CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 22, 2018--The Professional Fighters League (PFL), the first organization to showcase mixed martial arts in a true sport format, held their second regular-season event in front of a full house at the historic Chicago Theatre. The 13-bout card was the first regula…
NEW YORK (AP) — Charles Krauthammer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and pundit who helped shape and occasionally dissented from the conservative movement as he evolved from "Great Society" Democrat to Iraq War cheerleader to denouncer of Donald Trump, died Thursday.
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. (AP) — A 22-year-old suspect has been arrested and charged with murder days after the killing of rising rap star XXXTentacion, who was fatally shot in his luxury BMW electric car as he left an upscale motorcycle dealership in Florida.
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2018--, the leader in digital advertising for the US Hispanic market, today announced a new exclusive partnership with Radio Programas del Peru (RPP), a leading radio and television broadcasting company in Peru.
LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2018--AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC) (“AMC” or “the Company”) announced today it has completed a $53 million transaction to sell and simultaneously lease back a single AMC theatre in a major U.S. metropolitan area. This sale leaseback tra…
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2018--This week’s Nintendo Download includes the following featured content:
NEWARK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2018--University College London (UCL), London’s oldest university widely known for its highly regarded research, announced the results of a study today that indicates listening to audiobooks is more emotionally engaging than watching film or TV. Working…
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2018--VR WORLDWIDE INC., North America’s largest Virtual Reality (VR) entertainment destination, reaches 1,000,000 VR Experiences played by visitors since opening its doors to the public in late June of 2017. An attraction by day, an entertainment lounge by…
OSAKA, Japan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2018--NTT Solmare Corporation (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan; President: Akira Tomana, hereafter referred as “NTT Solmare”) and Sammy Networks Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President: Takayuki Kawagoe, hereafter referred as “Sammy Networks”) have …
IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 21, 2018--To heat up the summer season, Wienerschnitzel is proud to support Nitro Circus’ “Action Figures 2” movie premiering June 28 on Sony Crackle. WienerFam: Travis Pastrana, Trevor Jacob, Vicki Golden, Phil Smage and TDO (The Delicious One) are sched…
TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 20, 2018--“MORI Building DIGITAL ART MUSEUM: teamLab Borderless,” an unprecedented digital art museum — jointly created and operated by Mori Building Co., Ltd, a leading urban landscape developer, and teamLab, a world-leading digital art collective — opened today,…
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 20, 2018--Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: EA) today unveiled the first look at EA SPORTS™ NHL®19 to hockey fans at the 2018 NHL Awards™ presented by Hulu in Las Vegas. Electronic Arts also revealed Nashville Predators’ Norris Trophy-winning defenseman and Olympi…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — After 80 years of being a male-only organization, the Barbershop Harmony Society has announced that women will be allowed to join the a capella singing organization.
Pitiful men pin their hopes on delusions of romance in David and Nathan Zellner's clever and melancholy western "Damsel," an offbeat odyssey about the foolhardiness of believing in the "damsel in distress."
NEW YORK (AP) — The mouse is chasing the fox.
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 20, 2018--PUBG Corporation (PUBG Corp.) today announced that ticket sales for the PUBG Global Invitational 2018 (PGI 2018), the first global PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG) tournament presented by PUBG Corp. where 20 top professional PUBG teams…
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on battle for Twenty-First Century Fox (all times local):
ROCHESTER, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 20, 2018--With the cool sounds of jazz floating through the hot summer air, patrons will get an up-close and personal look at Xerox (NYSE: XRX) innovation in action at this year’s Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival.
LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 20, 2018--AMC Theatres® (NYSE:AMC) is excited to announce that beginning Tuesday, June 26 the Company is adding a new tier to its AMC Stubs rewards program: AMC Stubs A-List, which rewards guests with up to three movies per week, along with all the benefit…
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 20, 2018--SeeHer, the ANA movement that has become the most influential voice for gender equality in advertising, marketing, and media in the U.S., is launching #WriteHerRight™ to support storytellers’ efforts to integrate more authentic depictions of women int…
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — For hours, the fans came in a steady stream to mourn and pay their respects at the spot where rapper XXXTentacion was gunned down, some leaving behind expressions of sympathy along a fence and on the sidewalk.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The lawyer for slain rapper XXXTentacion said Tuesday that detectives believe he was fatally shot in a random robbery while likely planning to buy a motorcycle at an upscale shop near a residential neighborhood in South Florida.
It's usually a bad sign when critics start questioning your film before it's even finished. But director Eugene Jarecki had to endure worse. While making the documentary "The King," he actually got gruff from a member of his own film crew.
