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Brittney Griner, the American basketball star detained in Moscow on allegations of drug smuggling, will remain in custody for at least two more months, Russian media reported Thursday. “The court granted the request of the investigation and extended the period of detention of the US citizen Griner until May 19,” a Russian court spokesperson told the Kremlin-controlled press agency TASS. …

Play video content SAG-AFTRA Hollywood is officially shut down … the union representing actors is now on strike, which means actors will join writers on the picket lines for the first time in more than half a century. SAG-AFTRA’s national board met Thursday morning and voted unanimously to strike after its contract ran out Wednesday night, following a 2-week extension …

A new court document in its ongoing battle with the FTC reveals how Microsoft believed it could use Xbox Game Pass and console sales to help offset the losses it would incur from making Starfield and Indiana Jones console exclusives. In a new document focused on the FTC’s final findings of fact, the FTC cites Microsoft Gaming Chief Financial Officer …

Amanda Silberling / TechCrunch: Twitter starts paying verified creators who have had 5M+ impressions per month for three months a share of revenue from ads served in the replies to their posts  —  Twitter is now paying creators for a share of the ad revenue earned from ads served in the replies to their posts.

The group representing the studios, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, or AMPTP, said that “a strike is certainly not the outcome we hoped for as studios cannot operate without the performers that bring our TV shows and films to life”.

Jeff Jenkins (ChubbyDiaries) is an award-winning content creator that helps chubby people travel the world. His infectious spirit and can-do attitude has landed him his own travel show, “Never Say Never”, on Nat Geo and Disney+ airing on July 9th 2023 (mark your calendars). Jeff’s central message is that everyone can travel as they are right now, no matter their …

Editor’s Word: The next incorporates spoilers for Mission: Inconceivable — Useless Reckoning Half One.There’s nothing that Hollywood loves greater than guaranteeing that audiences will come again for a number of installments in a recurring franchise. Some of the standard recurring traits of the previous twenty years has been for studios to separate the ultimate (or no less than a pivotal) …

There were urgent NATO meetings about the war in Ukraine, raging floods from India to Vermont, and a record heat wave across America. But this week the BBC wound up airing wall-to-wall coverage of a different story: itself. The confirmation that Huw Edwards, a prominent BBC anchor, was the unnamed person at the heart of allegations of sexual misconduct ended …

In Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part 1, Vanessa Kirby returns to the role of Alanna Mitsopolis, the arms-dealing White Widow that was first introduced in 2018’s Mission: Impossible – Fallout. Having already played the character, Kirby was far more comfortable as the White Widow this time, but there was one rather challenging aspect in Dead Reckoning. Warning: The following …

Subscribe to updates Unsubscribe from updates In the hustle and bustle of modern life, finding ways to streamline and simplify our daily tasks has become essential.  One area that has seen considerable transformation is healthcare, where advancements like same-day prescription treatments like those from Hello Wisp are gaining momentum. These not only improve patient experiences but also revolutionize the approach …