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Donald Trump Launches His Own Social Media App to ‘Stand Up to Big Tech’

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Donald Trump Launches His Own Social Media App to ‘Stand Up to Big Tech’

Former US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he plans to launch his own social network, which is his latest move to regain his Internet dominance after being banned from using Twitter and Facebook after the violent rebellion in the Capitol.

“TRUTH Social” will be owned by Trump Media and Technology Group (TMTG) and is expected to launch a beta version for “special guests” starting next month. The organization said in a statement that it is already available for pre-orders in Apple’s App Store. TMTG also intends to launch a subscription video-on-demand service that will feature “non-wake-up” entertainment and will be run by Scott St. John, an executive producer of “Deal Or No Deal” and “America’s Got Talent,” the statement said.

“I created TRUTH Social and TMTG to stand up to the tyranny of Big Tech,” Trump quoted in the statement as saying that he was banned by Twitter and Facebook for his attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. “We live in a world where the Taliban has a lot of presence on Twitter, but your favorite US president has been silent this is unacceptable,” he continued.

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The statement stated that Trump Media and Technology Group will merge with Digital World Acquisition Corp (DWAC), a blank check company, to make TMTG a public company. “The initial corporate value of the transaction to Trump Media & Technology Group is US$875 million, the potential additional income is US$825 million (based on the valuation granted), and the cumulative valuation is up to US$1.7 billion, depending on the performance of the business after the merger. Share price,” it said. DWAC chief Patrick Orlando said in a statement: “Considering the entire potential market and the large number of followers of President Trump, we believe that the TMTG opportunity has the potential to create significant shareholder value.”

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Denis Villeneuve, the director of Dune 2, is “against” the Academy’s decision to exclude Hans Zimmer for Best Score at the 2025 Oscars.

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Denis Villeneuve, the director of Dune 2, is “against” the Academy’s decision to exclude Hans Zimmer for Best Score at the 2025 Oscars.

Hans Zimmer, who won the Best Original Score Oscar for Dune in 2022, has been disqualified from the same category for Dune 2 at the Oscars this year.
While the nominations for Oscars 2025 will be announced on January 17, we already know that the two-time Academy Award-winning German music composer Hans Zimmer hasn’t made it to the Best Original Score nominations this year for his terrific work in Denis Villeneuve’s blockbuster sci-fi epic Dune 2. As per Slashfilm, Denis has voiced his objection to the Academy’s decision.

What Denis said

“I am absolutely against the decision of the Academy to exclude Hans, frankly, because I feel like his score is one of the best scores of the year. I don’t use the word genius often, but Hans is one,” said Denis at a screening of Dune 2 at the Directors Guild of America in New York. He joked that while he’s not “here to complain,” he argued that the score of Dune 2 is “rooted” in the first part because there is a “continuity” since the Dune franchise is like “one big movie that is cut in half.”

Denis was referring to The Academy’s rule that a music composer is eligible for a nomination in the Best Original Score category only if 80% of the score is original. While Dune 2 does boast of a fresh score (for instance, the love theme – A Time Of Quiet Between The Storms), most of it is borrowed from the score of the first part, which released in 2021.

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Hans is no Oscar virgin

Hans has been nominated consistently at the Academy Awards since 1989 for 12 times in the same category. His nominations include Barry Levinson’s 1988 road movie Rain Man, Penny Marshall’s 1996 Christmas fantasy The Preacher’s Wife, James L Brooks’ 1997 romantic comedy As Good As It Gets, Dreamworks Animation’s 1998 musical The Prince of Egypt, Terrence Mallick’s 1998 war epic The Thin Red Line, Ridley Scott’s 2000 historical action epic Gladiator, Guy Ritchie’s 2009 period mystery film Sherlock Holmes, Christopher Nolan’s 2010 sci-fic epic Inception, his 2015 blockbuster Interstellar, and his 2018 war film Dunkirk.

Hans won the Oscars for Disney’s 1994 animated musical The Lion King and Dune.

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