Clair Obscur: How a passion project became 2025’s most talked-about game

Mel Ramsay & Tom Richardson BBC Newsbeat Sandfall Interactive Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 has been receiving rave reviews across the board In 2020, at the height of the Covid pandemic, Guillaume Broche was like millions of others around the world. “Bored in their job and wanting to do something different.” Working for French gaming giant … Read more

Stewart Copeland plays with the animals on latest project ‘Wild Concerto’

Stewart Copeland is best known as one-third of the Police, the chart-topping trio that called it quits after five acclaimed albums released between 1978-1983 and launched Sting to solo stardom. With the Police, which also included guitarist Andy Summers, out of the picture, the drummer-percussionist changed course and became an in-demand film and TV score … Read more

Walton Goggins and Aimee Lou Wood ‘set to team up’ again for new project amid feud rumors

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it’s investigating the financials of Elon Musk’s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, ‘The A Word’, which shines a light on the American women fighting … Read more

WGA bans writers from joining Martin Scorsese, Randall Emmett film project

Low-budget action movie producer Randall Emmett recently unveiled a high-profile collaboration with Oscar-winning director Martin Scorsese to bring the story of a deadly 1982 avalanche near Lake Tahoe to the big screen. The project, “Wall of White,” is being produced and financed by Emmett’s production firm, Convergence Entertainment Group, according to Hollywood trade site Deadline. … Read more

World 800m champ Marco Arop prioritizes winning track medals over world record ‘passion project’

While talk between Grand Slam Track events could shift to Marco Arop’s continued pursuit of David Rudisha’s 800-metre world record, he remains focused on the opportunity to develop another skillset racing the 1,500. Arop was sixth in a field of eight in the distance on Saturday, posting a time of three minutes 39.65 seconds in … Read more

Enigmatic, British singer Cleo Sol makes her long-awaited L.A. debut at Hollywood Bowl

After years of quietly releasing center stage-worthy music yet averting the spotlight, British singer-songwriter Cleo Sol made her long-awaited debut on Friday night at the Hollywood Bowl. The concert took place just days after she performed stateside for the first time during a three-show run at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. The energy … Read more

After a string of dramatic roles, Matt Bomer needed a comedy. Enter ‘Mid-Century Modern’

Matt Bomer is funny. Quite funny, in fact. You’d be forgiven for not really associating the “White Collar” and “Fellow Travelers” actor with having a funny bone, though. “I have friends who I went to college with who were shocked when I immediately started working in drama,” he tells me. “They’re like, ‘Whoa, what’s happening?’” … Read more

How California legislators aim to sweeten film tax credits for Hollywood

California legislators are proposing to increase its film tax credit to cover up to 35% of qualified expenditures for movies and TV series shot in the Los Angeles region, as the state attempts to lure back production. For productions shot outside of the region — which stretches out to Ontario International Airport, Agua Dulce, Piru … Read more

$100 billion Arizona chips project will break dependence on China, Taiwan’s president says

TAIPEI, Taiwan — Taiwan’s President willigine Fin said that a Taiwanese semiconductor company’s massive investment in Arizona is the “best model” for the island’s effort to build computer chips supply lines that don’t rely on Chinese producers, in remarks to the state’s visiting Governor Katie Hobbs. Taiwan’s leading chipmaker TSMC has committed $100 billion to … Read more

Gino d’Abamo Shares return to set on new project

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