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How long will it take to give more credit to the actor that is Jake Gyllenhaal? The actor always steps up when it is required and even more so, uplifts everything he touches. The same goes for his new movie Road House, which stars him as Elwood Dalton, a former UFC fighter who gets hired to clean up the mess at a drinking joint. (Also read: Motherboard review: Portrait of single parent's decades-long journey with her son is an absolute gem) Jake Gyllenhaal in a still from Road House, now streaming in Prime Video.…

The latest Sally Rooney-endorsed Irish writer makes a book-length debut with a short story collection that captures the experience of being a young woman today with a clear eye and a listless sigh. Crap jobs and a desire not to go to them, crap men and the desire still to go to them, and worse-than-crap housing are common themes in these airless stories of aimless women.The title isn’t just cute: it’s no surprise when Rebecca Ivory thanks her therapists in her acknowledgment. She is excellent at revealing how our…

Photo: ESOlex (Shutterstock)Sony’s PlayStation VR 2 is barely a year old, and it appears it’s not catching on like the PS5 when it launched in 2020. There are so many PSVR2 headsets unsold that Sony put the production of new units on hold, according to a Bloomberg report Monday.Since its launch in Feb. 2023, Sony produced approximately 2 million PSVR2 units, each with a price tag of $550. However, the virtual reality headset has yet to take off with only 300,000 sold in the weeks after launch, as reported by Bloomberg…

UK-based Ada Ventures is an unusual VC. Instead of just talking about SaaS or AI, it hunts down founders addressing inclusivity and diversity. Instead of confusing LPs with this methodology, it’s attracted them, thus hitting the $80 million mark for the final close of its second fund (it reached $44.7 million as its first close in October last year).  LPs in this fund include British Business Bank, The University Of Edinburgh, Big Society Capital, Legal & General Capital, Atomico, the The Export and Investment…

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic Oppenheimer has triumphed at this year’s Oscars taking home seven awards including best picture, best actor and best director.The drama, telling the story of the “father of the atomic bomb”, lost the box office battle to Barbie during last summer’s Barbenheimer showdown but has now won the awards war with Greta Gerwig’s Mattel comedy winning just one Oscar for best original song.Cillian Murphy was named best actor for his performance, beating out Paul Giamatti and Jeffrey Wright, and…

In a few weeks, the ‘90s are back in style—well, if you’re a fan of Marvel’s merry mutants, that is. It’s not too much longer until X-Men ‘97, the new continuation of the iconic X-Men: The Animated Series hits Disney+, and Marvel has now dropped the titles for all 10 episodes of season one... including a few that will raise the eyebrows of comics fans.Who Should Be The New Wolverine? io9 PicksIn a suitably retro style, a new poster done in the vein of a TV Guide cover reveals that ‘97 will debut with a two-episode…

It's Kristen Stewart bold era. After her eyeball-grabbing photoshoot for the magazine cover of Rolling Stone last month, Kristen Stewart has pulled off another daring look. This time, it was at the red carpet of the world premiere of her new movie, Love Lies Bleeding. (Also Read: New Rolling Stone cover features Kristen Stewart ‘uncensored’) Kristen Stewart at the premiere of Love Lies Bleeding Kristen's new lookKristen stepped on the red carpet in a black body suit. It was a high-cut body suit, which lent her…

Google began removing some apps from the Play Store in India on Friday after warning earlier in the day that it will be taking actions against developers who have persistently not complied with its billing policies, taking a definitive step on a three-year matter in what is the company’s largest market by users. Google said that 10 companies in the country, including “many well-established” names it did not disclose, had avoided paying fees despite benefiting from the platform. The Android-maker, owned by Alphabet,…

The two rappers are in sync though generations and regions apart Top Dawg Entertainment signee Ray Vaughn is joined by relative rap veteran Pusha T on his new single “Problems.” The nearly four minutes of straight lyricism connects not only generation but regions, with Ray Vaughn from Long Beach, California and Pusha T famously raised in Virginia Beach. “Let em label me a backpack rapper/Turn to a school shooter/All they top five get hit/Unless they cool tutors,” Ray Vaughn raps early on, leaning…

Like it did with passenger EV rebates back in December, Germany has decided to pull the plug on subsidy programs for electric semi trucks and city buses. What happens to the nation’s commercial EV market now? If you’re a regular Electrek reader, you probably believe that Germany acted prematurely when it cut its EV subsidy program in December (a full year earlier than expected). Combined with rapid global inflation driving up vehicle prices and governments throughout the EU pouring money into hydrogen…