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October 31, 2025

Top Shows In Australia Today

1. Son Of A Donkey
2. Nobody Wants This
3.Selling Sunset
4. The Witcher
5. The Asset
6. Physical Asia

Top Movies In Australia Today

1. Aileen: Queen Of The Serial Killers
2. A House Of Dynamite
3. Ballad Of A Small Player
4. Kpop Demon Hunters
5. Idli Kadai
6. The Woman In Cabin 10

Top shows (Global)

1. Son Of A Donkey
2.Nobody Wants This
3. The Diplomat
4. Boots
5. The Asset
6. Physical Asia
7. The Diplomat
8. Boots
9. Baby Shark Hospital Play
10. Gupi

*getting conflicted reports today. Ratings are approx, however not 100 percent today. Releasing news without further delay! Happy Halloween! Trick and Treat!

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The Night Agent: Spent 14 weeks in the top 10

Stranger Things: Season 5 hits on Nov 27. Tipped for worldwide number one.

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Top : Worldwide

1. Aileen: Queen Of The Serial Killers
2. A House Of Dynamite
3. Ballad Of A Small Player
4. The Twits
5. Idli Kadai
6. The Woman In Cabin 10
7. Don't Say A Word
8. Taken In Plain Sight
9. I Know What You Did Last Summer
10. Mystify: Michael Hutchence

*ratings can change quickly

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We expect WWE to rise up in the rankings soon. Lots of American Football and other U.S sports competing for eyeballs at present. Ramping up to WWE Survivor Series season! Saturday Night's Main Event on other platforms (not Netflix) later tonight for most markets!

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Netflix YouTube
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Media Man: Strong finish to Oct. Strong start to Nov!

November 2025

November 1
* A Very Vintage Christmas
* Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
* Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
* Baby Driver
* Back to the Future
* Back to the Future Part II
* Back to the Future Part III
* Broadchurch: Season 1
* Broadchurch: Season 2
* Broadchurch: Season 3
* Charlie’s Angels
* Crazy Rich Asians
* Dear Santa
* Doctor Sleep
* Don’t Worry Darling
* Dr. Dolittle
* Dr. Dolittle 2
* Elvis
* Frances Ha
* Game Night
* Happy Christmas
* The Hangover
* The Hangover: Part II
* The Hangover: Part III
* I Know What You Did Last Summer
* In the Heights
* Isn’t It Romantic
* Judas and the Black Messiah
* Just Mercy
* The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
* Life of the Party
* The Little Things
* Merry Liddle Christmas
* The Nun II
* Ocean’s 8
* Paddington 2
* The Patriot
* Ready Player One
* Tenet
* This Is the End
* Tyler Perry’s A Madea Christmas
* The Way Back
* Wonka

Nov 2
* King Richard
* The Outfit

Nov 3
* Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches — NETFLIX FAMILY
An unexpected friendship forms between two young Sneetches on an island surrounded by beaches in this sweet musical special set in the world of Seuss.
* In Waves and War — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
In this documentary, three former Navy SEALs with post-combat trauma turn to an unexpected treatment for healing and hope — psychedelic-assisted therapy.

Nov 4
* Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
In this new hour, Leanne Morgan: Unspeakable Things, the comedic powerhouse returns to the stage with her classic southern drawl and unique points of view, opening up about everything—from newfound stardom and family life, to trying CBD for the first and last time, serving up the kind of real, relatable, and sometimes cheeky stories you can’t get enough of.
* Minx: Seasons 1-2
* Squid Game: The Challenge: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
The Emmy® nominated and BAFTA winning global sensation Squid Game: The Challenge returns for a gripping second season. This time, 456 brand-new contestants will enter the ultimate test of strategy, alliances, and endurance as they compete for a life-changing $4.56 million prize. Inspired by the iconic original series – with shocking new twists and never-before-seen games – season two raises the stakes higher than ever. As players face elimination at every turn, only one can emerge victorious. New players. New games. New rules.

Nov 5
* Election
* Heweliusz (PL) — NETFLIX SERIES
After a catastrophic ferry disaster, the off-duty captain seeks answers and justice for those who lost their lives — and those they left behind.
* Just Alice (CO) — NETFLIX SERIES
Torn between two loves, Alicia secretly marries both a famous writer and a former priest. How long can she juggle love, lies and her double life?

Nov 6
* The Bad Guys: Breaking In — NETFLIX FAMILY
How did the Bad Guys break into the bad guy business in the first place? Find out in this hilarious prequel series set before the hit films.
* Bride Wars
* Death by Lightning — NETFLIX SERIES
Death by Lightning is a drama series that brings to life the epic and stranger-than-fiction true story of James Garfield, reluctant 20th president of the United States, and his greatest admirer Charles Guiteau — the man who would come to kill him.
* The Vince Staples Show: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
When his football-star uncle dies, Vince embarks on a bizarre, funny and occasionally sinister odyssey into his complicated life history.

Nov 7
* A Holiday Engagement
* As You Stood By (KR) — NETFLIX SERIES
When two women plot to end an abusive marriage through murder, an unexpected visitor arrives — threatening to shatter everything they’ve carefully planned.
* Baramulla (IN) — NETFLIX FILM
A cop’s inquiry into child kidnappings unravels chilling secrets as supernatural events endanger his family and the peaceful town of Baramulla.
* Christmas in the Heartland
* Frankenstein — NETFLIX FILM
Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro adapts Mary Shelley’s classic tale of Victor Frankenstein, a brilliant but egotistical scientist who brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.
* Groom & Two Brides (KW) — NETFLIX FILM
Adam is allergic to love, but somehow ends up engaged to both his boss’s daughter and his first love. Now he must try to keep his double life a secret.
* Labyrinth
* Mango (DK) — NETFLIX FILM
An ambitious hotelier and her reluctant daughter take a trip to Málaga, where they find what they’ve been craving in a farmer’s idyllic mango orchard.
* My Dad’s Christmas Date

Nov 8
* Countdown: Jake vs. Tank — NETFLIX SERIES
Go inside training camp with Jake “El Gallo” Paul and Gervonta “Tank” Davis as they prepare to face off ahead of their must-see boxing match. Narrated by Ice-T, this all-access documentary captures the intensity, ambition, and personal drive fueling both fighters as they get ready to step into the ring at Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida, live only on Netflix on November 14.
* The Emoji Movie

Nov 10
* MARINES — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
MARINES is a coming-of-age docuseries following the members of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), the US military’s “force in readiness” in the Pacific. With unparalleled access to the US Marine Corps, the series offers an inside look into the rigorous trainings and emotional moments of young Marines as they forge bonds while grappling with the complexities of life at sea.
* Sesame Street: Volume 1 — NETFLIX FAMILY
This freshly reimagined spin on the classic “Sesame Street” series features characters you love, fan-favorite segments — and new ways to play!

Nov 11
* Ghosting: The Spirit of Christmas

* No Sleep ‘Til Christmas
* Same Time, Next Christmas

Nov 12
* A Merry Little Ex-Mas — NETFLIX FILM
Recently divorced Kate (Alicia Silverstone) hopes for one last perfect family Christmas before selling her house. But her holiday plans are hilariously derailed when her ex-husband Everett (Oliver Hudson) unexpectedly introduces his younger and successful new girlfriend. A Merry Little Ex-Mas also stars Jameela Jamil, Pierson Fodé, and Melissa Joan Hart and is directed by Steve Carr.
* Being Eddie — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
It goes without saying that there is only one Eddie Murphy. No other teen comedian shared a stage with Jerry Seinfeld at 17, and joined the cast of Saturday Night Live right out of high school. No actor has ever played a cop, a doctor, and a donkey — and dominated every facet of Hollywood he’s touched. Fewer still have been an A-list celebrity for over four decades, and never succumbed to its darker side. Murphy’s unusual combination of explosive charisma, focused ambition, raw talent, and deep-set circumspection puts him in a league of his own, and is on full display in Being Eddie, directed by two-time Oscar® winner Angus Wall. The documentary gathers comedy and Hollywood legends like Dave Chappelle, Tracee Ellis Ross, Jamie Foxx, Jerry Seinfeld, Reginald Hudlin and more to celebrate the Oscar®-nominated actor and his nearly 50-year career that’s seen him break barriers, invent genres, and inspire generations of talent. For the first time ever, Murphy invites the public into his home to revisit his breathtaking body of work, all the while revealing the dazzling interior life that has long driven — and grounded — this once-in-a-century star.
* Dynamite Kiss (KR) — NETFLIX SERIES
A story of a single woman who fakes being a mother to secure a job for survival, and the romance that blossoms with her team leader who falls in love with her. It is a warm romantic comedy about the protagonist learning the value of achievement and responsibility in the midst of her daily struggles, as lies and misunderstandings transform into truth and love.
* Eloá the Hostage: Live on TV (BR) — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
This gripping documentary explores the case of a teenage girl who was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend in one of Brazil’s most shocking hostage situations.
* Mrs Playmen (IT) — NETFLIX SERIES
Betrayed by her husband, a woman must step up and run an erotic magazine that becomes a symbol of empowerment in ’70s Rome. Inspired by true events.
* Selling The OC: Season 4 — NETFLIX SERIES
The OC agents are back and ready to establish their office as the top brokerage within the Oppenheim Group. As the competition heats up for some high-stakes listings, some may get burned as devastating rumors divide the team. While the office gets busier, Jason enlists agents from San Diego, but will the OGs of the OC let the new agents sink or swim?

Nov 13
* The Beast in Me — NETFLIX SERIES
Since the tragic death of her young son, acclaimed author Aggie Wiggs (Claire Danes) has receded from public life, unable to write, a ghost of her former self. But she finds an unlikely subject for a new book when the house next door is bought by Nile Jarvis (Matthew Rhys), a famed and formidable real estate mogul who was once the prime suspect in his wife’s disappearance. At once horrified and fascinated by this man, Aggie finds herself compulsively hunting for the truth – chasing his demons while fleeing her own – in a game of cat and mouse that might turn deadly.
* Delhi Crime: Season 3 (IN) — NETFLIX SERIES
The search for an injured baby’s missing mother leads to the unfurling of a widespread human trafficking investigation in India and becomes the biggest case of Madam Sir’s career as she’s pitted against a ruthless trafficker, Meena. We discover how women are trafficked from all corners of the country into the bride market of North India and into the sex trade. As the season heats up, the DC team – Vartika, Neeti, Bhupi and gang come together to piece together clues to discover a country-wide trafficking network whose threads connect beyond its borders
* Had I Not Seen the Sun: Part 1 (TW) — NETFLIX SERIES
When a notorious serial killer gets interviewed by a young woman for a film, his past reveals a deep web of trauma and heartbreak tied to his first love.
* Koati: Season 1
* Last Samurai Standing (JP) — NETFLIX SERIES
One life, one point. Shujiro enters a deadly game where points are earned for each kill. Who will be the last samurai standing in this sinister scheme?
* Moulin Rouge!
* The Sandlot
* Tee Yai: Born To Be Bad (TH) — NETFLIX FILM
In 1980s Bangkok, a wily thief stages a series of daring heists, baffling the authorities and the public — until one cop sets out to take him down.
* Unicorn Academy: Chapter 4 (CA) — NETFLIX FAMILY
A mysterious mystery is ahoof! When Winter Solstice celebrations go awry, the Sapphires set out to save the day — and discover the holiday’s true spirit.

Nov 14
* The Crystal Cuckoo (ES) — NETFLIX SERIES
Hoping to learn more about her heart donor, a young doctor arrives in a mountain town where decades of mysterious tragedies plague the small community.
* In Your Dreams — NETFLIX FAMILY
A sister and brother journey into the wildly absurd landscape of their own dreams to ask the wish-granting Sandman for the perfect family.
* Jake Paul vs. Tank Davis — NETFLIX LIVE EVENT
Jake Paul collides with Gervonta “Tank” Davis in a Most Valuable Promotions blockbuster boxing mega-event live from the Kaseya Center in Miami.
* Lefter: The Story of The Ordinarius (TR) — NETFLIX FILM
A football prodigy rises to fame, battling prejudice and inner turmoil on his quest for greatness. Based on the life of Turkish legend, Lefter.
* NOUVELLE VAGUE (FR) — NETFLIX FILM
Richard Linklater’s playful, poignant love letter to cinema reimagines the making of Jean-Luc Godard’s revolutionary New Wave classic “Breathless.”
November 15
* A Royal Date for Christmas
* A Sprinkle of Christmas
* A Vineyard Christmas
* Becoming Santa
* Christmas Casanova
* Everybody’s Fine
* Just Like a Christmas Movie
* Meet Me at the Christmas Train Parade
* Royally Yours, This Christmas

Nov 17
* Blue Beetle
* Gabby’s Dollhouse: Season 12 — NETFLIX FAMILY
From opening a cute new cafe to training an even cuter baby dragon, Gabby and her pals use their smarts and hearts to make the world a better place!
* Selena y Los Dinos — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Selena y Los Dinos celebrates the life and legacy of the Queen of Tejano, Selena Quintanilla, who along with her family performed, triumphed, and redefined genres, captured through never-before-seen footage from the family’s personal archive.
* Zodiac

Nov 18
* Gerry Dee: Funny You Should Say That (CA) — NETFLIX COMEDY SPECIAL
With dry wit, Canadian comic Gerry Dee explores his perilous years as a schoolteacher, the pitfalls of open marriages and the truth about Santa.

Nov 19
* The Carman Family Deaths — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
A young man’s dramatic rescue at sea spirals into accusations he murdered two members of his wealthy New England family in this true crime documentary.
* Champagne Problems — NETFLIX FILM
An on-the-rise executive travels to France to secure the acquisition of a renowned champagne brand before Christmas, but her plans are upended when she falls into a whirlwind romance with a charming Parisian – only to discover he’s the founder’s son.
* Envious: Season 3 (AR) — NETFLIX SERIES
Vicky has it all: a hot boyfriend, a bright career and a growing family. But can she finally let go and enjoy it, or is she doomed to self-sabotage?
* The Son of a Thousand Men (BR) — NETFLIX FILM
In a small village, a lonely fisherman yearning for a son is drawn to an ethereal light that links him to others and their long-buried secrets.

Nov 20
* A Man on the Inside: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
Charles goes undercover at a college campus, where the suspects are as unpredictable as the clues, and the hijinks get unexpectedly personal.
* The Follies (MX) — NETFLIX FILM
Six women are bonded by a shared “friend”— madness. It visits us all, prompting us to distill reality, make bold decisions and transform our lives.
* The Great British Baking Show: Holidays: Season 8 — NETFLIX SERIES
Special guests and familiar faces return to the big white tent hoping to dazzle judges Prue Leith and Paul Hollywood with sugary seasonal delights.
* Jurassic World: Chaos Theory: Season 4 — NETFLIX FAMILY
The reunited Nublar Six see their bond tested like never before as they race to save vulnerable dinosaurs, solve epic problems — and stay alive.

Nov 21
* Marry Christmas
* Mistletoe Mixup
* ONE SHOT with Ed Sheeran — NETFLIX FILM
One singer. One city. One shot. Ed Sheeran rocks the streets of New York with his greatest hits in this groundbreaking, real-time music experience.
* Train Dreams — NETFLIX FILM
Based on Denis Johnson’s beloved novella, Train Dreams is the moving portrait of Robert Grainier, a logger and railroad worker who leads a life of unexpected depth and beauty in the rapidly-changing America of the early 20th Century.

Nov 24
* Missing: Dead or Alive?: Season 2 — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
Follow officers from a South Carolina sheriff’s department as they urgently search for individuals who’ve disappeared under troubling circumstances.
* Santa Bootcamp

Nov 25
* Is It Cake? Holiday: Season 2 — NETFLIX SERIES
Is It Cake? Holiday returns for another festive season with Mikey Day and six All-Star cake artists! Three Is It Cake alum and three baking heavy hitters try to fool celebrity judges with their incredible hyper-realistic cakes. Each episode, the bakers will compete for their share of the $75,000 prize pot and a coveted spot in the finale. This holiday season the stakes, the bakes, and the cakes are better than ever!

Nov 26

* Jingle Bell Heist — NETFLIX FILM
Sophia (Olivia Holt), a sharp-witted retail worker, and Nick (Connor Swindells), a down-on-his-luck repairman, are small-time thieves with their eyes on the same Christmas Eve score: robbing London’s most notorious department store. Forced into an uneasy alliance, as secrets surface and feelings for each other deepen, Sofia and Nick put their relationship and the heist in jeopardy.
* Stranger Things 5: Volume 1 — NETFLIX SERIES (Releasing at 5pm PT)
The fall of 1987. Hawkins is scarred by the opening of the Rifts, and our heroes are united by a single goal: find and kill Vecna. But he has vanished — his whereabouts and plans unknown. Complicating their mission, the government has placed the town under military quarantine and intensified its hunt for Eleven, forcing her back into hiding. As the anniversary of Will’s disappearance approaches, so does a heavy, familiar dread. The final battle is looming — and with it, a darkness more powerful and more deadly than anything they’ve faced before. To end this nightmare, they’ll need everyone — the full party — standing together, one last time.

Nov 27
* Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom

Nov 28
* Left-Handed Girl (TW) — NETFLIX FILM
When a mother and her two daughters relocate to Taipei to open a night market stall, they encounter challenges and secrets that threaten family unity.
* The Stringer: The Man Who Took The Photo — NETFLIX DOCUMENTARY
A former Saigon photo editor reveals a secret he’s been plagued with for 52 years, setting off a gripping two-year investigation into the truth behind one of the Vietnam War’s most iconic photographs. Acclaimed conflict photographer Gary Knight and a small team of journalists embark on a relentless search to locate and seek justice for a man known only as “the stringer.”

Last Chance To See On Netflix (for time-being):

Nov 1
* 47 Meters Down
* 47 Meters Down: Uncaged
* Blow
* Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
* Despicable Me
* Despicable Me 2
* Eat Pray Love
* The Fast and the Furious
* 2 Fast 2 Furious
* The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
* Fast Five
* Fast & Furious 6
* Furious 7
* Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw
* Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
* Happy Gilmore
* Horrible Bosses
* Jurassic Park
* Jurassic Park III
* Minions
* Ride Along
* Ride Along 2
* She’s All That
* Sherlock Holmes
* Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows
* Shrek
* Shrek 2
* Shrek Forever After
* Shrek the Third
* Six Feet Under: Seasons 1-5
* Starship Troopers
* The Lost World: Jurassic Park
* Thirteen
* Total Recall
* Varsity Blues
* Weird Science
* Wet Hot American Summer
* Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

Nov 6
* Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
* Reba: Seasons 1-6

Nov 8
* A Star Is Born
Nov 13

* Archer: Seasons 1-13

Nov 14
* Madame Web
* Smile

Nov 15
* A.P. Bio: Seasons 1-4
* First Wives Club: Seasons 1-3
* Jaws
* Jaws 2
* Jaws 3
* Jaws: The Revenge

Nov 16
* Mamma Mia!

Nov 17
* Trolls: The Beat Goes On!: Seasons 1-8

Nov 20
* Shahs of Sunset: Seasons 3-4

Nov 22

* San Andreas

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Pro Wrestling

WWE Survivor Series: WarGames aka WWE Survivor Series: WarGames San Diego
November 29, 2025
*via Netflix for numerous international markets outside the U.S

WWE RAW on Netflix ever Monday night. Tuesday morning for some markets outside the U.S

WWE NXT on Wednesday mornings for numerous markets outside the U.S

Movie Box Office (North America)

October 17, 2025

1. Black Phone 2 - $26.5m

2. Tron: Ares - $11.1m

3. Good Fortune - $6.2m

4. One Battle After Another - $4m

5. Roofman - $3.7m

6. Truth & Treason - $2.7m

7. Gabby's Dollhouse - $1.7m

8. The Conjuring: Last Rites - $1.57m

9. After the Hunt - $1.55m

10. Soul on Fire - $1.3m

Lead Up To Current Rankings

October 12, 2025

1. Tron: Ares - $33.5m

2. Roofman - $8m

3. One Battle After Another - $6.7m

4. Gabby's Dollhouse - $3.4m

5. Soul On Fire - $3m

6. The Conjuring: Last Rites - $2.9m

7. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle - $2.3m

8. The Smashing Machine - $1.8m

9. The Strangers: Chapter 2 - $1.6m

10. Good Boy - $1.4m

Media Man People's (Sports Fans) Choices:

The Smashing Machine

Media Man People's (Arthouse Short Film) Choice:

Blue Evening (Killer Kross)

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Lead Up

October 5, 2025

1. Taylor Swift: The Official Release Party of a Showgirl - $33m

2. One Battle After Another - $11.1m

3. The Smashing Machine - $6m

4. Gabby's Dollhouse - $5.2m

5. The Conjuring: Last Rites - $4m

6. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle - $3.5m

7. Avatar: The Way of Water - $3.2m

8. The Strangers: Chapter 2 - $2.8m

9. Good Boy - $2.3m

10. The Long Walk - $1.7m

others...

Him
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale
Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2/Spider-Man 3
A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
The Senior
Toy Story
Sight & Sound Presents NOAH
Weapons

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Weekend Before Lead Up

September 21, 2025

1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle - $17.3m
2. Him - $14m
3. The Conjuring: Last Rites - $13m
4. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - $6.3m
5. The Long Walk - $6.3m
6. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey - $3.5m
7. The Senior - $2.8m
8. Toy Story - $1.4m
9. Sight & Sound Presents NOAH - $1.4m
10. Weapons - $1.3m

others ...

Movie Time Machine Flashback Titles ...

Hamilton
Freakier Friday
Spinal Tap II
The Sound of Music
Caught Stealing
The Roses
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Bad Guys 2
Light of the World
Superman
Nobody 2
The Naked Gun
Honey Don't
Jurassic World: Rebirth
F1: The Movie
Coolio
Together
Sketch
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Smurfs
How to Train Your Dragon
Eddington
Elio
Oh, Hi!
The Home
Lilo & Stitch
28 Years Later
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
Materialists
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina

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Casino was my last good role, says iconic actress Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone has said she never got a good part again after 1995's Casino and described herself as "the invisible actress".

The Basic Instinct star, now a stunning 66, has since appeared in films such as Catwoman, Lovelace and Basic Instinct 2.

Stone was passed over on snatching an Oscar for Martin Scorsese's crime thriller Casino to Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking.

Speaking on high profile Louis Theroux Podcast, Stone disclosed The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola warned her in advance that this would be the case.

She said: "Francis put his hand on my shoulder and he said: 'I need to talk to you.'

"He said: 'You're not going to win the Oscar.'

'I want you to feel like you're going to cry now. I don't want you to cry in the room, and that's why I'm doing this, and it feels so mean right now.

"'But I didn't win for The Godfather and Marty didn't win for Raging Bull, and you're not going to win for Casino."

Coppola said none of them won because the Academy couldn't "hear opera", she remembered.

"'This is not the level of films they want," she remembers him saying.

Discussing attending the Oscars when she knew she was going to lose, she said: "You have to pretend it's fantastic and it's not fantastic.

"And then I didn't get any good parts ever again for the rest of my entire life."

When Theroux replied: "That can't be true. I'm sure there were other movies you did that were good," she replied: "No, and guess what? I hate it."

She continued: "It's easier to say: 'She's cold', or: 'I don't like her', or: 'She's difficult', or: 'She must be sick', or: 'She's too old', or that 'she's hard to cast', or: 'We don't know what to do with her.'

Stone also touched on her experiences with disgraced and vulgar producer Harvey Weinstein, who is in the clink (jail) for sex offences and with whom she she crossed paths at events for the Aids charity Amfar.

She said: "I had a long time of dealing with Harvey and I'm really glad that he's in prison and I think he should stay there with the rest of the people who are like him. Harvey's a pig. He's an octopus and you're just always getting one of his tentacles off you."

Asked if she was too powerful for him to try to coerce into sex, she said: "He would say things to me like: 'You know, you think you're such a princess, Sharon,' as I would unwind him off me.

"And I'd say: 'Yeah, I think I'm the queen of France. F*** off.'

"But he was certainly comfortable with throwing me across the room. He was physically violent to me on more than one occasion because he was so angry at me because I wouldn't do what he wanted me to do."

Media Man

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Can movie theatres and online streaming live side by side?

It’s been a tough time for movie theatres around the world with a number of factors contributing to the decline in the number of people heading to the cinema to watch movies. In a world that is embracing digital technologies, the movie industry is in danger of getting left behind unless they quickly embrace the technologies available that will get people excited to return to movie theatres and get the enjoyment of the cinema experience once again.

