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Tyrese Maxey assesses Sixers after preseason finale loss to Celtics

Tyrese Maxey assesses the Philadelphia 76ers after a preseason finale loss to the Boston Celtics.

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Oct 17 • 7:17 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Jenna Dewan’s new ‘DWTS’ dance partner revealed amid Val Chmerkovskiy controversy

Alan Bersten and Jenna Dewan will dance together on ‘Dancing With the Stars’ this week as Val Chmerkovskiy takes a step back from the ballroom following his comments directed toward judge Carrie Ann Inaba.

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Oct 17 • 5:56 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Val Chmerkovskiy will not dance on DWTS this week after his comments about Carrie Ann Inaba

Val Chmerkovskiy, who is partnered with Jenna Dewan, will be absent from the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ ballroom this week after his heated comments about Carrie Ann Inaba’s judging.

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Oct 17 • 4:06 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
The strange genius of Nathan Fielder, explained in 5 episodes

Nathan Fielder’s ‘You Can See Everything’ has everyone talking. But how do you even begin to explain his whole... thing? These five essential TV episodes are a good place to start.

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Oct 17 • 3:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Ellen DeGeneres appears in rare TV interview 4 years after talk show’s end

Ellen DeGeneres stopped by ‘The Graham Norton Show’ on Friday to discuss her past and future in television, quipping that she could easily get a show in the U.K.

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Oct 17 • 2:59 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Gen X ‘poster child’ Molly Ringwald confesses what she ‘didn’t like’ about the ’80s

Molly Ringwald revealed the one thing that she skipped out on during the 1980s, the decade which saw her star in films like ‘The Breakfast Club,’ ‘Pretty in Pink, and ‘Sixteen Candles.’

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Oct 17 • 12:27 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
When does ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ season 2 premiere? Everything we know about the new killers

Michael C. Hall dodges old allies and faces new killer foes in ‘Dexter: Resurrection’ season 2, premiering on Paramount+ very soon. Here’s everything you need to know, including who’s joining the cast and who’s returning.

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Oct 17 • 12:00 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
One of My Top Three Shows of 2026 Was Just Renewed—Finally

I watch TV for a living, so I see a lot of great television shows. But one of my favorite three shows of the year wasn't renewed for a new season—until this week. Here, why I'm so excited 'Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed' is getting a season two on Apple TV.

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Oct 17 • 10:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • purewow.com
The 10 best final girls in horror movie history, ranked

From Sidney Prescott in ‘Scream’ to Selena in ‘28 Days Later,’ these final girls did more than survive — they fought back and became horror legends. Here are our 10 favorites, ranked.

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Oct 17 • 9:20 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Chuck Lorre claims Cybill Shepherd became ‘a different person’ when shooting season 2 of ‘Cybill’

Chuck Lorre recounts how he was fired from ‘Cybill,’ a show he created, in his new memoir

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Oct 17 • 9:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Ben Affleck has no regrets over box office bomb ‘Surviving Christmas’ for this reason

Ben Affleck explained why working with the late James Gandolfini changed his perspective on ‘Surviving Christmas.’

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Oct 17 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
There’s a Best Time to Eat Breakfast—And Science Says It Matters

A study shows a link between longevity and what time you eat breakfast. Here’s what the research shows.

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • realsimple.com
Joe Manganiello reveals plot of Ben Affleck’s scrapped Batman film

Joe Manganiello shared a detailed plot description for Ben Affleck’s unmade ‘Batman’ movie, which would have seen Deathstroke ‘dismantle Batman’s entire life.’

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Cardiologists Share 10 Foods to Avoid With High Blood Pressure

From processed meats to sugary drinks, here are the foods and drinks to cut back on If you have hypertension.

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Oct 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Health • health.com
My iPhone 18 Pro Max just got delivered and I immediately regret the purchase — and I think iPhone Duo is to blame

The iPhone 18 Pro Max isn't nearly as exciting as its foldable counterpart

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Oct 17 • 12:30 AM EDT • Technology • tomsguide.com
Political violence: How justifications influence voter approval

What happens when political violence is presented as a justified response to threat or injustice coming from an out-group? A study by Ursula Daxecker, director at the Max Planck Institute for Politics ...

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Oct 16 • 9:00 PM EDT • Politics • phys.org
Priests must dive into politics
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Oct 16 • 7:13 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
LeBron, Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey are …

LeBron, Jaylen Brown, Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey are …

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Oct 16 • 6:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
‘Whalefall’ ending explained: Who survives? What happened on the boat? How does it differ from the book?

Austin Abrams and Josh Brolin star in Whalefall, a heart-racing thriller based on Daniel Kraus’ novel. Who survives? What happened on the boat? How does it differ from the book? Here’s the answers.

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Oct 16 • 5:53 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Democrats say Trump increased investments in drugmakers that were given Medicare exemptions

The report from congressional Democrats found that Trump’s pharmaceutical stock holdings grew from a maximum reported value of $1.7 million in 2024 to as much as $56.2 million at the end of 2025.

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Oct 16 • 5:32 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Nicolas Cage and Antonio Banderas will officially headline ‘True Detective’ season 5

‘True Detective’ has found its next true detectives.

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Oct 16 • 4:43 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Collin Gosselin slams mom Kate for mental health claims, says ‘maybe it’s time’ she get psychiatric evaluation

Collin Gosselin and his mother, Kate Gosselin, have been locked in a bitter feud after he accused her of abuse in his memoir, ‘In the Shadow of Eight,’ which released on Oct. 13.

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Oct 16 • 4:38 PM EDT • Health • ew.com
SOME CITY SPORTS FIELDS ARE CLOSED TODAY SEE LINK FOR DETAILS 10-16-26

****ALL CITY BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL FIELDS ARE CLOSED TODAY (10-16-26) EXCEPT FOR: GROVE BASEBALL, MAX KEHNE BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL, WALNUT RIDGE BASEBALL, AND WHITTIER BASEBALL FIELD 2.****What “

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Oct 16 • 1:28 PM EDT • Sports • cityoffrederickmd.gov
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs transferred to new federal prison after medical emergency

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was moved from FCI Fort Dix in New Jersey to FCI Allenwood Low in Pennsylvania days after he reportedly suffered a head injury.

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Oct 16 • 12:58 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Candace Cameron Bure declined to return to ‘The View’ for season 30

Candace Cameron Bure says ‘The View’ asked her to return for season 30, with the ‘Full House’ and ‘Special Forces’ star explaining to EW why she declined.

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Oct 16 • 12:38 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Jax from ‘Love Is Blind’ stands by comparing Stew to Mitt Romney after Kennedy comparisons

‘Love Is Blind’ stars Jax and Stew talk to EW about their awkward breakup — and whether he looks more like John F. Kennedy or Mitt Romney.

