* Chalamet had five years to prepare for the role * The movie opens in theaters on Christmas Day * Filming was delayed by pandemic, actors' strike * Bob Dylan provided script input By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Timothee Chalamet likened his journey to playing music legend Bob Dylan to an athletic feat. It turned into...

A publicly traded cryptocurrency company’s shares have nearly tripled in a month following reports of a potential acquisition by President-elect Donald Trump’s Trump Media & Technology Group ( DJT ) .  What happened: Bakkt Holdings ( BKKT/WS ) closed at an 11-month high of $32.44 earlier on Monday, marking a staggering 186% jump in a month, between Nov. 15 to...

LOS ANGELES, Dec 19 (Reuters) - The script for the biblical epic Mary, which tells the story of the Nativity from the perspective of Mary of Nazareth, languished in Hollywood for some 15 years before entering production. As the independent film approached completion this September, it attracted interest from three major Hollywood studios and streaming giant Netflix ( NFLX ),...

05:58 AM EST, 12/19/2024 (MT Newswires) -- First Commonwealth Financial ( FCF ) and CenterGroup Financial signed a deal under which First Commonwealth will acquire CenterGroup in an all-stock transaction at roughly $54.6 million, the companies said late Wednesday. Upon deal completion, expected in H1 2025, CenterGroup Financial's CenterBank unit will merge with and into First Commonwealth's First Commonwealth Bank...