The rise of the video game industry

Whilst there are plenty of factors that are influencing people’s decision to visit the cinema, there is no doubt that the rapid rise of the online video game industry is a large contributing factor. People are starting to look elsewhere for their entertainment and online video gaming provides a lower-cost alternative to a trip to the cinema.

A report by MarketWatch in 2020 found that the video game industry is now bigger than the sports and movie industry combined. Just take a minute to digest that. Bigger than movies and sports - that’s big.

The news outlet reported that global video game revenue is expected to increase 20% in 2020, making $179.7 billion, according to data from IDC.

The biggest gain is expected to come from mobile gaming, according to the news outlet, which is expected to surge 24% to $87.7 billion. Part of this is due to China recently lifting a ban on gaming consoles.

Game console revenue is expected to soar to $52.5 billion this year, while PC and Mac games are expected to make $39.5 billion.

In their most recent report, MarketWatch reported that whilst overall revenue was expected to grow by 11% in 2021 to $251.39 billion, the forecast for 2022 is just a 2% growth and a flattening out of that rapid growth over the past two years.

Is this a potential opportunity for cinemas to reclaim some of that lost audience share?

Early signs look good for cinemas in 2022

If the latest movie releases in 2022 are anything to go by, it looks as though the movie theatre industry is not ready to give up just yet. Spider-Man: No Way Home became the biggest grossing movie of the past two years, grossing over $US1 billion ($1.38b) in the first two weekends. It is the second-fastest film ever to reach the $1 billion mark and suggests that this could be a big year for cinema-goers.

Following in its footsteps is another 2022 release, The Matrix Resurrections, a movie that grossed $US12 million in its opening weekend.

Whilst this is a great start to the New Year for movie theatres around the world, it remains to be seen whether this is a trend that continues throughout the year. With a number of high profile movies due for release in 2022, this could be a time for cinemas to really cash in.

The impact of streaming and long-form content

It is unlikely that cinemas will have it all their own way in 2022. Whilst it is great to see people returning to movie theatres to watch the latest releases on the big screen, there is no question that home viewing is here to stay.

As more studios and media distributors are developing their own direct-to-consumer streaming services, this starts to eat into the revenue of major studios.

Studios derive almost half of their revenues from theatrical releases. Although the average number of movie tickets purchased by Americans each year has declined from 4.2 in 2009 to 3.4 in 2019 (Source: Deloitte), studio revenues are driven more by box office tickets now than they were 20 years ago.

Streaming is having the biggest impact on people going to the movies. As televisions have improved, where you can now watch movies at home in 4K high-definition on screens with sizes up to 100”, with surround sound, people have become more willing to wait for the latest release movies to become available on streaming services including Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney+, and Stan.

Another major impact on the cinema industry is the consumer switch to long-form content in the form of series. Many people feel there is more depth to a series that contains anywhere from six episodes upwards. Game of Thrones was one of the groundbreaking series to really capture the audience’s attention, however, there are so many amazing series now that it is becoming more difficult for movies to compete with the depth and the character development that a series can bring.

Huge series like Breaking Bad, The Sopranos and more recently, Succession, have really captured the attention of audiences around the world and this is something movie producers need to consider.

The entertainment factor

It’s not just video games and streaming that are competing for people’s attention. Another industry embracing technology is the online casino and betting sector. Here, we have seen huge advancements in the way people are able to game online. One company leading the way in the sector is Betway, “Developed by our exceptionally talented people, Betway creates market-leading, cutting-edge interactive gaming experiences. We bring people closer to the action – putting them at the centre, making them feel a part of it.”

From the introduction of in-game betting to the development of new and exciting interactive games, these online gaming sites are leading the way when it comes to embracing new technologies that can lead to better experiences for customers.

The movie industry is at a real crossroads. With competition coming from every direction within the entertainment industry, studios and distributors need to find a way to either a) get more people back into movie theatres or b) look at alternative ways to ensure that movies can compete with online gaming, live sports streaming and online casinos for a share of customer eyeballs.

Streaming TV: (All)

Top 10: Current

1. Wednesday (2022) Netflix
2 Beauty in Black (2024) Netflix
3. KPop Demon Hunters (2025) Netflix
4. Spongebob Squarepants Paramount+
5. Aka Charlie Sheen (2025) Netflix
6. Bluey. Disney+
7. Orphan Black. Netflix
8. Grey's Anatomy. Hulu / Netflix
9. The Big Bang Theory. HBO Max
10. Bob's Burgers. Hulu

Markets, Crypto and Culture

Running Of The Bulls To Normal; Cryptos Hurting; All That Glitters ...

October 15/16, 2025

Sin City Sydney, Australia

ASX futures up 5 points/0.1%, at 9024

Wall Street:
S&P 500 +0.4%
Dow Jones: flat
Nasdaq +0.7%

Europe: Stoxx 50 +1%
FTSE -0.3%
DAX -0.2%
CAC +2%

Australian dollar: US65.06 cents

Bitcoin -1.6% to $US111,106

Gold +1.5% to $US4227.10 per ounce

Oil +0.1% to $US58.78 a barrel

Brent crude oil +0.1% to $US62.45 a barrel

Iron ore -0.3% to $US104.90 per ton

10-year yield:
US 4.03%
Australia 4.21%
Germany 2.57%

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Bitcoin:

New York/Wall St

Cryptos Today: (Near Live) Mood: Corrective! Salt Into The Wound In Checkers?! Or Salt Of The Earth In Metals Right Chess Move?! All That Glitters Not Digital Gold?!

Bitcoin $111,291.65 -1.77%
Ethereum $3,980.33 -3.44%
Tether $1.0005 -0.03%
Binance Coin $1,161.17 -3.98%
XRP $2.4129 -3.48%
Solana $194.13 -3.71%
TRON $0.3194 +0.85%
Dogecoin -$0.1961 -4.15%
Cardano $0.6677 -4.14%

Market corrective. Mood: Somber-like for many! Suspicious! Regaining smiles! Hardcores keep the dream!

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TKO Group Holdings Inc $191.21 +1.18 +0.62%
NVIDIA Corp $179.83 -0.18 -0.099%
Formula One Group Series C $103.57 -0.15 -0.14%
Alphabet Inc Class A $251.03 +5.58 +2.27%
News Corp Class A $26.57 -0.070 -0.26%
Netflix Inc $1,203.29 -12.06 -0.99%
Caterpillar Inc $534.05 +6.58 +1.25%
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp $16.27
-0.010 -0.061%
Tesla Inc $435.15 +5.91 +1.38%
Walt Disney Co $111.71 +0.54 +0.49%
Wynn Resorts Ltd $118.07 +1.96 +1.69%
Meta Platforms Inc $717.55 +8.90 +1.26%
BHP Group Ltd $43.54
Mercedes Benz Group ADR $15.15 +0.040 +0.26%
Elders Ltd $7.50
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The dollar prefers to stay within the range for now

The US dollar turned downward at the end of the day on Tuesday and continues to move downward in the first half of Wednesday. The dollar is being weighed down by the recovery of positive momentum in the stock markets. Pressure on the dollar can also be linked to Powell's latest comments yesterday evening. The Fed chairman confirmed the path to further rate cuts and said asset sales from the balance sheet could be halted soon, ending the quantitative tightening phase. To be cont ..

(FxPro)

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The US stock market rebound may falter

US stock index futures are rising after a disastrous Friday, when Trump's aggressive response to China's tariffs shook the markets. The US president's announcements were carefully timed, with the most aggressive measures (additional 100% tariffs on Chinese goods) announced after the market closed.

Over the weekend, US and Chinese leaders appeared to reach out to each other, offering opportunities for further discussion and a deal. Market sentiment was close to extreme fear, with the Fear and Greed Index falling to 29 on Friday and recovering to 30 on Monday. These are the lowest values since the end of April, when the market was recovering from the “liberation day” effect on Trump's tariffs. In the last couple of years, this index has entered the extreme fear zone before we saw a reversal in the indices. This means that bears may exert another round of pressure on the markets. It is easy to link this to further toughening of mutual rhetoric between China and the US, albeit with the possibility of dialogue remaining open. In other words, in this case, it is worth talking about a decrease in the intensity of mutual recriminations, but not about a reversal in relations. From this, we can conclude that the risks that caused the markets to collapse on Friday remain. We also note that the S&P 500 is trading at a significant distance from its 200-week moving average, near which the market has ended its declines over the past 14 years since 2011, touching it or turning around within 2-5% of it. This contrasts sharply with the current situation, where the S&P 500 is almost 25% above this line. If we talk about a correction within a bull market, then the target for bears seems to be the 6100–6150 range, where the 50-week moving average and last winter's highs are concentrated. Movement in this direction looks like a viable strategy for the final quarter of the year, unless there is a real reversal in the rapprochement between China and the US, which we highly doubt. In addition, seasonal factors are also temporarily on the side of the bears, given the more than 40% growth from the lows of the year in early April, the suppressed volatility of the last month and a half, and the tendency to look for new patterns in the markets in the final months of the year. If that's not enough, add to this the fact that the economy is beginning to feel the effects of tariff wars and a deteriorating labour market, and AI is no longer a novelty. In these conditions, it will be increasingly difficult for traders to find reasons for local purchases. (FxPro)

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Crypto market recovers from tariff shock

Market Overview

The crypto market capitalisation stood at $3.9 trillion on Monday, up 4.4% from the previous day but down 6% from pre-Friday crash levels. On Friday, the US stock market saw its biggest drop since April but recovered some of its losses on Monday. Since Sunday, the crypto market has been attempting to rebound after a sell-off that began as an emotional reaction to tariff initiatives by China and the US but escalated into massive margin calls and stop orders being triggered.

The sentiment index stood at 38 (fear) on Monday morning, down from 24 (extreme fear) the day before. The level of sentiment we saw over the weekend was last seen in April under similar circumstances — when tough trade tariffs were announced.

Bitcoin approached $115K on Monday, while Ethereum exceeded $4,200. Cryptocurrencies are recovering after Friday's sharp decline. The movement on Friday and in the early hours of Saturday swept the ‘weak hands’ out of the market, taking the price of BTC below the 50—and 200-day moving averages and below the August and September lows.

Such sweeping liquidations often set the bottom of the market, but it may take time for the wounds to heal. In 2020, 2021 and 2024, it took a couple of weeks for the rally to start, although the market did not rewrite the lows. But in 2022, the turnaround to growth after the crash began after about six months. Relying on these statistics is encouraging for bargain hunters in crypto. Still, it would be too hasty to say that the recovery will be just as quick and will begin immediately.

News Background

Wall Street crashed on Friday after US President Donald Trump escalated the trade conflict with China following Beijing's tightening of restrictions on trade in rare earth metals, Reuters reports. Cryptocurrencies and stock indices fell sharply on Friday. Some softening of tone from Trump and Xi has led to the probability of 100% tariffs against China by 1 November being estimated at 8% on Polymarket, down from 26% at the end of Friday. Santiment notes that bitcoin remains extremely sensitive to risk appetite and behaves more like a risky asset than a safe haven.

The Kobeissi Letter notes that the collapse of cryptocurrencies on 11 October will not have long-term fundamental consequences and was caused by a combination of technical factors. The market crash triggered a record cascade of liquidations worth $19.3 billion. Analyst Frank Fetter, citing technical indicators, said the cryptocurrency market is still far from overbought, which means there is still potential for the rally to continue.

News Flashback

Oil Holds Strong Despite Bearish Fundamentals

Weekly data from the EIA noted that the US returned to record oil production rates last week, supplying an average of 13.6 million barrels per day to the market, according to the latest EIA data. The trend towards increased supply began in August, but producers have only now returned to the peak levels recorded at the end of last year. Despite a 5.5-million-barrel increase in US commercial inventories over the past two weeks, inventories stay at the lower end of the range seen over the past decade, leaving considerable room for growth. The same can be said for the strategic reserve, which holds nearly 40% less oil than it did five years ago, before the start of the active sell-off. It is an interesting game in which, on the one hand, the US (the largest oil producer) is increasing supplies, while OPEC+ is increasing quotas on a monthly basis. This extremely bearish combination of factors did not cause oil prices to collapse; it was only because of global trade in currency depreciation that caused precious metals, stock indices, and cryptocurrencies to rise. Oil prices have not peaked in recent weeks .. To be cont .. (FxPro)

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Gold hits new highs due to political turmoil

Gold is outside the realm of politics.

While currencies and securities depend on the actions of presidents and governments, precious metals do not. Therefore, political turmoil forces investors to use them as safe-haven assets.

The impressive 52% rally in gold started in April with the introduction of tariffs on America's Liberation Day. It continued due to the US government shutdown, the political crisis in France, and the change of leadership in Japan. he rise of gold above 4,000 dollars per ounce is not only the result of the weakness of fiat currencies. There are tectonic shifts in the structure of investment portfolios and fears of financial crises due to government recklessness.

The share of precious metals is growing both in speculators' assets and in the gold and foreign exchange reserves of central banks. The indicator has already exceeded the share of the euro. According to Eurizon Capital, if it equals the share of the US dollar, the price per ounce will soar to 8,500 dollars. The Supreme Court's abolition of tariffs will inflate the US budget deficit. France does not intend to reduce it, and Japan plans to increase bond issuance. All this creates a tailwind for commodity assets. (FxPro)

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Politics remains the main driver of FX

The US government shutdown did not have a noticeable impact on the dollar's performance last week. However, it did help the stock market to grow slightly by strengthening expectations of monetary policy easing. However, these events pale in comparison to the change in Japan's ruling elite and the resignation of the French prime minister less than a day after the formation of the government in terms of their impact on the currency market. In Japan, Sanae Takaichi was chosen head of the Liberal Democratic Party over the weekend and is on track to become the country's first female prime minister. This event caused the yen to fall 2% to 150.49 from Friday's level before correcting to 149.80 at the time of writing. Takaichi is considered a supporter of aggressive government spending, structural reforms, and soft monetary policy, echoing the basic principles of Shinzo Abe. Overall, she has a more right-wing approach to national policy and is also a supporter of revising Japan's pacifist constitution. The market reaction clearly shows that they are considering Takaichi to be the new prime minister. If she does not change her political views (and she has softened them recently to win the party elections), we should be prepared for a further weakening of the yen, which reached its highest level since 1991 in the EURJPY pair, exceeding 176. However, the single currency is also facing uncertainty today due to a new political crisis in France. Prime Minister Lecornu, who had been trying to form a government for a month, resigned the day after he finally presented his new cabinet. His appointments drew criticism from both left-wing and right-wing allies. The EURUSD fell to 1.1650 at its lowest point on Monday, losing a full cent against Friday's levels. Unlike Japan, where a 2% drop in the JPY was accompanied by a 5% jump in the Nikkei225 index, France's CAC40 lost more than 2% intraday, paring its losses to 1.2% towards the end of the trading day in Europe. The EURUSD stopped its climb in July and has been hovering around 1.1700 all this time, not least because of the political crisis in France. Without it, the single currency would have had a much better chance of exploiting political divisions in the US to its advantage. It would be an exaggeration to call the situation in Japan and France a drama. Still, these events once again emphasise that as soon as the dollar's throne begin.

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Cryptocurrency Movies
Documentaries

The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014)
Follows early Bitcoin adopter Daniel Mross, exploring Bitcoin’s origins, its volatile rise, and the community behind it. Great for understanding Bitcoin’s early days and its potential to disrupt finance.

Banking on Bitcoin (2016)
Examines Bitcoin’s history, ideological roots, and impact on global financial systems through interviews with pioneers and experts. A solid primer for newcomers.

Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains, and the Future of the Internet (2020)
Directed by Torsten Hoffmann, this documentary dives into blockchain’s broader applications beyond cryptocurrency, addressing scalability and regulatory challenges. Ideal for those interested in blockchain’s transformative potential.

Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain (2018) Narrated by Rosario Dawson, it explores blockchain’s societal impact, from financial inclusion to voting systems. A comprehensive look at real-world applications.

Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (2015)
Traces the history of money and introduces Bitcoin as a decentralized alternative, critiquing centralized financial systems. Features interviews with crypto experts.

Deep Web (2015) Narrated by Keanu Reeves, this documentary focuses on the Silk Road marketplace and its creator, Ross Ulbricht, highlighting Bitcoin’s role in dark web transactions.

Bitconned (2024) Explores the Centra Tech crypto scam, detailing how three individuals defrauded investors during the 2010s crypto boom. A cautionary tale about unregulated markets.

Feature Films

Crypto (2019)
A crime thriller starring Beau Knapp, Luke Hemsworth, and Kurt Russell. It follows a young anti-money laundering agent investigating corruption and cryptocurrency in his hometown. Critics note its exaggerated portrayal but praise its entertainment value.

Silk Road (2021)
A dramatization of Ross Ulbricht’s creation of the Silk Road, a dark web marketplace using Bitcoin. It explores his rise and fall, blending crime and drama.

Dope (2015) A coming-of-age comedy-drama featuring Bitcoin as a plot device. High schooler Malcolm uses Bitcoin for a dark web transaction, reflecting its early association with illicit activities.

Bonus Mentions

Life on Bitcoin (2014): Follows a couple attempting to live solely on Bitcoin for 100 days, showcasing early adoption challenges.

Bitcoin Heist (2016): A Vietnamese action-comedy about hackers chasing a crypto criminal, blending humor and thrills.

Notes Documentaries are generally more educational, focusing on Bitcoin’s history, blockchain technology, and real-world implications. They’re great for beginners and enthusiasts alike.

Feature films often dramatize crypto’s association with crime or scams, sometimes oversimplifying or exaggerating for effect. They prioritize entertainment over accuracy. For a deeper dive, check streaming platforms like Prime Video, Fandango at Home, or YouTube, where many of these are available.

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Wall Street (Movie)
Wall Street (1987), directed by Oliver Stone, is a drama about ambition and greed in the 1980s financial world. It follows Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), a young stockbroker desperate to succeed, who gets entangled with Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a ruthless corporate raider. Gekko’s mantra, “Greed is good,” drives the story as Bud is lured into insider trading and unethical deals, compromising his morals for wealth and power.

The film explores themes of capitalism, loyalty, and betrayal, with Bud navigating pressures from Gekko, his father (Martin Sheen), and his own conscience.

Key Details: Cast: Michael Douglas (Gordon Gekko), Charlie Sheen (Bud Fox), Daryl Hannah (Darien Taylor), Martin Sheen (Carl Fox).
Runtime: 2h 6m.
Genre: Drama/Crime.
Rating: R. Box Office: ~$44 million (US).

Awards: Michael Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Notable Aspects:

Gekko’s “Greed is good” speech is iconic, reflecting 1980s excess. Inspired by real-life figures like Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken.

A sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), continued the story.

Where to Watch (as of 2025):
Streaming: Available on platforms like Peacock or rentable on Amazon, YouTube, or Apple TV (check current availability).
Physical: DVD/Blu-ray via retailers like Amazon.

News Flashback

Gold, copper, & silver:

How metals are moving this year

Metal futures have made some pretty dramatic moves lately from safe haven gold to tariff sensitive copper. So let's take a look at the longer term trends. I'm Jared Blikre, host of Stocks in Translation. And I'm going to start by charting some of the moves in Dr. Copper because this is where we have the most zig and zags over the last 25 years. So this goes back to the beginning of the century and we can see right now, we're at $5.51 per pound. That is a record high. But if we go back to the beginning of the century, guess what? Uh we had a little bit of a slump in the wake of the dot com boom and then bust, but starting in 2003, we saw a big rise there. And that was as China actually joined the World Trade Organization or the WTO. That lasted into the global financial crisis. Then we had a pretty big bust in in Dr. Copper, and then we had another rise. And that rise was due to unprecedented stimulus, not only from the Chinese government, but also from the United States government, QE was in force, and then we saw kind of a strong dollar play. That weighed on this metal all the way into the beginning of 2016. The entire world, most of the world indices went through a bear market in 2015, and then 2016, we found the footing. And that was actually the year that Trump won, began his first presidency. And from there, we saw some zig and zags, and then we saw a shock into the pandemic. A couple of, a couple of years of deflation or a semi-deflation, disinflation, that caught up with it in 2022, but then it was off to the races again. And especially with the Trump tariffs now on copper, threatening to be threatening to be 50% on August 1st, we're seeing a lot of front running in this trade. Now, I also want to show you gold futures and I'm going to show you silver as well. And they follow a very similar pattern. We're not seeing the dramatic zig and zags that we did in copper, but we did see the same pattern of China joining the WTO, contributing to that huge rise in price to 1800, almost $2,000 an ounce by the beginning of the global financial crisis. So a little bit of a meltdown there. But in 2016 into 2018, we saw a bit of a rise into the pandemic, a little bit of a whipsaw there, and consolidation over a few years. Again, that 2022 bare market in US stocks that contributed to some deflation and disinflation globally, supply chain chain shocks came into force again, and then we saw this huge rise beginning in late 2023, and we are now at 3353. We've seen a high of as much as $3,500 per ounce. And gold is kind of unique among the precious metals and also the industrial metals, and this is because central banks have been a huge determining force in their buying of it. This is a bar chart that shows central bank buying in tons going back all the way to 2010. And what you notice here is the last three years, 2022, 2023, 2024, all of those had gold being bought by central banks of in the amount of over 1,000 tons. And so that's a pretty big dramatic increase from the prior years. And this has to do with the ongoing dedollarization in China, as well as Russia, but also a host of other countries, even some in western and eastern Europe. So this is a trend that we want to follow. Uh, I want to close out here with silver, and I'm going to just chart the price action. Again, very similar chart to gold and copper in terms of the big movements here. We saw a big price spike into almost $50 per ounce, and that was just as the global financial crisis was getting underway. And then the QE area in 2011, that's when we saw that high. Then we saw a dramatic, dramatic crash into 2016, kind of found its footing, saw a big squeeze in the early pandemic, 2020 was a great year for silver, but then we saw a little bit of a fallout. And again, silver is on the rise here at $38. It's still off of that $50 record high, but it is increasing very quickly. To round out the conversation, I want to just put on a table here. I have all three medals and just kind of grouping them together. I want to display how they are moving with their specific patterns with a trigger, and then to tell you which one of these is featured in these specific criteria. So here, under the pattern, we have acceleration. So that would be an economic acceleration. The trigger would be liquidity. And when that happens, we see all metals benefiting from that. And then when there's a safe haven scare, and that trigger would be a crisis of some sorts, you're going to see gold and silver outperforming the most, kind of leaving Dr. Copper behind. And then here's a bearish one, industrial drags, that affects copper disproportionately here, and the trigger there is typically a stronger US dollar because the US dollar surges when global global industrials tend to drag, and that's because the US is the least dirty shirt in the laundry basket of the world. And then finally here, we have a policy shock. This will affect all three medals, but especially copper and gold here. Um, arguably, the biggest reason is tariffs and debt, and we've seen both of those contribute to silver rising. So we could put all three in that basket as well. But when you put it all together, we have the perfect explosive mix for all three of these metals, including palladium and also platinum, which we didn't get to have time for, but all of these are experiencing huge thrust in 2025. And we'll have to see how these tariffs play out, especially on Dr. Copper with respect to that August 1st deadline. Remember, 50% there. So tune into Stocks in Translation for more jargon busting deep dives, new episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays on Yahoo Finances website, or wherever you find your podcast. (Transcript from Yahoo! Finance podcast)

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Southern Cross chair says merger with Seven has 'strong support'

The proposed merger between Seven West Media and Southern Cross Media Group has been criticised by some shareholders of the latter. They are concerned about the proposal to issue nearly 100 per cent of its shares to finance the acquisition of Seven West without putting the deal to its own shareholders. Sandon Capital MD Gabriel Radzyminski will seek a change to Southern Cross's constitution that would prevent the group from issuing more than 25 per cent of new shares without a shareholder vote; Sandon has an 11.3 per cent stake in the media group. However, Southern Cross chairman Heith Mackay-Cruise says there is strong support for the deal amongst its major shareholders. (RMS)

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NRL poised to pip AFL for largest grand final broadcast audience for first time in a decade

The Seven Network's coverage of the 2025 AFL grand final is currently Australia's most-watched TV program in the year-to-date, boasting an average audience of 4.08 million people. However, the NRL's two preliminary finals had a combined average audience of 5.2 million, which is 35 per cent higher year-on-year. Some TV industry insiders believe that the NRL grand final on the Nine Network will attract a larger audience than the AFL's premiership showdown; this would be for the first time since 2015. The last grand final showdown between the Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm in 2006 attracted an average audience of nearly four million. (RMS)

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Media merger to counter big tech

The proposed merger between Seven West Media and Southern Cross Media Group is forecast to generate annual pre-tax cost synergies of up to $30m. The merger will combine Seven's linear TV and digital broadcast platforms with Southern Cross's radio stations; Seven also owns print and digital newspapers. Seven West's shareholders are expected to vote on the deal later this year or in early 2026; if approved, Southern Cross will emerge with a 50.1 per cent stake in the combined entity. Seven's CEO Jeff Howard will take on the role in the merged group, while Seven chairman Kerry Stokes will step down in favour of Southern Cross counterpart Heith Mackay-Cruise. Southern Cross CEO John Kelly has indicated that he has also held merger talks with Nine Entertainment in recent months. (RMS)

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Don't team up: NRL chief to Nine, Foxtel

The National Rugby League's current $1.7m broadcasting rights deal with Foxtel and Nine Entertainment ends in 2027, and the league will commence negotiations for the next deal later this year.

