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Disney Plus adds 8 million subscribers—but it’s still operating at a loss

Disney+photo: NICK AGRO/AFP via Getty Images When Disney first launched its streaming service Disney+ back in November of 2019, it did so with a long-term mindset. Streaming was, presumably, the future, and so the company was willing to burn a lot of money to catch up with more established performers in the industry—most notably Netflix, […]

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Judd Apatow ‘Superbad’ sequel shot down — cast thinks it’d be ‘crappy’

“Superbad” producer Judd Apatow was an advocate for the movie’s sequel but said he couldn’t get the original cast on board. The 2007 R-rated high school tale starring Jonah Hill and Michael Cera turns 15 this year. But even all these years later, Apatow, 54, said the actors didn’t McLovin the risk of messing up […]

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Alan Wake Remastered Coming To Switch This Fall

picture: Remedy / AMC / Nintendo / Kotaku Today, in honor of the 12-year anniversary of Alan Wake‘s original release This week, Remedy provided some fresh news about the franchise. Included was the announcement that the remastered Alan Wake is coming to Switch this year, as well as some more details about the barely-talked about […]

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Ashley Judd opens up about mental health after her mother’s death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Ashley Judd encouraged people to seek help for their mental health and spoke about her grieving process following the loss of her mother, country star Naomi Judd.. In an interview broadcast on “Good Morning America” ​​on Thursday, the movie star said she wanted to address her mother’s struggle with depression. Judd […]

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How the Rolling Stones overcame heroin and more to make ‘Exile’

The Rolling Stones famously got their rocks off during the making of their classic “Exile on Main St.” album. In fact, the drug-fueled debauchery had Keith Richards — in the throes of a heroin addiction — going MIA within his French villa where the Stones recorded the sprawling double LP, which was released 50 years […]

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Why it’s bad news for the entire market when Apple has a big drop

Apple stock is down over 8% this week, wiping off about $200 billion in value, and dragging down the Dow and Nasdaq indexes. Apple is now officially in a bear market alongside other technology megastocks. Apple has failed during a bad week for equity markets, which are selling off stocks in nearly every industry on […]

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Musician summons up 15 covers of Elden Ring’s theme song

In the few months that From Software’s Elden Ring has been out, the internet has enjoyed taking its creators’ carefully considered artistic vision and just kind of wreaking havoc on it. Aside from finding strategies to defeat particularly difficult enemies by doing stuff like messing with their programming so they act like dopes—a time-honored From […]

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‘Friday the 13th’ legal battle is just the type of this Hollywood horror story

A reboot never happened. As King James was conquering the court, Jason Voorhees was stuck in one, the subject of a legal battle that has left the horror franchise in limbo. Before he became a lawyer, Zerner was a victim of Jason Voorhees. a killer case For half a decade, “Friday the 13th” has been […]

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The MCU’s Phase 4 Doesn’t Have a Big Connection, and That’s Great

In its first 10 years of moviemakingMarvel Studios established something of a myth that persists to this very day: “In Feige We Trust,” fans would exult, as if a prayer to ward against evil rather than a parasocial relationship with a man worth hundreds of millions of dollars. The idea that marvel’s movies were all […]

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Part 2 as Emperor Shaddam

photo: Stephane De Sakutin (Getty Images) The Legendary and Warner Bros. dunes franchise you have found its Emperor Shaddam. Deadline reports that Christopher Walken has been cast in Denis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated sequel for the sci-fi series. Walken joins recently announced cast members Florence Pugh, who’ll play the Emperor’s daughter, Princess Irulan, and Austin Butler, […]