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• Since 2021, Formula 1 races have used Ferrari Trento sparkling wine for podium celebrations.
• The tradition of rewarding winners with bubbly at F1 races dates back to the 1950 French Grand Prix.
• Ferrari Trento said it had nearly tripled its US sales since the start of its F1 partnership.
• This article is part of "Behind the Wheel," a series about the highly competitive and high-tech world of Formula 1.

It's an iconic moment of a Formula 1 race: the uproarious podium celebration, where the top three drivers spray each other with bubbly as the prelude to Georges Bizet's opera "Carmen" plays in the background.

Since 2021, F1 drivers technically haven't been celebrating with Champagne. They've been spraying and imbibing sparkling wine produced by the Italian company Ferrari Trento (no relation to the Ferrari car manufacturer). And with a calendar spanning 24 races across five continents, Formula 1 has led to enormous brand exposure for the small winery in northern Italy.

"For us, it has been a dream come true," said Matteo Lunelli, the president and CEO of Ferrari Trento. "Our brand awareness is growing, especially in the United States, where Formula 1 is rising enormously in relevance and popularity."

A 70-year tradition

The tradition of awarding winners with Champagne at Formula 1 races dates back to 1950, when the Argentine driver Juan Manuel Fangio received a large bottle of Moët & Chandon after winning the French Grand Prix.

But the act of spraying Champagne can be traced back to 1966, at the famed French endurance race 24 Hours of Le Mans, when the Swiss driver Jo Siffert accidentally popped the cork on his bottle, spraying a few unsuspecting spectators. The next year, the American racer Dan Gurney one-upped Siffert, intentionally shaking up his bottle of Moët & Chandon and drenching everyone around him.

Soon enough, that practice became standard at Formula 1 races, resulting in the spectacle seen today.

Worldwide exposure for F1's bubbly partners

Over the years, Formula 1 has partnered with a variety of Champagne companies for its podium celebrations, including Moët & Chandon, G.H. Mumm, and Champagne Carbon. In 2021, when the racing series began its partnership with Ferrari Trento, it represented the first time a non-French sparkling wine had been used.

"Traditionally, the sport was always linked to Champagne," Lunelli said. "Choosing us was a big step and innovation for them."

Since then, Ferrari Trento has been featured prominently on the podium during each Grand Prix. Viewers can even watch a "bottle cam" showing drivers dousing each other in sparkling wine. Some drivers even have unique ways of drinking it.

This exposure is what makes the sponsorship deal so coveted.

"It's a global sport, so it's more eyes, it's emotions, and it's a story," said Theresa Sanchez, a codirector of the wine-marketing program at the University of California, Davis. "Everyone wants to leave these events telling a story, and if your wine brand can be part of that story during the celebration, it's successful."

For Ferrari Trento, the deal has been buoyed by the recent growth of Formula 1, thanks in part to the success of the Netflix docuseries "Drive to Survive."

"We nearly tripled our sales in the US since the start of the partnership," Lunelli said. "We had to move allocation of wine from the local Italian market to export sales, which is a strategic decision for us that we want to continue. Our goal is really to increase our export sales and make Ferrari Trento more and more international."

Trial rules

Outside of the podium celebration, Ferrari Trento is served throughout each Formula 1 race weekend. Christian Miller, another codirector of the UC Davis wine-marketing program, argued that this is the most important part of the sponsorship.

Miller, who's also the research director of Wine Market Council, alluded to consumer research suggesting that "trial rules," meaning that providing opportunities for people to taste a wine benefits wine companies more so than other tactics.

As Formula 1 continues to rise in popularity — with new US races in Miami and Las Vegas only adding to the series' pomp and circumstance — Ferrari Trento gets more opportunities to offer its wine to customers.

"Those two Grands Prix created a whole weekend of events, celebrations, and parties," Lunelli said.

Lunelli said that during the week of the 2024 Miami Grand Prix, close to 20,000 bottles of Ferrari Trento were served. During the Las Vegas race last fall, an estimated 40,000 bottles were uncorked.

"It was a fantastic opportunity to present ourselves to new customers," Lunelli said.

A bold decision

When Ferrari Trento started its partnership with Formula 1 in 2021, hosting these events wasn't necessarily a sure thing.

"We finalized our agreement at the beginning of 2021 when we were still in lockdown," Lunelli said. At the time, Formula 1 races were happening at largely empty racetracks without fans.

"The starting point of our partnership demonstrated from us a strong willingness to do it — and a little bit of courage," Lunelli said. "It turned out to be a very positive decision."

The relationship between sports and wine seems poised for continued growth. In addition to Formula 1's sponsorship, the NFL, the NBA, and MLB have launched wine partnerships in recent years.

Sanchez described these partnerships as much needed in the wine industry as vineyards look for new customers in different demographics.

"We need to go to the consumer," she said. "It's getting more expensive to bring consumers to the tasting room, so you have to meet people where they're at, where they're having fun. It's simply smart for wine brands."

Gina Gershon is a bit of an enigma — literally.

When she appears on Zoom for our interview, she's shrouded in darkness. "It looks like I'm in the witness protection program," she jokes. It's not clear where Gershon is calling in from, though it seems like it may be from her home, given her repeated interjections of "Hey, stop that!" to someone — maybe her beloved cat, Louie? — off-camera.

For someone who's been working consistently for decades since breaking through with a bit part in 1986's "Pretty in Pink," remarkably little is known about her private life. And even more remarkably, people don't seem to pester her too often about stuff like where she lives, whether she's married, or if she has kids.

Gershon has become one of the rare actors — and the even rarer female actors — afforded the opportunity to vanish into her roles. It's exactly the career she always wanted, but not necessarily what everyone else planned for her.

After appearing in Paul Verhoeven's critically panned 1995 movie "Showgirls," which has since become a camp classic, Gershon parted ways with her agents when they disagreed with her decision to take the role of Corky, a lesbian ex-con seduced by Jennifer Tilly's femme mafioso girlfriend Violet in "Bound," the Wachowskis' 1996 directorial debut.

