‘Destiny 2’ streamer sued by Bungie for cheating and harassment

J. Kim Murphy Mike Tyson has again expressed his disdain for the new Hulu biopic series about his life. The former professional heavyweight boxer doesn’t approve of “Mike,” to say the least, stating that the streamer “stole” his life story.Tyson aired his grievances against Hulu and the series through his Instagram on Saturday, sharing two posts with strong words against the streamer.The first post commends Dana White, the standing president of premiere mixed martial arts organization Ultimate Fighting Championship.

Warner Bros. Discovery expects to launch its combined HBO Max/Discovery+ streaming service in the U.S. next summer.

Sir Keir Starmer has been found to have breached the MPs' code of conduct eight times. The Labour party leader failed to register on time eight interests, including gifts from football teams and the sale of a plot of land.

Bungie against the Destiny 2 player who was threatening the studio’s employees.Back in June, Bungie filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Twitch streamer Luca Leone, also known as MiffysWorld, for cheating, reselling Destiny 2 assets and threatening Bungie employees. Some of the repeated threats involved mentions of burning down the studio’s offices, telling employees to “keep your doors locked” via their Twitter alias Inkcel.Two months later, it’s now been revealed in a ruling issued in June by the Superior Court of Justice in Ontario, Canada that the threats were much worse than originally reported (via PC Gamer).

Magnolia Network is making some moves!

EXCLUSIVE: Ellen won’t be growing up on HBO Max.

shelving of DC’s “Batgirl” continues, as at least six different movies billed as Max Original films have been quietly removed from HBO Max in recent days.Some eagle-eyed Reddit viewers were first to notice the absence of the titles, all of which were exclusively released for streaming and skipped theaters. Those movies include including the Anne Hathaway films “The Witches” and “Locked Down,” the Melissa McCarthy comedy “Superintelligence,” the Seth Rogen comedy “An American Pickle,” the Dylan Sprouse sci-fi romance “Moonshot” and the Sundance drama “Charm City Kings.” Additionally, a remake of “House Party” from LeBron James’ Springhill Entertainment that was originally meant to debut on HBO Max on July 28 did not launch and was scrubbed from the release calendar.

EXCLUSIVE: North America is getting its latest free streaming service later this month. Mometu, which is marketing itself as a “hand curated” on-demand live streaming platform, will launch on August 19 and has secured free streaming rights to South Korean feature The Policeman’s Lineage.

she and Bruno Mars hijacked the whole thing from headliners Coldplay — the über-diva rocked a black bodysuit in a sartorial salute to Michael Jackson’s own SB XXVII performance in 1993.It was official: Beyoncé — the day after the surprise release of her hot-sauce-shaking single “Formation” — was the new Michael Jackson.And with Beyoncé releasing “Renaissance,” her much-anticipated new album, on Friday, July 29, it’s worth looking back on how she, just like Michael, became a pop icon after graduating from teen groups to solo superstardom. Also like Jackson: She was groomed for global takeover by her father. “You can tell now just how important Joe Jackson was to Michael and Janet in preparing them for their moment — and then when the moment arrives, them having to separate themselves from their father and move on to doing greater things,” said Andreao “Fanatic” Heard, who won a Grammy as a producer of Beyoncé’s debut solo album, 2003’s “Dangerously in Love.” “Mathew [Knowles] was the same way with Beyoncé.”Knowles always had his eyes on the prize for daughter Beyoncé to become the one-woman wonder that she is today. He managed the girl group Destiny’s Child — eventually made up of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams, though there were others — which released its debut single “No, No, No” in 1997.

You may think times are strange now, but is anything happening today stranger than the time in 2001 when Atomic Kitten were embroiled in a heared chart battle with Destiny's Child (as in, it was Liz McClarnon vs. Beyoncé, the actual Beyoncé)?

Joe Strummer and his post-The Clash band The Mescaleros has been announced.Set to be release by Dark Horse Records, ‘Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years’ will be released on September 16 and marks the first time a comprehensive anthology of the outfit’s work has been issued.The collection will feature remastered versions of the band’s three studio albums – ‘Rock Art And The X-Ray Style (1999), ‘Global A Go-Go’ (2001) and ‘Streetcore’ (2003), the latter released posthumously.As well as this, some of the first demos Strummer wrote for the group will appear in the box set’s 15 rare and unreleased tracks, remastered by Paul Hicks.Per Pitchfork, the collection also includes the song ‘Ocean Of Dreams’, which featured Sex Pistols guitarist Steve Jones.To mark the box set announcement, the label has put out the previously unreleased song ‘The Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll’. Listen below.Strummer’s widow, Lucinda Tait, served as executive producer for ‘Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years’.

Manori Ravindran International EditorMUBI has acquired the third and final instalment of Lars von Trier’s “The Kingdom” trilogy.The distributor, producer and streamer has snapped up the medical horror for North America, U.K. and Ireland, Latin America, Turkey and India.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSpotify turned in strong numbers for the second quarter, beating expectations for total and paid subscriber adds and reporting 23% revenue growth.Monthly active users grew 19% to 433 million, a net gain of 19 million in Q2 and 5 million above guidance — Spotify’s largest ever Q2 growth. The company attributed the gains to reactivations in Europe and “Gen Z strength in Latin America.”Spotify’s Premium Subscribers grew 14% to 188 million, topping its guidance by 6 million, “aided by promotional intake and household plans,” the company said in announcing results.Click here to sign up for Variety’s free Strictly Business newsletter covering earnings, financial news, and more.Total revenue was €2.9 billion, up 23%, and ad-supported revenue jumped 31% to €360 million, reaching an all-time high as a percentage of total revenue at 13%.

Keir Starmer is heading for a collision with Labour’s trade union backers after ruling out the re-nationalisation of public utilities.

Today’s big news on the Marvel front may foretell more about the MCU‘s future than any mid/post-credits scene has all year. Disney+ announced today that “Deadpool,” “Deadpool 2,” and “Logan” will arrive on the streaming service in the US tomorrow, July 22.

“Deadpool,” “Deadpool 2” and “Logan” will all make their debuts on Disney+ this Friday, opening the floodgates to R-rated content appearing on the family-friendly streamer. The films will be available in the U.S.

The recent pink-slipping of hundreds of employees cost Netflix a bundle, with more likely to come.

Mo’Nique is planning a new comedy special for Netflix.

Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentRupert Everett and Malcom McDowell have joined the cast of Amazon heist series “Everybody Loves Diamonds,” being produced as an original in Italy, where the streamer on Tuesday also revealed a slew of unscripted local shows now on its Italian slate.Amazon’s previously announced high-end show follows a group of thieves led by Sicilian mastermind Leonardo Notarbartolo — being played by Italy’s Kim Rossi Stewart — who in 2003 managed to circumvent the advanced security system of the Antwerp Diamond Center and steal precious stones worth more than $100 million. Everett and McDowell play secondary roles that will add international heft to the high-end skein produced by Fremantle-owned Wildside that will drop globally in 2023.