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Affleck Gives $1M to Congo; Netflix Buys AI Firm $587M

7/30/2026

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Affleck, Ding Win

Ben Affleck and Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding won $1 million on the July 29 episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
They used Ask-the-Host with Jimmy Kimmel and Phone-a-Friend with Stephen Morrison to answer the final “Spaghetti & Meatball” turkey-pardon question correctly.
The $1 million prize will be donated to the Eastern Congo Initiative, a nonprofit Affleck founded in 2010 that supports locally led groups and promotes justice in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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Netflix Acquires InterPositive

A Netflix acquisition of InterPositive was disclosed in an SEC filing, valuing the deal at about $587 million.
Analysts say the total could approach $600 million when performance-based payouts for Ben Affleck and investors are added.
InterPositive creates AI-driven post-production tools that aid filmmakers while preserving human creative control.
Netflix said the purchase will help scale responsible AI technology throughout its global production pipeline, marking Ben Affleck’s first major tech-industry move.

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Affleck, Ding Win

Ben Affleck and Jeopardy! champion Jamie Ding won $1 million on the July 29 episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.
They used Ask-the-Host with Jimmy Kimmel and Phone-a-Friend with Stephen Morrison to answer the final “Spaghetti & Meatball” turkey-pardon question correctly.
The $1 million prize will be donated to the Eastern Congo Initiative, a nonprofit Affleck founded in 2010 that supports locally led groups and promotes justice in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

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