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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and Twitter owner and CEO Elon Musk have both taken it upon themselves to complain about Apple's App Store rules once more.While neither man has been complimentary about Apple's App Store rules in the past, the latest discussion came after Twitter launched a new subscription feature that allows users to sell subscriptions to their content. But it appears that creating those subscriptions can take a little longer on iPhones because of Apple's rules.Replying to the reasoning, Ek called the move…

Image via Paramount Pictures All of your Dungeons & Dragons fantasies are coming true in a few days as Paramount gears up to release their hotly anticipated live-action adaptation of the tabletop game. Now, a new trailer for Honor Among Thieves showcased during the D&D Direct 2023 reveals exactly what you can expect from this high-budget blockbuster starring Chris Pine. To a lot of geeks, a bard, a barbarian, a paladin, and a sorcerer entering the fore either indicates the start of a very funny…

via Prime Video There’s no harm in getting a kick out of unabashed cinematic trash, and one of the newest crazes on the block is to turn steamy romance novels – particularly those that originated on Wattpad – into feature films. It’s a formula that definitely works, with Perfect Addiction the latest to arrive in a blaze of steamy glory. Per FlixPatrol, the adaptation of Claudia Tan’s novel has taken only 24 hours to conquer the Prime Video charts, debuting as the number one most-watched movie on the platform’s…

Critics are accusing the British publisher of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s books of censorship after it removed colourful language from works such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Matilda to make them more acceptable to modern readers.A review of new editions of Dahl’s books now available in bookstores shows that some passages relating to weight, mental health, gender and race were altered. The changes made by Puffin Books, a division of Penguin Random House, first were reported by Britain’s Daily Telegraph…

Photo: Win McNamee (Getty Images)Elon Musk’s tweets to his more than 126 million followers have been credited for boosting popularity in everything from AAA video games to meme cryptocurrencies coins, but somehow, according to the CEO, that same Twitter bump doesn’t count when Tesla’s concerned.During his testimony Friday as part of a Tesla shareholder lawsuit, Musk said he thought it was “absurd” to suggest the content of his tweets could impact Tesla’s stock price. To defend his point, Musk, the debater in chief,…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeA past Seth Rogen interview has resurfaced after Golden Globes host Jerrod Carmichael shocked the audience with a Scientology comment about Tom Cruise.During the ceremony, Carmichael joked: “Backstage, I found these three Golden Globe awards that Tom Cruise returned. I think maybe we take these three things and exchange them for the safe return of Shelly Miscavige.”Miscavige is a…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeBack in 2021, James Wan’s Malignant was the little parasitic twin that could, latching onto the internet via tweets, GIFs and memes. A horror film about a tortured woman hiding an unfathomable secret, it had a midpoint shift in tone so sudden and deliciously gaudy that there was a compulsive need to tell others about it – as if it were lab-grown for the social media age. Its…

The former Wirecard CEO Markus Braun began his defence in Germany's biggest post-war fraud trial, as his lawyer dismissed allegations of wrongdoing at the defunct payments company as "absurd" and prejudiced. Braun, 53, and two other managers are on trial on charges including market manipulation and fraud and could be sentenced for up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Braun has always denied wrongdoing. Wirecard's collapse two years ago sent shockwaves through the German political establishment and tarnished the…

THIS WEEK: Chip Zdarsky & Jorge Jimenez’s first arc on DC’s main Batman title wraps up with the conclusion of “Failsafe.” Note: the review below contains spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation on the comic in question, check out the bottom of the article for our final verdict. Batman #130 Writer: Chip ZdarskyArtists: Jorge Jimenez and Leonardo RomeroColorists: Tomeu Morey and Jordie BellaireLetterer: Clayton CowlesCover Artist: Jorge Jimenez If there was ever any question about what…

Dyson has released additional details for its Dyson Zone air-purifying headphones, the company’s first audio product we got to test earlier this year. On a new webpage dedicated to the unreleased headphones, Dyson has officially provided the full specifications, alongside a March release date for the US market and an eye-watering price of $949.So, what are you getting for your money? The Dyson Zone supports Bluetooth 5.0 and features a 3.5mm audio jack and USB-C port for charging. Dyson claims the headphones can achieve…