The Australian Rugby League Commission's chairman Peter V'landys expects the new deal to be worth much more, noting that there has been strong growth in TV audiences for NRL matches. He adds that live sport is crucial to the future of free-to-air TV, given the audience shift to streaming platforms.

V'Landys has also cautioned Nine and Foxtel against making a joint bid, warning that the NRL will take the rights elsewhere if they attempt to collude. (Roy Morgan Summary)

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Research from Roy Morgan shows that 43% of Australians now prefer to watch films, videos and TV shows with captions or subtitles on, while 13% prefer their news and entertainment in a language other than English. Analysis by age shows a that majority of Australians under 35 say they prefer to watch films, videos and TV shows with the subtitles or captions on (54% aged under 25 and 58% aged 25-34), as do 48% of those aged 35-49. Meanwhile, just over a quarter of 50-64yr olds (28%) and 65+ (30%) prefer to watch such content with the subtitles or captions on. Younger Australians are also more likely than their older counterparts to prefer their news and entertainment in a language other than English. This new Roy Morgan dataset was developed in partnership with the Media Federation of Australia's DE&I Advisory Council. A nationwide cross-section of 14,969 Australian aged 14+ were interviewed between April and June 2025. (RMS)

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After trashing big tech for years, Murdochs eye TikTok US stake

US President Donald Trump has stated that a group of "American patriots" could potentially buy the US operations of short-video platform TikTok. He named Lachlan and Rupert Murdoch as likely investors in TikTok, as well as IT pioneers Michael Dell and Larry Ellison. Sources have indicated that the Murdoch family would most likely invest in TikTok via Fox Corporation. However, the Murdochs' media outlooks in Australia have been frequent critics of TikTok - and social media platforms in general - in recent years. Amongst other things, they lobbied for reforms that led to the introduction of the News Media Bargaining Code. (RMS)

News

Atlassian in blockbuster $1.5b AI deal

Computer software company Atlassian has made its second big acquisition this month, paying $US1 billion ($1.5 billion) to buy US software firm DX. Atlassian's purchase of DX comes after it bought The Browser company for $US610 million, with Atlassian co-founder and chief executive Mike Cannon-Brooke saying the purchase of DX will help its customers understand if they are making the right AI investments. For his part, Atlassian chief technology officer Rajeev Rajan notes many of DX's current customers are also Atlasssian clients. (RMS)

News

Starlink ups plans to 44,988 satellites

SpaceX has filed a formal application to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for permission to launch thousands of extra satellites into very low Earth orbit (VLEO). The scheme will take some time to implement but suggests that Starlink would then be able to manage greater coverage of its direct-to-consumer connectivity. Starlink already has about 650 ‘direct-to-cell- satellites in orbit.

The application covers a slew of new orbits, between 326 kms and 335 kms and much lower than the existing Starlink fleet. The application also covers usage of new – to Starlink – transmission frequencies. Those frequencies include those which Starlink acquired from EchoStar earlier in September.

“This new system of up to 15,000 satellites will provide ubiquitous connectivity to ordinary mobile handsets and a range of other devices and user terminals,” the company wrote in its filing.

The request is over and above existing filings which total up to 29,988 satellites and covers a maximum – says SpaceX – of an extra 15,000 satellites, and taking the total envisioned of 44,988 satellites.

This filing attachment contains information describing SpaceX’s non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite system and use of spectrum for Mobile-Satellite Service (MSS), as required under Part 25 of the Commission’s rules.1 SpaceX proposes to provide MSS service internationally.

The SpaceX request typically lists up to 5,760 satellites for each orbital plane. SpaceX says the frequencies and satellites will be used in partnership with terrestrial operators to augment high-capacity terrestrial 5G networks.

Observers say these very low orbits mean that the satellites are subject to some atmospheric drag. While the atmosphere is extremely thin at altitudes of around 330 kms, it still impacts satellites at these heights. Consequently, the fleet will need to be replaced more frequently as the satellites decay in orbit.

Expert observers suggest that the extra fleet, when fully in position will need an average of 3,100 replacements to be launched annually.

Last November, the FCC cleared SpaceX to orbit some Starlink satellites as low as 340 kms in orbit, so long as the company coordinates with NASA. The company’s new application requests to orbit the next-generation cellular Starlink satellites ever closer to Earth, from between 326 kms to 335km, which would likely help reduce their latency when connecting to phones below.

News

Netflix: Top 3 (World)

1. Wednesday: Season 2
28.2 million views

The Addams Family spin-off returns with Part 2, topping the English TV list and driving massive buzz for its gothic mystery and Jenna Ortega's performance. It's a major highlight for September releases.

2. My Life With the Walter Boys: Season 2
10.9 million views

This teen romance drama sees fans divided between love interests, maintaining strong viewership from its first season.

3. Hostage: Limited Series
5.5 million views

A tense thriller that's emerged as a sleeper hit this month, praised for its pacing and plot twists in WIRED's best shows roundup. Scary good. Not for kids.

News

Foxtel 'thriving' under DAZN

Foxtel Group's CEO Patrick Delany says the pay-TV group is is more committed than ever to serving the Australian market under new parent company DAZN. Delany says the global sports-focused streaming group bought Foxtel due to its current strategy of continuing to grow through streaming while maintaining its traditional pay-TV service; DAZN finalised the acquisition of Foxtel in April. Meanwhile, Delany says there are compelling reasons for the NRL to renew its broadcasting rights deal with Foxtel. (Roy Morgan Summary)

News

Lachlan's win means his mates Down Under can breathe easily

Andrew Bolt is perhaps the News Corp Australia employee most relieved that Lachlan Murdoch has won the succession battle regarding control of the Murdoch family media empire. Bolt had stated last year that he would quit if James Murdoch and the other siblings of Lachlan Murdoch involved in the battle had won control of the empire. Lachlan Murdoch is also a big supporter of News Corp Australia boss Michael Miller, who retains his role despite ongoing rumblings that Sky News boss Paul Whittaker is after his job, while Daily Telegraph editor Ben English is said to be Lachlan Murdoch's favourite editor. (RMS)

News

Paramount/Warner deal could buck merger trend (RMS)

Peter Supino from Wolfe Research estimates that a merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros Discovery would generate initial cost synergies of about $US3bn. He says it would create the world's biggest film and TV studio and one of the top five streaming video companies. Shares in both companies have rallied in response to media reports that Paramount is preparing an all-cash takeover bid for Warner Bros Discovery. The merger between Paramount Global and Skydance Media was completed in August. (RMS)

News

September 12, 2025

Fox's path now clear, says Lachlan

Fox Corporation's executive chairman and CEO Lachlan Murdoch says the deal to resolve a long-running family trust dispute will ensure clarity about the media company's future strategy. The $US3.3bn deal will give Lachlan Murdoch full control of the family's stakes in both Fox and News Corporation. Murdoch says the deal with his siblings will allow Fox to continue on the path that it set in 2019 when the Murdoch family sold its entertainment assets to Disney. He notes that Fox's revenue has increased by $US5bn since the sale to Disney. (RMS)

News

September 10

Siblings paid to exit Murdoch media empire

Sources have indicated that the Murdoch family has settled the long-running dispute over future control over its media empire in a deal worth $US3.3bn ($5bn). Rupert Murdoch's eldest son Lachlan is set to assume full control of the family's stakes in News Corp and Fox Corporation, ending the dispute with his siblings. Prudence MacLeod, Elisabeth Murdoch and James Murdoch will each receive $US1.1bn, while they have also agreed to sell all of their shares in the two companies over the next six months. The family trust that was at the centre of the legal dispute between the Murdochs will be dissolved as part of the deal. (RMS)

News

September 8

News

Meta tries diplomacy as ban looms

The federal government is set to reveal further details of its age-limits policy for social media in coming weeks. This includes the 'reasonable steps' that technology group will have to take in blocking people under the age of 16 from accessing their platforms. Meta executives Antigone Davis and Dustin Ho recently visited Australia to hold talks with the government regarding the looming age restrictions. Other social media platforms such as YouTube and TikTok have launched advertising campaigns in recent weeks to promote the educational value of their platforms. (RMS)

News

Kayo, Binge remain key pillars of Foxtel

Foxtel Group executive Mark Frain has emphasised that the pay-TV company remains committed to the Binge streaming service under its new owner, the sports-focused DAZN. The CEO of Foxtel Media says the entertainment-focused Binge is a key part of the group's future plans; he argues that Binge provides DAZN with an opportunity to bolster and complement sport. Meanwhile, Frain expects demand for Kayo Sports to continue growing amongst both from advertisers and subscribers. Foxtel will hold its 2006 'upfronts' event ths week. (Roy Morgan Summary)

News

Antitrust suit against Fox News dismissed

US District Court judge Aileen Cannon has ruled in favour of Fox News in an antitrust case launched by cable news rival Newsmax. The latter had alleged that Fox News had used its market power to coerce distributors into unfair terms that bar them from carrying its competitors' broadcasts. Cannon essentially found that the complaint against Fox News had been poorly drafted, but she ruled that Newsmax can lodge a revised complaint by 11 September. (RMS)

News

Netflix: October 2025

Movies

A House of Dynamite (Oct 24): A political thriller directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, and others. It centers on a nuclear threat to the U.S., touted as a potential Best Picture nominee.

The Woman in Cabin 10 (Oct 10): A psychological thriller starring Keira Knightley as a journalist uncovering a mystery on a luxury yacht, based on Ruth Ware’s novel.

Steve (Oct 3): Cillian Murphy stars as a headteacher at a reform school facing personal and professional struggles, based on Max Porter’s novella Shy.

About My Father (2023, Oct 1): A comedy with Sebastian Maniscalco and Robert De Niro, focusing on a clash between an Italian father and his fiancée’s family.

Blue Crush (2002, Oct 1): A sports drama starring Kate Bosworth about a woman pursuing her dream of becoming a pro surfer.

Casper (1995, Oct 1): A family-friendly supernatural comedy with Christina Ricci about a kind-hearted ghost.

Elysium (2013, Oct 1): A sci-fi action film by Neill Blomkamp starring Matt Damon, exploring class struggles between Earth and a luxurious space station.

Hacksaw Ridge (2016, Oct 1): Mel Gibson’s WWII drama about medic Desmond Doss, starring Andrew Garfield.

Dirty Dancing (1987, Oct 1): The iconic romantic dance film with Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey.

Austin Powers Trilogy (Oct 1): All three films (International Man of Mystery, The Spy Who Shagged Me, Goldmember) bring Mike Myers’ comedic spy antics.

Series

Nobody Wants This Season 2 (Oct 23): The rom-com starring Kristen Bell and Adam Brody returns, following Joanne and Noah’s chaotic relationship.

The Diplomat Season 3 (Oct 16): Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell navigate political intrigue, with Bradley Whitford joining as the First Gentleman.

The Witcher Season 4 (Oct 30): Liam Hemsworth takes over as Geralt of Rivia, adapting the final novels of Andrzej Sapkowski’s series. A Rats special may accompany it.

Love Is Blind Season 9 (Oct 1): Set in Denver, this reality dating show explores love without physical attraction.

Monster: The Ed Gein Story (Oct 3): Ryan Murphy’s anthology series continues with Charlie Hunnam as the infamous serial killer Ed Gein, joined by Laurie Metcalf and Addison Rae.

Splinter Cell: Deathwatch (TBD): An animated espionage series based on the video game, following Sam Fisher.

The Resurrected (TBD): A Taiwanese series about two mothers resurrecting a criminal to avenge their daughters.

Genie, Make a Wish Season 1 (Oct 1): A Korean rom-com starring Kim Woo Bin as a genie and Bae Suzy as a stoic woman.

Dudes Season 1 (Oct 1): A German comedy spinoff of Alpha Males.

The New Force Season 1 (Oct 1): A Swedish drama about Stockholm’s first female police officers.

Documentaries

Victoria Beckham (Oct 9): A three-part series tracing her journey from Spice Girls fame to fashion mogul.

The Perfect Neighbor (Oct 17): A Sundance award-winning documentary on the 2023 Ajike Owens murder and Florida’s stand-your-ground laws.

Starting 5 Season 2 (Oct 16): Follows NBA stars like Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Kevin Durant during the 2024-2025 season.

Who Killed the Montreal Expos? (Oct 21): Explores the demise of the Canadian baseball team.

The White House Effect (Oct 1): Examines climate policy under George H.W. Bush and its lasting impact.

Rockstar: Duki From the End of the World (Oct 1): An Argentine documentary on trap star Duki.

Specials and Animation

Dr. Seuss’s Horton! (Oct 1): An animated adaptation from Brown Bag Films.

Ranma 1/2 Season 2 (Oct 1): Weekly anime episodes continue the classic series.

Rurouni Kenshin Season 2 (Oct 1): A Japanese anime about a samurai seeking redemption.

Six Kings Slam 2025 (Oct 15): A live tennis showcase featuring top players.

Matt McCusker: A Humble Offering (Oct 1): A stand-up comedy special.

News Flashback

Netflix: September 2025

Highlights include:

Wednesday Season 2, Part 2 (Sept. 3): The second half of the season continues with four episodes, following Wednesday Addams (Jenna Ortega) at Nevermore Academy as she faces new mysteries and threats, including her Season 1 rival Tyler’s Hyde form.

Black Rabbit (Sept. 18): A limited series starring Jude Law as a restaurateur and Jason Bateman as his brother, diving into New York’s criminal underworld.

Alice in Borderland Season 3 (Sept. 25): The Japanese thriller returns with new death games and challenges for Arisu and Usagi.

House of Guinness (Sept. 25): A new drama series exploring the family behind the iconic brewery.

aka Charlie Sheen (Sept. 10): A two-part documentary offering an unfiltered look at Charlie Sheen’s life and career.

Canelo Álvarez vs. Terence Crawford (Sept. 13): A live boxing event with a behind-the-scenes series, Countdown: Canelo v Crawford (Sept. 4). *just hit. Record breaking viewership/audience!

Love Is Blind: Brazil Season 5 and Love Is Blind: France (Sept. 10): New seasons of the reality dating franchise.

Next Gen Chef (Sept. 17): A culinary competition featuring 21 chefs under 30 at the Culinary Institute of America.

Pokémon Concierge Season 1, Part 2 (Sept. 4) and Pokémon Horizons Season 2 – The Search for Laqua Part 4 (Sept. 26): Animated series for fans of the franchise.

Dr. Seuss’s Red Fish, Blue Fish (Sept. 8): An animated preschool series based on the classic book.

The Wrong Paris (Sept. 12): A rom-com featuring Miranda Cosgrove as a woman who joins a dating show, expecting France but landing in Texas.

Inspector Zende (Sept. 5): A Bollywood drama about a serial killer evading capture in Mumbai.

Love Con Revenge (Sept. 5): A documentary series following victims of romance scams seeking justice.

Licensed Movies (Sept. 1):

Classics like:

8 Mile (RT: 96%)
The Amazing Spider-Man 1 & 2
Boyz n the Hood (RT: 96%)
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (RT: 99%)
La La Land
Shrek series
Billy Madison
Willy Wonka (original)
The Expendables (1 to 4). Carry over from August
Against The Ropes (has returned)
The Legend Of Baron To'A (just hit)

WWE RAW
WWE SmackDown (numerous international markets. Not US)
WWE NXT

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Streaming Rankings

Current

1. Wednesday (Netflix)
2. Sullivan's Crossing (Netflix)
3. KPop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
4. Bluey (Disney+)
5. Grey's Anatomy (Hulu/Netflix)
6. Sponge Bob SquarePants (Paramount+)
7. The Hunting Wives (Netflix)
8. King of the Hill (Hulu)
9. Family Guy (Hulu)
10. The Big Bang Theory (HBO Max)

Movie Box Office (North America)

September 21, 2025

1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle - $17.3m
2. Him - $14m
3. The Conjuring: Last Rites - $13m
4. Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale - $6.3m
5. The Long Walk - $6.3m
6. A Big Bold Beautiful Journey - $3.5m
7. The Senior - $2.8m
8. Toy Story - $1.4m
9. Sight & Sound Presents NOAH - $1.4m
10. Weapons - $1.3m

others ...

Hamilton
Freakier Friday
Spinal Tap II
The Sound of Music
Caught Stealing
The Roses
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Bad Guys 2
Light of the World
Superman
Nobody 2
The Naked Gun
Honey Don't
Jurassic World: Rebirth
F1: The Movie
Coolio
Together
Sketch
I Know What You Did Last Summer
Smurfs
How to Train Your Dragon
Eddington
Elio
Oh, Hi!
The Home
Lilo & Stitch
28 Years Later
Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning
Materialists
From the World of John Wick: Ballerina

Combat Sports

MMA Rankings:

Pound 4 Pound

Men's Division

September - October 2025

1. Ilia "El Matador" Topuria
17-0-0

2. Islam Makhachev
27-1-0

3. Merab "The Machine" Dvalishvili
20-4-0

4. Alexandre "The Cannibal" Pantoja
30-5-0

5. Khamzat "Borz" Chimaev
15-0-0

6. Alexander "The Great" Volkanovski
27-4-0

7. Tom Aspinall
15-3-0

8. Jack Della Maddalena
18-2-0

9. Magomed Ankalaev
21-1-1, 1 NC

10. Alex "Poatan" Pereira
12-3-0

11. Dricus "Stillknocks" Du Plessis
23-3-0

12. Max "Blessed" Holloway
27-8-0

13. Belal "Remember the Name" Muhammad
24-4-0, 1 NC

14. Charles "do Bronxs" Oliveira
35-11-0, 1 NC

15. Movsar Evloev
19-0-0

16. Shavkat "Nomad" Rakhmonov
19-0-0

17. Petr "No Mercy" Yan
19-5-0

18. Sean Brady
18-1-0

19. Nassourdine "The Sniper" Imavov
17-4-0, 1 NC

20. Jirí "BJP" Procházka
31-5-1

21. Arman "Ahalkalakets" Tsarukyan
22-3-0

22. Umar Nurmagomedov
18-1-0

23. "Suga" Sean O'Malley
18-3-0, 1 NC

24. Kamaru "Nigerian Nightmare" Usman
21-4-0

25. Brandon "The Assassin Baby" Moreno
23-8-2

26. Aljamain "Funk Master" Sterling
25-5-0

27. Cory "Sandman" Sandhagen
18-5-0

28. Justin "The Highlight" Gaethje
26-5-0

29. Sean "Tarzan" Strickland

30. Leon "Rocky" Edwards
22-5-0, 1 NC

References: UFC, Tapology, X, Wikipedia, BJ Penn, ESPN, MMA Fighting, Good Guy/Bad Guy, and more

Entertainment, Pop Culture And Streaming News

September 2025

September 17

1. Hollywood Legend Robert Redford Passes Away at 89.
Academy Award-winning actor, director, and activist Robert Redford died on September 16, 2025, at the age of 89. Known for iconic roles in films like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, and All the President's Men, as well as founding the Sundance Film Festival, Redford was celebrated for his deep commitment to environmental causes and Native American rights. Tributes are pouring in from across the industry, highlighting his enduring legacy in cinema and activism.

2. Sean Astin Elected President of SAG-AFTRA Actor Sean Astin, best known for The Lord of the Rings trilogy and Stranger Things, has been elected as the new president of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).
The union, representing tens of thousands of performers and media professionals, announced the leadership change amid ongoing discussions about AI's impact on the industry. Astin's win signals a focus on protecting artists' rights in an evolving entertainment landscape.

3. Broadway Revival: Starry Cast for 'Art' The Tony Award-winning play Art is returning to Broadway in a fresh revival featuring a high-profile cast.
Directed by Scott Ellis, the production explores themes of friendship and aesthetics through abstract art, promising to draw crowds with its witty dialogue and ensemble performances. Previews begin soon, marking a highlight in the fall theater season.

4. 'Demon Slayer' Breaks Box Office Records
The latest installment in the Demon Slayer anime franchise has shattered global box office records, becoming one of the highest-grossing animated films of all time. Fans are celebrating the milestone, with the film's stunning animation and emotional storytelling credited for its success. This comes amid growing international acclaim for Japanese anime in mainstream entertainment.

5. AI Copyright Lawsuit Rocks Entertainment Industry
An AI company faces a major lawsuit for alleged copyright infringement in generating content, spotlighting the escalating tensions between technology and creative industries. Entertainment giants are increasingly vocal about protecting intellectual property as AI tools become more integrated into film, music, and TV production. This case could set precedents for future regulations.

Streaming Spotlight: Netflix's September 2025 Lineup

Netflix is dropping a slew of must-watch titles this month, blending reboots, originals, and classics.

Highlights include:Wednesday Season 2 (Part 2): The Addams Family spin-off continues with more gothic mystery and Jenna Ortega's sharp wit.

Charlie Sheen Docuseries: A two-part deep dive into the actor's career highs, lows, and redemption arc.

Black Rabbit: A star-studded crime drama featuring Jude Law and Jason Bateman.

House of Guinness: A lavish period drama from the Peaky Blinders creator.

New Movies: Additions like 10 Things I Hate About You, The Amazing Spider-Man duology, Bridesmaids, and the zombie thriller 28 Years Later (streaming September 20 in the US).

Other OTT platforms are also heating up:

ETV Win: Telugu short drama Forever premieres on September 21.

Disney+: Live-action remakes and sequels, including a billion-dollar grosser from earlier this year.

HBO Max: Indie films Friendship and Warfare for prestige viewing.

Other Buzzworthy Updates

Music Milestone: Andrea Bocelli directed and performed at a historic concert in the Vatican, blending opera with sacred spaces.

Gaming & Anime Events: The Origin Summit features entertainment titans like BLACKPINK's label CEO and BTS/HYBE execs discussing AI, blockchain, and the $80T IP market.

TV Premieres: Fall lineup includes The Morning Show Season 4, Stranger Things updates, and new series like Chad Powers and Boston Blue.

Theater & Events: FirstBank sponsors the Calabar Entertainment Conference in Nigeria, focusing on African media growth.

In Japan, the live-action 5 Centimeters per Second film held its completion screening with stars like Hokuto Matsumura and Mitsuki Takahata. (Grok)

News

Movie Box Office (North America)

September 14, 2025

1. Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba - The Movie: Infinity Castle - $70m
2. The Conjuring: Last Rites - $26.1m
3. Downtown Abbey: The Grand Finale - $18.1m
4. The Long Walk - $11.4m
5. Toy Story - $3.5m
6. Weapons - $2.7m
7. Hamilton - $2.2m
8. Freakier Friday - $2.1m
9. Spinal Tap II - $1.7m
10. The Sound of Music - $1.6m

News

September 2025

September 15

Netflix News

Media Man: The List!

Movies: Top 10 (Australia)

1. The Wrong Paris
2. No Hard Feelings
3. aka Charlie Sheen
4. K-POP Demon Hunters
5. Unknown Number: The High School Catfish
6. The Little Things
7. Love Hurts
8. Force Of Nature: The Dry 2
9. Saiyaara
10. K-POP Demon Hunters Sing-Along

Highly Recommended:

The Beekeeper
The Running Man
Ali
Dune: Part Two
The Expendables
War
The Legend Of Baron To'a
Here Comes The Boom
Total Recall
The Mask Of Zorro
Edge Of Tomorrow
Moneyball
Happy Gilmore 2
Knives Out
Good Will Hunting
The Old Guard 2
American Made
The Dry
Gladiator
Dennis The Menace
The Fate Of The Furious
Battleship
K.O
The Legend Of Tarzan

Most Anticipated:

WWE Wrestlepalooza
WWE SmackDown
NXT Homecoming
WWE RAW
Matchroom: The Greatest Showmen

Media Man: What a month on Netflix!

