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Irish Times
7 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
The Movie Quiz: Which streamer was the first to distribute a best picture Oscar winner?
In what film might you hear about 'my huckleberry friend'? Which are the odd awards out? Baftas Aactas Edgars Césars Which is the right succession? Marnie, Married to the Mob, Madame Web Marnie, Something Wild, Madame Web Vertigo, Something Wild, Madame Web Marnie, Something Wild, Anyone But You How many directors have had more than one film top the all-time highest-grossing list? 0 1 2 3 Which was the first streaming service to distribute a winner of best picture Oscar? Who doesn't belong? Mendes Rocknroll Urban Threapleton Who has yet to direct Johnny Depp in a title role? Tim Burton Mike Newell Lasse Hallström Michael Mann Spot the odd one out. Lena Horne Billie Burke Mela Kunis Ariana Grande Which literary giant was never adapted by Akira Kurosawa? Dostoevsky Shakespeare Gorky Tolstoy Who was on the same bill as George Pal, Michael Rennie, Leo J Carroll, Anne Francis and Dana Andrews? Fay Wray Elsa Lanchester Mae Clark Helen Chandler
Yahoo
13 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
INTOUCH INSIGHT CONFIRMS BOARD AND GRANTS STOCK OPTIONS
OTTAWA, ON, June 19, 2025 /CNW/ - Intouch Insight Ltd. ("Intouch" or the "Company") (TSXV: INX) (OTCQX: INXSF) announces that at the annual general meeting held on June 19th shareholders re-elected the five directors proposed in the management circular. Following the shareholder meeting, the Board of directors granted, under its stock option plan, stock options to employees, officers, and directors, for the purchase of up to 625,000 common shares at an exercise price of $0.41 per share. The options granted on June 19th, 2025 will vest over a 36-month period and expire on June 18, 2030. About Intouch Insight Intouch Insight offers a complete portfolio of customer experience management (CEM) products and services that help global brands delight their customers, strengthen brand reputation and improve financial performance. Intouch helps clients collect and centralize data from multiple customer touch points, gives them actionable, real-time insights, and provides them with the tools to continuously improve customer experience. Founded in 1992, Intouch is trusted by over 300 of North America's most-loved brands for their customer experience management, customer survey, mystery shopping, mobile forms, operational and compliance audits, geolocation data capture and event marketing automation solutions. For more information, visit Neither TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release. SOURCE Intouch Insight Ltd. View original content:
Yahoo
14 hours ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Entrée Resources Announces 2025 AGM Results
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, June 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Entrée Resources Ltd. (TSX:ETG; OTCQB:ERLFF – the 'Company' or 'Entrée') is pleased to announce the results of voting at its annual general meeting of shareholders which was held today (the 'Meeting'). All matters submitted to shareholders for approval as set out in the Company's Notice of Meeting and Information Circular, both dated May 13, 2025, were approved by the requisite majority of votes cast at the Meeting. NUMBER OF DIRECTORSShareholders approved setting the number of directors at six. ELECTION OF DIRECTORSThe details of the voting results for the election of directors are set out below: Votes For Withheld Votes Director # % # % Teresa Conway 107,785,288 96.79 3,573,883 3.21 Alan Edwards 107,700,649 96.71 3,658,522 3.29 Allan Moss 107,790,362 96.80 3,568,809 3.20 Michael Price 107,700,662 96.71 3,658,509 3.29 Paula Rogers 107,791,588 96.80 3,567,583 3.20 Stephen Scott 107,792,822 96.80 3,566,349 3.20 APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORSDavidson & Company LLP, Chartered Professional Accountants was re-appointed auditors of the Company for the ensuing year at the remuneration to be fixed by the directors. Detailed voting results for the Meeting are available on SEDAR+ at and OTC Markets at ABOUT ENTRÉE RESOURCES LTD. Entrée Resources Ltd. is a well-funded Canadian mining company with a unique carried joint venture interest on a significant portion of one of the world's largest copper-gold projects – the Oyu Tolgoi project in Mongolia. Entrée has a 20% or 30% carried participating interest in the Entrée/Oyu Tolgoi joint venture, depending on the depth of mineralization. Horizon Copper Corp. and Rio Tinto are major shareholders of Entrée, beneficially holding approximately 24% and 16% of the shares of the Company, respectively. More information about Entrée can be found at FURTHER INFORMATION David JanInvestor Relations Entrée Resources Ltd. Tel: 604-687-4777 | Toll Free: 1-866-368-7330 E-mail: djan@
Yahoo
15 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Ari Aster and John Waters on the Art of Not Compromising
