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Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Microsoft and Activision Blizzard extended the deadline to close their $69 billion mega-deal by three months as the parties work to get approval from U.K. regulators. Microsoft and Activision Blizzard’s original merger agreement expired July 18, 2023. On Tuesday, the companies entered into an agreement waiving certain rights to terminate the merger if the transaction has not closed prior to Oct. 18, 2023. The agreement also includes amendments to Activision Blizzard’s commercial Xbox arrangements with Microsoft, valued at up to $250 million for each of fiscal years 2023 and 2024. The deal, announced in January 2022, has cleared most regulatory and legal challenges, including U.S. federal courts rejection of the FTC’s bid to block the deal and the Supreme Court’s rejection of a last-minute appeal to stop the deal by a group of gamers opposed to Microsoft’s takeover of Activision.

with or & Other Stories with a blouse, when the Duchess of Cambridge turns a look, it almost always includes a little something accessible. Many of right now, including the Glamour editor , which is on major markdown thanks to the . She was frequently spotted with this during the early aughts, but it's also been carried by , and…yours truly. One of the the very , this durable water-resistant nylon bag is expandable in case you like to lug around extra workout gear that you'll absolutely never use on vacation.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer SAG-AFTRA has granted approval to 39 independent productions to shoot during the strike, after confirming that they are not tied to AMPTP companies. The list includes two projects from A24, the independent production company: “Mother Mary,” starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, and “Death of a Unicorn,” starring Paul Rudd and Jenna Ortega, which is set to begin shooting soon in Hungary. A24 is not part of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, said a spokesperson for the company. The projects also include “The Rivals of Amziah King,” starring Matthew McConaughey and “The Chosen,” a TV series about the life of Jesus.

Andre Onana will soon become a Manchester United player officially - and appears to be a fan of the club's transfer policies this summer.

Celestial North has released her debut album ‘Otherworld’, which – as its title suggests – is a wash of ethereal tunes that transport the listener into a fully realised sonic environment. In order to achieve this, she fuses elements of dream pop, folktronica, techno and more.“I imagined that I was time-travelling through different and exciting worlds”, she says of writing the record.

EXCLUSIVE: SAG-AFTRA is on strike, but not all members of the union won’t be working.

The Chosen is the first known series to be allowed to continue production amid the SAG-AFTRA strike.

“The Chosen” is the first known TV series to have been granted a waiver from SAG to continue filming amid the strike.

Rishi Sunak's popularity continues to decline as he lags behind Sir Keir Starmer in the polls, according to a recent survey conducted by Ipsos UK. The Prime Minister's net favourability rating has plummeted to minus 21, with 47% of respondents expressing an unfavourable view of him.

Kathie Lee Gifford‘s children have some opinions on her new man!

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What felt inevitable is now official: Deadline reports that SAG-AFTRA‘s national board voted unanimously this morning to launch its first strike since 1980. The strike begins tomorrow, July 14 at one minute past midnight, with picketing to start in front of studios tomorrow.

SAG-AFTRA’s national board voted unanimously this morning to launch the guild’s first strike against the film and television industry since 1980. The strike is set to begin tonight one minute past midnight, with picketing at all the major studios.

Barbie film to be shown in the country’s cinemas, but have asked Hollywood distributors to blur the lines on a child-like drawing of a world map, which allegedly shows China’s disputed maritime claims.The film about the Mattel doll – directed by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling – is set to open in the south-east Asian nation on July 19.The censors began examining Barbie last week after Vietnam reportedly banned the film over scenes featuring a map showing the so-called nine-dash line, which China uses to justify its claim to the South China Sea.Beijing claims territorial ownership over almost the entire South China Sea, despite rival claims from other south-east Asian countries, including the Philippines, Malaysia and Vietnam.However, after “meticulous” scrutiny of the film, Philippine censors were satisfied that the “cartoonish map” did not depict the nine-dash line.“Instead, the map portrayed the route of the make-believe journey of Barbie from Barbie Land to the ’real world’, as an integral part of the story,” the censorship board said (via The Guardian).“Rest assured that the board has exhausted all possible resources in arriving at this decision as we have not hesitated in the past to sanction filmmakers/ producers/distributors for exhibiting the fictitious ’nine-dash line’ in their materials.”Despite being satisfied, the censors have still asked Hollywood studio Warner Bros. to “blur” the controversial lines on the map.

One player who would welcome the signing of Andre Onana at Manchester United is Antony.

battle has been won as the FDA votes to approve the United States' first over-the-counter birth control pill. The reported Thursday, July 13 that the US Food and Drug Administration had approved the once daily birth control pill Opill to be sold at pharmacies and online retailers without a prescription. There are no age restrictions for sales.

The upcoming “Barbie” movie has been approved a commercial release in the Philippines after the country conducted “two review sessions and consultations with relevant government agencies,” as per a statement from the country’s Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTRCB) via Variety. 

Sitting somewhere between 90s house music, the Pet Shop Boys and The Streets, Pink Eye Club – aka Haydn Davies – is set to release his debut album ‘Disco Reality’ this week.Over its nine tracks, the record features deadpan complaints about the drudgery of life, with track titles like ‘Same Job For Three Years’, ‘You’re Just A Stupid Fucking Man In A Really Shit Band’ and ‘Angry Things On The Internet’.Out now is anthemic new single ‘You Seemed Like A Nice Guy’, which – he says – is “a song about people you meet and initially they seem nice but then you go on their social media and it turns out they have far-right views”.The track comes with a video directed by Lou Smith, who says: “I happened to catch Pink Eye Club at his debut London show at the Five Bells five years ago”.“I have watched his act and following grow along the way.

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The future of a community hall in Old Kilpatrick has been secured - despite warnings that transferring the lease to a foodbank charity could create “significant bad feeling” in the village.

Manchester United are reportedly keen on AS Monaco defender Axel Disasi.