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Miguel confirms new music is on the way

Viral ‘Sure Thing‘ hitmaker Miguel is working on new music. The R&B star’s 2011 hit has seen a resurgence in popularity after going viral on the video-sharing platform, with even the likes of Kim...

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English Premier League and EA to sign deal worth a whopping £488m

The English Premier League and EA are reportedly close to signing a new deal worth a whopping £488 million. According to Sky Sports, the deal will “consist of EA remaining as the league’s lead partner...

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Yahoo is laying off nearly 1 000 people

Yahoo is to lay off nearly 1 000 people. The tech giant intends to lay off more than 20 per cent of its 8 600-strong workforce amid a wave of other companies within the same sector – like Meta,...

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‘Banshees Of Inisherin’ co-producer James Flynn dies

‘The Banshees Of Inisherin‘ co-producer James Flynn has died. The moviemaker – who was the co-founder of Metropolitan Film Productions – passed away on Saturday, 11 February 2023 aged 57 with his wife...

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Vanessa Bryant shares tribute to late husband Kobe Bryant

Vanessa Bryant paid tribute to her late husband Kobe, three years after his death. The 40-year-old businesswoman was married to basketball player Kobe – who was killed in a helicopter crash in 2020...

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Idris Elba puts an end to ‘James Bond’ speculation

Idris Elba has definitively ruled himself out of playing James Bond. The 50-year-old actor has long been tipped as a replacement for Daniel Craig as 007 but has seemingly ended the rumours for good as...

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Lady Gaga unveils a glimpse of ‘Joker: Folie a Deux’ character

Lady Gaga has shared a first-look image of her ‘Joker: Folie a Deux‘ character. The 36-year-old actress and singer are set to play Harley Quinn in the sequel to the hit film ‘Joker‘ and a new close-up...

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Marvel has ‘big’ plans for Tom Holland as ‘Spider-Man’

Kevin Feige says Marvel has “big” plans for the future of Tom Holland as Spider-Man. The Marvel Studios president has weighed in on what’s to come from the actor’s version of the iconic comic book...

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UK authorities carry out first raid on illegal crypto ATMs

Authorities have carried out their first UK raid on crypto ATMs. The clampdown was the outcome of a joint investigation between the Financial Conduct Authority and West Yorkshire Police which collated...

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Ryan Seacrest departing ‘Live with Kelly and Ryan’: Here’s his replacement

Ryan Seacrest is leaving ‘Live With Kelly and Ryan‘ after almost six years – and will be replaced by Kelly Ripa’s husband, Mark Consuelos. The 48-year-old presenter broke the “bittersweet” news early...

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Miley Cyrus sends fans postcards with lyrics from new album

Miley Cyrus sent some fans a postcard with a lyric from a song on her upcoming album ‘Endless Summer Vacation‘. Following the success of the lead single, ‘Flowers‘, the pop superstar has teased the...

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‘I Am Legend 2’ will ignore original film’s ending and take more inspiration...

‘I Am Legend 2′ will focus on the book’s alternate ending. Producer and writer Akiva Goldsman are returning to Warner Bros with a multi-year first-look deal which includes the follow-up starring Will...

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‘Far Cry 6’ is free-to-play until Monday, 20 February 2023

‘Far Cry 6‘ has been made free-to-play on the PC for a “limited time”. The controversial game – which drew criticism for casting non-Latino actor Giancarlo Esposito in the role of Latino dictator...

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‘Genshin Impact 3.5’ update features Windblume Festival

The Windblume Festival will be part of the ‘Genshin Impact‘ 3.5 update. Players can expect Collei, Tighnari, and Cyno to appear at Windblume this time. Timaeus and an unnamed woman will also play. And...

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John Cena curates ‘WWE 2K23’ soundtrack

John Cena has curated the soundtrack for ‘WWE 2K23‘. The upcoming game – which is released on 17 March 2023 for Xbox, PlayStation and PC – features a Showcase game mode, which is a compilation of...

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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving her role

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki is leaving her post. After spending nine years in the role, the chief executive has decided to begin a “new chapter” at the video-sharing platform where she has worked in...

