Entertainment news today spans both blockbuster success and the industry tensions behind it. As anticipation builds for November’s release of Grand Theft Auto VI, Rockstar employees are pressing for formal union recognition, saying it would give workers a stronger voice on pay, flexibility and protections during one of gaming’s biggest launches. On a lighter note, Nintendo and Illumination’s billion-dollar Super Mario Galaxy Movie is heading to Peacock on July 30, extending the franchise’s momentum from theaters to streaming. The day also brought sobering legal developments: director Carl Erik Rinsch was sentenced to 30 months in prison in the Netflix fraud case over misused production funds, while Stephen McCullagh is seeking to appeal the 31-year minimum sentence he received for the murder of his pregnant partner, Natalie McNally. And there is a loss for film and television audiences, with veteran British actor Michael Byrne dead at 82.