Ex-Activision veterans form Audacity Games to develop Atari 2600 titles

With the 93rd Oscars forced to adapt and change with the coronavirus pandemic still a major factor, the production team for the April 25 ceremony announced Wednesday reflects those conditions.

Colour Entertainment out of frustration more than 20 years ago. (As for why they opted for the British spelling of Colour, Evans admits, “We just got a little fancy.”)Even with the recent hiring boom, the mass layoffs implemented in recent months across WarnerMedia, ViacomCBS, Disney, NBCUniversal and others have led to an exodus of senior executives from all backgrounds.

Red Candle Games, the developers behind Devotion and Detention, has revealed a clip of a third project on Twitter.The tweet is captioned “work in progress” and shows a markedly different style from the rest of the company’s games.

Ferne McCann has just shared a photo showing herself doing something we’ve all done a lot of this last year – enjoying a takeaway from her favourite restaurant. But, probably unlike most of us, the TOWIE star has seriously glammed up for the occasion, donning a little black dress, pearls and a chignon to copy Audrey Hepburn’s iconic character in Breakfast at Tiffany’s – which Ferne reveals is one of her favourite films.

Activision Blizzard has reportedly laid off around 190 of its employees as the company shifts its focus a year into the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.Bloomberg shared the news on Wednesday morning (March 17).

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorActivision Blizzard is pink-slipping about 50 staffers in its esports group, which runs the Overwatch League, Call of Duty League and other tournaments. The company cited the shift away from live in-person events for the layoffs during COVID-19.As of Dec.

Overwolf, a platform that allows creators to build, distribute and monetize in-game apps, has raised $52.5 million led by Griffin Gaming Partners and Insight Partners. The company, which is also announcing the launch of a new platform for user-generated content, additionally received financing from Ubisoft, Warner Music Group, former Quibi CEO Meg Whitman and Gen.G co-founder Kevin Chou.

Kingsley Ben-Adir has joined Marvel.

Fresh off his breakout role in “One Night in Miami…” (but he also was great in “The OA”), Kingsley Ben-Adir is doing what all rising actors do nowadays—joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“One Night in Miami” star Kingsley Ben-Adir has been cast alongside Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn in the Disney Plus Marvel series “Secret Invasion,” Variety has learned.Exact character details for Ben-Adir’s character are being kept under wraps, but according to sources he will be playing a main villain.

EXCLUSIVE: One Night In Miami star Kingsley Ben-Adir will play a lead opposite Samuel L. Jackson and Ben Mendelsohn in Secret Invasion, the upcoming Marvel series for Disney+, Deadline has learned.

Jon Burlingame Nearly all of Oscar’s 2020 original-song nominees are newcomers, while only two of this morning’s original-score nominees are new to the competition.Veteran songwriter Diane Warren earned her 12th nomination for “Io Sì (Seen)” from “The Life Ahead,” shared with singer and co-lyricist Laura Pausini. She must be seen as the front-runner, as she has never won in over three decades of nominations; and she won the Golden Globe on Feb.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeBack when NBC boasted a “Must-See TV” swagger, two of that era’s most rambunctious architects were marketing co-head Vince Manze and program planning and scheduling chief Preston Beckman.The duo, whose offices were next to each other, played a winning hand by strategically deploying and marketing the network’s wares, like “ER” and “Friends,” in all the right ways. And for a time, they were unstoppable.That was more than two decades ago.

Keeping with tradition? Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s son Archie’s lack of title is both normal and unrelated to his security restrictions, royal expert Craig Prescott exclusively told Us Weekly.

Since he was born, royal followers have wondered why Archie is not a prince and doesn’t have a royal title. That question was somewhat answered on Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s interview with Oprah Winfrey on Sunday, March 7.

EXCLUSIVE: The late Audrey Wells was a prolific screenwriter and director whose work focused on strong female characters, from 2003’s Under the Tuscan Sun and 1999’s Guinevere through to 2018’s The Hate U Give. That trend continued with Over the Moon, Netflix’s animated musical about based on a Chinese myth about a determined 14-year-old girl named Fei Fei who, coping with the loss of her mother, builds a rocket ship and blasts off, hoping to meet a mythical moon goddess.

direct to your inboxThe late Coronation Street legend Johnny Briggs was 'captivated' by Hollywood screen goddess Audrey Hepburn when the pair starred alongside each other on the West End stage. Johnny, who played the devilish Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street, won a scholarship for London’s prestigious Italia Conti stage school at the age of 12.

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterTwo veteran entertainment publicity and strategy veterans, Lori Burns and Emmy Chang, have joined public relations and consulting firm The Lede Company.Burns joins from her post as senior vice president of publicity at STX Films. Chang joins from Warner Bros.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorWhile “Nomadland’s” Joshua James Richards and “Mank’s” Erik Messerschmidt lead the field for the cinematography Oscar race, this is a deep competition, and although there are some women contending, they are once again a minority.As for the forefront of the race, Richards won the Golden Frog from the prestigious Camerimage festival, the National Board of Review gong and has scored a slew of critics awards and nominations, but don’t discount Dariusz Wolski.Wolski, who