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Barry Diller Drops Bid to Acquire MGM Resorts: ‘We Didn’t Feel the Mix Was Coming Together’
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Rolling Stone
Dolly Parton’s Estate Grants Restraining Order Against Nephew: ‘Demands for Payment’
A Tennessee judge granted the request for a temporary restraining order against Bryan Seaver on Wednesday ahead of an Oct. 7 hearing
Variety
‘The Visit’ at Pasadena Playhouse Review: The ’50s Absurdist Comedy Is Too Smug in Its Peak-Bleak View of Venal Humanity, but Jefferson Mays and Melinda Page Hamilton Are Worth the Visit
When an Amadeus revival opened at Pasadena Playhouse in February, it was such a spectacular success on every level that you wouldn’t have minded if the keepers of the venerable San Gabriel Valley venue just turned over the keys to the place for a while to the two Tony winners most responsible for making it […]
Variety
Rolf de Heer Named President of Tokyo Film Festival Jury
The Tokyo International Film Festival has named Australian director Rolf de Heer president of the international competition jury for the festival’s 39th edition. De Heer has spent more than 40 years in Tasmania, Australia, directing, writing and producing films across a broad range of genres and subjects. His 1993 feature Bad Boy Bubby won the […]
PC Gamer
Quake Champions takes a shower, shedding all its 2017 live-service grime and becoming a $10 game
If you ever played it on Steam, it's yours to keep.
PC Gamer
Microsoft's approach to age verification in Australia is further proof that Valve is taking the everloving piss
Valve, are you hearing this?
Variety
‘Game Changer’ Host Sam Reich on Season 8’s 23-Contestant, 90-Minute, Non-Chili’s-Sponsored Finale and ‘Acid Trip’ Season 9 Episode Plans
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 8 finale of “Game Changer,” now streaming on Dropout. “Game Changer” capped off its eighth season Monday with a finale episode that was not at all sponsored by Chili’s but ended with its winner taking home between $3,000 and $5,000 (host and Dropout CEO Sam Reich […]