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Oct 16 • 11:11 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Banished Michael Foote from ‘The Traitors’ is ‘coming for their f---ing wigs’

Michael Foote from ‘The Traitors: New Blood’ is ‘still mad’ about his banishment: ‘I’m coming for their f---ing wigs.’

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Oct 16 • 8:15 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Anakin Skywalker actor Jake Lloyd shares rare message to ‘Star Wars’ fans alongside fellow child star from prequels

Jake Lloyd, who starred as Anakin Skywalker in 1999’s ‘The Phantom Menace,’ shares rare message to ‘Star Wars’ fans alongside fellow child star from prequels, Daniel Logan.

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Oct 15 • 10:57 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
'We’re here for a business trip' | The Bills practice on the West Coast ahead of Week 6

The perks of staying out on the West Coast, what challenges Maxx Crosby brings, and Wednesday's injury report

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Oct 15 • 10:45 PM EDT • Business • buffalobills.com
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Anna Faris reacts to Chuck Lorre’s claim he hesitated casting her on ‘Mom’: ‘Of course it hurts’

Anna Faris has broken her silence on Chuck Lorre’s claim that he was ‘correct’ to feel ‘reluctance’ over casting her on ‘Mom,’ saying, ‘Of course it hurts’ on social media. ‘I’m proud of what we made together.’

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Oct 15 • 9:05 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Joe Manganiello shares shocking hospital photos showing dramatic weight loss after near-death health crisis

‘Magic Mike’ star Joe Manganiello shares photos of his dramatic weight loss during the health scare he writes about in his new book, ‘Bloodlines.’

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Oct 15 • 7:21 PM EDT • Health • ew.com
New Mid-Market Arts District Launches With $500K Investment From SF Billionaires

SF business leaders and wealthy donors are funding a new Mid-Market arts district, which launches alongside a free festival Saturday, as a growing number of Bay Area artists call for a boycott of events funded by billionaires.

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Oct 15 • 7:01 PM EDT • Entertainment • sfist.com
OLED MacBook Pro Won't Get M7 Chips Until Late 2027

Apple is "pretty much done" with M6 chips, Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reiterated today on his podcast. Apple debuted the M6 chip in the Mac mini and has plans for an M6 iMac and entry-level 14-inch MacBook Pro, but the company is not planning to make M6 Pro, M6 Max, or M6 Ultra chips. Apple will instead go from the M5 Pro, M5 Max, and M5 Ultra to the M7 lineup.

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Oct 15 • 6:10 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
PAHO Director calls for country ownership and regional solidarity in reshaping global health architecture

Berlin, 15 October 2026 (PAHO) – Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) Director and WHO Regional Director for the Americas Dr. Jarbas Barbosa called for countries and regional institutions to have a stronger role in shaping ongoing reforms of the global health system during the World Health Summit 2026 in Berlin this week, arguing that clearer responsibilities across national, regional and global levels can reduce duplication and help limited health resources deliver greater impact.

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Oct 15 • 4:40 PM EDT • Health • paho.org
Trail Blazers Urged To Make Surprising Decision With Ja Morant

New head coach Micah Nori faces a backcourt logjam, sparking bold suggestions to bench a superstar playmaker in favor of maximizing Damian Lillard’s late-career efficiency and chemistry.

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Oct 15 • 2:21 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Butterfly Network Co-Founder Named Engineering VP at Science Corp.

Science Corporation has appointed Nevada Sanchez as executive vice president of engineering. He'll report to CEO/Co-Founder Max Hodak.

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Oct 15 • 12:48 PM EDT • Science • mpo-mag.com
CAA, WME and UTA Lead Coalition Pushing for Law to Force Streamers to Spend Half Their Budgets on Indie Productions

CAA, UTA and WME have joined forces as founding members of the American Entertainment Alliance -- which among other things wants U.S. legislation to force streaming providers like Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max and Disney+ to spend at least 50% of their budgets on independent productions.

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Oct 15 • 10:55 AM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
‘Fiber maxxing’ trend: Houston dietitian explains benefits and how to avoid side effects
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Oct 15 • 10:06 AM EDT • Health • click2houston.com
Midterms Could Change the Politics of AI

If Republicans suffer heavy losses, it could push the party toward tougher AI legislation, panelists said

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Oct 15 • 10:03 AM EDT • Politics • broadbandbreakfast.com
Maximum Entertainment AB (MAXENT_B) Funds Attached to Enforce SEK 160.9M Claim

Maximum Entertainment said the Swedish Enforcement Authority attached all funds in its SEB account to enforce an arbitration award claim totaling SEK 160,898,318 from a dispute with the sellers of Maximum Games.Material DetailsContext by AI AnalystThis is a late-stage escalation of a known arbitrat…

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Oct 15 • 9:51 AM EDT • Entertainment • tradingview.com
Maximum Entertainment Announces Attachment of Funds in the Company's Bank Account

Stockholm, Sweden, October 15, 2026 - Maximum Entertainment AB (Nasdaq: MAXENT B) (“Maximum Entertainment” or the “Company”) was informed today that the Swedish Enforcement Authority (Kronofogden) had issued an attachment order on October 14, 2026, concerning funds in the Company’s bank account wit…

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Oct 15 • 9:51 AM EDT • Entertainment • tradingview.com
‘Today’ cohost Dylan Dreyer confirms she’s ‘recently divorced’ from husband of 12 years

‘Today’ cohost Dylan Dreyer revealed on a new episode of her podcast that she and ex-husband Brian Fichera are ‘recently divorced’ after 12 years together.

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Oct 15 • 9:27 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
The Human Advantage Conference 2026: Navigating a complex world through Behavioural Science, AI and Human Intelligence

Announcement from Ipsos

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Oct 15 • 6:26 AM EDT • Science • ipsos.com
I switched from Android to the iPhone 18 Pro Max for 3 weeks

I tested over 50 Android phones this year. I used the iPhone 18 Pro Max to see how it differs from Android rivals — and what it does better.

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Oct 15 • 5:30 AM EDT • Technology • androidauthority.com
7 Takeaways From an Investigation Into Financial Aid at Texas Hospitals

Hospitals can prevent medical debt by preemptively wiping out a patient’s bill. But a Tradeoffs analysis finds that few nonprofit facilities in Texas use this tool to the maximum benefit of patients.

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Oct 15 • 5:00 AM EDT • Health • kffhealthnews.org
Public Health professionals find connection through community theater

LANDSTUHL, Germany — Three Public Health Command Europe employees recently participated in “The Stinky Cheese Man”, a Kaiserslautern Military Community...

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Oct 15 • 3:06 AM EDT • Health • army.mil
Stephanie Mills blasts Lady Gaga as ‘culture vulture,’ says, ‘You owe me an apology’

Stephanie Mills recalls a meeting with Lady Gaga, whom the Grammy-winning R&B singer says lost her ‘admiration,’ calling the pop star a ‘culture vulture.’

