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France's Mediawan buys majority stake in Brad Pitt's Plan B
France's Mediawan buys majority stake in Brad Pitt's Plan B
by  AFP

French media company Mediawan has bought a majority stake in US film star Brad Pitt's production house Plan B Entertainment, it said Friday, in a deal reportedly worth more than $300 million. The Financial Times reported the deal had valued Plan B Entertainment at more than $300 million.

Bootleg album of jailed R&B star R. Kelly surfaces on Spotify and Apple Music: media
Bootleg album of jailed R&B star R. Kelly surfaces on Spotify and Apple Music: media
by  AFP

A previously unreleased album by disgraced US R&B singer R. Kelly, who is serving a 30-year sentence for sex offenses, dropped Friday on the Spotify and Apple Music platforms, a recording that the music press described as a bootleg. For these sexual crimes, the federal court in Brooklyn sentenced him to 30 years in prison.

Guyana opens bidding for offshore oil blocks
Guyana opens bidding for offshore oil blocks
by  AFP

Guyana's President Irfaan Ali on Friday opened bidding for the exploitation of offshore oil blocks in the tiny country, which has the world's highest reserves of crude oil per capita. The heavily-forested Guyana, one of South America's poorest and smallest countries, was recently found to have proven reserves of at least 10 billion barrels of oil, likely much more according to experts.

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