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Lots of progress has been made recently on Trainwreck, a film written by up-and-coming comedian Amy Schumer. Director Judd Apatow, behind beloved shows and films like Freaks and Geeks, The 40-Year-Old Virgin and Funny People, agreed to produce/direct the film. And now it appears its cast keeps growing: along with a confirmed spot from SNL’s Bill Hader, Brie Larson is another name attached to the project according...

Alec Baldwin and his wife had a baby in 2013, but other than that, he admits in an essay over on Vulture, everything was “pretty awful.” In an honest, often rambling, occasionally funny, and always bitter series of diatribes told to Joe Hagan, the actor claims he’s going to retire permanently from public life. The decision stems from a now-infamous encounter with TMZ paparazzo, who accused Baldwin of using a homophobic...

The first thing I did on my PlayStation 4 was watch an episode of Barney Miller. I don’t need a PlayStation 4 to watch Barney Miller, and that wasn’t the first thing I thought I’d do with a brand new $400 game box. After powering up the console and downloading the first mandatory system update (which took far less...

My wife won’t let the Xbox One in our living room. She’s afraid the upgraded Kinect camera will spy on us. That’s become a pretty standard line about the One, and my wife’s at least partially joking when she says it, but after seeing how powerful the Kinect has grown from the Xbox 360 to the Xbox One, it may not...

The 2014 Game Developers’ Conference kicks off in just a few weeks, and in advance of the conference, the conference’s organizers released the results of a survey about current industry trends given to attendees of last year’s event. One notable result indicated that of the latest generation of consoles, the PlayStation 4 will be the top pick for game developers: About 20% of game-making...

There’s a new Wolfenstein game coming out in May. It’s called Wolfenstein: The New Order. (Sadly Peter Hook is not involved.) There’s also a new Doom coming out at some point in the future. Bethesda Softworks, the publisher of both games, announced today that if you preorder...

Young Horses released its much anticipated Octodad: Dadliest Catch in late January, with the promise that the console version wasn’t far behind. At the time, the studio behind everyone’s favorite cephalopod pretending to be an average suburban dad, said the PS4 release would likely come in March. img alt="Octodad's PS4 Release Expected in...

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Titanfall, the hotly anticipated new shooter from the creators of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, will be available in a bundle with the Xbox One console, Microsoft announced today. The bundle will be released with a downloadable copy of Titanfall on March 11, the same day Titanfall is released...

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Twitch Support Coming to Xbox One March 11 Microsoft surprised the games world last year at E3 when it announced the Xbox One would offer Twitch integration, allowing users to stream gameplay live through the new console. The...

The Swapper Pops Up On Playstation Platforms This May   Did Sony read our list of 2013’s best games, or something? Last week they announced a release date for the PS4 version of Towerfall, and today they’ve announced that The Swapper will be coming to the Playstation 3, Playstation 4 and Playstation Vita in May....

Nintendo to Terminate Wi-Fi Services for Old Wii, DS Models Nintendo Japan and Australia recently announced the end of their Internet services to older models of Wii consoles and DS units. This means that any single...

Montreal Band Ought Sets Date for Constellation Debut Since its formation in 2011, the Montreal post-punk band Ought has been working toward its first full-length album release. Last year, the four-piece released an EP titled More Than Any Other Day, but today the band announced that an LP is on the way this spring. More...

Bonnaroo Announces 2014 Lineup If you’re a Bonnaroo devotee, you’ve been counting down the hours this week—and now your patience has paid off. After teasing festival followers with “Roo Clues” by posting graphic designs on Instagram, the full Bonnaroo lineup...

Band of Horses to Play Newport Folk Festival 2014 For many, it’s hard to believe that Band of Horses is making a Newport Folk Festival debut in 2014, but it’s true. On the heels of Acoustic at the Ryman, the band is set to perform...

Conor Oberst Files Defamation Lawsuit Over Rape Allegations Conor Oberst filed a libel lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Wednesday stating he was defamed by a fan who wrote online posts stating she...

Questlove Lands Role of Corpse on Law and Order: SVU   img alt="Questlove Lands Role of Corpse on Law and Order: SVU" class="main" height="169" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_uyBmqp-B6FljVnzbLtutBghK8lWYeUR9PAFAeJq5miFm3LICT79h3GcseHqEc-M6IPYsn_PDalb6P5xaPrR6o8VJ0M-TBfUCmNIpwqyT_EAg6AayeznM_O4LuKdfrGWpF-7u3UAwph=s0-d"...

Sub Pop to Open Record Store in Seattle Airport With a shift toward digital consumption, it’s not common that we hear of many unique, new record stores opening for business. But with vinyl making a comeback in popularity...

Bruce Springsteen to Release New Four-Song Vinyl EP on Record Store Day Bruce Springsteen’s showing up for Record Store Day with the release of a new 12” vinyl EP titled American Beauty. It features four previously unreleased songs, three of which are outtakes from the sessions of his latest LP, High Hopes. But...

Hangout Music Fest Adds Gary Clark Jr., Dawes, More to 2014 Lineup The Hangout Music Fest added to its lineup today with the announcement of more notable acts, which included Gary Clark Jr. and the Alabama-based St. Paul & the Broken Bones. Other acts include...

An Instagram video post with the words “26 FEB, 9AM” with flashing photos of Liam and Noel Gallagher in the background set the Internet off with rumors of a possible Oasis reunion. Sadly, that wasn’t the news, but get giddy for this: Oasis has announced a reissue of its first three studio albums, Definitely Maybe, (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? and Be Here Now, called Chasing The Sun, in honor of the 20th Anniversary...

After LCD Soundsystem’s final run of shows at New York’s Madison Square Garden, which was documented in the concert film Shut Up and Play the Hits, the band is finally gearing up to put a cap on its final 2011 concert with a massive, five-LP box set titled The Long Goodbye. The set will feature the full, uncut recording of the band’s final Madison Square Garden concert, which ran at nearly four hours long. The...

Adam Driver of Girls fame has been reported as the new villain for Star Wars: Episode VII—a character who will apparently send any hero back to their parents covered in trash compactor goo. Variety’s got the scoop, and while writer Justin Kroll says no deal is finished, he states Driver’s close to signing for a part that’s “in the vein of iconic Star Wars villain Darth Vader.” As Variety points out, he’s the...

A few more details about Apple's still-at-this-point-theoretical iWatch wearable computer are starting to emerge - and they're all pretty intriguing. Among the latest tidbits are that the iWatch might use a combination of solar power, movement and wireless induction charging to power up. Here's a summary of the key 'developments' so far. Bear in mind that most of them are probably wrong, because rumours. The...

Apple is suing a Chinese government agency and a domestic company over patent rights for its Siri personal assistant, a local news agency reports Susan Bennett, the woman behind the voice of Siri in the US Photo: CNN Apple is suing a Chinese government agency and a domestic company over patent rights for its "Siri" personal assistant, the official Xinhua news agency reports. Apple...