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Jon M. Chu Will Not Cast Britney Spears Actor Until the Story for Movie Biopic Is Locked: ‘Not Even Thinking About Casting’
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World of Warcraft: Forever players find rule-breaking new items that defy 22 years of experience with the classic MMO
Blizzard snuck in an item that finally gives mages a reason to swing a sword.
Variety
Mahershala Ali Says ‘I Agree’ That Marvel Not Making ‘Blade’ Is the ‘Biggest Failure’ of Kevin Feige’s Career: ‘I Don’t Know Why It Didn’t Happen’
Mahershala Ali is dumbfounded like the rest of us when it comes to Marvel’s inability to get his Blade movie reboot off the ground. Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige told the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast over the summer that he was feeling like a gigantic loser and failure for bungling Ali’s Blade, and now the […]
Variety
5 Things the Fall Festivals Told Us About the Oscar Race, From Julianne Moore and John Malkovich to ‘La Bola Negra’ and ‘I Play Rocky’
The fall festival triple crown ended the way it always does, with a Toronto audience getting the last word. On Sunday, those words were in Spanish. “La Bola Negra,” the sprawling Netflix epic from Los Javis, took TIFF’s People’s Choice Award, capping three weeks in which Venice handed its Golden Lion to May el-Toukhy’s “Woman […]
PC Gamer
The mythology of Gabe Newell now includes Mongolian throat singing
Counter-Strike co-creator says Valve employees once endured daily psychic damage from the founder's fixation.
Rolling Stone
Man Accused of Murdering ‘American Idol’ Exec and Husband Still Unfit for Trial, Judge Rules
Raymond Boodarian was ordered to remain in a state hospital under an involuntary medication order after being accused of fatally shooting Robin Kaye and Thomas Deluca in July 2025
Rolling Stone
Remember That Deranged Killer Clown Hoax From 2016? There’s a New Documentary About It
Clown Panic arrives on Hulu next month