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Time of India
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Stephen Curry scores an insane number of shots in 30 seconds in Mr.Beast $1,00,000 challenge
Stephen Curry scores an insane number of shots in 30 seconds in $1,00,000 challenge (Image Credit: Getty Images) Mr. Beast's YouTube channel posted a new video where a $1,00,000 challenge was thrown. Random players were pitted against various sports' disciplines' top stars. Stephen Curry was asked to score as many three-pointers as possible in 30 seconds. He won the competition and shared the charity to which he donated the prize money. Stephen Curry showed incredible skill and beat a random player in a $1,00 000 challenge Stephen Curry participated in the Mr. Beast $1,00,000 challenge and competed against a college basketball player. The two had to outdo one another in scoring three-pointers. Curry was given a time limit of 30 seconds to score as many shot as possible from three-point positions. He made a whooping 14 shots in 30 seconds. His competitor was given double the time, and he could score only 9 three-point shots. The competition was a part of a philanthropic initiative launched by Mr. Beast. Beat Neymar, Win $500,000 On winning the challenge, Stephen was asked, 'Steph, what charity do you want us to donate this $100,000 to?' He replied, 'The Foundation.' The Mr. Beast challenges have become a rage among sports lovers as these are used to support meaningful causes. The participants accept insane challenges and win humongous amounts of money distributed as prizes for winning those. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Free P2,000 GCash eGift UnionBank Credit Card Apply Now Undo Celebrities participate in these challenges to support the charities and pledge the amounts won to the causes they support. Stephen Curry made NBA history with his recent All-NBA selection Stephen Curry became the oldest guard to have made it to the All-NBA selections back-to-back. He has been an All-NBA for 11 out of 12 seasons he has played. His 11th selection has come for the 2024-2025 season, which he had to abandon in the middle due to a hamstring injury. The 2024-2025 All-Star selection is his fifth consecutive honor as a sharpshooter, establishing him as one of the most revered athletes in NBA history. Curry suffered a hamstring injury while playing against the Minnesota Timberwolves in second round, which did impact the team's performance adversely. He ended ninth in the MVP selections for the 2024-2025 season. The honor went to Shai Gilgeous-Alexander this season. Also Read: Stephen Curry's oversized TIME 100 suit sparks wild reaction, while Ayesha Curry gets love for the impact Stephen Curry averaged 24.5 points, 6 assists, and 4.4 rebounds per game despite losing the race for the MVP selection this year. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Giannis Antetokounmpo loses a $1,00,000 Mr. Beast challenge to a non-athlete
Giannis Antetokounmpo loses a $1,00,000 challenge to a non-athlete (Image Credit: Getty Images) Giannis Antetokounmpo could not believe his bad luck when he faced a defeat against a non-athlete in Mr. Beast's challenge. The Greek player was challenged to make a layup, free throw, three-pointer, and half-court shot, which he could not do. As a result, the non-athlete won the prize amount of $1,00,000. The YouTube channel Mr. Beast was started in 2012 and has been giving away an insane amount of money in challenges and games. Giannis Antetokounmpo loses a basketball challenge to a non-athlete Giannis Antetokounmpo participated in Mr. Beast's $1,00,000 challenge where he was supposed to nail a layup, free throw, three-pointer, and half-court shot. A non-athlete was pitted against him for this challenge. Surprisingly, he lost the challenge to that random basketball player. He couldn't contain his disappointment. 'I'm so salty right now', Giannis said, expressing his disappointment. Beat Neymar, Win $500,000 As a winner of the challenge, Giannis' opponent took home a whopping amount of $1,00,000. Mr. Beast consolidated the competition between the Milwaukee star and his counterpart, saying, 'The Greek Freak could not beat an average Joe,' and moved on to the next challenge. What was Mr. Beast's challenge all about? Mr. Beast is a YouTube channel started by Jimmy Donaldson, an American YouTuber and philanthropist. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Advanced Strategic Management IIMK ASMP Apply Now Undo The channel was started in 2012. Initially, he posted videos related to athletes' wealth estimation and slowly diversified the content to whooping giveaway contests. His breakthrough video, published in 2017, included a 'counting to 1,00,000' challenge, and that became his signature style thereafter. $1 vs $100,000,000 Car! Mr. Beast videos are followed a lot, and currently has 397M subscribers. The latest video in which Giannis competed against a non-athlete featured a series of challenges in which the top players from different disciplines participated. The top players participate in Mr. Beast's challenges as a part of their philanthropic activities. On winning challenges and subsequently, the money, they donate the prize money to the charities they support. The videos posted by Mr. Beast are an interesting mix of fun and challenge. With these challenges, sports and skills are used as a means to support meaningful causes. Also Read: Giannis Antetokounmpo had a unique way to shut down trade speculation with goofy online Q&A Serena Williams, Stephen Curry, Aaron Judge, and a few other top stars from various disciplines participated in the Mr. Beast challenge along with Giannis Antetokounmpo. Get IPL 2025 match schedules , squads , points table , and live scores for CSK , MI , RCB , KKR , SRH , LSG , DC , GT , PBKS , and RR . Check the latest IPL Orange Cap and Purple Cap standings.
