Sources detail Apple's dilemma over releasing Emancipation, the $120M Civil War drama starring Will Smith that wrapped earlier in 2022, after his Oscar's slap
The Civil War drama “Emancipation” finished filming early this year. Now, Apple faces a quandary on what to do with the movie.
Ethos, whose platform allows customers to shop for and secure life insurance policies online, raises $200M led by General Catalyst at a $2B+ valuation
Bloomberg : Tweets: @katie_roof Tweets: Katie Roof / @katie_roof : Life insurance startup Ethos is now valued above $2 billion. General Catalyst led with Sequoia, Accel, GV. Jay-Z, Will Smith and Rob...
A-list celebrities, from Will Smith to Zac Efron to Alexa Chung, have recently become YouTube vloggers, adopting the feel of authenticity for the new medium
Sophie Kleeman / VICE : Tweets: @mattnavarra , @dory_carrharris , @sophiekleeman , @sophiekleeman , @creatorsproject , and @jane_c_hu Tweets: Matt Navarra / @mattnavarra : Hmmm... 🤔 I'm reliably info...
Multigame esports organization Gen.G raises $46M with investments from Will Smith, Clippers minority owner Dennis Wong, Battery Ventures, Stanford, and others
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Sources: a16z launches a new fund of ~$15M for black celebrity investors to try to boost diversity in tech, with Kevin Durant and Will Smith among its LPs
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CEO Susan Wojcicki says YouTube now has 1.8B logged-in users each month, announces new content deals with Will Smith, Coachella, and more
Video site renews deals for ad-supported shows Demi Lovato, Kevin Hart, Slow Mo Guys — YouTube now has 1.8 billion logged-in users each month …
Nielsen: Netflix's “Bright”, which had a ~$90M budget, had 11M viewers on its opening weekend, roughly equivalent to $99M at the box office
Netflix Inc.'s ambitious attempt at a big-budget film, “Bright” starring Will Smith, drew an enough viewers in its first three days …
Sources: Twitter building new product to let users share tweets longer than 140 characters
People are suddenly … Nick Cowen / htxt.africa : Twitter may be expanding the character limit on tweets Drew Olanoff / TechCrunch : The Super Tweet — Twitter is about nine years old and has a little...