SEC and CFTC leadership reshuffled to favour digital asset regulation. Strategic Bitcoin Reserve created, but without new BTC purchases. WLFI stablecoin launch triggered calls for an ethics investigation. The first 100 days of US President Donald Trump’s second term have reshaped the cryptocurrency and blockchain
Barbra Streisand is going back to the buddy system for her next album, joining forces with several generations’ worth of stars, from Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney to Hozier and Laufey, for a collection of duets. The record, titled “The Secret Of Life: Partners, Volume
Good Chaos, the U.K. production banner founded by industry veteran Mike Goodridge, has signed a first look deal with Searchlight Pictures. The arrangement — which will see Searchlight develop and produce films alongside Good Chaos — comes during a period of success and growth for the London-based
Doha Film Institute CEO Fatma Hassan Alremaihi will be fêted during the Cannes Film Festival by the Arab Cinema Center with its Arab Cinema Personality of the Year Award. The award honors prominent industry figures “whose persistent contributions have helped elevate the Arab film industry
Loco Films has landed international sales rights to “The Man Who Saw the Bear,” the long-awaited directorial comeback of iconic French actor Pierre Richard. The anticipated movie will world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Special Screenings section, as part of a career
International sales outfit Cercamon has acquired worldwide rights to the Gaza-set documentary “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk,” directed by Iranian-French filmmaker Sepideh Farsi. The documentary is set to make its world premiere in the ACID program at next month’s Cannes Film Festival.
Crime drama “Bookish” from “Sherlock’s” Mark Gatiss and “Estranei,” directed by Cosimo Alemà, will world premiere at the inaugural edition of the Italian Global Series Festival. IGSF, headed by artistic director Marco Spagnoli, will run June 21-28 in Rimini and Riccione, Italy. Gatiss is “Bookish’s”
Oscar-winning Italian composer Nino Rota, who scored “La Dolce Vita,” “The Leopard” and “The Godfather” – among many other masterpiece movies – is set for “Nino” a high-profile documentary being directed by prominent editor, screenwriter and director Walter Fasano. Fasano is known for his longtime