Month: December 2019

Sleepy LaBeef, a beloved rockabilly veteran active since the 1950s, died yesterday (December 26) at the age of 84, Rolling Stone reports. “He died at home, in his own bed, surrounded by his family who loved him, and whom he dearly loved,” his family said in a Facebook post. “He lived a full and vibrant
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Warning: The following contains SPOILERS for the season finale of The Mandalorian – The final episode of season 1 of The Mandalorian made the shocking revelation that Moff Gideon is in possession of the Darksaber. The whole season has been full of references and callbacks to a number different Star Wars properties, but the first live-action appearance
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The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Facebook acquires Madrid-based cloud gaming startup PlayGiga Facebook is building out its gaming business — earlier this year, the company added
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Sony’s long-awaited Will Smith and Martin Lawrence re-team Bad Boys for Life arrived on tracking today with a $40M-$45M 4-day opening projection. Among action comedies launched over the holiday, that forecast is around where Ride Along ($48.6M) and Ride Along 2 ($41M) opened. 2014’s Ride Along starring Kevin Hart and Ice Cube was the record opening over MLK until Clint Eastwood’s
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You’ve not even begun to groan yet Every year we are put in a cardboard box full of straw and carefully packed away in the treehouse attic, until Graham wakes up on January 3rd and chains us to our desks again. It’s a cosy little break for us, but we don’t want you to feel
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Extra Crunch community perks have a new offer from voice meeting notes service, Otter.ai. Starting today, annual and two-year Extra Crunch members can receive 25% off an annual plan for Otter Premium or Otter for Teams. Otter.ai is an AI-powered assistant that generates rich notes from meetings, interviews, lectures and other voice conversations. You can
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Sponsored by Read Harder Journal, a reading log brought to you by Book Riot. These deals were active as of this writing, but may expire soon, so get them while they’re hot! Today’s Featured Deals Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain for $1.99. Get it here, or just click on the cover image below. When Death Becomes Life
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After a confirmed $198.8 million international box office bow for Disney/Lucasfilm’s Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker this past weekend, the Monday grosses have pushed Episode IX to $226.8M offshore. Globally, the JJ Abrams-directed flying Stormtroopers have hit $433.4M through yesterday. While the initial overseas weekend session was off 16% from Star Wars: The Last
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Last night, both Final Fantasy 7 Remake demo and Patapon 2 Remastered leaked on the PlayStation Store and were spotted by the games tracker on Gamstat, which basically keeps track of everything that goes up on the PlayStation Store. For hardcore PlayStation fans, it’s obviously good to hear about Patapon 2 Remastered, which Sony hasn’t
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