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Meta Unveils VR Glasses for $1,299, Promises 3D Films From Lionsgate, James Cameron and Enhanced Versions of ‘Avengers’ and ‘Star Wars’

Meta’s given its glasses a virtual-reality upgrade. Meta unveiled its new $1,299 VR glasses at its annual Meta Connect event on Wednesday, an upgraded version of its Quest headset line. The product, the company promises, will usher in “a new era for virtual reality” by providing “a cinema, courtside seat, workspace, and console” for users at home. “We […]

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‘Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Series at Sky to Star David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn

Sky’s “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo” series has found its leads in David Oyelowo and Viola Prettejohn. Oyelowo (“Silo,” “Selma”) will play disgraced journalist Mikael Blomkvist alongside Prettejohn (“The Crown,” “The Testament of Ann Lee”) as hacker Lisbeth Salander in a TV reimagining of Steig Larsson’s hit Millennium book series. The characters were portrayed […]

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‘Day Drinker’ Trailer: Johnny Depp’s Hollywood Comeback Continues in a Twisty Thriller With Penélope Cruz and Madelyn Cline

Lionsgate has released a trailer for “Day Drinker,” the Marc Webb-directed thriller starring Johnny Depp, Madelyn Cline and Penélope Cruz. The film will hit theaters on March 26, 2027. “Day Drinker” follows a private-yacht bartender (Cline) as she encounters a mysterious guest (Depp in extra-weird mode). The official logline adds: “They soon find themselves entangled […]

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Ex-Disney CEO Bob Chapek Says Bob Iger Ran ‘Relentless Three-Year Campaign’ to Fire Him: ‘Made It Seem as If I Had Committed Some Terrible Offense’

Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek claims his predecessor-turned-successor Bob Iger underwent a “relentless three-year campaign to push me out” after initially appointing him to the job. “The way Disney’s board and Bob Iger handled my firing made it seem as if I had committed some terrible offense,” Chapek writes in an excerpt from his upcoming […]

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Music Industry Moves: Lydia Kanuga Launches When There Are Nine PR Firm

Veteran publicist Lydia Kanuga, previously of the Chamber Group, Def Jam and Columbia Records, has launched her own firm, When There Are Nine — the name inspired by the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s response to the question of when there will be enough women on the U.S. Supreme Court. Kanuga began her career at Columbia […]

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‘Black Doves’ Season 2 Trailer: Keira Knightley Investigates Spy Murders With a New Team in Netflix Action Thriller

Keira Knightley is back in the first trailer for Netflix’s “Black Doves” Season 2. All six hour-long episode will release on November 5. The logline for Season 2 teases: “Helen (Knightley) is still betraying her nation’s secrets to the covert organization she serves: the Black Doves. But after the misadventures of last Christmas, and with […]

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Charlie Brooker’s New Netflix Series Gets Title, ‘Blackmere,’ as Rory Kinnear Joins Cast and First-Look Photos Revealed

Charlie Brooker’s new Netflix series has revealed its title — “Blackmere” — not to be confused with the writer and producer’s other show for the streamer, “Black Mirror.” Netflix announced the show’s title, some first-look images and the news that Rory Kinnear (“The Diplomat,” “Black Mirror”) has joined the cast at its U.K. upfronts in […]

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