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Five surprising moments from Anna Wintour and Chloe Malle

Chloe Malle, who took over as editor of American Vogue in September, sat down with Anna Wintour for their first joint interview ahead of Malle’s first print issue. The conversation centered on how Malle is establishing her identity while her predecessor remains unusually in a supervisory role. They traded

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Kojima nearly discussed Metal Gear Solid FPS with Vince Zampella

At the DICE Summit, industry veterans gathered to pay tribute to Call of Duty and Titanfall co-creator Vince Zampella, who died in December. Hideo Kojima said Zampella offered him support and guidance as he founded Kojima Productions: "He gave me a lot of support and advice," Kojima said.

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The Foo Fighters Song Dave Grohl Wrote After Listening to Fleetwood Mac

The Foo Fighters are best known for arena-sized anthems and high-energy performances, but they once leaned into a softer, more melodic sound after spending time with Fleetwood Mac. That track became "Ain't It the Life," one of the band's most subdued and quietly beautiful

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HGTV cancels 'Rehab Addict' after Nicole Curtis uses racial slur

HGTV has canceled 'Rehab Addict' after leaked footage showed star Nicole Curtis using the N-word while working on a renovation project. On Wednesday RadarOnline published the footage; in it Curtis appears shocked at her own words, asks a man off-camera to "kill that" and says, "

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Diablo 4 adds warlocks, a dark summoner class, in Lord of Hatred

The return of paladins to Diablo 4 grabbed attention, but a Diablo Spotlight video also confirmed a second new class coming with the Lord of Hatred expansion: a dark, brooding summoner called the warlock. Warlocks are new to the series, though a surprise expansion for Diablo 2 introduces an earlier

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How to unlock all classes (collars) in Mewgenics

Mewgenics features 13 classes represented by collars, but you only start with four. Knowing what each class does and how to unlock the others helps you progress in this turn-based cat-breeding roguelike from the creator of The Binding of Isaac. The four starter classes are Fighter (default +2 Strength, +1

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Bel's Fanfare: Chibig's N64-inspired Zelda-like RPG

Spain-based studio Chibig, best known for Mika and the Witch's Mountain, has revealed Bel's Fanfare, a Zelda-like RPG with clear N64-era inspiration that quickly found success on Kickstarter — the campaign reached 600% of its goal in three days and has more than 10 times its target,

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In the Sci-Fi World of ‘Arco’, It’s About ‘Respecting Kids’ Intelligence’

Ugo Bienvenu set out to make “a movie that feels like a hug,” and that impulse is at the center of Arco, an Oscar-nominated animated film opening Thursday in U.S. theaters. The story follows two children from different eras who meet through time travel, moving between 2075, when robots

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Black Myth: Zhong Kui’s Six-Minute Short Film Celebrates Year of the Horse

Game Science released a six-minute short film made entirely in-engine to celebrate Chinese New Year and the Year of the Horse. It is explicitly non-canon and unrelated to the main storyline, so it doesn’t offer a new look at gameplay for the follow-up to Black Myth: Wukong. The clip

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Method dressing: nine actors who stayed in character on the red carpet

“Have you ever heard of a female actor that was method?” Kristen Stewart asked last year, the question suggesting method acting is often framed as a male preserve. A more widely available option is “method dressing”: promoting a film in an outfit inspired by a character. Lately it’s everywhere

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Solasta 2 will add a D&D 5E rule Baldur's Gate 3 dropped

Solasta: Crown of the Magister took a more combat-focused approach to Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition than Baldur's Gate 3 and included tactical options such as the Dodge action, which gives attacks against you disadvantage and grants advantage on Dexterity saving throws. Solasta 2 is introducing single-target leveled

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Danse Macabre: a Covid‑inspired photograph by Lisl Ponger

When Covid began, Lisl Ponger turned her attention from everyday face coverings to masks more broadly, researching masked balls, carnival masks and the many outbreaks of plague in Venice. Her photograph Danse Macabre, inspired by the pandemic, hides small details: paper lamps in the ceiling contain Covid-19 viruses, and at

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10 Greatest R-Rated Westerns of the 21st Century, Ranked

