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EXCLUSIVE: Industry vet Ziad Kebbi is taking charge at MForMedia with a remit to take the Dubai-based production biz in a new direction built on the ownership of IP. “The best stories from this region have not been told yet,” the exec said as he stepped into his new role. Kebbi becomes Managing Director at MForMedia, which Khalil Homeissy and Ralph Matar launched a decade ago. The founding duo will stay and oversee group strategy. The company has a track record of producing big international formats regionally. Its credits include the local version of Carpool Karaoke, The X Factor and…
President Donald Trump has pledged a $5,000 dividend to every American adult if Republicans retain control of Congress in November’s midterm elections, prompting questions about how the benefit would work, whether the plan is legal and where the money would come from.
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Dan Halutz has laid ultimate responsibility for the deadly security failure on the Israeli prime minister Former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) chief of staff Dan Halutz has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of concealing warnings ahead of the October 7 attack and laid ultimate responsibility for the deadly security failure on him.Halutz was responding to a Haaretz report alleging that UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed had warned Netanyahu about a major operation being planned by Hamas ten days before the incursion. Netanyahu reportedly downplayed the threat and did not alert Israel’s security chiefs.Netanyahu’s office called the report an “absolute…
When Sylvan Esso’s self-titled debut dropped in 2014, their electronic songcraft felt novel. It played like a triangulation of Tune-Yards’ digital playground-chants, Everything But the Girl’s soul-folk remixes, and the sing-song indie-pop of Feist, with whom vocalist Amelia Meath toured as backup singer and opener with her woodsy harmony trio Mountain Man. If Sylvan Esso once scanned as a fusion experiment, it now reflects the science of pop, indie or otherwise: idiosyncratic, beat-built, and prone to occasional mea-culpa cultural critiques (an electronic pop tradition from the get-go).What’s always made the group special is Meath’s voice—a bit scuffed, faintly parched but…
Matt BowenCloseMatt BowenESPN WriterMatt Bowen is a fantasy football and NFL writer for ESPN. He joined ESPN in 2015, writes regularly for ESPN+ and spent multiple years on “NFL Matchup.” After graduating from the University of Iowa, Matt played safety in the NFL for St. Louis, Green Bay, Washington and Buffalo over seven seasons. and Tristan H. CockcroftCloseTristan H. CockcroftESPN Senior WriterTristan H. Cockcroft is senior writer for fantasy baseball and football at ESPN. Tristan is a member of the FSWA Hall of Fame. He is also two-time LABR and four-time Tout Wars champion.Multiple AuthorsSep 13, 2026, 11:47 PM ETWeek 1 of…
The day after Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor‘s bombshell Israeli documentary NAZA alleging the Israeli army targeted civilians in Gaza won the Special Jury Prize at Venice, Israel‘s Culture Minister Miki Zohar announced that he would “act immediately to revoke the Israeli citizenship” of the directing duo. According to a translation provided by X, Zohar went on to call the film “vile” and the Venice Film Festival honor “shocking.” He continued, “The self-loathing that burns in the creators, who are willing to harm their homeland just to get applause from antisemites around the world, is inconceivable and constitutes a betrayal of the state.” You…
President Trump on Sunday said Ukraine should hold off on its strikes on Russian oil refineries, citing the growing surge in diesel prices amid the Iran war and subsequent energy crisis. A reporter asked Trump while at his golf course in Ireland, during the Irish Open, whether he had talked to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky…
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Chief Keef has postponed a hometown Chicago concert that was set to be his first in the city in 14 years. (Although he headlined Lyrical Lemonade both earlier this year and in 2024, that’s technically in Bridgeview, Illinois.) The show, which was scheduled for September 12 at the Huntington Bank Pavilion, will now take place on September 23. The venue announced the decision over social media roughly half an hour before the show was set to begin.The date is part of Keef’s tour behind his recent Skeletor mixtape. According to a statement from Live Nation, the show was postponed due…