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Alia Bhatt named ‘Changemaker’ by Nat Geo, internet brings up her luxury leather wardrobe

National Geographic lauded Alia Bhatt as a changemaker, celebrating her wildlife advocacy. However, her role as a Gucci ambassador, a luxury brand known for leather, sparked intense online debate. Critics questioned the consistency of her environmental stance against her high-fashion endorsements, highlighting a growing demand for ethical alignment from public figures. It’s not every day…

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World Gold Council Proposes Shared Infrastructure for Tokenized Gold Products

The industry body co-authored a white paper with Boston Consulting Group outlining a “Gold as a Service” platform to standardize issuance and custody of digital gold. The World Gold Council, the gold industry’s leading market-development body, announced Thursday it is building shared infrastructure designed to make digital gold products more interoperable, scalable, and easier to…

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Michael Shannon’s Big Year | Little White Lies

This Jeff Nichol’s film – the first of two 2016 movies directed by his long-time collaborator in which Shannon appeared – gives the audience little initial exposition. Eventually we learn that Roy grew up in the cult, and endured two years watching its leader (Sam Shepherd) raise Alton instead of him. Even before we learn this…

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