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Zendaya aims for Best Actress

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Variety reported that Zendaya will campaign for Best Actress for "Dune: Part Three," a shift from supporting campaigns for the first two films.

EA pulled Mass Effect-themed cosmetics from Battlefield 6 shortly after announcing BioWare's closure and cancelling the next Mass Effect game.

Variety's exclusive confirms Zendaya will campaign for lead actress for her role as Chani in "Dune: Part Three," after being positioned in supporting for the first two films. This is a personal reaction to a TV show episode, not a factual claim. This is an opinion about the UN Secretary-General selection process, expressed as a metaphor about a Netflix series.

"Phantasms," an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, aired on October 23, 1993. This is a humorous wish/opinion about a hypothetical TV show, not a factual claim. This is a personal opinion about the TV show "Ugly Betty." This is a rhetorical question/observation about English usage, not a factual claim.

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Variety reported that Zendaya will campaign for Best Actress for "Dune: Part Three," a shift from supporting campaigns for the first two films.

Zendaya Sets ‘Dune 3’ Oscar Campaign for Best Actress in Category Shake-Up (EXCLUSIVE) https://t.co/rOaztUhs8Y

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EA pulled Mass Effect-themed cosmetics from Battlefield 6 shortly after announcing BioWare's closure and cancelling the next Mass Effect game.

EA seems to have quietly pulled a collection of Mass Effect content for Battlefield 6 just days after it shuttered series developer BioWare. https://t.co/EA3iwi9NoN https://t.co/CBpcEFOdHB

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Variety's exclusive confirms Zendaya will campaign for lead actress for her role as Chani in "Dune: Part Three," after being positioned in supporting for the first two films. This is a personal reaction to a TV show episode, not a factual claim. This is an opinion about the UN Secretary-General selection process, expressed as a metaphor about a Netflix series.

EXCLUSIVE: Zendaya will campaign for Oscar consideration in the lead actress category for her role as Chani in “Dune: Part Three." The move marks a shift from the first two films, where she was positioned in supporting actress. https://t.co/rOaztUhZYw https://t.co/uZkNKE0ewv

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"Phantasms," an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, aired on October 23, 1993. This is a humorous wish/opinion about a hypothetical TV show, not a factual claim. This is a personal opinion about the TV show "Ugly Betty." This is a rhetorical question/observation about English usage, not a factual claim.

On October 23, 1993, TV show 'Star Trek: The Next Generation' aired episode "Phantasms"

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CVariety just confirmed Zendaya is going for Best Actress for Dune Part Three. No more supporting.
LOkay, that's a power move. Lead actress is a whole different fight.
CAnd honestly, it makes sense. Chani is the heart of those movies in a lot of ways. The first two she was in supporting.
LRight, and people complained she wasn't in them enough. Now she's campaigning for lead?
CIf the campaign is real, she's betting on a bigger role in Part Three. And the Academy loves a narrative.
LMy only question... is Timothée campaigning for lead too? Because if they're both in lead, one of them is eating the other's votes.
CThat's what I was thinking. If they split the Dune vote, neither gets nominated.
LUnless the studio has some data that says Zendaya's Chani is the breakout. She does have a massive fanbase.
CBut Oscars aren't fan-voted. Sorry, B.
LDon't start. You know what I mean. Visibility matters for a campaign.
CDifferent world entirely: IGN is reporting that EA quietly pulled a bunch of Mass Effect content from Battlefield 6, right after shutting down BioWare.
LWait, wait. Mass Effect content in Battlefield? What does that even look like?
CCosmetics mostly, from what's been reported. N7 skins, that sort of thing. Now they're gone.
LSo EA kills the studio, cancels the next Mass Effect game, and then scrubs the crossover content? That's cold.
CIt's a little wild. The timing could be a coincidence, but it looks like they're pulling anything that reminds people of what was lost.
LI mean, Mass Effect fans already know. You can't quietly erase N7 from a live service shooter and think nobody notices.
CAnd the optics! 'We closed the studio, now enjoy your generic soldier skins.'
LExactly! The only people who liked those skins are the people you just made really angry.
CEA hasn't said anything official. Maybe it's a bug. Maybe it's intentional. But the timing is lousy.
LHere's something lighter to cleanse the palate. LaMelo Ball reportedly listed half of his Charlotte condo compound for two point six million.
CHalf of it? How do you sell half of a condo compound?
LThat's the thing, Complex posted about it, but I couldn't actually confirm the listing anywhere.
CSo it's a rumor for now. But the idea of 'half a compound' is funny enough on its own.
LI just imagine LaMelo keeping the other half and a new neighbor moving in, sharing the kitchen.
CThat's a very intimate living situation for a two point six million dollar condo.
LAnd a real thought from a Bluesky account named Elle, who asks: why is a person IN a movie but ON a TV show?
COh, I love this. Because a TV show is like a program you're on. You're on a show, like you're on the radio.
LBut you say 'in a film' because a film is a thing you're inside? It's physically there?
CMaybe it's because TV is a medium. You're on television, so you're on the show. Movies are singular objects.
LWe do it too! We've said 'he's on that Netflix show' and 'she's in that movie' in the same breath.
CWe have, actually. It's completely illogical and I love that English just does this.
LThe replies are full of people twisting themselves into knots trying to explain it, and nobody agrees.
CBecause the truth is, we all just accepted it when we were kids and never questioned it until today.

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