The Boy Band Scam’ And Lou Pearlman’s Ponzi Scheme

Lou Pearlman and the Backstreet Boys Courtesy of Netflix/Tudum Netflix’s Dirty Pop: The Boy Band Scam tells the mind-blowing true story of Lou Pearlman, a con artist who catapulted several major boy bands to fame in the Y2K era, only to be later convicted of orchestrating a fraudulent empire and swindling investors out of hundreds…

Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony—Here’s What To Know And Where To Watch

Topline The Olympics opening ceremony this Friday is set to make history as the first ever outdoor (and floating) ceremony that will see more than 10,000 athletes, dozens of influential political figures and thousands of performers pull out all the stops to mark the start of the 2024 summer games in Paris. The Olympic rings…

Wrexham fever reaches Santa Clara as Red Dragons take on Chelsea

SANTA CLARA — Whenever Wrexham AFC is in town, people will be watching – especially when facing an English Premier League titan like Chelsea, which Wrexham will do on Wednesday night during an exhibition match at Levi’s Stadium. That wasn’t the case less than four years ago, when the Red Dragons were a lowly Welsh…

Hometown boy Mark Adair thrilled as Northern Ireland prepares to host its first men’s Test

After a six-year wait, Ireland will finally play their second home men’s Test this week – but it will be staged in a different country to the first. Stormont, in Belfast, will become the 123rd venue to host a men’s Test; Northern Ireland will become the 23rd nation to do so, after the Republic of…

Distributed Ledger Technology Market Growth Prospects, Future Industry Landscape 2031

A distributed ledger is a synchronized and decentralized digital database software system. It maintains all transaction information in a decentralized manner across different locations, by reducing the requirement of a central authority for checking against manipulation. This market research report examines key players such as: IBM Corporation, Microsoft Corporation A newly released report on the…

‘Skibidi Toilet’ Film & TV Franchise in the Works From Michael Bay

As if it wasn’t ubiquitous enough as digital video shorts or games, “Skibidi Toilet” may be headed for a future as long-form content, too. The controversial animated internet sensation is being developed for TV and film treatment by director Michael Bay and former Paramount Pictures president Adam Goodman, who sat last week for an exclusive…

Preview: Club Brugge vs. Mechelen – prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Friday’s Belgian Pro League clash between Club Brugge and Mechelen, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. Club Brugge will kick off their title defence when they host Mechelen at the Jan Breydel Stadium on Friday evening in the opening fixture of the 2024–25 Belgian Pro League season. Blauw-Zwart secured their 19th…

Baton Systems Adds JSCC to CCP network

Baton Systems, the global fintech digitally transforming post-trade processing, announced it has completed bi-directional integration with the Japanese Securities Clearing Corporation (JSCC) through its Baton Core-Collateral® ecosystem. With JSCC joining the Baton Core-Collateral network, JSCC’s Clearing Member clients using the Core-Collateral platform will be able to directly access the largest CCP in APAC. This addition…