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Something About Tom Cruise Meeting Attack On Titan’s Eren Yeager Feels So Wrong, Yet So Right

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Markus Schleinzer on Sandra Hüller, Star of His Austrian Oscar Entry ‘Rose’ and a Berlin Best Lead Performance Winner: ‘She’s the Queen’
As a filmmaker, Markus Schleinzer owes much to his 17-year career as a casting director. “Directing a movie and being a casting director are quite similar jobs,” he tells Variety. Both require making the right choices under pressure and persuading others to believe in them. For a casting director, that means convincing a filmmaker or […]

Sally Rooney Speaks Out on Her Books Being Removed from U.K. Shelves Over Palestine Action Support: ‘I am Wholly Prepared to Accept the Consequences’
Sally Rooney is sticking to her guns. The Irish author behind the bestselling novels “Conversations with Friends” and “Normal People” — the latter adapted into an award-winning miniseries that launched the careers of Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones — has claimed spoken out about being forced to not sell her books in the U.K. over […]

GTA 5 Getting Yanked From PlayStation Plus Right Before GTA VI Launches
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Epic Is Overhauling Its Anti-Cheat So That Fortnite Can Finally Come To A New Platform
Thanks to devices such as the Steam Deck and Steam Machine, as well as the ongoing issues with Windows, gaming on Linux looks a lot more attractive over the last few years. Its biggest hurdle is still multiplayer games and their anti-cheat systems, but Epic Games is committed to bringing one of the biggest around to the operating system soon. Epic Games has announced that it is working on a Linux version for Fortnite. It's going to act as a test for Epic's overhaul of EAC (Easy Anti-Cheat) , its solution to those developing multiplayer games in Unreal Engine to prevent cheating (most recently used in Gears of War: E-Day). Epic says that it has offered Linux support for its current version of EAC, but that most developers (itself included) opted not to use it and instead omit Linux support entirely because of its inability to be as protective as its Windows version. A native rebuild of EA
How a Controversial Hepatitis B Study Was Funded by the CDC Amid a Global Swirl of Criticism
As experts questioned the ethics of the study, documents show that expiring funds forced a rushed vote in Denmark, where the researchers’ university is based
How to Get Tickets to the 2026 ‘Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes’ Online
This year marks the 93rd season of the iconic New York City holiday show, and here's how to score the best ticket deals to see it live