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Each week, we handpick a selection of stories to give you a snapshot of trends, updates, business moves, and more from around the creator industry. This week, one creator’s foray into digital goods went poorly, while another gave up his pixelated alter ego to try a more realistic approach. Creator commotion Red light, green light. French creators like Inoxtag took on the first Squid Game challenge (sans all the killing) to promote the upcoming second season of Netflix’s dystopian hit. But this wasn’t an ordinary game of creepy-Korean-doll-red-light-green-light; it took place in the middle of Paris on the Champs Elysees. Typical Gamer’s wedding was…

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Hall of Fame wide receiver Randy Moss will take a hiatus from his role as an analyst on ESPN’s “Sunday NFL Countdown” as he deals with a health issue, the network announced Friday.Moss, 47, asked fans to pray for him and his family in an Instagram post Sunday. He directed his message to men and urged them to get checkups and bloodwork done, without specifying any particular illness.”I just ask for all the prayer warriors to put their blessing hands on me and my family through these hard times. People were talking about my eyes last week,” Moss said before…

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BTS’ V is in the holiday spirit as he dropped his rendition of “White Christmas” with Bing Crosby. Keep watching to hear a snippet of his version and to see what other BTS members have done for the holiday season!  Tetris Kelly: One of our favorite crooners is bringing the Christmas spirit. We’re discussing V’s new holiday track and some of the times BTS has brought the cheer. Just today, the new rendition of “White Christmas” dropped including Bing Crosby, V’s favorite jazz singer growing up. We love it. Our boys love this time of year. V previously released “Christmas…

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Channing Tatum is stepping up his dedication to acting.  The Magic Mike star shared a glimpse at the intense temporary tattoo removal process and hair transformation he’s been undergoing while shooting the forthcoming movie Roofman, which is set to be released in October 2025.  In a photo shared to his Instagram Story Dec. 6, Channing snapped a shirtless self in the makeup trailer on set while two stylists stood over him with tools used to cover up his tattoos. And the 44-year-old also wore a hair net over his buzzed haircut in preparation to apply a wig.  Atop the image,…

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Happy New Music Friday! The weekend is here, which means more streaming, new playlists and the best that music has to offer — and ET has you covered for everything in between.2024 Spotify Wrapped is here! With more than 26.6 billion streams globally, Taylor Swift is Spotify’s 2024 Global Top Artist for the second year in a row, followed by The Weeknd, Bad Bunny, Drake and Billie Eilish. The most-streamed song of 2024 is Sabrina Carpenter’s hit “Espresso” with more than 1.6 billion streams globally. Taylor Swift’s THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: THE ANTHOLOGY was the most-streamed album of 2024. Lady…

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Dr Ryan Neinstein’s staff will rustle up bedside service from the city’s chicest restaurants, we’re told. AFP via Getty Images New York’s chicest doctor has added another gilded touch to their so-called Birkin Body package — the city’s finest food delivered to your hospital bed. In 2022, Page Six reported that Dr. Ryan Neinstein has a program — so named because the wait-listed service is almost as hard to get as the coveted Hermès purses of the same name — in which patients get chauffeured to his office in Bergdorf Goodman for their nips and tucks before being transported across the street…

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J. Cole‘s Inevitable podcast is the gift that keeps on giving as he gives his fans intimate details they may’ve not heard before. During this latest episode, the North Carolina rapper tells a story about the time he played “Let Nas Down” for the legendary Queens MC after they boarded the same flight at a Houston airport. His manager and right-hand man Ibraham “Ib” Hamad was listening to the newly recorded song, and as he was passing Cole his headphones back, Ib noticed Nas boarding the same flight. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and…

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Leonardo DiCaprio hit Cipriani Socialista in Miami in the wee hours of Friday morning while celebrating Art Week. Page Six MIAMI — Leonardo DiCaprio may have just turned 50, but he’s not slowing down. The “Wolf of Wall Street” star was spotted partying into the wee hours of Friday morning at the swanky Cipriani Socialista club in Miami while celebrating Art Week. “He was literally just chilling and seemed to be having a good time,” a spy tells Page Six exclusively. The “Titanic” star closed down the party, according to a Page Six spy. Page Six We hear DiCaprio, seen…

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The UFC 310 main event is a mystery story, one that will play out in a narrative genre that’s not so much whodunit as who-is-it. Saturday’s fight pits a low-profile champion from a lower-profile weight class, men’s flyweight Alexandre Pantoja, against a challenger many U.S. fans will see for the first time, Kai Asakura. Maybe leaning into the unknown is the UFC’s way of building the suspense.And yet, there’s an undercurrent of familiarity in this weekend’s headline matchup in Las Vegas (ESPN+ PPV, 10 p.m. ET). When Pantoja enters the Octagon, he might even feel like he’s walking into a…

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Director Justin Kurzel’s films have disarmingly explored the ways ideological radicalization coupled with social exclusion can lead to great violence. His latest film, the police procedural “The Order,” is the finest distillation of his ability to shade genre thrills with disturbing, real-world relevance. Based on the non-fiction title The Silent Brotherhood, the film is set in the 1980s and follows law enforcement agents Terry Husk (Jude Law), ​​Joanne Carney (Jurnee Smollett), and Jamie Bowen (Tye Sheridan) as they investigate a series of bank robberies, car heists, and counterfeit operations across the Pacific Northwest. They realize these actions are connected to…

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