Markets, Crypto and Culture

August 29, 2025

Sydney, Australia

Markets

ASX futures down 28 points/0.3% to 8930

Australian dollar +0.4% to 65.32 US cents

Wall Street:
S&P 500 +0.3%
Dow Jones +0.2%
Nasdaq +0.5%

Europe:
Stoxx 50 +0.1%
FTSE -0.4%
DAX flat
CAC +0.2%
IBEX +0.3

Bitcoin -0.4% to $US111,910

Gold +0.6% to $US3417.16 per ounce
Oil +0.2% to $US64.29 a barrel
Brent crude oil +0.4% to $US68.33 a barrel
Iron ore +2% to $US104.50 per ton

10-year yield:
US 4.20%
Australia 4.28%
Germany 2.69%

News

Cryptos Today: (Near Live)

Bitcoin $112,305.87 USD +0.68%
Ethereum $4,500.66 USD -0.60%
Tether $1.00 USD -0.07%
XRP $2.97 USD -0.41%
BNB $873.69 USD +1.88%
Dogecoin $0.2244 USD +1.84%

News

Leading altcoins are once again attempting to pull the crypto market upwards

Market Overview

The crypto market capitalisation has increased by almost 2% to $3.86 trillion over the past 24 hours due to the traction of major altcoins such as Ethereum (+4%), XRP (+3%), Solana (+7.8%), and Dogecoin (+4.9%).

Crypto enthusiasts were expecting a different altcoin season, but it is still worth noting their outperformance relative to the first cryptocurrency.

Bitcoin gained 1% to $111K during the day after spending most of Tuesday forming the basis for a rebound on dips below $110K. This is an important indicator of interest in buying on dips, which probably encouraged more risk-tolerant altcoin buyers. The former is also lagging the stock market, where the S&P500 is on the verge of historic highs, and the Nasdaq100 is 1.8% below its historic high.

News Background

The Bitcoin derivatives market points to pessimistic sentiment, as market participants are actively buying put options.

New investors are selling Bitcoin at a loss. In this way, the market is getting rid of ‘weak hands’ and preparing a support base for future growth, notes analyst Crazzyblockk.

GLJ Research head Gordon Johnson said that BTC is at risk of a 65% collapse due to a reduction in dollar liquidity in the US financial system for the first time since 2022. Only the Fed’s abandonment of quantitative tightening (QT) and a return to new quantitative easing (QE) can remedy the situation.

According to Bitfinex, the altcoin season will not start until new cryptocurrency ETFs are approved. It is only expected to begin at the end of the year. The SEC is currently reviewing more than 70 applications to launch altcoin-based ETFs.

Citi warns that paying interest on stablecoin deposits could cause a massive outflow of deposits from the banking system. A similar situation was observed during the money market fund boom in the United States in the 1980s. (FxPro)

News

The reversal of the trend in crypto has been confirmed

Market Overview

The crypto market has been on a downward trend for the last 12 days, falling to $3.76 trillion on Tuesday morning and later stabilising at $3.79 trillion.

Capitalisation fell below the 50-day moving average and the area of recent lows, giving a technical signal of a change in the trend from growth to decline. The declines in this area over the past three months have been close to the bottom of local corrections.

The sentiment index remains fairly stable in neutral territory (48 versus 47 the day before). Declines in this area over the last three months have been close to the bottom of local corrections.

Bitcoin is trading near $110K, dropping to a low of $108.5K. Local attempts to stabilise in BTC are being replaced by even greater sell-offs.

News

Why is EURUSD falling even though the Fed has softened its rhetoric?

EURUSD has fallen back below 1.1600, quickly losing Friday's momentum and forming its third lower local peak since the beginning of July. Trade flows and expectations of weaker growth due to tariffs could bring the pair back to the lows of the end of last year or push it below parity.

This dynamic contrasts with the news agenda, according to which the differential between the ECB and Fed key rates will soon begin to shift in favour of the former, as the ECB is close to completing its cycle of rate cuts and the Fed is ready to resume its easing.

But there is a perfectly reasonable explanation: trade flows. The EURUSD gained momentum sharply at the beginning of the year as US companies and consumers rushed to buy before tariffs were raised. Now we are at the point of the reverse process, when imports will be below the norm of recent years. Moreover, long-term fundamental factors are coming into play, such as suppressing production in Europe and supporting it in the US. The same shift from the dollar to the euro occurred in 2017, when the first trade conflicts began, and continued until March 2018, when tariffs were introduced.

The eurozone can counter this trend through further rate cuts or government financial incentives. Due to chronic budget deficits, the former is more likely. The Fed's rate is now 2.2 percentage points higher than the ECB's, above previous turning points of 2.7 points in 1999, 2.5 in 2006 and 2.4 in 2019.

This approach is supported by rising inflation in the US versus deteriorating activity in Europe. Fundamental factors alone could push EURUSD to last December's lows or even below parity, which we last saw in September 2022.

However, traders in the market are dealing with a reality in which Washington is increasing pressure on the Fed, calling for a sharper rate cut. In extreme cases, this threatens to repeat the 33% rally in EURUSD between November 2005 and March 2008. In this case, the single currency could fall to the 1.40 level, which has not been reached for the last 11 years.

Nevertheless, we consider political interference in monetary policy a risk. The main scenario is based on a balance of fundamental forces, which are currently bearish for EURUSD. (FxPro)

News Flashback

S&P500’s buy-the-dip sentiment helped Bitcoin

The sell-off of Bitcoin following Congress's passage of a law regulating the circulation of stablecoins and the retreat of US stock indices from record highs allowed Bitcoin bears to push prices below the lower boundary of the $116k—$120k consolidation range. When it looked like a severe correction was coming, US stocks stepped in again. Investors bought up the S&P 500 dip, and Bitcoin immediately bounced back.

Changes in global risk appetite continue to be the main driver of cryptocurrency prices. July saw a series of record highs for the S&P 500, making it a successful month for Bitcoin. Meanwhile, Bitcoin-focused ETFs attracted $6 billion, the third-best result in the history of specialised exchange-traded funds. Ether ETFs were not far behind, with a record inflow of $5.4 billion.

The situation changed dramatically at the turn of July and August. Interest in digital assets began to cool. Coinbase's Bitcoin premium fell into the red for the first time since May, indicating a decline in demand from US investors. Open interest in Bitcoin and Ether futures contracts fell by 13% and 21%, respectively, compared to Bitcoin's record high. According to Coinglass, on the last day of July, $800 million in long positions across all cryptocurrencies were liquidated.

Speculators doubt the rally's continuation, while crypto treasuries are buying Bitcoin under any conditions. On pullbacks or at market prices, ‘Strategy’ acquired more than 21,000 coins worth $2.46 billion during the week of July 28th to August 3rd. This is the third-largest cryptocurrency purchase by Michael Saylor's company since records began. The average price is the second highest in history. As a result, Strategy's reserves have grown to more than $71 billion.

The future dynamics of Bitcoin will depend on the fate of US stock indices and capital flows into ETFs. If the S&P 500's successes are temporary, Bitcoin will be forced to undergo a deep correction. If its quotes remain below the middle of the previous consolidation range of $116k—$120k, the bears are in control. (FxPro)

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Three blows to oil in three days

Oil has been under triple pressure since the end of last week, losing more than 7% per barrel of WTI since 31 July, reaching the important psychological level of $65.

The latest wave of oil sell-offs began with the realisation that US trade tariffs from August will be higher than initially expected, as higher tariffs are associated with an economic slowdown and weaker demand for energy. Fears of an economic slowdown intensified after the release of unexpectedly weak US employment data on Friday. Over the weekend, concerns were heightened by OPEC+'s increase in production quotas, which was reflected in the markets on Monday.

After its latest meeting, OPEC+ announced that it would increase production quotas for eight countries by 547,000 barrels per day starting in September.

Considering the quota increases since April, the entire voluntarily reduced volume of 2.2 million barrels per day will return to the market. This is a rather bold decision, given the growing fear that the global economy is slowing down.

Some link such steps by the cartel to the risks of supply disruptions due to potential sanctions from the US and the EU. In our opinion, it is also worth considering the cartel's intention to regain its market share from the US in this way.

Oil producers in the US are very sensitive to price, sharply cutting investment when prices fall. At the beginning of April, there were 489 oil rigs in operation, but according to data published on Friday, this number has fallen to 410. In the long term, a gradual increase in production efficiency should be considered, but at intervals of six months, it is unlikely that there will be any sharp progress. Therefore, we can expect some US production reduction and a gradual recovery in the share of traditional oil producers such as Saudi Arabia, Russia and the UAE.

The price of WTI crude oil, which rose to close to $70 at its peak last week, has returned to the lower end of the range since early June at $65. Closing the day below 66 will mark a failure below the 200- and 50-day moving averages, increasing the potential for further declines.

If OPEC+ really plans to increase its share of the oil market, it may not oppose further price declines. The intensification of negative trends in the global and US economies could bring the price back to this year's lows of $55 by the end of September and to the lower end of the downward corridor of $50 by the end of the year. However, further trends will depend heavily on the reaction of monetary authorities and oil producers. (FxPro)

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July 29

Ethereum continues attempt to climb above $4,000

Market Picture

The crypto market lost 1%, falling back to a capitalisation of $3.9 trillion. This was a natural pullback against the backdrop of the dollar's impressive strengthening the day before. However, on Tuesday, the bulls were back in charge, bringing the market back to a level above Monday's opening but not yet reaching its peak.

Bitcoin is trading near $118.7K, unable to break through the resistance at $120K. This indecision to break out of the range is likely to continue until the market sees the Fed's key rate decision on Wednesday evening.

Ethereum rose to $3,930 at the end of the day, fell back to $3,700 on Monday, where it found interest from new buyers and rose to $3,830 at the time of writing. The last seven days have seen a fairly sharp upward trend, and if this trend continues, the price will rise above 4,000 by the end of this week.

News Background

According to CoinShares, global investment inflows into crypto funds last week amounted to $1.908 billion. Investments in Ethereum increased by $1.595 billion, Solana by a significant $312 million, XRP by $190 million, and Sui by $8 million. Investments in Bitcoin decreased by $175 million.

Japan's Metaplanet announced the acquisition of 780 BTC ($92.5 million) at an average price of $118,600. The company's total reserves now amount to 17,132 BTC, worth over $2 billion.

According to Blockware, Bitcoin will no longer show ‘parabolic’ rallies or ‘devastating’ bear cycles, as institutional investors have changed the market dynamics and reduced volatility.

According to Strategic ETH Reserve, the volume of the second cryptocurrency on the balance sheets of public companies has reached 2.32 million ETH (~$9.11 billion) — 1.92% of the total Ethereum supply. Bitmine Immersion Tech, associated with Fundstrat founder Tom Lee, pursues the most aggressive strategy. The company has ~566,800 ETH ($2.23 billion) on its balance sheet.

BNB, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by capitalisation, updated its historical high above $860 on Monday. Against this background, Binance founder Changpeng Zhao's estimated fortune exceeded $76 billion. According to Forbes, Zhao owns 64% of the BNB supply — about 89.1 million tokens. (FxPro)

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Cryptocurrency Movies

Documentaries

The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014) Follows early Bitcoin adopter Daniel Mross, exploring Bitcoin’s origins, its volatile rise, and the community behind it. Great for understanding Bitcoin’s early days and its potential to disrupt finance.

Banking on Bitcoin (2016) Examines Bitcoin’s history, ideological roots, and impact on global financial systems through interviews with pioneers and experts. A solid primer for newcomers.

Cryptopia: Bitcoin, Blockchains, and the Future of the Internet (2020)

Directed by Torsten Hoffmann, this documentary dives into blockchain’s broader applications beyond cryptocurrency, addressing scalability and regulatory challenges. Ideal for those interested in blockchain’s transformative potential.

Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain (2018) Narrated by Rosario Dawson, it explores blockchain’s societal impact, from financial inclusion to voting systems. A comprehensive look at real-world applications.

Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (2015) Traces the history of money and introduces Bitcoin as a decentralized alternative, critiquing centralized financial systems. Features interviews with crypto experts.

Deep Web (2015) Narrated by Keanu Reeves, this documentary focuses on the Silk Road marketplace and its creator, Ross Ulbricht, highlighting Bitcoin’s role in dark web transactions.

Bitconned (2024) Explores the Centra Tech crypto scam, detailing how three individuals defrauded investors during the 2010s crypto boom. A cautionary tale about unregulated markets.

Feature Films

Crypto (2019) A crime thriller starring Beau Knapp, Luke Hemsworth, and Kurt Russell. It follows a young anti-money laundering agent investigating corruption and cryptocurrency in his hometown. Critics note its exaggerated portrayal but praise its entertainment value.

Silk Road (2021) A dramatization of Ross Ulbricht’s creation of the Silk Road, a dark web marketplace using Bitcoin. It explores his rise and fall, blending crime and drama.

Dope (2015) A coming-of-age comedy-drama featuring Bitcoin as a plot device. High schooler Malcolm uses Bitcoin for a dark web transaction, reflecting its early association with illicit activities.

Bonus Mentions

Life on Bitcoin (2014): Follows a couple attempting to live solely on Bitcoin for 100 days, showcasing early adoption challenges.

Bitcoin Heist (2016): A Vietnamese action-comedy about hackers chasing a crypto criminal, blending humor and thrills.

Notes

Documentaries are generally more educational, focusing on Bitcoin’s history, blockchain technology, and real-world implications. They’re great for beginners and enthusiasts alike.

Feature films often dramatize crypto’s association with crime or scams, sometimes oversimplifying or exaggerating for effect. They prioritize entertainment over accuracy.

For a deeper dive, check streaming platforms like Prime Video, Fandango at Home, or YouTube, where many of these are available.

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Wall Street (Movie)

Wall Street (1987), directed by Oliver Stone, is a drama about ambition and greed in the 1980s financial world. It follows Bud Fox (Charlie Sheen), a young stockbroker desperate to succeed, who gets entangled with Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), a ruthless corporate raider. Gekko’s mantra, “Greed is good,” drives the story as Bud is lured into insider trading and unethical deals, compromising his morals for wealth and power. The film explores themes of capitalism, loyalty, and betrayal, with Bud navigating pressures from Gekko, his father (Martin Sheen), and his own conscience.

Key Details:

Cast: Michael Douglas (Gordon Gekko), Charlie Sheen (Bud Fox), Daryl Hannah (Darien Taylor), Martin Sheen (Carl Fox). Runtime: 2h 6m. Genre: Drama/Crime. Rating: R. Box Office: ~$44 million (US).

Awards: Michael Douglas won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Notable Aspects:

Gekko’s “Greed is good” speech is iconic, reflecting 1980s excess.

Inspired by real-life figures like Ivan Boesky and Michael Milken.

A sequel, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010), continued the story.

Where to Watch (as of 2025):

Streaming: Available on platforms like Peacock or rentable on Amazon, YouTube, or Apple TV (check current availability). Physical: DVD/Blu-ray via retailers like Amazon.

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Gold, copper, & silver: How metals are moving this year

Metal futures have made some pretty dramatic moves lately from safe haven gold to tariff sensitive copper. So let's take a look at the longer term trends. I'm Jared Blikre, host of Stocks in Translation. And I'm going to start by charting some of the moves in Dr. Copper because this is where we have the most zig and zags over the last 25 years. So this goes back to the beginning of the century and we can see right now, we're at $5.51 per pound. That is a record high. But if we go back to the beginning of the century, guess what? Uh we had a little bit of a slump in the wake of the dot com boom and then bust, but starting in 2003, we saw a big rise there. And that was as China actually joined the World Trade Organization or the WTO. That lasted into the global financial crisis. Then we had a pretty big bust in in Dr. Copper, and then we had another rise. And that rise was due to unprecedented stimulus, not only from the Chinese government, but also from the United States government, QE was in force, and then we saw kind of a strong dollar play. That weighed on this metal all the way into the beginning of 2016. The entire world, most of the world indices went through a bear market in 2015, and then 2016, we found the footing. And that was actually the year that Trump won, began his first presidency. And from there, we saw some zig and zags, and then we saw a shock into the pandemic. A couple of, a couple of years of deflation or a semi-deflation, disinflation, that caught up with it in 2022, but then it was off to the races again. And especially with the Trump tariffs now on copper, threatening to be threatening to be 50% on August 1st, we're seeing a lot of front running in this trade. Now, I also want to show you gold futures and I'm going to show you silver as well. And they follow a very similar pattern. We're not seeing the dramatic zig and zags that we did in copper, but we did see the same pattern of China joining the WTO, contributing to that huge rise in price to 1800, almost $2,000 an ounce by the beginning of the global financial crisis. So a little bit of a meltdown there. But in 2016 into 2018, we saw a bit of a rise into the pandemic, a little bit of a whipsaw there, and consolidation over a few years. Again, that 2022 bare market in US stocks that contributed to some deflation and disinflation globally, supply chain chain shocks came into force again, and then we saw this huge rise beginning in late 2023, and we are now at 3353. We've seen a high of as much as $3,500 per ounce. And gold is kind of unique among the precious metals and also the industrial metals, and this is because central banks have been a huge determining force in their buying of it. This is a bar chart that shows central bank buying in tons going back all the way to 2010. And what you notice here is the last three years, 2022, 2023, 2024, all of those had gold being bought by central banks of in the amount of over 1,000 tons. And so that's a pretty big dramatic increase from the prior years. And this has to do with the ongoing dedollarization in China, as well as Russia, but also a host of other countries, even some in western and eastern Europe. So this is a trend that we want to follow. Uh, I want to close out here with silver, and I'm going to just chart the price action. Again, very similar chart to gold and copper in terms of the big movements here. We saw a big price spike into almost $50 per ounce, and that was just as the global financial crisis was getting underway. And then the QE area in 2011, that's when we saw that high. Then we saw a dramatic, dramatic crash into 2016, kind of found its footing, saw a big squeeze in the early pandemic, 2020 was a great year for silver, but then we saw a little bit of a fallout. And again, silver is on the rise here at $38. It's still off of that $50 record high, but it is increasing very quickly. To round out the conversation, I want to just put on a table here. I have all three medals and just kind of grouping them together. I want to display how they are moving with their specific patterns with a trigger, and then to tell you which one of these is featured in these specific criteria. So here, under the pattern, we have acceleration. So that would be an economic acceleration. The trigger would be liquidity. And when that happens, we see all metals benefiting from that. And then when there's a safe haven scare, and that trigger would be a crisis of some sorts, you're going to see gold and silver outperforming the most, kind of leaving Dr. Copper behind. And then here's a bearish one, industrial drags, that affects copper disproportionately here, and the trigger there is typically a stronger US dollar because the US dollar surges when global global industrials tend to drag, and that's because the US is the least dirty shirt in the laundry basket of the world. And then finally here, we have a policy shock. This will affect all three medals, but especially copper and gold here. Um, arguably, the biggest reason is tariffs and debt, and we've seen both of those contribute to silver rising. So we could put all three in that basket as well. But when you put it all together, we have the perfect explosive mix for all three of these metals, including palladium and also platinum, which we didn't get to have time for, but all of these are experiencing huge thrust in 2025. And we'll have to see how these tariffs play out, especially on Dr. Copper with respect to that August 1st deadline. Remember, 50% there. So tune into Stocks in Translation for more jargon busting deep dives, new episodes on Tuesdays and Thursdays on Yahoo Finances website, or wherever you find your podcast. (Transcript from Yahoo! Finance podcast)

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Best Quotes

An investment in knowledge pays the best interest." — Benjamin Franklin

"Bottoms in the investment world don't end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows." — Jim Rogers

Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy only when others are fearful." — Warren Buffett

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Movie Box Office (North America)

August 17, 2025

1. Weapons - $25m
2. Freakier Friday - $14.5m
3. Nobody 2 - $9.3m
4. The Fantastic Four: First Steps - $8.8m
5. The Bad Guys 2 - $7.5m
6. Superman - $5.3m
7. The Naked Gun - $4.8m
8. Jurassic World: Rebirth - $2.9m
9. F1: The Movie - $2.7m
10. Coolio $2.5m

Movie Box Office (North America)

August 10, 2025

1. Weapons - $42.5m
2. Freakier Friday - $29m
3. The Fantastic Four: First Steps - $15.5m
4. The Bad Guys 2 - $10.4m
5. The Naked Gun - $8.4m
6. Superman - $7.8m
7. Jurassic World: Rebirth - $4.7m
8. F1: The Movie - $2.8m
9. Together - $2.6m
10. Sketch - $2.5m

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August 3, 2025

1. The Fantastic Four: First Steps - $40m
2. The Bad Guys 2 - $22.2m
3. The Naked Gun - $17m
4. Superman - $13.9m
5. Jurassic World: Rebirth - $8.7m
6. Together - $6.8m
7. F1: The Movie - $4.1m
8. I Know What You Did Last Summer - $2.8m
9. Smurfs - $1.8m
10. How to Train Your Dragon - $1.4m

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August 3, 2025

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2. The Bad Guys 2 - $22.2m
3. The Naked Gun - $17m
4. Superman - $13.9m
5. Jurassic World: Rebirth - $8.7m
6. Together - $6.8m
7. F1: The Movie - $4.1m
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Robin Claim Denied for Batman Sequel

Entertainment journalist Jeff Sneider reported that Robin is featured in the script for "The Batman Part II," describing it as a bold evolution of the dark narrative from the 2022 original. DC Studios co-CEO James Gunn denied the claim, stating that only a few people have read the script and urging dismissal of the speculation. The film remains scheduled for release on October 2, 2026, with production set to begin in early 2025.

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Upcoming Street Fighter Reboot (2026)

Overview: A new live-action Street Fighter movie, directed by Kitao Sakurai (Bad Trip), is in development by Legendary Entertainment and Capcom, with a planned release in 2026. Originally set for March 20, 2026, it was delayed after directors Danny and Michael Philippou left due to scheduling conflicts. No new release date is confirmed.

Cast:Andrew Koji as Ryu
Callina Liang as Chun-Li
Noah Centineo as Ken
Jason Momoa as Blanka
Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog
David Dastmalchian as M. Bison
Cody Rhodes as Guile
Roman Reigns as Akuma
Orville Peck as Vega
Andrew Schulz as Dan Hibiki
Vidyut Jammwal as Dhalsim

Hirooki Goto as E. Honda

Plot: Details are scarce, but it’s expected to focus on the classic World Warrior Tournament, featuring rivalries like Ryu vs. Ken and battles against M. Bison’s Shadaloo organization. The tone aims to balance the games’ playful, over-the-top style with modern cinematic flair, learning from past adaptations’ mistakes.

Production: Filming is set to begin in September 2025 in Australia, with WWE stars Cody Rhodes and Roman Reigns scheduled to film from September 2, with Reigns on set until late September.

Expectations: The diverse cast, including action stars, wrestlers, and musicians, suggests a bold, eclectic approach. Fans hope it captures the game’s vibrant characters and fighting spirit, avoiding the pitfalls of earlier films.

Additional Notes

Other Adaptations: Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie (1994) is a well-regarded anime adaptation, closer to the game’s tone and often preferred by fans. Street Fighter: Assassin’s Fist (2014) is a live-action web series focusing on Ryu and Ken’s early years, also better received than the live-action films.

Sentiment on X: Posts on X reflect mixed feelings about the 1994 film, with some calling it entertainingly bad but not on the level of cult classics like The Room. The upcoming reboot generates cautious optimism, with excitement for the cast but skepticism due to past failures.

Critical Perspective: The 1994 film’s campy style and deviation from the game’s tournament focus (e.g., no Hadokens or special moves) disappointed purists, while the 2009 film’s gritty approach failed to capture the franchise’s charm. The 2026 reboot has a chance to succeed by embracing the games’ colorful, exaggerated tone, but it must navigate the challenge of translating a fighting game’s minimal plot into a compelling narrative. (Grok)

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Happy Gilmore 2

Happy Gilmore 2 is a 2025 American sports comedy film, a sequel to the 1996 cult classic Happy Gilmore. Directed by Kyle Newacheck and co-written by Adam Sandler and Tim Herlihy, it premiered on Netflix on July 25, 2025, and became the platform’s biggest U.S. film debut, garnering 46.7 million views in its opening weekend.

Plot:
The story picks up nearly 30 years after the original. Happy Gilmore (Adam Sandler), now older and retired from golf after a tragic accident, struggles with personal issues and has turned to alcohol. He returns to the sport to raise $300,000 for his daughter Vienna’s (Sunny Sandler) ballet school tuition in Paris. Along the way, he faces his old rival Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald) and contends with an energy drink mogul (Benny Safdie) pushing an extreme version of golf. The plot blends nostalgia with new challenges, focusing on Happy’s comeback and family life.