"He looks normal — but he's not!" John Waters said Saturday night, inviting Ari Aster to the stage. "Get on up here!" So began a spellbinding conversation at the Provincetown International Film Festival between two of the most uncompromising film directors — Waters, the rule-breaking icon who serves as the Cape Cod festival's patron saint, and Aster, who came to Provincetown for the first time to accept the festival's Filmmakers on the Edge award, a month before the release of his latest, Eddington. The two filmmakers — who first met years ago at a party at David Sedaris' house — were deeply complimentary of each other, while self-deprecatingly funny about themselves. Aster, for example, volunteered that none of his subsequent films have been as successful as his 2018 breakout Hereditary, which earned $80 million on a $10 million budget. "It's just been a declension ever since," Aster laughed. He joked that when Hereditary was a huge hit, "I took it for granted. I was like, 'Well, that's how it's gonna be.'" Waters countered by noting the intense critical praise for Hereditary, then shared one of his own reviews, Janet Maslin's takedown of his 1977 film Desperate Living: "You could look far and wide to find a more pointlessly ugly movie ... but why would you bother?" From there, the two shared a series of amusing gripes about the state of movies, though their love of filmmaking shined through. "The movie business, as I know it, is over," Waters said at one point, asking Aster if he felt the same. "Well, you know, it's feeling bad," said Aster. "And I'm very lucky. I'm making the films I want to make. But just, you know, the culture at large is feeling just... it's horrible. I don't know. Everything feels bad." In true artistic fashion, he's processing that frustration through storytelling. In Eddington, a Covid horror film set in 2020, Joaquin Phoenix's small-town New Mexico sheriff faces off with Pedro Pascal's mayor, as paranoia and conspiracy theories run rampant. The film addresses American distrust and division. Waters said of Eddington: "There are no heroes. There's no one to root for. That's why I like this so much. The left and the right are both so horrible. Is it possible to have nostalgia for Covid?" The audience roared, though Aster clarified, "I don't know how nostalgic it is." Aster is perhaps the most revered genre filmmaker of recent years, and Waters is a patron saint not just of the Provincetown festival but of bold filmmakers everywhere: Best known for the 1988 hit Hairspray, he broke out in the 1970s with shocking films like 1972's Pink Flamingos and 1974's Female Trouble. He is loved both for his films and for freely speaking his mind. In 2023, for example, after Aster's 179-minute, surrealistic tragicomedy Beau is Afraid failed at the box office and received divisive reviews, Waters delightedly named it the best film of the year. Though Waters and Aster joked about their occasional bad reviews, Waters said he sort of misses the era when critics had more influence. "It used to be, in the old days, if you had an art film and you got a ringing review in The New York Times, it was a hit, and if you got a bad review, it definitely failed," Waters said. "Now, a rave review doesn't make any difference, but if there's a bad review, it still fails. So I don't know. I miss the power of the critics in a way." Waters and Aster shared amusement and frustration with all the forces pushing them toward compromise, including focus groups (which Waters calls "fuck-us groups," because of how their input can dilute a filmmaker's vision). Waters noted that A24, which distributes Aster's films, is like a modern version of Harvey Weinstein's Miramax, without Weinstein's baggage. He also told Aster that Weinstein once offered to release his 1998 film Pecker — if he would change a key location. "If it's not a gay bar and it's a titty bar, I'll do it," Waters quoted Weinstein telling him. (Waters passed.) Aster, meanwhile, talked about studio executives who always ask him to shorten his films. "That's always a big fight while I'm editing," he said. "But how do you win?" asked Waters. "It's just a long negotiation," said Aster. "I've never been pushed to in any way compromise the films at all. It's always just, get them shorter. Which, you know, if anybody were in the room hearing the arguments, they would not be on my side." Asked if he'd ever had trouble with the ratings board, he noted that his 2019 film Midsommar briefly had an NC-17, before he ultimately got an R. Waters recalled that at one point, he was told he couldn't use the title Pecker: "I said, 'How about Shaft? How about Free Willy?" The Q&A ended on a sincere note as Aster told Waters how much his films have meant to him. "It's really an honor to receive this from you, John," Aster said as he accepted the Filmmaker on the Edge award. "You're one of my heroes, and when I was growing up, your films were a real North Star for me." Main image: Ari Aster and John Waters. MovieMaker. Related Headlines 12 Shameful Movies That Glamorize the Devil Goldfinger: 12 Behind the Scenes Photos of James Bond at His Best Kites Director Walter Thompson-Hernandez on Violence the Poetry in the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
Arab News
7 days ago
- Business
- Arab News
Net zero emissions? It's time to embrace carbon negative
