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Mattel to Acquire Full Ownership of Mattel163 From NetEase (Gaming News Roundup)
Mattel, Inc, in agreement with its joint venture partner NetEase, has announced it will acquire full ownership of the Mattel163 mobile games studio. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of Q1.  Founded in 2018, Mattel163, a global game …
‘A Prayer for the Dying’ Review: Johnny Flynn and John C. Reilly Anchor an Impressively Severe End-of-Days Western
The rolling grasslands of Slovakia stand in for the plains of 19th-century Wisconsin in “A Prayer for the Dying,” though the spiritual setting of Dara Van Dusen’s unforgiving western lies in some remote outpost between anywhere and nowhere. …
‘Yellow Letters’ Review: Germany Plays Turkey in a Stirring and Surprising Political Drama
In the riveting family drama “Yellow Letters,” German-born Turkish director İlker Çatak employs a culturally tilt-shifted backdrop for his tale of authoritarian crackdowns. The film announces, upfront via enormous on-screen text, that its setting is “Berlin a…
Paramount Skydance Hires Former Trump White House Lawyer as Head of Global Public Policy
As David Ellison’s Paramount Skydance continues to pursue its hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, the company has hired a new leader for its public policy and regulatory teams: Rene Augustine, a former attorney in President Trump’s Wh…
SAG-AFTRA Slams ‘Blatant Infringement’ in Seedance AI Videos
SAG-AFTRA is joining the industry condemnation of ByteDance, the Chinese owner of TikTok, for releasing a new video model that has enabled widespread copyright infringement online. SAG-AFTRA President Sean Astin is among those whose likeness has been used in …
Shay Mitchell on BÉIS Collaborations, New Role as Capital One Travel Ambassador: ‘I Want Things to Feel Premium… Not Intimidating’
Shay Mitchell‘s first major role in Hollywood was in “Pretty Little Liars” as Emily Fields. In 2018, she starred in the first season of Netflix’s “YOU” as Peach Salinger. That same year, she launched BÉIS, a brand that has …
Should BAFTA Fly the British Flag a Little Higher?
The common layman’s shorthand for the BAFTA Awards is that they’re the “British Oscars,” in the way that the César Awards are the French Oscars or the Goya Awards are the Spanish Oscars. Yet the comparison isn’t quite correct: Where the Césars and Goyas exclu…