"Everyone at that moment, they wanted me to be in a big studio film and to position me more as a big Hollywood star and all that," Gershon recalls. "I just wanted a script and a part to show and to really act in something I was really passionate about."

Almost three decades later, people are still passionate about "Bound": The Criterion Collection re-released the film in June, just in time for Pride.

For the latest interview in Business Insider's "Role Play" series, Gershon looks back on working with the Wachowskis, inadvertently becoming a queer icon, and being typecast as "motorcycle-riding, real tough women murdering men."

On defying her agents to star in 'Bound' and finding Corky's look in San Francisco lesbian bars

Lana and Lilly Wachowski have talked about how they struggled to cast Violet and Corky in 'Bound.' Were you hesitant at all to take on the role?

I was hesitant to take on any role coming off of "Showgirls," just because, honestly, I was pretty burnt out. It was a very intense shoot, as you can imagine. I happened to have read the Wachowskis' script, "Assassins," and I really wanted to do that script. And for whatever reason, no one would see me for it.

When the script for "Bound" was sent to us, my agents were pretty clear saying, "Listen, you are not doing this movie. It's a lesbian, and you just played a lesbian." I'm like, "Well, I just played a bisexual person," as we were saying in the day. I said, "That's very different. And who cares? I want to read the script just because I liked those writers."

My agents were like, "Well, it's unknown filmmakers. They've never directed before." And I remember saying, "These unknown filmmakers are geniuses. They're visionaries. They're brilliant. I want to work with them."

Is it true that you fired your agents over them not wanting you to be in the movie?

I mean, "fire" is a harsh word. They said to me very clearly, "We can't represent you if you do this movie. We have other plans for you."

I was anxious to show that I was a pretty serious actress. When I read ["Bound"], A, I had never read women's parts like this. And B, the idea of cutting off my hair, cutting off my nails, taking off 20 pounds of this makeup that I've been wearing for months and months… it was 180 degrees from what I had just played. And I just thought, "Wow, the woman gets the girl. She gets the money. She screws over the mob."

The movie was way ahead of its time in a lot of ways, particularly in having Susie Bright act as a proto-intimacy coordinator.

I can't remember if she was on the set or not. She certainly wasn't there with me and Jennifer [Tilly]. I think the Wachowskis were quite clever in that they brought on Susie as they were writing the script, because she was the sexpert in lesbian love, and she's known for that.

She wasn't in the traditional sense what an intimacy coordinator is. She wasn't there saying, "Do you feel comfortable with this? Do you feel safe? Move this way."

My real direct dealings with Susie were when I was trying to find my look. Coming in, I was so femme — my hair, and my body was like a dancer's body, and I really had to transform myself into the more masculine side of myself, where I'd really been exploiting the feminine side with "Showgirls." So they were like, "Talk to Susie."

I flew to San Francisco to have a night on the town with her, and I said, "Take me to these places. I want to find my look. Take me to these lesbian bars." Although when I got there, I can't remember exactly why, but for some reason, she couldn't go out that night. She goes, "So, I'm just going to point you in the right direction." And I remember going, "Wait, you're kidding, right? I'm going to all these places by myself?"

But it turned out to be one of those kind of after-hours nights, and one thing led to the other. It was a wild experience, but I came back and I had my Corky. Let's just leave it at that.

On her 'Showgirls' PTSD and why she's come around on the movie

You've spoken a lot about "Showgirls" and defended it in recent years. But did you ever fear its reception would derail your career the way that it derailed Elizabeth Berkley's?

I had that fear I think from day one.

I just watched it again. A friend of mine, Lili Anolik, who is a great journalist and a writer herself, she's like, "You need to come and see this movie and see why people like it." I've just had PTSD with it the whole time, and for several reasons. And seeing it now, I understand it on a bigger level. I can understand why people consciously or unconsciously like it so much.

What ["Showgirls" director] Paul [Verhoeven] was trying to do was just revealing the ugliest side of the American dream. And when you're an actress and you're inside of it, all I kept thinking was like, "Oh, my God, I want to do Chekhov. I want to do the Greeks. How did I get here?"

And it was really my biggest part in my career. I'd been doing theater, I'd been doing independent films, but I also knew, "Wow, I better be really good in this, or else I'm done." And so I worked on it like any part. And I loved the part when I first read the script. I just stuck to doing the best job I could acting it, because I certainly wasn't directing it, and I wasn't producing it.

As a whole, I really appreciate it in the bigger picture now of what he was trying to do.

Between "Showgirls" and "Bound," how do you feel about being a queer icon?

I think it's pretty awesome. I love it. So many women and girls have come up to me, telling me how [my movies] helped them accept who they were and how it helped them come out because they hadn't seen that represented in a film before, and that makes me feel really great.

On the flip side, after having those two roles back to back, did you have any issues with being typecast?

I definitely would get a lot of these motorcycle-riding, real tough women murdering men. That's come up quite a bit in my career. Ironically enough, right now another movie of mine is being re-released from 20 years ago, "Prey for Rock & Roll" — where, by the way, I have another super hot girlfriend in that.

But for some reason, the best parts I've been offered, they've happened to be lesbian women. Maybe the parts seem better to me!

That being said, to me, with "Bound," it wasn't like, "Oh, I'm playing a lesbian." That movie was always about trust. The big themes in that were how do you trust someone again when you've been really screwed over in the past? And ultimately, that's what Corky and Violet have.

On the one scene she never wants to rewatch and why she thought she'd be written out of 'Face/Off'

Another one of my favorite more recent roles of yours was in "Killer Joe." You have that one really memorable scene in which Matthew McConaughey's character forces your character Sharla to fellate a fried chicken leg. What was it like filming that moment?

Years before that movie, the script came to me as a play. And I didn't know ["Killer Joe" playwright] Tracy Letts then, I didn't know his work.

