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GTA 6 U.S. Army Deal Has Already Convinced at Least 20 Soldiers to Reenlist
At least 20 US soldiers have chosen to re-enlist after an Army base in Fort Stewart, Georgia, offered time off as an incentive to play Grand Theft Auto 6 upon its launch. The scheme, run by the 3rd Infantry Division’s 9th Brigade Engineering Battalion, is a novel recruitment tactic designed to make re-enlistment more appealing…
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‘Harry Potter’ Star Jessie Cave Says It Was ‘Embarrassing’ to Join OnlyFans to Pay the Bills but ‘It Has Saved Me’: Lavender Brown ‘Was a Small Part 20 Years Ago’
Jessie Cave, who played Lavender Brown in the “Harry Potter” film series, has spoken candidly about launching an OnlyFans account to help pay off debt, describing the decision as “embarrassing” but ultimately life-changing. In an interview on the UK talk show “This Morning”, the actor said people wrongly assume she is wealthy because of the…
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Vance unloads on El-Sayed over Sharia remarks: ‘That’s not my grandpa’s Democratic Party’
US Vice President JD Vance sharply criticised Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed over past remarks linking criticism of Sharia law to white supremacy, using the comments to argue that the Democratic Party has drifted away from working-class voters. Vance’s intervention forms part of a broader Republican effort to paint the Democratic Party as increasingly…
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Arsenal start title defence with comfortable win over Coventry
Arsenal opened the defence of their Premier League title with a comfortable 3-0 win over newly promoted Coventry City at the Emirates Stadium. The victory gives the champions a strong start to the new campaign, with goals coming from three key attacking players in a dominant home performance against the top-flight newcomers. Kai Havertz, Bukayo…
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For Comedy Writers, Saying Goodbye Can Be Tough
Comedy writers behind HBO’s Hacks and The Comeback have spoken about how difficult it was to end their long-running series, with creators Lisa Kudrow and Michael Patrick King reflecting on saying goodbye to The Comeback’s Valerie Cherish, a character Kudrow has played intermittently since 2005. Speaking at Sublime Primetime, an event hosted by the Writers…
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Most Musicians Dread Getting Pelted by Things From the Crowd, but It Ended up Saving Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan has revealed how a silver cross thrown onstage by a fan in 1978 helped pull him out of a personal and professional slump, ultimately steering him towards the born-again Christian phase of his career. The moment came during a difficult period following the poorly received album Street-Legal and the divisive film Renaldo and…
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Chris Aronson seeks $4m over Paramount dismissal and severance
Chris Aronson, Paramount’s former head of domestic distribution, filed a lawsuit accusing the studio of reneging on a promised severance payment while also alleging age discrimination over his dismissal. Aronson, who was 69 at the time, was let go last September during the executive shake-up that followed the Skydance merger, and claims he was told…
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Alex Aster on Writing Barbie World’s First-Ever YA Book, Sending Her ‘Lightlark’ Movie Producers ‘Really Smart’ Fan Casts
Author Alex Aster, best known for her bestselling “Lightlark” and “Starside” novels, has released “Barbie Dreamscape,” the first-ever young adult book based on Mattel’s Barbie franchise. Aster, who has published ten titles in six years, was given creative freedom by Mattel to shape the story and decide which characters from Barbie’s world to feature, marking…
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The newly independent Psychonauts dev now earns all the revenue when you buy games it made under Xbox: ‘Buying any of our games helps support the studio’
Double Fine, the studio behind Psychonauts, says it now receives all revenue from sales of games it made while owned by Xbox after becoming independent again. The change matters because purchases of its existing catalogue now directly support the studio’s operations and future work. The announcement indicates that this applies to Double Fine’s previously released…
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Meet Chicago’s dirtiest cop who has triggered more complaints than any other Windy City police officer…but now justice has finally caught up with him
Joseph Vecchio, a Chicago police officer who has amassed more disciplinary complaints than any other officer on the force, has finally been fired after years of alleged misconduct. His dismissal marks the culmination of a lengthy pattern of complaints that repeatedly failed to result in serious consequences, raising questions about accountability within the Chicago Police…