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Variety
Ava DuVernay on Her Latest Doc ’14th’: ‘We’re in the Midst of Something Very Sinister, Something Very Dangerous’
With the midterm elections coming up, Ava DuVernay’s latest documentary, “14th,” arrives at a pivotal time for the United States. Unlike the other buzzy films this season, it doesn’t tackle the dangers of AI or examine tech billionaires. Instead, it explores the 14th Amendment and its vital role in the fabric of American democracy. “14th” […]
Variety
Danielle Ponder Meshes Old-School Soul With Future Sounds on the Dazzling ‘Everything Has Changed’: Album Review
There have been many innovative R B albums made over the past decade, but few have meshed futurism and tradition in quite the way that Danielle Ponder does on her second full-length, “Everything Has Changed.” She possesses a glass-shatteredly powerful, church-reared soul shouter voice, but uses its power sparingly, moving between it, a mid-range alto and […]
Variety
‘Newlyweds’ Showrunner Gail Lerner Fired From NBC Sitcom Ahead of Premiere: ‘I’m So Sad’
Gail Lerner announced on Friday that she was fired from Newlyweds, the upcoming NBC sitcom that she co-created and on which she was to serve as showrunner. Here’s the good news: I couldn’t be more proud of the new sitcom Newlyweds that I created with the singular Jamie Lee Curtis, Lerner wrote in part on […]
Variety
Shari Redstone-Backed Sipur Studios Opens London Office, Sets Out International Strategy Including Boarding Olivier Dahan’s ‘Nana’ (EXCLUSIVE)
After Shari Redstone sold Paramount Global to David Ellison’s Skydance in 2024, she chose something unexpected for her next act: Sipur, a growing film and TV studio based out of Israel. When Redstone joined as chair last year, it supercharged the company, says co-founder Emilio Schenker, who met Redstone two years ago when Paramount picked […]
Rolling Stone
Mastodon Are Releasing Vinyl Containing Actual Mastodon Fossils
Limited to 170 copies, the "Bone Dust" vinyl was pressed in partnership with Waxwork Records and the University of Georgia's geology department
Eurogamer
After modders removed Skate's live service bits, devs draw the line with tools that "bypass our systems to unlock paid cosmetics"
EA and Full Circle - the developer behind the new early access Skate game (skate.) - don't have a problem with modders and "creativity from players," but they're drawing the line with mods that aim to unlock paid microtransactions and unreleased content. Read more