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Oct 15 • 2:06 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Jodie Sweetin shares update on Dave Coulier’s health after ‘tough battle’ with cancer

‘Full House’ star Jodie Sweetin shares update on her costar Dave Coulier’s health after his ‘tough battle’ with tongue cancer and non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

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Oct 14 • 10:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
‘Survivor’ 51 recap: A player gets royally screwed over by a tribe swap

A player gets royally screwed over by a ‘Survivor 51’ tribe swap with no real chance of saving themselves. We break it all down in our EW recap.

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Oct 14 • 9:30 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
iPhone Duo's A20 Pro Chip Benchmarked Ahead of Launch

The iPhone Duo unsurprisingly offers performance similar to the iPhone 18 Pro, according to an early iPhone Duo benchmark shared on Geekbench 7. Both devices are equipped with Apple's 2nm A20 Pro chip with a 6-core CPU and a 7-core GPU. The benchmarked iPhone Duo (iPhone19,4) is running iOS 27.1, as expected, and it had a single-core score of 3986 and a multi-core score of 11067. That's in line with multiple benchmarks collected from iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max models.

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Oct 14 • 8:20 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Sinead O’Connor was ‘really scared’ of Prince, their shared hair and makeup artist says: ‘That’s a real story’

Sinead O’Connor was ‘really scared’ of Prince, their shared hair and makeup artist says in a new book about the late ‘Little Red Corvette’ artist.

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Oct 14 • 7:07 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
TikTok star Bryce Hall arrested on domestic violence charges in Nevada

TikTok influencer Bryce Hall was arrested on a domestic violence charge in Nevada. The alleged victim is listed in court records as his ex Maria Lafuente Palafox, better known online as Mika Lafuente.

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Oct 14 • 6:50 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
The 20 best ‘Tales From the Crypt’ episodes, ranked

From Robert Zemeckis’ killer Santa to Tim Curry pulling triple duty, HBO’s ‘Tales from the Crypt’ delivered some deliciously demented television. We rank its 20 best episodes.

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Oct 14 • 6:20 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Governor, health advocates push bill to lower drug prices for 23 medications

Under the proposed legislation, the state's Prescription Drug Affordability Board would have the authority to match the maximum fair price for prescriptions negotiated by the federal Medicare program.

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Oct 14 • 5:24 PM EDT • Health • wbaltv.com
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Ubisoft plans cuts at German studios, adding to wave of workforce reductions

