NBCUniversal has hired Christopher Halpin as its new chief financial officer.

Halpin will oversee the studio’s global finances and report to co-CEO Mike Cavanagh, the future CEO of NBCUniversal after Comcast separates its media and technology businesses. The exec starts on Sept. 8.

But one that could maybe also do with a tad more punk

I'm finding the relatively recent trend of supposedly calming diorama builders in games to be an interesting one in that there's a clear desire amongst creatively inclined folks to be crafting something in virtual environments, just not necessarily at scale. Just this week I wrote about Sandcastle, a literal sandbox game where you build sandcastles, and of course there's Tiny Glade too which good ole Christian Donlan loved. And now there's Midnight Moments, a cyberpunk diorama builder that has me thinking about the function of these games.

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This year is the the 25th anniversary of the Harry Potter movies, and Amazon is celebrating the occasion with a 4K steelbook collection of all eight films. At the time of writing, only the UK version is up for preorder, but a U.S. listing has finally appeared as well. You still can't buy it, but there's an October 6 release date attached and an 'Add to Autobuy' option.

The dark prince of reality TV has re-emerged. Mike Darnell has inked an exclusive, multi-year overall deal with Netflix, where he will also consult on the platform’s unscripted slate. He’ll work closely with Netflix nonfiction series & sports vice president Brandon Riegg, who was instrumental in recruiting Darnell to the streamer.

Experts have cast doubt on legality of the emergency decree as Milei decries a campaign of ‘hostility’ after World Cup.

Argentinian President Javier Milei has signed an emergency decree empowering the government to eject foreigners who spread “hate” about the South American nation.

England’s regional mayors will be able to break out of the “death grip of the Treasury” by borrowing to invest in big projects under “transformational” plans to shift power out of Whitehall.

A former White House counsel and former general counsel of Goldman Sachs, who has faced scrutiny over her past ties to Jeffrey Epstein, told a House committee this month that some of the allegations made by one of his most prominent accusers “lacked inherent credibility”, according to newly released transcripts.

Former New Zealand captain Stephen Fleming is the frontrunner to be appointed as England men's Test head coach.

The 53-year-old appears set to succeed compatriot Brendon McCullum, who was sacked after the 2-1 series defeat to New Zealand in June.

In his latest Sky Sports column, Paul Merson gives his take on Chelsea's potential double signing of Jordan Henderson and Danny Welbeck, Arsenal's pursuit of Vinicius Jr and the possibility of Man City losing Rodri to Real Madrid.