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Ryan Gosling is to star in a new Star Wars film, which is set to be released in two years’ time.The new Disney project is titled Star Wars: Starfighter, and will be directed by Deadpool & Wolverine director Shawn Levy.”The reality is that this script is just so good. It has such a great story with great and original characters,” said Barbie actor Gosling at a Star Wars Celebration in Tokyo.”It’s filled with so much heart and adventure, and there just really is not a more perfect filmmaker for this particular story than Shawn.”Gosling’s lifelong passion for the franchise was…

By Terry Ashton, updated April 18, 2025 As the cryptocurrency landscape continues to expand, recent developments have sparked attention across the financial world, particularly the potential creation of a U.S. Cryptocurrency Reserve, which aims to regulate and oversee the management of cryptocurrencies within the U.S. This initiative would serve as a centralized framework designed to bring structure and stability to a highly volatile market, potentially having far-reaching consequences for prominent cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, and Solana (SOL). In this article, we will examine how the establishment of a U.S. Cryptocurrency Reserve might affect these three key digital assets. What…

Nehal Wadhera played a handy knock for Punjab Kings against Royal Challengers Bengaluru in IPL 2025. (AP) In what was an evening for the bowlers, it was a batter whose resolute display made the difference in the end at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. All of Arshdeep Singh, Marco Jansen, Yuzvendra Chahal and Harpreet Brar took two wickets for Punjab Kings. In the second essay, Josh Hazlewood picked three while Bhuvneshwar Kumar took two wickets.But it was Nehal Wadhera’s unbeaten 33 from 19 balls that made the difference as PBKS beat Royal Challengers Bengaluru and inflicted the third home defeat on…

Harvard sees $1.14 million in donations after Trump’s $2.2 billion funding cut Harvard University has witnessed an extraordinary surge in alumni donations following a fierce rebuke from University President Alan M. Garber against U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to cut federal funding. As reported by The Harvard Crimson, the institution received nearly $1.14 million in just two days after Garber’s email on Monday, which directly challenged the White House’s proposed $2.2 billion funding cut.Between Monday afternoon and Wednesday morning, Harvard received nearly 4,000 online donations, with an impressive 88 donations per hour. The surge comes in the wake of increasing…

Stellar, a blockchain company that facilitates fast, low-cost, and energy-efficient transactions, has announced a string of developments, from regional partnerships to real-world asset (RWA) integrations, that have made its momentum hard to ignore. On 17 April 2025, AEON Group, South Asia’s largest retail conglomerate, announced its partnership with Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) to facilitate the introduction and implementation of a blockchain-based payment infrastructure across the region. Through this collaboration, the companies hope to bring XLM and USDC payments to AEON stores. The project will start in Malaysia and will slowly trickle down throughout Southeast Asia, with the pilot project launching…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage One of Arizona’s crypto reserve bills is one successful vote away from heading to the governor’s desk for final approval after it passed by the House. The state’s Strategic Digital Assets Reserve Bill (SB1373) was approved by the House Committee of the Whole on April 17. There will now be a third reading of the bill before a final floor vote. Arizona Governor Might Set The Senate-Approved Crypto Reserve Bill Back SB1373 seeks to create a fund made up of digital assets that were seized through criminal…

The USD/CAD outlook shows relief for the loonie after a BoC pause. Market participants are pricing a 50% chance of a BoC rate cut in June. The greenback paused its decline after US retail sales rose by 1.4%. The USD/CAD outlook shows relief for the Canadian dollar after the Bank of Canada paused after seven rate cuts. Meanwhile, the US dollar recovered after retail sales data revealed solid demand. However, tariff uncertainty kept a lid on gains.  -Are you interested in learning about the forex indicators? Click here for details- The Bank of Canada kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday,…

How Constructivism Makes eLearning Stick We’ve all taken courses that seemed technically great but left us confused or not remembering what we just learned. The challenge for teachers and Instructional Designers in eLearning isn’t delivering content but making sure it actually sticks. So, what should you do? As a professional, you should focus on figuring out how people learn, not just what they’re learning. This is exactly what constructivism in eLearning is all about. Constructivism changes the traditional approach to learning. Instead of passively receiving information, learners build, or construct, their own understanding through experiences, exploration, and reflection. This is…

Natalie Portman, a movie star for over 30 years, doesn’t think the public knows her as well as they think they might.In a new conversation with actress Jenna Ortega published in Interview this week, Portman said that as a child actor, she was “really sexualised,” which she felt “very scared by.” It caused her to develop an outward persona as a strategy to shield herself.READ MORE: Newcastle local Jessica Troy’s rise to performance wrestling fameNatalie Portman in Leon the Professional; she recalls being ‘sexualised’ in her years as a child star. (Snap/Shutterstock via CNN Newsource)”And I felt like my way…

One of the great joys when watching a Ryan Coogler project is seeing how he’ll remix seemingly unrelated stories, themes, and genres into a wholly original creation. Proximity Media, the production company he formed with his wife Zinzi and friend Sev, helps bring audiences closer to often overlooked subjects. In that way, Coogler is like a sommelier, as he and his team take the neglected histories and stories they’re passionate about getting visibility and pair them with a genre. It’s always exciting to see what he puts together in conversation, and “Sinners,” his period supernatural horror gangster film, is his…