Western cinema has long been shaped by violence, justice, and morality as much as by sweeping visuals and cowboy characters. The mid-20th-century heyday wasn’t known for confronting realism, but in recent decades audiences have gravitated toward visceral authenticity that dismantles fabled American values. The 21st-century Western has become synonymous

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Reese Witherspoon mourns James Van Der Beek as 'Elle' marks his final TV role

Reese Witherspoon, an executive producer on the Legally Blonde prequel series Elle, paid tribute after James Van Der Beek died Wednesday following a battle with colorectal cancer that began in August 2023. She said she was "devastated" and called him "an extraordinary, talented man who also showed

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Jason Isaacs Reunites With 'Death of Stalin' Writer for WWII Dark Comedy

Jason Isaacs is set to join Bad Major, a World War II dark comedy that marks the feature directorial debut of Peter Fellows. Fellows co-wrote The Death of Stalin and previously worked with Armando Iannucci on projects including Veep and Avenue 5. The ensemble also features Josh Gad, Ruth Negga,

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Tamas Vasary, Pianist of Power and Sensitivity, Dies at 92

Tamas Vasary, a Hungarian pianist celebrated for technical brilliance, stylistic authority and bejeweled lyricism in Romantic-era music, died on Feb. 5 in Budapest at 92. The Hungarian Academy of Arts announced his death. He was especially known for interpretations of Chopin and Liszt and for many recordings, most on Deutsche

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Bud Cort, Star of 1971’s ‘Harold and Maude,’ Dies at 77

Bud Cort, a veteran stage and screen actor best known for his role as Harold in Hal Ashby’s 1971 film Harold and Maude, died on Wednesday in Norwalk, Conn. He was 77. His death, at an assisted‑living facility, was from complications of pneumonia, a representative for his family

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Jennifer Aniston and Jim Curtis share intimate kiss in Instagram tribute

Jennifer Aniston and boyfriend Jim Curtis shared an intimate kiss in an Instagram post he made as a birthday tribute to the actress. The hypnotherapist posted a black-and-white photo of the couple kissing over a floral arrangement and a second image of them laughing while on a boat. Curtis captioned

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Quiz: Guess the games from these one-line Steam reviews (Part 3)

Here’s another quiz to test your gaming trivia: match a single-line Steam review to the game it describes. There are additional quizzes covering topics from healthbars to odd in-game currencies and bizarre patch notes. Steam reviews can be remarkably concise. The author says he spends hours on a review,

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Can Artists Help Shape American Cities Again?

Artists helped turn rough neighborhoods into cultural destinations, only to be pushed out as property values climbed. The small Russell Street house where Jack Kerouac worked is now worth more than $1.7 million; Janis Joplin’s Haight-Ashbury apartment would rent for roughly 20 times its late-1960s price; and Dorothea

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No ICE In Minnesota bundle offers hundreds of games to raise funds

The No ICE In Minnesota bundle offers nearly 300 video games and more than 1,000 tabletop titles for any price above a $10 minimum, with proceeds benefiting the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Organized by Jes Wade—whose previous anti-ICE fundraiser in July 2025 raised over $100,000 for

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Netflix Fans Give Up on Unjustly Cancelled 7-Part Western Thrill Ride

Netflix has cancelled The Abandons, a seven-part Western thriller that starred Lena Headey alongside Gillian Anderson and Nick Robinson. The series followed a diverse group of families who must push back against a system competing for coveted land. On Rotten Tomatoes the show earned 30% from critics and 51% from

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Dorinda Medley to join E! reboot after Jill Zarin’s firing

Dorinda Medley is set to join E!’s reboot of The Real Housewives of New York, appearing in the network’s new series The Golden Life after cast member Jill Zarin was removed from the project before cameras rolled over remarks about Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime performance. E!

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Diablo 4 Lord of Hatred introduces the Warlock

A demon-summoning Warlock is joining Diablo 4 with the Lord of Hatred expansion in April, and players can try a version of the class in Diablo 2: Resurrected today. Unlike the Necromancer or Witch Doctor, Warlocks call forth demons from Hell to fight up close, sometimes even fusing them into

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Split Fiction Studio Already Working On Its Next Game

Hazelight's next game is in development and, like the studio's past projects, will feature mocapped actors. On February 10, Hazelight founder and Split Fiction director Josef Fares posted an image on Twitter that simply says, "Next game in the making." The photo shows Fares