The tariffs are coming for the video game industry. Nintendo said in a statement Friday that it was delaying pre-orders in the U.S. for the hotly anticipated Nintendo Switch 2 console, though it added that it is still on track for a June 5, 2025 release. “Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 …
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The HBO movie from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong has a title and a premiere date — and, it appears, a very tight filming schedule. The movie — about four billionaire friends who gather during an international crisis — is called Mountainhead. HBO says it will debut on May 31, which also happens to be the final day of Emmy eligibility for the …
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[This story contains spoilers from season 22, episode 13 of Grey’s Anatomy, “Don’t You (Forget About Me.”] One hundred and ninety-two episodes into her tenure on Grey’s Anatomy, and Kim Raver is still challenged by what the writers come up with for her character. Now the chief of surgery at Grey Sloan Memorial, Teddy Altman has been under more pressure …
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Disgraced comedian and actor Russell Brand has been formally charged with rape and sexual assault. The U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service said on Friday that it has authorized London’s Metropolitan Police to charge a man, identified as 49-year-old Brand, following an investigation by detectives. Brand has been charged with one count of rape, one count of indecent assault, one count of …
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Coldplay have jumped on for a new version of Stromae and Pomme’s fan-favorite Arcane song “Ma Meilleure Ennemie,” the most notable add-in for an extended version of the show’s season two soundtrack that was released on Friday through Riot Games and Virgin Music Group. The feature adds to an already star-studded soundtrack for the second season of Netflix’s animated show …
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“There was something I liked about the script, and once I read it all, I knew this is the moment I’ve been waiting for for a good 20 years.” That’s what star Matthew Gurney told the crowd at London’s BFI Southbank on Thursday evening during a panel discussion following a screening of the first episode of the upcoming BBC revenge …
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Scott Glenn almost never played Jim Hollinger in season three of HBO’s The White Lotus, dismissing the role he was offered as just another old guy part until he sat down and watched the show. Appearing on Thursday’s episode of The Daily Show, Glenn revealed that when he was first offered the part of Hollinger, he turned it down. “I …
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Universal Music Group‘s planned $775 million acquisition of Downtown Music Holdings, the parent company of independent distributors Fuga and CD Baby, could face European Union (EU) scrutiny after the Dutch regulator made a referral request for a competition inquiry. The European Commission, the main executive body of the EU, has not announced any official decision on the topic though. Universal …
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Alfred Hitchcock, the late “Master of Suspense,” and Jiří Menzel, the late Czech director who won the foreign-language film Oscar for 1966’s Closely Watched Trains, will get some screen love during the 15th edition of the Beijing International Film Festival. The “Homage-Restoration” section of the fest will feature, among others, Hitchcock’s classic spy thriller North by Northwest, starring Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, …
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Elton John and Brandi Carlile have released their collaborative album Who Believes in Angels. The 10-track album, produced by Andrew Watt, with John’s longtime creative collaborator Bernie Taupin contributing lyrics, includes eight songs by John and Carlile together, along with a solo song from each. The duo released a music video for title track “Who Believes in Angels?” in February, …
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