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Amy Poehler’s New 10-Part ‘Parks & Rec’ Replacement Officially Sets Release Date
Amy Poehler is set to star in Dig, a new 10-episode comedy series arriving on Peacock, reuniting her with former Parks and Recreation executive producer Michael Schur. The show marks Poehler’s latest major project since her acclaimed run as Leslie Knope, and its announcement comes as she continues to build a broad profile through her…
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1666: Amsterdam preview details Noa’s wave-based combat
Destructoid journalist Andrej Barovic has published a hands-on preview of 1666: Amsterdam, the latest project from Assassin’s Creed co-creator Patrice Désilets, focusing largely on its combat system after an earlier preview covered exploration and historical accuracy. The piece confirms the game features a wave-based, semi-Soulslike combat system built around protagonist Noa, offering the clearest look…
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1666: Amsterdam enters early access on 25 August
Panache Digital Games, co-founded by Assassin’s Creed creator Patrice Désilets, has confirmed that its long-in-development title 1666: Amsterdam will launch into early access on 25 August for Windows PC via Steam and Epic Games Store. The release caps a development cycle stretching back to the early 2010s and follows the game’s formal unveiling at Summer…
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Peacock Drops First Look at Hugh Laurie and Amy Poehler in ‘Dig’ From Mike Schur and J.J. Philbin
Peacock has released a first-look image and set a premiere date of 23 November for its new comedy series “Dig”, starring Amy Poehler and Hugh Laurie. The 10-episode show marks a notable reunion for Poehler and co-creator Mike Schur, working together for the first time since “Parks and Recreation” ended in 2015, and represents Poehler’s…
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Inside the Scrappy Film That Brought Matthew McConaughey Back to Acting
The Rivals of Amziah King, directed by Andrew Patterson, marks Matthew McConaughey’s return to live-action film after a five-year break from acting, and opens in select cinemas this Friday. The Oscar winner stars as a beekeeper, born-again Christian and bluegrass musician, in what is Patterson’s first feature since his acclaimed 2019 debut The Vast of…
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Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong On How His Son Helped Make ‘Nimrods’ Feel “Current,” Potential Of ‘American Idiot’ Movie Musical: “We Talk About It”
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong has spoken about his upcoming film Nimrods, a coming-of-age road movie inspired by the band’s 1997 album of the same name, which premieres on 14 August. Armstrong, who co-wrote the film with director Lee Kirk and appears in it alongside bandmates Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool, said working with…
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Remember This Scathing Dolly Parton Track She Wrote in Response to Tabloid Gossip?
Dolly Parton wrote and released “Shattered Image” in 1976, an unusually sharp response to tabloid gossip about her and her family. The track appeared on her seventeenth studio album, All I Can Do, and stands out from her typically warm public persona as a pointed rebuke to those spreading unfounded rumours, using imagery such as…
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The “most drug-oriented” album David Bowie ever made
“I was totally infuriated with him”. The post The “most drug-oriented” album David Bowie ever made first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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AI is capable of breaking the music industry. But it does not have to.
An op-ed from MusicInfra CEO Björn Lindvall argues that generative AI’s most pressing threat to the music industry lies not in creativity but in the sector’s ageing infrastructure for tracking royalties and attribution. He warns that the surging volume of AI-generated and AI-assisted music will soon overwhelm systems designed for a simpler era of streams…
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Laura Veirs – “Arc Still Bends”
Singer-songwriter Laura Veirs has released “Arc Still Bends,” a new song ahead of her upcoming solo album Temple Songs, which arrives on 14 August via her own label, Raven Marching Band Records. The track is a wistful meditation on holding onto hope when progress feels distant, and follows previously shared singles “Flying Into Darkness” and…