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Based on a beloved video game and starring two Oscar winners, “Borderlands” should have been an easy win for movie studio Lionsgate. But it debuted with a Rotten Tomatoes critic score of 0%, as fans and critics trashed the film.The movie follows a ragtag bunch of humans searching for a…
By Dawn Chmielewski and Greg Bensinger (Reuters) – When Mike Hopkins was approached about leading Amazon (NASDAQ:) Prime Video, his view of the streaming service matched one held widely in Hollywood — it was nothing more than a perk for subscribers of the online retailer’s two-day delivery service. But Amazon…
Two female extras who spoke out about Francis Ford Coppola’s behavior on the set of “Megalopolis” have shared markedly different accounts of working with the filmmaker.In a series of videos taken by a crewmember during filming last year and published by Variety in July, the director could be seen touching…
By Danielle Broadway BURBANK, California (Reuters) – Striking video game voice actors and motion-capture performers held their first picket on Thursday in front of Warner Bros. Games and said artificial intelligence was a threat to their professions. “The models that they’re using have been trained on our voices without our…
Drake and Kendrick Lamar were once considered collaborators, perhaps even friends.Both rappers lent features to the other’s 2011 albums (“Take Care” and “good kid, m.A.A.d city,” respectively) and even teamed up with A$AP Rocky for the 2012 hit “F**kin’ Problems.”Over the years, however, Drake and Lamar came to represent very…
The Israel Defense Forces strapped a wounded Palestinian man to a jeep during a raid.The IDF said the incident violated protocol and that it was under investigation.The UN Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories said it was “human shielding in action.” The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said some of…
New video footage appears to show the moments before a Houthi naval drone — seemingly disguised as a slow-moving fishing boat — struck a commercial vessel in the Red Sea last week.The Iran-backed rebels on Wednesday scored a hit on the M/V Tutor with an uncrewed surface vessel, causing severe…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maria Estrada, 51, who is a plant-science lecturer at Fresno State and the mother of two teenagers. It’s been edited for length and clarity.Both of my kids love to compete in science fairs. Combined, they’ve won more than $67,000 in awards…
The son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a video appearing to show an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reservist threatening a mutiny if the Israeli government did not push for “complete victory” over Hamas, The Times of Israel reported.The IDF has since announced that it is opening a criminal…
One of Ukraine’s special forces units has revealed what it takes to replenish frontline troops under constant enemy shelling.”Not today or tomorrow, of course, but all depending on our reserves and supplies,” said Major-General Vadym Skibitsky, the deputy head of military intelligence.A caption accompanying the video reads: “Maneuvering in difficult…
