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Potentially following in the footsteps of Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds’ success at Wrexham, it is rumoured that Boyzone’s Ronan Keating, Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy could be in talks to buy non-league Chorley FC.
*Variety reports that distributor Film Movement has acquired North American rights to Amjad Abu Alalaâs feature debut âYou Will Die at Twenty,â which marks Sudanâs first ever official Oscar submission. The deal calls for Film Movement to give the work a theatrical rollout via virtual cinema in 2021, followed by a release on home entertainment and digital platforms. The film, which is only the eighth narrative feature film to be made in Sudan, follows Muzamil, whose death at age 20 is prophesied on the day of his birth by a traveling sheik. Growing up with his mother, S...
*Long, winding lines in front of banks are a daily occurrence in Zimbabwe due to rampant cash shortages in the southern African nation. Since the coronavirus hit the country in March, COVID-19 restrictions have forced depositors to queue early to withdraw only 1,000 ZWL (Zimbabwe dollars) weekly, per central bank regulations, which translated to $3.11 US on Dec. 7. With hyperinflation in the country, that amount goes less and less far each week. The new local cryptocurrency Zimbocash, aka ZASH, attempted to fill the void but had problems with spam accounts shortly after its launch in late May...