I was into the whole thing, and when I got to that chicken bone scene, I really thought, "Wow, I don't know if I could do this eight times a week." I'm pretty tough, but that scene really was like, "Wow." And everyone's like, "No, it's going to be really funny!"

So, when the movie version came up, I finally got to meet [director] William Friedkin, who I was already such a huge fan of. I mean, I think I've seen "The Exorcist" maybe at least 100 times.

Billy wasn't a guy that says, "Hey, we're going to do a zillion takes." If you ask for take two, he's like, "Why?"

But for that particular scene, I remember saying to Billy and to Matthew, "You know what? I don't want to talk about it. I don't want to think about it. We definitely got one big take on this and let's just do it." I didn't want to get into my head because if I thought about it, I don't know. It's such an intense, gnarly scene.

To this day, the movie is so compelling and it's so well done, I feel myself getting nauseous as that scene is coming up. And it's the only scene I've ever done in my entire career where I literally have to look away and go, "Is it over?"

Luckily, Matthew and I work really well together, and there was obviously a lot of trust between us. And he and I never even talked about it. We never discussed it until a year and a half later. We saw each other at a party. We just kind of looked at each other and he was like, "We really did that scene." I said, "Yeah, we sure did." And we finally talked about it, but I didn't want to think about it, to be honest.

Another one of your iconic cult classic roles is in "Face/Off." Is it true that you and Nicolas Cage knew each other in high school before working on that?

We never really hung out, but we were in the same high school, so we knew of each other for sure.

What was it like working on "Face/Off" together?

Nicolas is, as he is so often, just completely brilliant. I was so excited to be working with John Woo… just watching John Woo work.

Originally I kept thinking my part was going to get cut out or something. I mean, it wasn't integral to the story. And so I would just come up with scenes like, "Hey, what about this? What about that?"

It was your idea to do the sibling kiss, right? What was behind that choice?

I think that was me and Nick Cassavetes. Just an incestuous sort of love for each other. [Laughs]

I kept going into Nick Cassavetes' room trying to work on different bits, saying, "Hey, what about this?" Like I was never supposed to kick the guy when I was leaving with the kid, and I kept saying to John Woo, "I'm in a John Woo movie. Let me do stunts. I could do stunts! I'm really into it."

My one idea that didn't fly — and to this day I still wish we had done it — I really love the idea of showing up with a shaved head, since Nick Cassavetes had the shaved head. And in certain cultures, you shave your head when you're in mourning. I wanted to show up with a shaved head, which I thought was so exciting.

That definitely did not fly. Usually, I'd say to John, "What about this?" And he'd be like, "Oh, yeah, yeah.' But I told him this, and he went, "What? No."

You actually told the story about the shaved head idea to my colleague Jason Guerrasio like seven years ago, when you spoke to him for "Inconceivable."

I'm still standing behind it! I still believe it's a great idea. The producers, I remember they didn't seem to be so keen.

I thought it really worked, but I wasn't directing it, so I didn't get to do it. I was just the hired hand. I had to listen to Mr. John Woo on that one.

I'm excited to see you in "Borderlands" coming up. What was it like working on a set of that scale?

Complete bonkersville. It's insane. It's just stupid, fun, crazy, out there. You feel like you're a bit in a video game. I'm happy to have been a part of it. I wish I had more to do in it. I wish I could have been working there all the time, but I really love my time that I was there.

And working with Cate Blanchett, she's just a dream. I love her so much. And Jamie Lee Curtis and Kevin Hart. I mean, the cast is insane. And it was really special just because we were all in lockdown, and just to be able to enter a new world, even though Pandora's a bit of a shithole and so crazy, it was just nice to be locked down with such a great group of people.

I've never done a Marvel movie. I've never done these big, crazy movies. To be really dressed up in these outfits and entering a whole other world was just a blast.

Totally different experience from things like "Bound" and "Showgirls."

The film is nuts. It's not like anything I've done, so I'm excited about it.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

The new 4K digital restoration of "Bound" is now available from The Criterion Collection.

• Wimbledon is officially underway in London, and will conclude on July 14.
• The Grand Slam tennis tournament draws an elite group of spectators in high fashion looks.
• David Beckham, Patrick Mahomes, and Jameela Jamil have been spotted at the event.

Round one of Wimbledon, the oldest tennis tournament in the world and one of the four Grand Slam tournaments of the season, began on July 1.

With stars like Coco Gauff, Novak Djokovic, and Taylor Fritz vying for another championship title in their pristine whites, the spectacle always draws a number of society's elites.

So far, the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club has seen everyone from legendary athletes David Beckham and Maria Sharapova to Foo Fighters front man Dave Grohl and "Bridgerton" star Golda Rosheuvel.

As the competition continues to heat up, here's a look at all the A-listers attending Wimbledon this year.

English soccer legend David Beckham was seen enjoying day one of the tournament with his mom, Sandra.

Also on day one, "Bohemian Rhapsody" star Lucy Boynton wore an embroidered babydoll dress by Celine, color-coordinated sunglasses, and gold hoops.

Source: Women's Health

Musician Arlo Parks was also in attendance on day one.

Couple James Blake and Jameela Jamil posed for pictures on club grounds.

Golda Rosheuvel, also known as Queen Charlotte on "Bridgerton," was seen on day one in a red and white striped dress.

"Boy's a Liar Pt. 2" singer PinkPantheress was snapped checking her phone.

British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir, who portrayed Bob Marley in "Bob Marley: One Love," was seen walking the grounds on day one.

Famed British broadcaster and biologist Sir David Attenborough was seen giving a standing ovation.

"Foo Fighters" front man Dave Grohl traded his usual rock 'n' roll style for a navy-blue suit and orange patterned tie as he watched day two's action with his wife, director Jordyn Blum.

Actor and producer Rebel Wilson was seen taking selfies with a fellow spectator in a bright floral blazer by Alice and Olivia.

The multitalented model, singer, and actor Grace Jones was spotted having a laugh in the crowd.

