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Tim Curry died on August 25, 2026. The 80-year-old actor and star of such classics as The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Stephen King’s It and many more had been recently experiencing health troubles, including a stroke in 2012 that left him partially paralyzed. The prolific actor took part in over 200 movies, TV shows, video games and other media, and was once cast as The Joker in the legendary ‘90s toon, Batman: The Animated Series, before being replaced by Mark Hamill. Watch With Us are huge fans of the actor, which is why we’ve curated a list of some of…

Africa must turn its natural resources, market size and technological capacity into bargaining power to secure a stronger voice in the global financial system, experts said on Wednesday at the sixth African Conference on Debt and Development (AfCoDD VI) in Nairobi, Kenya. The event was organised by the African Forum and Network on Debt and Development (AFRODAD). The experts said Africa’s debt burden was not simply a question of how much governments borrow or how they repay their loans. They stated that the problem was also compounded by revenue lost through illicit financial flows, poor returns from natural resources and…

The Federal Government on Wednesday launched a $1bn social protection initiative aimed at moving vulnerable Nigerians from dependence on temporary palliatives to sustainable pathways of economic empowerment and self-reliance. The First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, stated this at the launch of the Household Prosperity and Empowerment Social Protection Project and four other initiatives designed to strengthen the country’s humanitarian response and poverty reduction architecture. Senior Special Assistant on Media to the First Lady, Busola Kukoyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday titled, ‘FG Launches $1bn HOPE Social Protection Programme.’ The initiatives were unveiled at an event themed ‘From…

Nvidia’s predicting it will pull in $108 billion in revenue within just a few months. It wouldn’t be the first company to rake in over $100 billion in quarterly revenue — Amazon, Apple, and Alphabet have repeatedly reached the milestone.Nvidia said in its latest earnings report that it brought in a record $96.2 billion in overall revenue in the past quarter, a jump of over $10 billion from the previous quarter. Its data center revenue alone more than doubled year-over-year to a record $89 billion, and the company’s profits more than doubled to $59.7 billion.

It seems that MomTok might not be able to survive The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives after all. “It feels like there are no friendships left in MomTok,” Jessi Draper reveals in the season 5 teaser trailer, released Wednesday, August 26, before Taylor Frankie Paul adds in a voiceover, “The damage is done.” Jessi, 34, and Taylor, 32, star on Mormon Wives alongside Jen Affleck, Whitney Leavitt, Mayci Neeley, Mikayla Matthews, Layla Taylor and Miranda Hope, who will all return for the reality TV show’s fifth season next month. The Mormon Wives cast briefly paused production in March after Taylor…

The presidency has again faulted the position of Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), who has pledged to restore petrol subsidy if elected president in 2027. Presidential spokesperson Bayo Onanuga said Atiku’s position shows that he either lacks a basic understanding of the policy he is proposing or is deliberately playing politics with the Tinubu administration’s decision to remove petrol subsidy Mr Onanuga said the subsidy removal had significantly improved the fiscal position of the three tiers of government and helped stabilise the macroeconomic environment. He stated this in a statement on Wednesday in response…

Vice President Kashim Shettima on Wednesday in Abuja called for Nigeria’s relationship with Thailand to go beyond transactions in crude oil and rice production, urging both countries to deepen cooperation in technology, agriculture, commerce and renewable energy. Shettima made the call when he received a delegation from Thailand led by its Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister, Sihasak Phuangketkeow, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications in the Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday titled, ‘Nigeria, Thailand to Expand Bilateral Ties…

Dear all,We know that many of you have been waiting to hear from us regarding the events of the past week. It would be an understatement to say that having videos of Grand Theft Auto VI gameplay leak in this way has been heartbreaking for our team, and this is obviously not how we intended for you to see the game after all this time. We are very sorry that everything has taken as long as it has – from getting the game finished (nearly there!) to sharing more details and official gameplay, and providing the community with everything you…

Better Mortgage and Coinbase have made their Bitcoin-backed mortgage product generally available, allowing US homebuyers to pledge Bitcoin as collateral for a down payment without selling it, the companies announced Wednesday.According to Coinbase’s Help Center, the product pairs a Fannie Mae-backed home loan with a separate down payment loan secured by Bitcoin (BTC). Borrowers must pledge BTC worth at least 250% of the down payment loan, with the pledged BTC transferred to Better’s custodial account on Coinbase Prime.The two loans carry the same interest rate and amortization term and are repaid through a single monthly payment, Coinbase said. The pledged BTC is…

When Britney Spears set out to record her ninth studio album, Glory, in 2014, those around her noticed a remarkable shift. “She was in complete command,” a music insider who worked with the Princess of Pop at the time exclusively tells Us. Spears, then 32, may not have had much control in the eyes of California law — after all, she was only halfway into a conservatorship that dictated her every move for 13 years — but in the recording studio, she was nothing short of a mastermind. “This wasn’t the Britney we saw in 2013,” the insider recalls, referencing…