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Initially announced in 2019, Baldur’s Gate III is finally around the corner – due to be released Aug. 3 on PC and Sept. 6 on PlayStation 5. Marketing for the game has been ramping up over the past few weeks, with a teaser trailer and lots of new information revealing just how massive the game’s shaping up to be.

When Hollywood came calling, Kim Stout answered quickly.

Thirty years ago, “Benny & Joon” — a romantic comedy starring Mary Stuart Masterson, Aidan Quinn, Julianne Moore and featuring, in his first major leading role, a 30-year-old Johnny Depp — was playing in theaters nationwide.

Picture the following: It’s a bright summer Sunday, and the air is fresh and warm. You decide to go to the pool. You grab your towel, your sunglasses, your Pizza Hut-branded bucket hat and your Arby’s Beefy Aloha swimsuit, stamped with a Hawaiian shirt pattern and images of the fast-food chain’s beef and cheddar sandwich. Your Taco Bell x Crocs slides are waiting for you at the door, along with your Rao’s Homemade sauce jar-shaped luxury purse. Later, you’ll switch it out for your sandwich-size BAGuette bag from Panera for a night out on the town.

Colleen Ballinger's live comedy shows have been canceled amid a new wave of allegations of inappropriate behavior with underage fans.

A legal dispute involving Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie continues to intensify, as new court documents detail Pitt’s alleged misconduct regarding a French estate and winery which the actors previously co-owned.

Britney Spears is finally ready to share her story, years after her conservatorship came to an end in 2021.

Move over, Bowser and Peaches, there's another movie character here to steal your 1980s power-ballad glory.

Elton John bid farewell to his globe-trotting Farewell Yellow Brick Road retirement tour in Sweden on Saturday — along with a surprise send-off from Coldplay's Chris Martin.

Madonna has emerged to update fans on her health and the state of her impending Celebration tour following her hospitalization late last month.

Burglars made off with a safe containing more than $1 million in cash and jewels from the home of Tina Knowles-Lawson, the mother of singers Beyoncé and Solange Knowles, a law enforcement source confirmed to The Times on Monday.

Kevin Costner’s dreams are being realized during his contentious divorce process with Christine Baumgartner. The “Fields of Dreams” star, 68, was “happy” after a judge ruled that Baumgartner would have to leave their home, a source told People magazine on Thursday.

During a recent “Weekends with Adele” concert, Adele addressed the issue of fans throwing objects at artists on stage.

Stanford student Ava Jeffs is in her professor era. The rising sophomore and lifelong “Swiftie” — a term used to describe fans of pop music icon Taylor Swift — is creating the curriculum for a new English class that examines the singer’s songwriting over the course of her career. Swift is in the middle of a record-setting global tour, dubbed “The Eras Tour,” which takes fans through a more than three-hour journey through her 10 albums.

The Staten Island Ferry Pete Davidson purchased with Colin Jost appears to have left the funnymen all wet.

Madonna is reportedly back at her New York City home after spending multiple nights in the intensive care unit to treat a “serious bacterial infection.” 

Created by electronics brand Asus, the ROG Ally was released on June 13 to mostly positive reviews. Although handheld game consoles are hardly new, there was an noticeable lull in their production prior to the surprising success of the Steam Deck last year. Nintendo has always been the dominating force in handheld gaming, with all other competitors struggling to stay afloat.

Cardi B emphatically denies any and all cheating allegations levied against her — no matter the source.