Despite the big push toward net zero, greenhouse gas levels in Earth's atmosphere are skyrocketing. The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat, and it is time to challenge conventional thinking. Net-negative emissions are the answer — and boards of directors across all industries and businesses must spearhead the movement. The combustion of fossil fuels is increasing year on year. Likewise, the construction of data centers is intensifying, resulting in further carbon emissions. At the end of last year, a report predicted that the global data-center industry would emit 2.5 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide by 2030, making a shift toward net negative even more essential. While net-zero initiatives balance the levels of greenhouse gases, net negative — also known as carbon negative — seeks to actively remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, reducing them to below the levels organizations produce. Governments are responsible for big-picture legislation, targets, and pan-sector initiatives to help firms get there. But at a time when governments are delaying net-zero targets and scrapping environmental bills, businesses must take responsibility for the push to net negative. I believe this systemic change has to come from the top. Yes, directors have a moral obligation to reverse their climate impact. But more than this, climate change poses a systemic risk to all businesses. Climate-related events are disrupting supply chains, operations, and market demand — which will negatively impact bottom lines. For example, Hurricane Ian caused a 75 percent drop in shipments in the US, while in India, flooding in the Chennai region forced many manufacturing plants to close. Business leaders have two choices: do nothing and incur the massive costs climate disruption will cause, or act now by making emissions reduction a strategic priority. After all, boards have one responsibility — to ensure the long-term sustainability and resilience of their organizations. That is why I am urging boards to go further than net zero. Some companies have caught on. Microsoft recently pledged to become carbon negative by 2030, with even bolder plans to remove all of the carbon the company has ever emitted by 2050. Of course, this is a huge operational undertaking. That is why board members must challenge assumptions, push for more ambitious targets, ask tough questions, and embrace transformative solutions. Board-level executives must drive net-negative schemes in their businesses starting today — not wait for mandates from governments. Scott Lane Boards should start by interrogating their companies' policies on carbon offsetting. For all its usefulness in the short term, carbon offsetting is not an adequate replacement for genuine emission reduction. Instead, business operations need to decarbonize. Organizations can make significant progress by addressing 'scope three' emissions — indirect emissions that occur across an organization's value chain, such as emissions from commuting, international business trips, or the end-of-life stage of sold goods. For example, IKEA plans to decrease its emissions by switching to 100 percent renewable energy across its value chain by 2030. Scope three emissions are often the largest category of emissions and fall outside the direct control or regulatory frameworks of businesses, making them especially tricky to tackle. Boards should demonstrate transparency and accountability by disclosing these emission figures and ensuring that senior management teams have robust strategies to reduce them through tangible measures such as cycle-to-work schemes. Boards must also forge relationships with competitors, as well as with key stakeholders such as unions, suppliers, and government bodies. This enables climate solutions to be developed and implemented more quickly and at greater scale. Beyond industry relationships, boards must engage with policymakers. Executives should advocate for laws that support ambitious climate policies, helping to shape measures on carbon pricing, renewable energy, and green technology. While scope three emissions are the priority, boards also have the power to implement large-scale nature-based projects across wetlands, forests, and oceans. Reforestation projects and sustainable land management will be essential to ensure that these natural ecosystems can continue to absorb CO2 emissions. Beyond carbon initiatives, businesses need to adopt bold circular-economy principles. Boards should challenge management to incorporate circularity into their business models, from product design to waste management. Middle East-based waste management firm Averda, for example, works with local governments to boost recycling rates and repurpose solid waste for energy generation. This shows how firms can use deep sector knowledge to promote circularity among consumers too. Board-level executives must drive net-negative schemes in their businesses starting today — not wait for mandates from governments. The climate crisis is intensifying, and the knock-on implications for business operations will be enormous. By challenging conventional thinking and demanding ambitious ideas, boards have the chance to play a key role in securing a prosperous, sustainable future. • Scott Lane is CEO and founder of Speeki, an ESG and sustainability reporting and management partner to large corporates
