BioWare has one of the most enduring legacies in video games, crafting some of the most influential RPGs of all time — from Baldur’s Gate (1998) to Mass Effect (2007). But somewhere over the years, the developer lost its way. The extremely negative reception to their most recent games, Mass …
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The trap of social expectations has captured its latest victim in Dwyane Wade. This weekend, the three-time NBA champion attended an unveiling ceremony for an eight-foot statue of himself gifted through the Miami Heat. His response to the figure can be likened only to receiving a hideous sweater, or one …
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Jon Stewart is here to stay at The Daily Show. On Monday, Comedy Central announced that the comedian will return to host and exec-produce The Daily Show on Mondays through 2025. “I’ve truly enjoyed being back working with the incredible team atThe Daily Showand Comedy Central,” Stewart said in a …
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The Netflix film Woman of the Hour tells the based-on-real-events story of serial murderer Rodney Alcala — better known as “The Dating Game Killer” — who appeared on the primetime game show in 1978, in the midst of a spree of violent attacks and murders of women. Anna Kendrick directs …
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Lupita Nyong’o made a sacrifice early in her career. Wanting to better understand the boundaries of her own talents so that she could push and expand them, she enrolled in drama school. One area of performing that she recognized as particularly underdeveloped was her accent work. But diving into that …
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The Harry Potter original motion picture soundtrack will be available in a 16-LP box set on Nov. 29. The massive box set features more than 10 hours of music from all eight films with music composed by John Williams, Patrick Doyle, Nicholas Hooper, and Alexandre Desplat, Warner Music Group’s catalog …
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In early October, OpenAI raised a record-breaking $6.6 billionin the largest startup fundraising round in history. Yet, as AI continues to largely feel contained to our mobile phones and computers, companies all around us are working to bring these innovations directly to our everyday lives. In fact, AI is redefining …
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If you’ve ever walked into a big box alcohol retailer, you know that it’s nearly impossible to stand out on the industrial-sized shelves of spirits towering alongside imposing floor displays of wine, beer and now non-alc. alternatives. So how does one sway a consumer to part with their precious alcohol …
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One of the year’s least expected samples on a record started with an email. A few months ago, Bonnie Raitt received a note from Bon Iver auteur Justin Vernon. Raitt was already familiar with Vernon, especially after he covered her 1991 standard “I Can’t Make You Love Me,” with a …
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This year, Tinashe notched her first Hot 100 entry in eight years with the sexy, propulsive song “Nasty,” which started climbing up the charts in June. Around the same time, a TikTok video of dancer Nate Di Winer went viral: In the clip, the nerdy-looking white boy winds his hips …
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