President Biden urged Egypt and Qatar’s leaders to press Hamas to commit to a cease-fire and hostage release deal with Israel, as negotiations were scheduled to resume this weekend in Cairo, according to a senior administration official. The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, David Barnea, and the head of Israeli security agency Shin Bet, … Read more
Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images McDonald’s signed a deal to purchase all 225 of the restaurants that comprise its Israel franchise, the American fast-food chain announced, following months of dramatically lower sales due to pro-Palestinian boycott action amid the Israel-Hamas war. The restaurant outlets in Israel have been owned by local … Read more
The Big Picture Fallout executive producer Jonathan Nolan says The Last of Us helped studios understand how it was possible to adapt this sort of game. The Fallout series is known for its satirical take on American culture, ironic music, and quirky characters in bleak, absurd scenarios. Jonathan Nolan aims for humor in the Fallout … Read more
U.S. officials on Tuesday scrambled to distance themselves from a series of Israeli military actions in Syria and Gaza that threaten to escalate hostilities in the region and further draw America into the conflict. Pentagon officials said that Israel did not notify them about its strike on an Iranian embassy building in Damascus, Syria, on … Read more
Having already dropped two trailers, the next move for Prime Video’s adaptation of the wildly popular Fallout games is to share an actual scene from an episode—and it’s picked an ideal one, showcasing the post-apocalyptic setting and dynamics between three key characters: Ella Purnell’s greenhorn-with-a-gun Lucy; Walton Goggins’ bounty hunter, the Ghoul; and a well-armed … Read more
Image: Prime Video Adapting any well-known property is always going to be a big feat, especially when it comes to video games. It’s one thing to adapt a comic or TV show, it’s another thing to adapt a series of games, which come with a greater degree of self-expression. You can please some fans, but … Read more
Screenshot: Prime Video Amazon’s new Fallout show is the latest in the companies’ big, splashy adaptation plans—and it really wants you to know it’s taking the retro aesthetic and charm of the classic video game series to heart, beneath its pulsing, murkily irradiated post-apocalypse. Making the Freddy Fazbear Pizza Band Come to Life for Five … Read more
From the get-go, the new “Fallout” trailer instantly transports you to the world of the game, capturing the iconography and the tone “Fallout” is known for. We get the classic “I Don’t Want to Set the World On Fire” song prominent in the games, and we see a laser gun (the prop looking incredible), and … Read more
Image: Wizards of the Coast This is shaping up to be a huge year for Magic: The Gathering, and over the weekend Wizards of the Coast took to Chicago for MagicCon, revealing a look at a ton of new cards on the horizon—including big crossovers like Fallout and Assassin’s Creed, and brand new worlds in … Read more
It’s the end of a (short-lived) era. Roughly a year after reconciling with Shannon Beador on season 17 of The Real Housewives of Orange County following a years-long feud, Tamra Judge has once again cut her co-star out of her life, along with the third member of the “Tres Amigas,” Vicki Gunvalson. It’s largely played out on … Read more