Five-time Grand Slam singles champion Maria Sharapova was seen with her fiancé, businessman Alexander Gilkes.

"Ted Lasso" fan favorite Hannah Waddingham stopped for pictures on day three in a lilac, floral-patterned dress by Elie Saab with white accessories.

Mel C's burnt-orange crop top reminded everyone why she's Sporty Spice.

Kim Cattrall posed in a dusty-pink suit, floral blouse, and metallic heels.

Michael and Carole Middleton, parents of Kate Middleton, were spotted at Wimbledon day four.

Tennis legends Martina Navratilova and John McEnroe attended Andy Murray's farewell presentation on day four.

Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes was pictured with his wife, Brittany Mahomes, who wore a red, white, and blue look by Gucci.

• Nicky Piccalilli, her husband, kids, and dog live on a 35-foot catamaran and travel the world.
• They learned how to sail and fixed up the boat after Nicky had a serious health incident in 2017. 
• Nicknamed the Sailing Pickle Family, the group has seen many countries around the world. 

The Sailing Pickle Family lives a life that many dream of: They sail around the world and explore new countries on a regular basis.

But their exciting adventure started from a low point. In 2017, Nicky Piccalilli, 46, caught meningitis and was placed in intensive care and isolation.

She said the infection caused damage to her brain, eyesight, and hearing — but it was something of a pinnacle moment in her life. She texted her husband, Chris, 48, and told him, "When I get out of here, I'm going to sail the world."

Nicky, Chris, their youngest children, 15-year-old Beau and 10-year-old Bear, plus their Doberman, Buddy, began doing just that in 2019.

It was love at first sight when they found their boat

As Nicky began her recovery, she and Chris researched how to sail and started looking for a boat.

Just a week after Nicky left the hospital, they arranged to look at Pickle, the 35-foot Prout Snowgoose catamaran that they'd eventually buy.

"I literally just fell in love," Nicky told Business Insider. "She needed a huge amount of work. It was a really good thing that I was so naive."

The family got a great deal on the boat but spent the next year fixing sails, ropes, and everything else to get it into sailing condition.

"The only thing we didn't do was completely rewire it," Nicky said.

Nicky described the inside of the boat as being like a Tardis, the time machine on "Doctor Who."

It has futuristic curved shapes, a large seating area, a kitchen, toilet, showering area, and lots of storage. There's enough space for two small rooms to have double beds and private areas for their kids.

The Pickle family has weathered some storms and explored many places already

The family began their journey by sailing across the South coast of England and toward France.

One of the biggest challenges they faced early on in their journey was crossing the Bay of Biscay, a stretch of water along the western coast of France notorious for its unforgiving weather.

"In the Bay of Biscay, the waves were bigger than we were," Nicky said. "We were just unlucky that we got into one of those storms."

She described how the boat nearly went onto its side and the cockpit filled with foamy seawater — she clung onto her dog for dear life as waves crashed over the boat.

It was the only moment when Nicky doubted what they were doing, but getting past it helped them appreciate the journey more.

They've now seen a lot of places, from Spain and Italy to Tunisia and the western Turkish coast — and they haven't experienced a storm that bad since.

The family has shifted their lifestyle, but there are some things about living on land they miss

To fund their new lifestyle and adventures, Chris works remotely, and the family shares their journey on YouTube and Patreon.

Nicky and Chris homeschool their children, and Beau and Nicky plan to return to England this year so Beau can complete her GCSEs while Chris and Bear stay on the boat in Europe.

Even so, the family misses a few things about living on land. Nicky misses having a garden and growing her own produce for the family.

Chris misses not having to worry about the weather. The weather at sea has a tremendous impact on the ease of sailing and is something the family has to consider at all times. It can change in the space of just an hour or two, so they have to check the forecast regularly throughout the day.

"It's constantly on your mind. Even if you're sick and dying, you have to check the weather," Nicky told BI.

Even so, the family doesn't plan to stop their adventures anytime soon. Next, they hope to sail across the Atlantic and visit North and South America.

• In July, Aldi will release dozens of new summer products like easy meals, dips, and desserts.
• Aldi is releasing both sweet and spicy dip options in cinnamon-bun and pineapple-jalapeño flavors.
• For dessert, indulge in pie bites, gelato bites, ice-cream-flavored truffles, and more.

Aldi is ready to help shoppers make the most of the summer season, with plenty of new offerings coming to shelves this July.

From iced lattes and ready-made chicken salads to ice-cream-flavored truffles, the store is stocking plenty of exciting options for every meal.

Best of all, the budget grocer — which announced plans to cut prices on over 250 items this summer — has many products available for under $5 each. Here are some of the best things to get at Aldi this July.

Enjoy your favorite pies with the Belmont chocolate-covered pie bites — no baking required.

Instead of turning on the oven to bake a pie this summer, indulge in the Belmont chocolate-covered pie bites.

Available in coconut-cream, key-lime, and banana-cream flavors, each box of this frozen summertime treat is available for just under $5.

Stay cool on the hottest summer days with Nature's Nectar sparkling French sodas.

Cool off with these sparkling French sodas from Nature's Nectar, which are refreshing on their own or as an ingredient in cocktails and mocktails.

The sodas, which cost $3.20 per bottle, come in three flavors: pink raspberry, pomegranate blueberry, and blood-orange grapefruit.

The Bake Shop cotton-candy-frosted sugar cookies offer a taste of summer fun.

Feeling nostalgic? You can enjoy a taste of the fair with these cotton-candy-frosted sugar cookies.

Each cookie has a soft, fluffy base and a frosting that tastes like cotton candy. A box of 10 cookies costs less than $4.

Pair the Park Street Deli cinnamon-bun or cookie-dough dips with your favorite fruits and sweet treats.

If you want to add more variety to the lineup of dips at your next gathering, consider these sweet options from Park Street Deli.