Cast Returning:
Adam Sandler (Happy Gilmore), Julie Bowen (Virginia Venit), Christopher McDonald (Shooter McGavin), Ben Stiller (Hal L.).

New: Bad Bunny (as Happy’s caddy), Sunny Sandler (Vienna), Sadie Sandler, Benny Safdie, Travis Kelce (waiter), Margaret Qualley, Ethan Cutkosky, Conor Sherry, Maxwell Jacob Friedman, Blake Clark.

Cameos: Golfers like Rory McIlroy, Scottie Scheffler, Jack Nicklaus, John Daly, Bryson DeChambeau, Brooks Koepka, Justin Thomas, Paige Spiranac; celebrities including Eminem, Post Malone, Dan Patrick, Reggie Bush, Becky Lynch, Nikki Garcia, Ken Jennings, Cam’ron, Kym Whitley, Kevin Nealon, and more.

Key Details
Release Date: July 25, 2025, on Netflix (3 a.m. ET/midnight PT).

Trailers: First teaser dropped December 2024, a second in March 2025, and a full trailer at Netflix’s Tudum event in May 2025, showcasing cameos and the nostalgic tone with Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Tuesday’s Gone.”

Production: Filmed in New Jersey, with Sandler and Herlihy co-writing. The script was rewritten to honor Carl Weathers (Chubbs), who passed away in 2024, with references to his character instead of recasting.

Tributes: The film honors Weathers and includes a nod to Cameron Boyce. (Grok)

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Hulk Hogan: News

Hogan’s legacy includes his role in popularizing professional wrestling in the 1980s, headlining the first WrestleMania, and becoming a cultural icon through media like “Rocky III” and “Hogan Knows Best.” His controversial moments, including a 2015 scandal involving racist remarks and a lawsuit against Gawker, also shaped his later years. He was active in politics, notably endorsing Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention.

Hulk Hogan, whose real name was Terry Gene Bollea ... passed away on July 24, 2025, at the age of 71. His death was due to a heart attack, as confirmed by a Florida medical examiner’s report, with contributing factors including a history of atrial fibrillation and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Tributes followed from wrestling figures like Ric Flair, Triple H, and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, as well as public figures like Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who declared a “Hulk Hogan Day” in Florida, with flags flown at half-staff. Some posts on X speculated about undisclosed health issues, with one claiming his therapist suggested the death certificate might not fully reflect his condition, though no autopsy details have confirmed this. (Grok)

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American Gladiators: News

The latest news on American Gladiators centers around its reboot on Amazon Prime Video, announced in 2025. The revival is hosted by WWE superstar Mike “The Miz” Mizanin, with Rocsi Diaz as sideline reporter and Chris Rose on play-by-play.

The show features 16 new Gladiators—eight men and eight women, including bodybuilders, pro wrestlers, former Division I athletes, CrossFit champions, and military veterans. Notable names include AEW’s Wardlow and Kamille, former WWE wrestler Eric Bugenhagen (Rick Boogs), OVW’s Jessie Godderz (Mr. PEC-Tacular), and Jessica Roden (J-Rod).

The series will blend new events with classics like “Gauntlet,” “Hang Tough,” and “The Eliminator.” Two seasons have reportedly been filmed, though no premiere date is confirmed.

A 24/7 American Gladiators FAST channel with original episodes is also available on Prime Video, and a Live Nation tour is set for November 1 to December 21, 2025.

Concerns about potential tension between WWE and AEW talent were dismissed, with sources indicating professionalism on set. (Grok)

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UFC Movie News

No other major UFC movie projects have been reported recently. Brawler stands out as the primary UFC-branded cinematic effort, leveraging the organization’s direct involvement and Snyder’s bold directorial style. Zack Snyder’s ‘Brawler’: Zack Snyder is directing a UFC-themed drama titled Brawler, in collaboration with UFC CEO Dana White and Turki Alalshikh, chairman of Saudi Arabia’s General Entertainment Authority and owner of The Ring magazine. The film follows a young fighter from Los Angeles rising through the UFC ranks while battling personal struggles, aiming for a championship. Snyder is co-writing the screenplay with Shay Hatten and Kurt Johnstad, and producing alongside Deborah Snyder and Wesley Coller under their Stone Quarry banner. Filming may include real UFC events in Las Vegas and Riyadh, promising authenticity. No official cast or release date has been confirmed, but rumors suggest Adam Driver could lead, with potential cameos from UFC figures like Dana White, Jon Anik, Joe Rogan, and Daniel Cormier. The film is expected to blend Snyder’s signature visual style—slow-motion, gritty combat—with a grounded, emotional narrative, potentially setting it apart from other MMA films like Warrior or the Road House remake. A release is tentatively eyed for 2026.

Dwayne Johnson’s ‘The Smashing Machine’: Directed by Benny Safdie for A24, this UFC film wrapped filming early in Vancouver. It focuses on MMA legend Mark Kerr, with Dwayne Johnson starring. Unlike Brawler, it’s a biographical drama, not a fictional story, and has no direct UFC organizational involvement. The film has generated buzz for its intense portrayal of Kerr’s life and career. No specific release date has been announced, but it’s expected to hit theaters soon given the completed production.

Other UFC-Related Projects: Former UFC fighter Keith Jardine has ventured into filmmaking, writing and directing a horror movie called Kill Me Again, which is currently in theaters. While not a UFC-centric film, Jardine’s MMA background ties it to the sport’s community. Additionally, a Jordan Peele-produced film Him features former UFC and PFL heavyweight Maurice Greene, indicating UFC fighters’ growing presence in Hollywood.

Sentiment on X: Posts on X reflect excitement for Brawler, with fans noting its potential for UFC fighter cameos and heavy promotion by the UFC. Some see it as a fresh, grounded direction for Snyder compared to his superhero and sci-fi work. There’s also chatter about UFC’s broader media moves, like a potential Netflix deal for TV rights, which could amplify projects like Brawler. (Grok)

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Netflix: Top 10 Series (August 2025)

Wednesday (Season 2, Part 1) - The highly anticipated return of the Addams Family spinoff, starring Jenna Ortega as Wednesday Addams, navigating mysteries at Nevermore Academy. The first four episodes premiered on August 6, 2025, and it’s dominating viewership charts globally.

The Hunting Wives - A Starz series available on Netflix, this thriller has gained traction for its dramatic storytelling, landing high on the US charts.

Leanne - A comedy series featuring Leanne Morgan, noted for its humor and fresh appeal, ranking consistently in the US top 10.

Untamed - A series generating buzz for its unique premise, though specific details are less prominent in the data. It’s a top performer in global and US rankings.

SEC Football: Any Given Saturday - A seven-part documentary series diving into the 2024 SEC college football season, appealing to sports fans. Premiered August 5, 2025.

Perfect Match (Season 3) - A reality dating competition featuring singles from Netflix’s reality universe, hosted by Nick Lachey. It premiered in early August and is climbing the charts.

Amy Bradley Is Missing - A true-crime series capturing attention for its gripping narrative, ranking high in the US and globally.

Sullivan’s Crossing (Season 3) - A CW drama available on Netflix, focusing on emotional and romantic storylines, gaining steady viewership.

Love Life (Seasons 1-2) - An HBO Max anthology series now streaming on Netflix (starting August 5, 2025), with Anna Kendrick and William Jackson Harper exploring romantic journeys.

Conversations with a Killer: The Son of Sam Tapes - A true-crime docuseries delving into the infamous Son of Sam case, noted for its chilling archival content.

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VideoGame Releases: August 2005 and Beyond

August 2025

Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, August 28): A stunning 4K remake of the stealth classic, preserving its espionage gameplay and iconic moments.

Madden NFL 26 (PC, PS5, Switch 2, Xbox Series X/S, August 14): The annual sports title with updated rosters and gameplay enhancements.

Gears of War: Reloaded (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, August 26): A refreshed take on the gritty shooter series, optimized for modern platforms.

September 2025

Borderlands 4 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, September 12): The looter-shooter returns with chaotic gunplay, new characters, and signature humor.

Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (Switch 2, September 30): A tactical RPG revival, announced by Square Enix, generating excitement for strategy fans.

October 2025

Ghost of Yotei (PS5, October 2): A spiritual sequel to Ghost of Tsushima, featuring new samurai-themed adventures.

Ninja Gaiden 4 (PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox Series X/S, October 21): A high-octane action title continuing the ninja saga, recently launched as Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound on August 1, 2025, to positive reviews.

The Outer Worlds 2 (PC, PS5, Xbox Series X/S, October 29): A sci-fi RPG sequel with expanded exploration and narrative depth.

November–December 2025

Few confirmed releases, but titles like Grand Theft Auto 6 were initially expected in 2025 but have been delayed to 2026.

Other anticipated games without firm dates include Hollow Knight: Silksong, Little Nightmares 3, and Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2.

Recent News (August 2025)

Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound Launch (August 1, 2025):

This dual-ninja action game launched across PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, and Xbox platforms, receiving strong early reviews for its intense combat and visuals. Dotemu and PlayStation highlighted its release on X, emphasizing its demon-slaying gameplay.

Square Enix Announcements (August 1, 2025):

Square Enix revealed multiple titles for the Switch 2, including Octopath Traveler 0, The Adventure of Elliot: The Millenium Tales, Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles (September 30), and Romancing SaGa 2: Revenge of the Seven. These announcements, shared via X, signal strong third-party support for Nintendo’s new console.

Nintendo Direct: Partner Showcase (July 31, 2025): A presentation aired with updates on third-party Switch and Switch 2 games, providing new details on upcoming 2025 titles, as noted by IGN on X.

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New strategies for Search Engine Optimization

What is SEO?

Search engine optimization (SEO) is an essential digital marketing practice that plays a vital role in making your website visible to both visitors and search engine crawlers. The primary objective of SEO is to optimize relevant and authoritative content to assist visitors in finding solutions to their queries efficiently.

The ultimate aim of SEO is to create high-quality and informative content that increases the volume of traffic that your website receives daily. Optimizing your website involves creating and expanding your content to ensure that search engines will choose your site over its competitors.

The focus of SEO is to perfect the quality and quantity of your webpage to make sure that your website has an edge over others. Therefore, SEO plays an essential role in driving traffic to your website, which is crucial for the visibility and success of your online Business.

1. Publish Relevant, Authoritative Content

This article provides valuable suggestions on how to improve search engine optimization (SEO) and enhance website ranking on search engine results. Creating quality content that caters to the user’s needs is the driving factor of SEO marketing, and the article emphasizes that there is no substitute for great content.

The article further provides guidance on identifying appropriate keyword phrases for each authoritative content page and making use of them strategically throughout the content. Creating distinct web pages for each distinct targeted keyword phrase is advisable to enhance ranking.

The article suggests using keywords in headings, subheadings, URLs, and titles, and stressing the importance of readability and user-friendliness of the content. Using emphasis tags and strategically linking to relevant sources is also encouraged. By following these valuable suggestions, users can create SEO-friendly content that benefits the readers while improving their website’s overall ranking.

2. Update Your Content Regularly

Maintaining updated content is crucial to improve your website’s relevancy, and it is a crucial factor that search engines prioritize as well. We highly recommend scheduling regular content audits, for instance, on a semesterly basis, to update your webpages and blog posts accordingly.

Writing additional content frequently on your departmental news blog can enhance your search engine rankings by incorporating relevant keyword phrases. Brief blog posts can also be helpful if they offer specific updates related to your targeted topics.

Moreover, interlinking your related CMS webpages and blog posts can provide readers with a better understanding of your website’s content and additional information on the subject. Thus, keep your website updated and relevant to improve your visitor’s user experience and attract more traffic to your site.

3. Metadata

Website designers use metadata to provide information about a website’s content. When creating a webpage, a space between the “head” tags is reserved for metadata.

If you use a CMS website they have already filled in the metadata. However, as your content changes, it is important to review and update the metadata.

Title Metadata

Title metadata is the most important because it determines the page title that appears at the top of a browser window and in search engine results. For those with a CMS website, the web team has automated this process based on your page title. Therefore, it is essential to use well-thought-out page titles that include keyword phrases.

Description Metadata

Description metadata is a brief and interesting summary of what your website contains. It’s like a store’s attractive display that encourages people to visit. Usually, it should be two sentences long. Search engines may or may not use this summary, but it’s good to have it in case they do.

Keyword Metadata

Keyword metadata is not very helpful in improving your search engine ranking. However, it’s useful to include some of your important keywords in the metadata. You should select a few phrases with one to four words each and add three to seven of them. For example, “computer science degree” or "pop culture agency" are good keyword phrases to use.

4. Have a Link-worthy Site

Making your website popular involves efforts in developing valuable content and enhancing its search results. To achieve this, you must focus on creating informative and unbiased content that caters to the readers’ interests and queries.

Furthermore, your website might earn a backlink from other websites if it provides good value to the readers. This can improve its search engine ranking immensely, which can bring in more visitors. It is also crucial to incorporate descriptive hyperlinks in the text as opposed to generic “click here” links.

This helps in giving proper context to people who use screen readers and makes it easier for search engines to crawl your website. You can lift your website SEO performance by using appropriate keywords in your content and developing internal links. These techniques can help you build a better online presence and increase your website’s popularity.

5. Use ALT Tags

Want search engines to find your website and to make it more accessible for people who use text-only browsers or screen readers? Simply put, use alt tags to describe your media content, like images and videos, with alternative text descriptions.

These descriptions act as labels for search engines and help them identify your page better. They also provide context for those who cannot view the media directly. By making your website more accessible and searchable, you can improve its overall user experience.

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New strategies for Search Engine Optimization

New areas of digital marketing are as changeable and require so much adaption and new-thinking as the world of SEO. Search Engine Optimization has come a long way from its beginnings in the 1990s, and the technologies deciding what is “good SEO” or not changes from year to year.

That’s why tech companies are launching new strategies aimed at long-term goals in both data-driven and relations-based SEO all over the world, by implementing tactics from both traditional PR and modern SEO and link-building.

Below, we will discuss the nature of SEO, how SEO is changing, and why choosing an agency will be the key to your SEO success.

Best SEO practices:

Find your customers with data-driven market analysis

Find authoritative marketing partners using data-driven PR

Reach your customers with high quality outreach and credible link-building

What is SEO?

In order to discuss the ways in which SEO works, it’s important to understand the basic principles on which the concept is built. SEO is an acronym for Search Engine Optimization, and is an umbrella term for processes in which users optimize their websites in order to rank higher on search engines such as Google whenever customers search for keywords relevant to their website.

By optimizing the various aspects of a website, SEO aims to improve its ranking on search engine result pages (SERPs), thereby increasing the quantity and quality of traffic. In layman’s terms, it helps more people to find your website by increasing its digital visibility.

Why is SEO important?

There’s an old SEO joke that goes like this: A man asks a detective “Where’s the best place to hide a body?” The detective answers “Why, on the second page of Google, of course!”. In other words, ranking on the first page of Google is the key to getting traffic and therefore sales or viewings on your webpage, as few people bother to look past the first results page.

In fact, the first spot on Google is ten times more likely to get a click than results number ten, and the top three results receive over half of all clicks. That’s why the goal of every SEO strategist is to get a website into the top ten search results on Google, and preferably in the top three.

That’s why SEO marketing lives on, despite some people saying that SEO is dead. The answer is: it’s more alive than ever. It just doesn’t fit into the mold of the quick-results culture of the modern world, but it is still effective.

The evolution of SEO

SEO as a term first came into use in 1997, despite the first website being published in 1991. The coin was termed John Audette of Multimedia Marketing Group early that year, and so the hunt for the top of the search engine results pages began.

In the beginning, there were several competing names for the concept, including search engine ranking, website promotion, etc. The strongest competitor was the term “search engine marketing”, which was originally pitched as a successor to SEO. But ultimately, search engine optimization proved to be the most steadfast and all-encompassing term, while SEM is used to describe concepts like paid search marketing and advertising.

Google’s rise to power

In the 2000s, Google grew to become the search engine giant we know it as today. Soon enough, the organization was able to survive on its own. At that time, they also launched effective web crawlers and PageRank algorithms, which changed the SEO game.

Google began measuring both on-page and off-page content to decide SERP listings, forcing SEO to expand their work sphere and link-building took off as a popular tactic. Around the same time, Google also introduced PageRank scores, a website score between 1-10, which was an early version of today’s Domain Authority.

These measures were broken down further with the introduction of Google Analytics and the Google Webmaster Tools (Search Console) in 2006. Later major updates, such as Panda and Penguin in 2011 and 2012 respectively, were put in place to sort out poor quality SEO work and reward those with quality websites.

To this day, Google continues to release core and minor updates that impact the way that SEO can work. The platform has grown to be such a reputable platform that in 2022 it was estimated that Google accounted for more than 85 percent of the search engine usage, which is why it’s the platform that most SEO strategies focus on today.

The big three: Local, social, mobile

There have been three major changes in the way that people search the web, that has not been a result of search engine updates. The first of these came in the mid-2000s, when there was an adaptation toward geographical searches, which birthed local SEO. This meant that people were now searching for businesses near them, such as restaurants or car washes, media, gaming and sports agents, thus increasing the need for separate local search engine strategies. This development also resulted in the advancement of end-user data, including search history and personalized interests.

Fast-forward another decade into the 2010s, and a whole new set of searching and web-using emerged. Rather than just using the universal search-functions, users were now turning to medias such as YouTube, Facebook, LinkedIn and other social medias for news and knowledge. Most importantly for SEO, these networks became revolutionary in building brand awareness. As such, the old term of search engine marketing (SEM) became ever more important on these platforms.

As users started to bring their lives and entertainment from the big screens, such as laptops or TVs, they also began to use search engines straight from their mobile phones. This third change in user patterns led to mobile searching overtaking desktop searches in 2015, and added mobile adaptability to the list of SEO tools.

The 2020s, AI, and the future of SEO

We’ve finally arrived at our current time. The 2020s have brought with it a continued increase in digital usage and SEO is perhaps more important than ever. One of the biggest challenges the world of SEO stands before today is generative AI. Chat GPT, X including Grok, the free global access to generative AI as a search function, was released in the winter of 2022/2023, and has garnered instant attraction from both customers and competitors, including Google. It is still unclear what impact generative AI will have on SEO practices such as keywords analysis, although it is already affecting the quality of content on the web.

New strategies for new challenges

As new SEO directives arrive from Google’s updates, they also require new strategies. However, some companies have decided to create new strategies with a focus on longevity. Among new strategies are both traditional link-building and outreach including, in combination with inspiration from the traditional PR marketing sphere.

The other two strategies that they’ve developed are strongly data-driven market research and PR. The market research is a process in which the company can help customers who want to scale globally to find the best geographical place for them to start their SEO journey, based on SEO factors such as demand and competition.

The market-driven PR can build on that market research or stand alone, as a new way of reaching new marketing partners in international business circles. From these new partners, it is then possible to continue with link-building as well as traditional PR strategies. This is a unique way of piercing niche markets across the globe to attract potential customers.

How does SEO work?

Now that we’ve seen the evolution of SEO it’s time to get to the real question: what is SEO marketing actually, and how does it actually work? In order to understand how SEO works, it’s important to understand these two things: what Google wants and what the customers want. Only by doing so will you understand how you should optimize your web page.

What Google wants

One of the reasons why Google rose to such immense heights early on was due to the founders’ initiative to implement RankPage, or clear guidelines for how to rank content on their platform. Initially, the program worked by ranking content dependent on the link structure of the website, that built the foundation for the modern link building strategies. Simply put, links to the webpage acted as votes of confidence for the webpage.

Today, this concept has developed into the E-E-A-T formula, where Google ranks content based on Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, and Trustworthiness. These measures are interpreted by what the site’s link building looks like, such as what EEAT websites include links back to their landing page. They then ensure that the webpage produces reliable and accurate information, and are most likely to answer their customers’ questions.

Ultimately, the reason why Google wants to prioritize high quality content is because happy Google customers are more likely to return to Google for more information, and therefore generating income for the search engine.

So, how does Google find and rank the webpages? They do this through three stages: crawling, indexing, and serving results.

Crawling means that Google sends “bots” or computer programs to scan through large chunks of the internet to find new or updated pages. They can only find it by going through a link.

Googles then sorts through and organizes the content and puts it in the huge Google Index – a database for webpages.

Lastly, Google serves the results by how relevant they are to the customer queries.

What the customer wants

Broadly speaking, there are three types of searches that customers make, and they can be described as Do-Know-Go. Whenever we search the internet, we either want to do something (such as make a purchase or visit a tourist attraction), know something, or go somewhere. These three types of searches can be further broken down, but these are the basic concepts.

These three prompts can help you optimize your content so that you are answering the demand of the people. By realizing what your customer wants, you can provide SEO-optimized content which is relevant and fresh, which Google will reward you for.

SEO components, or how to do SEO

So how does a webpage get to that top of the search engine results page? While there is no quick fix, SEO provides a long-term strategy which aims at doing just that. SEO incorporates several different tactics in this long-term strategy, in which there are three main components:

Technical SEO

On-page SEO

Off-page SEO

Technical SEO refers to optimization on your webpage. This can for example mean implementing site maps so that Google can crawl the page more easily, increasing the website speed, or making the site mobile adaptable.

On-page SEO refers to edits to the content that is already on the webpage, rather than the technicalities behind it. This can for example include keyword optimizing headings, producing SEO-optimized blog posts, URL and picture optimization, and adding meta titles and descriptions.

Off-page SEO, on the other hand, is part of the link-building strategy. The focus here lies on building credibility and brand awareness by for example writing guests posts and linking to your webpage on other, reputable sources. The key here is to create backlinks, which give authority and endorsement to your website, and thus giving Google a sign that you are a credible source too.

To get good results, it’s important to implement all of the tactics above in a combined effort to get Google’s attention. However, these general descriptions are only scraping the top of the iceberg of SEO. Beneath these lay a whole science of various methods and strategies to rank at the top of the results page.

Link-building

The on-page and off-stage SEO practices can also be called SEO link-building. That’s because they both refer to building a link-system which Google will reward, whether it’s by driving links to your website from other credible sources or creating a seamless link-flow internally on your webpage.

Links to and on your website act as votes of trust, credibility and authority, which is why they are a crucial part of your SEO strategy. However, the links need to be carefully and thoughtfully crafted so that they maintain the right level of relevance and credibility, which can be done through producing high quality SEO content.

SEO content

For both on-page and off-page work, SEO content plays a huge role. As mentioned earlier, Google ranks webpages depending on both their link-building and how credible, authoritative, and expert their content is. However, these two factors are not as separate as one might think: with high quality content, it is also easier to build a good SEO link-building network.

Often when we discuss SEO content, we tend to think of texts of lesser quality that are packed with poor quality links. However, due to Google’s updates, such as Penguin, poor content is continually being phased out. That means individuals and agencies are having to spend more time recruiting better writers and spending more time on content.

As we discussed earlier, SEO content needs to be adapted to both the demands from the customer (a.k.a. the searching person) and Google. That means texts need to be relevant, authoritative, credible, and high quality. These texts also need to be SEO optimized using meta-data, such as titles and descriptions, and keywords in the headings in order for Google’s crawlers to pick up better on the relevancy factor.

That being said, the research and preparation for both good and bad content remains the same – all SEO content needs proper keyword research.

Keyword research

Finding the right keywords will not only make you more competitive as an SEO user, but will also help you understand your audience better. That’s because keywords are clues to who your audience is. For example, the keywords “how to ski” and “ski maintenance” could technically be placed in the same text contextually, but they imply that we’re dealing with skiers of different skill levels.

The keywords are both guides for the link-building process and the content. When building links, it’s important that both the link, the placement, and the publishing website are relevant in the context in order for Google’s crawlers to give it a credible ranking.

There are several tools on the market for finding the best keywords, and there are also a ton of metrics for understanding how good a keyword is and what the chances are of breaking into the competition for that specific keyword. Common metrics include keyword difficulty, traffic potential, cost-per-click, etcetera.

Brand awareness

Ultimately, what these various tactics aim to do is to bring brand awareness to your website. People are twice as likely to purchase from a brand they recognize. An American study found that 75 percent of shoppers tend to go for known retailers, and nearly 70 percent do the same when deciding what search result to click on.

Doing SEO: alone or SEO agency?

As you can tell, there is a lot of information and knowledge that goes into producing and completing good SEO strategies. If you are considering adapting some SEO strategies, you may be wondering whether you should do it all on your own or hire an agency.

