Blizzard Entertainment has been singled out as a symbol of the male-dominated gaming community’s worst impulses. Mike Ybarra aims to change that.
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The ex-fiance of reality star Lala Kent faces the collapse of his company amid a trail of lawsuits, civil fraud charges and allegations of abusive behavior.
Aidan Park returns to musical theater as Dr. Strange in the Lyric Hyperion’s ‘The Streaming-Verse of Madness: An Unauthorized Musical Parody,’ becoming the first Asian actor to play the character.
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An NFT of Serena Williams and her daughter helps introduce Zestworld’s new commission tool that artists and fans can use to order singular artwork.
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Anime Expo 2022 drew tens of thousands of attendees to the Los Angeles Convention Center this weekend and, as has happened many times before, its popularity even attracted the attention of fire marshals working to keep the crowd safe.
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Honorary Oscars for Michael J. Fox, Diane Warren, Peter Weir and Euzhan Palcy, plus more love for ‘We Need to Talk About Cosby.’
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Historical figures aren’t new for Gillian Anderson — who also plays Margaret Thatcher in “The Crown” and Catherine’s terrible mother in “The Great.”
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Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster is reborn as the Mighty Thor in this overstuffed, under-realized new Marvel entry from “Thor: Ragnarok” director Taika Waititi.
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‘I’m not interested in helping’ Donald Trump, Joe Rogan said Monday, revealing that he’d passed on the ex-POTUS as a podcast guest more than once.
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Britney Spears’ attorney says Jamie Spears got $6 million and Lou Taylor’s Tri Star got $18 million while the pop star was under a conservatorship.
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Video game ‘Minecraft’ included a subtle tribute to late YouTuber Technoblade, who died of cancer last week at age 23.
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A Puerto Rican judge issued a restraining order Friday against singer and actor Ricky Martin, who is accused of trespassing on an ex’s property.
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Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and wife Kourtney Kardashian reveal how they spent Fourth of July after he was released from the hospital last week.
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A 17-year-old employee of Denmark’s largest cinema chain was one of three people killed in a weekend shooting rampage at a Copenhagen shopping mall.
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Showrunner John Hoffman dishes about Hulu’s true crime comedy, from Steve Martin’s reaction to Shirley MacLaine to his own salacious cameo (of sorts).
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Bette Midler tweeted that the use of inclusive language is somehow “erasing” women in the fight for abortion rights.
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Amber Heard’s lawyers have asked a judge to throw out the $10.35 million verdict against her in the defamation case filed by ex-husband Johnny Depp.
Behold: Black L.A.
“Behold” focuses on aspects of the culture such as music, food, churches, the people running local businesses and confronting a heavily filtered image of Black life in Los Angeles that has left many feeling unseen.