These dips are available in cinnamon-bun or cookie-dough flavors and pair well with fresh fruit, graham crackers, pretzels, marshmallows, and more. Try one or both flavors for $3 each.

Start your morning off right with the Barissimo iced lattes.

If you're trying to save money and skip the drive-thru this summer, you'll want to keep these budget-friendly lattes on hand.

The Barissimo lattes, which are $2 each, are available in new flavors like raspberry mocha, salted caramel, and toasted coconut.

Add more flavor to your meals with the Journey To Greece Mediterranean-olive mix.

Whether you're planning to whip up a pasta salad, make a nice charcuterie spread, or snack straight from the jar, these Mediterranean olives will be a kitchen staple.

Each jar, available for just $3.50, contains a mix of green and kalamata olives, red peppers, and garlic.

The Park Street Deli chicken salads are a convenient lunch, snack, or dinner option.

If you need a protein-packed snack or an easy lunch or dinner idea, pick up a tub or two of the new Park Street Deli chicken salads, available in Green Goddess and lemon-poppy-seed flavors.

These would pair well with crackers or lettuce cups and are available for $4.30.

The Sundae Shoppe gelato bites put a new spin on a classic dessert.

Gelato is already delicious, but the new Sundae Shoppe bites take this dessert to the next level.

Each bite of gelato, available in cookie-dough or toffee flavors, is coated in chocolate. The toffee flavor has a cookie crumble on the outside, and the cookie dough variety features a chewy cookie-dough center. Grab a bag for only $4.

Enjoy a restaurant-quality seafood dinner with Fremont Fish Market crab or lobster cakes.

Summer is seafood season, and Aldi is celebrating by making dinner even easier with the Fremont Fish Market crab and lobster cakes. They're great for topping salads or pairing with slaws and grilled veggies.

Each pack contains five cakes for just under $5, making it a budget-friendly alternative to going out to eat at a seafood restaurant.

Stock up on Park Street Deli’s new sweet-and-spicy dips.

No cookout is complete without plenty of dips and spreads on hand for chips, burgers, and veggies.

To ensure your guests are offered a good variety, consider grabbing one of the new Park Street Deli sweet-and-spicy dips.

The dips are available in pineapple-jalapeño or sweet-chili-mango flavors for $3.40 each.

Clancy's kettle chips are great for picnics.

Aldi shoppers will want to stock up on the new flavors of Clancy's kettle chips for picnics, snacking, movie nights, and more. Each bag of chips, which come in fun flavors like sweet Maui onion and chili-pepper lime, cost just under $2.

Take your tastebuds on vacation with the Specially Selected limoncello-cheesecake cups.

Aldi's new limoncello-cheesecake dessert cups are a fancy-looking dessert option that won't break the bank.

Each cup costs $2.50 and features a crispy, buttery, cookie base topped with a thick layer of creamy cheesecake and lemony fruit topping.

The Simply Nature smoothie pops make for a fun and refreshing snack.

When you're ready to cool off from the rising summer temperatures, grab one of Simply Nature's organic smoothie pops.

These non-GMO smoothie pops are packed with superfoods and make a refreshing summer treat.

Available in berry or mango flavors, each pack of six smoothie pops costs $5.

Treat yourself to the Moser Roth ice-cream shop truffles.

There's never a wrong time to treat yourself with these luxurious-looking Moser Roth ice-cream-shop truffles.

Each box contains 12 chocolates in four ice cream-inspired flavors — rocky road, fudge, vanilla chip, and orange creamsicle — for only $3.70.

• Costco's largest gold product is a 100-gram bar from PAMP Suisse that last sold for $7,599.99.
• The jumbo-sized bar was briefly available this week, but sold out in less than a day.
• The quick sellout shows just how strong demand still is for Costco's precious metals business.

Costco has been selling gold and silver at a rate of $200 million per month, per analyst estimates, and it's showing no signs of slowing down.

Look no further than this week's sell-off of the company's largest gold product: 100-gram bars of 24-karat gold from PAMP Suisse that last sold for $7,599.99.

Weighing as much as three and a half standard coins, the two-square-inch slabs cost as much as a high-mileage used car.

The price didn't dissuade gold buyers, who snapped up the stash of 100-gram bars in less than a day. It's unclear how many units were in this release, but the product listing shows dozens of reviews from verified customers.

As one review pointed out, Costco's 2% rewards for Executive membership, plus 2% from Costco's credit card translate to some big bucks on such a large purchase.

In this instance, the combined rewards would come in around $300 — not a bad windfall for converting dollars into gold, assuming prices hold.

Because Costco prices its precious metals so close to the market spot price, the rewards can make the deal extremely competitive.

At these rates, it's unlikely that Costco is making much profit from its precious metals business, but that might not matter for the company right now.

Between the e-commerce cheat code of routing hundreds of millions of dollars through online sales, attracting new members, incentivizing existing members to upgrade, and boosting the appeal of the credit card, there are plenty of benefits for Costco to enjoy.

Costco executives often remind investors that "we're a top-line company" — referring to their dedication to growing sales rather than maximizing profits — and nothing drives that idea home quite like selling through stacks of $7,600 gold bars in less than a day.

• I tried making Ina Garten's tuna-melt recipe, which was quick and easy to prepare.
• It ended up being one of the best tuna melts I've ever had and was quick and easy to put together.
• I'll also use the recipe in the future to make regular tuna-salad sandwiches.

Ina Garten has become a household name for cooking comfort-food staples like her perfect roast chicken and beef bourguignon.

As much as I'd love one of her gourmet meals in the middle of each day, using my entire lunch hour to whip up something from the TV personality's arsenal of recipes isn't always realistic. Fortunately, Garten has a few quick recipes up her sleeves, including a 10-minute take on a tuna-melt sandwich.

The recipe uses pantry-staple ingredients I usually have on hand, as well as fresh elements like green onions, microgreens, celery, and dill.

As someone who loves a good tuna sandwich, I was curious to see if this dish could replace my expensive lunchtime takeout orders. Here's how it went.

