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JLo stays single, swears off dating apps and drama
Jennifer Lopez is all about the solo life right now. The actress and singer is reportedly not dating anyone, nearly a full year after her divorce from Ben Affleck was finalized. According to a source, her focus is completely on her career and raising her teenage twins, Max and Emme, whom she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony. Lopez finalized the split with Affleck in early 2025, after a whirlwind rekindled romance led to their 2022 wedding. She has publicly expressed excitement about being on her own after decades of back-to-back relationships, telling an interviewer she is not looking for anybody and is curious about her freedom. She also mentioned having an old-fashioned approach, ruling out the use of dating apps. The performer...
Freida McFadden gushes over Paul Feig’s Housemaid thriller
The author of The Housemaid is seriously stoked about the movie adaptation. Freida McFadden praised director Paul Feig, saying his sense of humor matches her own and that he knows how to craft a compelling cinematic disaster. She expressed excitement about seeing her psychological thriller novel hit the big screen, highlighting the story's core theme of escaping a trap as something that deeply intrigues her. The film adaptation stars Sydney Sweeney in the lead role of Millie, pulling viewers into a creepy tale about fragile trust and hidden danger within a seemingly normal home. McFadden commended Feig's previous work on comedies like Bridesmaids and the thriller A Simple Favor, expressing confidence in his ability to handle the...
Shanaya Kapoor flips 2025 yearbook, pimple and all
Shanaya Kapoor posted a cheesy yearbook video calling her last twelve months unforgettable. The actress shared a montage of clips showing vacations and work events, captioning it with a bunch of emojis about seeing everyone next year. She is the daughter of actor Sanjay Kapoor and often posts personal updates, like a recent picture where she pointed out a pimple on her cheek during a movie night at home. Her birthday celebration last November involved photos on a small luxury yacht with her dog, noting she was too busy having fun to take many pictures. Kapoor initially entered the film industry with a debut project co-starring Vikrant Massey. Her current work involves preparing for a new movie titled Tu Yaa Main, directed by Bejoy...
Kojima ditches travel, dives into OD and Physint in 2026
Kojima is locking himself in the studio this year to build his next two games. The legendary developer confirmed his focus for 2026 is squarely on development of the horror title OD and early production for the espionage game PHYSINT, following the release of Death Stranding 2. In a New Year's message, he stated this year marks a transition into the studio's "Third Phase," a period dedicated to laying foundations through casting, scanning, and motion capture work instead of global travel. Alongside the video game projects, Kojima Productions is actively pushing forward with film and television adaptations of the Death Stranding universe. The studio has a live-action movie and separate animated projects, both a film and a series, in the...
Sanderson shops Mistborn to AAA studios, gaming rights freed
Brandon Sanderson is finally shopping a triple-A Mistborn game to major studios. The fantasy author revealed in his annual update that recent interest from big developers has him actively negotiating, a move possible now that the video game rights have reverted back to him. Those rights were previously tied up for years with a stalled film deal, preventing any real progress after the collapse of an earlier project called Mistborn: Birthright over a decade ago. Sanderson, a well-known gamer himself, is approaching this round of talks differently, aiming to retain more creative control over any adaptation. He mentioned already having positive discussions with some major industry players and openly invited other interested studios to...
Need for Speed Unbound races onto PS Plus Essential
PlayStation is kicking off the year by giving away a two-year-old racing game. A reliable leaker indicates Need for Speed Unbound will headline the January 2026 PS Plus Essential monthly lineup. This marks the second time the title has hit the subscription service, having previously been available in the higher-tier game catalog back in early 2024. The game launched in late 2022 to moderately positive reviews, praised for its solid tech and open-world design, but criticized for a grindy progression system. Developer Criterion supported it with multiple updates before shifting focus to other projects. Its addition as a monthly freebie technically offers less value for Extra and Premium subscribers who already have access, potentially...
9800X3D hits 7335 MHz, LN2 wizard breaks records again
Some mad lad just pushed a Ryzen chip past seventy-three hundred megahertz for a new world record. The overclocker known as Hero achieved a frequency of 7335.48 MHz on an AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D processor, snatching the top spot on the HWBot leaderboard. This feat was accomplished using Colorful's new flagship iGame X870E Vulcan OC V14 motherboard, a board designed with an insane power delivery system specifically for extreme overclocking. Hitting that speed required pouring a dangerous 1.68 volts through the CPU, a higher voltage than the previous record holder used, alongside extreme cooling methods like liquid nitrogen. The validation from CPU-Z shows improvements in both the core multiplier and the uncore clock, which can enhance...
ASUS jacks up prices, blames AI for emptying your wallet
Get ready for your next ASUS rig to cost more starting next week. The company officially announced price increases for many of its products, blaming the ongoing AI boom for driving up the costs of DRAM and NAND flash memory. In a press release, ASUS cited structural shifts in the global supply chain and rising component investments, confirming that select product combinations will see higher prices effective January fifth. This move follows similar announcements from other system integrators like Maingear and Framework, all grappling with the same memory cost inflation. While ASUS did not list every affected product line, the notice strongly implies that any device with pre-installed RAM and storage will get more expensive. This...
NVIDIA’s H200 frenzy fries supply chain, China wants millions
NVIDIA's Chinese clients want two million H200 chips, and they only have seven hundred thousand. This massive gap between demand and current inventory, reported by Reuters, is forcing the company and its partner TSMC into desperate supply chain maneuvers. The H200 AI processors, crucial for training advanced models, are seeing frantic orders from Chinese hyperscalers despite export restrictions, with an estimated average selling price of around twenty-seven thousand dollars each. The primary bottleneck isn't chip fabrication but advanced CoWoS packaging capacity, a technology TSMC dominates. This packaging crunch is already straining production for NVIDIA's newer Blackwell products and other global clients. TSMC itself is grappling...
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