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The Avalanches announce 1st NYC show in 9 years

  • The Avalanches are returning to New York City.
  • It will be their first NYC concert in nine years.
  • Venue and date details were unavailable.

The Avalanches have announced their first New York City concert in nine years. The return is significant because it marks a rare local appearance by the Australian electronic group after a long absence. The available article text provides no further details about the venue, date, ticketing or supporting…

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Sony Pictures TV’s Mallory Morehead Pritzl Joins Kovert Creative’s Entertainment PR Team

  • 15-year communications veteran Mallory Morehead Pritzl has joined Kovert Creative's Entertainment PR division
  • She transitions from Sony Pictures Television to oversee media relations for clients including Jimmy Kimmel Live! and SmartLess Media
  • Her background spans major networks (NBC, Fox), streaming platforms (Amazon MGM Studios), and prominent television programmes

Sony Pictures Television's former Director of Corporate Communications, Mallory Morehead Pritzl, has joined entertainment marketing agency Kovert Creative as part of its Entertainment PR team in Los Angeles. The move brings a 15-year communications veteran into the agency, strengthening its roster ahead of continued growth across its entertainment…

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Have Artists Reached Their Breaking Point With AI?

  • Musicians including SZA and Doja Cat are publicly objecting to AI music tools trained on their recordings without permission or compensation
  • Music producer Mike Sabath argues against the narrative that AI adoption is inevitable, contending that humans created these systems and can choose to regulate them
  • The Recording Industry Association is suing Suno and Udio over unlicensed training data; a searchable dataset of 12 million YouTube songs raises further questions about consent

Musicians and producers are increasingly speaking out against the unchecked spread of AI tools in the music industry, arguing that generative models are being trained on artists' work without consent and threaten to undermine genuine craftsmanship. Producer-songwriter Mike Sabath, who has worked with Raye, Jade, Niall Horan and…

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‘Assassin’s Creed’ Comes to Life in a Daring New World Record

  • Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced achieved strong sales of 3 million copies and solid critical ratings within its first week
  • Professional freerunner Lilou Ruel set a world record by jumping 18.2 metres, recreating the game's iconic 'Leap of Faith' mechanic with Red Bull sponsorship

Red Bull athlete and stuntwoman Lilou Ruel has set a new world record by recreating the "Leap of Faith," one of the most famous animations in the Assassin's Creed video game series, jumping 18.2 metres into a haystack. The stunt arrives as the franchise enjoys a major resurgence…

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Jay-Z’s Yankee Stadium Shows: How the Music Came Together, From Meticulous Arrangements to Last-Minute Tweaks

  • Jay-Z staged a multi-night Yankee Stadium residency celebrating 25 and 30 years of 'The Blueprint' and 'Reasonable Doubt,' plus a bonus performance surveying his broader catalogue
  • The creative team combined meticulous pre-planning with live spontaneity, incorporating surprise guest appearances and dynamic musical mashups across three nights of performances
  • The shows were positioned as a landmark cultural moment for New York City during a Knicks championship season

Jay-Z's Yankee Stadium residency, which wrapped up last weekend, was underpinned by months of meticulous musical preparation combined with the flexibility to adapt on the fly, according to key members of his band and production team. The three-night run marked the 25th and 30th anniversaries of his albums…

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The 1987 movie that convinced Danny Trejo he’d finally made it as an actor: “This is it”

  • Trejo overcame a troubled past involving incarceration and drug addiction to become one of cinema's most prolific character actors
  • A 1987 scene in 'Death Wish 4: The Crackdown' where he wore business attire represented his personal breakthrough moment
  • Currently in his eighties with approximately 20 projects in development, Trejo continues accepting diverse roles
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All 5 Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson Movies, Ranked

  • An entertainment ranking catalogues five Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson collaborations before Willis's 2022 acting retirement
  • 'Loaded Weapon 1' ranks last—a 1993 Lethal Weapon parody with Jackson in a main role and Willis in a cameo
  • The five-film collection spans genres and quality levels, with some entries considered classics within their genres

- Collider ranks the five films that have featured both Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson, from weakest to best, noting the pair have starred together properly in only three of them. - Bottom of the list is "Loaded Weapon 1" (1993), a Lethal Weapon spoof in which…

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‘My Friend the Porn Star’ Review: German Documentary About Desire Is a Kooky, Kinky Delight

  • German documentary by Rosa Friedrich began as a project to film her friend Timo's exhibitionist fantasies but transformed when he abandoned the production midway
  • Friedrich completed the film using creative techniques including deepfake technology, incorporating shorts from diverse contributors exploring sexuality and desire
  • Reviewer found it a successful, humorous exploration of self-revelation and concealment, celebrating Friedrich's creative vision over the original concept

"My Friend the Porn Star" is a German documentary by director-star Rosa Friedrich that began life as one film and became another entirely, after her friend Timo, who wanted to be filmed having sex with various women to satisfy his exhibitionist urges, abruptly disappeared mid-production. Rather than abandon…

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Path of Exile devs want it to be easier for new players, but still won’t let you skip its 20-hour campaign every league—at least not yet: ‘It feels very wrong to me’

  • Path of Exile developers are improving new-player experience but will not allow skipping the mandatory 20-hour campaign each league
  • Every new player must complete 10 acts before accessing endgame content, taking most players 20+ hours versus veterans' 5–6 hours
  • Despite years of repeated player requests, developers maintain that skipping would feel fundamentally wrong to the game's design

Path of Exile developers have said they want to make the action RPG more approachable for new players, but are not yet ready to let people skip the game's roughly 20-hour campaign at the start of every new league. Path of Exile relies on regular seasonal "leagues" that…

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