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Megan Fox ‘found cheat messages on fiancé Machine Gun Kelly’s phone’

Megan Fox reportedly found text messages on fiancé Machine Gun Kelly’s phone that left her convinced he had been cheating. The ‘Jennifer’s Body’ actress, 36, last week sparked speculation she had...

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‘Fortnite’ players get new app to share gaming clips

‘Fortnite’ players have a new app to share clips from their games on PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch, and PC. Epic Games has just released Postparty – a new iOS and Android app to help with video...

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‘Euphoria star’ Angus Cloud wanted for questioning over hit-and-run incident

Police want to speak to ‘Euphoria‘ star Angus Cloud about his alleged involvement in a hit-and-run accident. The 24-year-old actor and an unnamed male friend were reportedly driving around Marina del...

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OnlyFans model Diana ‘Coconut Kitty’ Deets cause of death revealed

OnlyFans model Diana ‘Coconut Kitty’ Deets has taken her own life. The 24-year-old influencer died by suicide earlier this month, a post on her Instagram account has revealed. The post, addressed to...

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Eminem intercepts ‘Reasonably Shady’ podcast trademark

Eminem is fighting to stop two reality stars from trademarking their ‘Reasonably Shady’ podcast name. The 50-year-old rapper, aka Slim Shady, has filed an “opposition” against Gizelle Bryant and Robyn...

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Kim Kardashian Twitter hacker to be extradited to US

A UK hacker will be extradited from Spain over the suspected hacking of celebs’ Twitter accounts, including Kim Kardashian. James O’Connor, a 23-year-old internet personality originally from...

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2023 Mobile World Congress: OPPO to unveil new product range

OPPO will debut a new range at the 2023 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, later this month. The tech giant will show off their new product line – which touches upon smart entertainment,...

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Bruce Willis’ family want him to live ‘as full a life as possible’

Bruce Willis’ family are determined to “keep him active”. The 67-year-old actor was recently diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, and his family – which includes wife Emma Heming Willis and ex-wife...

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Boxed first-generation iPhone fetches over R1m at auction

A first-generation Apple iPhone has been auctioned off for more than $63 000 (est. R1.15 million). The smartphone was first launched in 2007 and now 16 years later an unopened edition of the model...

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JK Rowling details how ‘Harry Potter’ manuscript was almost destroyed

JK Rowling feared her first husband would have burned the manuscript of her first ‘Harry Potter‘ book if she had left it at home. The multi-millionaire writer, 57, was married to Portuguese ex-TV...

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‘Cocaine Bear’ premiere: Ray Liotta’s daughter makes red carpet appearance

Late ‘Goodfellas’ actor Ray Liotta’s loved ones were among fans who turned out at the premiere of his last film ‘Cocaine Bear’. His only child Karsen Liotta, 24, who he had with ex-wife Michelle...

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Can’t find ‘Angry Birds’ game on Google Play Store? – Here’s why

‘Rovio Classics: Angry Birds‘ is being delisted from the Google Play Store. Rovio Entertainment announced that it’s delisting the original 2009 puzzle game and it will no longer be available for...

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Quavo remembers Takeoff with new memorial song

Quavo has shared a new song in memory of his late Migos bandmate and nephew Takeoff. After releasing the moving tribute track ‘Without You‘ – which he performed during the ‘In Memoriam’ segment at the...

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Kevin Hart teases ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ remake

Kevin Hart has revealed that the script for the ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles‘ remake is still in development. The 43-year-old actor is due to star alongside Will Smith in the reboot of the 1987...

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Keanu Reeves underwent gruelling training for ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’

Keanu Reeves spent three months training for the action scenes in ‘John Wick: Chapter 4‘. The 58-year-old actor is reprising his role as the titular assassin in the upcoming film and revealed that...

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Tohru Okada: PlayStation logo composer dies aged 73

The composer of PlayStation‘s logo sound, Tohru Okada, has died. The 73-year-old Japanese musician – who made the music for a number of ‘Crash Bandicoot‘ adverts in the 1990s – died of heart failure...

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Selena Gomez quits social media: ‘I’m too old for this’

Selena Gomez is taking a break from social media – just a day after regaining her title as Instagram’s most-followed woman. The 30-year-old singer-and-actress – who, with 382 million followers, has...

