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Meet Everyrealm, The Virtual Land Company Backed By Coinbase, Dapper Labs, Will Smith, The Weeknd And Even More Celebrities
Friday, March 25, 2022 - 12:06pm | 738Land sales in virtual worlds such as The Sandbox (CRYPTO: SAND) and Decentraland (CRYPTO: MANA) have skyrocketed over the past year. One company is attracting investments from big investors and celebrities as it buys up virtual land and attempts to be a huge company inside the...
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Researcher Portrayed In Hollywood Movie By Alec Baldwin Joins Psychedelics Company
Wednesday, March 2, 2022 - 4:32pm | 435In 2015, the movie Concussion, starring Will Smith and Alec Baldwin, told the true story of a doctor and his fight against the National Football League to suppress his research on chronic traumatic encephalopathy CTE), a degenerative brain condition suffered by professional...
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Ayahuasca Helped Will Smith 'Surrender' And More Psychedelic Revelations From Actor's Memoir 'Will'
Thursday, December 2, 2021 - 9:03am | 2405This article by Greg Gilman was originally published on Psychedelic Spotlight, and appears here with permission. “If I’m this beautiful, I don’t need #1 movies to feel good about myself,” Will Smith writes in new memoir detailing his first ayahuasca ceremony. Did anyone have...
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Titan Leads World To Better Wealth With $58M Series B Led By a16z
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 9:46am | 216Titan, an asset manager for retail investors, announced it raised a $58 million Series B round led by venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). The company to date has raised $75 million. What Happened: Titan is a holistic asset management solution that builds, manages, and...
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Could Megan Thee Stallion And The D'Amelio Sisters Help Snapchat's Original Content Push?
Wednesday, May 5, 2021 - 4:27pm | 580Popular with millennials and Gen Z users, Snap Inc's (NYSE: SNAP) Snapchat is pushing further into its original programming to better monetize its large user base. What Happened: At a presentation for advertisers on Wednesday, Snap Inc highlighted its upcoming slate of original...
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Fintech Focus For March 15, 2021
Sunday, March 14, 2021 - 7:50pm | 1808Quote To Start The Day: The first step is you have to say that you can. Source: Will Smith One Big Thing In Fintech: The fintech space is rapidly maturing. Investors are backing huge deals, with Q1’21 already setting the record for total mega-rounds in a quarter. It has also seen the highest...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For August 29, 2020
Friday, August 28, 2020 - 5:29pm | 1158Public Investing App Raises Funds What Happened: Public, a commission-free and fractional trading investment app backed by Will Smith’s Dreamers VC and NFL star J.J. Watt, among others, formally announced professor and entrepreneur Scott Galloway made an investment in the company. Why Does...
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Scott Galloway Joins Will Smith's Dreamers VC, NFL Star JJ Watt With Public App Investment
Wednesday, August 26, 2020 - 7:30am | 306Public, a commission-free and fractional trading investment app backed by Will Smith’s Dreamers VC and NFL star J.J. Watt, among others, formally announced professor and entrepreneur Scott Galloway made an investment in the company. What Happened? Launched in 2019, Public is a globally...
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The Celebrity TikToks You Need To Watch And Follow
Monday, August 3, 2020 - 12:00pm | 605With the possibility of TikTok being banned in the United States — or scooped up by Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) — we decided to show off our favorite TikToks. If you're not on the app, here is what you're missing out on. Mark Cuban’s daughters have exposed the...
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Public Closes $15M Funding Round, Promises To Make 'Stock Markets Accessible To Everyone'
Monday, March 2, 2020 - 3:16pm | 251Public, a commission-free and fractional trading investing app, formally announced the closure of a $15M Series B funding round, led by Accel and Greycroft, Will Smith’s Dreamers VC, NFL star J.J. Watt, Girlboss founder Sophia Amoruso, creator and entrepreneur Casey Neistat, Behance founder...
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Netflix's Big Q4 Beat Pushes Stock To New Highs, Plans To Spend Nearly $8 Billion On Content In Q1
Monday, January 22, 2018 - 5:45pm | 342Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) shares are surging after posting a fourth quarter sales beat and issued strong first quarter guidance. The streaming giant reported fourth quarter GAAP EPS of 41 cents. Sales came in $60 million above estimates at $3.286 billion. Q4 net streaming adds totaled 8.33...
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'Suicide Squad' Projected To Open Big For Warner Bros. Despite Negative Reviews
Thursday, August 4, 2016 - 10:29am | 293After disappointing reviews for its spring tentpole "Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice," Warner Bros. (Time Warner Inc (NYSE: TWX)) hoped its second DC Comics-inspired offering "Suicide Squad" would fare better. Based on early feedback, it looked like that wouldn't be the case. But, now it doesn'...
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Netflix Paying Big Money For Will Smith Movie: Good Or Bad?
Monday, March 21, 2016 - 3:18pm | 442Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) has reportedly committed $90 million to purchase the rights to fantasy cop thriller "Bright" starring Will Smith. The big budget makes "Bright" Netflix’s largest movie deal to date. Netflix reportedly won a bidding war with Time Warner Inc...
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If You Thought The Government Had Sophisticated Spy Technology, Take A Second Look At Facebook
Friday, August 30, 2013 - 10:07am | 618Think, for a moment, about movies like “Enemy of the State” starring Will Smith or any one of the “NCIS” series. If you want something more real-world, think about all of the Edward Snowden leaks and the amount of government resources that have gone into silencing what was once a relatively low...
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Will Smith As US President?
Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 9:53am | 140According to this source,, it seems like Will Smith has plans to run for the post of US President. Will’s wife Jada Pinkett has said that her husband is contemplating a career in politics and may be keen on getting to the White House some day. She said, “Will is thinking about going into politics...