Ubisoft is planning to reduce its workforce in Germany, where it operates a trio of studios, by about 100 workers, Game File has learned. The company wants to offer employees buyouts to, should enough people accept, avoid having to lay anyone off. “In Germany, we initiated discussions with the Works Council last week regarding a proposed voluntary departure plan across Ubisoft Dusseldorf, Ubisoft Berlin & Ubisoft Mainz,” a company rep told Game File. A “works council” is a union-like group representing employees. “The voluntary plan is the primary measure being proposed to support the intended organizational changes,” the Ubisoft rep added. The company declined to confirm the scale of the potential headcount cut. Of the impacted studios, Mainz might be the best known to the public. It leads development of the Anno series and shipped the well-reviewed strategy game Anno 117: Pax Romana in November 2025. Berlin and Dusseldorf operate as support studios within Ubisoft’s creative network. Berlin recently supported the development of Rainbow Six Siege and the Rayman Legends Retold remake. Dusseldorf also contributed to those projects, as well as The Settlers and Ubisoft-branded escape rooms. Dusseldorf is the biggest of the three studios, with some 400+ workers, compared to just over 100 at the other two, a source familiar with the reductions and the teams told Game File. More than half of these new reductions of about 100 people are expected to happen at Dusseldorf. The planned cuts were announced at a town hall for the German studios on Tuesday of last week. In an email follow-up, the studio group’s managing director, Benedikt Grindel, said the cuts were intended to “best position our German studios for the future... with a clearer focus on their role, capabilities and organizational setup needed for the work ahead.” The email was an echo of the past. In January 2025, Grindel had emailed the Ubisoft developers in his region (or studio “zone”) to explain that a round of 185 cuts at the time, including about 65 at Dusseldorf, were “essential to improve our operational efficiency and ensure the long-term sustainability of our studios, the zone and the company.” A half-decade of continued job cuts Ubisoft has been aggressively cutting its headcount for years. At the end of September 2022, it had 20,729 workers. By the end of March 2026, that total was down to 16,590. Studio management is trying to trim costs as it grapples with a changing industry and a drought of releases, let alone hits. The company announced earlier this year that it had reduced its costs since 2022 by “nearly €325 million” ($362m) and planned to lower them through 2028 by another €180 million ($200m). In June the company said it was closing down its Winnipeg and Belgrade studios and cutting roles in its Barcelona team. Even commercial and creative success hasn’t spared studios from this ongoing company-wide contraction. As Game File was nailing down details around the proposed cuts in Germany, Ubisoft management was informing workers of cuts in its Singapore studio, which shipped a hit remake of Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag this past July. Some 70 positions in Singapore are being eliminated “to align the studio with upcoming production needs,” per a company rep’s statement to Game File. In early 2024, a large team in the Singapore studio launched the multiplayer pirate game Skull & Bones. It performed poorly but has been supported with regular content updates since. Many of Ubisoft’s studios around the world are heavily subsidized via regional grants and tax breaks. Singapore had been among them for years, but received no such local assistance in the 12 months ending this past March. News of the Singapore cuts broke today alongside word that Ubisoft is also proposing the closure of RedLynx, pending negotiations with officials. The Finnish studio behind the motorbike series Trials was founded in 2000 and sold to Ubisoft in 2011. As reported by VGC (and corroborated by Game File), Ubisoft management told employees it could not come up with a new, sustainable assignment for RedLynx. The 2025 workforce at Ubisoft Dusseldorf were straight-up cuts. This time, Ubisoft is hoping the reductions at its trio of German studios will largely come from workers taking a payout to leave. The company offered such voluntary dismissals at its Massive Entertainment studio (The Division) a year ago. For the German studios’ buyouts this time around, Ubisoft and the Works Council had discussed a formula that’d pay a worker’s monthly salary multiplied by 1.5 and by the number of years they’ve worked at the company, according to Game File sources. The formula is still subject to negotiations with the Works Council and has not yet been part of an official offer to workers. It could be adjusted up or down, and it could be supplemented with additional bonuses. Asked about the floated payout formula, a Ubisoft rep told Game File, “The terms of a potential voluntary departure program remain subject to negotiation with employee representatives. No final agreement has been reached, and we won’t comment on specific proposals while discussions are ongoing.” Game File is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe Item 2: Epic’s AI adventures Epic Games (Fortnite, the Unreal engine) is all-in on using AI to try to transform the way it makes video games and game-making tools. It’s leaders appear to be undeterred by any resistance among gamers and some game developers around generative AI—and instead emboldened by advances, particularly in AI-assisted programming. A recap of the last three days: On Monday, Bloomberg reported that Epic management told workers last week that development of an upcoming game combining Star Wars and Marvel characters would be “AI first.” Employees would be expected to use AI models such as Claude to code the game. A manager told Epic’s developers there would be “[n]o more hand-written code” and that art for the game would be “generated with full AI workflows,” per the outlet. Just ahead of that story running, Epic founder Tim Sweeney tweeted: “We have a huge pivot underway here at Epic, moving developers around to retool for maximum AI acceleration. The aim isn’t to do the same stuff with fewer people, but to enable everyone here to build MORE and BETTER stuff, and to bring the benefits to all teams using Unreal.” In a follow-up, Sweeney predicted that most game development processes would be at least three times faster a year from now than they were in January 2026, thanks to AI. To a person on X who told him he was failing to read the room, Sweeney said: “Much of the room wants it to be 2016 again, but it’s not. Our job, as the provider of tools and technology to much of the industry, is to design for the present that is and the future that will soon be.” On Wednesday, Epic announced it was releasing a faster launcher for its Epic Games Store marketplace. It did so by stating in a blog post as clear as could be that the launcher is an AI-enabled, vibe-coded project: Programming is hard. So, instead of doing that, we vibe coded a new Epic Games Launcher that’s way faster and more responsive than the current one, and has a new look. Programming is hard? That was unexpected phrasing from a company founded by a legendarily great programmer. Back in 2011, Sweeney told me that he’d picked up programming quickly as a kid and rejoiced at the power it gave him. “I could look at any program that anybody else had written and, with enough effort, build something cooler.” Item 3: The Xbox Labs experiment (and one of the people behind it) Microsoft’s Xbox division, which is flooding the zone with announcements lately, yesterday revealed a new internal tech-tinkering team called Xbox Labs. In the words of Xbox boss Asha Sharma Labs is “a small group of game makers, engineers and scientists whose job is to turn emerging ideas into things our players and developers can experience.” Conventional wisdom coming out of the announcement is that Labs is a team that’ll focus on ideas driven by generative AI. In her announcement, Sharma cited some of the dizzying achievements in tech and gaming over the past month as AI agents and other AI tools have been deployed to swiftly figure out how popular games work, then rebuild them and mix them up. She mentioned seeing ”games rapidly decompiled and rebuilt to run on hardware they were never originally designed to support” and said “[p]erhaps more surprisingly, we’ve seen many of the biggest games in the world have been remixed into the source code of another.” (Minecraft plus Elden Ring, for example, or Fortnite + Super Monkey Ball + Overwatch + Diablo + others.) Sharma also cited the work of Windows PC games being ported to run in browsers, a seeming reference to a recent AI-assisted fan port of Halo. Or perhaps Call of Duty or GTA. Sharma didn’t use the specific term “AI” in her memo, but she came close, citing AI “agents” and their potential for game-making tools that Labs could help craft: I think XBOX has an important role to play here. Coding became the first major workload for agents because they can write, run, and test software. Games share many of those same properties, and people spend more than 72 billion hours a year playing XBOX games, roughly five times the estimated time spent writing code worldwide. We’ve spent 25 years learning how to make great games, and I want our game makers to help shape what these new technologies make possible. As we learn, we’ll share the tools we build with developers across the industry, just as we always have. When I asked an Xbox rep if Labs was an AI-centric team, they said genAI was not the focus, describing it as having a broader mandate for using new tech in new ways in gaming. As an example, they pointed to Xbox’s recently launched disc-to-digital gaming usage rights program. Microsoft didn’t specifically name anyone involved full-time in Xbox Labs yesterday, but on social media and LinkedIn, I spotted Adrian Mato IDing himself as leading the creatio of tools at Labs and talking up the launch. Mato first caught my attention in late September, when he said on X that he was “starting to build a new team at Xbox focused on products and tools for how games get built and distributed as agentic tools become more capable.” At the time, he framed AI-based tools as a supplement to traditional game dev tools. “I don’t think we need to replace them,” he said. Since then, he’s publicly shown interest in AI and in games. He’s recently spent some of his X feed marveling at the power of AI agents and praising the lighting in the latest Gears of War. Following the Labs announcement yesterday, he enthused about the Xbox Labs’ stylish landing page. He wrote: “We built some fun tools to art-direct shaders in real time, experimented with interactive ASCII art, and sprinkled in lots of tiny details. “Move your mouse to leave a colorful trail that reveals the original footage, or interact with the video to trigger bursts of particles. “A lot of love went into making it all feel just right. “More to come”

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Oct 14 • 4:31 PM EDT • Technology • gamefile.news
Evaluating Where Suns' Offense Stands Heading Into Season

With questions looming over turnover troubles and backcourt rotations, Jordan Ott faces the challenge of maximizing a revamped roster to unlock the Suns' full offensive potential.

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Oct 14 • 4:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Meet Haute & Freddy, the band that inspired ‘Carrie’ with breakout song ‘Shy Girl’

Who are Haute & Freddy, and what is ‘Shy Girl’ about? Meet the pop band that inspired the ‘Carrie’ soundtrack and the episode 8 song the band tells EW holds deep meaning about ‘religious trauma.’

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Oct 14 • 3:40 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
Julia Stiles, Ezra Sosa explain why they didn’t think ‘DWTS’ judges would like ‘Save the Last Dance’ tribute

Julia Stiles and Ezra Sosa explain to EW why they didn’t think the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ judges would like their ‘Save the Last Dance’ routine.

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Oct 14 • 12:10 PM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
iPhone Duo Compromises: Everything You Have to Give Up

Apple's $1,999 iPhone Duo asks buyers to pay more for a folding screen while accepting almost 40 compromises compared with the iPhone 18 Pro and iPhone 18 Pro Max, spanning camera capabilities, everyday usability, and ownership costs. At equivalent storage capacities, the iPhone Duo costs $800 more than the iPhone 18 Pro and $700 more than the Pro Max.

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Oct 14 • 12:08 PM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Drake Bell urges followers, ‘Do not become an actor,’ after SAG health insurance denial

Drake Bell did not make the required minimum earnings to secure health benefits with SAG-AFTRA, so he urged people to avoid becoming professional actors.

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Oct 14 • 11:18 AM EDT • Entertainment • ew.com
HBO Max to premier Kordell Stewart documentary

HBO Max has released the trailer for the Kordell Stewart trailer, documenting the career of a Steelers QB ahead of his time.

