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5 actors, including an extra on Marvel's Disney+ show "WandaVision," told NPR that they've felt pushed to undergo body scans by studios.
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Taylor Swift, "Barbie" star Margot Robbie, and Cillian Murphy, star of "Oppenheimer."
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TikTok is undergoing massive changes for users in the European Union in order to meet the August 28th deadline the region's authorities gave companies to comply with the Digital Services Act (DSA). Perhaps the biggest change users will encounter is the ability to decide whether or not to let algorithms power their For You page (FYP).

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Baldur’s Gate III is available right now — partially. To be clear, the game itself is complete, but its rollout is fragmented, with different release dates for each of its planned platforms. Following a lengthy Early Access period, the PC version of Baldur’s Gate III went live today, August 3, while the PlayStation 5 and Mac versions are due out on September 6. The game’s developer, Larian Studios, hasn’t provided a release date for the Xbox Series X and S edition.

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People are sharing screenshots of "listening only" tickets for Beyoncé's Renaissance Tour on Ticketmaster.
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Instagram is making it difficult to flood your DM inbox. The social network is rolling out stricter DM request policies that, among other things, limits senders to a single message if you don't follow them. You'll have to accept the chat request before they can send anything more. DM requests are now limited to text, too. Creeps and spammers can't send photos, videos or voice messages, in other words.

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Apple was fined about $4,200 by a Russian court for hosting "inaccurate" content.
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Rapper Cardi B performs onstage during 2023 HOT 107.9's Birthday Bash at State Farm Arena on June 17, 2023 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Cardi B has come under heat for throwing the mic — the woman hit by it later filed a police report for battery.