To start, I gathered my ingredients.

Garten specifies using imported tuna packed in olive oil, so I chose two cans of Genova yellowfin tuna instead of the water-based ones I normally use.

It was shockingly hard to find Swiss cheese that wasn't in the form of sandwich slices at my Jewel-Osco — let alone the Emmentaler that she suggested. I decided to use a Swiss Gruyere AOP instead, which had a similar flavor.

I also picked up celery, scallions, fresh dill, a lemon, anchovy paste, and bread. I already had avocado-oil mayo at home, so I used that for the recipe.

The "Barefoot Contessa's" tuna-melt recipe also called for microgreens, but I left them out as I'm not a fan of their grassy flavor.

My receipt ended up coming out to about $35, or roughly $8.75 per serving — which I found to be a little pricey for a tuna-melt sandwich.

I began by draining the oil from the tuna and flaking it with a fork in a bowl.

Even though I drained most of the oil, the tuna seemed to have a creamy texture and flaked easily. I chopped the celery into quarter-inch pieces, diced the green onions and dill, and added them to the tuna mixture.

Next, I cut a fresh lemon and squeezed out 2 tablespoons of lemon juice. I then added 1½ teaspoons of salt and three-quarters of a teaspoon of pepper, mixing to combine the ingredients.

I then added the mayo and anchovy paste to make the mixture creamy.

I added the mayo, which made the mixture creamy, and the anchovy paste, which looked a little unappetizing at first. However, it quickly assimilated into the tuna mixture when I put it in.

I turned on the broiler to preheat, then toasted two slices of bread.

After the bread was done toasting, I put the slices in a baking dish and spread a thick layer of the tuna mixture on each piece.

While Garten suggests using about a quarter of the mixture for each slice of bread, I added a little more tuna since it otherwise seemed to be a small serving.

After grating cheese over the tuna mixture, I popped the sandwiches in the oven.

I grated the cheese on top of the tuna mixture, then placed the open-faced sandwiches in the oven to broil for about 3 minutes each.

I waited until the cheese just started to melt and brown before taking the tuna melts out of the oven to serve.

My first bite of Garten’s tuna melt was heavenly.

The combination of olive oil, melted cheese, and creamy mayonnaise made the tuna taste much richer than I'm used to. The fresh-lemon juice cut through some of that richness, while the green onions, fresh dill, and diced celery added some fresh flavor and texture.

I also liked that the bread didn't get soggy, even after I finished up some emails before eating my second tuna-melt slice. I think this was probably because the bread was toasted.

The sandwich was delicious, but I'd make a few changes next time.

The anchovy paste added a little extra savory umami flavor to the sandwich, but it also made it saltier. In the future, I'll reduce the amount of salt I use.

I also think that adding a briney element like capers could make this tuna melt even better, even though it was already delicious as is.

I really didn't miss the microgreens, thanks to all the fresh ingredients and crunch in the sandwich, and I think it would have just been an expensive throwaway topping that added to the cost of the meal.

My main complaint was that Garten’s tuna-sandwich recipe didn’t yield as much filling as I’d expected.

I was disappointed there wasn't more of the tuna melt left after my boyfriend and I scarfed it down — especially given its relatively high price tag and the fact that it's supposed to be enough for four portions.

However, considering how quick it was to make and how delicious the results were, this tuna-melt sandwich will definitely become a regular in my lunch rotation. Next time, I'll just make some adjustments to make it a little more budget-friendly.

• Trump has not been quiet in the post-debate fallout.
• The former president has been posting consistently on Truth Social and scheduling campaign rallies.
• Not a man known for holding his tongue, Trump is beginning to turn his commentary to Kamala Harris.

On the morning of July 5, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social 23 times in a span of 10 minutes. Though some are suggesting that the former president is remaining strategically quiet in the wake of last week's debate, he's not staying silent on social media or in person.

The flurry of activity — between 10:28 am and 10:38 am — included everything from polling graphics to pictures on the golf course. Trump's other posts over the past week have been similarly wide-reaching. Some days, he shares lengthy paragraphs about Biden's policy failures; other days, campaign videos; others still, an un-captioned, zoomed-in, pixelated image of Joe Biden's face looking oddly tan.

Some of his posts have begun to focus on Vice President Kamala Harris, whom many Democrats speculate will replace Biden on the ticket should he drop out. On July 4, Trump referred to her as "our potentially new Democratic Challenger, Laffin' Kamala Harris."

Trump is present beyond social media as well, with campaign rallies scheduled for July 9 and July 13, in Florida and Pennsylvania respectively, according to his campaign website.

"We continue to have a robust campaign schedule that outpaces Crooked Joe Biden," Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for the Trump campaign, told Business Insider. "We just announced a slate of events and rallies next week. Biden could never."

The White House and Biden campaign did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment. Biden is scheduled to hold a rally in Wisconsin on July 6.

Though Trump has sat for a few radio interviews since the debate, two advisors told the New York Times that he is content to let the media focus on the Democrat party's internal chaos. He would rather Biden remain the nominee, the advisor said, as recent polling indicates that other Democrats, namely Harris, are more formidable opponents.

Yet a leaked video, first reported by the Daily Beast, illustrates the former president's penchant for speaking freely and loudly. In it, Trump rides on a golf cart and calls Biden a "broken-down pile of crap" and Harris "pathetic."

With a known love for the spotlight, Trump is not a man known for holding his tongue. A judge told him as much earlier this year, saying, "You just can't control yourself."

As the fallout continues to swirl around Biden, it remains to be seen how long Trump will be content to let someone else sit in the eye of the media storm.

• Steve Jobs left the bulk of his fortune to his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs, when he died in 2011.
• The pair have three children, and Jobs has a daughter from a previous relationship, as well. 
• His only son, Reed Jobs, founded a VC firm dedicated to investing in cancer treatments in August.

Steve Jobs is arguably the most influential tech leader in the history of modern computing. 

