LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 14, 2018--Jam City, a leader in mobile entertainment, today announced a multi-year mobile games development partnership with Disney that includes Jam City taking over Disney’s popular mobile game, Disney Emoji Blitz. Members of Disney’s Glendale Games Studio…
CHICAGO (AP) — Michelle Obama began her 12-stop book tour Tuesday by sitting with Oprah Winfrey before an audience at the home arena of the Chicago Bulls, speaking on everything from piano lessons and washing socks to crying on a plane the day her family moved out of the White House and Pres…
Stan Lee was a seminal part of Miya Crummell's childhood. As a young, black girl and self-professed pop culture geek, she saw Lee was ahead of his time.
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN took its access battle against the Trump administration to court on Tuesday, demanding the reinstatement of correspondent Jim Acosta's White House credentials because their revocation violates the right of freedom of the press.
NEW YORK (AP) — Score one week for NBC in what's becoming an intriguing battle with CBS for dominance in the television ratings this season.
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--Under subhead "Savings Throughout the Store Also Include," fifth bullet should read: 40% off Moleskine*******, in store and online November 23 through November 25 (instead of 50% off Moleskine*******, in store and online November 21 through Cyber Mond…
JERSEY CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--Heeding the expert advice of our seasoned concierges can help ensure more seamless holiday travel this season. And who couldn't use more stress-free holidays?
When you think of the wives and girlfriends of criminals and mobsters in cinema and television, what or who comes to mind? Kay Adams? Elvira Hancock? Skyler White? They are either victims of a man's misdeeds or end up becoming part of the problem. They might get fancy jewelry or a big house,…
"Long Road to Mercy: an Atlee Pine Thriller"(Grand Central Publishing), by David Baldacci
NEW YORK --(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--iHeartMedia, the No. 1 commercial podcast publisher globally with over 20,000 podcasts available on its platform, announced today that NPR will be honored with the first-ever iHeartRadio Podcast Pioneer Award at its inaugural iHeartRadio Podcast Aw…
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and IO Interactive today announced that HITMAN™ 2, the follow-up to the acclaimed international video game , HITMAN™, is available now for the PlayStation®4 computer entertainment system, PlayStation®4 Pro…
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--Spyro, the iconic purple dragon that entertained living rooms worldwide in the late ‘90s, is making an epic return today with the release of . Spyro Reignited Trilogy introduces players to a fully remastered game collection with a re-imagi…
OAKLAND, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--Pandora (NYSE:P), the largest streaming music provider in the U.S., today unveiled its podcast offering, powered by the Podcast Genome Project, a cataloging system and discovery algorithm that uses a combination of technology and human curation…
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS), the world’s largest retail bookseller, today announced its Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals available in stores nationwide and online. In-store deals will start at 12 AM EST on Friday, November 23 and run throug…
"The End of the End of the Earth: Essays" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), by Jonathan Franzen
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--The National League of Cities (NLC) presented the Service to Cities Award to Clear Channel Outdoor this past weekend for its outstanding contributions to cities across the nation. Through Clear Channel Outdoor’s support of NLC’s 2018 infrastructur…
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--Still deciding what to buy during this year’s Black Friday? Make sure to add some fun Nintendo items to the shopping list! Starting on Black Friday, Nintendo is offering deals on two awesome systems that would be great gifts for any person in yo…
It became easy, in recent years, to dismiss him as the wisecracking grandpa of the American comic book, a past-his-prime gimmick who cameoed alongside Earth's angstiest superheroes in the high-grossing Marvel blockbusters of the past decade.
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 13, 2018--GVIDO MUSIC Co., Ltd., a group company of Warehouse TERRADA, is cosponsoring the Deutsche Grammophon 120 Special Gala Concert presented by Seiji Ozawa and Saito Kinen Orchestra at Tokyo’s Suntory Hall on December 5th.
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story Nov. 11 about the MacDowell artist colony's annual Chairman's Evening, The Associated Press reported erroneously that "Hamilton" playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda would be speaking at the event in Manhattan next month with visual artist Carrie Mae Weems. Playwright Ton…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in Marvel superheroes such as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Incredible Hulk, died Monday. He was 95.
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 12, 2018--National Geographic is celebrating National Education Week in spectacular scholastic fashion, hosting screenings of the critically acclaimed documentary SCIENCE FAIR for over 1,700 schools across the United States. Lauded by critics as “supremely en…
BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 12, 2018--Following the global success of 2014’s “Godzilla” and 2017’s “Kong: Skull Island,” and in the lead-up to the 2019 release of the highly anticipated “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” comes the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary…
The Country Music Association Awards tend to be fairly predictable as far as winners go, but could this year be different? Can the new class of country artists upset the longtime favorites on Wednesday? The well-researched music writers of The Associated Press weigh in on predictions.
NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Obama's "Becoming," already expected to sell millions of copies, now has the official backing of Oprah Winfrey.
MILWAUKEE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 12, 2018--Following a 36-month international search, Ken-David Masur has been named the seventh Music Director and Polly and Bill Van Dyke Music Director Chair for the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra (MSO). Masur is currently the associate conductor of the Boston…
STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 12, 2018--WWE ® (NYSE: WWE) and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards announced today that WrestleMania 34 generated $175 million in economic impact for the greater New Orleans region this past April, according to a study conducted by the Enigma Research C…
PHOENIX--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 12, 2018--Cable One, Inc. (NYSE: CABO) (the “Company” or “Cable ONE”) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Clearwave Communications (“Clearwave”), a facilities-based service provider that owns and operates a high-capacity fiber n…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Celebrities whose coastal homes have been damaged or destroyed in a Southern California wildfire or were forced to flee from the flames expressed sympathy and solidarity with less-famous people hurt worse by the state's deadly blazes, and gave their gratitude to firefighte…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — You're a mean one — and you're number one — Mr. Grinch.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rich or not, famous or not, there was little reprieve Saturday from the California wildfires sweeping through towns as different as the star-filled oceanside enclave of Malibu and the modest communities nearby and in the state's north.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has announced his first recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and they include the wife of a major Republican Party donor, the longest-serving Republican senator in U.S. history, Elvis Presley and Babe Ruth.
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) — A city reeling from the tragedy of a mass shooting was under a siege of a different sort Friday as raging wildfires on both sides of the city forced widespread evacuations and shut down part of the main freeway to town.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-moving wildfire in Southern California has scorched a historic movie site recently used by the HBO series "Westworld" and forced numerous celebrities to join the thousands fleeing flames that have claimed homes and prompted the total evacuation of the celebrity encl…
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 9, 2018--Fathom Events has partnered with Warner Bros. Pictures to bring Academy Award winner Peter Jackson’s poignant WWI documentary “ They Shall Not Grow Old ” to movie theaters across the U.S. on Monday, December 17, with an encore presentation on Thursday, D…
NEW YORK (AP) — Did you hear the one about President Trump? Or, more precisely, did you hear all 3,128 jokes?
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. & NYON, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 9, 2018--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) and the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) today announced the eChampions League, a pivotal tournament expansion to the EA SPORTS FIFA 19™ Global Series* and a brand new, au…
NEW YORK (AP) — Before hopping on a plane to Paris on Friday, President Trump insulted some more reporters, threatened that others may have their White House credentials pulled like CNN's Jim Acosta and disputed reports that his press secretary spread a doctored video of Acosta's encounter w…
Laura Jane Grace & the Devouring Mothers, "Bought to Rot" (Bloodshot Records)
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump claimed on Friday that a White House-released video depicting contact between a staffer and a CNN reporter wasn't altered, and he seemingly threatened to revoke the White House press credentials of more reporters.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 9, 2018--Following its most successful round to date—culminating in a sold out, oversubscribed round with a record number of new investors—Legion M announced today that its fourth round of JOBS Act fundraising will begin processing reservations on Friday, No…
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 9, 2018--The game for the Nintendo Switch system provides some of the most fun four-player party action this side of the Mushroom Kingdom! And to give prospective owners of the game the ability to play with four players right out of the box, Nintendo is …
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 9, 2018--This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 9, 2018--Some of the hottest Nintendo Switch games of the holiday season will be playable at the Nintendo Switch Holiday Experience, coming to select shopping centers all around the U.S. starting on Nov. 10. The all-star lineup of family-friendly games in…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama reveals she had miscarriage 20 years ago, used in vitro fertilization to conceive daughters.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former first lady Michelle Obama blasts President Donald Trump in her new book, writing how she reacted in shock the night she learned he would replace her husband in the Oval Office and tried to "block it all out."
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 8, 2018--Wingardium Leviosa! Join Books-A-Million for spellbinding fun and magical adventures with the Harry PotterChristmas at Hogwarts event. Wizards, witches and muggles of all ages are invited to celebrate J.K. Rowling’s enchanting series at all Boo…
Like the bottomless trunk totted by "magizoolologist" Newt Scamander, "Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald" is a mixed bag of wonders.
ATLANTA, Nov. 8, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- It's the year of the woman and Medieval Times Atlanta is joining in on the celebration, introducing its first-ever female-led show on November 9. The live dining and entertainment show, which brings the medieval era to the 21st century, today announced t…
LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 8, 2018--AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC) (“AMC” or “the Company”), today reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2018.
LOS GATOS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 8, 2018--Roku, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) today announced the company is offering streamers incredible Black Friday deals including $50 off of the popular Roku Ultra, $20 off the portable Roku Streaming Stick and a new limited-edition Roku SE streaming playe…
