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Canva surprised a lot of people by making Adobe alternative Affinity free for all this week, and it quickly caused a stir among artists and designers. While some celebrate the appearance of a new free Photoshop alternative, others are wary and wonder what the catch is. The new Affinity app combine the main tools and features from the previously separate …

Cold case detectives Melissa Wallace and Jon Long of the Fairfax County Police Department began reviewing Robin Lawrence‘s murder case in April 2021. They were struck by the sheer violence of the attack on the 37-year-old Springfield, Virginia, mother.  Det. Jon Long: … that’s like your worst nightmare. Det. Melissa Wallace: It looked brutal. Det. Jon Long: … that’s the …

At Electronic Arts, creativity isn’t just part of what we do, it’s what drives us forward. It’s what transforms a blank canvas into a living, breathing world, and turns a single idea into an experience shared and loved by millions of players and fans around the globe. For more than 40 years, EA has led through technological shifts across …

Stability AI, the leading independent and multi-modal generative AI company, and Electronic Arts (EA), a global leader in digital interactive entertainment, have formed a strategic partnership to co-develop transformative generative AI models, tools, and workflows that empower EA’s artists, designers, and developers to reimagine how games are made. EA and Stability AI are both trailblazers in their respective fields. For …

Following a competitive situation, Amazon MGM Studios’ United Artists and Scott Stuber have landed Lizard Music, a package with Dwayne Johnson attached to star and Benny Safdie attached to direct. Safdie also will write the script, based on the Daniel Pinkwater novel.  Deadline first reported the news that the package was hitting the market after Safdie and Johnson’s A24 pic The Smashing …

Screenshots of Rare’s now-cancelled Everwild have emerged via the portfolio website of an artist who worked on the game. The game was first announced back in 2019 as Rare’s next big release. It was shown with an animated trailer of colourful environments and beautifully strange fantasy creatures, its visuals making an immediate impact. It was then shown again the following …

A political scientist who studies what helps people connect across differences. A novelist whose books about Native American communities in Oakland, California, sparked a passionate following. A photographer whose black and white images investigate poverty in America. Hahrie Han, Tommy Orange and Matt Black are among the 22 fellows selected this year by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and …

Heat 2, the high-profile Michael Mann follow-up to his 1995 crime drama classic, is getting a new home, ensuring that the ambitious and buzzy feature project will be getting made after all. United Artists, the Amazon MGM Studios division, is in talks to pick up the project from Warner Bros. after the latter let the movie be shopped in August …

After years of developing a sequel to his iconic crime drama Heat, director Michael Mann looks to be closer to getting the project made. Sources tell Deadline that Amazon MGM Studios division United Artists is in talks to pick up the project, coming on to finance and distribute the pic. Sources also tell Deadline that Leonardo DiCaprio is in early …

Spotify has found itself the target of artists’ ire for many reasons over the years: poor audio quality, terrible payouts, giving Joe Rogan millions of dollars… the list goes on. But recently it’s been CEO and founder Daniel Ek’s extracurricular activities that have been cause for consternation. Over the past few months his funding of German defense company Helsing through …