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Skincare brand Neutrogena acknowledged making former ambassador Hayden Panettiere feel unsupported after she spoke publicly about postpartum depression in 2015. The statement followed intense online backlash and calls for a boycott following the actress’s death at age 36 in Greenville, South Carolina. The beauty brand Neutrogena issued a formal statement addressing its history with the … Read more
Sony is ending physical disc production for PlayStation games beginning in 2028, with new PlayStation releases shifting exclusively to digital downloads. According to a blog post from Sony, the company called the move a natural direction because more people are buying digital downloads over discs, stating that the transition will enable the company to align … Read more
YouTube is increasing subscription prices across Slovakia for individual, student, and family plans, with changes taking effect immediately for new subscribers and in September for existing accounts. Alongside the price hikes, the platform is tightening enforcement of household rules to restrict account sharing outside a single shared residence. Digital subscriptions are growing more expensive for … Read more
Journalist Chris Hansen walked away from a private screening of A24’s upcoming Robert Pattinson film Primetime after refusing to sign a restrictive legal agreement. The film, which opens September 25, dramatizes Hansen’s investigative career on the 2000s true-crime television franchise “To Catch a Predator”. The veteran investigative reporter planned to view the Lance Oppenheim-directed feature … Read more
Jurors in a Las Vegas trial heard audio from a 2008 interview in which Duane “Keffe D” Davis told detectives that his nephew, Orlando “Baby Lane” Anderson, fired the shots that killed Tupac Shakur, according to reports from the Apnews and The Guardian. Davis, 63, is accused of orchestrating the 1996 killing of the 25-year-old … Read more
Charles Melton is in final talks to star as Kakashi Hatake in Destin Daniel Cretton’s live-action “Naruto” movie at Lionsgate. The global casting search for Team 7 is underway ahead of a planned February 2027 production start in a project produced by Arad Productions and Hisako. Actor Charles Melton is closing in on a major … Read more
Felicia Day’s crowdfunding campaign for The Guild: Ren Faire’d raised more than $5.7 million by Thursday, August 20, officially breaking the record for highest crowdfunded movie in history previously held by the “Veronica Mars” film project. The web series that helped define early online comedy is officially returning as a feature film. Day’s project reached … Read more
Paul Simon’s landmark album Graceland approaches its 40th anniversary as both a celebrated masterpiece and a lightning rod for cultural debate. The album sold more than 16 million copies worldwide, won the Grammy for Album of the Year, and fundamentally transformed Western pop music through its groundbreaking South African collaborations. Forty years after its release, … Read more
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are relocating from California to the United Kingdom for an extended period starting this month. The couple, who stepped back from royal duties in 2020, have enrolled their two children in a British school for the upcoming September term, according to multiple media reports, including those from Reuters, Sky News, … Read more
The second series of the BBC comedy-drama Ludwig, starring David Mitchell as puzzle-solving sleuth John Taylor, premieres. While John continues his search for his missing brother, he faces new challenges involving a Cambridge-based crime wave and a powerful local MP. John Taylor’s Continued Investigation As the second series begins, John “Ludwig” Taylor remains focused on … Read more