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Oct 14 • 11:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
iPhone Duo: Skipping AppleCare+ Could Be $1,499 Mistake

Apple today listed its estimated repair fees for the iPhone Duo without AppleCare+ coverage, with the maximum fee in the U.S. for "other damage" set at $1,499. If you only damage certain parts of the iPhone Duo, the fees are more manageable. For example, the repair fee for damaged back glass is set at $199. If you eventually want to replace the battery in your iPhone Duo, that will cost you $229.

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Oct 14 • 11:13 AM EDT • Technology • macrumors.com
Here’s How Matthew Knies Is Doing Since Maple Leafs Trade

The Toronto Maple Leafs traded Matthew Knies to the Columbus Blue Jackets the day before the Leafs played their season opener. It was the kind of setup that was bound to draw maximum attention, and it meant Knies had tons of immediate eyes following him to see how he’d do as he got rolling with […] The post Here’s How Matthew Knies Is Doing Since Maple Leafs Trade appeared first on HEAVY.

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Security footage from Kelly Clarkson’s Art of Play store visit released

See inside Kelly Clarkson’s Art of Play store visit, as security footage was released showing the star’s visit to the Brooklyn establishment that reportedly lasted under five minutes.

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‘DWTS’ contestants react to Guillermo Rodriguez’s heartbreaking elimination

The ‘Dancing With the Stars’ season 35 cast react to Guillermo Rodriguez and Witney Carson’s elimination while speaking with ‘Entertainment Weekly.’

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Brandon Miller Wants Close to Max Extension From Hornets

Brandon Miller wants to get paid.

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Surveillance, tick testing help combat rise of Alpha-Gal syndrome

A tick-borne medical condition that rewires the human immune system is becoming an increasing focus of force health protection for the Department of War

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Daldrop Opens for Business in Southern Oswego County

