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Buyer Beware: Why Sun Valley Has Been a Disaster for the Media Business
As the annual Sun Valley conference — the exclusive, off-the-record gathering of media and technology moguls hosted by investment bank Allen & Co. in Idaho — opens this week, Variety executive editor Brent Lang argues that the event has been a driving force behind the decline of the media business. The gathering has spawned some…
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Ramones 50th Anniversary Tribute to Feature Set By All-Star Cretins Band Fronted By Billie Joe Armstrong, Rancid’s Tim Armstrong
The Ramones will be honoured with an official 50th anniversary tribute on 30 August at Los Angeles’ Hollywood Forever Cemetery, marking half a century since the release of the punk band’s self-titled debut album. The event, announced on 7 July by Ramones Productions, Inc. and Hollywood Forever and hosted by actor John Travolta, matters as…
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The ‘G-Wagen of golf carts’ could be the ideal second car
A Lisbon-based EV start-up called Amble has unveiled the Amble One, a premium, street-legal open-air electric buggy pitched as a household’s ideal second car rather than its main vehicle. Founded by alumni of Apple, Audi and e-bike firm Cowboy, the company is positioning the compact vehicle as an antidote to increasingly large, fast and overpowered…
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Apple TV’s New 8-Episode Series Officially Reunites ‘True Detective’s Best Duo
Apple TV has confirmed the release date for Brothers, a new comedy series that reunites Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey, the acclaimed lead pairing from the first season of HBO’s True Detective. The two actors, whose portrayal of detectives Hart and Cohle in 2014 is widely regarded as the show’s finest duo, will star together…
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day is getting re-released in theaters for its 35th anniversary
Terminator 2: Judgment Day is returning to cinemas later this year to mark its 35th anniversary, giving audiences a chance to see James Cameron’s Oscar-winning 1991 action film on the big screen once more. StudioCanal, Fathom Entertainment and Rialto Pictures are behind the re-release, which will roll out across the United States and internationally between…
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Taylor Swift’s 50 Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits
Billboard has published a ranking of Taylor Swift’s 50 biggest hits on the Hot 100 chart, marking a career that now spans 20 years since her debut single “Tim McGraw” first appeared in 2006. The list arrives alongside her latest era, following the reveal of her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl, on…
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My first 40 days in Moonlight Peaks started off with juicy feuds, but its anemic character writing is starting to show through
A PC Gamer writer reports on their first 40 days playing Moonlight Peaks, a paranormal life-sim game. Their early impressions were positive, with the game’s dramatic rivalries and feuds providing genuine entertainment, but over time they found the underlying character writing to be thin and unconvincing, which is beginning to undermine the experience. The piece…
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Bigger seats given go-ahead at historic Sheffield theatre – thestar.co.uk
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Free Byrd casts Dwayne Johnson as stuntman concealing dementia diagnosis
Dwayne Johnson is set to star in and produce “Free Byrd”, a new action-drama from Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s production company Artists Equity. He plays a Las Vegas motorcycle stuntman who hides his dementia diagnosis from everyone, including his mechanic brother, while risking everything on one final jump. The project pairs the box-office star…
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Obsession star Inde Navarrette built her gaming PC just like you and me: By watching Henry Cavill do it first
US actress Inde Navarrette, a star of the Prime Video series Obsession, revealed that she assembled her own gaming PC after being inspired by fellow actor Henry Cavill, a well-known PC-building enthusiast. The story, reported by PC Gamer, highlights how a celebrity’s openly shared hobby encouraged another performer to try hands-on PC building rather than…