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BTS’s Jimin unveils debut solo album tracklist

Jimin’s debut solo album ‘Face‘ features contributions from his BTS bandmate RM. The latter is credited on the tracks ‘Face Off’ and ‘Like Crazy’, as well as the English version of ‘Like Crazy‘. A...

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Guillermo del Toro directing ‘The Buried Giant’ for Netflix

Guillermo del Toro is to direct ‘The Buried Giant‘. The Oscar-winning filmmaker is to helm and produce the animated movie for Netflix, with the project coming hot on the heels of his stop-motion take...

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Snoop Dogg reveals the secret to a happy marriage

Snoop Dogg says the secret to a happy marriage is being a yes-man and always giving his other half what she wants. The 51-year-old rapper – who has Corde, 28, Cordell, 25, and Cori, 23, with wife...

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‘Hogwarts Legacy’ breaks records as it rakes in $850m in first two weeks

‘Hogwarts Legacy‘ has shifted 12 million units and made a whopping $850 million in sales globally, within the first two weeks of launch on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC. The ‘Harry Potter‘ RPG...

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Report: Activision Blizzard planning ‘Call of Duty’ premium drop

Activision Blizzard is reportedly planning to release a full ‘Call of Duty‘ title later this year. Despite reports a year ago suggesting that the developer would wait until 2024 to put out its next...

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AI art copyright protection scrapped in landmark ruling

Copyright protection for AI-generated art has been scrapped in a landmark ruling. The US Copyright Office (USCO) decided imagery produced by Midjourney and other AI text-to-image tools for the graphic...

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Anthony Ciccone: Madonna’s estranged brother dead at 66

Anthony Ciccone died at the age of 66. Best known as the older brother of global superstar Madonna, 64, the former photographer’s assistant passed away on Friday, 24 February 2023, with his death...

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‘Not close’: Tom Cruise dismisses ‘Iron Man’ links

Tom Cruise never came “close” to playing Iron Man. The 60-year-old actor has long been subjected to rumours he was in the running to play Tony Stark and his superhero alter ego, but he’s now addressed...

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2023 SAG Awards: Jessica Chastain reacts to epic fall

Jessica Chastain’s “whole body was shaking” when she fell over at the 2023 SAG Awards on Sunday night. The Oscar-winning actress headed to the stage at the Fairmont Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles...

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E3 2023: Nintendo confirms its not attending global gaming expo

Nintendo will not attend E3 2023. The gaming giant has confirmed that it won’t be at the much-anticipated expo later this year – although the company has insisted that it remains a “supporter” of the...

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PlayStation Plus: Games you can download for free in March 2023

PlayStation has announced its free games for March 2023 for the Essential tier. The gaming giant has confirmed that ‘Battlefield 2042‘, the online military shooter, ‘Minecraft Dungeons‘ and the anime...

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Twitter makes 200 more people redundant, say reports

Twitter made 200 more people redundant, say reports. The microblogging app slashed 2 000 a people-strong workforce by 10 per cent after over half of the staff were let go when the new CEO Elon Musk...

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Keke Palmer gives birth: Baby name and gender revealed

Keke Palmer gave birth to her first baby. The 29-year-old actress has welcomed her first child into the world with boyfriend Darius Jackson, and the pair have named their little one Leodis. Keke...

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Alec Baldwin faces another lawsuit over Halyna Hutchins shooting

Alec Baldwin is being sued by three ‘Rust’ crew members. The 64-year-old actor has pleaded not guilty to two charges of involuntary manslaughter over the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42,...

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Community service has been the best thing, says Cardi B

Cardi B thinks community service has been “the best thing” to happen to her. The 30-year-old rap star recently started her 15-day stint of community service – which stems from a strip club brawl in...

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Meta will ‘turbocharge’ AI for WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger

Meta is looking to “turbocharge” its use of artificial intelligence for WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Instagram. The company’s chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has weighed in on plans to launch a...

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Kim Kardashian recruits North and Saint for ‘PAW Patrol’ sequel

‘PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie‘ is to be released earlier than initially planned. The sequel to 2021’s ‘PAW Patrol: The Movie‘ is set to drop on 29 September 2023, after Spin Master Entertainment,...

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