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY): A Discounted Sweet Treat
We came across a bullish thesis on The Hershey Company (NYSE:HSY) on ValueInvestorsClub by angus309. In this article, we will summarize the bulls' thesis on HSY. The company's shares were trading at $186.36 when this thesis was published, vs. the closing price of $163.28 on Apr 25. The Hershey Company (HSY): Among Takeover Rumors Hedge Funds Are Buying A close-up of hands deftly molding a bar of chocolate. HSY manufactures and sells confectionery products and pantry items in the United States and internationally through its three segments: North America Confectionery, North America Salty Snacks, and International. It controls 36% of the chocolate market in the US with high single-digit sales coming from international markets like Mexico, Brazil and India. The stock is down almost 40% from its peak in 2023 due to a number of reasons. First, the launch of the weight-loss drug Ozempic by Novo Nordisk has been a popular hit due to its effectiveness. It is estimated that people will consume 20-30% fewer calories due to the influence of this medication, thereby impacting the sales of HSY. Another factor for underperformance is the torrential rains in Ghana and Ivory Coast leading to black pod disease and lower yield. HSY is expected to face higher input costs, which would reduce margins. While these headwinds are valid arguments by bears, HSY has been in the business for over a century. The likelihood of Americans reducing their intake of chocolates seems far-fetched when considering long-term consumption patterns. Moreover, HSY has expanded beyond chocolates and offers products like SkinnyPop popcorn and Dot's Pretzels that can provide a hedge if consumers shy away from high-calorie treats. The concern surrounding mounting input costs can also be dealt with since HSY has the flexibility to pass on increased costs to its customers. This was done in 2023 when a 10% hike in price enabled HSY to increase its revenue by 11% without a major drop in volume. The popularity of Feastables by Mr. Beast is another potential cause for concern. The brand is set to grow exponentially but the ability to capture market share may be constrained by lack of scale in manufacturing and distribution. HSY can also turn the tide by launching healthier versions that may offer direct competition to Feastables. HSY is trading at 15x trailing 12-month earnings, which seems unjustified for a company that saw its earnings grow by almost 15% from 2007 to 2023. The forward dividend yield is close to 3.4%, with ROIC exceeding WACC by 18 percentage points. Factoring in a high capital return, a growing dividend and a multiple higher than the S&P 500, the fair value of HSY's stock is $225. This is 40% higher than the current market price.
BBC News
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Is YouTube making Hollywood irrelevant?
I recently saw a statistic that surprised me: in February of 2025, Americans used their television sets to watch YouTube more than anything else. More than Disney. More than HBO. Even more than Netflix. I often think of YouTube as a service for young people – specifically, young people using their phones. But that's all changing. A recent report by research firm Moffett Nathanson projects that by the end of this year, YouTube's revenue will eclipse that of the entire Walt Disney Company (movies, theme parks and all). That report put it bluntly, dubbing YouTube the "king of all media". But what does it mean for the rest of the entertainment industry when YouTube is more popular than anything else and YouTube stars seem just as likely to receive big Hollywood deals as A-list actors? I spoke about all of this with Lucas Shaw, a reporter and editor for Bloomberg and the author of the Screentime newsletter. It was a fun conversation – you can watch or read more of it here: Below are excerpts from our conversation, which have been edited for length and clarity: Katty Kay: Lucas, people who became famous on YouTube – Mr. Beast, Cocomelon, etc – are now getting their own shows on streaming platforms. Is that the direction that we're going to see this going, where increasingly YouTube becomes the incubator for shows that then go onto streaming? Lucas Shaw: Hollywood studios and TV networks have tried to make programming with social media talent – especially YouTube stars – for at least a decade now. Lilly Singh was a big YouTuber who got a late-night talk show; it didn't quite work. Grace Helbig was a big YouTuber who got a talk show. There were some movies that cast talent. We're now seeing a second or third attempt at it. I think part of the reason is that these stars have gotten so big that there is now greater confidence that they can deliver. And part of it is that Hollywood companies have learned that they can't force some of this talent into their formats. They have to sort of empower them to continue doing what they're doing. So, the Mr. Beast show for Amazon is just like a maximal version of what he does on his YouTube channel. And with Cocomelon, they're basically licensing YouTube videos and then paying them to make slightly longer and more expensive versions of it. We'll continue to see more of that. KK: So, there's a difference in what it takes to be successful on YouTube compared to what it takes to be successful on traditional television and streaming platforms? LS: Yeah, I think so. I think what people want on