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Watch the trailer for Netflix’s Squid Game reality show

456 real-life contestants battle it out for $4.56 million on Squid Game: The Challenge, premiering November 22.

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Amazon’s Prime Video is adding commercial breaks

Prime Video is the latest streamer to bring ads to its service following joining Netflix, Disney+, and Max.

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Cassandro offers an exciting glimpse at Bad Bunny’s acting future

Cassandro review: Gael García Bernal and Bad Bunny star in Prime Video's queer wrestling biopic that represents the Puerto Rican artist's biggest role to date.

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Euphoria star Angus Cloud’s cause of death confirmed

Angus Cloud, who died age 25 on July 31, passed away as a result of an accidental overdose.

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95 percent of NFTs are worthless now, study finds

A new report from crypto researchers dappGambl estimates that 23 million investors own NFTs that have no effective monetary value.

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Rupert Murdoch steps down as chairman of Fox Corporation and Fox News

Rupert Murdoch has resigned his roles as chairman of Fox Corporation and Fox News.

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YouTube executive says Russell Brand will not be completely banned from the platform

YouTube executive Pedro Pina has said that Russell Brand, who has been accused of sexual assault and rape, will not make money through his channel but is still free to post videos if he wishes.

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Taylor Swift wants you to vote

Taylor Swift shared a reminder to register for 2023 elections today on her Instagram story.

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Russell Brand’s YouTube channel demonetized following sexual assault allegations

Russell Brand, who stands accused of sexual assault and one rape claim, will no longer be able to make money from his YouTube channel. Brand has 6.6M followers on the platform, where he regularly posts conspiracy theory content.

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Elon Musk is thinking about making us all pay to tweet

Elon Musk is planning on making everyone pay for Twitter, he disclosed in a recent Twitter broadcast with Isreal's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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Rolling Stone issues statement on founder Jann Wenner following racist and sexist remarks

Rolling Stone delivers a statement on co-founder Jann Wenner following his viral New York Times Magazine interview in which he said Black and female artists were not “articulate enough.”

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