Macho Era in Warner Bros. is Over


Around the turn of this century, everything looked so promising for women. Twenty years after Sherry Lansing had broken the glass ceiling — well, one of many glass ceilings — when she became the first female production president at a major studio (20th Century Fox), other women were all around, their names popping up in any conversation about leadership roles.
Stacey Snider was named chairman of Universal Pictures in 1999; Amy Pascal got a parallel job at Sony Pictures in 2003, four years after she had become chairman of Columbia. Their gender, just like that of the other women who started to run networks and cable companies and production houses, didn’t seem to matter.
Then something went wrong. Rather than see a wave of women join them at the top, the movie business, at least, took a step back. Brad Grey replaced Lansing at Paramount and in turn was succeeded by Jim Gianopulos; Tom Rothman walked into Sony when Pascal walked out; and suddenly only one woman was left running a studio, Donna Langley at Universal, and even she had to report to a man, Jeff Schell.
For every leap forward, it seems, Hollywood feels compelled to take a leap back. For every giant wave that carries it toward a more egalitarian future, a monstrous undertow sucks it toward the past.
Change has taken place, for sure; but at the summit of the industry, it’s moved at a glacial pace. The moguls who make the critical decisions may like to have women working for them — but put the emphasis on for, not with.
Nowhere has that been truer than at Warner Bros. Like so many other studios, it has retained a distinct culture over the years, almost regardless of who’s in charge. It’s operated as a fortress, impregnable and often impervious to the shifts coursing through society at large.
That’s been the case ever since its earliest days, when it was founded by four warring siblings — all brothers, in case you didn’t remember — and it’s continued through the imperial reign of Steve Ross and on through the monarchical era of Bob Daly and Terry Semel. Even under the relatively enlightened leadership of Alan Horn and Barry Meyer, the studio had trouble shedding an identity that had defined it for decades: as an empire of men, with only a few select women invited to sit in the private dining room where the studio chiefs held sway, but never at the head of the table.
Now, overnight, that’s over. With the June 24 appointment of Ann Sarnoff as chair and CEO (replacing the ousted Kevin Tsujihara), this bastion of testosterone is on the point of undergoing a chemical shift.

Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and Travis Scott set to headline new hip-hop festival

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The inaugural edition of Day N Vegas will run November 1-three on the Las Vegas festival Grounds, in Nevada.
The rap-heavy music competition has assembled a lineup that competitors Miami's Rolling Loud, which has been dubbed the predominant rap pageant in america over the years.
J. Cole, who currently shared a pair of latest tracks from his label Dreamville's upcoming compilation, will kick off the festival on November 1, whereas Travis Scott could be headlining on November 2. Kendrick Lamar will close out Day N Vegas's inaugural edition on November 3.
among the most incredible names set to function at the experience are Tyler, the Creator, Migos, 21 Savage, Lil Uzi Vert, Juice WRLD, Lil Nas X, Liguel, Goldlink and Kali Uchis.
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different performers include Schoolboy Q, Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, Isaiah Rashad, and Zacari, who're all affiliated to Kendrick Lamar's label accurate Dawg enjoyment.
They could be joined on stage via Flatbush Zombies, Denzel Curry, Lil Mosey, Megan Thee Stallion, Blueface, Polo G and more.
Tickets, ranging from $299 via $899 plus costs, will go on sale on June 28 at noon (PST). lovers can already register for a pre-sale on the competition website.

Hip-hop and R&B loses market share of US streams

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Hip-hop's dominance of streaming within the u.s. has persisted in 2019 – however new stats imply its lead over different genres isn't rather as commanding because it changed into this time ultimate yr.
New facts printed in Nielsen's Mid-yr track record nowadays (June 27) shows that tracks labeled below 'R&B/hip-hop' racked up 29.6% of all on-demand streams in the States (throughout both video and audio functions) within the 24 weeks from Jan 4 – June 20.
That changed into down on the 36.4% market share the R&B/hip-hop class registered within the equal period of 2018.
youngsters, the likes of Rock (down from 17.7% to 14.0%), Pop (15.7% to 13.5%), country (7.1% to five.8%) and Latin (10.0% to 7.three%) also all misplaced yr-on-yr market share in H1 2019.
R&B/hip-hop held a 37.5% market share of audio on-demand US streams in H1 2018, in keeping with Nielsen, however this fell to 29.8% in H1 2019.
standard, complete on-demand streams (audio plus video) in the united states reached 507.7bn within the first half of this yr – up 31.6% year-on-year.
Audio streams alone hit 333.5bn within the duration, up 27.eight% 12 months-on-12 months, but this growth became smaller than that seen in H1 2018.
Video streaming showed stronger increase in H1 2019, up 39.6% year-on-yr to 174.2bn.
below, you could see how genres fared throughout all genres in 2018 versus 2019, in line with Nielsen's file, which that you would be able to download through here.

based on Nielsen's record, the greatest artist when it comes to all consumption (streaming and sales) in the US within the first half of 2019 was Ariana Grande, followed by means of Drake, Billie Eilish, put up Malone and Queen.

Holey Moley - Stephen Curry Got a Hit TV Show

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Stephen Curry had set to swap out his preferred basketball for an altogether smaller one.
The NBA star began teaming up with ABC to produce and star in Holey Moley,” a mini-golf competition series which will showcase self-proclaimed mini-golf lovers from around the country as they compete head-to-head on the course.

