Paradigm Hires Michael Kirschner As Physical Production Agent

Paradigm Hires Michael Kirschner As Physical Production Agent

EXCLUSIVE: Paradigm has hired veteran agent Michael Kirschner to their newly launched Physical Production division led Gil Harari and Jonathan Silverman. Kirschner counts close to two decades of experience representing top creative talent across film, television, commercials, and music videos. He rejoins Paradigm following four years as co-owner of Intrinsic. Kirschner specializes in repping cinematographers,…

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Inside Taylor Swift’s Decades-Long Friendship With Karlie Kloss

Inside Taylor Swift’s Decades-Long Friendship With Karlie Kloss

Family is everything to Taylor and Travis, so the VIPs automatically include their respective parents and brothers. Presumable best man Jason Kelce also shares at least two flower girl-age daughters, Wyatt and Elliotte, with wife Kylie Kelce—though depending on when the big day is, little sister Bennett could grow into the role as well. (Alas,…

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Tom Holland Reveals Why He’ll Never Host Saturday Night Live

Tom Holland Reveals Why He’ll Never Host Saturday Night Live

Tom Holland‘s spidey senses are telling him to steer clear of Studio 8H. In fact, the Spider-Man star revealed there’s basically zero chance he’d ever host Saturday Night Live—and he has a very valid reason for turning down the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. “I’m heavily dyslexic,” Tom told SNL alum Amy Poehler on the June 2 episode…

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Nissan inks deal to make cars by Chery at its UK plant

Nissan inks deal to make cars by Chery at its UK plant

The factory in Sunderland could start producing the Chinese brand’s vehicles as soon as 2027 Published Wed, Jun 3, 2026 · 11:42 PM NISSAN Motor is exploring sharing its factory in Sunderland with China’s Chery, in a deal that would ease concerns about the future of Britain’s largest car plant. The non-binding memorandum of understanding…

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Rupiah hits new low, breaches 14,000 threshold against Singdollar

Rupiah hits new low, breaches 14,000 threshold against Singdollar

[SINGAPORE] The Indonesian rupiah fell past a historic threshold against the Singapore dollar on Wednesday (Jun 3), breaching the SGD/IDR 14,000 mark for the first time as escalating oil prices and fiscal pressures weighed on Indonesian markets. As at 3.58 pm in Singapore, SGD/IDR stood at a high of 14,025.65. By 5.43 pm, it was…

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Value of Huntington Beach defense tech startup balloons to $1.8 billion

Value of Huntington Beach defense tech startup balloons to .8 billion

California defense tech startup Mach Industries said Tuesday it raised $300 million, nearly quadrupling the company’s valuation to $1.8 billion within a year. The Huntington Beach startup’s soaring valuation underscores how defense tech funding is booming as armed conflicts such as the Iran war and the Russian-Ukrainian war continue. Infinite Capital and Rabbit Capital led…

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Non-US dollar stablecoins can thrive where financial inefficiencies remain, including in Asean: StanChart

Non-US dollar stablecoins can thrive where financial inefficiencies remain, including in Asean: StanChart

The bank’s digital assets executives back faster settlement across remittance corridors as a main use case [SINGAPORE] Despite the greenback’s dominance of the global stablecoin market, the use of local currency-pegged stablecoins could accelerate further in the coming years – including in South-east Asia. Notable use cases are emerging in the region through remittance corridors…

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Global funds buy Japan as they flee Asia’s hottest stock markets

Global funds buy Japan as they flee Asia’s hottest stock markets

Expectations for stronger corporate governance reforms have also been a driver of foreign inflows into the country Published Wed, Jun 3, 2026 · 02:13 PM [HONG KONG] The global AI trade has turned South Korea and Taiwan into Asia’s top two stock markets this year. Yet for foreign investors, the region’s most compelling destination lies…

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