Entertainment
Warner Bros. Discovery adds 7.2 million Max subscribers, the streamer’s largest single-quarter jump
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Warner Bros. Discovery said Thursday its streaming platform Max added 7.2 million global subscribers in the third quarter. It marked the biggest quarterly growth for the streaming platform since its inception. Max now has 110.5 million subscribers as of Sept. 30. Warner Bros. Discovery’s flagship streaming service has […]
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China extends visa-free policy to 9 more countries — including South Korea
From Friday, citizens of nine more countries can enter China without needing a visa to visit. Holders of ordinary passports from eight countries in Europe — Slovakia, Norway, Finland, Denmark, Iceland, Andorra, Monaco and Liechtenstein — as well as South Korea can visit for business or leisure purposes for up to 15 days without needing […]
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Nintendo jumps 6% as it says current Switch games will be playable on the console’s successor
The Nintendo Switch game console store in Shanghai, Feb 25, 2024. Cfoto | Future Publishing | Getty Images Nintendo on Wednesday said it will allow current Switch games to be played on the hit console’s successor as it looks to drum up excitement among its current user base for the highly-anticipated device. Shares of Nintendo […]
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Nvidia passes Apple as world’s most valuable company
NVIDIA founder, President and CEO Jensen Huang speaks about the future of artificial intelligence and its effect on energy consumption and production at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 27, 2024. Chip Somodevilla | Getty Images Nvidia passed Apple in market cap on Tuesday becoming, for a second time, the most valuable publicly […]
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Nintendo cuts Switch sales forecast as demand for ageing console wanes
Mario poses at the “SUPER NINTENDO WORLD” welcome celebration at Universal Studios Hollywood on February 16, 2023 in Universal City, California. Rodin Eckenroth | Getty Images Entertainment | Getty Images Nintendo on Tuesday cut forecast for Switch sales for its fiscal year ending March 2025 as demand wanes for its ageing console. The Japanese gaming […]
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Is this the world’s ‘coolest hotel room’ for baseball fans? Go inside to see the view
The 2024 World Series may be over, but that won’t stop baseball fans from searching for their next ballpark fix. But forget touring a stadium — this one lets you sleep inside it. Es Con Field Hokkaido is a stadium on the Japanese island of Hokkaido with a grass field, retractable roof and space for 35,000 spectators. But […]
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Quincy Jones, musical maestro and entertainment industry titan, dies at 91
Quincy Jones Kevin Mazur | WireImage | Getty Images Quincy Jones, a maestro of American music and a titan of the entertainment industry who influenced nearly every popular genre, produced landmark albums and earned a record 80 Grammy Award nominations, died Sunday, his publicist said. He was 91. Jones “passed away peacefully” Sunday night at his […]
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Interest in ‘Travel Tuesday’ soars, with more consumers saying they prefer travel to shopping
First there was Black Friday — then Cyber Monday. Now deal-thirsty consumers have a reason to shop online one day longer. “Travel Tuesday” — the first Tuesday after the American Thanksgiving holiday — targets those looking for discounts on trips, rather than flat-screen TVs. Search interest for “Travel Tuesday” rose more than 500% from […]
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Halloween to holidays: How Disney turns over its parks between its two most important seasons
A staple of Disney’s theme park’s celebrations, the giant Mickey pumpkin statue towers over guests on Main Street. Disney It’s time for Disney parks to swap pumpkins for poinsettias. In the thick of its busiest season, Disney’s domestic theme parks have already begun to transition from Halloween decorations to Christmas colors. The transformation starts to […]
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Apple to buy Pixelmator, the iPhone image editing app with AI features
Peopl walk outside Steve Jobs Theater at the Apple Park campus before Apple’s “It’s Glowtime” event in Cupertino, California, on Sept. 9, 2024. Nic Coury | AFP | Getty Images Apple will buy Pixelmator, the creator of image editing apps for Apple’s iPhone and Mac platforms, Pixelmator announced Friday in a blog post. Pixelmator, a […]
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