In 1976, after he dropped out of college, Jobs cofounded Apple with his high-school friend, Steve Wozniak, while they were still in their 20s, according to "Steve Jobs," a biography by Walter Isaacson.

Jobs helped turn Apple from a makeshift computer manufacturer housed inside his parents' garage to a global tech giant now worth more than $3 trillion.

Jobs was also the father of four children. He had his oldest, Lisa Brennan-Jobs, with his high-school girlfriend, Chrisann Brennan. Later, he had Reed Jobs, Erin Jobs, and Eve Jobs with his wife, Laurene Powell Jobs. 

Jobs was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2003, and died eight years later at 56, ABC News reported, leaving the majority of his fortune to Powell Jobs.

She does not plan to share her inheritance with her children. "I'm not interested in legacy wealth buildings," she said in an interview with The New York Times.

"Steve wasn't interested in that," she told the Times. "If I live long enough, it ends with me." 

Each of Jobs' children received millions of dollars from their father, the Times reported, and might be considered "nepo babies" — a label popularized by a New York Magazine story about Hollywood actors who rose to fame thanks, in part, to their family connections. 

While Jobs' children have largely pursued careers outside of tech, from modeling to writing, it's likely their family name contributed to their success. 

Apple, Laurene Powell Jobs, and Reed Jobs did not reply to requests for comment, nor did representatives for Lisa Brennan-Jobs and Eve Jobs. Erin Jobs could not be reached.

Meet Jobs' widow Laurene Powell Jobs and four children, and see how his legacy helped his loved ones succeed.

Laurene Powell Jobs

Laurene Powell Jobs inherited the majority of Jobs' fortune when he died in 2011 — including his lucrative stakes in Apple and Disney.

Today, her net worth is estimated at $11.2 billion, per Bloomberg's Billionaire Index. 

Powell Jobs first met Jobs when she was an MBA student at Stanford in 1989, according to Isaacson's biography. Jobs was giving a guest lecture at the university when his future wife and her friend snuck into the lecture late and ended up sitting next to the Apple cofounder.

Powell Jobs later told Isaacson that the Apple cofounder "was not that big of a deal to me" and that she initially had him mixed up with Bill Gates. At the time, Jobs was working at Next, a computer-workstation company that was later bought by Apple.

Jobs recalled seeing this "beautiful girl" sitting next to him and later followed her to the parking lot. She agreed to a dinner date that night that turned into the two spending the night together, Isaacson wrote. Less than two years later, they got married.

During their marriage, the couple had three children: Reed, Erin, and Eve.

Since Jobs' death, Powell Jobs has been active in philanthropy and founded Emerson Collective in 2004 as a "social change organization." She has served on the boards of several nonprofits, including Teach for America and Conservation International, and has made donations to members of the Democratic Party.

Her hobbies reportedly include sailing on The Venus — a yacht her late husband commissioned before his death — art collecting, and beekeeping.

Powell Jobs has also taken an interest in media. In 2017, she acquired a majority stake in The Atlantic magazine for over $100 million, per The Wall Street Journal. She also owns stakes in the sports teams the NBA Wizards and NHL Capitals.

In June, Powell Jobs bought her fourth property in 10 years in Malibu. The 3,399-square-foot oceanfront estate cost her $94 million, according to the LA Times.

Despite her billionaire status, Powell Jobs has said she doesn't plan to pass on her fortune to any of her children. 

"Steve wasn't interested in that. If I live long enough, it ends with me," she told The New York Times in 2020. "I inherited my wealth from my husband, who didn't care about the accumulation of wealth. I am doing this in honor of his work, and I've dedicated my life to doing the very best I can to distribute it effectively, in ways that lift up individuals and communities in a sustainable way."

Lisa Brennan-Jobs

Even though Lisa Brennan-Jobs received millions from her father, The New York Times reported, she did not always benefit from her wealthy father.

Lisa, now 46, is Steve Jobs' first daughter. Her mother, Chrisann Brennan, who is a painter and memoirist, was Jobs' high-school sweetheart.

For years, Jobs denied that he was Brennan-Jobs' father and provided little financial or emotional support to her and her mother when Apple took off, per The New York Times. As a result, Brennan went on welfare and cleaned houses to support her daughter, according to Vanity Fair. 

Despite the initial neglect, Brennan-Jobs moved in with Jobs as a teenager so they could work on their relationship, according to the Times. Still, she said they didn't spend much time together.

After high school, Brennan-Jobs attended Harvard (which she admitted she might have gotten into because she dropped her father's name during the admission interview, per the Times). She then moved to London and Italy to work in finance, pivoted to a design role, and then switched to freelance writing for magazines and literary journals, according to the Times.

Brennan-Jobs' major breakthrough as a writer came in 2018 when she published "Small Fry," a memoir that dives deep into her tumultuous relationship with her father. In it, she writes about the times he treated her poorly, from initially denying that his Apple Lisa computer was named after her to saying that she smelled "like a toilet."

Despite all the turmoil, Brennan-Jobs said that she is "grateful" for her upbringing, per the Times.

She is now married to Bill Morein, a Microsoft employee turned tech-startup founder. They have three kids – Morein's two daughters from a previous relationship and a son they had together, according to the Times.

Reed Jobs

Reed Jobs — named after the university his father attended before dropping out, according to Walter Isaacson's biography — is the son of Jobs and Laurene Powell Jobs, born just months after the two got married. 

Of his four children, Steve Jobs was closest to the 32-year-old, which came at the cost of his relationships with his daughters, according to Isaacson's biography.

Even though his father raised him without an emphasis on money, it was impossible for Reed and his siblings to avoid the privileges of being rich. 

Larry Ellison, the cofounder of Oracle who's worth $158 billion and was a close friend of Steve Jobs, would frequently take the Jobs family out on joy rides on his many luxury yachts, according to Isaacson's biography. Ironically, Reed would call Ellison "our rich friend." 

