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Credit: Lionsgate Paul Feig struck gold with The Housemaid, turning the erotic thriller into a box office hit last year, with a sequel already on the way. Now, the filmmaker is set to go even darker, signing on to direct thriller Detention for Blumhouse Atomic Monster and Platinum Dunes, reports Deadline. The spec script was written by Daniel Gold. We don’t have any plot details at this time. That said, the outlet notes that Cameron Fuller brought the script to Feig and is said to be a “horror thriller”. Apparently, that excited Feig, who wanted to try something even darker…

This article was paid for by Achieve.Nearly one in three Americans has seen their unsecured debt increase over the past year, according to a recent survey by personal finance platform Achieve and Money.com. About the same share (34%) said they can’t make the full payment on all their monthly bills.But don’t let these dismal stats prevent you from making a recovery. “It’s important not to wallow in guilt, shame or frustration about your debt,” Austin Kilgore, an analyst at the Achieve Center for Consumer Insights, told CNBC Select. “Just stick to the facts. Write it all out or use a…

New Hampshire’s Executive Council rejected a proposed $100 million Bitcoin-backed municipal bond in a 3-2 vote on July 8, stopping a Business Finance Authority structure that would have moved BTC collateral into a state-linked public finance process.The vote came after the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority said last November that its board had approved a $100 million inaugural issuance backed by Bitcoin, while noting that issuance would still require approval by the Governor and Executive Council.That approval did not come.As the Boston Globe reported, the councilors voted against the plan after a motion to table the proposal failed to receive…

The revised products come with a 2.00% fee and are available up to 75% LTV.  Paragon Bank has added new 2-year Bank Base Rate (BBR) tracker options for landlords, starting from BBR plus 1.00%.  The revised products come with a 2.00% fee and are available up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV).  Landlords can choose from single self-contained properties, houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) and multi-unit blocks (MUBs). For single self-contained properties at 75% LTV, the 2-year tracker starts from BBR plus 1.00%, currently 4.75%, with a 2.00% product fee.  There is a free mortgage valuation, no application fee and no early…

ANOHNI and the Johnsons have shared another new song from the forthcoming album My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross. Lou Reed inspired the latest single, which is titled “Sliver of Ice.” Check it out below.In a press release, ANOHNI shared a statement about her relationship with Reed, who died in 2013 at 71:A friend of mine expressed to me in the final months of his life that the simplest sensations had begun to feel almost rapturous; a carer had placed a shard of ice on his tongue one day and it was such a sweet and unbelievable…

Groww on Thursday clarified that direct mutual funds will continue to remain the core of its investment platform, seeking to dispel confusion over the launch of its new subscription-based mutual fund offering, MF Prime.In a post on X, the company said direct mutual funds are, and will remain, “the heart of Groww”, adding that the new service is an optional product aimed at investors who want research-backed investment guidance. “Direct mutual funds are, and will remain, the heart of Groww,” the company said, adding that more than one crore investors have built mutual fund investments worth over ₹1.9 lakh crore…

Blue Star Gold Corp. July 6 announced that it has been selected to receive up to C$250,000 in funding through Nunavut’s Discover, Invest, Grow, or DIG program, and provided an update on the Grays Bay Road and Port Project that runs through two of the company’s three projects along an 80-kilometer (50 miles) stretch of Nunavut’s High Lake Greenstone Belt.Established to support early-stage exploration and encourage local employment in Nunavut, DIG provides grants for mineral exploration projects in the territory that include at least:• 500 meters of reverse circulation (RC) or rotary air blast (RAB) drilling, or;• 2,000 meters of…

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate drew closer this week to 6.5%, pushing up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.49% from 6.43% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.72%.When mortgage rates rise they can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs for borrowers, reducing their purchasing power.Mortgage rates have remained elevated after the average rate on a 30-year loan briefly dropped below 6% in February for the first time since late 2022. It then climbed in May to its highest level…

Incident happened early Wednesday morning; it ‘serves as an important reminder that construction sites are private property and not places to explore or gather,’ South Simcoe police note in social-media post South Simcoe police are issuing a safety reminder after six youths were allegedly caught trespassing at an active construction site early Wednesday morning. At about 1:50 a.m. on July 8, police responded to a report of suspicious people at the site on Holland Street West in Bradford West Gwillimbury. Officers arrived on scene and located six youths who had entered the property without authorization. The site was fully fenced and…

The Senate Finance Committee is set to hear from a panel of Treasury nominees that includes a pick Democrats said was unaware of economic fallout planning ahead of the Iran war and a former executive at Secretary Scott Bessent’s hedge fund. The July 16 confirmation includes George McMaster, who was the trading chief at Key Square Group, a macro hedge fund run by Bessent, and Sriprakash Kothari, whose behind-the-scenes answers to the panel during the vetting process raised red flags for ranking member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). Finance Chair Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) announced Thursday the panel will consider McMaster and Kothari…