REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 10, 2018--Beginning later today, fans of the mobile game can download a free Version 3.0 update that introduces new in-game content, including Book III of the main story, the new Mythic Hero type, new characters, new seasons and more.
STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 10, 2018--Yesterday, Sunday, December 9, 2018, DreamHack marked its 24th anniversary as the world’s premier gaming lifestyle festival. The date also marks “DreamHack Day” — the yearly celebration of the festival’s beginnings in 1994. What started as a gatherin…
SAN DIEGO & STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 10, 2018--IDW Publishing, a division of IDW Media Holdings, announced today that its former Chief Creative Officer and Editor-In-Chief, Chris Ryall, is returning to the company as President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer. Ryall, fo…
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 10, 2018--TouchTunes, the largest in-venue interactive music and entertainment platform, available in bars and restaurants across the U.S., today released its annual Year-End Charts reporting the top-played songs and artists of 2018.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 10, 2018--Cord Hosenbeck and Tish Cattigan are set to host the 2019 Rose Parade ®, for a live simulcast event on FunnyOrDie.com, Twitch, and on Funny Or Die’s social platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. The 2019 Rose Parade Hosted by Cord &…
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 10, 2018--The first open event of the 2019 Call of Duty® World League season, Presented by PlayStation®4, concluded with OpTic Gaming defeating eUnited to win CWL Las Vegas. Players from around the world competed through three days in the largest op…
You might be forgiven for feeling superhero overload this holiday season. Had enough of, say, of Spider-Man for a while? Well, this may sound nuts, but consider watching not just one web-slinger but five of them in the animated "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse." Instead of overload, you'll…
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 10, 2018--HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology Company, Inc. today announced it is the No.1 PC gaming headset brand in retail for two years running in 2017 and 2018. The achievement is based on total retail revenue in the United Sta…
NEW YORK (AP) — In the calm before the Christmas storm at the box office, "Ralph Breaks the Internet" remained No. 1 for the third straight week, while the upcoming DC Comics superhero film "Aquaman" arrived with a cannonball-sized splash in Chinese theaters.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer Kid Rock says he followed the lead of actor Tyler Perry by paying off the layaway items of hundreds of Walmart customers in Tennessee.
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Royalty, Real Housewives and the fathers of two Kardashian babies were among the celebs that fanned out across Miami for a week of glamorous parties toasting the world's best artists during Art Basel.
CORINALDO, Italy (AP) — Teenagers panicked before a rap concert at a jammed Italian disco, setting off a stampede that killed five of them and a mother who had brought her daughter to the event, authorities and survivors said. Fifty-three people were reported injured, including 13 in very se…
NEW YORK (AP) — After being nearly muted at this year's ceremony, the 2019 Grammys are shaping up to be the year of the woman, with powerful female voices representing the majority in two of the top categories.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 7, 2018--AIDS Healthcare Foundation ( AHF ) will host a series of free community screenings and receptions in four cities across the nation on Tuesday, December 11th, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (local times) of “DRUG$-The Price We Pay,” a new feature-length…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's pick to be America's ambassador at the United Nations is likely to face questions about her thin diplomatic resume during an upcoming Senate confirmation hearing that will shine fresh attention on the president's "America first" approach to foreign policy.
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 7, 2018--The 2019 season of the Call of Duty® World League, Presented by PlayStation®4, begins today with CWL Las Vegas. Over 260 teams from around the world have made their way to the Hard Rock Hotel Las Vegas for the season opener, making CWL Las …
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dolly Parton says she never really aspired to be "The Girl in the Movies," the title of her Golden Globe-nominated song from the new dramedy "Dumplin'."
NEW YORK (AP) — Just two days after being named host of the Academy Awards, Kevin Hart stepped down following an outcry over past homophobic tweets by the comedian.
NEW YORK (AP) — The music of "Black Panther," with Kendrick Lamar in its starring role, officially owns the 2019 Grammy Awards, where women are heavily represented in the major four categories following a year where their presence was barely felt.
ISLE OF MAN, United Kingdom--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 7, 2018--Eros International PLC (NYSE:EROS) (“Eros”), a leading global company in the Indian film entertainment industry, announced today that Eros Now, its cutting edge digital over-the-top (OTT) South Asian entertainment platform, has launc…
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Kendrick Lamar-helmed "Black Panther" soundtrack helps the rapper earn a leading eight Grammy nominations.
