Quintessa Swindell has exited upcoming Netflix series “Feral,” Variety has learned. Swindell’s role will instead be played by “My Brilliant Career” star Philippa Northeast. “Feral” is based on Shirley Conran’s 1987 novel “Savages,” about four women who have to learn to survive in the jungle after a work trip accompanying their husbands takes an unexpected […]
‘My Brilliant Career’ Star Philippa Northeast Replaces Quintessa Swindell in Netflix Drama ‘Feral’ (EXCLUSIVE)

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MNEK cancels tour over lack of ticket sales and high production costs
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Everyone wants to play Rockstar Games' upcoming heist-'em-up Grand Theft Auto 6 --so much so that some 1.5 million Americans are projected to call in sick to work on November 19 to play the game, which an economics professor estimates will set the country back roughly $1 billion. According to an International Business Times report , economics professor José García Montalvo projected that the 1.5 million workers planning to play hooky to traipse around Leonida next month could cost America a boatload of money. If each worker has an annual salary of $70,000, Montalvo suggests that the math works out to $1 billion, with GTA 6 publisher Take-Two Interactive estimated to make that same amount on November 19. That's the catch. The American economy isn't necessarily losing money; the bills are just changing hands, from the pockets of the country writ large to those of one multi-billion-dollar c

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Have you been listening to more music and enjoying it less? David Macias thinks he knows what might ail you: an over-reliance on the algorithm in the modern music industry. It’s a system that the Thirty Tigers president believes keeps feeding music fans more of what they want, or are presumed to want, until they […]

Beyond Good & Evil 2 reportedly still in development 18 years after being announced, now a "solo-first" adventure
Beyond Good & Evil 2 is reportedly still in pre-production a staggering 18 years after it was first announced, and it has apparently evolved from being a multiplayer-first project to being "solo-first" and story based, with additional, optional co-op. Read more

Multiple Pokémon Apps Taken Offline Over PHP Cyber Attack Fears
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