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With the Grand Theft Auto VI trailer out in the world, we got our first glimpse at Leonida and Vice City. Now, many have found loads of similarities to its real-life counterpart: Florida. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdBZY2fkU-0 The trailer came out earlier than expected due to an unfortunate leak. Regardless, the graphics and world made the 10-year wait for a new Grand Theft Auto worth it for fans. With that, we are returning to a familiar location: Vice City. However, it’s just a small part of the bigger map of…

Nearly 15 years after The Blind Side earned Sandra Bullock her first Oscar, along with being a Best Picture contender, its subjects, Michael Oher and the Touhy family, entered into a public disagreement earlier this year. In August, the NFL football player claimed he was never adopted and exploited by the couple who took him in, and filed a legal filing detailing his allegations. The latest development in the conflict has Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy removing Oher references from their marketing materials. In a Wednesday…

The following contains SPOILERS for Disney’s Wish.Wish is the newest musical adventure from Walt Disney Animation Studios. Coming as it does in this 100th year of The Walt Disney Company, it’s maybe not surprising that Wish is a movie very much following in the footsteps of classic Disney, as it features a female protagonist, a magical villain and incredible music.Easter Eggs and fun references are nothing new in Disney movies, but Wish takes things to quite another level. The movie celebrates the Disney anniversary by…

A new Red Dead Redemption logo has popped up on Rockstar Games‘ official website, pointing towards a possible remaster or relaunch. Rockstar Games enthusiast Tez2 shared what they had uncovered from the website’s most recent update as well as the logo on the social media site X. There is now a new reference in the list of games, “Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Presents Ver)”, and a codename “RDR1RSP”. Check it out below: Rockstar's new site update, live an hour ago, added a new reference within the games list. "Red Dead…

To say The Flash bombed at the box office is a bit of an understatement. The film cost around $200 million to make, and anywhere between $70 million and another $200 million to promote. Now, The Flash is leaving theaters with a worldwide haul of only $267.2 million as of July 16 — meaning it never broke even at the multiplex. Basically, Warner Bros. Discovery totally lost its shirt, and it’s hoping that Barbie can re-seam it as fast as possible. To incentivize people to buy The Flash on digital and 4K, director Andy…

Twitter CEO Elon Musk has changed the description on the platform’s verified checkmark labels once more. The labels now make no mention of Twitter Blue, the paid version of the social network. Blue subscribers have subjected to massive scorn, and altering the label may helpMusk avoid potential lawsuits from angry celebrities who want nothing to do with his blue checkmarks but who have received them anyway.Twitter Verification is a Hot MessThe change appears to have been implemented on Tuesday night, which is when it was…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMatthew Perry says digs towards Keanu Reeves will be dropped from future editions of his best-selling memoir, adding that he will apologise to the actor “if I run into the guy”.Last year, the 53-year-old Friends star released an autobiography called Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which included repeated jokes at Reeves’ expense.Perry twice questioned why other actors die…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeMatthew Perry says digs towards Keanu Reeves will be dropped from future editions of his best-selling memoir, adding that he will apologise to the actor “if I run into the guy”.Last year, the 53-year-old Friends star released an autobiography called Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, which included repeated jokes at Reeves’ expense.Perry twice questioned why other actors die…

Sport and music go hand in hand. From the unforgettable soundtracks of FIFA and NBA 2K games, to going to a live sporting event and hearing the DJ play songs that evoke a sense of nostalgia (and, in some cases, really annoy people)—the two pursuits are inextricably linked, and for good reason. Both music and sport involve a lot of passion, a lot of sacrifices and a lot of investment from spectators/listeners. For Triple J Unearthed’s Executive Producer and Arsenal superfan Tommy Faith, the link between music and sport is…

Two minutes of previously unseen Final Fantasy XVI footage emerged online recently, and fans have dredged through it. And though some have criticized the upcoming game for looking too distinct from other series entries, these eagle-eyed fans have uncovered a number of apparent references to other FF games.The below thread compiled by Twitter user MKH13Omasters shows off the various references, and they range from very compelling to a bit of a reach. For example, several fans pointed out that the game's…