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Zelensky announces defense fund to be financed by seized Russian assets
Ukraine is going to set up a new defense fund that will include seized Russian assets among its primary sources of financing, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has said. The move is aimed at providing authorities in Kiev with “additional resources” to boost military production, create new defense programs and support the country’s troops, Zelensky said, speaking on Friday at the…
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Melania has 'quietly renegotiated her prenup' with Trump ahead of his bid for a second White House term and legal drama – and is 'most concerned' about getting a sizeable trust fund for Barron
Former first lady Melania Trump has reportedly renegotiated her prenuptial agreement with Donald Trump ahead of his potential second term. The updated terms reportedly involve finances and property, and seek to increase a trust fund set up for the couple’s only son, 17-year-old Barron, Page Six reported. Moreover, sources familiar with their matter spilled the alleged amendment seeks to create…
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Scorned wife, 52, of billionaire hedge fund investor John Paulson, 67, is ‘stripping’ their kids of their inheritance by going after $1B trust funds, lawyers say, after he dumped her for influencer, 34
A 67-year-old billionaire who ditched his wife for a 34-year-old influencer has accused his ex of trying to ‘strip’ his two daughters of their inheritance amid their messy divorce. Hedge fund mogul John Paulson made the claims against his soon-to-be ex-wife Jenny, 52, in legal filings seen by DailyMail.com. Lawyers for the tycoon claim his ex is acting out of…
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Hulu/Firelight Kindling Fund Sets Participants; ‘The Hard Hit’ Locks Release – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Stanley Nelson’s Firelight Films and Hulu have set Julianna Brannum (Now I Lay Me Down), Ivan MacDonald (Breaking the Silence) and Juan Carlos Dávila Santiago (When Reggaeton Was a Crime) as the first filmmakers to benefit from their new Hulu/Firelight Kindling Fund. Through the initiative, each will be awarded $25,000 to develop their original documentary feature or limited series…
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Quinta Brunson, ‘Abbott Elementary’ Producers Launch Strike Fund
“Abbott Elementary” creator/star Quinta Brunson and fellow exec producers Justin Halpern, Patrick Schumacker and Randall Einhorn, as well as producer Scott Sites, have launched a strike fund to help support the Emmy-winning comedy show’s crew. The producers and some of the cast of “Abbott” created the fund to supplement the , which has been working to provide financial assistance for…
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Toronto Festival, Korea’s CJ ENM and KOFIC Set up K-Story Fund
TORONTO – KOREAN FUND ESTABLISHED The Toronto International Film Festival, CJ Cultural Foundation and the Korean Film Council (KOFIC), have unveiled the CJ & TIFF K-Story Fund. It is an initiative to foster, support and champion Korean Canadian and American filmmakers looking to develop their first or second feature film. It will have an annual budget of $30,000 for a…
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POV Shorts, Chicken & Egg Pictures Announce Recipients Of New Doc Fund – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: POV Shorts and Chicken & Egg Pictures is giving a major career boost to five young documentary filmmakers. Today, the organizations announced the recipients of the inaugural Chicken & Egg Pictures/POV Shorts Co-Production Fund, which will provide $120,000 for development and production funding to three short documentary projects helmed by women and nonbinary filmmakers. The quintet earning the grants…
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Herb Alpert Foundation Donates $250,000 To Entertainment Community Fund – Deadline
The Herb Alpert Foundation has donated $250,000 to the Entertainment Community Fund to aid idled film and TV industry workers during the ongoing Writers Guild and SAG-AFTRA strikes. A matching donation by an anonymous donor brings the total gift to $500,000. “When artists are in need, it is important for society to offer support,” said Alpert, co-founder of A&M Records.…
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Oprah Winfrey admits she was shocked by backlash and ‘online attacks’ over the fund she started with Dwayne Johnson to help victims of the Maui fires: ‘It’s sad that we’re in this state in our country’
Nearly two weeks after Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson launched their fund to help Maui wildfire victims, Oprah is responding to the backlash. Both Winfrey, 69, and Johnson, 52, committed $5 million each to get the People’s Fund of Maui started, stating in a video that the money would be directly distributed to those in need who were affected by…
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With a value of 11 billion riyals.. Saudi Arabia launches a real estate fund to develop the city of Al-Kidwa in Mecca
The Royal Commission for the Holy City of Mecca and the Holy Sites announced today, Tuesday, the signing of an agreement to establish a real estate fund with a capital of 11 billion riyals, with the aim of developing the Al-Kidwa area located south of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, approximately 500 meters away from it. The area in which…
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