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GTA 6 release date is finally here—but the $80 price tag and missing disc have gamers furious
TL;DR: When Rockstar Games revealed yesterday that the most anticipated game of the decade would cost at least $79.99, people were shocked. And, even worse, it also announced that the Grand Theft Auto VI physical editions won’t include a disc when the game releases on November 19. Both announcements could have big knock-on effects for…
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Private equity gets cut of two of Taylor Swift’s biggest pop hits through Max Martin’s catalog sale
Taylor Swift upended the economics of the music industry by buying back her first six albums. Now, her most famous co-writers have sold the publishing rights to at least two of her chart-topping singles to a private equity company. It’s a deal that puts a price tag on the hidden half of Swift’s catalog —…
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A $1 million horror film and a 30-year-old franchise are saving Hollywood’s summer
“Toy Story” still has a friend in moviegoers. The fifth installment in the Pixar series debuted with $160 million in domestic ticket sales, according to studio estimates Sunday, easily setting a new franchise record and notching the biggest opening weekend of the year. Launching 31 years after the original “Toy Story” first landed in theaters,…
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Steve Jobs became a billionaire thanks to a Pixar gamble. Now ‘Toy Story 5’ is breaking box office records thanks to that bet
The newest installment of the movie that made Pixar a powerhouse and Steve Jobs a billionaire just secured the biggest opening weekend in the history of the Toy Story franchise. Just over 30 years after the original movie was released, Toy Story 5 amassed a staggering $312 million for its opening weekend, toppingToy Story 4’s…
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Sony industry starmaker Clive Davis, who launched the careers of Janis Joplin and Whitney Houston, dead at 94
Clive Davis, the record company lawyer who became one of the music industry’s most powerful figures, launching or resurrecting the careers of such superstars as Janis Joplin, Whitney Houston, Carlos Santana and Alicia Keys, has died, his family confirmed. He was 94. Earlier this year, Davis was hospitalized following an upper respiratory issue and was…
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Prada preached restraint for a world in chaos—then Milan filled its summer runways with leather and knits nobody can actually wear in the heat
In complicated, heavy times, Milan designers went lighter — if not in materials, then in silhouette. Amid economic uncertainty, geopolitical tensions and a sweltering Milan Fashion Week, designers largely stripped things back for next summer, embracing clean lines and pared-down looks. Prada led the way, with co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons arguing for simplicity and…
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Taylor Swift’s Rhode Island summer town is on high alert for a sudden wedding as rumors fly
When a large tent appeared next door to Taylor Swift’s Watch Hill estate this week, it didn’t take long for speculation about the superstar’s impending nuptials to ripple through the affluent New England seaside village — and the internet. Soon, fans were swapping theories online, photographers were staking out vantage points and residents found themselves…
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The first 100 visitors to the Obama Presidential center got a surprise: Barack and Michelle
Former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama surprised the first 100 visitors to walk through the doors of the new Obama Presidential Center, personally greeting them Friday. The Obamas, joined by former “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton, also read “Where the Wild Things Are” to 25 school children at the Chicago Public…
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The Knicks’ playoff run that ended in a championship and parade is worth at least $380 million to New York City
The Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago, the first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C., James Naismith invented basketball in 1891, and the five boroughs of New York City were unified in 1898. And yet, in all of that time, the New York Knicks had never once had a ticker-tape parade. Until today. When…
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The Knicks have won 3 NBA titles, but their first parade was held up for 55 years by a budget crisis and a rejected $372 expense report
New York Knicks fans have waited forever for this. Thursday’s ticker-tape parade for the new NBA champions will be a first. When the team won the title before, in 1970 and ‘73, they weren’t honored with New York’s signature procession. Why not? There’s no one definitive explanation. But there is some informative context: The ’70s…