the laws of the state in which it was drawn up, Newman said. So that's something to consider if you end up living in a different state after marrying. She recommends taking your prenup to a marital or estate attorney in that new state to review your agreement to make sure it complies with that state's laws.
