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Carly Rae Jepsen Is Dropping Eight More Songs From Her Double Album
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Variety
Mike Leigh’s ‘Tender Loving Care’ to Compete as Comedy at Golden Globes (EXCLUSIVE)
Mike Leigh is bringing love and care to the Golden Globes’ comedy race. Bleecker Street will submit “Tender Loving Care,” Leigh’s likely final film, in the musical or comedy categories at the upcoming 84th Golden Globes, Variety has learned exclusively. Marion Bailey will compete for best actress in a musical or comedy, where she is […]
GameSpot
New Gears Of War: E-Day Patch Addresses Giant Vomiting Frog Error Codes
Gears of War: E-Day rolls out worldwide starting October 6, and thanks to early access players, The Coalition has identified several issues that it's fixing with the game's first patch. Focused mostly on overall stability and performance across the game's campaign, multiplayer, and Horde Siege modes, the Gears of War: E-Day update is out now. One of the biggest fixes is the "Bilefrog-Kalona" error, an issue named after the gigantic subterranean Locust frogs encountered throughout the game, which regularly try to kill you by vomiting stomach acid at your position. Nasty stuff. The Coalition assigned several Gears-themed names to its network errors, and in this case, getting vomit-frogged is a specific split-screen multiplayer issue. This triggers when a split-screen player is automatically signed out of online services after the console or PC is suspended, then tries to use Quick Resume t
Variety
‘I, Addict’ Creator Javier Giner Unpacks ‘This Solitude,’ a Film ‘About ‘Those Who Keep Functioning While Something Inside Them Is Falling Apart’
Basque director Javier Giner’s This Solitude ( Esta Soledad ) recently premiered at the San Sebastián Film Festival’s New Directors section on Sept. 23. Giner is the creator and co-director of the Disney+ series “I, Addict,” based on his autobiographical book by the same name. It earned lead actor Oriol Pla the International Emmy for Best Actor. […]
GameSpot
Why GTA Studio Co-Founder Is Avoiding GTA 6 And All Open-World Games
Rockstar co-founder Dan Houser left the company in 2020 and now runs a new outfit called Absurd Ventures. Houser will be forever connected to the GTA franchise, and he's now weighed in on GTA 6 . He told Variety that he did not watch the "Extended Look" trailer and doesn't plan to. Why? He said he tries to avoid consuming things that are going to "disrupt me creatively." "And given that I spend a large amount of time trying to make open-world games, and the rest of my conscious time trying to figure out innovative ways to market them, I don’t need to see what other people are [doing]," he said. "I’m always trying to think about new ways of doing it, not sit there in some kind of comparison of what I would have done differently.” Also in the interview, Houser said he doesn't play a lot of open-world games anymore, for similar reasons. "I find when I play them, I can almost deconstruct the
Kotaku
Halloween: The Game Adding Michael’s Worst Mask As $10 DLC
If you want a better-looking version of the famous killer, you'll also need to fork over another $10
Variety
‘Tulsa King’ Renewed for New York-Set Season 5 as Four Join Cast
Tulsa King is heading to New York. The Sylvester Stallone series has been renewed for a fifth season at Paramount+ as the production migrates from Georgia to the Big Apple, coinciding with the Season 5 storyline. The renewal comes ahead of the Season 4 premiere on Oct. 16. Stallone’s daughter Scarlet Rose Stallone, who has […]