Author: Michael

Xbox laid off another 268 of its workers Tuesday. The move is the latest in the staff-wide reduction plan that was announced in July, which will reduce Xbox’s total number of employees by 3,200. 1,600 Xbox employees were previously laid off in July. The latest cuts bring the Microsoft division roughly three-quarters of the way to its stated goal. As part of the company’s larger restructuring, Xbox chief content officer Matt Booty announced in an internal memo Tuesday that “Call of Duty” studio Activision will produce Microsoft’s next “Halo” game. The popular gaming franchise had previously been helmed initially by…

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BET’s first microseries will debut on the network this October. Psychological thriller series “Her Baby” will premiere first on BET in four half-hour installments as a horizontal format and will later be reformatted into a microseries for aTwist. This collaboration is a first of its kind. “Her Baby” follows Naomi and Cory Marsh as they prepare to welcome their child with the help of Imani, their surrogate. Imani starts as a warm, devoted extended member of the family as she moves in to help with the child… until Naomi suspects that the woman carrying her baby wants far more than…

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Hayden Panettiere’s death has been ruled an accident caused by toxic effects of fentanyl and other drugs, according to the Greenville County Coroner’s Office. “At autopsy, no signs of trauma were discovered that would have contributed to the death,” officials said in a Tuesday statement. They further determined evidence of 4-ANPP, Alprazolam, Methocarbamol and Quetiapine in her system, per the toxicology report. The “Heroes” actress died last month on Aug. 16 in Greenville, South Carolina. She was 36. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a…

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Cardi B exclusively sits down with ET’s Kevin Frazier at Create & Cultivate, the world’s largest festival for women in business, talking all things kids, music and clapbacks. The 33-year-old discusses her haircare line, and how she wants to leave a legacy beyond just music behind for her kids: Kulture, 8, Wave, 5, Blossom, 2, and a 9-month-old son whose name she’s yet to reveal. As for who’s most likely to carry on the legacy and run the company one day? Cardi names daughter Kulture as the future CEO! She’s far from done with music, however, promising fans new music…

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Cardi B exclusively sits down with ET’s Kevin Frazier at Create & Cultivate, the world’s largest festival for women in business, talking all things kids, music and clapbacks. The 33-year-old discusses her haircare line, and how she wants to leave a legacy beyond just music behind for her kids: Kulture, 8, Wave, 5, Blossom, 2, and a 9-month-old son whose name she’s yet to reveal. As for who’s most likely to carry on the legacy and run the company one day? Cardi names daughter Kulture as the future CEO! She’s far from done with music, however, promising fans new music…

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