Public Service Broadcasting to explore Berlin on new album

Tencent has acquired a majority stake in Spec Ops: The Line developer Yager Development. The deal was made public via an interview with Yager Development managing director Timo Ullmann (conducted by German outlet gameswirtschaft.de), where funds will be utilised to push forward with production on the Berlin-based studio’s latest title, The Cycle.The first-person shooter released into early access on Steam in August 2019 and will be looking to relaunch based on feedback gathered from the

BERLIN -- Zimbabwean writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga has been awarded a prestigious German prize for a body of work that has made her a prominent African literary voice.Dangarembga, 62, was announced on Monday as this year's winner of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade, which is endowed with 25,000 euros ($29,700) and has been awarded since 1950. Dangarembga will receive it in Frankfurt on Oct.

Spain’s San Sebastian Film Festival has become the latest event to make its acting awards gender neutral, following the likes of Berlin.

Lorde has announced a 2022 headline world tour set to kick in February next year – see the full list of dates below.The New Zealand singer-songwriter’s ‘Solar Power’ tour, which will support her upcoming new album of the same name, will take in dates in the UK, Europe, North America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, kicking off on February 26 at Electric Avenue Festival in New Zealand and ending in Berlin at the Verti Music Hall on June 23.The UK dates will kick off in Leeds on May 25,

Elsa Keslassy International CorrespondentBrussels-based company Best Friend Forever has closed major territories on Hadas Ben Aroya’s daring sophomore outing, “All Eyes Off Me,” which world premiered at Berlin in the panorama section. The drama, which is set in contemporary Tel Aviv, was sold to Film Movement for North America, and also lured buyers in France (Wayna Pitch), Japan (Klockworx), Spain (Filmin), Portugal (Nitrato) and South Korea (Lumix Media).

BERLIN -- Germany is opening a museum exploring the fate of millions of Germans forced to leave eastern and central Europe at the end of World War II, along with other forced displacements of the 20th and 21st centuries — a sensitive project that has taken years to realize.Chancellor Angela Merkel is due to speak to an opening ceremony Monday for the Documentation Center for Displacement, Expulsion, Reconciliation, more than 13 years after her government gave the plan the go-ahead.

BERLIN -- German police appealed Friday for information about the possible owners of two 17th-century paintings discovered in a highway rest stop dumpster.Police said a 64-year-old man found the oil paintings at the rest stop near Ohrenbach in central Germany last month.He later handed them in to police in the western city of Cologne.An initial assessment by an art expert concluded the two framed paintings were originals, police said.One is a self-portrait by Pietro Belloti showing the Italian

BERLIN -- American filmmaker Laura Poitras, known for her award-winning 2014 documentary on former U.S. intelligence contractor Edward Snowden and his revelations about the National Security Agency, has once again turned her camera on the watchmen.In an exhibition opening Friday in Berlin, Poitras examines the way the state monitors citizens' lives — both abroad and at home, in New York City.While her early work on the war in Iraq and the U.S.

EA Dice‘s Battlefield 2042 Game Designer Daniel Berlin talks about how extreme weather affects the game’s combat.Daniel Berlin joined the Xbox Games Showcase Extended to talk about how the weather effects added to 2042 will affect matches.Using the new map Hourglass as an example, Berlin discussed how the sandstorm is a massive map-wide wall of sand that sweeps from one side of the map to the other.

EA Dice‘s Battlefield 2042 Game Designer Daniel Berlin joined the Xbox Games Showcase Extended to talk about the upcoming game’s modes.The game will feature three main experiences, with all-out war being discussed during the event. This mode combines two game modes, Conquest and Breakthrough.Conquest is a classic mode of the Battlefield franchise and sees two teams fight over points in a completely open and unrestricted map.

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Matthew Modine, Embeth Davidtz and Arian Moayed have boarded the Studiocanal Liam Neeson thriller Retribution in key roles.

Using Leonard Bernstein’s own voice, collected from his myriad interviews throughout his life, as well as personal letters, many of which were published in the 2013 book “The Leonard Bernstein Letters,” Douglas Tirola’s “Bernstein’s Wall” works as both a broad overview of the famous conductor’s life, as well as a deep dive into his political activism.

Amy Robach looks far younger than her years, and it's now easy to see why!SEE: Inside GMA stars incredible homes - Amy Robach, Robin Roberts and moreThe Good Morning America star caused quite the stir on social media over the weekend after sharing a photo of herself and husband Andrew Shue posing with her dad while training for the upcoming Berlin Marathon.In the caption, Amy wrote: "Got my game face on and then smiles all around.

John Wick film.The fourth instalment of the Keanu Reeves-led film is due to start filming in the next couple of months in Berlin, followed by shoots in France, Japan and New York ahead of its slated May 2022 release.Speaking in a new interview, Fishburne, who plays the head of the Bowery, an underworld intelligent network disguised as a homeless shelter, told Collider: “I should be going to Berlin within another couple of months or so.”Unable to share any real details about the film, Fishburne

Synthetik 2, revealing that the shooter will be entering early access on August 19.The video shows Alpha gameplay footage of a Riotguard Class character infiltrating what appears to be a futuristic power plant using no items, perks, attachments or modules. Synthetik 2 will get a full release sometime in 2022.Developed by Berlin-based studio Flow Fire Games, Synthetik: Legion Rising was a top-down shooter with roguelike elements.

EXCLUSIVE: Freya Allan, a breakout in the Netflix series The Witcher, is set to star in Baghead for Studiocanal and The Picture Show. Production will begin in the fall in Berlin. Allan stars in the upcoming Studiocanal/Picture Show action thriller Gunpowder Milkshake for Netflix.

When Keanu Reeves’ John Wick returns in his fourth big-screen outing, so will the Bowery King.

Naomi Osaka is taking a mental health break and withdraw from the Berlin WTA 5000 tournament, weeks after she pulled out of the French Open for the same reason. “We have received notification Naomi Osaka cannot start in Berlin.

Naomi Osaka is keeping her mental health a priority and it’s been revealed that she will not be playing in the upcoming Berlin WTA 5000 Tournament.