Curry serves as executive producer and resident golf pro on the “Holey Moley” course. The on-camera talent will also include “Hangover” star Rob Riggle, who will bring color commentary, ABC and ESPN sportscaster Joe Tessitore, who will act as a play-by-play commentator, and fashion expert and “The Real” co-host Jeannie Mai, who will be a sideline correspondent.

“Everyone has a favorite memory of playing miniature golf, whether it was as a child with your family, with a group of friends as a teenager, or on an awkward first date. Take that feeling, add high stakes competition and out-of-this-world challenges, and we have no doubt ‘Holey Moley’ will stand alongside other golf classics like ‘Caddyshack,’ ‘Happy Gilmore’ and ‘The Legend of Bagger Vance,’” said Rob Mills, SVP of Alternative Series, Specials and Late Night at ABC.

The show is set to have 10 episodes for the first season as confirmed by ABC and airs 8/7 central on Thursdays.

Cuba Gooding Jr. - Awaiting for Dismissal of Charges

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Cuba Gooding Jr. just arrived to a Manhattan courthouse for a hearing in his groping case ... and the actor is trying to convince the D.A. to drop the charges against him.
Cuba was strolling into court Wednesday morning, flanked by his legal team and NYPD officers for security. Prosecutors have charged Cuba with one count of misdemeanor forcible touching and one count of sexual abuse in the third degree.
The Oscar winner's attorneys, Mark Heller and Peter Toumbekis, say their client is innocent and have filed a motion to dismiss the charges. The judge is expected to address that motion Wednesday in court.

Brodsky & Smith, LLC - Proclaiming an Investigation

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Brodsky & Smith, LLC declares that it's investigating competencies claims towards the Board of directors of Caesars enjoyment corporation for possible breaches of fiduciary responsibility and other violations of federal and state legislation in connection with th e sale of the enterprise to Eldorado inns, Inc.

 Caesars shareholders will receive best $8.40 in cash and nil.0899 of a share of Eldorado stock for each and every share of Caesars stock they personal. The transaction values Caesars stock at handi est about $12.75 per share. The investigation concerns whether the Board of Caesars breached their fiduciary duties to shareholders and even if Eldorado is underpaying for the business. The transaction may also undervalue the enterprise and would outcomes in a substantial loss for a lot of Caesars shareholders. as an instance, Caesars stock has traded at $sixteen.96 per share and an analyst has set a $13.00 per share cost goal for the stock.

Cardi B - Felonious Charges Stemming from Strip Club Brawl

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Cardi B now indicted by a grand jury on 14 charges, including two felonies, related to an assault talking place in Queens at a strip club in August of 2018. The rapper rejected a plea offer from prosecutors who cautioned that the rapper should go to a grand jury if convicted. The charges against Cardi B were unsealed Tuesday morning at her arraignment. If Cardi B had accepted the plea deal previously, she would only have had to plead guilty to one misdemeanor charge in exchange for a conditional release.
The rapper’s legal troubles stem from accusations made by Jade and Baddie Gi, two two sisters who bartended at Angels Strip Club in Queens. The sisters claim that Cardi B incited her entourage to throw chairs and bottles at them. Offset, a member of Migos and baby father to Cardi's daughter, Kulture gave a reaction to her indictment and did not go into further detail on the incident in term of keeping the situation confidential and out of the way of the media.

Giannis Antetokounmpo - MVP

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Monday night Milwaukee Bucks destroyer of worlds Giannis Antetokounmpo became the first European import to win the NBA Most Valuable Player award since Dirk Nowitzki in 2007, and the first NBA player ever to win MVP after having won the NBA’s Most Improved Player, which Giannis won after the 2016–17 season. Giannis’s acceptance speech was rather emotional

Houston’s James Harden spent the first half of the season as the overwhelming favorite for the award, and as in Russell Westbrook’s 2017 MVP season, there will surely be a vocal segment of Harden fans who’ll argue that he was robbed. Harden led the league in scoring by more than eight points per game, and produced a blistering 61.6 true shooting percentage on Herculean 39.9 percent usage. The Rockets disappointed slightly in the standings, but Harden’s season was one for the record books, and he would’ve made a perfectly deserving MVP.
But Giannis led his Bucks team to the NBA’s best record, and top five rankings in both offensive and defensive efficiency, and was enough of a dominant defensive force to finish in the top three in Defensive Player of the Year voting, while putting up some ridiculous offensive numbers of his own. In the end the voting was fairly decisive in favor of Giannis although some can’t rule out the Rockets producing audit results discrediting the final tally.

Usher helps mom grow Hungry, an Uber-like chef-sharing business

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R&B singer Usher's mom has been on her grind, growing her own catering kitchen, and now her famous son is helping her grow a food startup in Atlanta.
Three years ago, Jonnetta Patton launched a shared kitchen in Doraville, Ga., that allowed independent chefs to try out recipes and receive business support. Now, Patton is becoming the first Atlanta-area partner for Hungry, which connects chefs from her kitchen to catered events in the area.
Artists Usher and JAY-Z Invest in catering startup, Hungry
Hungry is based in Arlington, Va., and already has spread to Washington and Philadelphia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
Patton told the news organization that she called her famous son and asked him to invest in the startup.
"I did say to him, 'You need to invest in this in the beginning because it's going to be really big,' and he trusted me," Patton said.
Other celebrity investors for Hungry include Jay-Z along with Tom Colicchio of TV's Top Chef.
Hungry already has lined up 20 chefs available to work Atlanta-area events. All of them work out of Patton's kitchen, which is called J's Kitchen Culinary Incubator. Hungry handles all the other parts of the business — delivery, setup and cleanup, the AJC reports.
Hungry CEO Jeff Grass said that until now, Atlanta had the talented chefs but few avenues to get them to the people who need catering.
"They're sort of untapped," Grass said. "It's hard for them to go into business." Why people like it when Usher turns his back to them
Patton said her celebrity son seems happy with how the business is going.
"He's been calling me (saying), 'Mom, this is looking really, really good. I'm really proud of you and what you're doing,' " Patton told the AJC.
The startup also is working to give back to the community, Patton added. For every two meals sold through Hungry in the Atlanta area, a third meal is offered to someone who is in need.
Hungry got started with about $8 million in initial funding, according to the AJC.

