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Actor Doug Cockle, famed for his performance as Geralt of Rivia in CD Projekt Red‘s The Witcher games, has announced that he has been diagnosed with cancer. While Cockle is very well known for his iconic timbre that brought the monster slayer to life, he has also lent his voice to Driver: San Francisco, Horizon Zero Dawn, RuneScape, Terminator: Resistance and Hunt: Showdown. On Tuesday (June 6), Cockle disclosed news of his health status on Twitter, quote retweeting Prostate Cancer UK’s post promoting awareness of its…

Actor Doug Cockle, who voices Geralt in The Witcher series, has revealed that he has cancer. "Full blown prostate cancer," Cockle, who is 50, announced on Twitter.In the wake of Cockle revealing his medical status, the wider Witcher community stepped up and showed their support for him as he undergoes treatment.Cockle announced his cancer diagnosis publicly to his 20,000 followers to help raise awareness. He urged men over 50 to get a test, "just in case," and re-tweeted an article from Prostate Cancer…

Image: Dark Horse ComicsAs disciples of the riff know, it’s a long way to the top if you wanna rock ‘n’ roll—a quest made even more difficult when annoyances like high school and monsters get in the way. A new Dark Horse release, The Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee, brings this adventure to life, and io9 has a fun preview to share today.The Rock Gods of Jackson, Tennessee comes from writer Rafer Roberts, artist Mike Norton (who also did the cover), colorist Allen Passalaqua, and letterer Crank! Here’s the set-up for this…

That’s “Wright”, The Doug Wright Awards celebrating and honouring Canadian cartoonists were presented at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival (or more commonly known as TCAF) in Toronto on Saturday, April 29 2023. The show presented four awards and added a new inductee the Giant of the North Hall of Fame.  This year’s Giants of the North inductee is Henriette Valium (1959–2021), a comic book artist and painter, and the winner of the 2017 Pigskin Peters award, for his book The Palace of Champions and the winner of the 2018…

Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It’s Monday, April 17. I’m Courtney Subramanian, a White House reporter writing from The Times’ Washington, D.C., office. Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff always expected to play a supporting role for his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, when he traded in the tony streets of Brentwood for the confines of the second couple’s residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.But the longtime Angeleno, who made his career as an entertainment lawyer, found…

WASHINGTON —  Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff was furious.Kanye West, now known as Ye, had spent weeks giving Americans a crash course in antisemitic lies. He posted on Instagram that the rapper Diddy was being “controlled” by Jews. He tweeted that he planned to go “death con 3 on Jewish people.” He told Piers Morgan he was “absolutely not” sorry.Then, on Oct. 22, members of an antisemitic group in Emhoff’s hometown of L.A. extended their right arms in the Nazi salute and unfurled a banner over the 405 Freeway that read…

Remember the BlackBerry? Remember how BlackBerry was getting its own movie? Well, now we’ve got our first trailer, which depicts the rise and fall of the infamous company that brought us the phone that ensnared CEOs, celebrities, and even presidents in its grip.BlackBerry - Official Trailer ft. Jay Baruchel & Glenn Howerton | HD | IFC FilmsIf you weren’t already tired of Hollywood dramatizations of tech SNAFUs, this new trailer does bear a big resemblance to other movies like The Social Network or Steve Jobs, with its…

Doug Parker, a deal maker who helped build American Airlines AAL 1.99% Group Inc. into the world’s largest airline, is retiring from the carrier’s board, closing a chapter in his decadeslong career in the industry.  Mr. Parker stepped down as American’s chief executive last year, handing the reins to then-President Robert Isom. At the time, Mr. Parker said he would remain on…

Doug McMillon, president and CEO of Walmart.Adam Jeffery | CNBCWalmart CEO Doug McMillon wants to help bring inflationary prices down by keeping his company's own private brands priced low, telling CNBC's Jim Cramer Tuesday that the company is "not participating in a recession if there is one.""I think we have historically shown that we can bring prices down," said McMillon in a "Mad Money" interview.McMillon said he would prefer that Walmart's brand partners and suppliers "step forward" on their own to lower prices, but…

Welcome to a special Sundance Daily edition of the Wide Shot, a newsletter about the business of entertainment. Sign up here to get it in your inbox.Today’s forecast What to expect at the fest for Friday, Jan. 20Greetings from the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, where non-skiing Angelenos are reminded of their abject ill-preparedness for cold weather.Though existential questions abound when it comes to the future of indie film and the festival circuit, the vibe on the ground is one of excitement after two years…