Rage at the 2008 financial crash was the inspiration for The End of Everything, M John Harrison's Booker Prize-winning alien satire. Read more from his interview with the FT:

RAGE, RESILIENCE, AND THE CALLS: Media mogul and TKO Group Holdings Executive Chairman @AriEmanuel sits down for to discuss his new book, Roll the Calls. Emanuel shares insights on being the real-life inspiration behind Entourage's Ari Gold, opening up about overcoming dyslexia, channeling intensity, and the emotional endurance required to build a global entertainment empire. Plus, Emanuel addresses regional security monitoring for upcoming TKO events in the Middle East and weighs in on whether his brother Rahm Emanuel should make a run for the White House.

RAGE:MP, one of the longest-running GTA V multiplayer platforms, has announced it will shut down after receiving a cease-and-desist from Take-Two Interactive and Rockstar Games. In a statement, the developers said Rockstar now considers FiveM the only authorized multiplayer platform for GTA V. As a result, RAGE:MP will stop operating completely on August 31, 2026. The shutdown will happen in stages: - New servers are no longer being accepted - The public server list will close on June 1, 2026 - All remaining services and infrastructure will shut down on August 31, 2026 The team encouraged existing communities to move to FiveM. RAGE:MP had been around for years and was one of FiveM’s biggest competitors This also shows how much control Rockstar and Take-Two are now exerting over the GTA multiplayer modding scene after acquiring the FiveM team in 2023.