Activision Blizzard Inc. Chief Executive Officer Bobby Kotick said the US’s biggest independent video-game publisher will start negotiating with the Communications Workers of America over a collective bargaining agreement for employees at its subsidiary Raven Software.
Last month, a majority of video game testers at Raven Software employees voted to form a union—a first for a …
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Ani FaNelli (Mila Kunis) sits in front of stained glass windows in her former high school, the private and prestigious Bradley School in suburban Philadelphia. She’s on edge, talking with an independent documentary filmmaker about a school shooting that unfolded here two decades ago—and the accusations surrounding it.
“You’re lucky you have a mother who got you a l…
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Warning: This post contains spoilers for The Crown.
Princess Diana is the undeniable star of Season 5 of the The Crown. Played by Elizabeth Debicki, the people’s princess takes center stage in the latest season of the Netflix series as she divorces Charles and establishes a new life on her own terms. We follow her romance with Dr. Hasnat Khan (Humayun Saeed) a…
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A group of US consumers has surprised companies and economists by splurging on Taylor Swift concerts, trips to Paris and dining out — even as their savings decline.
Call them the YOLO consumers.
An ugly word has been shooting around the media like it’s going out of fashion: Recession, usually defined as two back-to-back quarters of a shrinking economy.
Judging by recent headlines and rhetoric from experts, you’d think we are already there. But as with many things, the truth is more nuanced. To be sure, no one in their right mind wants to see a recession, as these peri…
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Podcasting may be facing a reckoning. For years the podcasting bubble has grown ever larger. As investigative and indie shows struggled, producers turned to celebrities as their salvation. Sometimes it feels like every other actor—particularly those who starred on sitcoms in the 2000s—has their own show these days. But it turns out that Hollywood won’t save the industry. Not o…
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Almost exactly a year after its first season released, The Bear is back with more frenetic kitchen drama and its trademark splash of dark comedy. Season 2 will return on June 22 to Hulu, this time with 10 episodes.
The first season—which became the most-watched comedy series in FX history—introduced viewers to a motley cast of characters: Carmy (Jeremy Allen White), an…
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The notion that Drake allegedly uses a ghostwriter to write his rhymes is a conspiracy that has haunted the rapper for years. He told Genius that he doesn’t lean on ghostwriters, saying, “Any song that really, really did damage for me, I wrote every single lyric.” The rumors were also the subject of his famous feud with rapper Meek Mill, spawning his pair of diss tracks…
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The multiverse is everywhere. The niche, nerdy concept long discussed among comic book nerds and featured in shows like Doctor Who has taken over the movies—and not just superhero films from the Marvel Cinematic Universe and DC Entertainment Universe, but indie films like Everything Everywhere All at Once.
The term “mutiverse” describes the idea that th…
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