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How one YouTuber helped save ‘College Football 27’ players from microtransactions — at least for now
YouTuber Bordeaux led the #CFBPlayDontPay campaign against EA Sports College Football 27 microtransactions, but rollback language hints at more battles.
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Content Partners and Ed Simpson launch creator-focused Wonderloom Media
Content Partners has moved further into the creator economy by launching Wonderloom Media with veteran media executive Ed Simpson and making its first acquisition: the YouTube true-crime brand Dr. Insanity. The new venture is intended to back promising creators with investment and operational support so they can grow beyond single-platform success into broader media businesses.…
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Ella Langley tells fans to stop measuring themselves against social media in viral concert video
A viral video captures Ella Langley telling a concert crowd exactly how she feels about social media's toxic culture of inauthenticity and comparison.
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The Odyssey Director Christopher Nolan Says Getting Told Off by His Brother Over Memento Means He Will Never Explain Any of His Movies
Christopher Nolan is famous for movies packed with ambiguity, particularly over their endings. There are countless fan explanations for everything from Inception to Interstellar that attempt to come to some kind of agreement about what has actually happened. Nolan, though, will never offer the official explanation himself — and that’s because his brother told him…
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YouTube Stars Colin and Samir’s Latest Series Is a Partnership With Lexus (Exclusive)
The ‘Colin and Samir show’ hosts will travel the country in a Lexus for ‘Colin & Samir Start Over.’
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Christopher Nolan reveals why he will never explain any of his movie endings – and it’s all thanks to Memento
“Your interpretation trumps everything. You can never do that again”
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Nancy Guthrie search scene drew YouTubers, arrests and bizarre roadside claims, docs say
A true-crime YouTuber allegedly set up traffic cones, a tripod and a “pee tent” on a road near the Nancy Guthrie search scene in Tucson, AZ.
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Did James Franco Find Real Alien Footage or Is He Just Trolling Everyone?
James Franco has resurfaced on social media after years of a low profile following 2018 sexual misconduct allegations, using a new TikTok account to build weeks of cryptic hype around footage he claimed showed an alien encounter at his property. The saga generated significant online speculation, with fans debating whether it was a genuine paranormal…
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TriStar Pictures Lands Feature Rights To Trevor Henderson’s Viral Internet IP ‘Cartoon Cat’
Sony’s TriStar Pictures has pre-emptively acquired feature film rights to “Cartoon Cat,” another viral internet creature created by Trevor Henderson, following a bidding war for his “Siren Head” concept that landed at Warner Bros. It marks the second Henderson property optioned for film within a fortnight, underlining a growing Hollywood appetite for adapting internet-born horror…
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YouTube still recommending eating disorder videos to teens, research finds
The site is continuing to recommend harmful videos despite new rules meant to better protect teenagers in the UK, a study finds.