‘RuneScape’ clamps down on real-world trading of in-game resources

A row over the condition of Glasgow ahead of the COP26 summit has intensified with Nicola Sturgeon accused of "not living in the real world'.

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Squid Game director Hwang Dong-hyuk has opened up about how real-life situations inspire his work.In a recent interview with AFP, Hwang spoke about how Squid Game, as well as his past work, is an allegory for “real world” problems.Squid Game had referenced the 2009 Ssangyong motors lay-off, with main protagonist Gi-hun written as one of the many employees that had been retrenched at the time.

What happens when people stop being polite and start getting real? The original cast of The Real World: Los Angeles will try to find out one more time on the new season of Homecoming.

With millions of people being exposed to the beauty and majesty of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi novel, “Dune,” thanks to the new film adaptation from director Denis Villeneuve, folks are learning about the characters that populate the world of Arrakis, including Duncan Idaho (and yes, people have thoughts about that name).

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhen making Netflix’s new Western “The Harder They Fall,” director Jeymes Samuel was inspired by his early love of the genre. “This is the Western he wanted to see as a kid,” costume designer Antoinette Messam says of Samuel’s film.

Today was a big day for Netflix, which reported strong quarterly earnings and “mind-boggling” 142 million households that have sampled runaway hit Squid Game. But the celebration was subdued in the streamer’s upper echelons as the company is still reeling from the internal — and external — backlash against transphobic statements in Dave Chappelle’s latest Netflix special The Closer.

George Takei is taking a couple of jabs at his “Star Trek” co-star William Shatner following his flight to space on the Blue Origin rocket.

George Takei is taking a couple of jabs at his “Star Trek” co-star William Shatner following his flight to space on the Blue Origin rocket.

successful Wednesday flight aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, but there’s one person who’s not impressed: Shatner’s “Star Trek” co-star George Takei.Takei and Shatner have traded jabs in the press over the years, dating back to issues on the set of the original series and continuing up through “Star Trek V: The Final Frontier.” Takei didn’t miss an opportunity to throw some shade at Shatner’s space travel.

The Netflix/Dave Chappelle drama over his recent special, “The Closer,” doesn’t seem to be calming down anytime soon. And while Chappelle himself has stayed out of the discussion, the surprising villain that is seemingly coming out of this whole situation (in the eyes of the LGBTQ+ community, at least) is co-CEO Ted Sarandos, who unabashedly came out in support of Chappelle’s special, which many say contains transphobic material.

first published by Variety and dated Monday, Sarandos added to remarks he’d already made in defense of the comedy special.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterNetflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent a lengthy missive to the entire company following the mounting controversy around a new original special from comic Dave Chappelle.After addressing top leadership in a Friday memo, Sarandos sent an email on Monday to all staff — some of whom have increasingly expressed outrage over jokes about the trans community in Chappelle’s “The Closer,” and have scheduled a walkout protest as a response.“We know that a number of you have been

first debuted on MTV, the original cast is reuniting for season 2 of on Paramount+. Set to premiere Nov.

The Real World Homecoming: Los Angeles” is set for a Nov. 24 premiere on Paramount Plus, with seven of the original cast members from “The Real World: Los Angeles” reuniting in the same Venice Beach house they shared during their 1993 season.The docuseries will feature Beth Anthony, Beth Stolarczyk, David Edwards, Glen Naessens, Irene Berrera-Kearns, Jon Brennan and Tami Roman, who reconnect almost two decades after last appearing on-screen together.

Some cast members of The Real World Los Angeles will get another shot in the MTV spotlight as the network unveils who will reunite for Season 2 of The Real World Homecoming.