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The Sun
15 hours ago
- Business
- The Sun
SBK 20% Acca Boost – Supercharge Your 2025 French Open Accumulators
THE world-class action on the clay courts of Paris has begun and as the tennis elite battle it out, there's no better time to get involved. To celebrate the tournament, we're serving up an exclusive SBK French Open betting offer - giving you the chance to boost your winnings with a 20% Acca Boost on your Roland Garros accumulators. More information is below! What you need to know about this offer The SBK betting offer is a 20% Acca Boost on tennis accumulators during the French Open Grand Slam. It is available to new and existing customers in the UK, Ireland, and Malta. You also have to be 18+ to take part. Simply opt-in and place a minimum £10 first deposit to get started. Then, place an acca with at least 4 legs, and enjoy a boost on your winnings. The maximum stake amount that can be boosted is £10, and one boost is available per customer per day. Don't miss this smash-hit offer! Terms and conditions of this 20% Acca Boost offer If you love your tennis, you will love this offer. Below we have included the significant terms and conditions of the Roland Garros promotion: 18+. New and existing UK, Ireland and Malta customers. Min £10 first deposit. Opt-in required Max stake £10. Minimum 4 legs. One Acca Boost per customer. Full T&Cs apply. Promotional dates and times are subject to change. About the author James Anderson James Anderson is a Betting & Gaming Writer at The Sun. He is an expert in sports betting and online casinos, and joined the company in November 2020 to work closely with leading bookmakers and online gaming companies to curate content in all areas of sports betting. He previously worked as a Digital Sports Reporter and Head of Live Blogs/Events at the Daily Express and Daily Star, covering football, cricket, snooker, F1 and horse racing. Find James on LinkedIn Remember to gamble responsibly A responsible gambler is someone who: For help with a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline on 0808 8020 133 or go to to be excluded from all UK-regulated gambling websites.
CNN
a day ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘Popeye' with Robin Williams was the most ‘coked-up film set,' according to exec Barry Diller
We are just now learning that the 1980 movie 'Popeye' had more going on during filming than has previously been revealed. Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, shared some tea about the film during a recent conversation at New York City's 92nd Street Y with interviewer and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. Diller, who was the chief executive officer of Paramount Pictures from 1974 to 1984, was asked by Cooper what was the 'most coked-up film set' that he'd ever visited, according to Entertainment Weekly. 'Coked-up film set? Oh, Popeye,' Diller reportedly said. 'By the way, you can watch it. If you watch 'Popeye,' you're watching a movie that — you think of it in the thing that they used to do about record speeds, 33 [RPM], whatever. This is a movie that runs at 78 RPM and 33 speed.' The musical comedy starred Robin Williams in the title role of the cartoon character and Shelley Duvall as that character's famous love interest, Olive Oyl. When Cooper asked Diller if he 'instantly knew' about the drug use, the executive responded, 'Knew it? You couldn't escape it.' 'They were actually shipping in film cans at the time. Film cans would be sent back to LA for daily processing film,' Diller said. 'This was shot in Malta. And we found out that the film cans were actually being used to ship cocaine back and forth to this set. Everyone was stoned.' Williams died at the age of 63 in 2014. Duvall died last year at the age of 75. CNN has reached out to Paramount Pictures for comment.
CNN
a day ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
‘Popeye' with Robin Williams was the most ‘coked-up film set,' according to exec Barry Diller
We are just now learning that the 1980 movie 'Popeye' had more going on during filming than has previously been revealed. Barry Diller, chairman of IAC, shared some tea about the film during a recent conversation at New York City's 92nd Street Y with interviewer and CNN anchor Anderson Cooper. Diller, who was the chief executive officer of Paramount Pictures from 1974 to 1984, was asked by Cooper what was the 'most coked-up film set' that he'd ever visited, according to Entertainment Weekly. 'Coked-up film set? Oh, Popeye,' Diller reportedly said. 'By the way, you can watch it. If you watch 'Popeye,' you're watching a movie that — you think of it in the thing that they used to do about record speeds, 33 [RPM], whatever. This is a movie that runs at 78 RPM and 33 speed.' The musical comedy starred Robin Williams in the title role of the cartoon character and Shelley Duvall as that character's famous love interest, Olive Oyl. When Cooper asked Diller if he 'instantly knew' about the drug use, the executive responded, 'Knew it? You couldn't escape it.' 'They were actually shipping in film cans at the time. Film cans would be sent back to LA for daily processing film,' Diller said. 'This was shot in Malta. And we found out that the film cans were actually being used to ship cocaine back and forth to this set. Everyone was stoned.' Williams died at the age of 63 in 2014. Duvall died last year at the age of 75. CNN has reached out to Paramount Pictures for comment.
