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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Director Takashi Yamazaki And Scott Free Team On Project ‘Nue’ At 20th Century
20th Century has landed the original epic Nue from director Takashi Yamazaki with Scott Free producing. Yamazaki will direct with Scott Free’s Ridley Scott and Michael Pruss producing, alongside Keiichiro Moriya and Go Abe from Robot Communications, and Toho-Tombo’s Georgina Pope. Amie Horiuchi will also serve in a producing capacity. Plot details are being kept under wraps.…
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Viola Davis & Julius Tennon’s Juvee Productions Inks First-Look Deal With Universal Global Television; ‘Pawn’ Series Adaptation Set As First Project
JuVee Productions, the production company founded by Emmy and Oscar winner Viola Davis and producer Julius Tennon, has entered into a first-look deal with Universal Global Television. Under the pact, Juvee will develop and produce series with UGT for all platforms, and has set Pawn, a series adaptation based on an original short story by…
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U2 Get Drenched, Tap Into Classic, Soaring Sound in Video For Funky ‘Street of Dreams’ Single
The clip for the bilingual song from the veteran group’s as-yet-unannounced new album was filmed in Mexico City in May.
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EasyJet’s board has surrendered too easily to US bidder
The Guardian’s financial columnist Nils Pratley argues that easyJet’s board has given in too readily to a takeover approach from Castlelake, a US private investment firm active in aircraft financing and leasing. After rejecting three earlier offers as fundamental undervaluations and dismissing a fourth at 650p as “substantial”, the board reached an “agreement in principle”…
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Jermaine Dupri Sues Sony Music for $18M in Unpaid Royalties on Mariah Carey & Usher Albums
Producer Jermaine Dupri and his label So-So Def Recordings have filed a lawsuit against Sony Music Entertainment, alleging that the company owes them more than $18 million in unpaid royalties tied to albums by Mariah Carey, Usher and others. The suit, filed on 7 July and obtained by Billboard, accuses Sony of a “systemic pattern”…
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25 Years Later, Vin Diesel’s $7 Billion Franchise Starter Makes a Comeback
After 25 years, Vin Diesel’s The Fast and the Furious is making a comeback, on streaming before the end of the end of the $7 billion franchise.
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US airman accused of exposing himself to five females including a 16-year-old girl escaped British justice by being allowed to face a court martial at his base
A US airman stationed in Britain, Staff Sergeant Hannes Marschalek, avoided prosecution in the UK courts after Cambridgeshire Police ceded jurisdiction to the US military, allowing him to face a court martial on his base instead. He was accused of exposing himself to five females, including a 16-year-old girl, over a two-month period in 2022,…
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British spies warn Trump’s White House resembles a witch trial and institute gag order with CIA
According to a Daily Mail report, British intelligence service MI6 has reportedly warned Prime Minister Keir Starmer that Donald Trump’s second White House resembles a mix of the Salem witch trials and the court of Henry VIII. In a classified assessment obtained by the Wall Street Journal, MI6 described the administration as “The Crucible meets…
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Claude Cowork expands to mobile and web
With this update, users can start a task from their desk, get status updates on their phone, and pick up the finished output later — even if their laptop is closed.
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Facing US export controls, China’s DeepSeek plans to make its own chips
It’s early, but the plan is to reduce dependency on Nvidia and Huawei.