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To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PST, subscribe here. Friday, cha cha cha! Fri-day! Cha cha cha! We’re doing a tiny, joyous, two-person conga line around our virtual Daily Crunch editorial Zoom meeting to celebrate the arrival of the first weekend in February. Yes, it looks ridiculous. No, we couldn’t care less even if we took every ounce we had and poured into less-caring. Couple of quick ones for startups: If you’re going to MWC, we want…

It's an excellent time to be in the horror movies business. Blumhouse and Atomic Monster's coproduced M3GAN blew past all box office expectations, raking in (to this date) $124,725,415 on a reported $12 million budget. According to the newly released contract, young actress Violet McGraw earned a substantial bonus thanks to the bad AI flick's impressive box office take. TMZ reports that they have obtained the court filings for the child actresses contract, which says the 11-year-old star was paid $3,932.50 per week, with…

Bungie announced on Twitter that it's currently checking a Triumphs bug in Destiny 2. The progress of some Triumphs have reset, leading to the potential removal of earned Seals--and so, for some players, the loss of achieved Titles.The bug comes after Hotfix 6.3.0.5 started rolling out. Bungie has extended Hotfix 6.3.0.5 background maintenance by four hours, with the new end time set at 2 PM PT / 5 PM ET. Players also noticed the issue over on the Destiny 2 Reddit community, claiming some of their…

A bad movie here or there never did much damage to an actor’s career, but The Son, the latest outing from Hugh Jackman, is an especially curious case in the sense that it will probably improve his reputation more than anything. After all, when you receive a Golden Globe nomination for your performance in a movie that fared rather poorly in most all other aspects, that’s ground to demand quite a fair shake of respect. But, a film is the sum of its parts, and while Hugh Jackman was a dazzlingly shiny part, the rest of The…

Apple CEO Tim Cook is taking more than Rs 400 crore pay cut in 2023 after earning nearly Rs 800 crore (99.4 million) in 2022, a report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman suggests. According to the report, the CEO has requested a reduced compensation following suggestions from the shareholders. As per the report, Cook’s target compensation for this year will be around Rs 400 crore. Cook’s Rs 800 crore compensation for 2022 included approximately Rs 675 crore ($83 million) in stock awards, Rs 24 crore ($3 million) salary and other…

Pakistan-origin actor-comedian Kumail Nanjiani is a member of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, thanks to his role as Kingo in Eternals, but that doesn’t mean he is in an uproar over directors Martin Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino criticising the ongoing film franchise. “I obviously love the movies Tarantino or Scorsese make. I may disagree with Scorsese’s opinion on superhero movies, but who else has earned the right to have an opinion?”Nanjiani questioned, adding, “If Scorsese hasn’t…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeKumail Nanjiani has said that Martin Scorsese has “earned the right” to criticise the Marvel Cinematic Universe.The 44-year-old actor spoke about Scorsese and Quentin Tarantino being the best filmmakers of all time.“I obviously love the movies Tarantino makes or Scorsese makes,” Nanjiani told Esquire magazine. “And I may disagree with Scorsese’s opinion on superhero movies, but I mean,…

Dwayne Johnson Earned Twice Of Black Adam In Red Notice ( Photo Credit – Twitter ; Movie Still ) Product placement has become a thing now in movies and series. And it seemed to be true when Dwayne Johnson and Ryan Reynolds’ film Red Notice minted moolah that is beyond anyone’s expectation. In the film, Dwayne and Ryan both of their alcohol brands were in the focus, which helped them get the profit. Red Notice had done a brilliant product placement. Read on to know more about it. Not only the profit but do you know…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freePriyanka Chopra has revealed that she earned “10 per cent” of what her male co-stars earned in the Bollywood industry.During an interview for BBC’s 100 Women, the 40-year-old actor said that she received equal pay to her male co-actor for the first time in her career for her role in the US series, Citadel.“I’ve never had pay parity in Bollywood,” Chopra said. “I would get paid about 10…

Last updated: December 1st, 2022 at 16:15 UTC+01:00 Samsung’s foldable phones are gaining more traction every year. In the first three quarters of 2022, the company shipped 16 million foldable phones worldwide — a 73% year-on-year increase. Consumers and enterprises are buying more foldable phones than ever. And while the Galaxy Z Fold 4 appears to be a favorite among business users, the Galaxy Z Flip 4 has just been named “Product of the year” in Belgium. It’s a huge milestone because the Galaxy Z Flip 4 has made…