Reed was also exposed to his father's business early on. When he was a senior in high school, his father took him to Hawaii so he could "be in the room with the best people in the world making really tough decisions," like Apple executives and other high-level tech moguls, per Isaacson's biography.

"I want you to be in every single one because you'll learn more in those two days than you would in two years at business school," Steve Jobs said, according to Isaacson. 

In 2014, Reed got his bachelor's degree in history and international security from Stanford University — a favorite of wealthy tech offspring like Steve Ballmer's son Peter and Eric Schmidt's daughter, Sophie, and where his mother attended business school — then stayed for another year to get his master's in history.

After receiving his master's degree in 2015, Reed worked at the Emerson Collective — the philanthropic and impact investing organization his mother founded — as a managing director, leading a team that invests money into cancer research.

In August 2023, Reed announced he was leaving Emerson work at a venture capital fund named Yosemite, where he continued to lead investments in new cancer treatments. Yosemite raised more than $200 million to invest in cancer care, The Wall Street Journal. His investments include a startup that helps patients compare the cost of medical services called Turquoise Health.

Erin Siena Jobs

Erin Siena Jobs is the most private of Steve Jobs' children.

The 28-year-old does not appear to have any public profiles on social media, though her younger sister, Eve, posted a picture of Erin on Instagram for her birthday in 2021.

"To my lifelong best friend — happy birthday!!" Eve wrote next to an old picture of the two sisters on a boat that has since been deleted. "I love you I love you I love you."

In Isaacson's biography on Steve Jobs, the writer described Erin as "quiet, introspective."

Erin told Isaacson she sometimes wished she could have had more of her father's attention, but "he does his best to be both a father and the CEO of Apple, and he juggles those pretty well."

Eve Jobs

Twenty-five-year-old Eve Jobs, the youngest of Steve Jobs' children, is a model and an accomplished equestrian.

Unlike her older sister Erin, Eve is used to being in the spotlight. In 2020, she started her modeling career with a Glossier ad campaign alongside "Euphoria" star Sydney Sweeney and "RuPaul's Drag Race" finalist Naomi Smalls, Vanity Fair reported.

In 2022, she signed with DNA Model Management — the same agency that represents Kaia Gerber and Emily Ratajkowski — and attended Paris Fashion Week, per Elle Magazine and Vogue. Eve starred in an edgy fashion campaign for the luxury streetwear brand Enfants Riches Déprimés in February.

Prior to launching a modeling career, Eve attended Stanford University — the same school her brother attended and where her mom got her MBA. She graduated in 2021 after studying science technology and society, Harper's Bazaar reported.

During her college years, Eve was ranked No. 5 on the list of the top 1,000 riders under 25 around the world by Horse Sport in 2019. A year later, she said in an interview with World of Showjumping that "being able to compete in the Olympics and World Equestrian Games would be a dream." 

She is one of many nepo babies to take up horseback riding — from Bill Gates' daughter to Michael Dell's. In 2016, her mother bought a $15 million ranch in Wellington, Florida, where she frequently competes and trains with a top equestrian coach, Missy Clark, BI previously reported.

Steve Jobs told Isaacson he envisioned his youngest daughter running Apple someday or becoming president of the United States. 

"She's a pistol and has the strongest will of any kid I've ever met," he told Isaacson.

• The Hamptons are facing an influx of exclusive social clubs and locals aren't happy.
• Traditionally a quiet refuge for the wealthy, club nightlife is now encroaching on the area.
• The Hamptons' residents don't want their homes to become a party hotspot.

Just two hours east of Manhattan, the Hamptons is an ultra-wealthy beach hideaway where millionaires and celebrities from Martha Steward to Beyoncé hide away from the big city bustle.

At least it used to be.

Nowadays, exclusive social clubs with long lines, dress codes, and pounding music are popping up in the Long Island hub for the rich, and residents aren't happy.

Take the Blu Mar restaurant, for example. The Southampton restaurant was recently transformed into an Italian restaurant and nightclub by KyKy Conille, who is known for operating several hotspots in NYC, the Hollywood Reporter reported in July 2024.

Conille told the Hollywood reporter that the restaurant's club will be inclusive, catering to "customers from 25 to anyone who can still walk."

However, another club in the back is more selective about who to let in.

"We will pick the clientele for the lounge,'' Conille reportedly said at the time. "My doormen will choose by the way they dress. We don't want people coming in the lounge in the evening wearing shorts. I want to bring back elegance — for people to get excited to get dressed.''

And KyKy Conille isn't the only one transforming the scene.

Scott Sartiano, owner of the elite Manhattan social club Zero Bond where high-profile celebrities from Taylor Swift and Elon Musk to Tom Brady and Kim Kardashian go to party, planned to convert East Hampton's historic Hedges Inn into a new club location earlier this year, according to the same article.

Business Insider previously reported that the club's fees for new members range between $2,700 and $9,000 a year, depending on age.

But Sartiano's plans had to shift in May after locals filled town meetings and convinced local leaders to set up an 11 p.m. curfew for this season.

Since that spoiled the nightclub idea, Sartiano says he'll use the property as a new outpost for his NYC restaurant, Sartiano's, for the time being.

Still, some locals aren't buying it.

"Mr. Sartiano has greatly watered down his proposal so that it will simply be an Italian restaurant, and if that's the case, we will roll out the red carpet," Marcos Baladrón, East Hampton Village administrator, told the Hollywood Reporter. "But if his ultimate goal is to open another Zero Bond, I think the neighbors should be very wary."

The New York Times reported that town officials could not confirm if Sartiano had officially leased the property on July 4.

While the future of the Hamptons is up in the air, one thing is clear: the coastal wealth enclave is going through a cultural identity crisis, and locals will have to fight to stop it from transforming into a getaway for partiers.

"One of the lost things in this world is quietude," village trustee Carrie Doyle, told The New York Times. "People come out for peace and quiet, and the ironic thing is that to get it, you have to make a lot of noise. So that's what we've done."