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Bobby Kotick has a secret: He was ready to buy Time Warner a few years ago.The CEO of Activision Blizzard drops this nugget early on while sitting at the company’s Santa Monica headquarters for his first extensive interview since 2012. It’s a Friday afternoon in mid-April, which means the office is mostly deserted. Huge replicas of characters and actual backdrops from the video game giant’s roster of franchises — including Call of Duty, Diablo, Overwatch and Candy Crush — dot the landscape of the open-architecture space. The quiet in the building and the low midafternoon light give the place a slightly spooky, fun house vibe. “We’d take their IP and turn it into games. They’d take our IP and turn it into film and television, and we’d have an extraordinary company,” Kotick says, sketching out his vision for a deal in an alternate universe in which AT&T never bought Time Warner and Activision took it on instead. In reality, the Justice Department lost its lawsuit to block the sale of Time Warner to AT&T. But during the first half of 2018, when the fate of the $85.4 billion Time Warner purchase hung in the balance, Activision Blizzard took a cue from its “Call of Duty” commandos: It stockpiled financial ammunition and waited patiently for an opening to pounce.

Gordon Cox Theater Editor The writers of “Kimberly Akimbo” tell a story about the musical’s creation that feels as if it could be a scene in the show itself. Like the Tony-nominated production, now up for eight awards including best musical, it’s a tale that lands right in the overlap of humor and heartache. In the summer of 2017, just before composer Jeanine Tesori and bookwriter-lyricist David Lindsay-Abaire were scheduled to spend two weeks developing the first act of “Kimberly Akimbo” at the Sundance Theatre Lab, Tesori had a cerebral hemorrhage. She was in the ICU for 11 days, the Tony-winning composer (“Fun Home”) recalled. She missed the entire first week of the show’s time at Sundance.

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor In its heyday, “ER” would keep about 75 background actors on hand per episode to be called up as needed to fill out scenes in hospital corridors and whatnot. On Tuesday, about 75 “ER” alumni filled the sidewalks outside the show’s old studio on Olive Avenue in Burbank. Writers, actors and crew members who worked on the beloved NBC drama series rallied behind the Writers Guild of America on Day 29 of the strike called against Hollywood’s major employers. Many of those who gathered for the “ER” reunion-themed picket on the day after the Memorial Day holiday weekend were emotional about what “ER” represented in their professional careers. It’s an apt symbol for the WGA strike because “ER” is the kind of long-running scripted series that television networks don’t seem to make anymore.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Responding to an increasingly global demand for Japanese pop culture, the Kodansha comic book publishing firm is to debut a web version of K Manga, its recently-launched U.S. serialization app. The storied firm will mark the launch of the ‘browser version’ of K Manga with a June 22 online party that is held in Japan, but hosted in English and targets manga (comics) and anime (animation) fans in the U.S. With a theme of “The Stories Behind the Stories,” the event will take multiple behind-the-scenes peeks at manga production and include fan greetings from more than a dozen manga creators.

Thania Garcia It’s official: Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival will be returning to Los Angeles’ Dodger Stadium on November 11 and 12. A limited number of advance sale passes will be available starting June 2 at 12 p.m. PT while supplies last at http://www.campfloggnaw.com. The lineup for the 2023 event will be announced at a later date. NOVEMBER 11th and 12th: https://t.co/E8a5h3ROLJ pic.twitter.com/TCPVxgabRC The festival has been on hiatus since 2019, a decision that came as a result of the pandemic — and the increase of festivals post-pandemic — along with the rapper’s hectic touring schedule. The event included performances from Solange, YG, FKA twigs, Juice WRLD, Brockhampton, H.E.R., Daniel Caesar, and surprise guest Drake — who was booed offstage by a crowd that was expecting Frank Ocean.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director For Harrison Ford, the allure of reprising Indiana Jones for a fifth time in the upcoming “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” was all about time. Ford will celebrate his 81st birthday in July, just a few weeks after “Dial of Destiny” opens in theaters, which is not the typical age of your 2023 Hollywood action hero. That was a selling point for Ford, who told Esquire magazine that he ensured Indiana Jones looked and felt like an old man in “Dial of Destiny.” “I wanted an ambitious movie to be the last one,” Ford said about reprising Indiana Jones. “And I don’t mean that we didn’t make ambitious movies before — they were ambitious in many different ways. But not necessarily as ambitious with the character as I wanted the last one to be.”

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Marco Bellocchio’s drama “Kidnapped” that reconstructs the true tale of a Jewish boy who was kidnapped and forcibly raised as a Christian in 19th century Rome, has opened strongly in Italy following its Cannes launch. The revered Italian auteur’s film about Edgardo Mortara, who in 1858 was taken away from his family in Bologna to live in the Vatican – after it surfaced that the boy secretly been baptized a Christian – has also sparked debate and prompted the Vatican to comment the abduction for which Pope Pius IX has been held responsible. “Kidnapped” over the weekend bowed in third place at the Italian box office, placing itself after “The Little Mermaid” and “Fast X” and pulling a handsome more than €550,000 ($587,000) intake to date from roughly 300 screens.

Not there for the No. 1 guy in the group? A Vanderpump Rules fan was reportedly escorted out of Tom Sandoval‘s recent concert in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after showing support for Ariana Madix.