Without sugar-coating it, doing SEO alone is a lot of hard work. First and foremost, you got to have basic understandings of both SEO tools, Google Analytics, and good writing skills. Then you need good networking skills and a sense of price bargaining to get your links out to credible sources. On top of this, you need to stay up to date with all the latest developments within Google updates, market changes, and new technologies such as generative AI which can impact your SEO strategies. All of this can be both time consuming and costly.

If it feels overwhelming, there are a ton of SEO agencies on the market that are ready to help. Some of them focus solely on SEO content production, whereas others focus solely on technical SEO or solely on SEO link-building.

Some agencies offer entire packages, where staying SEO updated, building and optimizing webpages, link-building, content production, and publishing is included. Together with the new data-driven strategies and tactics, Media Man Group offers services that are great for both those who are somewhat new as to those who are already familiar and wanting to grow beyond.

FAQ: Frequently asked questions about SEO

What is SEO?

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It is a digital marketing form that focuses on creating digital visibility on search engines such as Google by improving websites’ rankings in the search results.

What is the difference between SEO and SEM?

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and works with creating organic ranking improvements on platforms like Google. SEM stands for Search Engine Marketing and focuses on paid promotions and marketing on platforms like Google.

How long does SEO take?

Good SEO typically takes between 4 months to a year to see good results. However, it’s crucial to understand that SEO is a long-term strategy, that is never really finished. If you are lucky enough to rank at 1 on Google, the job doesn’t stop there: then you want to maintain that spot by continuing your SEO work.

Why do you need SEO?

SEO helps to build brand awareness, which is key in gaining credibility amongst both Google and potential customers. That’s why SEO is worth it, even if it is a long game.

Media Man

The Media Man Group is primarily and online news, media and sports management firm and website portal developer. By default Media Man developed many effective SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) techniques and strategies since their launch in 2001. SEO helped elevate Media Man websites into Hitwise "Top 10" status (entertainment - personalities) category. Media Man also offers a range of media and convergent media services including article copy, PR (public relations), text link based campaigns, product placement and endorsement, buzz marketing (via websites and social media) and brand building. The company is best known for insightful media analysis, specalising in pop culture/entertainment, streaming and subscriber television including PPV (Pay-Per-View), PLE, pro wrestling aka sports entertainment coverage, MMA (mixed martial arts), and commentary and coverage on an array of trending topics, with strong focus on X (formerlly Twitter), Alphabet (Google, YouTube, Blogger etc) and new and emerging technology and news platforms and developments. MM is both organic search and AI search friendly. Media Man is often referenced in both mainstream, niche and alternative news media stories. The company motto remains "Putting Your Name Out There".

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7. Hotel Transylvania 3
8. Rampage
9. The Old Guard 2
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2. Amy Bradley Is Missing
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2. KPop Demon Hunters
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7. A Madea Homecoming
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Movie Box Office (North America)

July 27, 2025

1. The Fantastic Four: First Steps - $118m
2. Superman - $24.9m
3. Jurassic World: Rebirth - $13m
4. F1: The Movie - $6.2m
5. Smurfs - $5.4m
6. I Know What You Did Last Summer - $2.8m
7. How to Train Your Dragon - $2.8m
7. Eddington - $1.7m
8. Elio - $2m
9. Oh, Hi! - $1.1m
10. The Home - $1m

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Entertainment, Sports and Media World Continues Hulk Hogan Tributes; Positive Based News Grasps Headlines As Fans, Insiders, Friends And Associates Share Personal Stories; The Legend Lives On! Real American Freestyle Wrestling Continues Under Izzy, Chad Bronstein, Eric Bischoff, Left Lane Capital and Elite Team

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UFC: Australia's MMA Living Legend Robert Whittaker Def By Reiner de Ridder In Abu Dhabi; The Widowmaker aka The Reaper Nears Retirement From Sport

Movie Box Office: The Fantastic Four: First Steps Makes Impressive Debut: Weekend Expected To Net Approx $120m + ; Superman movie tipped to suffer and slide down rankings.
Jurassic World: Rebirth Set To Exceed $600m Global Takings

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2. Madea's Destination Wedding
3. Trainwreck: Balloon Boy

Series
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2. Amy Bradley Is Missing
3. The Sandman
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1. Superman: $122m
2. Jurassic World: Rebirth - $40m
3. F1: The Movie - $13m
4. How to Train Your Dragon - $8m
5. Elio - $3.9m
6. 28 Years Later - $2.7m
7. Lilo & Stitch - $2.7m
8. Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning - $1.4m
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Streaming Releases: Netflix:

Better Late Than Single, a Korean dating reality show, premiered on July 8, featuring singles navigating their first relationships with celebrity guidance.

Madea's Destination Wedding by Tyler Perry dropped on July 11. Happy Gilmore 2, a sequel to the 1996 comedy, premieres July 25 with Adam Sandler and new cameos like Bad Bunny and Travis Kelce.

The Sandman Season 2, its final season, releases Volume 1 on July 3 and Volume 2 on July 24, with a bonus episode on July 31.

Other additions include A Star Is Born and Sullivan’s Crossing Seasons 1-2 (July 8), The Gringo Hunters, and Mad Max: Fury Road.

All The Sharks (July 4) is a competition series about photographing sharks, and Building The Band (July 9) forms musical groups without visual contact.

Apocalypse in the Tropics (July 14) explores evangelical Christianity’s impact on Brazilian politics.

Aap Jaisa Koi, a romantic drama produced by Karan Johar, is also streaming.

Prime Video: Ballard, a new police procedural by Michael Connelly, and Heads of State, a comedy with John Cena, are now available.

Uppu Kappurambu and One Night in Idaho: The College Murders also premiered.

HBO Max: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl and Dora and the Search for Sol Dorado, a live-action Dora the Explorer sequel, started streaming on July 4.

Sinners, a vampire movie by Ryan Coogler, is a highlight.

BritBox: QI Series V, Death Valley (a comedic mystery), The Ex-Wife Season 2, and A Spy Among Friends are new this month.

Code of Silence, a drama about a Deaf canteen worker, is also streaming.

Peacock: Twisted Metal Season 2, Drop, and Love Island USA Season 7 episodes are available, along with The McBee Dynasty Season 2 and The Real Murders of Atlanta Season 3.

Theatrical Releases: Thammudu, an action thriller with Nithiin, and Solo Boy, a musical romance, hit theaters on July 4.

Jurassic World Rebirth and Metro In Dino are also in cinemas, with Jurassic World competing for the top Hollywood box office spot.

Saiyaara trailer launched on July 8, and Ranveer Singh’s Dhurandar has a confirmed release date.

Celebrity News: Monica Barbaro and Andrew Garfield were spotted in a public display of affection, sparking buzz.

The Masti franchise is returning with a new twist, with story details revealed.

Charlize Theron criticized studios for avoiding risks on female-led action films, tied to her work on The Old Guard 2.

Sean "Diddy" Combs, convicted on prostitution-related charges but acquitted on sex trafficking, faces up to 20 years, with prosecutors seeking 5-6 years. His team requested an earlier sentencing date.

LeAnn Rimes discussed being targeted during the Eddie Cibrian cheating scandal.

New details emerged about Reservoir Dogs star Michael Madsen’s cause of death.

Katie Holmes reportedly supports Tom Cruise’s rumored relationship with Ana de Armas.

Celine Song’s new film, featuring Dakota Johnson, Pedro Pascal, and Chris Evans, explores a romantic triangle with a matchmaker narrative.

Music and Events: K-pop group 2NE1 reunited for a fiery performance at WATERBOMB Seoul, thrilling fans with hits like Clap Your Hands.

J-pop band Be: First made an explosive Singapore debut with high-energy vocals.

Fans celebrated K-pop star Keena’s (FIFTY FIFTY) birthday, praising her resilience, and Sakamoto Days character Nagumo Yoichi’s birthday with fan art.

The Big ColLove Fancon ticket resale is surging for the August 10 event at Araneta Coliseum, with prices from PHP 499 to PHP 5,999.

Other Highlights: The Masti 4 story details were shared, and Hrithik Roshan hosted Ayan Mukerji and NTR for dinner.

Washington Black, a new series, and comedies by Lena Dunham and Leanne Morgan are among July’s TV highlights.

Emmy nominations are set for July 15, with buzz around The Bear Season 4 and Squid Game 3. (Grok)

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Entertainment News

Box Office Highlights: The new Superman movie has soared at the global box office, opening with $217 million worldwide, with estimates of $115M-$120M domestically, marking a strong start for DC Studios. Meanwhile, Jurassic World Rebirth crossed $500M globally, and Disney’s Lilo & Stitch is nearing $1B, potentially becoming the first billion-dollar film of 2025.

Celebrity Updates:

Zendaya and Tom Holland’s engagement was confirmed after Zendaya was spotted with a ring at the 2025 Golden Globes. Other celebrity engagements include Hayley Kiyoko and Becca Tilley.

Hollywood mourns losses in 2025, including filmmaker Jeff Baena, who died by suicide at 47, and Atlantic Starr’s Wayne Lewis, who passed at 68.

Dolly Parton announced she’s pausing her music career following a personal tragedy, as shared in posts on X.

Richard Dreyfuss, known for Jaws, canceled a fan event due to a severe health diagnosis.

Music and TV:

Bad Bunny’s album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS is generating buzz for highlighting Puerto Rican culture, sparking global conversations.

Bluegrass legends Alison Krauss & Union Station reunited for a new album, their first in over a decade.

Rajeev Khandelwal shared insights on quitting Kahiin Toh Hoga after disputes with producer Ekta Kapoor.

BLACKPINK’s JUMP topped YouTube charts, while NCT DREAM wowed fans with their TheDreamShow4 performance at Gocheok Sky Dome.

Bollywood Buzz: Kaalidhar Laapata, starring Abhishek Bachchan, hit 100M watch minutes on ZEE5, earning praise for its emotional depth.

Neha Dhupia discussed her pre-marriage pregnancy with Angad Bedi, and Soha Ali Khan recalled a tense moment between Saif Ali Khan and their mother, Sharmila Tagore.

Social Media Trends: Social media, especially TikTok and Instagram, continues to shape entertainment in 2025, with AI-driven content personalization and declining traditional media influence. The creator economy is a bright spot, offering jobs for actors and crew amid a tough Hollywood market.

Upcoming Projects: A24 and Chernin Entertainment’s horror film The Backrooms adds Mark Duplass and Avan Jogia to its cast. (Grok)

News Flashback

Pop Culture News

These stories reflect a mix of nostalgia, cultural shifts, and bold moves in entertainment. K-Pop Milestone: K-pop star Bain made headlines by coming out as gay on stage, a rare and bold move in the industry. Fans globally, especially from the LGBTQ+ community, praised his courage, noting South Korea’s cultural challenges with acceptance. This could mark a turning point for representation in K-pop.

BTS Reunion: BTS announced a new album and tour, exciting fans after a hiatus. Their return underscores South Korea’s growing cultural influence, alongside hits like “Squid Game” and award-winning Broadway shows.

Taylor Swift’s Triumph: Taylor Swift reclaimed ownership of all her music, a major win after years of disputes over her master recordings. Fans also reminisced about her iconic Fourth of July parties, cementing her pop culture legacy.

Space Fever: Netflix’s new partnership with NASA brings live rocket launches and space content to the platform, fueled by 2025’s space exploration hype, including Katy Perry’s Blue Origin flight.

BookTok Drama: TikTok’s book community, BookTok, is reeling from plagiarism allegations against indie author Laura J. Robert’s novel “Beverly.” The scandal has sparked debates about online toxicity, shifting the once-lighthearted space.

Smoking’s Comeback: Pop culture is embracing smoking aesthetics again, from Adrien Brody’s chain-smoking character in “The Brutalist” to Beyoncé’s dramatic cigarette toss during her Cowboy Carter Tour. The trend’s ironic cool factor is notable, though health concerns linger.

New Music and Shows: Lorde dropped her first album in four years, “Virgin,” while new releases from Lizzo, KATSEYE, and others hit streaming platforms.

Meanwhile, the FX/Hulu series “Adults” captures Gen Z’s awkward transition to adulthood, joining the ranks of iconic hangout sitcoms.

Jurassic Revival: Scarlett Johansson fulfilled a childhood dream by joining the “Jurassic Park” franchise in “Jurassic World Rebirth,” sharing challenges of filming in jungles with real critters. (Grok)

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Austrian Grand Prix race results

1. Lando Norris (McLaren)

2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

4. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

5. George Russell (Mercedes)

6. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)

7. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

8. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber)

9. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)

10. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

11. Ollie Bearman (Haas)

12. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)

13. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

14. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

15. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

16. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)

others

Alex Albon (Williams)

Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

Carlos Sainz (Williams)

Video

Race Highlights | 2025 Austrian Grand Prix
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Wj6DHG0X66k

Catch all the talking points from a dramatic return to the Red Bull Ring, including a thrilling battle for the win - despite an early incident taking a front-runner out of the race. (F1)

Drivers React After The Race | 2025 Austrian Grand Prix
https://youtube.com/watch?v=84Ey7D6jKCY

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World Championship Rankings

Drivers

1. Oscar Piastri (AUS) 216 pts

2. Lando Norris (GBR) 201

3. Max Verstappen (NED) 155

4. George Russell (GBR) 146

5. Charles Leclerc (MON) 119

6. Lewis Hamilton (GBR) 91

7. Kimi Antonelli (ITA) 63,

8. Alex Albon (THA) 42

9. Esteban Ocon (FRA) 23

10. Nico Hulkenberg (GER) 22

11. Isack Hadjar (FRA) 21

12. Lance Stroll (CAN) 14

13. Fernando Alonso (ESP) 14

14. Carlos Sainz (ESP) 13

15. Liam Lawson (NZL) 12

16. Pierre Gasly (FRA) 11

17. Yuki Tsunoda (JPN) 10

18. Oliver Bearman (GBR) 6

19. Gabriel Bortoleto (BRA) 4

20. Franco Colapinto (ARG) Nil

21. Jack Doohan (AUS) Nil

Websites

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Formula 1 YouTube
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Media Man: Revved up for the drivers, teams and season. Look out for any red flags to a bull! Predictions partly came true again! To the winner goes the spoils. That's racing! Let off some steam before the next round!

Markets and Cryptos

June 16, 2025

Sydney, Australia

Markets

ASX futures down 20 points/0.2% to 8532
AUD -0.1% at US64.81¢
Bitcoin +0.6% to $US105,292
Dow -1.8%
S&P -1.1%
Nasdaq -1.3%
Gold +1.4% to $US3432.34 an ounce
Brent oil +7.0% at $US74.23 a barrel
Iron ore -0.7% at $US93.85 a ton

News

Cryptos

Bitcoin $105,646.18 USD +0.49%
Ethereum $2,549.30 USD +1.19%
Tether $1.00 USD -0.08%
XRP $2.17 USD +1.48%
BNB $648.26 USD +0.76%
Solana $153.19 USD +5.96%
USD Coin $1.00 USD -0.06%
Dogecoin $$0.1752 USD -1.00%
TRON $0.2734 USD +0.70%
Cardano $0.6329 USD +1.50%
Wrapped Bitcoin $105,633.91 USD +0.49%

News

Gold 2nd Ranked To USD In Global Reserves

Gold has firmly reasserted itself as a strategic anchor in the global financial system, now ranking second only to the US dollar—and ahead of the euro—in terms of official reserve holdings measured at market value. This structural shift, outlined in the European Central Bank’s latest report on the international role of the euro, underscores how price dynamics, central bank behavior, and geopolitical realignment have collectively elevated gold’s monetary relevance.

From Inflation Hedge to Geopolitical Barometer

In 2024, gold prices surged by 30%, followed by another 30% year-to-date in 2025, briefly reaching an all-time nominal high of $3,500 per troy ounce in April. This sharp rally signals more than just a technical or inflation-driven cycle—it reflects a broader revaluation of gold’s role amid rising global uncertainty.

Conclusion: Gold’s Strategic Repricing

The ECB’s findings reflect a broader paradigm shift in the logic of reserve accumulation. Gold has not only appreciated in nominal terms—it has been reconceptualized as a core asset for monetary sovereignty and geopolitical insulation.

Its elevation to second place in global reserves is more than symbolic. It signals a growing distrust in traditional reserve currencies and a collective desire among central banks—particularly outside the Western alliance—to build resilience against political and financial coercion.

In this new global context, gold is no longer a passive relic of the past. It is increasingly being recognized as an active pillar of reserve strategy, with implications that stretch far beyond price charts and interest rate models.

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Market Background

Australian dollar -0.1% to 64.84 US cents
Wall Street:
S&P 500 -1.1%, Dow Jones -1.8%, Nasdaq -1.3%
Europe: Stoxx 50 -1.3%
FTSE -0.4%
DAX -1.1%
CAC -1%
Bitcoin -0.3% to $US104,682
Spot gold +1.4% to $US3432.34 per ounce on Saturday
US oil +7.3% to $US72.98 a barrel on Saturday
Brent crude +7% to $US74.23 a barrel on Saturday
Iron ore -0.7% to $US93.85 per tonne
10-year yield: US 4.40% Australia 4.15% Germany 2.53%

News

Gold News

Recent gold news highlights a surge in prices driven by geopolitical tensions and economic factors. Gold prices in Dubai spiked to near-record highs, with 24-karat gold reaching Dh412.75 per gram (approximately $112.84), following Israel’s military strikes on Iran, boosting demand for safe-haven assets. Globally, spot gold hit a one-week peak at around $3,424.6 per ounce, up 1.2%, fueled by Middle East conflicts and expectations of Federal Reserve rate cuts. In India, gold prices crossed Rs 1,01,540 per 10 grams, a Rs 2,200 surge, driven by safe-haven buying amid the Israel-Iran conflict. Analysts note gold’s appeal as a hedge against market volatility, with prices up 29% in 2025, though jewelry demand has weakened due to high costs. Central banks are on track to buy 1,000 metric tons of gold in 2025, marking a fourth year of significant purchases to diversify reserves. Posts on X also reflect bullish sentiment, with some predicting gold could reach $4,000 per ounce, though such claims are speculative.

For investors, gold remains attractive but experts caution against over-allocation due to its volatility. Always verify market trends with trusted financial sources before making investment decisions. (Grok)

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Best Quotes

“Gold is the money of kings.” – Anonymous.

“He who has the gold makes the rules.” – Unknown.

“Gold is a living god and rules in scorn, all earthly things but virtue.” – Percy Bysshe Shelley.

“Gold is a deep and liquid subject.” – Anonymous.

“Gold is forever.” – Anonymous

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Best Quotes

"Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it." - John Hersey

"In America, the president reigns for four years, and journalism governs forever and ever." - Oscar Wilde

"The world is changing very fast. Big will not beat small anymore. It will be the fast beating the slow" Rupert Murdoch

Netflix Top 10

Netflix US Top 10 TV Shows

June 2, 2025

Sirens

Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders

Dept. Q

American Manhunt: Osama Bin Laden

The Four Seasons

She The People

Netflix Tudum 2025

Forever

Secrets We Keep

Mike Birbiglia: The Good Life

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Netflix Top 10: Movies

June 2025

A Widow's Game

The Wild Robot

The Heart Knows

Nonnas

Instant Family

Pig

Despicable Me 4

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Trolls

Movie Box Office (North America)

May 11, 2025

1. Thunderbolts* - $33.1m
2. Sinners - $21.1m
3. A Minecraft Movie - $8m
4. The Accountant 2 - $6.1m
5. Clown in a Cornfield - $3.7m
6. Shadow Force - $2m +
7. Flight or Fight - $2m +
8. Until Dawn - $2m
9. The Amateur - $1.1m
10. The King of Kings - $681,000

others ...

Warfare
HIT: The 3rd Case
Guru Nanak Jahaz

*correct at time of publication to best of knowledge

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Box Office Movie News

Thunderbolts* continues to lead the domestic box office, earning $33.1 million in its second weekend, with a global total nearing $300 million. It’s holding better than some recent Marvel films, dropping about 55% from its opening, despite competition from other blockbusters. The film is expected to cross $100 million domestically soon.

A Minecraft Movie, starring Jason Momoa and Jack Black, has crossed significant milestones, surpassing $401 million domestically (beating Frozen’s $400.95 million) and $900 million globally, with $877.43 million reported as of its fifth week. It’s inching toward the $1 billion mark and is close to entering the all-time top 50 domestic grossers by overtaking Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’s $402.11 million.

Sinners, a vampire thriller directed by Ryan Coogler and starring Michael B. Jordan, has crossed $200 million domestically and $283 million worldwide, with a strong fourth weekend projected at $23-25 million. Its unprecedented holds signal a cultural phenomenon.

Raid 2, starring Ajay Devgn, has crossed ?100 crore (approximately $12 million USD) in India by its ninth day, making it Devgn’s 15th film to reach this milestone. Despite a weekday drop due to regional tensions, it’s performing steadily with no major competing releases.

Thudarum, a Malayalam film led by Mohanlal, is breaking records, becoming the all-time highest-grossing movie in Kerala with ?100 crore (about $12 million USD) in the state alone. Globally, it’s crossed $10 million overseas and is nearing ?200 crore (about $24 million USD) worldwide, making it one of the biggest Malayalam hits ever.

Retro, a Tamil romantic action drama starring Suriya, opened strongly with ?19.25 crore (about $2.3 million USD) on its first day, outperforming Raid 2 and HIT 3 in the Labour Day clash. It has collected around ?60 crore worldwide in its opening weekend but trails HIT 3 in subsequent days.

HIT: The Third Case, starring Nani, has grossed over ?100 crore worldwide in just four days, with ?52.15 crore in India, driven largely by its Telugu version. It’s one of Nani’s highest-grossing films, though some reports note concerns about sustaining momentum.

Tourist Family, a Tamil film, is maintaining a steady run, collecting an estimated ?6.20 crore in India over its first three days, buoyed by positive word-of-mouth.

Upcoming releases like Lilo & Stitch and Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning are projected to make Memorial Day weekend 2025 the biggest ever, with a combined domestic opening of over $200 million, Lilo & Stitch alone tracking for $120 million over four days.

These figures reflect a vibrant box office landscape with diverse genres and regional cinemas performing strongly. (Grok)

Cryptos Today: (Near Live)

May 13, 2025
Sydney, Australia

Bitcoin $102,452.96 USD -1.57%
ETH $2,473.59 USD -1.39%
Tether $0.9993 USD -0.10%
XRP $2.53 USD +7.21%
BNB $662.27 USD +1.78%
Solana $172.50 USD -0.12%
USD Coin $0.9993 USD -0.07%
Dogecoin $0.2295 USD -1.04%
Cardano $0.8162 USD +0.72%
TRON $0.2732 USD +3.10%
Wrapped Bitcoin $102,406.50 USD -1.66%

News

Cryptocurrency News

Bitcoin Price Surge: Bitcoin has surpassed $100,000, briefly touching $105,000, driven by optimism around global trade deals, particularly U.S.-U.K. agreements and ongoing U.S.-China talks. Analysts warn of a potential short-term sell-off ahead of the May 13 CPI print, with BlackRock noting quantum computing as a risk for Bitcoin ETFs.

Ethereum Rally: Ethereum (ETH) has surged over 44% in three days, reaching $2,600, fueled by the Pectra network upgrade and declining Bitcoin dominance. Analysts speculate ETH could hit $10,000 or even $12,000 in 2025 due to institutional adoption, DeFi growth, and a high ETH burn rate.

Altcoin Momentum: Altcoins like Solana (SOL), Cardano (ADA), and Dogecoin (DOGE) are rallying, with DOGE up 27% and ETH leading with a 32% weekly gain. Bitcoin’s dominance has dropped to 63.89%, signaling a potential altcoin season.

Meta’s Crypto Plans: Leaked reports suggest Meta is exploring cryptocurrency support for its 3 billion users, potentially integrating stablecoins for creator payments, which could boost market sentiment.

Regulatory Developments: SEC Chairman Paul Atkins is prioritizing a rational crypto regulatory framework, with XRP noted as the only regulated cryptocurrency in the U.S. However, a bipartisan stablecoin bill (GENIUS Act) stalled due to concerns over Trump’s personal crypto ventures, raising conflict-of-interest issues.

Market Inflows: Crypto investment products saw $882 million in inflows last week, with U.S. crypto ETFs hitting a record $62.9 billion in cumulative net inflows since January 2024. BlackRock’s Bitcoin ETF recorded a 19th consecutive day of inflows on May 9.

Other News: Coinbase acquired Deribit for $2.9 billion, expanding its derivatives offerings. New Hampshire passed a law allowing state investment in cryptocurrencies. France’s rumored crypto ban was mentioned on X but lacks credible confirmation and should be treated as speculative. (Grok)

Blockchain News

Meta’s Blockchain Push: Meta is reportedly exploring a blockchain-based payment system, potentially offering low-cost digital transfers. This follows their unsuccessful Diem project, signaling renewed interest in blockchain integration.