Shaq Talks Hip Hop & Says Jay Z, infamous B.I.G. had been His Favorites To Work With

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His rap career may additionally have been placed on pause, however music nevertheless runs through Shaquille O'Neal's veins. The NBA legend will go down as one of the vital ultimate avid gamers in los angeles Lakers heritage, however Shaq Diesel additionally boasts reasonably the song profession. He launched 4 studio albums between 1993 and 1998, and he's labored with one of the proper hip hop artists in the rap video game. When the forty seven-yr-historical these days caught up with Baller Alert, Shaq spoke of what artists he is at present taking note of.
"The good component about me, above all me being a DJ. i like every kind of music," Shaq talked about. "So, at the moment I'm taking note of Joyner Lucas, his new one "Isis." Chris Brown and Drake just dropped a sizzling one. however a lot of the times i am going lower back to the old faculty stuff. Like, for some rationale I been in the world, Wind and hearth and Mobb Deep recently, and that i just mix it up. be counted reality, today I'ma start my Justin Timberlake phase, I'ma likely listen to "Cry Me A River" about 100 instances, so I just like all types of music."
So, are we ever going to get extra track from Shaq? "I obtained about 20 unreleased tracks, i may do whatever with it," he talked about be mentioning that he once performed with infamous B.I.G. "It turned into one summer time [Biggie] had me come up there with him. the crowd went crazy. It was splendid. Him and Jay Z are probably both most beneficial guys I worked with. And the top-quality producer I probably ever labored with within the studio became DJ Quik. DJ Quik is excellent."
Shaq isn't the simplest basketball big name to try his hand as a rapper (bear in mind Kobe Bryant's music with Tyra Banks?), but when asked what he idea of alternative ballers entering into the hip hop scene, Shaq didn't wish to say the rest negative. "It ain't my job to judge who's respectable and who's not," Shaq mentioned diplomatically. "all of us come from the identical location. Basketball and hip hop definitely come from the same location. or not it's simply that once i was doing it, my idea become no person wishes to hear a man rap, who's not a rapper, do an entire album."
He persevered, "So my thought changed into for me, being within the dream-crammed attraction state that i used to be in, I want to rap with my favorite guys and nobody has ever became me down. no one has ever charged me and nobody has ever denied a tune that I've did with them, so I feel that speaks for itself. I've accomplished Jay Z. I've carried out Nas. I've performed Mob Deep. I've carried out components Man. I've carried out RZA. I've executed notorious B.I.G. I've finished fat Joe. huge Pun. DJ Quik. Snoop Dogg. Dub C. Ice dice. Peter Gunz. Lord Tariq. Tribe called Quest. Phife Dawg. It do not get no better than that."

Teairra Mari - DWI Charge Over the Weekend

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Teairra Mari — noted for her legal fight and social media conflict with 50 Cent — was arrested early Saturday for allegedly riding under the influence of alcohol and when law enforcement officials arrested her, she handiest had three tires on her vehicle. the "Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood" celebrity had "watery eyes, a flushed face, and an smell of an alcoholic beverage on her breath." She was described as "unsteady on her toes," the complaint observed.
Mari reportedly informed police that she "changed into at a restaurant with pals, I had like three glasses of Pinot Grigio." but the crook criticism says that Mari blew a .304 — more than thrice the criminal limit — and had an open bottle of Ketel One vodka within the entrance passenger seat of her pink 2014 stay away from Charger.
The criticism also says that Mari had been noticed riding in the course of the Queens-Midtown Tunnel "at a high expense of pace" in spite of the fact that she changed into lacking her front correct tire. the inability of a tire created "sparks" as she drove, the grievance observed.
Mari turned into also bound to tell the law enforcement officials who had been arresting her that she changed into a celeb.

Nicki Minaj Claims Miley Cyrus Gave Dome To Hip-Hop Producer within the Studio!

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Nicki Minaj is one among leisure's premier girls.
not only is she one of the most song's industries true performers, however some would even label her Hip-Hop's reigning Queen.
A title that Minaj doesn't take calmly. In 2018, Nicki made a bold statement through giving her album the royal remedy with the name.
In fresh months, Nicki Minaj has been quiet after splitting from her previous administration team and canceling her North American tour with rapper Future. Nicki would go on to replace Future with Juice WRLD for the ecu leg of the tour, but that leg would also see multiple dates cancelled.
A cooling down period has naturally been value at as Nicki has stepped back into the highlight currently after releasing her "Megatron" single to nice experiences.
fans have even been gravitating to her work with other ladies in Hip-Hop, most specially her contemporary "BAPS" collaboration with fellow Rapper Trina.
issues were on an upswing for Minaj and currently she again to her "Queen Radio" platform to solve some previous rumors and grudges. Nicki held lower back no punches as she ethered Miley Cyrus for having oral intercourse with a song producer within the studio.
"Perdue Chickens can not ever speak s##t about Queens. She disrespected me in a journal article for no intent. I had simply viewed her after she sucked Mike WiLL's d##ok in the studio.," said Nicki Minaj.
We've heard of women performing sex for features inside the song trade, but by no means got a confirmation.
Do you believe Nicki Minaj's comments about Miley Cyrus or suppose this turned into just a petty outburst?

