Kate Winslet looks so stylish while arriving for the L’Oreal Lights on Women Award Ceremony held in Cannes, France on Friday (May 27).
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BioWare game testers working on the upcoming Dragon Age 4 will no longer be ordered to work back in the office.As reported by The Verge, the group of game testers contracted to Dragon Age 4 by company Keyword Studios were previously told they would need to return to the BioWare offices full-time starting May 9.Full-time Keywords staff were previously offered a hybrid work from home option instead, so the group of contract workers said the new order was unfair. However, it now seems BioWare has reversed the requirement, as an email sent on May 6 informed contractors that “until further notice please maintain working from home.”Keywords Studios contractors are currently seeking to unionise in order to improve worker protections, like paid sick leave and when testing positive for COVID-19.
The unionisation bid is still an ongoing process and will involve all staff at Keywords.At the time the application was filed with the Alberta Labor Relations Board (April 20), it stated that if the Board finds it met the Code’s requirements, including the union having at least 40 per cent support from employees in the proposed bargaining unit, “it may conduct a secret ballot representation vote.”According to the new report from The Verge, the Board has also officially ordered a unionisation vote by mail-in ballot and has recommended that the potential bargaining unit be expanded from all Keywords workers “employed in development support at the BioWare office in Edmonton” to “all employees.”Elsewhere, reports from earlier this year suggested that BioWare is aiming for a 2023 launch of Dragon Age 4. According to journalist Jeff Grubb at the time, the game “is in very good shape” and is “18 months out”.
Kate Winslet looks so stylish while arriving for the L’Oreal Lights on Women Award Ceremony held in Cannes, France on Friday (May 27).
Ash Sarkar has said that Laurence Fox asked her what colour her “knickers” were. On Friday (27 May), Sarkar posted to Twitter relaying an alleged interaction she had with the Lewis star. “So, I got to ask Laurence Fox in person today who’s funding his defamation defence,” she wrote.
Depeche Mode has died aged, 60. No cause of death has been shared at this time.“We are shocked and filled with overwhelming sadness with the untimely passing of our dear friend, family member, and bandmate Andy ‘Fletch’ Fletcher,” Depeche Mode said today (May 26) in a statement.“Fletch had a true heart of gold and was always there when you needed support, a lively conversation, a good laugh, or a cold pint.
Nathan Ake may have to settle for another season as back-up at Manchester City next year, but his performances in the Premier League title-winning run-in mean he will continue to get chances.
John Hopewell Chief International Correspondent“Bonnie is legendary for her boundless energy on the Crosiette,” AGC Studios head Stuart Ford said of his marketing head Bonnie Voland, whose 40th Cannes Festival was celebrated by Ford and friends at an elegant beachside cocktail on Friday evening.“This is my 15th Cannes with Bonnie Voland and I’m not sure I still have the energy to keep up with her,” he confessed in a speech in her honor at the cocktail.Voland has had a rich career to date, – she insists she’s certainly not done yet – graduating as a French major at Hunter College, and working as an actress in Paris before first attending Cannes in 1982 for Passion – The Magazine of Paris. She ran the Toronto Festival press office in the mid-eighties, then worked in Los Angeles for Samuel Goldwyn, Buena Vista International and Chris Blackwell’s Island Pictures, and created her own PR agency and consultancy B.
Kendrick Lamar is literally kicking back after releasing his first album in five years.
Selome Hailu In a memo obtained by Variety on Thursday, Warner Bros. Discovery’s head of HR Adria Alpert Romm reiterated to staffers that they’d be required to work from the office three days per week beginning June 1.Discovery’s acquisition of WarnerMedia was completed on April 8. On April 26, Deadline reported the company’s first memo mentioning the 3-day requirement.The news comes amid a series of high profile executive exits at Warner Bros.
In every corner of the world, Zac Efron is a star.
Zac Efron really understood the impact of High School Musical‘s mass appeal when he was camping in Papua New Guinea.
Alfonso Ribeiro isn’t a huge fan of people who ask him to do the “Carlton” dance.
On April 26, Deadline ran a story titled “WarnerMedia Employees Asked To Return To Office On Short Notice By Warner Bros. Discovery.” The four-paragraph post was prompted by chatter I had heard that WarnerMedia employees were upset over a memo they had received earlier in the day by Warner Bros. Discovery’s chief people and culture officer Adria Alpert Romm. In it, Romm informed staffers that they will be required to be in the office at least three times a week by June 1 and can ease into that hybrid schedule by starting to go to the office at least twice a week in May.
Lauren Ash is clapping back at online trolls who are leaving hateful comments about her weight online.
Lauren Ash is calling out social media critics who have attacked her for losing weight.
Leslie Ash has been spotted walking in Battersea Park in London this weekend.The actress, 62, was pictured with a walking stick, wearing a black coat, leggings and top which she partnered with vibrant trainers.The star walked with her dog and husband Lee Chapman while enjoying the warmer climes over the weekend. Famed for her roles in 1979 cult classic Quadrophenia and 90s sitcom Men Behaving Badly, her health ordeal in the noughties left her unable to walk. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter Doctors previously told the actress she would be in wheelchair by 60, after a life-changing spinal injury.The former Men Behaving Badly told The Sun: “They said I'd be in a wheelchair by 60 because of my terrible hips and knees.
Mattea Roach had a great run on “Jeopardy!”.
Mattea Roach has ended her 23-day winning streak on Jeopardy!
After 23 wins totaling $560,983, Mattea Roach’s time on Jeopardy! came down to a single dollar.
Method Man has released new song ‘Come Get Some’ in collaboration with Evil Dead: The Game.The song is a homage to the movie and comes alongside the Wu-Tang Clan member’s long history of featuring Sam Rami horror references throughout his music.Produced by Statik Selektah, the song featured samples from across Joseph LoDuca’s original The Evil Dead score and features verses from Method Man’s son PXWER and U-God’s son iNTeLL. ‘Come Get Some’ also samples long-running Evil Dead character Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell).The song came about after the creators of Evil Dead: The Game reached out to Statik Selektah and Method Man to collaborate on an original song.