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Danny Boyle Says Third ’28 Years Later’ Is ‘On the Back Burner,’ Explains Why He Put an AI Margaret Thatcher in ‘Ink’
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Rolling Stone
Lola Young, Caroline Polachek, Tinashe Lead Chappell Roan Benefit Shows
The two-night LGBTQ+ fundraising event Super Graphic Spectacular, also featuring Muna, takes place at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles later this month
Variety
‘WandaVision’ Creator Jac Schaeffer to Develop ‘Stargate’ Series at Amazon (EXCLUSIVE)
Jac Schaeffer is developing a new Stargate TV series for Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. The project falls under Schaeffer’s overall deal with Amazon MGM, which was announced earlier this year. According to sources, a writers’ room is expected to open in the near future. Along with Schaeffer, Joby Harold and […]
Eurogamer
As Xbox and PlayStation sales reach new lows, analyst says the "US hardware market has not been in a more precarious position since the early 80s"
PS5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles are more expensive than ever in most markets, thanks largely to memory components being gobbled up by AI data centres. Now, analyst Mat Piscatella worries the console market, at least in the US, hasn't looked this dire since the early 1980s, which was maybe not-so-coincidentally when the industry absolutely collapsed. Read more
Rolling Stone
Willie Nelson Endorses James Talarico in Texas Senate Race
"He's a good man who will be a good senator," says the country legend
Variety
Variety Toasts Pete Davidson at The New York Party With Gayle King, Ana Navarro and Kareem Rahma
New York is having a moment. In June, the Knicks pulled off the impossible and won their first NBA championship in 53 years, sending the city into a frenzy of infectious energy. “I was at my friend Justin’s house with a bunch of straight people, which was fun,” Nicky Campbell, fashion TikTok star and one […]
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Gears Of War: E-Day How’s It Selling? Let’s Unpack Things
Microsoft's latest console exclusive, Gears of War: E-Day , launched this week, and now we've gotten the first glimpse at how the game is performing commercially. Multiple analysts have weighed in, and there are numerous factors at play beyond pure sales, due to Game Pass and other factors. So let's break things down. Rhys Elliott of Alinea Analytics released a report that said the game has sold about 230,000 copies so far, with Steam sales accounting for 168,000 and Xbox (across console and PC) making up the other 62,000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teClq4qYyzQ Straight sales do not tell the whole story, though, because E-Day is available on Game Pass, which Elliott said "cannibalized" the majority of sales. He said Alinea's data showed than 1.7 million people acquired E-Day through their Game Pass subscription as opposed to buying a copy outright. There is more nuance there, too, a