Consistency tested as Aurora Gaming PH defeats Alter Ego in M7 Knockout Stage Day 2

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The final match of Day 2 in the M7 World Championship Knockout Stage features Alter Ego and Aurora Gaming PH, both teams that surprisingly beat their biggest rivals. Now, they’ll face off to prove who’s truly better. Alter Ego hasn’t competed internationally since M2, while Aurora Gaming PH has struggled with consistency. The winning team advances in the tournament’s upper bracket, while the loser will face a difficult climb through the lower bracket – a tough path filled with strong opponents if they want to reach the grand finals.

Dafne Keene To Lead New Romantic British Crime Drama ‘Driver’

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I’m completely gripped by Trey and Camden’s story. They’re stuck in a tough spot – torn between being loyal, being afraid of what might happen if they break the rules, and the hope of actually getting out. It’s really making me think about what they’d have to sacrifice to be truly free, especially when the whole system seems determined to keep them trapped. It’s a powerful story about the cost of freedom.

Queer Eye Was Never Revolutionary. But It Moved Us All the Same

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This season of the show, filmed around Washington, D.C., is short with only five episodes, and follows the usual format: the Fab Five help someone deserving with a complete life makeover. Each episode focuses on getting to know the person, learning about their life and emotions, teaching them a new recipe, giving them a hair and style refresh, and redesigning their space. It’s heartwarming to see these deserving people receive positive changes, and this season includes personal reflections from each of the Fab Five at the end of each episode. While there’s plenty of gratitude and happy moments, the season leaves you with the sense that everyone involved might be ready for a change.

The 10 movies we’re most excited to see at the Sundance Film Festival

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Have you seen that Instagram meme about wanting to skip ahead to 1995 instead of facing a new year, usually with an old high school photo? Director Tamra Davis (“Billy Madison,” “Crossroads,” “Half Baked”) is aiming for that same nostalgic feeling with her new documentary, “The Best Summer.” The film features previously unreleased concert footage, behind-the-scenes moments, and interviews from the 1995 Summersault festival in Australia. Davis was married to Mike D from the Beastie Boys at the time, and the festival lineup also included major alternative rock bands like Sonic Youth, Foo Fighters, Pavement, Rancid, Beck, the Amps, and Bikini Kill. Interestingly, the footage was found while Davis was evacuating her home during the Malibu fire last January. — Vanessa Franko

XRP’s Grand Institutional Waltz: Flare Networks Steals the Show!

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Enter Flare Networks, the debonair savior of XRP’s social standing, with a plan so spiffing it could only be described as the cat’s whiskers. In a recent chinwag with Genfinity, the Flare chaps laid out their scheme to elevate XRP from a mere settlement token to a full-fledged member of the programmable financial set. No more loitering on the sidelines, old sport-XRP is now set to waltz into the ballroom of institutional-grade infrastructure.