Month: February 2024

Photo by Hillarie Jason Since its inception, the video game industry has been largely dominated by Japan, the United States and the United Kingdom with names like Super Mario Bros., Minecraft and Grand Theft Auto having reached a level of ubiquity such that even our technologically impaired editor-in-chief has some idea of what we’re talking
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Freevee users, beware! The future of Freevee appears to be on the rocks after Amazon made changes to Prime Video’s streaming tiers.  As of January this year, Prime Video has a tiered option that includes ads, which is seemingly redundant considering Freevee is an ad-based free streaming service.  Three sources allegedly went to AdWeek and
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One year after becoming the artist with the most Grammy wins in history, the Houston-born superstar has notched what once may have seemed an even more unattainable record: becoming the first Black woman to reach No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Her song “Texas Hold ‘Em,” released February 11, debuted at the top
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“I have my album title y’all,” Normani wrote on X (formerly Twitter) in June 2018. Since then, fans on social media have constantly followed up with the R&B-pop sensation about the album’s status. Well, they no longer need to circle back. Normani has announced her first proper album, Dopamine, will arrive this year on RCA
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Riders of Rohan do not fit neatly into metal, and they are better for it. The idiosyncratic Swedish rock trio is themed around the Tolkien universe, feature multiple lead singers, and are sonically so proto-metal oriented that they were blacklisted and removed from Metallum. Following their release of their self-titled 2022 debut, Riders are ready
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It feels like Jeffrey Wright is in everything these days. His versatility has taken him from character acting in the likes of rThe French Dispatch and Westworld to his recent Oscar-nominated turn in the dark comedy American Fiction. What’s American Fiction about? Summary of this Best Picture-nominated feature: In American Fiction, Jeffrey Wright plays a
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HBO’s live-action adaptation of the hit video game The Last Of Us became a cultural phenomenon when it debuted in January 2023. So much so that I, a horror-adverse person, decided to give the show a try and immediately fell in love with the post-apocalyptic world and Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey’s phenomenal performances.  It
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Maybe one day, Jubal will come out of a spotlight episode feeling better than when it began. But FBI Season 6 Episode 2 was not that exception. Instead, the world was dumping on Jubal from the get-go. Sam called him about Tyler’s getting suspended from school for drinking. Tyler caving into peer pressure and drinking after complaining
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SZA has achieved new awards from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for seven songs from her second album, SOS.  “Good Days,” the album’s lead single, is now certified 6x platinum for selling over six million equivalent units since its Dec. 25, 2020, release. It ties with 2017’s “Love Galore,” featuring Travis Scott, as
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