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Indie Media Outfit Alexander Opens Film Arm With Kevin Chan, Hamish Moseley On Board And ‘Ben’imana’ Set As First Release
Alexander, the independent media company founded by producer Cameron Lamb, has launched a dedicated film arm and made its first acquisition, taking all English-language territory rights to Marie-Clementine Dusabejambo’s debut feature Ben’imana. The move marks a significant expansion for a company that began as an audio-storytelling platform, and it brings in senior industry figures to…
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Private equity’s London takeover spree goes on – and the politicians ignore it
Bodycote, a Macclesfield-based industrial firm and the world’s largest provider of heat treatment and metallurgical technologies, has agreed to be bought by US private equity firm Veritas for £1.65bn, or £1.85bn including debt. The deal is the latest in a long run of overseas takeovers of FTSE 250 industrial companies, undermining the government’s stated ambition…
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ReactOS 0.4.16 serves ’90s Windows nostalgia with fewer bugs
ReactOS, the long-running open-source project aiming to recreate a Windows NT-compatible operating system, has released version 0.4.16 after 18 months of development, bringing significant bug fixes and usability improvements. Although still officially in alpha nearly 30 years after the project began in 1996, this release tackles longstanding pain points around installation, hardware compatibility and stability…
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Nepal-China border flood toll mounts as Swalwell search footage emerges
Rescuers piece together the human cost of the Himalayan flood disaster despite one Australian survivor’s rescue, US solar savings prospects improve, a Montana step-uncle kills eight family members, and NSW quietly drops “toxic masculinity” from official language.
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Trump sparks midterm election chaos as whistleblower issues terrifying warning on rushed postal ballots
A federal whistleblower has warned that the US Postal Service’s new online portal for screening mail-in ballots is untested and could suffer “catastrophic failure” if brought into use before November’s midterm elections. The system is being rushed into service as President Donald Trump pushes for greater federal oversight of postal voting, a move currently tied…
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‘Bake Off’ Battle Heats Up: Sky Accuses Producer Of Falsifying Accounts & Charting Private Boat Trip On Company Credit Card
A legal dispute over The Great British Bake Off has escalated, with Sky formally accusing Letty Kavanagh, the former managing director of producer Love Productions, of falsifying company accounts and misusing a corporate credit card for personal expenses, including a private boat charter. Kavanagh, who is suing Sky for wrongful dismissal and unpaid severance in…
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FRANK SILLER: ‘I love you, brother’ — the 9/11 loss that inspired a mission of service
Frank Siller, chairman and CEO of the Tunnel to Towers Foundation, has written a new book, “Let Us Do Good,” recounting how the death of his younger brother Stephen, a New York City firefighter killed on 11 September 2001, reshaped his life and inspired his charitable mission. In an opinion piece marking the approaching 25th…
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Netflix Doubles Down on Podcasts: Streamer Orders New Shows From Katt Williams and Harlan Coben, Renews Full Slate of Originals
Netflix is expanding further into video podcasts, announcing on Tuesday that it will renew its entire existing slate of original podcasts while also commissioning new shows fronted by comedian Katt Williams and thriller author Harlan Coben. The move underlines Netflix’s continued commitment to the format even though its podcasts have yet to break into the…
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Carney urges US to engage seriously before Canadian tariffs
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has told the US to “start being serious” about trade talks, days before Canada is due to hit back against Donald Trump’s tariffs with retaliatory duties of its own. The row has intensified after the collapse of US-Canada negotiations, with Trump signing an executive order to rename Lake Ontario “Lake…