Month: January 2023

Peacock ends free tier for new users – The Hollywood Reporter

Peacock returns his bird back to the cage. According to an updated signup page for the NBCUniversal streaming service, new users no longer have the option to create a free account to access more than 10,000 hours of Peacock content. Instead, starting this week, users must choose between Peacock’s $4.99 per month ad-supported plan or …

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MrBeast healing 1K blind people on YouTube is not the real issue

Oh, was that in the case?Screenshot: MrBeast/Kotaku YouTuber Jimmy “MrBeast” Donaldson has sparked some interesting discourse online over his latest video. Perhaps this is the fate of the content creator when it becomes, as in the case of MrBeast, “The king of YouTube.” However, the ire that the feel-good creator elicited, while accurate in its …

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Twitch Streamers Victims of Deepfake Pornography Scandal

Screenshot: Atriok / Kotaku Yesterday, Twitch streamer Brandon “Atrioc” Ewing tearfully apologized during his live stream after accidentally revealing that he had fake pornography of popular female Twitch streamers open on his computer. The his apology video— in which he claims he clicked on an ad on PornHub because he was curious — quickly gained …

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The anniversary of Final Fantasy VII brings a bunch of announcements

Can I get dilly dally shilly shaly in chat?Image: Square Enix / Kotaku / Dedraw Studio (Shutterstock) Final Fantasy VII first released in Japan 26 years ago today on January 31, 1997. And in case you haven’t been scrolling through Twitter all day, Square Enix announced a bunch of stuff to mark the occasion. Square …

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Oscars don’t punish Andrea Riseborough for best actress campaign – The Hollywood Reporter

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will not take any punitive action against the best actress Oscar nominee Andrea Riseborough or those who lobbied for her to be recognized for her performance as a spiraling alcoholic To Lesliethe organization announced on Tuesday. “The Academy has determined that the activity in question does not …

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HBO Green Lantern Show In Development, Greg Berlanti’s Version Is Dead – The Hollywood Reporter

The Green Lantern TV series is dead. Long live the Green Lantern series. After years of development and redevelopment, an HBO Max series based on DC superheroes from Greg Berlanti, the longtime head of DC’s television shows, has been scrapped. In its place, a new series titled Lanternswhich acts as a seminal show according to …

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Hassan Minhaj Named Host of 2023 Independent Spirit Awards – The Hollywood Reporter

Hassan Minhaj has been selected to host the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The ceremony, set to take place on March 4 in Santa Monica, will be streamed live on IMDb and on various social platforms, including Film Independent’s YouTube channel, beginning at 2:00 PM PST. (It previously aired on IFC for several years.) Minhaj …

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