IN THE CINEMA
What’s on at Huski Pics Australian box office top 10
- Amazon assume creative control of James Bond franchise
- Peter Jason dies at age 80
- Delroy Lindo joins Godzilla vs. Kong sequel
- Speak No Evil remake director lands “Clayface” gig
- The Apprentice director Ali Abbasi exits agency amid groping incident, apologises for incident
- Amazon MGM theatrical marketing head exits
- Next Spider-Man MCU movie delayed
- George Armitage dies at age 83
- Berlin film festival award winners
- Spirit Award winners
- SAG award winners
- Oscar song performers
- Kathleen Kennedy expected to leave Lucasfilm this year
- Revenge of the Sith 20th anniversary screenings confirmed
- Ayo Edebiri to write/star in Barney movie for A24
- Roberto Orci dies at age 51
- Michelle Trachtenberg dies at age 39
- Trailer for Gareth Evans’ “Havoc”
- Gene Hackman passes away
- Shrek 5 cast announced
- The Beekeeper sequel announced with director Timo Tjahjanto
- John Wick: Chapter 4 to get surprise China release without any cuts
- Oscars nominees
THE PIN DROP
YouTube top 10 global music charts Chris’ personal picks
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/j-cole-clouds-single-donald-trump-assassination-1235274876/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/marina-new-single-butterfly-video-1235272085/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sean-combs-lawyer-quits-sex-trafficking-case-1235272879/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/the-cataracs-dev-reconnect-15-years-after-like-a-g6-new-banger-1235275485/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/voletta-wallace-notorious-big-bigie-smalls-mother-1235275517/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/phil-collins-new-music-not-hungry-interview-1235275756/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/rihanna-r9-new-harpers-interview-1235276747/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roberta-flack-dead-1235277622/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/american-music-awards-return-2025-1235278078/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/wu-tang-clan-final-tour-2025-dates-1235278415/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/tony-hawk-nirvana-kurt-cobain-grandson-1235278492/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fyre-festival-2-tickets-date-location-1235278700/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/sublime-warped-tour-dc-return-1235278748/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/nirvana-paul-mccartney-mariah-carey-unplugged-streaming-1235279171/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/1975-malaysia-kiss-lawsuit-band-cleared-individual-claims-1235279196/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/panic-at-the-disco-blink-182-headline-2025-when-we-were-young-fest-1235146447/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/panic-at-the-disco-blink-182-headline-2025-when-we-were-young-fest-1235146447/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/damon-albarn-annie-lennox-kate-bush-release-album-in-protest-of-proposed-uk-ai-law-1235279695/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/drake-australia-new-zealand-tour-dates-postponed-1235280287/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/pink-floyd-at-pompeii-movie-theater-release-imax-1235279585/
- https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/little-simz-lotus-album-announcement-new-single-flood-1235281184/
WALKING ON THIN ICE
- Mitch McConnell not seeking re-election
- GameStop CEO makes post announcing sale possibility of Canadian, French stores
- New Avatar series coming out with original showrunners
- Apple disables some security features, including end-to-end incryption, in UK
- Zizians cult leader arrested
- Humane AI pin sold to HP
ONE UP
- June release for Switch 2 possible according to ex-Nintendo employee
- AC Shadows leaks 1 month ahead of release with copies circulating much earlier in advance
- Wonder Woman game cancelled & three Warner Bros. game studios closed
- Max launch date confirmed for Australia
- TLOU season 2 exclusive to Max
- Fable delayed to 2026
- Framework announces small gaming desktop PC
- THPS 3+4 remaster more likely with classification ratings
- PS Plus free games for March 2025
- Pokemon Presents stream announcements
- PS VR2 price cut confirmed in Australia
- Terminator 2D side-scroller game announced
- More than a dozen NetEase studios at risk
- PS5 Pro sales behind PS4 Pro in USA
- Xbox to have games catalog using generative AI
- Retro publisher accused of re-releasing 16-bit games with plagiarised fan translations
- Surgeon Simulator developer layoffs
- First look at Ratatan
- Tanuki: Pon’s Summer launches late 2025
- SteamDB adds generative AI filter
- Call of Duty confirms generative AI use on Steam page
- https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/konami-and-bloober-team-are-working-on-a-new-game-following-the-success-of-silent-hill-2/
- https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/steam-next-fest-has-launched-offering-players-thousands-of-demos/
- https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-game-studios-boss-says-multiplatform-approach-is-good-for-players-and-developers/
- https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/there-will-always-be-people-like-you-tekken-boss-blasts-disrespectful-fan-for-criticising-characters-new-look/
- https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nvidia-says-around-1-in-200-of-its-new-series-50-gpus-are-missing-some-render-units/
- https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/more-than-40-of-all-us-ps5-and-xbox-play-time-last-month-was-spent-on-10-live-service-games/
- https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sonic-rumble-segas-free-to-play-32-player-sonic-game-has-been-delayed-until-spring/
- https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/nacon-connect-digital-showcase-to-reveal-secret-projects-in-march/