Month: August 2021

Once again, Manifest has found itself on Netflix‘s Top 10 list. The cancelled NBC series was Netflix’s most popular show for quite a while this summer, and it has returned to prominence once again this week. It may seem strange for a show to get a random viewership boost a few weeks after it finally
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Sean Penn’s Flag Day raised a $1,656 per screen average from 24 runs this weekend, a glum opening for the father-daughter family drama from United Artists Releasing. The film, directed and starring Penn as the most notorious counterfeiter in U.S. history, along with daughter Dylan Penn, targeted an older, sophisticated demo that’s proving hard to
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Chinese-backed and Africa-focused fintech company OPay raised $400 million in new financing led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Bloomberg reported Monday, valuing the company at $2 billion. The round, which marks the Fund’s first investment in an African startup, drew participation from existing investors like Sequoia Capital China, Redpoint China, Source Code Capital, and Softbank
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With great leaks there must also come great memes: fans are meme-ing Kevin Feige after an alleged leak of the first Spider-Man: No Way Home trailer surfaced on social media. The famously secretive Marvel Studios president, who playfully promised to ComicBook the long-awaited trailer would release before the Spider-Man sequel swings into theaters on December
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When it comes to unrelentingly bleak and suspenseful thrillers, South Korean cinema reigns supreme. Especially when serial killers enter the equation, with a cat and mouse chase that’ll leave all parties irrevocably changed. Kwon Oh-seung‘s debut feature, Midnight, enters the pantheon of breathless thrillers, delivering a propulsive, unpredictable film that’s lighter than most of its ilk
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Netflix’s The Chair season 1 was just released; here’s its ending–including Pembroke’s decision about Bill–explained. Originally conceived as a miniseries, the academia-set dramedy was co-created and written by Amanda Peet and Annie Wyman. At the moment, it’s unclear whether or not The Chair will receive a second season, but there’s certainly more than enough story
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XREX co-founders Winston Hsiao and Wayne Huang A substantial portion of the world’s trade is done in United States dollars, creating problems for businesses in countries with a dollar shortage. Blockchain startup XREX was launched to help cross-border businesses in emerging markets perform faster transactions with products like a payment escrow service and crypto-fiat exchange platform.
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Don Everly, the last remaining member of The Everly Brothers — the duo that had a profound influence on numerous groups including The Beatles — has died. Don passed away Saturday at his home in Nashville. The cause of death is not yet known. The Everly Brothers had a string of huge hits, beginning with
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With the hasty U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan underway after two decades occupying the country, social media platforms have a complex new set of policy decisions to make. The Taliban has been social media-savvy for years, but those companies will face new questions as the notoriously brutal, repressive group seeks to present itself as Afghanistan’s
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