Battle For Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ Heats Up As Warner Bros New Contemporary Film Label Joins Into Mix With A24 & Focus Features – Sundance

Battle For Olivia Wilde’s ‘The Invite’ Heats Up As Warner Bros New Contemporary Film Label Joins Into Mix With A24 & Focus Features  – Sundance

EXCLUSIVE: It’s taking a little longer to sell Olivia Wilde’s hot sexual comedy The Invite, we hear, and that’s because Warner Bros‘ new contemporary film label headed by former Neon marketing guru Christian Parkes put in a last-minute bid against A24 and Focus Features. Now it’s a three-horse race. Warner Bros didn’t return request for…

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‘American Idol’ Sings With Best Debut In Four Years

‘American Idol’ Sings With Best Debut In Four Years

American Idol’s move to a new night seems to have paid off. The ABC talent contest scored its biggest season debut in four years with 5.9M total viewers and a 0.54 share among adults 18-49, per Nielsen’s live+same day ratings. This was up from 4.49M (0.45) last year. It was the show’s biggest premiere performance…

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Zuckerberg Puts ICE Info On Ice; Instagram, Facebook & Threads Block Links About Agents As Backlash Grows Over Alex Pretti Killing

Zuckerberg Puts ICE Info On Ice; Instagram, Facebook & Threads Block Links About Agents As Backlash Grows Over Alex Pretti Killing

After being available for months, information about ICE agents is suddenly being blocked today on META-owned platforms Instagram, Facebook and Threads. “We restrict certain activity to protect our community,” an IG response said Tuesday after an attempt to post ICE List material. “Let us know if you think we made a mistake.” A similar result…

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Hidden risks build at Vietnam banks on mounting debt guarantees

Hidden risks build at Vietnam banks on mounting debt guarantees

In China, regulators have in recent years told some lenders to limit their use of such arrangements Published Wed, Jan 28, 2026 · 09:07 AM [SINGAPORE] Vietnamese lenders are providing more pledges to cover borrowers if they fall short paying back debt, prompting some rating firms to warn of hidden risks in one of the…

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Glasgow Film Festival’s Industry Focus Strand Expands To Five Days; Speakers Include Execs From BBC, Bankside, Curzon, The Match Factory & More

Glasgow Film Festival’s Industry Focus Strand Expands To Five Days; Speakers Include Execs From BBC, Bankside, Curzon, The Match Factory & More

The Glasgow Film Festival’s Industry Focus strand has unveiled its full line-up for its 11th edition, with the event expanding an extra day to five days across two venues from March 2-6, 2026.  Industry Focus brings together film and TV film professionals across the UK, Europe and beyond for a program of panel discussions, networking…

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BlackRock cuts private credit executives hired pre-HPS deal

BlackRock cuts private credit executives hired pre-HPS deal

Published Wed, Jan 28, 2026 · 08:44 AM [NEW YORK] BlackRock is cutting about 10 people from its private financing solutions group as it continues to integrate its US$12 billion acquisition of HPS Investment Partners. At least three people who were on the firm’s private credit team prior to the purchase are among those affected,…

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Why Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Jessi Draper Wants Her “Old Face Back” After Getting Plastic Surgery

Why Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Jessi Draper Wants Her “Old Face Back” After Getting Plastic Surgery

Why Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Jessi Draper Wants Her “Old Face Back” After Getting Plastic Surgery Jessi Draper Ngatikaura isn’t keeping any secrets when it comes to her plastic surgeries. The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star candidly detailed her recovery process after undergoing multiple cosmetic procedures on her face, including an upper and lower blepharoplasty…

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Antonio Banderas Joins Rosario Dawson, Scott Eastwood & Susan Sarandon In ‘Unmerciful Good Fortune’

Antonio Banderas Joins Rosario Dawson, Scott Eastwood & Susan Sarandon In ‘Unmerciful Good Fortune’

EXCLUSIVE: 308 Entertainment’s supernatural thriller Unmerciful Good Fortune has set Oscar nominee Antonio Banderas opposite Rosario Dawson, Scott Eastwood and Susan Sarandon in the Tirsa Hackshaw written and directed pic. Unmerciful Good Fortune is based on Edwin Sánchez’s stage play and centers on Maritza Cruz (Dawson), a high-end celebrity attorney pulled into a headline-making case…

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ST Engineering books record S$18.7 billion in contract wins for FY2025

ST Engineering books record S.7 billion in contract wins for FY2025

[SINGAPORE] Singapore Technologies Engineering’s ( ST Engineering ) total contract awards for 2025 reached a record S$18.7 billion, exceeding the S$12.6 billion total in 2024 by about 49 per cent, the group announced on Wednesday (Jan 28). The full-year tally was lifted by about S$4.7 billion in new contracts secured during the fourth quarter. The…

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