If you’ve spent any time on dating apps, you’ve surely seen people describing their so-called “love language.” Some people may value quality time with a partner above anything else, others may express affection through home-cooked meals, and then there are those who like to trade words of support and affirmation. …
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Greg Gumbel, the renowned sports broadcaster who spent decades calling major sporting events at CBS, has died of cancer, his family confirmed on Friday. Gumbel was 78 years old. “It is with profound sadness that we share the passing of our beloved husband and father, Greg Gumbel,” his family said …
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The multiverse is everywhere, from the unstoppable Marvel machine to Oscar-winning films like Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) — and even dozens of fan theories about My Little Pony. Every single facet of entertainment has started toying with universe-hopping storytelling, and yes, that includes video games. This year alone, …
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For content creators, Jan. 19 isn’t just the day before President Donald Trump takes office. It’s the day they could lose TikTok — and the financial freedom it’s brought some of them in the process. The holiday season has been full of Hail Mary attempts from ByteDance, the Chinese parent …
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On Dec. 19, Amazon Prime Video released the first two episodes of the Beast Games, one of the largest and most ambitious reality shows to date. Created by Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, the 10-episode show takes the formula from his 330 million-subscriber YouTube empire and amplifies it with …
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Six months ago, Cody Ko began an unofficial hiatus from his YouTube channel following allegations that he had sex with internet personality Tana Mongeau when she was 17 years old and he was 25. His channel, which boasts 5.76 million subscribers, has laid dormant since July. Now, the YouTuber has …
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In a year filled with massive open world RPGs and AAA live service games with ambitious season passes, it’s incredible that the title that truly captured the hearts (and free time) of players in 2024 was actually just a silly little poker riff called Balatro. Produced by a single anonymous …
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Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to state murder and terror charges tied to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, The New York Times reports. Mangione appeared in Manhattan court Monday, Dec. 23, to enter his pleas to the 11 charges against him, including first-degree murder as an act of …
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PlayerUnknown‘s Battlegrounds, best known as PUBG, continues to harness hundreds of thousands of players since its 2017 release. The battle royale sold 40 million copies in its first year, and reached over 3 million concurrent players on PC via Steam in 2018 — a record that still stands to this …
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There’s an increasing trend of remedial media literacy among modern audiences. People miss obvious narrative moments and thematic elements, only really engaging with media on a base level, perhaps due to sheer amount of content they’re ingesting every single day. This most recently became clear with the release of Life …
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