Coin Geek
a day ago
- Business
- Coin Geek
TEA Malta Highlights: Transparent accounting for the digital age
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The second Triple Entry Accounting (TEA) Conference took place at the Salini Resort in sunny Malta. The location was perfect for two days of discussing the academic and commercial opportunities surrounding Triple Entry Accounting while enjoying each other's company in the evenings, thanks to organized dinners and outings. title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen=""> Our group consisted of academics, auditors, entrepreneurs, inventors, students and other professionals interested in the future of triple entry accounting. Everyone in the room was engaged from start to finish each day, actively listening to presentations, asking questions and providing feedback, all conducted in a roundtable format. For those who are not aware, triple entry accounting creates tamper-evident, decentralized ledgers by adding a third, immutable entry shared among all parties involved. Blockchain is an implementation of triple entry accounting. Ian Grigg, the inventor of Triple Entry Accounting (and Ricardian Contracts), was the conference Chair and was crucial in inspiring the discussions. 'TEA is an exotic thing and there are a bunch of professionals out there who found it to be very interesting and we're all wondering what happens next,' Grigg shared with CoinGeek. 'So the goal of the conference is to bring as many of those people together and start swapping anecdotes and discussions and ideas about how to make it move forward,' he said. Arthur Doohan, Co-Chair of the TEA Conference, said the purpose of this conference and those that follow are to provide a focus for academic research and perhaps a clearing house for those who are practically trying to use it. 'Basically to foster the development and the utilization of triple entry practices,' he said. Renowned artificial intelligence (AI) expert Konstantinos Sgantzos, head of the environmental subsector of Megalopolis lignite mining directorate at PPC Group, believes TEA is a 'hidden gem' that needs to be projected in today's world. 'I think [TEA] solves problems that nobody saw…nobody saw those problems emanating before Triple Entry Accounting,' he said. A recent Block Dojo graduate, Bridget Doran, founder/CEO of Traceport, was also in attendance and said TEA had interested her for many years. 'I think that just the concept of triple entry accounting is what's really basic and so to hear all the different ideas and ways that it can be implemented is exciting,' she said. Throughout the two days, many real-world use cases of TEA were presented, including everything from Hollywood to auditing, informal savings groups, government-issued benefits and AI. 'Hollywood's famous for having opaque or fake accounting systems and depreciation schedules and things that can't be monitored or audited without a lot of money,' shared Ted Rivera, the founder of Block Chain Studios, LLC. 'And so I think triple entry accounting is just giving us a verifiable third party record that's immutable and auditable in real time,' he added. Torje Vingen Sunde, co-founder & CTO of Abendum, has a background in auditing and has made it his life's mission to get everyone onto a TEA system. 'We're not replacing the auditors. We're making the nature of the occupation much more attractive,' he shared after his presentation. 'We're automating the repetitive, less interesting, some would say boring, parts of the work, and we let the auditor spend more time on the interesting part of the work, which is getting to know the business, knowing the industry, using the evidence and putting everything together,' he said. Hakim Mamoni, Liquidity Controller of HoverTrusts, presented on informal saving groups, essentially groups of people who want to help each other save money. 'Those people are mostly managing cash. Triple entry accounting can help them create a system where it becomes more transparent for all the members of the group to see how the cash is being managed how where the cash is being lent, who is contributing correctly, who is paying their loans, etc etc,' he shared. The TEA Conference Manager, Andre Bonello, presented his vision on harnessing TEA to help families in need. 'In Malta and in Europe, there are a lot of people who are suffering from poverty and we can use technology to help these people,' he explained. 'Through the concept of CBDCs, there will be a specific currency dedicated to these people so they can have essential needs, such as food and medicine for them and their loved ones, so with the help of triple entry accounting, this could be done and it will be transparent, accountable,' Bonello added. Sgantzos talked about the synergies between AI and TEA, an area he is particularly passionate about. 'This era from the first model, ChatGPT, up until now, keeps pushing new data out that is created from AI. So the original information that came from humans, which are the original useful information, is constantly declining. So we need to mark this kind of content and there is no better way to do it than triple entry accounting and distributed ledger technology,' he explained. Educating newcomers on TEA was another focus of the event, particularly university students who were delighted to have the opportunity to attend. Robert Sciberras Herrera, a student at the University of Malta, said his main takeaway was how TEA can remove the repetitive nature of auditing, which is precisely what Sunde presented. '[TEA] could snatch that part of the repetitive work from the audit profession, and the practitioner could just focus on the theoretical aspects rather than the laborious, repetitive tasks,' Herrera shared. Thanks to thoughtful presentations, group discussion and engaging evening activities, everyone walked away from TEA Conference 2025 with a wonderful experience and excitement about what the future holds in this space. 'We saw through these presentations that people come up with a concept, with a purpose, with a goal for the future, which is very exciting,' said Bonello. 'There are all kinds of people; there are students who came here who do not understand about this system and who do not know anything about blockchain, but they're excited and they are here and we are here all together,' he added. 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The Sun
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Gino D'Acampo makes string of smutty remarks during radio interview as he returns to public eye following ITV axe
SHAMED TV chef Gino D'Acampo has made a smutty return to the public eye — by making lewd comments about women. The Italian, 48, said during a radio interview that men do not like skinny women — as they want to have 'things to grab'. 3 The former This Morning star had been lying low since being removed from ITV programming in February. But he did not hold back during an interview on Vibe FM in Malta. Responding when one of the presenters, named Nicole, said that she regularly dieted, he said: 'Only dogs like bones. 'A real man, he wants the meat, you know, the things to grab. Don't get too skinny, otherwise it's like, no.' During the interview he also said: 'I'm going to tell you a secret, Italian food is like Italian men, minimum effort, maximum satisfaction.' He added during the show last Wednesday: 'Now do you understand that Nicole, or do I need to explain that?' She replied: 'I think it was very clear.' Later he also told her: 'You're too pretty for radio.' Earlier, asked if he recognised a male guest in the studio, he said: 'Do I know your mum? 'Did I take your mama out for dinner or something? I meet a lot of people and usually the ones I remember are blonde, they're tall — we do an activity together.' In February, Gino was accused of sexually inappropriate behaviour over 12 years and ITV has vowed not to use him in future. The married dad of three denies the claims. TV chef Gino D'Acampo accused of 'sexually inappropriate' behaviour as 'dozens come forward with complaints' Earlier this month, his restaurant chain was saved when Upmarket Leisure — the company controlling the five venues — was bought out of administration — in a £5million deal that saved 400 jobs.