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 7, 2018--The Recording Academy™ welcomes this year's class of GRAMMY ® nominees and for the first time, celebrates eight nominees in each of the General Field categories: Record Of The Year, Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Best New Artist. …
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 7, 2018--Private Division and Panache Digital Games today announced that will launch in calendar 2019, during Take-Two’s fiscal year 2020 (ending March 31, 2020) digitally on PC, PlayStation ® 4 system, and across the Xbox One family of devices, including Xbox…
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 7, 2018--Today Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) announced the dates for the VIP Demo of Anthem™, as well as the Open Demo. Fans who pre-order Anthem*, as well as EA Access and Origin Access subscribers**, will get access to the VIP Demo on January …
NEW YORK (AP) — Police have given the all-clear after a phoned in bomb threat forced the evacuation of CNN's offices in New York.
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 7, 2018--In a video that aired during The Game Awards, Nintendo revealed that Joker from the critically acclaimed Persona 5 game will be coming to for Nintendo Switch as a playable DLC fighter. Joker is included in the first of five planned DLC packs, ea…
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 7, 2018--Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment today announced Mortal Kombat 11, the newest game in the award-winning franchise. The official sets the stage for an epic, time bending story and features an original music track created in collaboration w…
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--Crash is back again, and this time he’s revved up to the max in Crash™ Team Racing Nitro-Fueled, an authentic Crash Team Racing experience that’s been remastered in stunning HD and so much more. Power-sliding into players’ hands on June 21,…
WALLA WALLA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--Two of the common gripes about online monthly subscription box services: too much of the same stuff inside, or just too much stuff you don’t want. Neither will be an issue with the latest brand to offer a monthly subscription service: Nocking…
NEW YORK (AP) — Adam McKay's Dick Cheney biopic "Vice" staged an awards-season coup Thursday, landing a leading six nominations from the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards to narrowly edge more expected favorites like Bradley Cooper's tear-jerking revival "A Star Is Born," the interracial road-…
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — A list of nominees for the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards, announced Thursday in Beverly Hills, California, by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association:
NEW YORK (AP) — More than two years after a sexual misconduct scandal forced Roger Ailes out at Fox News Channel, and a year after his death, his ghost walks the halls of the network he built and ran for two decades.
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--As the 2019 season of the Call of Duty® World League, Presented by PlayStation®4, kicks off this Friday, today Activision Blizzard Esports Leagues revealed the lineup of new and returning sponsors. The CWL welcomes back presenting sponsor P…
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--`The Game Awards highlights some of the biggest games of the year, and Nintendo is inviting fans to join in on the celebrations with big discounts on some fan-favorite games. From now until Dec. 10 at 8:59 a.m. PT, Nintendo is offering up to 50 p…
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--Just in time for the holidays, the new Call of Duty ® : Black Ops 4 Battle Edition is available now to PC gamers exclusively on Blizzard Battle.net®. Delivering the ultimate value, the Black Ops 4 Battle Edition features the iconic Multipla…
John Mellencamp, "Other People's Stuff" (Republic Records)
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on the announcement of nominations for the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California (all times local):
BERLIN (AP) — Keep your blue suede shoes behind the curb: the central German town where Elvis Presley was stationed as a U.S. soldier in the 1950s has installed three pedestrian lights with images of the American rock icon.
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--The Recording Academy ™ 's GRAMMY Recordings ® and Republic Records will release the 2019 GRAMMY®Nominees album on Jan. 25, 2019 in stores and via digital retailers.
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--Barnes & Noble, Inc.(NYSE: BKS), the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced that over 100 books, including some of the year’s hottest gift books and new releases, will be 50% off starting today, December 6, and running in stores and onl…
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--Encantos Media Studios, PBC (“Encantos”), the purpose-driven family entertainment and education company building brands for a multicultural world, today announced that it has closed its pre-seed round of funding from prominent executives and early…
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 6, 2018--Jam City:
NEW YORK (AP) — Julia Roberts is sitting on a couch in a Soho hotel when Lucas Hedges bursts in and begins frantically searching for his phone, sending pillows flying.
NEW YORK (AP) — An internal investigation of former CBS chief Les Moonves has turned up more evidence of sexual misconduct, as well as lying and destruction of evidence, throwing into jeopardy his $120 million severance package, The New York Times reported Wednesday.
NORRISTOWN, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 5, 2018--GES Events, a global experiential marketing partner to many of the world’s leading companies collaborated with the historic Elmwood Park Zoo, located outside of Philadelphia, to light up the holiday season with “ a brand new holiday lights festi…
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec 5, 2018--The XFL today announced the eight cities and venues its teams will call home when the league launches the weekend of February 8-9, 2020.
Van Morrison, "The Prophet Speaks" (Caroline International)
WASHINGTON (AP) — President George H.W. Bush is getting a national farewell at Washington National Cathedral before family, friends, presidents and foreign dignitaries.