TRYON, N.C. (AP) — The dilapidated wooden cottage in North Carolina that was the birthplace of singer and civil rights activist Nina Simone now has the protection of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 19, 2018--PUBG Corporation (PUBG Corp.), publishers of the trailblazing battle royale title PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG), announced today that over four-hundred million total players worldwide have played PUBG across all platforms (Steam, ka…
SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 19, 2018--Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced its selections for Best Books of the Year So Far, naming Tara Westover’s memoir Educated: A Memoir the top pick overall. The annual list is hand selected by the Amazon Books Editors and features the Top 20 book…
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 19, 2018--Families that visit select Walmart stores this summer are in for a fun Nintendo surprise. Nintendo is teaming up with GameTruck and Walmart to create a “Summer of Fun” in parking lots at 100 Walmart locations around the country. Launching on Jun…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi King Salman sacked the head of the country's entertainment authority after religiously conservative citizens took to social media to denounce a Russian circus show that included female performers in tightly-fitted attire, semi-official media reported …
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The MTV Movie & TV Awards gave "Black Panther" its first taste of awards glory, with Marvel's blockbuster taking home four honors including two awards for its star, Chadwick Boseman.
PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) — The original bassist for the rock band 3 Doors Down is accused of violating probation from a deadly crash in Tennessee because of his arrest in Mississippi on weapons and drug charges.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Troubled rapper-singer XXXTentacion was shot and killed Monday in Florida in what police called an apparent robbery attempt.
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on rapper XXXtentacion's fatal shooting in Florida (all times local):
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley that has sat on a runway in New Mexico for nearly four decades is back on the auction block.
LEAWOOD, Kan.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2018--AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AMC) (“AMC” or “the Company”) announced today it will receive approximately $157 million in cash for a sale of the entirety of its remaining equity interest in National CineMedia, LLC. (“NCM”). AMC is selli…
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2018--Oscar winning director Sam Mendes brings his World War I film, 1917, to Amblin Partners. Mendes, who wrote the original script with Krysty Wilson-Cairns, will direct and produce the film. Pippa Harris, Mendes’ producing partner at Neal Street Prod…
"The Anomaly: a Novel" (Grand Central Publishing), by Michael Rutger
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2018--The final Global Open Event of the record-setting Call of Duty® World League season, Presented by PlayStation®4, concluded with Rise Nation crowned the CWL Anaheim Open champion. In a tournament that featured more than 150 teams from North…
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A funeral will be held for fashion designer Kate Spade this week in Kansas City, where she was born.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The combined powers of superheroes, the Pixar brand and a drought of family-friendly films helped "Incredibles 2" become the best animated opening of all time, the biggest PG-rated launch ever and the 8th highest film launch overall.
GENEVA (AP) — Obsessive video gamers know how to anticipate dangers in virtual worlds. The World Health Organization says they now should be on guard for a danger in the real world: spending too much time playing.
Here's the good news: "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom " is more fun than "Jurassic World." It's not exactly a high bar, but still a welcome surprise. In the hands of a new director, J.A. Bayona, with Chris Pratt's high-wattage charisma on full blast and a fair amount of self-aware humor inta…
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2018--Cheddar, the leading post-cable networks company, and fuboTV, the leading sports-first streaming TV service, today launched top business and tech news network Cheddar on fuboTV.
"You Were Made for This" (Little, Brown), by Michelle Sacks
SANTA MONICA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2018--Zone·tv ™ today announced that Pro Guitar Lessons TV and Stephen’s Drum Shed, two online subscription video on demand services (SVODs) featuring cost-effective lessons from top professional guitar and drum instructors, are now available on…
CANNES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2018--The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE: PG) today advanced its commitment to gender equality through a series of new actions, commitments and partnerships to increase diversity throughout the creative supply chain, leading to more accurate and p…
LONDON (AP) — The father of the former Meghan Markle says he talked politics with Prince Harry over the phone — and Harry argued that he should give President Donald Trump a chance.
REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2018--Are you a family that loves Nintendo and wants to show off your skills in various Nintendo games? If so, you can enter for a chance to win the Disney Channel presents contest and be one of four families to compete in an epic Nintendo Switch sho…
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2018--HyperX, the gaming division of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., today announced that Shroud, the No. 1 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Twitch streamer with the No. 2 highest subscribed Twitch channel, will join the HyperX brand ambassad…
HARTFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 18, 2018--The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV ) today announced the start of the 2018 Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut. This year’s tournament features many of the PGA TOUR’s top players, including defending cha…
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jay-Z and Beyonce are keeping up a family tradition, dropping a surprise album before anyone knew it was coming.
