Setlist: Fortnite goes to battle with Apple

Ann-Marie Corvin While the pandemic has reduced film festivals’ capacity to showcase new work, an all-singing all-dancing Spanish-Italian number has been selected for two.“Explota Explota” (“My Heart Goes Boom!”), the assured debut feature of music promo and commercials director Nacho Álvarez, will receive an RTVE Gala Screening at the San Sebastian Festival next week and has also made the selection for the Toronto Festival’s market screenings.Set in dictator Francisco Franco’s Spain during the

Epic Games has announced that Fortnite users will no longer be able to log in with their Apple IDs from this Friday (September 11) onwards.The developer announced the change, which seems to be another consequence of its current legal battle with Apple, through a help page on its website.

AL.com, Coxe died on Tuesday, September 8 in Fairhope, Alabama.“He was an artist and a news reporter-producer for WKRG, TV, Mobile, AL in the 1970’s, as well as other out of state TV stations in the 70’s and 80’s,” the obituary reads. “He is famously best known worldwide for his seminal work in electronic music with his band, Silver Apples.”“He is survived by a brother, David S.

Nandi Bushell has been winning acclaim for her high-octane drumming skills in the videos she posts on YouTube, drumming along with hard-rock hits and proving she can keep up with the greats.

defy a recent order from Judge Yvette Gonzalez Rogers, who said Apple could continue to block “Fortnite” from the App Store but not the developer tools, Apple argues its move does comply with the order; Apple said it blocked one Epic developer account that didn’t contain access to Epic’s game development tool, the Unreal Engine.Epic Games did not immediately return TheWrap’s request for comment.“We are disappointed that we have had to terminate the Epic Games account on the App Store.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorApple has officially booted Epic Games’ titles off the App Store: On Friday, the tech giant suspended the games company’s developer account amid their ongoing legal brawl.The suspension of Epic’s developer account means that users can’t download “Fortnite” (or other Epic titles) from the Apple App Store. Apple’s action comes after a court issued a temporary restraining order Monday, Aug.

ongoing legal battle against Apple Aug. 24, and will block Apple from retaliating against Epic by removing its access to developer tools used to maintain the Unreal Engine, Epic’s game development software.In the same ruling, the judge did not grant Epic’s request to return “Fortnite” to the App Store.Epic filed a temporary restraining order against Apple to block it from cutting off its developer accounts by Aug.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorFortnite publisher Epic Games has suffered a setback in its legal fight against Apple, with a federal judge denying the company’s bid for an emergency order seeking to have the game restored on Apple’s App Store.Technically, it was a split decision by U.S. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers.

After filing legal action against Apple for removing Fortnite from the App Store, Epic Games has announced its latest in-game event is based around the dispute.Chapter 2 – Season 4 launches on August 27 and iOS players will be unable to update the game to the latest version. As a result, Fortnite is hosting an event on August 23 known as the #FreeFortnite Cup and will run for four hours.

Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt‘s divorce case, despite his personal history with each party.According to court documents obtained by Us Weekly earlier this month, Jolie, 45, alleged that the judge failed to disclose “ongoing business and professional relationships” between him and the team representing Pitt, 56, who noted that the judge had a “well-documented history” with the actors.

Carol Burnett is seeking temporary legal guardianship of her 13-year-old grandson, Dylan, as her daughter Erin Hamilton struggles with addiction.“Throughout her adult life, and since Dylan’s birth, Erin has suffered from severe substance abuse and addiction issues,” the legendary comedic actress, 87, said in court documents obtained by The Blast on Wednesday, August 19.

Britney Spears is getting a little help from the ACLU amid her battle with dad Jamie Spears about his conservatorship over her.

Apple has announced two new radio stations are to launch on its Music service, while its flagship Beats 1 station has been renamed Apple Music 1.

Naman Ramachandran Cesc Gay’s “The People Upstairs” (a.k.a.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorEpic Games’ fight with Apple over the App Store’s 30% fees has gotten uglier, with the “Fornite” maker alleging it needs a federal court’s intervention to prevent the tech giant from “crushing” it.Epic, whose most popular title is “Fortnite,” said on Monday that Apple threatened to revoke its develop accounts in less than two weeks unless it complies with App Store rules regarding in-app payments.“Apple removed ‘Fortnite’ from the App Store and has informed Epic

Joe Otterson TV ReporterApple is getting into the music competition series space.The streamer has ordered the series “My Kind of Country,” which will feature a global search for country music talent. Per Apple, the series will feature a documentary component as it hunts for “unconventional and extraordinary” country music stars.Adam Blackstone will serve as the musical director on the series.

It’s the eighth in our series of special editions of Setlist looking at some of our favourite music industry legal battles of all time. This time, CMU’s Andy Malt and Chris Cooke look back at the copyright battle over authorship of Procul Harum’s 1967 single, ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’, which was fought all the way up to the appellate committee of the UK’s House Of Lords.

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday removed popular video game “Fortnite” from their app stores for violating the in-app payment guidelines, prompting developer Epic Games to file federal antitrust lawsuits challenging their rules.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorCan “Fortnite” maker Epic Games single-handedly but up the longstanding 30% app “tax” levied by Apple and Google — fees Epic calls “exorbitant” and the result of “unlawful monopoly”? Not everyone believes the odds are in Epic’s favor.In a highly orchestrated campaign Thursday, Epic Games set the bait for the legal — and public relations — battle by announcing it was giving “Fortnite” users a 20% price break if they purchased in-app game currency directly,