Rico Nasty Kicks Off Billboard Hip-Hop reside live performance sequence in lengthy beach

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Rico Nasty performs all the way through the Billboard Hip-Hop reside series, in partnership with Mountain Dew, on June sixteen, 2019 in long seaside, Calif.
On Friday (June 14), Rico Nasty kicked off the Billboard Hip-Hop are living series, in partnership with Mountain Dew, with a kinetic show in lengthy beach, California. Packing Sevilla Nightclub with fanatics able to set free and rage, Rico played via her hits -- with a twist. by means of Twitter and facebook, her fanatics on the venue and people observing on the livestream may impact the setlist, balloting on which songs she should still play.
"I definitely cherished that I could look up and notice the names of the individuals that have been doing the interacting," Rico tells Billboard. "lots of times I play my track at shows in keeping with the views and the streams." however Friday's display gave her an opportunity to blow the filth off of some older, less obvious numbers. "Performing 'Blue' became loopy," she says, regarding the music from her 2017 undertaking Sugar trap 2. "It changed into clean."
The evening kicked off with a DJ set from host Jersey Jinx, who seems on revolt's State of the lifestyle and Tidal's neighborhood Chat podcast. He played Boosie's "Wipe Me Down," Solange's "Almeda," Nipsey Hussle's "remaining Time That I Checc'd" and different hits for an viewers that had been lined down the block for hours.
In a blue tartan skirt with rainbow streaks in her hair, Rico hit the stage at 10:30 p.m., playing "trust concerns," simply as the fanatics decreed. Alternating between a large smile and a mean-mug, Rico embodied the competing sweetness and aggression of her song. a gaggle of young women within the entrance row of the viewers showered the 22-yr-historical MC with a stack of ones, as she barreled into the Neptunes-flavored "Countin' Up," from 2018's Nasty.
"As ladies, we're at all times purported to be catty, or too cute to bounce," Rico says. "And it sucks. I simply are looking to supply the girls who come to my shows an area where they're free, respected and they can just fucking are living. I consider that's why they come to the display with that class of energy, as a result of they be aware of they can do anything they want here and no one is asking at them like they're too weird. We don't judge you."
as the night drew to an in depth, she introduced a bunch of hardcore enthusiasts on stage to dance and shout the lyrics alongside her. "you can feel everyone's pent-up energy," she says. "I feed off that."
Offstage, Rico is difficult at work on her next album, a good way to follow up her acclaimed collaborative assignment with producer Kenny Beats, Anger administration. "i like the way that undertaking was obtained but I'm able to work on the album," she says. "I don't need people to are expecting that complicated tracks to continue my complete career. after I begun making music, I wasn't making track like that. That aggression came over time from dealing with stuff -- Anger management truly is what it's known as. That project got here out and that i felt a weight lifted off my chest. I realized anything about myself." Her album, then, will capture a distinct facet.
Rico's reveal become simply the first within the Billboard Hip-Hop are living collection, so that it will come to Atlanta in September and manhattan metropolis in October.

YG entertainment Appoints New CEO and Addresses Scandals

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one of the vital "huge three" talent management organizations, YG leisure has been plagued with varied scandals and controversies during the past few months. This resulted in Yang Hyun-Suk, founding father of YG entertainment after which-CEO Yang Min-Suk (who's Yang Hyun-Suk's brother) to ultimately step down from their respective positions within the company on 14 June 2019. 
This information got here as shock in South Korea's enjoyment business as Yang Hyun-Suk situated and lead the company for over 23 years. With that came the question of Yang's successor, and YG leisure answered those questions about 20 June. The ability agency made a few statements the day prior to this, first and best, asserting their newly appointed CEO, Hwang Bo-Kyung. 
Hwang has been with YG entertainment given that 2001 and was previously an executive director and CFO of the company, in advance of her fresh appointment. concerning her new CEO position, Hwang had this to assert, "I think heavy responsibility and a sense of obligation during this intricate time. i will straighten out the basics in order for YG entertainment to take a step forward."
On accurate of a brand new CEO, YG amusement also introduced that the board of administrators have determined to launch a new enterprise transformation committee as a way to relook probably the most present processes the company is working towards. 
Yang Hyun-Suk also made a couple of public statements addressing a fresh file made by way of South Korean information outlet, Dispatch, accusing the enterprise for sending Han search engine optimisation-Hee (the whistleblower of the latest B.I drug scandal) to the states in 2016. 
The founder of YG enjoyment addressed the entire reports for my part by mentioning, "first of all, i am extraordinarily apologetic for inflicting problem to many people because of suspicions that are continuing to come up day by day.
together with the Dispatch report from nowadays, all the suspicions that have been introduced up until now are simplest the one-sided claims of the informants and don't seem to be real at all.
YG is refraining from taking media action or [releasing] statements concerning these concerns. this is as a result of the perception that it is suitable to wholly exhibit the exact truths via investigative organizations.
We anticipate that the truths involving the continual false claims and suspicions can be printed sooner or later.
We earnestly make a request to all journalists in order that speculative studies don't seem to be reproduced expansively."
As of writing this article, the newly appointed CEO, Hwang, has yet to make any statements addressing media studies and scandals encompass YG leisure.  

