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Blizzard President Talks Return of Convention

For a lot of consumers, particularly younger consumers, video games are increasingly about connectivity as much they are about entertainment. Games are about immersing yourself in a world, controlling a character, or propelling a narrative forward, sure, but increasingly it is also about hanging out with your friends in a virtual world, and catching up as you work toward a …

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Pro-Independence, Anti-Trump Party Wins Greenland Elections

A pro-independence, sharply anti-Trump party has won a surprise victory in elections in Greenland. The center-right Demokraatit Party, which has pushed for Greenland to gain independence from colonial power Denmark but rejects U.S. President Trump’s goal of taking control of the island, took nearly 30 percent of the vote, compared to just 9 percent in the election 4 years ago. …

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“They Need to Get This Over With”

Disney’s Snow White won’t hit theaters until March 21, but for the team at the Mouse House, that date can’t come soon enough. The female-skewing live-action event pic which remakes Walt Disney’s cherished 1937 animated classic has been come under fire for years on social media due to a combination of the film’s progressive creative decisions and star Rachel Zegler‘s …

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GLAAD’s Frankie Grande, Peppermint Call for LGBTQ Inclusion in Reality TV

GLAAD board members Frankie Grande and Peppermint are calling for more inclusivity and LGBTQ representation in reality TV series. “While we’ve made impressive strides in LGBTQ visibility over the decades, the fact remains that for far too long now, reality shows too often include just one LGBTQ storyline or depend on a single LGBTQ cast member to represent an entire …

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Boardroom Launches Membership Club for Executives Interested in Sports

Boardroom, the sports media and entertainment brand co-founded by NBA star Kevin Durant and his longtime manager Rich Kleiman, is betting that there is room for a premium membership opportunity in the sports space. The company is planning to launch what it is calling Boardroom Members Club, which will combine in-person experiences, unique opportunities and gifts, and a digital platform, …

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Brian Cox & Lisa Kudrow in Max Horror Flick

A couple’s weekend getaway with their parents takes a supernatural turn in The Parenting, an amusing horror adventure directed by Craig Johnson (Wilson, Alex Strangelove) from a screenplay by Kent Sublette (Saturday Night Live). The film, which bows on Max on March 13, is low on genuine scares, but it does boast an appealing cast, whose comic chops elevate the …

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Irish Crime, Nigerian Fantasy Among Seriesmakers Highlights

An Irish crime drama, a Brazilian heist thriller and a Nigerian fantasy about a man reborn with the powers of Jesus Christ are among the projects at this year’s Seriesmakers, a pitching and mentoring session that runs as part of the international TV event Series Mania Forum, which runs March 25-27 in Lille. 10 international projects from director-producer and director-writer …

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Stylist Sam Spector on Creating Alan Cumming’s Looks for The Traitors

The Traitors has become must-see TV for many reasons, but perhaps one of the largest remains Alan Cumming’s extravagant and wickedly outlandish looks. Cumming’s many looks are the result of a partnership between the host and celebrity stylist Sam Spector. “It’s really an amazing collaboration. We all sort of give our own expertise or put our own expertise into it,” …

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Amanda Seyfried in Peacock Mystery

Everything is not sunny in Philadelphia on the small screen this week. Both Apple TV+’s Dope Thief — review coming Thursday — and Peacock‘s Long Bright River set stories of blue-collar murder and misery against the relative hopefulness of the complicated relationships between their two main characters. Long Bright River The Bottom Line Becomes somewhat compelling … five or six …

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Sides Far Apart, Union Says

SAG-AFTRA has been on strike against major video game studios for more than seven months, and the two sides don’t seem to be particularly close to making a deal. That’s the impression that negotiators for the performers’ union gave to members in a message on Tuesday that warned that the companies’ latest proposals contained “alarming loopholes that will leave our …

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