London-based virtual reality live music platform MelodyVR has acquired Rhapsody International (the parent company of Napster) for $70 million. According to a press release, MelodyVR hopes the “acquisition will enable the creation of a unique music platform that will offer both immersive live performances and music streaming.” MelodyVR CEO Anthony Matchett said in a statement,
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After being closed for over five months, Cineworld reopened about 200 of its Regal Cinemas in the U.S. this past weekend. Health and safety measures — which required an investment in the millions across the parent company’s full estate — were in place, and the response from audiences was “encouraging,” says Cineworld Group CEO Mooky
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Neither Taylor Swift nor Selena Gomez are strangers to their drama making headlines, whether it’s due to a breakup or a public feud. But throughout their careers, they’ve never stopped publicly supporting each other. Since becoming friends while both dating Jonas brothers in 2008, they’ve danced at awards shows, performed onstage together, and most recently,
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Allan Rich — a longtime character actor in Hollywood, who bounced back from being blacklisted — has died. The thespian passed away in New Jersey over the weekend due to complications from progressive dementia … this according to his family. He was residing at an assisted-living facility called the Lillian Booth Actors Home, which houses
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Ellen DeGeneres. (Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) The Ellen DeGeneres Show has been pulled by one of Australia’s top television channels after former and current staff made explosive allegations about the show’s on-set culture. Channel Nine has stopped airing DeGeneres’ long-running chat show following weeks of controversy surrounding alleged misconduct from top producers. The television channel is instead airing re-runs
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Comedian Hannibal Buress has announced a five-city tour of Midwest drive-in theaters in support of his latest comedy special Miami Nights. He released the special for free on YouTube in July. Check out the full run of tour dates below. Much of the special centers on a 2017 incident in Miami during Art Basel in
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Donald Trump opened his first speech of the Republican National Convention today by telling the live crowd chanting the usual “four more years.” “If you want to really drive them crazy, you say 12 more years.” The Washington Post says he was joking. The New York Times calls this a “provocation.” It is—and it isn’t.
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