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More details about Call of Duty’s 2024 entry appear to have leaked from an actor who claims his likeness is being used for the game’s main protagonist. First spotted by Insider Gaming, actor and singer Luke Charles Stafford reportedly posted on Facebook saying that Activision is using his likeness for the main character, which he says is named “Ratcliffe,” in …

James Charles is opening up on the other side of controversies that almost derailed his career. The 24-year-old beauty guru and YouTube star was involved in petty drama at certain points in his career. However, allegations of inappropriate relationships with minors in 2021 cost him a major brand deal with Morphe (a beauty brand where he was one of the …

Jay Peters / The Verge: Reddit plans to sunset its current coins and awards systems used to show post appreciation by September 12, 2023; no new coins can be purchased starting today  —  Reddit is sunsetting its current coins and awards systems, meaning you soon won’t be able to thank a kind stranger for giving you Reddit Gold for one …

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and beyond this week.

Summerfall Studios announced that it is pushing back the release of Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical to August 10 in order to not launch on the same day as Baldur’s Gate 3 on PC. In a statement on Twitter, Summerfall Studios said, “We want everyone to have ample space to check out Stray Gods when it launches. Baldur’s Gate 3 …

Sometimes, when you’re looking to be entertained, only a thriller will cut it. If you ever find yourself feeling like life is getting inexplicably dark, and morality is becoming more ambiguous, immersing yourself in a tense world of serial killers, drug dealers, and crooked sleazebags of all kinds is a pretty great form of escapism. The genre is broad enough …

President Biden and his national security team have contended since he took office that all the easy, tempting comparisons between this era and the Cold War are misleading, a vast oversimplification of a complex geopolitical moment. The differences are, indeed, stark: The United States never had the kind of technological and financial interdependence with its Cold War adversary, the Soviet …

As a simple dresser myself, I never encourage buying into trends based solely on the fact that they’re “in fashion”. Instead, I like to think long and hard about any I’m tempted by, discerning whether or not they feel “me”. If, after deliberation, I decide that they are, then, yes, I’ll invest. More often than not however, it’s microtrends I find the …

Genshin Impact is one of the biggest, most successful video games in the world, bringing in tens of millions of dollars a month for developer/publisher miHoYo. However, according to some voice actors involved with the popular game, they don’t get paid for months, and it’s causing some to possibly fall behind on rent. Why The Hot New Redfall Gameplay Trailer …

Lisa Marie Presley died from a small bowel obstruction, the L.A. County Coroner reported on Thursday. Presley, the only daughter of Elvis Presley, died in January after suffering cardiac arrest. She was 54. The coroner’s partial report listed “sequelae,” which is a condition that is the result of previous disease or injury. TMZ reported that she had plastic surgery before …