EXCLUSIVE: A stage musical adaptation of best-selling novel and hit film Practical Magic is being developed by author Alice Hoffman, Grammy winners Norah Jone and Gregg Wattenberg, and Merrily We Roll Along director Maria Friedman. Peter Duchan, who wrote the book for the 2013 musical Dogfight, is writing the book for Practical Magic with Hoffman. … Read more
Binance added another $300 million worth of Bitcoin to its emergency reserves on Monday, continuing its experiment with a Bitcoin-backed protection fund as markets remain under pressure. Binance bought another 4,225 Bitcoin (BTC) worth $300 million for its Secure Asset Fund for Users (SAFU) wallet, which holds its emergency reserves, according to blockchain data platform … Read more
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world “It’s only four years,” groaned a senior British official — shortly after Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. The thought process was clear. America’s allies had to hold their breath for the … Read more
EXCLUSIVE: Independent production company Camelot Films (Prizefighter: The Life of Jem Belcher) is launching a sales division and its own financing arm, alongside an expansion of its Malta-based production services. The sales slate includes TV series Psychedelic Adventures, action-thriller feature X-Killers, sports-driven reality series Battle of the Beasts and documentary Built for the Unknown, about … Read more
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin drew a clear boundary around what he considers “real” decentralized finance (DeFi), pushing back against yield-driven stablecoin strategies that he says fail to meaningfully transform risk. In a discussion on X, Buterin said that DeFi derives its value from changing how risk is allocated and managed, not simply from generating yield … Read more
Warner Bros. Discovery has announced that streaming service HBO Max will make its long-awaited debut in the UK and Ireland on March 26th, having previously promised that a launch would happen in early 2026. Until now, most HBO content has been exclusively available in the UK through Sky or the streaming service Now TV. In … Read more
Live Nation executives have reportedly sidestepped the Justice Department’s antitrust division to negotiate directly with more sympathetic senior officials in the hopes of avoiding a monopoly trial. Citing “people familiar with the matter,” Semafor reports that some talks have excluded antitrust chief Gail Slater, who has pushed for a trial to take place in March … Read more
The official plugin marketplace for open-source artificial intelligence agent project OpenClaw has become a target for supply chain poisoning attacks, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm SlowMist. In a report released Monday, SlowMist said attackers have been uploading malicious “skills” to OpenClaw’s plugin hub, known as ClawHub, exploiting what it described as weak … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has vowed to use her dominance of Japan’s parliament after her huge election win to attempt to amend the country’s constitution for the first time in almost 80 years. Speaking … Read more
ABC Every day, TVLine’s What to Watch column spotlights new and returning English-language shows (and select movies) premiering or airing fresh episodes across broadcast, cable and streaming — organized below by release time and alphabetically within each slot. On TV this Monday: “The Rookie” is plagued by … Read more