$10 Million Facility in the L. Michael Treadwell Oswego County Industrial Park marks the largest expansion outside of Germany in the company’s 73-year history By Stefan Yablonski [caption id=attachment_11076 align=alignright width=450] Daldrop SBB CEO Jens Daldrop addresses attendees at the 2025 groundbreaking for the project. Daldrop also chairs the advisory board of Germany-based Daldrop Group.[/caption] A new era of cleanroom technology is underway in Central New York. The Daldrop Group’s advanced manufacturing facility and U.S. headquarters is physically built within the L. Michael Treadwell Oswego County Industrial Park. This industrial park is located in the town of Schroeppel. It marks the largest expansion outside of Germany in the company’s 73-year history. Daldrop SBB is based in Neckartailfingen, Germany. It is a global supplier of cleanroom technology, primarily to the pharmaceutical industry. It designs and builds advanced cleanroom environments for the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology industries. It nvested $10 million in the new project. “We broke ground in 2025; we were under construction all winter. We just opened this spring, early spring,” said Benjamin Morrow, operations manager and control. The company consolidated sites in Salina and DeWitt into the industrial park in Schroeppel, Morrow added. “The next move here is to maximize every square inch of this facility and then we are already looking at the expansion. So, it is more capital investment on equipment — definitely higher-end automation in additional equipment so we can produce more components and then to support the ever-growing base in North America,” Morrow continued. “We are the headquarters for service, maintenance and spare parts. So as Daldrop has more and more installations, they need more and more service, maintenance and spare parts. So that will come out of this facility as well — it already is.” “As a global leader in GMP (global manufacturing support) pharmaceutical cleanrooms for decades, I am very proud to bring manufacturing jobs to Upstate New York,” said Mike Sullivan, president of Daldrop US operations. Key to choosing Southern Oswego County [caption id=attachment_11077 align=alignright width=450] Daldrop SBB at the L. Michael Treadwell Oswego County Industrial Park when the company announced the start of construction.[/caption] Sullivan said that the selection of the Schroeppel industrial park was mainly due to the help of Operation Oswego County and two people in the organization. “Prior to being purchased by Daldrop International from the Stuttgart region of Germany, Vince Bongio was a founding partner in SBB Inc. as well as our head of engineering. We based out of Syracuse due to Vince’s skills in HVAC and the manufacturing capabilities found in Syracuse,” said Sullivan. Bongio moved to Syracuse from California in the 1970s to work in Carrier’s Industrial Division of Large-Scale Petrochemical Refrigeration. Next, he advanced to General Electric’s TV Tube Plant where he got into cleanrooms ,leading to his role of head of engineering for Clestra Cleanrooms where he met Sullivan, their New England distributor. “Vince Bongio is a phenomenal engineer. Formerly of Carrier, he grew up in California and went to Cal Poly,” Sullivan explained. “Carrier hired him right out of college and he moved to Syracuse. He is the reason we are in Syracuse today. He is retiring this year. We are very proud and his legacy is having brought Daldrop to Syracuse.” In 2000, Sullivan, Bazinet, Bongio Inc (SBB) was formed with engineering and manufacturing, based in Syracuse, and sales and construction based in Massachusetts as it is today. “SBB Inc. started in Syracuse. I had a design–build contracting firm out of Massachusetts that was primarily doing all the new technologies coming out of MIT,” Sullivan said. “I started a manufacturing side. A big thing for cleanrooms is the HVAC. Most cleanroom suppliers are architecturally focused people. The strength in Syracuse is HVAC. So, SBB developed with me running sales and construction out of Massachusetts and manufacturing out of Syracuse.” “Daldrop wanted to have a relationship in the States and of those who approached us, they were the only ones who really understood HVAC. So, we were the right fit for them. We did a joint venture focused out of Massachusetts from 2012 to 2018 leveraging their technologies,” Sullivan explained. “The commitment was if we brought their product to the States, we would do that if they built it here. “The pieces that had to be in place to make the investment, they wanted to acquire us, we were great with that. If you looked at business recommendations the general guidance was to build in a low labor area — something like North Carolina — but Syracuse had a strong background in HVAC and we chose Syracuse and Oswego County to be our headquarters in the States. So, it is built off of history, technology and the existing supply chain — bringing jobs back to the area.” During the initial discussions with Daldrop about coming to the U.S., SBB agreed to sell under the conditions Daldrop would manufacture in the U.S. There are many areas that offer incentives and economic packages, but the strength of HVAC expertise and skilled manufacturing was a big part of the discussions for site selection. Coming home [caption id=attachment_11078 align=alignright width=451] Construction moves forward in March at the L. Michael Treadwell Oswego County Industrial Park.[/caption] The second key person to building in Oswego County is Ben Morrow, Sullivan added. “Ben has been working with Daldrop SBB for more than 12 years and has advanced to COO of manufacturing and engineering. Ben grew up in Phoenix, so building a factory for the Germany company in Phoenix is a strong success for both his community and the appreciation of Ben’s skills as a team leader,” Sullivan said. “I went to high school in Phoenix. So, this is like full circle for me. It’s a small world,” Morrow said. “I hadn’t been back to Phoenix since graduation. This is one of the properties that John Trimble of C&S, he is the former president of C&S, he just retired, suggested. He and I were very good personal friends. John was from Mexico and I was from Phoenix. We knew each other from high school. And the architect of this building, Ed Smart of smartDESIGN Architecture in Batavia — I went to high school with him. So, this was a project that’s full circle a coming home kind of thing. The three of us knew each other — kind of like it was meant to be. Very serendipitous.” Schroeppel was one option for Daldrop to consider; the original intent was just to get a warehouse to store some product, he added. The facility is Daldrop’s largest outside of their native country. Total payroll at the facility will be approximately $2.4 million once fully staffed. “Here is 32,000 square feet and we plan to expand and put in an additional 10,000 square feet,” Morrow said. “We have 17.5 acres. We can put at least three more facilities here, just on this property. The master plan submitted for the current building is the first of possible three buildings on the campus.” “If we can find the right people and advance the production according to the plan, we should be able to grow for the next decade. One of the first jobs we filled was our new HR manager, with a primary focus posting and filling new positions,” Sullivan said. Stop the exodus, start hiring [caption id=attachment_11080 align=alignright width=452] Principals at the local Daldrop SBB headquarters, from left: Ben Morrow, Mike Sullivan and Jens Daldrop.[/caption] “I have been coming to Syracuse for 30 years. One of the things I had a hard time watching was the exodus of factories. One of the toughest things is to watch it with my partners’ kids who had to move away for jobs. It is important for us to give opportunity where people’s kids don’t have to leave the area to get work,” Sullivan said. “My responsibility is to find people who have skill sets that want to work and then I have to build opportunity for that work to happen. “After years of watching companies and Vince’s three sons all move out of the areas to get jobs, it is important to us to provide opportunities for the Syracuse region and help grow our company. We have been hiring for our new factory and will continue for the next few years.” “We are hiring and will continue to hire. Currently we have about 19 on staff right now,” Morrow said. “We expect to grow that by about 10 to 15 in the next 12 to 18 months or so. We are at 19 currently — one in the wings. It’s been great being able to hire locally. All these folks that we’ve been hiring, they all live within a few miles from here.” “We hired someone this past week (end of August). She grew up in the area, raised a family and is working down in Florida. She just took a job with us so she can move back and be with her family. We will be moving her back and she should be starting in October. We are very happy to see this happen,” Sullivan said. “I feel strongly about having a spot for the kids to not have to move out of the area. It is better to have people moving into the area.” Currently, Daldrop SBB has openings for finance manager, COO of construction and delivery, as well as mechanical, electrical designers and Revit modelers, construction managers, commissioning agents and many other skills that are needed. Along with Daldrop’s reputation in life science cleanrooms, there is a strong history in semiconductor, electronics, glass, photonics, aerospace and other markets. This may be helpful with any new technologies building in the market such as the Micron expansion and the support network, Sullivan said. “We acquired this property and closed on it two months before any announcement from Micron. It is serendipitous that they’re right down the street from us,” Morrow added. “Everybody started thinking ‘you guys are supporting Micron.’ We were here first. That is not a goal of ours. We may or may not … they are talking to us; it is an opportunity.” The long run [caption id=attachment_11079 align=alignright width=450] Benjamin Morrow, operations manager and control at Daldlrop, speaks during a recent ribbon-cutting event in Schroeppel.[/caption] “Long term, we will expand the Phoenix facility,” Sullivan said. “We built our facility with a campus approach. Sustainability is big. We designed our rooms to be more sustainable. Our building has no gas lines for heat. We put geothermal wells in the ground. We put heat pumps in for heating and cooling out of those wells and we put a large layer of solar panels up on the roof. We worked with National Grid for metering. Our building is a high efficiency model. We upgraded all the instillation and the glass filtering. So, it is a very green building. We will have a very minimal carbon footprint. It also adheres to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) construction standards.” “We are a bunch of HVAC engineers. We did a large scale geothermal and spent the money up front because we knew it made sense in the business sense in the environmental sense and sustainability,” Morrow said. “We have insulated metal panels on walls and roof; we are an envelope from the exterior.” Daldrop, as a global player, has a strong culture of sustainability that is found in all its products including the new facility. The building has been designed with (sixteen) 400-foot deep geothermal wells, high efficiency construction methods, approximately 70 kilowatt solar photovoltaic panels, electric vehicle chargers and 26% recycled content. “Daldrop thinks of long-term investing,” Sullivan said. “On the roof, photovoltaic panels supplement our power. Over half the energy that I use is coming from the sun. We have chargers up front for employee electric vehicles. This place is built to last. This slab that we are walking on, normal buildings are four inches, some go to six inches, we are nine inches all the way through — except where the heavy equipment is — that is 10 to 12 inches thick, solid concrete. It allows us to reconfigure for whatever type of equipment we want to bring in,” Morrow said. “We are authorized by Underwriters Laboratory to self-certify so we don’t need to have an inspector come out and recertify. We get audited often, but we certify our own electronics. The control system in this building is rather high-end. Our thermostat in every room is zoned, independent. We analyze the data; incorporate it with our solar panels.” “There is a lot of competition for people to work. It’s not just about how much salary they are going to make — it’s about the work environment, the ability for stability. We want to make sure our employees have the best environment to work in,” Morrow added. Similarities “One of the reasons I believe why Daldrop chose this area, Phoenix in particular, is because it is a village, a river-based village. Neckartailfingen in Germany where Daldrop is based is also a river-based village, manufacturing community. So, there is a lot of similarities — that smalltown feel,” Morrow said. “We have a lot of connections through multiple employees that lead back to Carrier, also. Everything came together, the timing everything.” “We are thankful for all the economic development support. Everyone has been helping make this happen. So, keep it up, it is working, that is all I got to say, Sullivan said. “If you look at historical industrial manufacturing, this region has skills that have been un-utilized. The northern industrial region has a lot of skills that if we can tap before they go away, we can leverage them. That is what we are trying to do. You’d be surprised at the supply chain left behind from Carrier — that supply chain is still there.” “Operation Oswego County has been fantastic,” Morrow added. “I can’t say enough good things about that group.” What Is Cleanroom Technology Cleanroom technology is a system of specialized engineering, filtration and operational controls used to maintain an extremely low concentration of airborne particles, microbes and chemical vapors. How It Works • Air Filtration: Uses HEPA or ULPA filters to remove 99.97% of tiny particles down to 0.3 microns. • Airflow Control: Directs air in a steady, unidirectional (laminar) or filtered turbulent pattern to push dust away from work areas. • Environmental Regulation: Maintains precise control over temperature, humidity and positive air pressure to block outside air leaks. • Specialized Attire: Requires personnel to wear full-body garments (“bunny suits”), gloves and masks to stop human shedding

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Joe Manganiello says Armie Hammer-recommended second shaman told him he wasn’t meant to marry Sofía Vergara

Joe Manganiello said a shaman suggested his marriage to Sofía Vergara was a ‘booby trap’ that led to his mysterious autoimmune disease.