Brittney Taylor - Given a Restraining Order

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Love&Hip Hop famous person Brittney Taylor Given a Restraining Order for Allegedly Beating a woman. A brief order of insurance policy has been placed against Brittney Taylor, star of VH1's Love and Hip Hop, after she allegedly beat up a lady right through a combat in her long island apartment.
in keeping with TMZ, a new York judged enacted the restraining order towards the fact big name, 30, which additionally states that if she is in possession of any firearms, she ought to flip them over instantly. The order of coverage is in vicinity until Dec. 14.

Taylor changed into arrested on Friday after she allegedly threw her cell phone at the nameless woman, which comes two months after she accused costar Remy Ma of attacking her at an April concert, for which Ma turned into arrested for on may 1.
The combat between Taylor and the lady all started in the house, and allegedly endured into the elevator, where Taylor endured to assault the woman. Police showed up not long after, arresting the truth star, who changed into launched without bail. The woman refused scientific attention. A spokesperson for the NYPD tested the incident to individuals.

The Lion King - Visually Re-Imagined


The Lion King was filmed entirely in virtual reality (well, save a single photographed shot). All the locations you know from the original—Pride Rock, the elephant graveyard, Rafiki’s Ancient Tree—exist, but not as practical sets or files confined to an animator’s computer. They live inside a kind of filmmaking video­game as 360-degree virtual environments, full of digitized animals, around which Favreau and his crew could roam. 

Headsets on, filmmakers had access to all the tools of the trade, just in virtual form. Say you’re getting ready for a scene in which young Simba talks to Zazu, his father’s adviser, and the “sun” isn’t falling on Simba’s face the way it should. Favreau or visual effects supervisor Rob Legato could just add a “light” to boost the intensity.


Cloud gaming: Google Stadia and Microsoft xCloud defined

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Sony. Nintendo. Microsoft. Google. Amazon. Walmart. Verizon. electronic Arts. Nvidia.
every of those companies are giants in their respective fields — and every single one of them is or is said to be checking out tech that may exchange the way video video games are played, allotted, and bought.
Some organizations have announced publicly — hey there Google and Microsoft — while others are quietly experimenting at the back of closed doors. but each and every enterprise is as a minimum hedging in opposition t a future the place discs, downloads, even consoles are not any longer required, since you'll movement video games across the information superhighway as quite simply as you circulation your favourite Netflix demonstrate.
It's known as cloud gaming, and it's not definitely a new thought: over the last decade, the tech's been laughed at time and again as a result of technological and economic constraints. however this time, it feels like the celebrities may additionally have eventually aligned to deliver cloud gaming to the world.
what is cloud gaming, precisely?
today, you slide a disc into your online game console, or down load a game's information onto a force. Your video game only looks pretty much as good and handiest runs as quickly because the processors internal your field.
With cloud gaming, that "container" lives in a datacenter full of servers, miles and miles away. You move games, just like you'd movement a YouTube or Netflix video, as a series of compressed video frames — only now, these video clips are reacting to your inputs. every time you press a button in your personality to bounce, that input gets sent to a far off server, tells the video game what you've performed, and sends you a brand new video frame that indicates you the effect. Multiply by using 30 or 60 frames per 2nd, and you've bought a video.
That sounds... complex. Does any of that really work?
sure! and never best within the lab. We've been checking out early cloud gaming solutions within the US, Europe, and Japan for just about a decade now, and it's best getting simpler to play games that don't in reality run on a box in front of you. One Verge editor has pledged to beat the notoriously problematic Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice the use of nothing however video game streaming features, and he's already midway via.
what is a Stadia and how do I explain it to my folks, who should be purchasing me an account?
Stadia is Google's new cloud game streaming carrier launching November, and it's instantly regarded one of the front-runners within the existing wave of cloud gaming as a result of, neatly, it's Google.
just about, Stadia is like having a online game console within the cloud that you should access from any gadget. believe of it like how Netflix is a DVD participant within the cloud — Stadia works in a similar means, but for games. At launch, you'll be capable of use it on laptops or PCs with a Chrome browser, Pixel three and 3a telephones, and a Chromecast ultra dongle that plugs into the HDMI port on the returned of your tv. Like Netflix, that you would be able to start playing to your mobile, than decide upon up for your tablet, computer, or television once you've received a bigger monitor convenient. Or the opposite direction around.
So I pay a month-to-month payment and get entry to a library of Stadia games?
sure, however's extra advanced than that. There are three different ways to get your repair:

  • Pay $9.ninety nine a month for a Stadia professional subscription that includes a extremely restrained library — simply fate 2 to birth
  • purchase Stadia games for full price on good of your $9.99 subscription (unless 2020, when the subscription isn't any longer required)
  • sign up for further subscriptions (variety of like easy methods to subscribe to HBO via Hulu) to get entry to plenty of distinct games.

