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NFT Craze Enters Film World: Claude Lanzmann Documentary is First Oscar Nominee to Be Released as Digital Token (EXCLUSIVE)
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Oscar-nominated documentary “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah” is the first Academy Award nominee to be released as an NFT (non-fungible token).
The film, which examines the life and work of the “Shoah” director, was a contender in the 2016 documentary short Oscar race and aired on HBO; however, it’s never been made available for public purchase, either physically or digitally.
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Enter the NFT: the latest fad in digital commerce. The tokens effectively provide a method of authenticating a piece of digital content, based on blockchain technology, allowing anyone to trace it back to the original owner. In this way, it certifies and tracks the ownership of a unique digital asset.
Kings of Leon land a fourth Australian No.1 album this week as their eighth set “When You See Yourself” debuts at the top of the ARIA Albums Chart.
“When You See Yourself” becomes the 910th No.1 Album in Australia (1965 to 2021), the 760th for ARIA (1983 to 2021), the 546th to debut at No.1, the 41st for RCA (thru Sony) and their first one this decade, as Pink’s “Hurts 2B Human” was their last (3 weeks from May 6th, 2019), and the new No.1 is also the ninth chart topping album for 2021, and the band’s sixth No.1 album in England this week too.
Kings of Leon has finally returned with their brand new album,
When You See Yourself, and the guys celebrated during their iHeartRadio Album Release Party on album release day.
When You See Yourself is Kings of Leon s eighth full-length album and follows 2016 s
Walls. Recorded at Nashville s Blackbird Studios and produced by Grammy Award-winning producer Markus Dravs, the new project features 11 new songs including previously-released singles like The Bandit and 100,000 People.
During their iHeartRadio Album Release Party, the band listened along to their
When Your See Yourself songs, along with some lucky fans via Zoom, including Are You Far Away, The Bandit, 100,000 People, Stormy Weather, A Wave, Golden Restless Age, Time In Disguise, Supermarket, Claire & Eddie, Echoing and Fairytale.