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Steam Frame Seems to Be On the Horizon as Unboxing and Setup Videos Leak Online
Valve appears close to launching its Steam Frame VR headset, after unboxing, setup and how-to videos were briefly published via an update to the ARM Steam Client before being pulled and re-uploaded by users. Rather than removing the leaked material for good, Valve subsequently restored the videos to its backend, suggesting an official release announcement…
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Shirley MacLaine makes rare video appearance, pokes fun at 1960s movie flop
Shirley MacLaine, now 92, made a rare video appearance this week to mark a screening of her 1969 musical “Sweet Charity” at a New York theatre, using the occasion to poke gentle fun at the film’s poor box-office performance on release. The appearance is notable given how infrequently the veteran actress appears on camera these…
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Army battalion in Georgia offering 4 days of GTA 6 play as reenlistment incentive
A U.S. Army battalion in Georgia is offering eligible soldiers a four-day pass to play Grand Theft Auto VI (GTA 6) as a reenlistment incentive once the highly anticipated game gets released this fall. The incentive is for the “special 4-day” pass, which is offered by the 9th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Brigade Combat…
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Oso Oso Announce North American Tour
Oso Oso, the emo and power pop band fronted by Jade Lilitri, has announced a North American headline tour running through October and November. The run, billed as “An Exchange of Information Tour,” will take in dozens of US cities plus Toronto, with support from Leisure Hour, Bad Luck, Liquid Mike and Bugsy across different…
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Alex Lifeson Quit Weed for Rush’s Tour. These 10 Musicians Gave It Up, Too (Or At Least Tried)
Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson revealed he gave up marijuana ahead of the band’s high-pressure reunion tour, after decades of using it as a creative aid while writing music, though he always performed sober. He told Rolling Stone that halfway through preparing for the tour, cannabis began undermining the confidence, focus and discipline he felt he…
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Anderson .Paak and Cordae Bicker With Their Pants Off in ‘Step Brothers’-Inspired Album Teaser Video
Anderson .Paak and Cordae have announced a joint album, Heavy Is the Head, set for release on 23 October. The pair, who previously collaborated on the tracks “RNP,” “Two Tens” and “Summer Drop,” revealed the news via a teaser video that riffs on the poster for the 2008 comedy Step Brothers, with the two rappers…
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‘Degree of Uncertainty’ Filmmaker Simon Schneider Tackles The Ironic Origins Of Climate Change Data — HollyShorts Film Festival
German-born filmmaker Simon Schneider’s AFI thesis film Degree of Certainty, screening at the HollyShorts Film Festival, dramatises the origins of oil companies’ knowledge of climate change. Set in 1982, the 16-minute short follows a young risk analyst at a major US oil firm who, while under pressure to prove his worth amid falling oil prices,…
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3 Rockers From the 1990s Who Ended up Joining Famous Bands
This lighthearted retrospective looks at three 1990s rock frontmen who, despite finding fame with their own bands, later chose to join other established or newly formed groups rather than pursue purely solo careers. It highlights how, even after huge success and solo releases, these musicians gravitated back towards collaborative band settings, underlining how tightly interconnected…