YouTube is different from what they want from Netflix, at least for now. People come to like a creator for doing a specific thing. There was a point in time at which this Swedish gaming creator PewDiePie was the biggest YouTube star in the world and YouTube funded an original program with him as part of this original programming initiative that they had. And it didn't resonate in the same way that his channel did, because it wasn't what people came to watch. People liked watching him speak off the cuff while playing games. There was an intimacy to that, but there was also a rawness and it felt sort of less sanitized and manicured. And so, then seeing him being a star of a more traditional TV show, even though it's already on YouTube, I just don't think it appealed to those people in the same way. KK: Lucas, you just came back from a trip around Asia. Is there no global competitor – or even an American competitor – who looks like it's going to knock YouTube off its perch of such huge dominance? LS: There was definitely a moment where TikTok appeared to be that – and YouTube was intimidated because a lot of emerging and independent creators were posting to TikTok first. One of YouTube's great strengths historically was that it lowered the barrier to entry for anyone who wanted to make a video. And that barrier started to feel higher to some, because YouTube had gotten so big and there were established players. So, going from zero to 100 got much harder and they saw creators going to TikTok instead. TikTok is still a big competitor, but there just isn't anything that operates in as many different categories as YouTube. Spotify is competing with YouTube in music and in podcasting and in some video. Netflix obviously competes with YouTube globally; I'd say it's one of the biggest competitors in terms of entertainment. But YouTube and Netflix just play different roles, because YouTube is free. For instance, YouTube has hundreds of millions of users in India. Netflix has about 15 million. It's just much easier for YouTube to penetrate some of these poorer markets. Now, there's not as much money there, but from a just "reach as many people as possible" standpoint, there really isn't a direct comparison. Maybe Instagram. KK: I had a conversation recently with Jonathan Haidt and we were talking about kids and screen time and it occurred to me that so many of the social media companies – TikTok, Instagram, and others – have been hauled up before Congress to justify what they're doing. And YouTube seems to have escaped some of that scrutiny. How has it done that and do you think it'll carry on doing that? LS: I think it comes back to this idea that people don't know how to categorize YouTube. It is in some ways a social network, right? And I think some people initially saw it that way because it came from Silicon Valley, because there were comments, because people were uploading their own videos. But it is also an entertainment platform. But also, at its core – because it's part of Google – it's a search engine. That's in a lot of ways how Google views it. It's a video search engine. And so, I think the difficulty of categorizing it has just made it so that people aren't quite sure how to approach it. But you're right that they haven't received the same scrutiny from a regulatory perspective, certainly not as much as Meta or TikTok, and it's a little bit baffling. You know, speaking from an American perspective, it is so funny to me that the government would not allow one company to own two domestic broadcast television networks, but it's fine that Meta owns both Facebook and Instagram, both of which reach way more people than any broadcast network. Or it's fine that Alphabet owns both Google and YouTube, both of which reach way more people than any broadcast TV network. So, I think part of this is also that our regulatory behavior is pretty antiquated. KK: What are the big changes that you see coming to the platform in the next year or two? LS: I'd say, in aggregate, the big change is that as more advertising dollars flow to YouTube creators and channels will have more money to invest in their programming. There's a pretty widely held belief that you'll continue to see the caliber and cost of some of the top YouTube shows go up and more closely resemble television. You may see some more expensive unscripted shows. Mr. Beast is one example, right? The average cost of one of his videos is three or four million dollars, which is comparable to what you'd see on television, but not comparable to almost anything else you'd see on YouTube. Another big area that I'm actually in the middle of writing a story about now is the growth of scripted programming. It's still pretty small on YouTube, partially because it is more complicated and more expensive. I think another part of it is that YouTube as a platform is just more hospitable to unscripted programming. But as it becomes possible to make more money on YouTube and as it becomes clearer to top writers and actors that there's a much bigger audience on YouTube than some of these other places, I think you'll see more and more people try scripted. KK: Is YouTube the straw that broke the camel's back of monoculture? I grew up in an era where there were still just a few channels on television. Everybody watched the same thing. But now, it seems that it is really broken. And I wonder whether people will start hankering for that again, for a common experience in this very