  • We don't yet comprehend exactly how many video games will a part of the Stadia professional subscription library or what number of third-parties will present their personal bundles and subscriptions on good, but Stadia is principally about purchasing video games at the moment.
    Wow, that's unnecessarily perplexing. i assumed this turned into speculated to be like Netflix?
    best in terms of how the video games are dropped at you — not necessarily the library of games you're paying for. Sony's playstation Now cloud gaming service is a bit extra like Netflix, with a huge back catalog of 750+ PS2, PS3 and PS4 video games which you can stream for $20 a month or $one hundred a 12 months, however Sony doesn't put its company-new heavy hitters there.
    Who else is a "front-runner" in cloud gaming?
    Microsoft. Heard of xCloud?
    sure. How is xCloud distinct from Stadia?
    xCloud is Microsoft's personal online game streaming carrier. It's going head-to-head with Google Stadia and a lot of others. lots like Stadia, it's also a video game console in the cloud, and Microsoft is literally sticking Xbox One S consoles in datacenters to movement video games to your contraptions, as opposed to rolling out beefy online game servers like Google. Microsoft hasn't offered up a whole lot assistance on how you may get xCloud, but it surely's planning to will let you circulate video games to phones this October in the first public trials.
    Wait, i assumed I heard that xCloud would circulate games from my Xbox One. Or probably that next-gen project Scarlett console. explain?
    Microsoft is at the moment using older Xbox One S consoles as the constructing blocks of its cloud gaming service, however Microsoft possibly doesn't need that lessen-performance hardware to define how respectable xCloud video games can seem and suppose.
    in the brief time period, the company's doubling down on whatever thing it's already doing, and some thing Sony psdoes as neatly: mean you can move games from your personal console to different devices on your home. Microsoft's calling that function "Console Streaming," however the language the enterprise used at E3 made it easy to confuse with the higher xCloud service.
    within the long run, Scarlett will form part of the way forward for Microsoft's xCloud provider, possibly changing those historical Xbox One S boards with newer Scarlett boards to help the very latest video games that should be available on Microsoft's subsequent-technology Xbox console. one of the crucial benefits to subscribing to a cloud streaming provider: you don't ought to pay for a brand new field each few years to get up-to-date hardware.
    So what games will I be able to play on Stadia and xCloud?
    Google has printed that at the least 30 games may be playable on Stadia when it launches in November, and these include titles like fate 2, Baldur's Gate 3, The Division 2, Wolfenstein: Youngblood and Metro Exodus. That's now not many to start off with, however as Stadia's recognition grows so may still the listing of games.
    Microsoft hasn't revealed accurate launch video games or pricing for xCloud, however the company has always spoke of that xCloud will guide any present Xbox One online game, so it's protected to count on any game that runs on an Xbox One S presently will be attainable on xCloud one way or the other.
    How much will Stadia and xCloud charge and when can i get them?
    Google's Stadia service is launching in November, and you'll need to pay $130 to be some of the first to entry the provider. Google is launching its $130 Stadia Founder's edition which includes its customized Stadia controller, a Chromecast ultra, and three months of top rate provider. The controller will even be offered one at a time for $69, however that you could additionally use an Xbox or PS4 controller on a telephone or computing device.
    as soon as the three months of Founder's version service is over, Stadia will be priced at $10 a month for the Stadia pro service, with a view to encompass access to a couple games (we don't know how many simply yet) and 4K / 60fps streaming. Google is additionally planning to launch a Stadia Base service that's free however confined to 1080p streaming and stereo sound next 12 months.
    Microsoft has now not yet announced pricing or subscriptions for xCloud, but you should be capable of flip your personal Xbox One right into a free streaming server to your own video games later this yr. Microsoft is planning public trials of xCloud in October.
    What if I already pay for a Microsoft video game subscription like Xbox game circulate?
    Microsoft's Xbox game circulate is anticipated to be a part of the massive push for its xCloud video game streaming carrier. online game flow comprises greater than one hundred games for a $9.99 monthly subscription, however they're no longer streamed to Xbox consoles at this time — you ought to down load them. Microsoft simply launched Xbox video game circulate gold standard, and it contains Xbox game move for Xbox and now workstation, alongside Xbox reside Gold access for $14.ninety nine per 30 days.
    Microsoft has been focusing heavily on Xbox online game move, and it'll absolutely play a huge role in xCloud game streaming. We're simply now not certain how lots it is going to all charge and when it could be attainable.
    What if I've already bought some of these games on INSERT PLATFORM here?
    It's no longer clear even if Microsoft will let you circulate video games you already personal with out repurchasing them — unless you're streaming them from your personal Xbox, or possibly in the event that they're part of your game flow subscription (see above).
    You'll really should purchase a new copy with Google's Stadia, the enterprise has told us.
    but there's an opportunity you'll be able to take your latest growth with you to the cloud. Google is making it occur with destiny 2, and says it's in talks with extra publishers as smartly. Nvidia's GeForce Now beta means that you can pull to your saved games from Steam's cloud, as a different illustration.
    is that this going to be like tv subscription functions the place I deserve to subscribe to xCloud, Stadia, PS Now, and so forth, to get the entire games?
    regrettably, yes. content homeowners and publishers will decide on and decide the place to region their video games, and there's sure to be games a good way to handiest be obtainable on select platforms. that you could't play a lot of Sony's video games until you own a psfour, and Microsoft's first-birthday party games are sometimes restrained to Xbox and laptop. The equal struggle will play out in the game streaming era, and you can find you'll deserve to subscribe to distinctive capabilities to play every video game viable.
    We've already began to look this with Ubisoft venturing into video game subscription features, and each EA's origin access for notebook and EA access for console. Time will tell which service manages to be essentially the most time-honored and get the enormous majority of titles, but even recognition isn't any assure: much like how Netflix doesn't have each tv demonstrate or film, nor will Stadia or xCloud.
    Isn't Apple doing online game streaming?
    Apple is making an attempt its personal video game subscription provider for Macs and iPhones, however these games gained't be streamed to instruments just yet. Apple's provider is awfully comparable to Microsoft's existing Xbox online game pass subscription, and it will have exclusives that are handiest attainable on Apple's contraptions.
    good enough, so why would I pay for a console in a datacenter instead of simply possessing one below my television?
    There are a lot of explanations to nonetheless personal a console, and additionally lots of theoretical benefits to a online game streaming provider. Most of this will depend on what video games you're looking to play and the place you play them. in case you still exceptionally play on a tv at home, a console is usually your optimum wager presently, but if you are looking to go on vacation and resume those same games on your telephone, services like Stadia and xCloud could be the answer. right here's a shortlist of advantages:

  • Play on any display — telephones, laptops, pills, TVs, you identify it. Even an ancient vulnerable computer or a mobile can run essentially the most up to date video games.
  • The energy of a dedicated gaming notebook, while not having to construct, buy, or lift one round.
  • No awaiting video games to down load or replace — or at the least ridiculously speedy download speeds.
  • are attempting a game as with no trouble as clicking an commercial, by launching a real, playable online game in an internet browser window — Stadia mainly is promising this
  • Fewer approaches for cheaters to prosper, due to the fact they commonly can't mod the video game.
  • Shorter load times inside games, depending on the cloud gaming business's servers. Some can have you playing inside seconds.
  • As quickly as a cloud gaming business enhancements its servers, you get extra energy too.
  • If any individual builds games chiefly for the cloud, they could be extra wonderful than anything else you could run on a single workstation or console at the moment.
  • What's the capture?

    There are truly some drawbacks to be privy to with cloud online game streaming. the two biggest ones are "how does this work for americans with out wonderful web infrastructure" and "who's going to pay for those beefy servers?"
    basically, somebody's gotta pay for the time you're taking part in a online game on that far flung server, and customarily that a person's going to be you. Cloud gaming organizations have experimented with full-rate game purchases, subscription prices, and sponsored timed demos — in fact an ad for a game that's the game — however no one's come across a particularly inexpensive solution somewhat yet.
    You'll also need a superior web connection for cloud gaming, and we're now not simply talking download speeds. The huge difficulty is latency, or how lengthy it takes for the far flung server to reply to your commands. if you're enjoying single player video games then you definately could not observe this as lots, but multiplayer games usually tend to fall sufferer to any lag between you and the datacenter streaming your video game. this will truly rely on issues like the route your internet site visitors takes to reach the servers, and the way a ways these servers are physically found out of your condo.
    When latency is dangerous, cloud video games believe essentially unplayable — and it's particularly frustrating if it happens in the center of, say, a boss battle. Even in these days's most efficient-case situations, cloud video games aren't always responsive enough for twitchy video games or aggressive combatants.
    Plus, there are these further concerns:

  • similar to if you happen to all started observing Netflix in its place of buying DVDs, you received't own the video games anymore — and there's nothing that necessarily maintains them from going away.
  • even though you're streaming at 4K resolution, you're not getting 4K worth of pristine pixels — when streaming suppliers compress those photographs, it provides noisy artifacts, that could do things like smear the sky or tremendously limit how some distance that you could certainly see far-off objects in a video game.
  • Cloud gaming could use lots of information — might be more than streaming your normal Netflix demonstrate, considering that you're streaming at 60 frames per second instead of the 24 or 30 commonplace to film.

  • both Microsoft and Google haven't revealed any magic so that it will fight a lot of these issues, but Google says its Stadia controller will connect directly to servers (by means of your Wi-Fi) to help reduce latency.
    Will these work on my crappy cyber web connection?
    Google says not less than 30Mbps is required to play video games in 4K at 60fps on Stadia, and games operating at 1080p will need a 20Mbps connection — however once more, it's additionally about how lengthy it takes for a round travel between the servers and where you're playing. That's why Google and Microsoft are already regarded entrance-runners in this space — they have got the information superhighway infrastructure in region to make that trip shorter than many rivals.
    but that's also why satellite tv for pc information superhighway connections are probably out, and cellular connections aren't really useful, however you're seeing speeds a long way stronger than DSL. (5G cellular networks might also exchange issues, though.) And with shared networks like public Wi-Fi, you'll be on the mercy of every person else on the network — if a person begins down load or uploading big info or streaming video, your online game stream may turn into unplayable.
    Will this totally damage my cyber web facts cap, which is imposed on me by using evil Comcast?
    doubtless.
    35Mbps = 15.75 GB/hour, which means you may burn via a 1TB month-to-month records cap in below 65 hours of 4K game streaming on my own. That may also sound like loads of game time, however play one final myth and also you might now not have statistics left for anything else.
    Do all of those services work on all of my contraptions?
    Google's Stadia provider will simplest work on TVs by the use of the Google Chromecast extremely at launch, and it will be restrained to Google's Pixel three and 3a contraptions on the Android facet. more contraptions will be supported sooner or later, however's unclear if the iPhone will support Stadia any time quickly. You'll even be capable of use a Chrome browser on a Mac, windows computer, or Chromebook to access Stadia.
    Microsoft's xCloud service will enter trials in October later this yr, and the business says it plans to allow americans to look at various it on phones and not on TVs or by means of Xbox consoles. Microsoft hasn't released any advice on what Android gadgets will aid xCloud, or no matter if the company could have an iOS app capable for its trials.
    Why is there a brand new console technology if each Sony and Microsoft have streaming capabilities?
    These online game streaming services are nevertheless very early in their development, and never wholly fleshed out. each Sony and Microsoft be aware of that hundreds of thousands of americans will purchase subsequent-technology consoles for the raw performance and high fidelity photos advancements that these consoles at all times offer each and every era. It's nevertheless a vivid and fit market, and avid gamers will likely need a choice of console, pc, or game streaming for many years to return yet.
    Plus, physical online game discs nonetheless aren't dead — each Sony and Microsoft have hinted that their subsequent consoles will still include optical drives. now not everyone has a very good information superhighway connection, so it's nonetheless too early to abandon the actual game market wholly.
    Didn't we are attempting this all earlier than?
    video game streaming has existed for a decade, and Sony wound up buying early gamers OnLive and Gaikai to aid vigour its playstation Now service. nevertheless it by no means in fact went away: Nvidia has been checking out editions of its GeForce Now streaming carrier for years, and there are a whole lot of smaller rivals like Shadow, Vortex, Parsec, and a lot of extra. None of these have taken over average game consoles just yet, however with bigger gamers like Microsoft, Google, and even potentially Amazon getting concerned, things can be very different sooner or later.
    The whispers of Google, Microsoft, and Amazon getting back into cloud gaming are what spurred large activity in the conception once again. They're the three businesses with the infrastructure and capabilities to carry cloud and web services to millions around the globe, and the idea's starting to think inevitable now that two of the three have officially bought in.

