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Donnie Wahlberg to Star in New Drama Series ‘Boston Blue’

Donnie Wahlberg is heading back to TV. CBS announced on Tuesday (Feb. 18) a new drama series with the working title Boston Blue, which will star the New Kids on the Block member, for the 2025-26 broadcast season. The show will expand on the popular, long-running show, Blue Bloods, in which Wahlberg appears as NYPD officer Danny Reagan. Wahlberg was nominated for a People’s Choice Award in 2017 for favorite TV crime drama actor for his portrayal of Reagan. Wahlberg will reprise his role in

Tems Becomes First African Female Artist to Hit 1 Billion Spotify Streams With ‘Wait For U’

Tems has become the first African female artist to hit one billion streams on Spotify with Future‘s “WAIT FOR U,” also featuring Drake, Spotifyhas confirmed. “WAIT FOR U” samples Tems’ “Higher” from her 2020 EP For Broken Ears and was featured on Future’s 2022 Billboard 200-topping album I NEVER LIKED YOU. The song hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, marking Tems’ first chart-topper on the all-genre songs tally, as well as Hot R&B/H

LISA of BLACKPINK Launches Lalisa Comics Ahead of ‘Alter Ego’ Album

LISA‘s upcoming album Alter Ego might explore the five different sides of the BLACKPINK star, but in a new project coinciding with the LP, she’s downsizing to the two-dimensional world of comic-book panels. Related A Complete List of BLACKPINK’s Solo Projects (So Far) 02/18/2025 As announced Tuesday (Feb. 18), the singer-rapper is launching a new venture, Lalisa Comics, in partnership with Zero Zero Entertainment, beginning with a 56-page graphic no

New York Times Encourages Staff to Create Headlines Using AI

The so-called "paper of record" is now encouraging staff to use generative AI tools to write headlines and summarize articles.As Semafor reports, the New York Times recently informed employees that they now have a whole suite of AI tools at their disposal to write search headlines — the version of headlines that appear on search engines like Google — as well as code, social copy, quizzes, and more.Along with models from Google, Github, and Amazon, NYT staff will also have access to Echo, a bespo

Nintendo Is Nixing Its Best Money-Saving Deals Ahead Of Switch 2

NintendoOne of the biggest downsides of the Switch is that Nintendo’s first-party games rarely go on sale. That makes the Switch a more expensive console to play on than it might seem, but fortunately, Nintendo has a couple of official programs that allow players to get discounted or even free games. However, that’s set to end before the launch of the next console, the Switch 2, as Nintendo is discontinuing Switch Game Vouchers and its Gold Points rewards program.On March 18, Nintendo announced

The Most Cursed Superhero Sequel Just Got A Promising Update

Warner Bros. PicturesIt’s been nearly three years since The Batman unveiled a new vision of the Caped Crusader, and though a sequel has been in the works for some time, it’s been a long road to the finish line. Writer-director Matt Reeves admitted that the writing process has been “slow,” with The Penguin and other elements of his growing universe (known as the Batman Epic Crime Saga) likely splitting his focus. But he also assured fans that production would be ramping up very soon, especially n

Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government “less dumb”

'Pirate Yakuza' Is a Delightfully Bizarre Game That Only the Yakuza Series Could Produce

Pirate Yakuza is the only game where you can engage in rollicking sea battles, but also attend a compliance seminar on how to be an HR-friendly scallywag. This is a Yakuza game through and through, filled with both raucous absurdity and heart-crushing emotion.Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii is a ridiculous name for a game that actually describes what it’s like surprisingly well. In the same vein as 2023’s The Man Who Erased His Name, this is a drastically smaller-scale spinoff. It’s a gam

Elon Can't Seem to Get Full Self-Driving Approved in China

As Elon Musk leans the future of Tesla on his long-deferred dream of fully autonomous vehicles, its rollout of Full Self-Driving (FSD) is faltering in China, the automaker's second-largest market.In September of last year, Tesla announced that FSD was expected to deploy to the company's EVs in China and Europe in 2025, pending regulatory approval.But that plan hit a snag in China, which is now expected to delay the debut, according to sources tapped by the Financial Times, who were told by Chine

A Wild 'Yellowjackets' Fan Theory Just Got Debunked — But There's A Silver Lining

ShowtimeWhile Yellowjackets may focus on a core group of half a dozen of its survivors and their present-day selves, back in 1996 there were plenty of other Yellowjackets helping out with the group’s survival — and feasting on those they lost. Showrunners Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson specifically said they kept the number of teammates lost in the wilderness vague, so they could introduce new characters as the seasons go on. In Season 3, that new character is Melissa, who appeared in episodes b

How to Reduce Military Spending While Keeping Power?

IT modernization could slash 388,000 to 1 million admin, support, and non-combat roles. Given the mix (~1.04-1.17 million active-duty, 614,000-695,000 reserve, 778,000-867,000 civilian in non-combat roles), a weighted average cost of $90,000 per person is reasonable for non-combat personnel (balancing higher active-duty costs with lower reserve/civilian costs). For 388,000 to 1 million roles cut: Low-End ... Read more

15 Years Ago, An Infamous Action-Adventure Changed Video Game Storytelling Forever

Quantic DreamVideo games are typically defined by how they’re played. We expect stats-driven combat, wacky kart racing, or mind-bending puzzles. But a video game can be more than the sum of its mechanics; narrative can carry a game as far as a good crafting system, and blur the line between cinema and arcade in the process. Fifteen years ago, that line blurred further when Heavy Rain changed our minds about just what a game can do.Developed by Quantic Dream and directed by the innovative and inf

Mother of OpenAI Whistleblower Says She's Sent Material From Scene of Alleged Suicide for Laboratory Testing

OpenAI whistleblower Suchir Balaji's autopsy report has been released to his family, who remain unconvinced that he died by suicide — and that they're testing a strange hair sample found in his apartment.According to a joint report from the city's medical examiner and police department that was provided to Fortune and other media outlets, investigators "found no evidence or information to establish a cause and manner of death for [Balaji] other than a suicide by self-inflicted gunshot wound to t

The Surprising Ways Your Vision Impacts Your Fitness Routine

The post The Surprising Ways Your Vision Impacts Your Fitness Routine appeared first on Idyllic Pursuit. This post written by Kathy Haan . Go to Idyllic Pursuit - The secret to telling a great story? Living one..Have you ever tripped over absolutely nothing while running? Or maybe you fumble a pass you swore you had in the bag? It’s easy to blame clumsiness, but what if your eyesight had something to do with it? We don’t really talk about how vision affects fitness. Strength, endurance, discipli

How to watch Annapurna’s publisher showcase on February 24

Annapurna Interactive is holding a games showcase on February 24. It streams live at 12PM ET via the company’s YouTube page. The publisher has released a short teaser video to hold us over until Monday.This is the first event Annapurna Interactive has held since the entire staff, including the executives, resigned from the company last year. That mass walkout occurred after a failed attempt to spin off the games division from the remainder of the company."All 25 members of the Annapurna Int

“Why has drag escaped critique from feminists and the LGBTQ community?”

“Why is it funny for men to dress up as women and not for women to dress up as men? There’s something about this performance that says that…

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