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Neutrogena apologises after Hayden Panettiere’s death and postpartum claims
Neutrogena has apologised following the death of actor Hayden Panettiere, who was the skincare brand’s spokesperson and ambassador for nearly a decade. The apology came after Panettiere’s death sparked widespread online backlash and boycott calls against the company, stemming from her own account that Neutrogena had tried to end their partnership after she spoke publicly…
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The ParaBros Backlash: Threats To Leave L.A. & An AG Who Won’t Back Down Divide Hollywood
Paramount Skydance’s proposed £1.4 billion (roughly $1.88 billion) acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery has plunged Hollywood into turmoil after CEO David Ellison threatened to relocate his Los Angeles-based company to Tennessee, Texas or Georgia unless California settles an antitrust lawsuit brought by a coalition of state attorneys general. The threat, alongside the prospect of both…
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Chuck Saftler, Top TV Acquisition Executive & FX Veteran, Leaving Disney After 32 Years
Chuck Saftler, one of Disney’s most senior television acquisitions executives, is leaving the company after a 32-year career that began at FX before its merger with Disney. His departure marks the end of an era for FX, where he was the network’s longest-serving employee and had been part of its founding team, and reflects a…
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Mark Zuckerberg bought an Irish castle
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have bought Strancally Castle, a 16,000-square-foot property with a 440-acre estate in Ireland, according to The Irish Times. The purchase, made “several weeks ago,” adds a historic European estate to a real estate portfolio that already includes more than a dozen properties across the United States,…
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Microsoft Stops Sharing Digital Sales Data with Circana
Microsoft has stopped sharing digital sales data for its Xbox, Activision and Bethesda games with Circana, the US analytics firm formerly known as NPD, meaning the tracker will now have to estimate rather than report exact figures for Microsoft titles. This reduces the accuracy of publicly available industry sales data and raises questions about transparency,…
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WWE star Ilja Dragunov departs company after being out of action for 4 months
WWE has parted ways with Ilja Dragunov, moving the former United States, NXT and NXT UK champion to its alumni section, after his contract expired following four months on the sidelines through injury. The 32-year-old is regarded as one of wrestling’s top performers, making his departure a notable loss for the promotion and a significant…
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Australia says Roblox hasn’t fixed its child predator problem
Australia’s online safety regulator, eSafety, says Roblox has failed to fix problems that expose children to adult strangers, despite the platform already introducing some safety measures. The regulator had been investigating whether Roblox complied with Australia’s Online Safety Act, particularly rules requiring adequate safeguards against contact between adults and children under 16, and its 2026…
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A recent Windows 11 update is causing game crashes and all kinds of other problems
Microsoft is investigating widespread problems caused by a recent mandatory Windows 11 update, which has been linked to game crashes, login errors, display glitches and system crashes on some PCs. The KB5121003 patch, released on 11 August as the month’s major security update, fixed over 400 vulnerabilities but appears to have introduced significant new bugs,…
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Nintendo Proved Crucial In Helping Players Understand The Duskbloods
FromSoftware director Hidetaka Miyazaki has credited Nintendo with helping the studio improve player onboarding for its upcoming game The Duskbloods, a departure from the studio’s traditionally cryptic approach to explaining game mechanics. In an interview with IGN, Miyazaki admitted the developer had historically “just dropped players in and hoped they would figure it out,” but…
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Powerful CEO made disgusting ‘jiggling’ remark about female subordinate and made her working life hell after she rejected his advances, lawsuit alleges
A lawsuit alleges that a powerful chief executive made a derogatory “jiggling” comment about a female subordinate’s body and subsequently made her working life difficult after she turned down his romantic advances. The claim raises serious allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation in the workplace, though the article text provided does not include further details…