Crypto in Education: Animoca Brands’ Yat Siu highlights blockchain’s potential in education, particularly through DeFi student loan financing. Ripple’s $25 million donation to a crypto education fund underscores growing academic influence.

XRP and Interoperability: XRP is expanding into multichain interoperability, connecting with Cosmos and EVM sidechains. With 200+ financial partners, it aims to bridge traditional finance and crypto ecosystems.

Avalanche and Web3 Gaming: Avalanche’s John Nahas emphasizes blockchain as seamless backend infrastructure for gaming, citing examples like Gunzilla Games’ “Off the Grid,” which leverages blockchain for user ownership.

Policy Shifts: The Trump administration is driving a pro-crypto agenda, with plans to integrate blockchain into financial systems. Bank regulators are exploring blockchain-based payment systems, a stark contrast to previous skepticism.

Robinhood’s Blockchain Platform: Robinhood is developing a blockchain-based platform for trading tokenized US securities in Europe, potentially partnering with Arbitrum or Solana.

Ethereum’s Pectra Upgrade: Ethereum’s latest upgrade introduces features like smart wallets and lower fees but has raised concerns about a new attack vector that could allow hackers to drain funds.

Other Developments: Brave is integrating Cardano into its browser wallet, and MBS Global plans a $9 billion blockchain financial hub in the Maldives.

For real-time updates, platforms like Cointelegraph or CryptoSlate on X are active sources,

News

Crypto market slows down, nearing a top

Market Picture

The crypto market slowed down but continued to move upwards over the weekend, reaching $3.35 trillion. For the past few days, it has been trading in the region of the highs since early February. Ethereum and Dogecoin have been the stars of this movement, adding around 40% in seven days, although the former's contribution is certainly more significant.

The crypto market's sentiment is consolidating in the greed zone, leaving the corresponding index at 70 for the last three days. This is a good basis for continued gains: not too hot to take profits and not too cold to leave traders on the sidelines.

Bitcoin rallied above $105.5k on Monday morning, entering the area of highs where it has twice failed to hold over the past six months. The impressive corrective pullback from late January to early April, in our opinion, created substantial margin for a new wave of growth. Therefore, we will not be surprised if, along with the positive dynamics of stocks, BTCUSD will move to the renewal of historical highs already this week.

News Background

On the weekly bitcoin chart, after the upward breakout of the ‘bull flag’ pattern, a further rise to $182,000 is possible, given the growth before the downward consolidation. Cointelegraph presented such a scenario.

Significant inflows into spot bitcoin ETFS in the US continued for the third week in a row. According to SoSoValue data, weekly net inflows into spot BTC-ETFS totalled $921 million, bringing the total to $41.16 billion since bitcoin-ETFS were approved in January 2024.
Inflows into spot Ethereum-ETFS in the US broke after two weeks, recording a small net outflow of $38.2 million to $2.47 billion since last July.

Cryptoquant noted that the strategy firm's pace of bitcoin purchases exceeds the rate at which miners are issuing new coins. The firm's holdings alone imply an annual deflation of the asset of 2.23%.

Public mining companies sold about 70% of mined bitcoins in April against a falling mining profitability, TheMinerMag calculated. Since March, miners seemed to be moving away from the HOLDing strategy that had prevailed last year.

Over the years, Coinbase has considered investing a significant portion of its savings in bitcoin, following the example of Strategy, but abandoned the idea because of the risks, said Brian Armstrong, head of the exchange. (FxPro)

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Markets

ASX futures are pointing up 97 points/1.2% to 8364

AUD -0.0% to US63.70¢

Bitcoin -1.6% to $US102,525
Wall St:
Dow +2.8% S&P +3.3% Nasdaq +4.4%
VIX -3.51 to 16.03
Gold -0.03% to $US3235.57 an ounce
Brent oil +1.8% to $US65.03 a barrel
Iron ore +3.2% to $US100.00 a ton
10-year yield: US 4.47% Australia 4.36%

News

May 12, 2025

Investors ramp up crypto spree as bitcoin nears record high

Australian investors have pounced on the plunge in bitcoin earlier this year and have been ramping up exposure to the cryptocurrency in a bold bet that could pay off handsomely, with analysts tipping prices to hit $US200,000 this year.

The world’s largest digital asset crossed the key $US100,000 level last week for the first time since February. Bitcoin extended that rally on Monday to trade near $US105,000, just shy of its record of around $US109,000 on January 20 – the day US President Donald Trump was inaugurated.

It represents a stunning turnaround for the cryptocurrency, which traded as low as $US74,000 in early April amid Trump’s escalating trade war. But sentiment started to shift as traders hunted for alternatives to US assets as they questioned the stability of the world’s largest economy.

“Bitcoin appeared to benefit from capital rotation associated with ‘sell-America’ positioning and growing scepticism around US monetary dominance,” Global X investment analyst Justin Lin told The Australian Financial Review after upgrading his year-end price target to $US200,000.

The trend was reinforced by a resurgence in global bitcoin exchange-traded funds in April, with investors adding $US2.9 billion ($4.5 billion) to those vehicles. That marked a sharp reversal from February and March, when more than $US5 billion in total was pulled from the space.

A further $US1.58 billion of flows moved into global bitcoin ETFs in the first eight days of May, according to US-listed crypto exchange Coinbase.

In Australia, local ETFs have attracted $148 million in inflows so far this year – more than double compared to the same period in 2024.

And unlike the US, Australian investors have been consistent buyers throughout this year. Local bitcoin ETFs experienced $6.9 million of inflows in March and $20.5 million in new flows in April, according to Global X.

Trump gala

The second-largest digital token, ethereum, has also been swept up in last week’s rally, surging as much as 33 per cent in its steepest weekly gain since 2021, when low interest rates fuelled the pandemic-era crypto boom.

While ether has benefited from easing global trade tensions, the token was boosted by a network upgrade designed to reduce fees, improve network efficiency and enable more complex wallet functionalities – moves seen as necessary to fend off competition from faster-growing rivals like solana.

Trump has become an advocate of digital assets during his second term by rolling back legal actions against many companies in the sector, establishing a bitcoin reserve, easing regulation and even launching his own memecoin.

The president is due to host a private gala dinner on May 22 with the top 220 holders of the Trump memecoin, an event that could mark a “turning point” for the broader cryptocurrency market, according to Global X’s Lin.

“[The event’s] symbolic value is significant,” he said. “It could serve as a launchpad for broader crypto-friendly rhetoric and possibly renewed regulatory commitments. Any such pivot would inject momentum into the sector.” (AFR) *Full article and coverage via subscription to The Australian Financial Review.

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Cryptocurrency Movies

Here’s a concise rundown of notable cryptocurrency-themed movies and documentaries, blending education and entertainment, based on their relevance to blockchain, Bitcoin, and digital currencies:

Documentaries

The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin (2014)
Follows early Bitcoin adopters like Daniel Mross, exploring Bitcoin’s origins, volatility, and potential to disrupt finance. Insightful for understanding the early crypto community. Available on various streaming platforms.

Banking on Bitcoin (2016)
Chronicles Bitcoin’s ideological roots and its impact on financial systems, featuring interviews with key crypto figures. Great for grasping Bitcoin’s societal implications. Available on Netflix and other platforms.

Trust Machine: The Story of Blockchain (2018)
Explores blockchain’s broader applications beyond cryptocurrency, demystifying the technology’s potential. Funded and distributed via blockchain, it’s a unique watch. Available on Prime Video.

Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It (2015)
A 60-minute dive into the history of money and Bitcoin’s role in challenging centralized finance. Features experts like Vitalik Buterin. Streamable on platforms like YouTube.

Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022)
A Netflix documentary investigating the mysterious death of QuadrigaCX CEO Gerry Cotten and the $250 million in missing investor funds. Gripping for scam enthusiasts.

Biggest Heist Ever (2025)
A Netflix documentary detailing the 2016 Bitfinex hack, where 120,000 Bitcoin (worth over $4 billion) were stolen. Focuses on Heather Morgan (aka Razzlekhan) and Ilya Lichtenstein. A fresh take on crypto crime.

Feature Films

Crypto (2019)
A crime thriller starring Beau Knapp, Luke Hemsworth, and Kurt Russell. Follows a Wall Street banker uncovering a cryptocurrency-fueled money laundering scheme in his hometown. Critically mixed but engaging for drama fans. Available on Google Play and Prime Video.

Silk Road (2021)
A crime drama about Ross Ulbricht and the dark web marketplace Silk Road, where Bitcoin was the primary currency. Explores the legal and ethical complexities of crypto in illicit markets. Available on streaming services like Fandango.

Dope (2015)
A coming-of-age comedy-drama where high schoolers use Bitcoin for a dark web drug transaction. Not crypto-centric but an early mainstream nod to Bitcoin’s cultural presence. Streamable on Netflix.

Bitcoin Heist (2016)
A Vietnamese action-comedy about undercover agents chasing a crypto hacker, “The Ghost.” Blends suspense and humor, offering a lighthearted take on crypto crime. Available on Prime Video.

Why Watch These?
These films range from educational documentaries to thrilling fictional tales, reflecting crypto’s rise, scandals, and societal impact. Documentaries like Banking on Bitcoin and Trust Machine are ideal for learning about blockchain’s mechanics and potential, while thrillers like Crypto and Silk Road dramatize the risks and allure of digital currencies. For 2025, Biggest Heist Ever is a must-watch for its fresh perspective on a massive crypto theft.

Where to Watch

Most are available on Netflix, Prime Video, Google Play, or Fandango. Check specific platforms for availability in your region. (Grok)

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Bitcoin Movies On Netflix

Netflix currently offers a few movies and documentaries focused on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. Here are the most notable ones available as of my last update:

Bitconned (2024) - A true-crime documentary about three individuals who exploited the cryptocurrency market, scamming millions from investors to fund lavish lifestyles. It dives into the darker side of crypto with a focus on the Centra Tech scam. [IMDb: 6.5]

Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022) - This documentary explores the mysterious death of Gerald Cotten, founder of the QuadrigaCX exchange, and the $250 million in investor funds that vanished. It follows investors turned amateur detectives unraveling the scandal. [IMDb: 6.3]

Hotel Bitcoin (2024) - A Spanish comedy film where four friends discover a fortune in lost bitcoins, sparking a chaotic adventure to protect their windfall and friendships. It’s a lighter, fictional take on Bitcoin’s allure.

Biggest Heist Ever (2024) - A documentary covering the Bitfinex hack, where a couple, dubbed the "Bitcoin Bonnie and Clyde," allegedly laundered nearly 120,000 bitcoins. It’s a deep dive into one of crypto’s most infamous crimes.

Crypto Boy (2023) - A Dutch drama about a young man drawn into the world of cryptocurrency after a fallout with his father, exploring themes of ambition and deception. It’s more character-driven than educational.

Notes:

Availability may vary by region, so check Netflix in your area.

Some older Bitcoin documentaries, like Banking on Bitcoin or The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin, are not currently on Netflix but may be available on other platforms like Amazon Prime or YouTube.

For a broader list, posts on X also mention Bitcoin: The End of Money as We Know It and The Blockchain and Us, but these are not confirmed on Netflix at this time. (Grok)

News

Memecoins Today:

Memecoins are seeing significant activity today, May 13, 2025, with several coins rallying and ongoing controversies shaping market sentiment. Here's a concise overview based on recent developments:

Market Performance:

Dogwifhat (WIF), Book of Meme (BOME), and FLOKI are extending double-digit rallies, driven by a risk-on sentiment in crypto markets following US-China tariff reductions. Technical indicators suggest potential for further gains.

Moo Deng, a Solana-based memecoin, surged 153% in the past 24 hours, fueled by institutional demand for SOL and retail interest after Bitcoin’s rally above $103,000.

FLOKI is highlighted on X as a top performer, with posts suggesting it could lead the memecoin rally alongside DOGE, SHIB, and PEPE.

Political and Controversial Developments:

Trump’s $TRUMP Memecoin: The coin remains in the spotlight due to a May 22 dinner for top holders at Trump’s Virginia golf club, sparking ethical concerns and political backlash. The coin surged over 50% after the announcement, reaching a $2.7 billion market value, though 764,000 investors have lost money compared to 58 wallets profiting significantly.

Melania’s $MELANIA Memecoin: Launched January 19, it saw sniper traders earn $99.6 million by buying minutes before its public announcement. The team recently sold $1.5 million in tokens, amid a weakening memecoin market.

Legislative Pushback: Senate Democrats blocked stablecoin legislation due to controversies surrounding Trump’s crypto ventures. Proposed bills, like the End Crypto Corruption Act, aim to ban presidents and officials from issuing digital assets to curb potential conflicts of interest.

Market Sentiment:
X posts reflect active interest in memecoins, with users seeking recommendations and shilling coins like FLOKI and letsBONK. However, some posts highlight the speculative nature, describing pump-and-dump cycles.

Discussions on memecoins hit a year-to-date high, shifting focus from Bitcoin and layer-1 protocols, though some argue the memecoin frenzy is cooling as stablecoins gain traction on Solana.

Broader Context:

Memecoins face criticism for lacking intrinsic value, with some viewing them as celebrity-driven schemes. However, advocates suggest AI agents could drive a “memecoin renaissance” by adding utility.

The $TRUMP token’s performance has been lackluster compared to its peak, with onchain activity spiking after the dinner announcement but still down 79% from its all-time high.

Critical Note: While memecoins are rallying, their volatility and speculative nature carry significant risks. The political ties to certain coins, especially $TRUMP, raise ethical and legal questions, potentially influencing market stability. Always verify information, as X posts can contain unverified claims, and memecoin investments are highly speculative. (Grok)

Bull Market: Def

"Bull market" describes a financial market where prices are rising or are expected to rise. It commonly refers to the stock market but can be applied to anything that is traded, such as bonds, real estate, currencies, and commodities.

Markets and Cryptos

Markets:

April 23, 2025

ASX futures up 103 points/1.3% to 7939
AUD -0.7% at US63.68¢
BTC +4.5% to $US91,358
Dow +2.7%
S&P +2.1%
NAS +2.5%
Gold -1.5% to $US3371.27 an ounce
Oil +1.5% at $US67.22 a barrel
Iron ore -0.7% at $US98.65 a ton

Cryptos Today:

Bitcoin $91,075.31 USD +4.29%
ETH $1,695.23 USD +7.53%
Tether $1.00 USD -0.02%
XRP $2.16 USD +3.57%
BNB $607.70 USD +1.95%
Solana $144.34 USD +5.47%
USD Coin $0.9994 USD -0.08%
Dogecoin $0.1728 USD +9.13%

Movie Box Office (North America)

February 16, 2025

1. Captain America: Brave New World - $88.5m
2. Paddington in Peru - $13m
3. Heart Eyes - $10m
4. Dog Man - $9.7m
5. Ne Zha 2 - $7.2m
6. Love Hurts - $4.4m
7. Mufasa: The Lion King - $4.2m
8. One of Them Days - $3m
9. Companion - $1.9m
10. Becoming Led Zeppelin - $1.8m

others

Flight Risk
Sonic The Hedgehog 3
Moana 2
Presence
Wolf Man
Nosferatu
Wicked
Babygirl
Game Changer
The Last Showgirl
Gladiator II
Homestead
The Fire Inside

* Correct at time of publication

Movie Box Office (North America)

January 5, 2025

1. Mufasa: The Lion King - $23.8m

2. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - $21.2m

3. Nosferatu - $13.2m

4. Moana 2 - $12.4m

5. Wicked - $10.2m

6. A Complete Unknown - $8.6m

7. Babygirl - $4.5m

8. Gladiator II - $2.7m

9. Homestead - $2.1m

10. The Fire Inside $1.2m

Movie Box Office (North America)

December 22, 2024

1. Sonic The Hedgehog 3 - $62m

2. Mufasa: The Lion King - $35m

3. Wicked - $13.5m

4. Moana 2 - $13.1m

5. Homestead - $6m

6. Gladiator II - $3.5m

7. Kraven the Hunter - $3.1m

8. The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim - $1.3m

9. The Best Christmas Pageant Ever - $825,000

10. Queer - $364,000

Streaming TV Rankings

October 15, 2024

Top 10

TV Series:

1. Disclaimer (Apple TV+)

2. Nobody Wants This (Netflix)

3. The Penguin (Max)

4. High Potential (Hulu)

5. Teacup (Peacock)

6. Agatha All Along (Disney+)

7. Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)

8. From (MGM+)

9. Slow Horses (Apple TV+)

10. The Old Man (Hulu)

Movies:

1. It's What's Inside (Netflix)

2. Salem's Lot (Hulu)

3. Caddo Lake (Max)

4. Wolfs (Apple TV+)

5. Terrifier (Prime Video)

6. Terrifier 2 (Freevee)

7. Bad Boys: Ride or Die (Netflix)

8. Hold Your Breath (Hulu)

9. Challengers (Prime Video)

10. Lonely Planet (Netflix)

Movie Box Office (North America)

October 13, 2024

1. Terrifier 3 - $18.3m

2. The Wild Robot - $13.5m

3. Joker: Folie à Deux - $7.1m

4. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - $7.1m

5. Piece By Piece - $3.8m

6. Transformers One - $3.7m

7. Saturday Night - $3.4m

8. My Hero Academia - $3m

9. The Nightmare Before Christmas - $2.3m

10. The Apprentice - $1.6m

News

Streaming Entertainment

Netflix

Rankings (Worldwide)

Top 10

September 30 to October 6, 2024

Nobody Wants This
Monsters
Love Is Blind

1. #NobodyWantsThis

2. #Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story

3. #LoveIsBlind: S7

4. #Heartstopper: S3

5. #ThePerfectCouple

6. #MrMcMahon

7. #TheAmazingDigitalCircus

8. #UnsolvedMysteries: V5

9. #EmilyInParis: S4

10. #PrisonBreak: S1

Media Man Bonus

Streaming Industry News: Australia

Ads May Appear On More Services In Bid To Maintain Price Point And Increase Profits

October 2024

Australian Based Streaming Services Feel Global Disruption To Business Model; Consumer Churn And Viewers Spoiled By Online Options Including Free Ones For Price Of Internet Connection

Nine Entertainment's Stan is considering a move to introduce advertising, as the Aussie streaming service looks at ways of lifting revenue.

Stan is one of the few remaining streaming services to run without ads in Australia, with the only other platform not to offer a cheaper, promotion-subsidised subscription, Disney+, expected to introduce advertising sooner rather than later.

Despite managing to successfully compete against the likes of industry giants Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+, and Binge for close to a decade without incorporating ads, Nine Entertainment's bottom line may now force the company's hand as it looks to make up for diving incomes in a range of areas.

According to the Australian Financial Review, the departure of Nine boss Mike Sneesby has potentially opened the door for the introduction of ads on Stan, with new acting CEO Matt Stanton understood to be considering his options.

Mr Sneesby, who was head of the streaming service before ascending to the leadership of Nine, had kept a close watch over Stan before his departure, with current Stan boss Martin Kugeler apparently given little latitude to make major changes.

Stan was also largely separated from other parts of Nine under Mr Sneesby and was given its own offices while being spared from the worst of the cost-cutting which affected other parts of the business – such as the Financial Review, Sydney Morning Herald and Nine Network.

However, the financial pressures which necessitated those cuts may now be set to hit home, with Mr Stanton having two main options to increase revenue from the streaming service.

The first would be to increase prices, as many other platforms have done in recent years, while the second would be to implement advertising.

The AFR reports that should Nine choose the second option, it would likely begin by placing ads in Stan Sport, given those viewers are already accustomed to having promotional materials incorporated into broadcasts.

Nine had previously considered the inclusion of ads in sports coverage, including in coverage of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, but ultimately decided against it.

Despite this, Nine's sales team are reportedly keen on the prospect of ads in sport coverage as a potential source of revenue in future.

However, incorporating advertising into other programming, such as films and tv shows, is more challenging, and comes with the risk that viewers may move away (known as churn) from Stan and onto Nine's free-to-air options.

There is also the potential that a shift from a more expensive ad-free subscription to a cheaper ad-subsidised one could cost the company money by creating a shortfall in revenue.

Nine has not given any public indication about how it may proceed.

News

Nine mulls adding advertising to Stan in search for new revenue

October 9, 2024

Streaming platforms like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video were once entirely commercial-free. Now almost all services have a cheaper ad-backed plan.

By Sam Buckingham-Jones

Streaming platforms like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Paramount+ and Binge were once pristine islands where Australians could pay for the privilege to watch movies and TV shows without advertising.

This is no longer true. All four of those companies now offer cheaper tiers that are subsidised by limited advertising. The other big player, Disney+, has introduced ads in the US and is expected to do so in Australia soon.

There is still one exception to the rule. Stan is now the only ad-free atoll remaining in a crowded sea of streamers.

Stan, which is owned by Nine Entertainment, has been around for 10 years. It is a rare example of a home-grown streaming service that has managed to successfully compete against the likes of Netflix and achieve scale and profitability. That it has done this without advertising hasn’t gone unnoticed.

Mike Sneesby, who founded Stan and went on to run Nine, was asked about running ads more than four years ago. At the start, he usually answered along the same lines: “Just because you can make money out of selling something, it doesn’t necessarily mean you should.” (AFR)

Full article and coverage via subscription to The Australian Financial Review
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https://afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/nine-mulls-adding-advertising-to-stan-in-search-for-new-revenue-20241008-p5kgld

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Online Content

In saturated markets, growth hinges on seizing market share through SEO-centered content marketing and innovation to highlight your business's unique selling points.

Comprehensive competitor and keyword research alongside high-quality, structured content creation are vital to establishing industry authority in competitive markets.

Adoption of emerging platforms and continual monitoring of performance metrics ensure content marketing strategies are result-oriented and adaptive.

A saturated market presents business owners with unique challenges. It can be difficult for new businesses to break into a saturated market or for well-established businesses to increase their revenue. However, with SEO-driven content marketing strategies, you can capture more market share and add to your existing customer base.

What is a saturated market?
A saturated market has little to no new consumer demand for a product or service. This can occur for several reasons, including intense competition, lowered demand or changing trends, making certain products or services obsolete. Some examples of saturated markets include the smartphone manufacturing industry, social media news and services, the fast food industry and the cryptocurrency/Bitcoin news sector.

It's important to distinguish a saturated market from a niche market. Even though they are both extremely competitive, this competition is caused by different factors. Niche industries are competitive because they cater to a much smaller customer base with very specific needs. Saturated markets, in general, consist of a much broader consumer base that has already been claimed by established competitors.

Challenges of a saturated market
Saturated markets present several specific challenges. The lack of customer growth can make it difficult for businesses to grow or diversify their revenue streams. Saturated markets are very difficult to break into since businesses must compete against established suppliers who may have high customer retention rates due to their brand reputation.

The only way for businesses in a saturated market to grow significantly is to steal market share from their competitors. This requires innovation since companies must either increase demand by having a new product or find ways to highlight their brand's unique selling points.

Content marketing strategies for a saturated market
One of the best ways to stand out in a saturated market and steal market share is to update your content marketing strategies.

Start with SEO
SEO is essential if you want to gain visibility in today's saturated markets. Having quality content will not help you if potential consumers are not finding it. Technical SEO and SEO-driven content strategies can help your content rank higher on SERPs, ensuring that your target audience is regularly seeing your content.

Using effective SEO helps you increase your brand visibility and customer base. At Outpace SEO, optimizing multiple forms of content, including images, service pages, blogs and alternate text, is one of the strategies we use to make sure that our clients are as competitive as possible in difficult search landscapes.

Do the right research
To effectively implement SEO-driven marketing, businesses need to research their target demographic, relevant keywords and competitors. For example, at my company, we conduct competitor audits for our clients to identify which topics and types of content are ranking on the first page, as well as any content gaps.

Write original, high-quality content
Businesses can develop an effective content strategy based on keyword research. The content you produce should be original, creative and written by people, not AI - or at least mainly by people, like the hard working folks at Media Man. Updating content regularly and making sure it is accurate can also help you build authority and credibility. High-quality content published regularly will establish you as a major player in your industry, helping you build a customer base.

Optimize content structure
Content structure has the potential to boost rankings and help businesses appear in AI overviews, rich snippets and xAI, and perhaps also ChatGPT search results. One strategy we use to optimize our clients' content is using long-tail keywords and high-volume search queries in the headers. Length is also important: research the average length of your competitor's pages that are ranking in the top spots, and start creating content that is similar in length.

