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Brent Lang Executive Editor New Slate Ventures has come on board as a production partner for Insignia Films’ “Free Money.” The announcement was made just ahead of the documentary feature’s world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival. Jordan Fudge, Jeremy Allen and Tess Cohen will join producer Amanda Pollak, and executive producers Stephen Ives, Bradwel Iro (LBX Africa), Chris Buck (Retro Report) to back the film.  The film explores what happens when universal basic income (UBI) comes to the Kenyan village of Kogutu. GiveDirectly, a non-profit organization, is sending free money for 12 years as part of an experiment. Filmmakers Lauren DeFilippo and Sam Soko juxtapose the story of these young economists, bankrolled by Silicon Valley and convinced that they have found an infallible algorithm to improve lives, with those of the villagers.

Wordle. As the Times named Joseph Kahn its new executive editor Tuesday, succeeding former honcho Dean Baquet, the Old Gray Lady sanctioned a splashy portrait and profile of their nascent leader for New York Magazine — which captured the promotion in a disarmingly seductive way.The resulting, perhaps unintentional, erotica — featuring enough arched-back and come hither gazes to make pinup pioneers Rita Hayworth and Marilyn Monroe proud — might just drive foot fetishists everywhere into a frenzy, as well.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorIt’s been almost a decade since Jennifer Lee became the first woman to helm a Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film, 2013’s “Frozen.” She partnered with Chris Buck, and the duo co-directed and co-wrote what would become one of Disney’s all-time biggest hits. The film won an Oscar for animated feature.In 2018, Lee was upped to chief creative officer and sought to find new voices.

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Actors, songwriters, directors and more took to social media on Monday morning (Jan. 13) to react to their nominations for the 2020 Academy Awards."We are deeply grateful to @TheAcademy for our nomination this morning," Frozen 2 songwriter Kristen Anderson-Lopez, who scored a nod for best original song with her husband Robert Lopez for "Into the Unknown," tweeted before shouting out her collaborators on the smash Disney sequel.

Queen Elsa and Princess Anna are increasing their rule.Walt Disney Animation's Frozen 2 has skated past the $1 billion mark at the global box office, becoming the sixth Disney release of the year to do so and the eighth title of 2019 thus far. Both ranks are records.Once again directed by Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, Frozen 2 has grossed $366.5 domestically and $666 internationally for a worldwide tally of $1.032 billion.