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Tywin Lannister has come a long way since his infamous toilet death. Charles Dance, 73, who portrayed the Lannister patriarch in “Game of Thrones,” revealed an impressive physique while enjoying a day at the beach on Thursday. Dance, who is in Venice, Italy, for the city’s eponymous film festival, was also spotted packing on the …
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Shares of GameStop shares jumped more than 27 percent on Monday after it emerged that the founder of pet food company Chewy.com took a stake in the video game retailer. Ryan Cohen, whose Chewy.com was scooped up in 2017 for $3.35 billion by PetSmart, has taken a 9-percent stake in struggling GameStop via his RC …
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In a major blow to maker of “Fortnite”, Apple has terminated the developer account of Epic Games, yanking all of the company’s titles from its App Store. The move comes amid a heated legal battle between the two companies which was kickstarted when Epic Games implemented a payments system which would allow it to get …
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Nintendo plans to release an updated version of its uber popular Switch gaming console in 2021, after the important holiday shopping season. The Japanese gaming giant is plotting a sequel system with upgraded processing power and 4K graphics, according to Bloomberg, as well as a lineup of new games to accompany the new hardware launch. …
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Shares of “Grand Theft Auto” publisher Take-Two Interactive surged on Tuesday after the company raised its annual sales forecast, citing surging demand from gamers stuck at home because of the coronavirus. The gaming giant on Monday reported robust sales for titles like “NBA 2K,” which saw recurring consumer spending jump 126 percent to a new …
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Instead of staying locked inside his Brooklyn home, 29-year-old software engineer Cameron Couch spent part of his quarantine on a remote island with total strangers, competing head-to-head with them in a variety of physical and intellectual challenges. Of course, this fictitious island only existed in the virtual realm — in reality, Couch was holed up …
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The time has come to imprison George R.R. Martin. “Game of Thrones” fans are holding the novelist to his promise that, should he not finish the next installment of his “A Song of Fire and Ice” book series by July 29, 2020, he formally consents to go to jail. “If I don’t have ‘The Winds …
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EXCLUSIVE: Two of America’s longest-running gameshows, “Wheel of Fortune” and “Jeopardy!” are heading back to the studio. Both shows were hit by the COVID-19 production shutdown but Deadline understands that both syndicated shows, which come from Sony Pictures Television and CBS Television Distribution, are set to start filming this week and next. There will, however, …
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Alex Trebek, iconic TV personality and game-show host, concludes his eighth decade on Wednesday. Known for his wit and ability to crack a joke, Trebek began his hosting career as a young man in the 1960s in Canada before moving to US shows like “High Rollers” and “Double Dare” in the ’70s. But the Canadian …
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There may never again be another show that has the same cultural impact as “Game of Thrones.” In 2011, when the fantasy epic premiered on HBO, Netflix had yet to release any original content, Hulu had only existed for a few years, and countless other streaming services were still just a glint in the eyes …
Tywin Lannister has come a long way since his infamous toilet death. Charles Dance, 73, who portrayed the Lannister patriarch in “Game of Thrones,” revealed an impressive physique while enjoying a day at the beach on Thursday. Dance, who is in Venice, Italy, for the city’s eponymous film festival, was also spotted packing on the …