fragmented, polarized, divided world that we live in. LS: I don't know the answer to that. I think we like the idea of there being a monoculture, right? It's fun when you have a moment like when Barbie came out and it seemed like everyone was talking about the movie or the Taylor Swift tour happens and everyone is talking about this tour. We are social creatures, and so we enjoy these moments where everyone is bonded by the same idea or interested in the same topic. But it certainly doesn't feel like we're on the precipice of returning to that in any way. If you think about how Netflix and YouTube work, which are the two dominant entertainment platforms right now, they are tailored to your individual tastes. People don't watch shows and videos at the same time. There are things that go viral, but that virality is fairly short-lived. I guess Adolescence in some ways feels like a monoculture moment, right? Everyone is watching and talking about this show. But unlike in the past, when that might last for the 10 or 20 or 30 weeks that it's on, it lasts for a week or two. And then, we're on to the next one. That pattern feels like it will only continue and accelerate. I don't see us reverting to some world in which we are all watching the same thing, unless there's a fundamental shift in the distribution mechanism. KK: Yeah, it's been described to me as a moment where we're living in a "me culture" with short attention spans. LS: Yeah, because it's all about YouTube, Instagram, Netflix. Everything feels like they are serving you specifically, as opposed to serving all of us collectively. --
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
'It's a long shot': South Carolina students turn to Mr. Beast, other influencers to save university
GAFFNEY, S.C. (WSPA) – Students and staff at Limestone University in South Carolina were devastated this week to learn their school was in danger of permanently closing due to financial issues. But some aren't giving up hope, and a few have taken to social media in hopes noted Gen Z philanthropist Mr. Beast can help save their school. On Wednesday, the university announced unless the university can secure a $6 million emergency fund, the college will need to to either move fully online or close entirely, ending a nearly two-century legacy in higher education. Previous story: Limestone University faces possible closure In the wake of the announcement, Limestone University students took to TikTok and other social media platforms to vent their frustrations, ask followers for school recommendations or solicit donations to help keep the school open. More than a few of the latter group include tags for Jimmy Donaldson, better known online as Mr. Beast. Donaldson is known for his YouTube channels, where he regularly engages in 'stunt philanthropy,' giving large sums of money to individuals or causes, then reinvesting the money made by those videos into other philanthropic causes. He also owns his own candy company and hosts a television show on Amazon Prime. According to Forbes, Donaldson has an estimated net worth of $85 million, and Yahoo Finance has estimated his net worth to be $1 billion. Some students are hoping if they nab his attention, he might be willing to turn his philanthropic spirit towards saving the school. 'This is 100% a long shot. We know that it is a long shot, but we have to try,' said Natalie Ruth, who earned her undergraduate degree at Limestone and is now enrolled in an accelerated masters degree program at the university. A native of Waxaw, N.C., Natalie Ruth came to Limestone to play softball. She finished her undergraduate and is now only a handful of classes away from finishing her masters degree in business administration. 'I was looking for a place I could play softball in college. Limestone was the only school I was like 'I could go here.' It offered what I wanted; I love the small school, I like the area, I like the opportunities it gave me,' she said. As of Saturday, Ruth has posted multiple videos to her TikTok feed with captions asking for Mr. Beast to step in and save Limestone. Her videos have generated tens of thousands of views, likes, shares and comments. Ruth said the idea to try to get Mr. Beast's attention wasn't hers, but she'd noticed a trend of people doing it online and decided to try. 'You see what's going on around you and you see trends and hop on the trends,' said Ruth. 'And we are not doing this like 'Mr. Beast you are our one and only hope.' It's getting other people's attention and people have tagged many other popular creators as well,' said Ruth. Saving Limestone, Ruth said is less about preserving the school for herself, but rather preserving an institution for those who are still enrolled. 'We have a lot of first-generation students here,' she said. 'A lot of those kids aren't going to be able to transfer, they just don't have the funds or they don't have the support which can make it very difficult to find another place to go. ' It's also about preserving the local economy. Limestone University estimates it has a roughly $150 million impact on the local economy. 'We have tons of mom and pop businesses, coffee shops, restaurants,' said Ruth. 'All of those businesses that rely on that constant businesses are going to have a very hard time staying open.' The Limestone University Board of Trustees will meet Tuesday to discuss the next steps for the university. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
