2025-01-17
Tank Says Grammys Are Needed After L.A. Fires
Tank says the Grammys are making the right call by pivoting in the wake of the L.A. wildfires. We got the R&B star at LAX and he told our photog the Grammys are doing the right thing by focusing the award show on relief efforts and awareness.…
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Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton Cheer at Soccer Game in Italy
Timothée Chalamet and Edward Norton do as the Romans do ... and that means cheering on some of the top soccer teams in Italy. The actors took a break from their press tour for their new Bob Dylan biopic to take in a little Serie A soccer Friday in…
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Jean Jennings, Who Wrote With Verve About Cars, Dies at 70
A cabdriver and mechanic before becoming a journalist, she brought personality and adventure to a once-staid genre.
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American Airlines Accused of Discrimination by Interracial Couple
In a lawsuit, two newlyweds say they were detained after a passenger and airline employees wrongly suspected the Black husband of trafficking his white wife.
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Queer, Red Rooms, Netflix’s Back in Action, and every movie new to streaming
Each week on Polygon, we round up the most notable new releases to streaming and VOD, highlighting the biggest and best new movies for you to watch at home.This week, Queer, the new romance drama from director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me by Your Name, Challengers) and starring Daniel Craig, comes to VOD following its theatrical premiere. There’s even more new releases available to purchase and rent this week as well, including the new superhero action film Kraven the Hunter and the anime drama Ghost Cat Anzu. If you’re looking for the best movies new to streaming services this week, we’ve...
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Genshin Impact developer to pay $20M fine to US Federal Trade Commission over loot box violations
Genshin Impact publisher Cognosphere (which is also called Hoyoverse) is settling a United States Federal Trade Commission lawsuit over selling loot boxes to players under the age of 16. It’ll pay a $20 million fine for allegedly violating U.S. children’s privacy laws and “deciev[ing] children and other users about the real costs of in-game translations and odds of obtaining rare prizes.” The company will also stop selling loot boxes to people under the age of 16 without parental consent. The complaint covers not only the act of selling loot boxes to people under the age of 16, but also...
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The Owl House creator’s follow-up is a surreal sci-fi thriller
Dana Terrace, creator of witchy fantasy cartoon The Owl House, has a new show on the horizon and it looks sick as hell.Knights of Guinevere comes from Glitch Productions, and is headed by Terrace and fellow former Owl House writers John Bailey Owen and Zach Marcus. The first teaser for the sci-fi psychological thriller showcases a peaceful sleeping woman in a fairytale setting. Then, she twitches and the scene sharply changes to an eerie-looking sci-fi room, where a robotic woman spasms on an examination table — before switching back to that serene fairytale world. Color me intrigued!Glitch...
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The Switch 2 reveal used the iPhone playbook. Let’s hope the hardware doesn’t
It’s hard not to feel a little disappointed by Nintendo’s announcement on Thursday of the Switch 2. The fact that the company seems to be playing it safe with its most conservative new console in years isn’t much of a surprise. What was surprising is just how lackluster the reveal itself was. But perhaps that’s because, for any tech-obsessive, the video Nintendo released looked eerily familiar. The brief three-minute trailer didn’t look like other game console reveals; instead it looked almost exactly like the sizzle reels Apple trots out for each year’s new iPhone. Nintendo...
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Lil Baby Performing 'California Breeze' at FireAid Benefit Concert
Lil Baby is adding one of his biggest hits to his setlist for his upcoming gig at a benefit concert for folks who lost everything in the L.A. wildfires ... and there's a California connection. Sources close to the rapper tell TMZ Hip Hop ... Lil…
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Switch 2 vs. Steam Deck: How Nintendo’s next console measures up
The Nintendo Switch 2 was finally revealed, and it looks more like a Steam Deck than its predecessors ever did. Its new design paints over the iconic red and blue Joy-Cons with a black finish you could almost mistake for Valve’s handheld PC. Details are slim on what’s inside the Switch 2 as we wait to learn more in April, but for now, we can look at how it stacks up against the Steam Deck as a portable gaming device based on what was shown.Here’s all the specs we can surmise about the Switch 2 from the trailer and how they compare to the Steam Deck.System sizeNintendo stretched the Switch...
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Wendy Williams Slams Guardianship Attorney Over 'Bad Days' Claim
Wendy Williams is hitting back at her guardianship attorney's claim about her supposed "good days and bad days" ... saying the statement is actually a bunch of hogwash. The legendary TV personality tells TMZ ... Roberta Kaplan, who is the attorney…
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My kids’ first meeting with Nintendo
Game File is a thrice-weekly newsletter about the culture and business of video games, written by longtime gaming reporter Stephen Totilo (Kotaku, Axios, MTV News, The New York Times). Subscribe here for scoops, interviews and regular updates about gaming with the author’s nearly 8-year-old twins.For decades, I’ve trekked to office buildings and hotel suites to meet with game developers and public relations people in order to play upcoming video games ahead of their release.Until last week, I’d never brought my kids.But, when Nintendo invited me to do so for a meeting last week, it...
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