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MACRO Announces Strategic Funding Round

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Tuesday, March 21, 2023

This next phase for MACRO is to extend our reach by fueling each business vertical with the appropriate human and financial resources to unleash the full potential of the MACRO ecosystem.

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  • This next phase for MACRO is to extend our reach by fueling each business vertical with the appropriate human and financial resources to unleash the full potential of the MACRO ecosystem.
  • MACRO Television Studios – A premier television studio dedicated to creating, developing and producing scripted and unscripted episodic projects.
  • Brand MACRO – An in-house creative agency that ideates and executes branding, marketing and experiential activations for the MACRO ecosystem and the culture.
  • King and Bobby Singh, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Operations at MACRO, led the raise on behalf of MACRO.

MOVIE STARS AND FILM FEST VIPS SHOWED UP FOR THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED RETURN OF THE IN-PERSON UTAH INDIE FILM FESTIVAL AND CELEBRATE AT THE ZOOZ CINEMA CENTER BY MARBL TORONTO

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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- After two years of predominantly virtual activity, celebrities, media, and film enthusiasts returned to the chilly and snow-filled Sundance Mountains for the return of in-person film festival events held in Park City, UT for the nation's top Indie film festival. As such, Zooz Group, a leading global social media technology, and influencer management agency, and partners, Marbl Toronto, Collider.com, Saratoga® Spring Water, Hendrick's Gin, Emsculpt NEO, and EMFACE, Sommsation, Fisker, mou and Stella Artois all aligned to host the top media and hospitality pop-up, the "Zooz Cinema Center by Marbl Toronto" on Main Street, Park City.

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  • Zooz Cinema Center by Marbl Toronto hosted A-list Events opening weekend of the film fest from Friday, January 20 - 22, 2023.
  • casts and filmmakers of the film festival, all of which fans can follow on Collider.
  • Each evening, the Zooz Cinema Center by Marbl Toronto hosted an impressive schedule of festival premiere receptions for:
    "FAIRYLAND" featuring producer Sofia Coppola, Emilia Jones (Coda), Adam Lambert (Queen), and Scoot McNairy (Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile).
  • Luxury transportation to and from the Cinema Center was provided by the all-electric Fisker Ocean, "The World's Most Sustainable Vehicle".

RJ Cyler, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Anna Diop, David Oyelowo, Alfre Woodard and Marianne Jean-Baptiste Join LaKeith Stanfield and Omar Sy in Legendary Pictures’ “The Book of Clarence”

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Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Production design will be helmed by Peter Walpole (The Matrix Resurrections) with Oscar nominee Tom Eagles (Jojo Rabbit) serving as editor.

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  • Production design will be helmed by Peter Walpole (The Matrix Resurrections) with Oscar nominee Tom Eagles (Jojo Rabbit) serving as editor.
  • The films visual effects supervisor will be Adam Azmy (Man of Steel, Avatar), who is joined by special effects supervisor Stefano Corridori (Blade Runner 2049).
  • The Book of Clarence is being filmed on location in Matera, Italy and Rome, Italy.
  • Under Legendarys new deal with Sony Pictures, the studio will release the film theatrically.

SKYY® Vodka Encourages Fans to Find Out "What's in the SKY(Y)" as the Official Spirit Partner of Jordan Peele's Expansive New Horror Epic, Nope

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Tuesday, July 12, 2022

NEW YORK, July 12, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SKYY® Vodka announced today that the brand will be the official spirit of summer's most thrilling, terrifying event film, Jordan Peele's Nope, through an exclusive partnership with Universal Pictures and Peele's Monkeypaw Productions.

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  • SKYYVodkaCelebrates New 360 Campaign as the Official Spirit of Summer 2022's Most Thrilling, Terrifying Event Film, in theaters July 22.
  • SKYY,Universal and Monkeypaw are also partnering with participating movie theater chains across the nation to bring a full consumer experience through a menu of signature NOPE x SKYY cocktails.
  • Fans at home can also mix up the official Nope x SKYY cocktail, the Cos-NOPE-olitan in preparation for the film to hit theaters.
  • Now, he reimagines the summer movie with a new pop nightmare: the expansive horror epic, Nope.

Jon Batiste, Foo Fighters, H.E.R., Nas, and Chris Stapleton to Perform at the 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards®; Cynthia Erivo, Leslie Odom Jr., Ben Platt, and Rachel Zegler Also to Perform as Part of Special in Memoriam Segment

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Thursday, March 24, 2022

Previously announced performers include Brothers Osborne, BTS, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, and Olivia Rodrigo.

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  • Previously announced performers include Brothers Osborne, BTS, Brandi Carlile, Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, and Olivia Rodrigo.
  • GRAMMY winner Nas received two nominations this year, Best Rap Song ("Bath Salts") and Best Rap Album (Kings Disease II).
  • The 64th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by Fulwell 73 Productions for the Recording Academy.
  • As the world's leading society of music professionals, we work year-round to foster a more inspiring world for creators.

AFRICAN AMERICAN MIDWEST DIGITAL DOCUMENTARY LAUNCHES FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH

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Thursday, February 3, 2022

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AfricanAmericanMidwest.com, a website and digital documentary on Black history in the Midwest, launched Tuesday, Feb. 1, for Black History Month.

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  • INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 3, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- AfricanAmericanMidwest.com, a website and digital documentary on Black history in the Midwest, launched Tuesday, Feb. 1, for Black History Month.
  • America's reckoning on race & history began in the Midwest but Black Midwest history still gets overlooked - until now.
  • "Black Midwest history is urgent, unique, amazing, yet overlooked until now," said Dr. Ashley Howard, University of Iowa Professor and one of the African American Midwest scholars guiding the project.
  • "America's reckoning on race began in the Midwest, in Ferguson, Flint, and Minneapolis, but Black Midwest history has been lost in that conversation.

Judas And the Black Messiah and Tenet Motion Picture Winners at the 8th Annual LMGI Awards 'Celebrate The Where'

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Monday, October 25, 2021

Link To Stream the LMGI AWARDS 2021 SHOW: CLICK HERE

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  • Link To Stream the LMGI AWARDS 2021 SHOW: CLICK HERE
    Said John Rakich, LMGI President, "'International' isn't a big enough word for what we do.
  • It's easy to imagine a scene taking place at any spot on the globe, or somewhere in outer space, or in a world that exists in a post-apocalyptic universe.
  • The Motion Picture winners areJudas and the Black Messiah(Warner Bros-Bill Garvey, Tim Kanieski) andTenet(Warner Bros - Janice Polley/LMGI, Julie Hannum/LMGI, Klaus Darrelman/LMGI).
  • Committee Chair of this year's LMGI Awards was veteran Location Manager and LMGI PresidentJohn Rakich(Shadowhunters, Hemlock Grove, See).

Academy and Grammy Award Winner H.E.R. to Perform at the Apollo for SiriusXM and Pandora

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Wednesday, October 13, 2021

will perform at the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York in a special invitation-only concert for SiriusXM subscribers and Pandora listeners onTuesday, November 2.Presented in association with the Apollo.

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  • will perform at the world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York in a special invitation-only concert for SiriusXM subscribers and Pandora listeners onTuesday, November 2.Presented in association with the Apollo.
  • 's performance for SiriusXM and Pandora comes in the midst of her Back Of My Mind Tour, giving subscribers and listeners a chance to see H.E.R.
  • Thank you for having me as a part of the series SiriusXM and Pandora," said H.E.R.
  • SiriusXM and Pandora are offering a chance to win tickets and a trip to New York City to see H.E.R.