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Fans have adapted a popular mod for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered. Not all of the developers’ ideas made it into the release version of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. However, fans found work-in-progress materials in the files that helped restore the content. This resulted in the Brothers In Arms project, which includes both...

Veronika Slowikowska as Stella Lefty on ‘Saturday Night Live’ NBC/YouTube Stella Lefty is reacting to a new Saturday Night Live sketch that pokes fun at her songwriting. After SNL shared a cut-for-time Weekend Update sketch on Thursday (Oct. 1) starring Veronika Slowikowska playfully ribbing the singer’s breakout hit “Boston” and online comparisons, Lefty reposted the...

Directed by Michael Showalter, the film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s polarizing novel Verity is out in theaters. The psychological thriller stars Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, and Josh Hartnett. It delivers tension and turns before landing on a final discovery that reframes the entire story. The plot follows struggling writer Lowen Ashleigh, played by Johnson. She...

Zac Barnett and Matt Sanchez of American Authors for Bogoo’s Best Day Kenny Juke American Authors are launching Bogoo’s Best Day, a new project aimed at kids and families, with the debut album The Greatest Adventure Yet, due Oct. 23. The project is centered around Bogoo, a spirited character who gets into adventures alongside his...

Romance is present in Star Wars, but it rarely acts as the main focus of George Lucas’ creation. Han Solo (Harrison Ford) and Leia Organa (Carrie Fisher) share a love story for the ages, yet most franchise fans explore romance between characters through their own creative work. Fanfiction leads the charge for many a Star...

The Coalition has also explained the reason behind their absence. Gears of War: E-Day launched without several familiar franchise features, including the ability to use enemies as meat shields, chainsaw duels, certain weapon types, private lobbies, and leaderboards. The Coalition explained that the cause was not a lack of interest in these options, but rather...

Some literary classics have managed to beat the unadaptable curse. Frank Herbert’s Dune is a key example, along with Stanisław Lem’s Solaris and Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude. “If it can be written, or thought, it can be filmed,” said director Stanley Kubrick, a statement that has proven to be true in...

This year and next are shaping up to be truly unforgettable for enthusiasts of the franchise. A magnificent remake of the 1998 classic Ocarina of Time—boasting revamped modern visuals, fluid free camera mechanics, and fully voiced narrative cutscenes—is slated for release this November, prompting a massive wave of excitement to step foot back into the...

Abadi Al Johar Muhanad Alothman/Courtesy Billboard Arabia Dr. Abadi Al Johar welcomed the Billboard Arabia team to his majlis in Jeddah ahead of his September cover interview, reflecting on a career that spans over five decades as an ambassador for Saudi music. The space displays photographs of Abadi alongside Talal Maddah and Mohammed Abdu, a...

Cosplayer Kristina “LISYAN_FOX” Nitsvetova has brought Mystique to life, portraying the skilled spy, bounty hunter, and blue-skinned mutant capable of assuming the appearance of other humanoid beings. People were first introduced to Mystique from the Marvel comics universe back in 1978. Over the past 48 years, this female mutant has appeared in all sorts of...