Mark Atalla: The Innovative Lending Magnate

Mark Atalla’s story is one of hard work and dedication, a journey that began when his family migrated from Egypt to America in the early 1970s. Despite their challenges, his parents remained dedicated to giving their family a chance to live the American dream. Their efforts allowed Mark to pursue higher education, and he graduated … Read more

Check Out This Clip From Paramount + Rabbit Hole!

Watch this exclusive clip from Paramount+‘s drama series RABBIT HOLE. Produced by CBS Studios, the eight-episode season premiered Sunday, March 26 with two episodes. Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Sundays, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada, and on the following day, Monday, March 27, in the U.K., Australia, Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France.

In RABBIT HOLE, John Weir (Sutherland), a master of deception in the world of corporate espionage, is framed for murder by powerful forces who have the ability to influence and control populations.

In addition to Sutherland, RABBIT HOLE features a dynamic cast including Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones”) as Dr. Ben Wilson, Meta Golding (“Empire”) as Hailey Winton, Enid Graham (“Mare of Easttown”) as Josephine “Jo” Madi, Rob Yang (“Succession”) as Edward Homm, Walt Klink (“The English”) as The Intern and Jason Butler Harner (“Ozark”) as Valence.

Sutherland serves as executive producer for RABBIT HOLE, alongside writer-directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (“This Is Us,” “WeCrashed”), Charlie Gogolak (“The Sinner,” “WeCrashed”), Suzan Bymel (“Designated Survivor”) and Hunt Baldwin (“Longmire,” “The Closer”). 

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Spinning Gold Premieres With Afterparty Concert Photos With Performances By
Wiz Khalifa, George Clinton,
Jeremy Jordan And Casey Likes

Last night Los Angeles gathered to celebrate the premiere of Spinning Gold which was followed by an after party featuring special performances!

Wiz Khalifa, George Clinton

What do Donna Summer, Parliament, Gladys Knight, The Isley Brothers, The Village People, and Bill Withers all have in common with the rock band KISS?  They all rose to their musical heights under the watchful ear of the music industry’s most colorful and brilliant music producer, Neil Bogart, founder of Casablanca Records, the most successful independent record company of all time.  Along with a ragtag team of young music lovers, Neil and Casablanca Records would rewrite history and change the music industry forever.   Their mix of creative insanity, a total belief in each other and the music they were creating, shaped our culture and ultimately defined a generation.  In a story so unbelievable that it can only be true, comes the motion picture event of the musical journey of Neil Bogart and how his Casablanca Records created the greatest soundtrack of our lives.

Jeremy Jordan

SPINNING GOLD features an all-star cast including Tony Award nominee Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, Bonnie & Clyde), Michelle Monaghan (Mission: Impossible franchise, Gone Baby Gone), Jay Pharoah (Saturday Night Live, Bad Hair), Tony Award winner Dan Fogler (The Walking Dead, The Goldbergs), Jason Isaacs (The Harry Potter franchise, The Death of Stalin, The Patriot), Lyndsy Fonseca (Kick-Ass, Hot Tub Time Machine), Chris Redd (Saturday Night Live), Casey Likes (Almost Famous on Broadway),  and comedian/actor Sebastian Maniscalco (The Irishman).

Some of today’s hottest music stars are playing the icons who inspired them and singing their most popular songs including Grammy and Golden Globe nominee Wiz Khalifa as George Clinton, Jason Derulo as Ron Isley of the Isley Brothers, Pink Sweat$ as Bill Withers, Grammy Award nominee Tayla Parx as Donna Summer and multi-Grammy winner Ledisi as Gladys Knight.

James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase on all major digital retailers including Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu!

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Experience the magic at home. James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water is NOW AVAILABLE for purchase on all major digital retailers including Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu and Movies Anywhere. The magnificent return to the world of Pandora has already proved to be both a commercial and critical smash hit, becoming the third highest-grossing … Read more

Photos: Los Angeles World Premiere of AIR

Check Out Photos from last night’s In attendance was Director/Star Ben Affleck, Screenwriter Alex Convery, Stars Matt DamonJason BatemanChris MessinaMatthew MaherMarlon WayansJay MohrViola DavisJulius Tennon, and Chris Tucker

Directed by Ben Affleck and Written by Alex Convery, Produced by David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold, Jon Weinbach, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Madison Ainley, Jeff Robinov, Peter Guber, and Jason Michael Berman
Starring Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, Matthew Maher, Marlon Wayans, Jay Mohr, Julius Tennon, with Chris Tucker and Viola Davis

From award-winning director Ben Affleck, AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.

Matt Damon plays maverick Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro and Affleck plays Nike co-founder Phil Knight with Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan, Julius Tennon as James Jordan, Chris Tucker as Howard White, Jason Bateman as Rob Strasser, Chris Messina as David Falk, Marlon Wayans as George Raveling, and Matthew Maher as Peter Moore – among others.

Air is out April 5!