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Bay Area sports calendar, Oct. 14-15

Max Muncy and the Dodgers will host the Brewers in Game 3 of the NL Championship Series at 5 p.m. Wednesday. (FS1)

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Full Debate: Kathy Hochul, Bruce Blakeman spar off in gubernatorial debate

Watch the full debate here.

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Justin Baldoni makes rare appearance in ‘DWTS’ audience after Blake Lively drama

Eagle-eyed fans spotted Justin Baldoni in the ‘Dancing With the Stars’ audience during ‘Super Bowl Night’ on Tuesday after his ‘It Ends With Us’ legal battle.

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Aaron Sorkin says he thinks about reviving ‘The West Wing’ ‘every day’: ‘I miss it’

‘The Social Reckoning’ writer-director Aaron Sorkin says he spends ‘a couple of seconds every day’ thinking about reviving his hit, Emmy-winning series, ‘The West Wing.’

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Science Corporation implants its vision-restoring chip in its first Stargardt disease patient

Max Hodak, the former president and co-founder of Neuralink, detailed on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt how his company's work with PRIMA is part of its path toward a novel brain-computer interface (BCI).

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T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach marry 4 years after their shocking ‘GMA3’ office romance went public

Former ‘Good Morning America’ anchors T.J. Holmes and Amy Robach got married in Arkansas on TK date, nearly four years after their scandalous office romance was revealed.

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Prince Mario joins Families First’s milestone celebration

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When 1 + 1 = 1: The Miserable Math Behind Many Media Mergers

(Welcome to the “Most Important Story of the Week”, my bi-weekly strategy column analyzing the most important (but often not buzziest) news story of the last two weeks. I’m the Entertainment Strategy Guy, a former streaming executive who now analyzes business strategy in the entertainment industry. Please subscribe.) The last few issues of this newsletter have circled two topics: September’s streaming viewership and all the Paramount/Skydance/Warner Bros./Discovery merger news. I’m happy to say on the Streaming Ratings Report front, we’ll be all caught up by early next week, then the SRR will come out on a tight weekly schedule. Then, after today, I’ll have slayed my PSWbD dragon. It’s such a big story, it demanded multiple issues. With the announcement of a name (just Skydance) and executive team, though, I think we can almost close the book on this story. In terms of topics, it becomes just another studio to cover. So today, I have one last set of takes on that merger. As I’ve sat with it, reading about who was staying and who was going, a big worry crystallized in my brain, and I gotta get that take out. Plus, I still owe you a host of “ugliness” that didn’t fit in my previous “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” takes. Let’s dive in! Subscribe Most Important Story of the Week - As Paramount Shuffles Deck Chairs, Will They Build or Consolidate? On social media—I try to avoid most social media platforms, but sometimes I end up checking in—the best joke I saw about the announcement of the new name of Skydance was from fellow reporter Claire Atkinson who pointed out… Yeah, I laughed out loud at that one. Later, though, I saw another Twitter response (that later got deleted, so I can’t shout the person out) that did give me pause. The person noted that the Titanic film made the better analogy: a super expensive project everyone in the town doubted that went on to conquer the globe. So yeah: on one hand, the image of the Titanic recalls the actual ship and its infamous end, but that clip is from a movie which proved the doubters wrong. So for all the skepticism of the latest massive media merger, one could wonder which way this one goes. Does it crash like the Titanic or rise to glory like Titanic, the movie? Either way, this deal is “Titanic”, looking at the massive debt required to close the deal, which is not going well when it comes to borrowing costs for Paramount… …or borrowing costs for Oracle. But I’ve started to get worried about another outcome: the sum of this merger will be smaller and weaker and less profitable than its former parts. In other words, one plus one won’t equal three or two, but an even smaller number. Skydance paid to take a traditional studio off the board, but they won’t really capture the upside. Let me explain what I mean, but first, let’s look at the series of news that inspired this thought. Skydance Sets Its Leadership Team As soon as the Paramount-Skydance-Warner Bros.-Discovery merger closed, the new leadership team announced a new name—Skydance, which I’ll use going forward—and a new executive leadership team. You’ve probably read through all the executive shuffling, but if you haven’t, here’s a quick, incomplete summary, in rough order of importance: Mattel’s CEO Ynon Kreiz—who previously ran Maker Studios—joined as co-CEO with David Ellison. HBO/HBO Max’s Casey Bloys will stay and run streaming. Former head of streaming for Paramount-Skydance Cindy Holland—who was also at Netflix—will depart. The former heads of Warner Bros.—Pam Abdy and Mike De Luca—are out. The film studios will be run by Dana Goldstein and Josh Greenstein. George Cheeks of Paramount will run Skydance TV, controlling all the TV production units. In comic book news, the DC films will still be run by Peter Gunn and Peter Safran. Lastly, the head of CNN, Mark Thompson, will stay in place. Let’s quickly opine on the particulars before diving into the broad ramifications. We’re just getting started with this issue, but the rest is for paid subscribers of the Entertainment Strategy Guy, so if you’d like to find out… Who I like and dislike in their next gigs… Why I think this consolidation will likely leave Skydance worse off… The math behind which mergers succeed and which don’t… A lot more ugliness in this merger… And a whole lot more... ...please subscribe! We can only keep doing this great work with your support.

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‘Narnia’ roars to life in rock-infused trailer for Greta Gerwig’s ‘The Magician’s Nephew’

Greta Gerwig brings the origins of ‘Narnia’ to life with a roar from Aslan and a riff from Led Zeppelin in the first trailer for ‘Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew.’

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Tyra Banks teases ‘Life-Size 3’ update with ‘massive idea’ for sequel (exclusive)

Tyra Banks teased a ‘Life-Size 3’ update, telling EW about a ‘massive idea’ for a ‘bananas’ sequel after she reunited with Lindsay Lohan at the ‘Freakier Friday’ premiere.

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SeaWorld Orlando closes Mako roller coaster after deadly Six Flags incident (exclusive)

SeaWorld Orlando has closed its Mako roller coaster ‘out of an abundance of caution’ as the ride is from the same manufacturer as the one involved in the deadly Six Flags Over Georgia incident.

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Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon tease ‘The Gilded Age’ season 4: ‘Serious complications in the household’

‘The Gilded Age’ season 4 sees the characters dealing with some big changes. Christine Baranski and Cynthia Nixon exclusively share what’s to come for the HBO series: ‘She’ll do what she needs to do to save her and her family members.’