Naman Ramachandran A first teaser has been unveiled for Canadian filmmaker Pier-Philippe Chevigny’s debut feature “Temporaries” (“Richelieu”), which will bow at the Tribeca Festival followed by the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and Fantasia International Film Festival. The film follows Ariane (Ariane Castellanos), who moves back home to the Richelieu Valley after a breakup and gets a job as an interpreter for seasonal migrant workers in a factory. Witnessing workplace abuses perpetrated by Stephane (Marc-André Grondin), the factory’s aggressive supervisor, Ariane must decide how far she is willing to go to speak out against injustice. Chevigny grew up in the Richelieu Valley in Quebec and observing migrant workers there informed the film. “My first feature aims to question the image of Canada as a perfect, injustice-free country. Launching at Tribeca, Karlovy Vary and Fantasia matters because it gives the weight of international attention to that criticism: it’s harder to ignore the noise when the rest of the world is showing concern,” Chevigny told Variety.

share one thing in common, and that is a passionate love for the warm summer months. The actor is celebrating the start of summer 2023 with a series of topless bikini pics on Instagram (which is where our resemblance ends).Hudson uploaded a carousel of snapshots to her IG on May 30, some of which show her in a thong bikini bottom and no top, taken outside a home pool. In one, she's hiding her breasts behind a book and another shows Hudson from behind.

's life? If new pics are to be believed... perhaps.As noted by Megan was spotted hand-in-hand with Belgian soccer player Romelu Lukaku at the wedding of his teammate Lautaro Martinez in Lake Como, Italy. Megan looked gorgeous in a chartreuse draped gown and champagne colored Chanel bag, her auburn hair worn in curls.OK, but wait, back up.

engulfing the trendy Los Angeles restaurant Horses. An assortment of things has told me, against my will, about what her and her grown-up Spy Kid husband do when they're alone together. Jameela Jamil regaling a horrified Al Roker with a tale about a .

Taylor Swift and Matty Healy’s romantic relationship after rumors about their romance started at the beginning of May. And while they have been spotted together on multiple occasions, holding hands and sharing some PDA, the pair have yet to comment on their relationship.The 1975 frontman is now back on tour with his band and decided to share some of his thoughts during BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend Festival in Dundee, Scotland.

Ryan Gosling is giving a rare and heartfelt look into his personal life. In a new cover story for issue, the  actor opens up about his relationship with Eva Mendes, their journey into parenthood, and how it's impacted his career. In the magazine, on newsstands June 13, Gosling says that his fortuitous role opposite Mendes in 2012's is what made him want to have kids — and, specifically. «I wasn’t thinking about kids before I met her, but after I met Eva, I realized that I just didn’t want to have kids without her,» he shares.

Oliver Hudson doesn't want to see that much of his younger sister, Kate Hudson. On Tuesday, the star took to Instagram to post some topless pics of herself in red thong bikini bottoms and a wide-brim hat.She captioned the shots, which featured a covered-up nip slip, and a pic of her almost bare booty, «Suns out, buns (and huns) out ☺️☀️ #summerready.»But her 46-year-old brother was not impressed.

Jill Duggar is ready to tell her story, her way.Just days ahead of the release of a Prime Video docuseries about her ultra-conservative upbringing, Jill and husband Derick Dillard have announced that they're releasing a tell-all memoir about her famous family and her restrictive childhood following the teachings of disgraced pastor Bill Gothard and the Institute in Basic Life Principles, an organization which espouses a conservative Christian lifestyle, promoting modest dress, female subservience, homeschooling and large families.Titled Jill's book promises the couple are «done with the secrets» surrounding the Duggar family, and are ready to share their story thanks to «time, tears, therapy and blessings from God.» Read the full description of the memoir below:19 Kids and CountingThe book will make Jill the second of her sisters to release a memoir about their unique childhood. In January, Jinger Duggar published , though she made it clear from the outset that the book was not meant to be a tell-all about her reality TV-famous family, but rather an exploration of how she set about «disentangling» herself from her upbringing under the teachings of Gothard.Gothard resigned from the IBLP in 2014, following over 30 claims of sexual harassment from former employees.

Gigi Hadid wore the Emi Jay Big Effing Clip in Virgo with a green Miu Miu dress at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France.Sydney Sweeney wore low rise straight jeans from Cotton On while arriving to the Hotel Martinez in France. Taylor Swift wore a Ralph Lauren Collection Welington Shoulder Bag in New York City.

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Pink is letting her freak flag fly! The 43-year-old «Cover Me in Sunshine» singer, whose real name is Alecia Moore, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share some cute pics of herself from her recent lake getaway.«Lake weekends and a new ridiculous bathing suit,» Pink captioned the two-photo post. «If you haven’t showered outdoors while your husband tries to scare you every five minutes you haven’t lived!!! #embarassingmoms #eyerollsfordays #bananaboobies #imfun #readyfortour.»In one pic, Pink shields her eyes from the sun while rocking a sheer strapless bikini top with two bunches of bananas over her breasts.

Megan Thee Stallion is prioritizing her mental health in the best way — by taking a break. In an interview with , the rapper shares that her fans will have to wait for her previously teased new album because she's focused on «healing.»«Fans can expect new music when I'm in a better place.

John Krasinski is set to take on his last and most dangerous mission yet as Jack Ryan in the fourth and final season of, which returns to Prime Video on June 30. In the official trailer, viewers see the CIA analyst turned Acting Deputy Director «facing an enemy both foreign and domestic» in the upcoming, conspiracy-driven episodes. «It terrifies me,» Ryan says at the beginning of the trailer, which sees him being questioned by Congress over the United States' possible involvement in a covert mission. According to Prime Video, he will be «tasked with unearthing internal corruption, and in doing so, uncovers a series of suspicious black ops that could expose the vulnerability of the country.