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David Sackeroff, Emmy-Nominated ‘Seinfeld’ and ‘Home Improvement’ Production Designer, Dies at 81
David Sackeroff, an Emmy-nominated production designer and art director best known for his work on “Seinfeld”, “Alf” and “Home Improvement”, has died at the age of 81. He passed away on 10 July on Bainbridge Island, Washington. Sackeroff played a formative role in early American sitcom television, helping shape the visual identity of shows that…
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The designer of Diamond City, Little Lamplight, and Starfield’s Neon thinks Bethesda’s galaxy was just too big: ‘I would have done a handful of planets with bespoke layouts’
Bethesda Game Studios’ senior quest and level designer Will Shen, known for creating Diamond City and Little Lamplight in Fallout titles and Neon in Starfield, has said he believes Starfield’s vast galaxy of explorable planets was ultimately too ambitious a scope for the game. Speaking about his approach to design, he suggested that a smaller…
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Two men in messy love triangle arm themselves with machete and hatchet during Medieval-style brawl in Publix parking lot
Two men became embroiled in a violent confrontation in a Publix supermarket car park in Florida after a dispute stemming from a love triangle, with both arming themselves with a machete and a hatchet during what has been described as a “Medieval-style” brawl. The incident highlights how personal disputes can escalate rapidly into dangerous public…
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Kris’s costume foreshadows her fate in Camp Miasma
Collider’s behind-the-scenes video series turned its attention to costume design on the horror comedy “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma”, featuring designer Kendra Terpenning discussing one of the film’s most complicated costumes, worn by the character Kris. Terpenning reveals that a reference to David Lynch’s “Twin Peaks” helped her crack the design, and that…
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John Goodman looks nearly unrecognizable in new photo after years of dramatic weight loss
John Goodman has surprised fans with his latest appearance, looking notably slimmer in a photo taken during a chance encounter with fellow actor David DeLuise at a grocery store. The image, shared by DeLuise on Instagram, highlights the 74-year-old’s continued weight loss transformation, a topic that has drawn public interest for years given his well-documented…
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PS5’s Fastest Growing Open World Adds Beach Volleyball, Jet Skis, and Construction Work
Chinese developer Hotta Studio is rolling out another substantial content update to its open-world PS5 title NTE on 19th August, adding activities including beach volleyball, jet ski races, and construction-based minigames. The update continues the game’s unusually rapid pace of expansion, following a previous update that introduced an entire fantasy RPG mode, and reflects the…
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James Gray says actors shape a film’s style more than realised
Filmmaker James Gray opened a Sunday press conference at the 79th Locarno Film Festival by admitting he is “always shocked” when actors say they want to work with him, a self-deprecating remark that set the tone for a wide-ranging conversation ahead of him receiving the festival’s Career Leopard honour. He went on to argue that…
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Record-breaking cannabis-mule arrests, fugitive grooming-gang suspect wins Pakistan election
A record thousand alleged cannabis mules have been arrested amid warnings gangs lure young Britons online, while a grooming-gang rape suspect who fled to Pakistan on bail has been elected an MP there and won’t say when he’ll return. Also: a late-night Senate session, an ICE row with the AP, id Software’s Chris Hays …
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‘It’s a true art form’: Nigeria goalkeeper Maduka Okoye on high fashion and life at Udinese
Nigeria and Udinese goalkeeper Maduka Okoye has spoken about his growing profile in high fashion, following a viral appearance at Paris fashion week’s Jean Paul Gaultier show alongside Cardi B. He insists his off-field interests, including a near two-million-strong social media following, remain entirely separate from his football career, which he treats as his true…
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America’s richest and most successful would rather pay $5MILLION to live in economic backwater on the other side of the world than stay another day in Gavin Newsom’s California
Growing numbers of wealthy Americans are reportedly seeking to leave California, paying as much as $5 million to secure New Zealand’s investor “golden visa” scheme rather than remain under Governor Gavin Newsom’s leadership. The trend reflects deepening dissatisfaction among some of the US’s richest and most successful individuals with the state’s political and economic climate,…