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Early planning, documentation key to university property claims: Experts

Universities should involve claims specialists early and carefully document expenses to maximize business interruption insurance recoveries, presenters said Monday at the University Risk Management &

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‘Hunger Games’ franchise cinematographer Jo Willems breaks down ‘Sunrise on the Reaping’ poison paradise

‘Huger Games’ franchise cinematographer Jo Willems takes EW inside the poison paradise arena of ‘Sunrise on the Reaping.’

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‘Baywatch’ reboot trailer introduces Stephen Amell’s nepo-baby lifeguard

Stephen Amell stars as the son of David Hasselhoff’s character in the first trailer for the ‘Baywatch’ reboot series.

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‘Drag Race’ personality Lucian Piane dies at 46

‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ music producer and on-air personality Lucian Piane has died at 46, years after he publicly battled substance abuse and mental health issues.

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Chuck Lorre explains why he had an ‘initial reluctance’ to hire Anna Faris for ‘Mom’

‘Mom’ showrunner Chuck Lorre explained in his new memoir, ‘Sitcom,’ why he was apprehensive to hire Anna Faris as the show’s lead.

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Wisconsin candidate for governor Tom Tiffany accepted political donation from dead Texas man

Republican nominee for Wisconsin governor Tom Tiffany received more than the max contribution from one donor and has accepted the max from a person who has died.

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Six Flags closes 10 major coasters around the world after guest death in Georgia

Six Flags has closed 10 major roller coasters around the world after the deadly Six Flags Over Georgia incident on Goliath, including Fury 325 at Carowinds, Orion at Kings Island, and more.

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Wick installed as Robert G. and Maxine W. Scheibe Professor of Mathematics

Brett D. Wick, chair of the Department of Mathematics in Arts & Sciences, has been installed as the inaugural Robert G. and Maxine W. Scheibe Professor of Mathematics at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Australia: NSW Health warns against handling bats due to lyssavirus

NSW Health is advising the public not to handle, or otherwise handle bats, following a recent increase in people being bitten or scratched across the state. In the two weeks from 28 September to 10 October, 43 people were assessed by NSW Health after being bitten or scratched by bats. This includes in coastal areas in Hunter New England, the Mid North Coast, Northern NSW, and the Central Coast. This is a significant increase when compared with 10 reported cases of bat bites or scratches for the same two-week period in 2025. Keira Glasgow, Director in Health Protection at NSW Health, said, “We want people to assume that any bat could carry Australian bat lyssavirus, which is a close relative to the rabies virus and very dangerous to humans.” “If you see a bat that is injured or in distress, call your local wildlife rescue service and do not touch it. Only trained, protected and vaccinated wildlife handlers should interact with bats. “It is incredibly rare for Australian bat lyssavirus to transmit to humans, but once symptoms of lyssavirus start in people who are scratched or bitten by an infected bat, sadly there is no effective treatment. “If you are bitten or scratched by a bat, urgent medical assessment is crucial.” Rabies virus and Australian bat lyssavirus (ABLV) belong to a group of viruses called lyssaviruses. These viruses transmit via a bite from an infected ("rabid") animal. They all cause a similar illness known as rabies, which affects the central nervous system and is usually fatal. Rabies and ABLV infection cause similar symptoms. The early symptoms are flu-like, including headache, fever and fatigue. The illness progresses rapidly to paralysis, delirium, convulsions and death, usually within a week or two. Rabies cases and the three known human cases of ABLV infection have shown a wide variability in the time it takes for symptoms to appear following exposure to an infected animal (from several days to several years). The best way to protect yourself from infection is to not touch bats. If you see a bat in distress, injured or trapped on the ground, do not try to rescue it. Instead, contact trained experts. Outbreak News Today is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Subscribe

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‘I Got That Completely Wrong’ — Dan Houser Considers Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 a Failure

‘I got that completely wrong’ — Dan Houser explains why he thinks Rockstar’s Max Payne 3 ‘failed’.

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The 20 most successful ‘Shark Tank’ products of all time, ranked

Who knew socks, sponges, and toilet stools could be worth millions? We’re revisiting 20 of the most successful products in ‘Shark Tank’ history, from brilliant investments to spectacular missed opportunities.

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How ‘Sense and Sensibility’ costume designer used color to show a family in mourning

‘Sense and Sensibility’ costume designer Grace Snell tells EW about how she used color and fabric to depict a family in mourning — and the difference between the sisters’ personalities.

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Maxx Crosby reveals what stands out when tackling Patrick Mahomes

Image Press Agency/Depositphotos Crosby shares a surprising detail about Mahomes’ reaction Maxx Crosby and Patrick Mahomes may be fierce rivals on the field, but their latest encounter has revealed a funny detail about their battles. The Las Vegas Raiders defensive end shared what he notices when he gets close enough to hit the Kansas City…

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Singer who dated Prince in the ‘90s says she couldn’t handle the musician dating around: ‘I wasn’t the only one’

Elisa Fiorillo, who dated Prince in the ‘90s and reunited with him to play in his band in the 2010s, recalled her experience being romantically involved with the ‘Purple Rain’ musician.

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Onexplayer to launch 14-inch tablet with Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 and 192GB memory

ONEXPLAYER previews the Super X Pro with Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 495 and up to 192GB LPDDR5X memory. The tablet supports external liquid cooling and up to 120W sustained operation.

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DC's Official Podcast Host Says Lanterns Fans 'Can Choke On Their Own Tongues'

Coy Jandreau, co-host of DC's official podcast on HBO Max, says Lanterns fans "can choke on their own tongues" as the Reel Rejects clip goes viral on X.

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This Tigers Rookie Is Key to Team’s Offense in 2027

Max Clark broke onto the scene for the Detroit Tigers in late July this season, and although his time was limited with the Tigers, he proved just how vital he is going to be for his club's success going forward. Although Kevin McGonigle earned high praise for his performance as the spark plug at the …

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Raiders Receive Maxx Crosby Message Amid Two-Game Losing Streak

The Las Vegas Raiders have dropped two straight games, and the team is still 3-2. However, the Silver and Black could be 3-4 in the next two weeks, as they have the Buffalo Bills and Los Angeles Rams next on their schedule.Nonetheless, both games are at home, so the Raiders will have a puncher’s chance […] The post Raiders Receive Maxx Crosby Message Amid Two-Game Losing Streak appeared first on HEAVY.

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Kyle MacLachlan shares insight into ‘crazy’ pool sex scene in ‘Showgirls’: ‘I was trying to survive’

Kyle MacLachlan says he was just ‘trying to keep’ Elizabeth Berkley ‘steady’ during infamous ‘Showgirls’ pool sex scene.

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