    Fox - Spin the Wheel in Primetime

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    Spin the Wheel is an upcoming game show set to air on Fox during the 2018–19 television season. Actor/comedian Dax Shepard will host the show, which will feature a 40-foot wheel that holds different sums of money on its wedges.

    Contestants will spin the wheel and then answer various pop culture trivia questions. A correct answer will allow them to add money to specific wedges of the wheel of their choosing, while a wrong answer will add a wedge that could reduce their total prize money if landed on. At certain periods in the game, contestants will be given the choice to walk away with their current prize money or continue spinning the wheel. Over $20,000,000 is available to win per episode.

    The series is executive produced by former lead singer of NSYNC, Justin Timberlake; and the show will premiere on June 20, 2019 at 9/8 central.

    Love and Hip Hop Atlanta - Beats Competition


    Love & Hip Hop Atlanta won big at the MTV Movie & TV Awards for being ’Reality Royalty!’ Spice, Karlie Redd, Bambi, and Scrappy took to the stage after being announced as winners and were completely shocked. They were up against The Bachelor, Jersey Shore, Vanderpump Rules and The Challenge.

    Not everyone was super excited to see Love & Hip Hop Atlanta take the stage to accept the golden popcorn.



    The Brother K Melee - Lonesome Bridge #Flyah Submission


    Originally titled Brother K, the Brooklyn-based band was founded in 2011 by guitarist/songwriter/English PhD candidate Lucas Kwong. Dissatisfied with the volume of his solo folk efforts (not loud enough), Kwong decided to meld the garage rock revivalism of his adolescence with his childhood devotion to Fifties rock 'n' roll.

    The project began life as a blues/rockabilly two-piece with David Cornejo on drums, before evolving to embrace punk, psychedelia, and 2 other band members. On the 2016 compilation SEEK ASSEMBLY, the group began channeling its influences - Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Nirvana, The Stooges, The White Stripes, Hamburg-era The Beatles, garage-gospel acts like The Caravans - into a sound reflective of its new name: tight as a brotherly embrace, savage as an unquiet riot. On the upcoming Summer 2019 EP, Get Inside, the quartet polishes its sound further as they deliver unmedicated anthems for dead saints, megalomaniacs, and that one dream you can't seem to shake. Hooks, howls, heartache: vive la MELEE.

    Jessica Kelly - Here I Am #Flyah Submission


    Born in Brampton, Ontario, grew up in Mount Moriah, NL and then moved to Saskatoon, SK in July 2011 where she attended Dundonald School and now Ernest Lindner. Jessica has always been an outgoing, energetic kid and is growing into a very talented young lady.  She is very interested in the arts, attending theatre at Persephone, she plays the flute in her school band, has been taking piano lessons since she was 7.

    Here I am is her single and the video version was released on Social Media on March 31st 2019.

    Cee Nario - Subway #Flyah Submission


    Stay Wavy is a short collection of connected themes of passion; including serenades to a potential lover, songs of self-reflection & nostalgia, plus party music meant to make you either kick your feet up and forget your problems, or dance the night away! With producer Instigate providing canvases containing a multitude of sounds and colors, the vibrance within the lyrics and vocals brought to you by singer-songwriter Cee Nario provides a conduit for passion and emotion to pass from audio straight into the heart and soul of the listener

    Cee Nario has also worked with artists and producers from around the globe, including SoulChef, Jo Well, Eric Vintage, Christine Thuy Huong, DviousMindz, Robert de Boron, Hawdwerk, and D'zyl 5k1. Cee Nario has appeared on US Spanish-language television networks Telemundo and Mundo Fox as a part of the Jalapeno Brothers, and has shared the stage with notable hip-hop acts like Rapsody, Blu & Exile , The Pharcyde, and Dom Kennedy.