Jennifer Aniston, Adam Sandler, Jodie Turner-Smith, Jeremy Garelick, Enrique Arce On Using Comedy To Heal & Balancing Personal Lives & Career

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Ahead of the release of yet another hilarious comedy from Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler, we spoke with the cast and crew of Murder Mystery 2. This time private detectives Nick and Audrey Spitz have their own agency, and they are thrown into the center of an international investigation when a friend is abducted! Adam … Read more

Shocking Surveillance Video Captures Moment Deputies Pile On Top Of Irvo Otieno Before He Died In Custody

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Shocking surveillance video has been released in connection with the death of 28-year-old Irvo Otieno who died in police custody. As we reported, Otieno was taken in handcuffs and leg irons from Richmond, Virginia, to Central State Hospital in Petersburg from Henrico County jail. No hospital should ever allow a bloodthirsty cop to arrest or … Read more

DOJ & FBI Investigating Claims That TikTok Owner ByteDance’s Employees Allegedly Spied On Journalists

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Over 100 million people use TikTok in the United States alone, and the app has been setting trends and pushing out many other social media apps, but now the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Justice are investigating alleged claims that TikTok’s owner ByteDance has reportedly been using its employees to spy on … Read more

Marsai Martin, Danielle Jalade, Golden Brooks, Omar Gooding And The Cast Of “Saturdays” Celebrate The Premiere Of New Hit Series

This afternoon, the cast and creative team from the new Disney Channel series “Saturdays” celebrated the premiere event at The Walt Disney Studios Lot. The series, from Disney Branded Television, premieres on Friday, March 24 on Disney Channel with two episodes weekly. “Saturdays” is a single-cam coming-of-age comedy that only takes place on the best … Read more

Another Fort Hood Soldier Who Complained Of Sexual Harassment Found Dead

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Fort Hood has made headlines again for another death at the base just three years after the murder of Vanessa Guillen. Private Second Class Ana Basalduaruiz was found dead shortly after her family said she had complained to them about sexual harassment by a higher-up at the base. According to KWTX the reports claim that her … Read more

Tamar Braxton, Nivea, Evelyn Lozada On Turn Off’s, Dating In The Industry & The Perfect Man On The Queen’s Court

Tamar Braxton, Evelyn Lozada and Nivea appear to have it all — a family, career, money and worldwide fame. For all their massive successes, the one area they have not ruled is matters of the heart. Now these successful women are leaving behind a history of broken dreams, high-profile divorces and domestic abuse to open their hearts and find their Kings.

With the help of Holly Robinson and Rodney Peete, the Queens hold court in Atlanta, where they’ll met 21 eligible bachelors who think they’re ready to take the hand of one of these high-profile divas. Check out the exclusives above!

President Biden Issues Executive Order For Tougher Background Checks To Curb Ongoing Gun Violence

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President Biden Issues Executive Order For Tougher Background Checks To Curb Ongoing Gun Violence Gun violence in the U.S. has been at an all-time high with shootings in schools and public spaces. Today President Joe Biden signed an executive order to implement tougher background checks when it comes to purchasing weapons, in hopes that this will … Read more

Chloe Bailey, Dominique Fishback, Janine Nabers On Mental Health & Using Your Pain As Power & Whether ‘Swarm’ Is About The Beyhive

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Ahead of Prime Video’s highly anticipated series SWARM which explores stan culture, mental health, and obsession, we had a chance to speak with the stars Chloe Bailey and Dominique Fishback, alongside Janine Nabers who co-created the show with Donald Glover.

When Swarm first hit social media, fans were quick to pinpoint that the show was about the extreme side of Beyoncé’s fan club the Beyhive, and how the stan culture can take it to extreme levels. However, after speaking to Nabers she shared that the idea came as they were filming the latest season of Atlanta and with Donald himself behung a part of the music industry, the concept of Swarm is not about one particular artist but anyone in the industry. However, Twitter has a mind of its own and is locked in on Bey being the inspo.

“Every episode deals with real news stories, real events, or internet rumors that have happened, and we have put our wonderful women in the center of those stories,” Nabers previously said.

RELATED: Prime Video Releases Official Trailer and Key Art for Highly Anticipated Series Daisy Jones & The Six!

In the series, Dominique Fishback stars as Dre, an obsessed, Houston-based fan who becomes increasingly violent for critics of her favorite R&B singer.

While speaking to Chloe Bailey, who plays Dre’s best friend Melissa in the show, she shares her experience with stan culture but doubles down on the importance of the series showcasing mental health. Chloe also gets candid about her own battle with mental health and feeling completely alone despite her bubbly personality coming out to the world, internally she was dealing with a lot, but her music aided her with it.

Swarm touches on important topics inside and outside the industry and it is definitely a one of a kid show. Stream Swarm now on Prime!

THE TRILLER WIN-FALL, THANKS TO TIK TOK

Triller has established itself as the popular alternative for users who are abandoning TikTok due to the anticipated ban. Founded by Ryan Kavanaugh and Bobby Sarnevesht in 2019, Triller has made headlines for various accomplishments, such as producing the highest-grossing digital PPV of all time with Tyson V Jones in 2020 and helping to bring YouTuber Jake Paul to the forefront of combat sports. Thanks to then-President Trump’s announcement of an imminent TikTok ban, Triller became the only app to ever reach number one in 80 countries. While the TikTok ban never materialized, Triller has continued to grow in popularity.

