“The Transformers: The Movie” is returning to theaters internationally from Sept. 17 to 22 for the animated feature’s 40th anniversary. To celebrate, there will be a new animated short “Optimus Prime: Awakening,” to play after the original 1986 film.
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The 83rd Venice Film Festival got off to a rousing start Wednesday evening with the warmly received world premiere of Danny Boyle’s propulsive Rupert Murdoch drama Ink from Netflix.
As the lights came up inside Venice’s Sala Grande, with stars Jack O’Connell, Guy Pearce and Claire Foy seated alongside their director, the black-tie crowd rose for a four-minute standing ovation in a warmly-received moment. After the cast exited, there was a bit of drama near the front of the theater as an unidentified man was suffering from a medical emergency and personnel were called in for help. As of press time, his condition was unclear.
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Sony is making 59% more money per active PlayStation user now than they were during the PS4 era, according to new data compiled by Niko Partners Director of Research and Insights Daniel Ahmad, who covers the video game market with a focus on the Asia and MENA markets. It translates to $230 more spent by the average active PlayStation user now than in 2018.
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Courts and Crime
The singer's new lawsuit claims she is "the victim of a calculated blackmail campaign"
Alanis Morissette is accusing her former tour manager of making “extortionate” threats to falsely implicate the singer in airport drug possession and trafficking allegations unless Morissette agreed to hire her under a 15-year contract.
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Following devastating staff cuts and a chorus of pushback, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss is courting controversy once again for her editorial decisions at the helm of the network’s news division — this time for overseeing an article that critics say falsely insinuated Michigan’s Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed had ties to the September 11 attacks.
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I t’s late August, and Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano is relaxed in a spaghetti strap tank, makeup-less and wearing a delicate gold necklace that says “Villana,” her real name. This is who she is at heart: a laidback, private, homebody. And these days, home is on an entirely new continent.
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Oscar and Emmy winner Melissa Leo has joined the cast of Amazon MGM Studios and Miramax’s action-thriller “Supermax,” starring Will Smith.
David Gordon Green directs the film, which follows two FBI agents investigating a seemingly impossible murder within the impenetrable walls of a maximum-security prison. Lee — whose role remains under wraps — joins the previously announced ensemble cast led by Smith, AnnaSophia Robb, Jason Clarke, and Jaafar Jackson. The movie also features Nicholas Alexander Chavez, Andrés Almeida, Martin Bats Bradford, and Erika Ringor.
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Ariana Grande took a moment during the final show of her “Eternal Sunshine” tour to thank the audience at London’s O2 Arena, sharing how it’s been an “extraordinary experience” across her 41 shows.
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Production has wrapped in Beijing on “VIII: Awakening,” KC Global Media Asia’s fantasy adventure drama reimagining a classic Chinese mythology legend for modern audiences.
The S-grade series, the company’s first original China production, completed 24 15-minute episodes for its debut season.
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Return to Sender
Just two months before the midterm elections, USPS is preparing to launch an untested mail-in ballot verifcation system that puts eligible voters in jeopardy
A whistleblower within the United States Postal Service (USPS) is warning of covert plans by the Trump administration to reshape the nation’s mail-in ballot verification system in ways that could disenfranchise scores of American voters.
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