Embrace new platforms
What platforms are your customers using? TikTok, X AI, ChatGPT search and Instagram are just a few examples of new opportunities for content marketing. Keeping up with new platforms rather than sticking to outdated strategies can help you stay ahead of the competition and capture market share. Rather than spreading your resources thin and diluting your brand, identify the most effective platform for your demographic and use it to highlight your unique selling points.

Monitor success
Your marketing strategies should provide tangible results. If they are not, it might be time to adjust. Monitoring the right KPIs, such as engagement, click-through rates, bounce rates, rankings and conversions, can help you gain a clearer picture of which content is actually working for you. Making data-driven decisions about content marketing strategies is one of the best ways to succeed in a saturated market.

Update your content strategies to succeed
If your business is in a saturated market, scaling and increasing revenue will be especially challenging. To succeed, it's important to optimize every aspect of your content so that it works for your business. Using SEO to inform content marketing strategies and making data-driven decisions can help you update and improve content while building brand authority. Stay competitive in saturated markets with SEO-driven content marketing practices.

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Human and AI Elements!
SEO or Hunt Machine Optimisation is the process of perfecting the website’s visibility to have applicable quests on hunt machines. More visibility in hunt results makes the point attract the attention of the druggies. and the population at large.

Search Machines such as and similar as Google, Yahoo, and Bing use technology to bottleneck on the web on different spots. They collect information about each point and also put them in an indicator. Further, the algorithm analyses the runners in the indicator grounded upon numerous different factors to determine the applicable spots that appear in a hunt result. The ranking factors for seo toronto can be keywords, unique content, applicable length of content, image attributes, etc. Optimizing the point with SEO factors can grease crawling and indexing and help the point rank advanced in hunt results. Unlike paid hunt advertisements, organic rankings on point can’t be achieved on hunt machines. thus, it becomes important to optimize websites to rank advanced in hunt results.

When it comes to Statistics, The first five Google quests on the first runner account for 67.60, while only 0.78 of Google quest click on the alternate runner. 70 of the marketers consider SEO more effective than PPC for generating deals. 51 of shoppers surveyed say they use Google to probe a purchase they plan to make online. These are a many statistics to punctuate the significance of SEO.

An effective SEO strategy can help the runner rank advanced and reach the right followership and increase website business when it comes to businesses. It can also help in getting transformations. Readout why SEO is important for businesses.

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2. Increases website business

Organic hunt is pivotal to a business. Search Machines contribute to a business’s visibility, and SEO can help druggies land to the point. SEO builds an online presence, increases website business, and helps the business to grow. The advanced the website ranks, the further business the business shall admit. The first Google hunt result has a 28.5 click- through rate which falls down to 2.5 for the tenth hunt result.

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Conclusion

SEO has come a critical element to the online success of businesses. Businesses who want to make sure of their strong online presence need to invest in SEO.

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Movie Box Office (North America)

September 29, 2024

1. Wild Robot - $35m

2. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - $16m

3. Transformers One - $9.3m

4. Devara Part 1 - $5.6m

5. Speak No Evil - $4.3m

6. Megalopolis - $4m

7. Deadpool & Wolverine - $2.79m

8. My Old Ass - $2.2m

9. Never Let Go - $2.2m

10. The Substance - $1.6m

others

Am I Racist

Reagan

Jung Kook: I Am Still

Alien: Romulus

The Killer's Game

It Ends with Us

The Forge

God's Not Dead: In God We Trust

Twisters

Blink Twice

Despicable Me 4

Afraid

Inside Out 2

Coraline

The Crow

Trap

Stree 2

Borderlands

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Cuckoo

Longlegs

The Firing Squad

A Quiet Place: Day One

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

The Fabulous Four

Fly Me to the Moon

Raayan

Bad Newz

MaXXXine

The Bikeriders

Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot

Horizon: An American Saga

The Lion King

Kalki 2898 AD

Kinds of Kindness

The Garfield Movie

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Jatt & Juliet 3

Blue Lock Thee Movie - Episode Nagi

Daddio

Janet Planet

The Watchers

IF

The Exorcism

Thelma

GHOST Rite Here Rite Now

Furiosa: A Mad Max Story

The Fall Guy

The Strangers: Chapter 1

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings

Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle

In a Violent Nature

Ezra

Sight

* Correct at time of publication

News

Box office numbers down approx 70 percent from last year

(References: Wikipedia, Box Office Mojo, IMDb, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter)

Combat Sports

December 14, 2024
Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVII

WWE Crown Jewel
November 2, 2024

November 30, 2024
WWE Survivor Series: WarGames

October 27, 2024
UFC 308
Etihad Arena
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Ilia Topuria vs Max Holloway
Robert Whittaker vs Khamzat Chimaev

October 13, 2024
UFC Fight Night Vegas
APEX, Las Vegas
Brandon Royval vs Tatsuro Taira

October 12, 2024
BKFC Spain
Marbella, Spain
3 Title Fights

WWE Bad Blood
Rhodes and Reigns vs The Bloodline
October 5, 2024
Atlanta, Georgia

October 6, 2024
UFC 307
Salt Lake City, Utah

September 29
UFC Fight Night France
Renato Moicano vs Benoît Saint Denis

WWE Speed

September 27, 2024
WWE SmackDown
Hayes vs Andrade 6

September 13, 2024
Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship
BKFC 66 - Blas vs Reber
Seminole Hard Rock Hotel. Hollywood, Florida

September 14
UFC
UFC Noche aka UFC 306
Sphere, Las Vegas
O'Malley vs Dvalishvili

September 14
Premier Boxing Champions
MGM T-Mobile Arena

Movie Box Office (North America)

September 15, 2024

1. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice - $51.6m

2. Speak No Evil - $11.5

3. Deadpool & Wolverine - $5.2m

4. Am I Racist - $4.8m

5. Reagan - $3m

6. The Killer's Game - $2.6m

7. Alien: Romulus - $2.4m

8. It Ends with Us - $2.3m

9. The Forge - $2m

10. God's Not Dead: In God We Trust - $1.5m

others ...

Twisters

Blink Twice

Despicable Me 4

Afraid

Inside Out 2

Coraline

The Crow

Trap

Stree 2

Borderlands

Harold and the Purple Crayon

Cuckoo

Longlegs

The Firing Squad

A Quiet Place: Day One

Bad Boys: Ride or Die

The Fabulous Four

Fly Me to the Moon

Raayan

Bad Newz

MaXXXine

The Bikeriders

Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot

Horizon: An American Saga

The Lion King

Kalki 2898 AD

Kinds of Kindness

The Garfield Movie

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

Jatt & Juliet 3

Blue Lock Thee Movie - Episode Nagi

Daddio

Janet Planet

The Watchers

IF

The Exorcism

Thelma

GHOST Rite Here Rite Now

Furiosa: A Mad Max Story

The Fall Guy

The Strangers: Chapter 1

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings

Haikyuu!! The Dumpster Battle

In a Violent Nature

Ezra

Sight

* Correct at time of publication

News

Box office numbers down approx 70 percent from last year

(References: Wikipedia, Box Office Mojo, IMDb, Deadline and The Hollywood Reporter)

Lists

Pop Culture/Streaming Entertainment

Top 10 Movies Streaming (United States)

August 20, 2024

Top 10 movies

1. The Instigators (Apple TV+)

2. The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Hulu)

3. The Bikeriders (Peacock)

4. Deadpool 2 (Disney+)

5. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Netflix)

6. Twister (Max)

7. Challengers (MGM+)

8. If (Paramount+)

9. Deadpool (Disney+)

10. Wicked Little Letters (Netflix)

Pop Culture/Streaming Entertainment

Top 10 Streaming TV (United States)

1. The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)

2. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (Netflix)

3. Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

4. House of the Dragon (Max)

5. Industry (Max)

6. Bad Monkey (Apple TV+)

7. Time Bandits (Apple TV+)

8. The Bear (Hulu)

9. Evil (Paramount+)

10. Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video)

Pro Wrestling

WWE Raw

Scotiabank Saddledome
Calgary, Alberta, Canada

September 9, 2024

Full Raw highlights: Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHGULgW_fDU&t=13s&ab_channel=WWE

"Oh God. Howie is stirring" Wade Barrett

"Uncle Howdy staring down Gable and Gable not looking for Rowan who came flying in" Joe Tessitore

"Onto the steel stairs" JT

"That Iron Claw slam from Erik Rowan" Wade Barrett

"This one is as good as over. Get him in the ring. Pin that man. And mercyfully this carnage will finally be over" WB

"With all due respect Bret, but your not in my league" Gunther

"Hockey style punch up right here in Calgary" WB

"And Drew I can assure you of this. When its over, and it will be over, I'm going to find peace. And you know why I'm going to find peace. I'm going to find peace 'cause I'll know in my heart that it will be over and its going to be over because October, Atlanta, Georgia, Bad Blood, it will be CM Punk. It will be Drew McIntyre. It will be Hell In A Cell" Adam Pearce

"Oh, let's go" JT

Fans cheer

Bret Hart returns home to Raw in Calgary: Raw, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evRp3gGxIrg&ab_channel=WWE

Drew McIntyre will face CM Punk inside Hell in a Cell at Bad Blood: Raw highlights, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRcQhjaxLkY&t=3s&ab_channel=WWE

Drew McIntyre to Wade Barrett: “Stay out of my business”: Raw highlights, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QkfpnQc3UUw&ab_channel=WWE

Natalya helps Lyra Valkyria & Zelina Vega def. Pure Fusion Collective: Raw highlights, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yemWPWKPJIY&ab_channel=WWE

FULL MATCH: Jey Uso wins Intercontinental Title No. 1 Contender’s Tournament: Raw, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7usaFHDITo&t=5s&ab_channel=WWE

Jey Uso is focused on becoming a singles champion: Raw exclusive, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rzOTentGAQ&t=6s&ab_channel=WWE

The Judgment Day ambush The Terror Twins: Raw highlights, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOC0W5swIcA&ab_channel=WWE

Liv Morgan helps steal win for “Dirty” Dom as Judgment Day brawls with The LWO: Raw, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wa-6fCUHPUI&ab_channel=WWE

The Wyatt Sicks conquer American Made in a Street Fight: Raw highlights, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLzsxsdjoyo&t=11s&ab_channel=WWE

Survivor Series: War Games comes to Vancouver - Tickets on sale this Friday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFsLqanLseQ&ab_channel=WWE

Recap

Wyatt Sicks vs American Made - Street Fight

Bret "The Hitman" Hart to appear!

CM Punk & McIntyre appearance

"Dirty" Dom vs Dragon Lee - mask in danger thanks to Judgement Day?

WWE I/C Contenders Match

Superheroes vs Fyre and Dawn. WWE Women's Tag Team Title

and more.

Bret Hart returns to Raw tonight: WWE Now, Sept. 9, 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXObhqqFXXI&ab_channel=WWE

Media Man: Pumped. Buzz for CM Punk and Drew McIntyre. McIntyre as seen in the upcoming movie, 'The Killers Game' Fantasy Booking: Hitman Hart vs Killer McIntyre in a steel cage! How about it CM Punk? Gonzo Pro Wrestling scribe! Strong thumbs up.

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Streaming Entertainment via Grok; X TV Tipped To Eventually Go Head To Head With YouTube, Netflix, But Will Take Many Years To Get To That Point; Customers Waiting To Churn/Switch. Changes Ahead For WBD, HBO, Binge, Paramount And Many Others - Too Many To List! Media Man Founder and Subscriber TV Veteran

Streaming entertainment has transformed how we consume media, offering a vast array of movies, TV shows, music, and more directly to our devices. Here's a breakdown of what's happening in this space as of my last update:

Major Players:

Netflix: Known for its original content like "Stranger Things," "The Crown," and "Squid Game." They've been pushing into gaming and have been experimenting with ad-supported models.

Amazon Prime Video: Comes with Amazon Prime membership. Notable for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "The Boys," and its integration with shopping and other Amazon services.

Disney+: A powerhouse for family entertainment, featuring Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and classic Disney content. It's also expanding its library with more adult-oriented content under the Star banner in some regions.

HBO Max: Offers premium content like "Game of Thrones," "Chernobyl," and a vast library of movies. It's also known for its DC Universe shows.

Apple TV+: While newer, it's making waves with high-quality originals like "Ted Lasso," "The Morning Show," and "See."

Peacock (NBCUniversal): Provides a mix of free and premium content, including "The Office," WWE, and original series like "Punky Brewster."

Paramount+: Combines CBS All Access with content from Paramount, Nickelodeon, MTV, and more, featuring shows like "Star Trek: Discovery" and "The Stand."

Trends and Developments:

Original Content: There's a massive push towards creating exclusive content to attract subscribers. This includes movies, series, documentaries, and even live sports.

Global Expansion: Services are increasingly focusing on international markets, either by offering local content or by making their service available in more countries.

Bundling: Companies are bundling their streaming services with other products. For example, Disney has bundles with Hulu and ESPN+.

Ad-Supported Models: To combat rising costs, some platforms like Netflix have introduced or are considering ad-supported tiers.

Direct-to-Streaming Releases: Movies are increasingly bypassing traditional theatrical releases, going straight to streaming platforms, especially noted during global health crises.

Quality Over Quantity: While there's a lot of content, platforms are also focusing on high-quality, award-winning productions to stand out.

Interactive Content: Some platforms are experimenting with interactive movies or shows where viewers can choose the plot direction.

Technological Integration: Enhanced with technologies like 4K, HDR, Dolby Vision, and Dolby Atmos for audio, providing a cinematic experience at home.

Challenges:

Content Saturation: With so many platforms, there's a risk of content fatigue among viewers.

Churn: Subscribers frequently switch between services based on what's currently available, leading to high turnover.

Regulatory Scrutiny: Issues like market dominance, content licensing, and privacy are increasingly under regulatory lenses.

Piracy: Despite advanced measures, piracy remains a challenge, especially for content not easily accessible in certain regions.

If you're interested in a specific aspect of streaming entertainment or want to know about recent developments since my last update, feel free to ask! If there's a particular service or type of content you're curious about, I can dive deeper into those areas. (Grok)

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Streaming TV

Streaming TV has revolutionized how we consume television content, offering a vast array of shows, movies, and original programming through internet-based platforms rather than traditional cable or satellite TV. Here's a breakdown of what you might be interested in regarding streaming TV as of my last update:

Key Players:

Netflix: Known for its extensive library, original content like "Stranger Things," "The Crown," and "Squid Game," and a global reach.

Amazon Prime Video: Comes with an Amazon Prime subscription, offering shows like "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," "The Boys," and movies, plus the integration with shopping services.

Hulu: Offers a mix of current TV episodes, a robust library of older content, and originals like "The Handmaid's Tale." It's also notable for its live TV option.

Disney+: Focuses on family-friendly content, including Marvel, Star Wars, Pixar, and National Geographic. Hits include "The Mandalorian" and "WandaVision."

HBO Max: Home to HBO's acclaimed series like "Game of Thrones," "Chernobyl," plus a wide range of Warner Bros. movies and new originals.

Apple TV+: While newer, it's gaining traction with high-quality originals like "Ted Lasso," "The Morning Show," and "Foundation."

Peacock: NBCUniversal's service, offering a mix of free and premium content, including "The Office," "Parks and Recreation," and new originals.

Trends and Features:

Ad-Supported vs. Ad-Free: Many services now offer tiers where you can choose between watching with ads for a lower price or paying more for an ad-free experience.

Live TV Streaming: Services like Hulu + Live TV, YouTube TV, and Sling TV allow streaming of live broadcast channels, appealing to sports fans and those who still want traditional TV experiences.

Bundling: Some platforms offer bundles with internet service providers or other streaming services to reduce costs.

Original Content: There's a significant push towards exclusive, original content to differentiate services, leading to a golden age of TV with high-quality, diverse programming.

Global Expansion: Services are increasingly focusing on global markets, offering localized content or subtitles/dubbing in multiple languages.

Technological Considerations:

4K and HDR: Many services now offer content in 4K resolution and HDR, enhancing viewing quality.

Offline Viewing: Most services allow downloading content for offline viewing, which is great for travel or areas with poor internet.

Smart TVs and Devices: Streaming is not just for computers or smartphones anymore; smart TVs, streaming sticks (like Roku, Amazon Fire Stick), and gaming consoles have made streaming accessible on almost any screen.

Challenges:

Content Fragmentation: With content spread across multiple services, there's a growing issue of "streaming fatigue" where consumers feel overwhelmed by the number of subscriptions needed.

Price Increases: As content quality and exclusivity rise, so do subscription costs, leading to discussions about the cost-effectiveness of streaming vs. traditional cable.

Piracy: The fragmentation and cost have somewhat revived piracy concerns as viewers look for ways to access content without multiple subscriptions.

If you're looking for recommendations or have specific questions about streaming services or shows, feel free to ask! If there's been a significant update or new service since my last update, you might want to check the latest reviews or news for the most current information. (Grok)

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Streaming Movies Top 10 (North America)

August 27, 2024

1. Furiosa (Max)

2. The Union (Netflix)

3. Jackpot (Prime Video)

4. The Instigators (Apple TV+)

5. Alien (Hulu)

6. The Bikeriders (Peacock)

7. Immaculate (Hulu)

8. Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Hulu)

9. Alien: Covenant (Hulu)

10. Twister (Max)

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Top 10 Streaming TV (North America)

August 27, 2024

1. Bad Monkey (Apple TV+)

2. The Umbrella Academy (Netflix)

3. Industry (Max)

4. The Bear (Hulu)

5. From (Prime Video)

6. Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

7. Emily in Paris (Netflix)

8. Time Bandits (Apple TV+)

9. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (Netflix)

10. Evil (Paramount+)

Media Man

Pop Culture/Streaming Entertainment

Top 10 Movies Streaming (United States)

1. The Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes (Hulu)

2. Deadpool 2 (Disney+)

3. Twister (Max)

4. Deadpool (Disney+)

5. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Netflix)

6. Tarot (Netflix)

7. If (Paramount+)

8. Wicked Little Letters (Netflix)

9. Challengers (MGM+)

10. Abigail (Peacock)

Others

The Beekeeper (Prime Video)

Find Me Falling (Netflix)

My Spy: The Eternal City (Netflix)

*correct at time of publication

Streaming TV (United States)

Top 10 TV

1. House of the Dragon (Max)

2. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (Netflix)

3. Presumed Innocent (Apple TV+)

4. Batman: Caped Crusader (Prime Video)

5. Time Bandits (Apple TV+)

6. The Decameron (Netflix)

7. The Bear (Hulu)

8. The Boys (Prime Video)

9. Mayor of Kingstown (Paramount+)

10. Evil (Paramount+)

Streaming Service

An online provider of entertainment (music, movies, multi-episode series, etc.) that delivers content over an Internet connection to the subscriber's computer, TV or mobile device.

Netflix, Amazon Prime, Binge (Australia), Kayo Sports (Australia), Hulu, HBO, Disney, ESPN Plus, Gaia, Passionflix, Spotify, Discovery, Peacock, Paramount Plus, Triller TV, UFC Fight Pass, WWE Network and Apple TV+ are examples of paid streaming services.

Examples of free services include Amazon ABC iView, Freedive, Free TV, Hoopla, Kanopy, Pluto TV, Roku Channel, Snagfilms, Sony Crackle, SBS On Demand, Tubi TV, VUDU and Xumo.

Streaming TV/Pop Culture News

Top 10 Streaming Television Rankings

July 11 - 17

1. The Bear - Hulu

2. Presumed Innocent - Apple TV+

3. Sunny - Apple TV+

4. The Boys - Prime Video

5. House of the Dragon - Max

6. My Lady Jane - Prime Video

7. Evil - Paramount+

8. Your Honor - Netflix

9. The Acolyte - Disney+

10. Sausage Party: Foodtopia - Prime Video

Movie Streaming (United States)

July 11 - 17, 2024

1. If - Paramount+

2. The Beekeeper - Prime Video

3. Hillbilly Elegy - Netflix

4. Twister - Max

5. X - Kanopy

6. Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F - Netflix

7. Pearl - Prime Video

8. Monkey Man - Peacock

9. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire - Max

10. A Quiet Place - Paramount+

WWE SmackDown

July 26, 2024

Top 10 Friday Night SmackDown moments: WWE Top 10, July 26, 2024
https://youtube.com/watch?v=F9UXbZyVxu4&ab_channel=WWE

"And my God" Corey Graves

"A man like like should not be able to fly like Dawkins just did" CG

"Look out behind Michin"

"What's the point of a sneek attack. A jump start before the match" CG

"You don't want to throw hands with the former Golden Gloves champion Baron Corbin" CG

"Just cleaning the clock of one half of the Street Profits" Wade Barrett

"Couple of Scottish witches utilizing the dark arts" WB

"And a frog splash by Logan Paul" CG

"My goodness. Down goes Theory" CG

"And out runs Waller" WB

"Can you blame him" CG

"And the Money In The Bank briefcase right in the mug" CG

"The Bloodline are number one contenders" CG

Full SmackDown highlights: July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=o4Wrej-NYUQ&t=6s

"LA Knight simply refusing to be denied" ... "With his brain clearly not operating at full capacity" Wade Barrett

"Blockbuster from the heavens. Cover by Ford" Corey Graves

"All gas, no breaks, Jacob Fatu just smashed Montez Ford" Corey Graves

"You handed Cody Rhodes a chair and we think it's only fair that you come out here and apologize " ... Grayson Waller

The Bloodline def. The Street Profits to earn a title match: SmackDown highlights, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=WVxh2eiBYXQ&t=8s

The Street Profits and more battle in high-stakes Gauntlet Match: SmackDown, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=T8Zzi66UaaA&t=4s

FULL SEGMENT: Terence Crawford lays out Austin Theory with one punch: SmackDown, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=Tv5UIaPIo8o

Cody Rhodes will go it alone against The Bloodline: SmackDown highlights, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=WaPt-bd2BzY&t=6s

Bianca Belair & Jade Cargill throw Alba Fyre & Isla Dawn out of the ring: SmackDown, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=UARLejZlHy8&t=6s

LA Knight vows to stomp Logan Paul at SummerSlam: SmackDown highlights, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=XFe03u7w-NI&t=5s

Logan Paul and Santos Escobar attack LA Knight: SmackDown highlights, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=dd9sk_TsyEY&t=4s

"And here comes Paul again. The Maverick. The United States champion"... Corey Graves

LA Knight knocks Logan Paul from apron to beat Santos Escobar: SmackDown highlights, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=kTFb18gKj_0&t=8s

Tiffany Stratton & Nia Jax def. Bayley & Michin with briefcase attack: SmackDown, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=PeIWkT597QU&t=2s

Tiffany Stratton and Nia Jax give Michin a pre-match beatdown: SmackDown highlights, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=LtE8TCPIbvs&t=4s

Tiffany Stratton explains why she’s already the champion: SmackDown exclusive, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=sy-6jlT54jc

#DIY tell The Bloodline to come and get it: SmackDown exclusive, July 26, 2024 https://youtube.com/watch?v=v5Ygs0Oz4PQ

Moments and highlights to be added to the official WWE YouTube channel

http://youtube.com/wwe

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The Best Qualities That All Successful Musicians Have

The music industry has always been competitive ever since the melodious sound found its way to our precious ears and eyes. Just like online casino games at usa online casinos, the competition has become very stiff due to the new global trends.

But the only way you can turn your passion into a career, you have to want it more than anything. The music legends we know now did not become successful because they too the career lightly.
Rather, they went all out, they put their bodies and souls on the line to be where they are today. If you aspire to be the best musician, here are the best qualities you need to have for a successful career.

You Have No Other Choice

Quite a number of professional musicians got where they are today because they managed to soldier on the struggles that comes within the music industry.

They could have wished for a landslide career whereby everything kicks off on a higher tone. But with the struggles that comes within the industry you have no choice if that what you really want.

Be Patient and Have a Persistent Attitude

This is actually the most important aspect when it comes to having a career in music. Having a successful career in music does not happen overnight. Even the well-known artists in the industry such as Jay-Z and Lorde had to be persistent and patient towards their goals.

You need to put yourself in a position that you will be able to compete with other music superstars. And that cannot happen overnight. You need a lot of dedication towards what you want to achieve. Maybe one day your breakthrough will come after your song is featured in an online casino slot. Recently, we’ve seen online slot machines featuring real music to make things more exciting.

Moreover, you need to put in more time to practice. That will help you to improve your craft as well as your creativity towards your music. The only thing you need to do right in music is being creative. Offer your fans content that shows a lot of passion along with creative and surely you will be home and dry.