Triller Chairman Bobby Sarnevesht announced that the company has launched a solution for users to transfer their content from TikTok to Triller via tiktokconverter.com. This seamless migration process was planned for over a year and was created as the US Government has warned that TikTok is spyware for the Chinese Communist Party. Triller’s open-garden system ensures that creators receive more than 70% of the earnings in the influencer ecosystem. Unlike TikTok’s closed-garden system, Triller’s proprietary AI toolset allows creators to monetize their content fully on various social media networks.

As explained by its Chairman and co-founder Bobby Sarnevesht, Triller is the only big tech company that isn’t owned by big tech. “Our primary stakeholders are the artists and the influencers themselves.” What people don’t understand is that we aren’t just “for the artist” “we are the artists”. From Charli D’Amelio and Bryce Hall, to music artists like Metallica, Marshmello, JLO, Eminem, CardiB., The Weeknd, Alicia Keys, and Post Malone to athleteslike Jake Paul and Naymar we are literally the largest creator owned company ever to exist. If you name 10 of your favorite artists it’s likely half or more are Triller stakeholders.

Conversely, he explains, all of Triller’s companies are setup to actually give the creator direct ownership of the relationship with their followers, to maximize their revenue. “That’s why our products like Cliqz, our sms app for influencers, get over a 70 percent open rate and an unheard of over 30 percent click through rate. Creators literally can make 10x or more on triller they can on any other platform. “ To put this in context according  according to data from Rival IQ, the average Facebook engagement rate across industries was 0.1%. This means apples to apples Triller is giving influencers not 7x, not 70x but 700x the engagement of facebook.

“It’s actually quite simple. If you give creators a “home” to effectively connect with everyone, users and brands, as well as all their social media, and that place gives the creators the tools to make the content, the tools to distribute the content across all other social media and the tools to monetize all the content at a rate that hundreds of times what’s available today it’s appealing to all influencers and creators” Sarnevesht continued.

“Currently social media and big tech makes 99% of the money. It’s just an imbalanced creator economy and that’s because big tech built it on the hard work of the creators, big tech setup the “system” and it makes sure almost of the money in that system goes to them. We’re breaking down that wall here and now.

The “Secret Sauce” as Sarnevesht puts it is its “AI”. 

“Triller at its core is an AI company. Its base AI comes by way of acquisition approximately two years ago of Amplify.ai which has worked with some of the worlds largest brands and one of the most respected ai techs in silicon valley. Triller’s Conversational AI systems is “ChatGPT for Brands”, and to date it has enabled over 20B conversations with more than 1/2 Billion users.

We have worked with hundreds of the worlds largest brands and our ai has been embedded across all other social media networks for years. “While others are just discovering “ChatGPT” and trying to find some AI angle for valuation purposes, Triller literally is built on AI and always has been.” Amplify also allows brands and users alike to stay connected one on one with customers across all other social media through Triller and it’s subs.

“This is our coming out party transfer your TikTok account now at www.transfertiktok.com said Sarnevesht . “ 

Quite simply Triller’s system disrupts the walled garden system used by TikTok and other social media networks. With Triller, creators have control over their audience and receive more money in their pockets.

Triller spent the last two years and over $500 million buying and building a mix of front end, social, antechamber, Martech,fintech and e-commerce platforms. It has acquired 10 companies in that period and launched procured such as Cliqz,The Fight Club, Crosshype, and most recently launched the  Metaverz where it hosts its large events in virtual reality.

Triller expects to be publicly trading and has filed privately with the SEC through a direct listing S-1 under the ticker ‘illr’. Triller’s determination to provide more control to creators and put more money in their pockets will likely continue to attract more users as they strive to lead the way in the new creator economy.

 

 

Scream VI Cast On Legacy Films, Neve Campbell’s Absence & Black & Brown Representation In Horror

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It is finally here, Scream VI and in anticipation, of the release, we had a chance to sit down with Jenna Ortega, who has been showing off her diverse skill set following her debut as Wednesday Addams on Netflix’s Wednesday. We also caught up with Melissa Barrera, Mason Gooding, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Matt Bettinelli, Tyler Gillett of Radio … Read more

Court Throws Out 1st-Degree Murder Charge Of Gang Member Responsible For Brutal “Junior” Guzman-Feliz Slaying

On Thursday, a New York Court threw out the first degree murder conviction of the Trinitarios gang member responsible for the fatal blow to 15-year-old Lesandro “Junior” Guzman-Feliz back in 2018. Junior’s heinous murder was all caught on video and shocked the world due to the sheer brutality and terror the 15-year-old went through, and … Read more

Black Couple Wins Lawsuit Against Property Appraiser Who Valued Their Home Almost $500K More When White Friend Posed As Owner!

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Discrimination comes in many forms, and this Bay Area couple almost lost out on almost half a million dollars after a property appraiser lowballed their home! Paul and Tenisha Tate Austin filed a lawsuit against Janette Miller, the appraiser, and her business, Miller and Perotti Real Estate Appraisers, who had appraised the home back in 2020. … Read more