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FILE PHOTO Students walk past the Langston Hughes Memorial Library, left, on the Lincoln University campus in Oxford, Pa. on Nov. 19, 2009. Matt Slocum/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Slocum/AP LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. — One person was killed and six more were wounded in a shooting Saturday night at Pennsylvania’s Lincoln University, where gunfire erupted during outdoor festivities as …

The Sundance Film Festival’s swan song in its longtime home of Park City, Utah is lining up to be a true banger, past and present. “Make your plans now, because I’ll say the number of folks, filmmakers, artists, industry, folks who want to be part of this year’s festival is amazing,” Sundance Festival Director Eugene Hernandez tells Deadline today. “This …

The Sundance Film Festival is preparing for a final bow in Park City, Utah. Festival officials unveiled Tuesday the first wave of programming details for next year’s edition — scheduled for Jan. 22 – Feb. 1, 2026 — the final Sundance at its longtime home before moving to Boulder, Colorado, for 2027 and beyond. Pieces of intel revealed include the …

There’s a container. It needs to be moved. Get in this big crane thing and move it. That’s the short and sweet summary of the Steam Next Fest demo for Docked, Saber Interactive’s latest addition to their ever-expanding roster of simulations based around jobs which require high-vis gear.

The bumper sticker plastered to the rear of the pickup in front of me reads ‘please let me merge before I start crying’. Behind me, an angry mob are starting to sharpen their pitchforks and light their torches. The next stop beckons, and I’m not going to make it on time. There’s nothing I can do. For I am Bus …

Alright readers, here’s the bad news: the Maw ate Edwin. I know, it’s unfortunate, but we all saw it coming. You can’t feed a Stygian horror nothing but PC game releases and expect it to simply forget about protein. The good news is that the Maw isn’t a particularly thorough masticator, so I imagine Edwin will have clambered back out …

“The only place for us to ever show this movie is here,” Bradley Cooper told the Alice Tully Hall New York Film Festival closing night crowd about his third directorial Is This Thing On? The festival itself was over the moon to receive the film knowing that Cooper had finished shooting a mere few months ago. They saw an unfinished …

Jimmy Kimmel pressed comedian Aziz Ansari this week about his decision to perform at Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh Comedy Festival, with Kimmel calling the Saudi government a “pretty brutal regime” and questioning why Ansari would “take their money.” Held in Saudi Arabia’s capital city, the Riyadh Comedy Festival began on Sept. 26 and ends Thursday. The event has hosted over 50 …

Conan O’Brien and the crew from his SiriusXM podcast took over Hollywood’s Fonda Theatre on Sunday night for a special live recording of Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend. After an introductory segment featuring co-hosts Sona Movsesian and Matt Gourley, the Fonda’s lights dimmed as O’Brien readied to reveal his surprise guest — Bill Burr. “Hi, I’m Bill Burr and I feel …

Jessica Kirson, a well-known comedian and Garden State native, shared that she now regrets her involvement in a contentious international comedy show. The popular lesbian comedian, who is originally from South Orange, has expressed “sincere regret” after participating in the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi Arabia. “I hoped that this could help LGBTQ+ people in Saudi Arabia feel seen and …