Sony successfully patents ‘Death Stranding’-style environment changes

Poland’s President Andrzej Duda Monday vetoed a media bill that would have silenced a Discovery-owned news channel there, noting concerns about straining U.S. relations and about damaging Poland international image as a place to do business.

Director and producer Jean-Marc Vallée, who won an Emmy for directing the hit HBO series “Big Little Lies” and whose 2013 drama “Dallas Buyers Club” earned multiple Oscar nominations, has died. He was 58.

Pedro Almodóvar’s  opened to an estimated $41,076 this weekend on three screens for a PSA of $13,692 over three days. Distributor Sony Pictures Classics co-president Michael Barker calls that cume conservative, anticipating $42-$43K for the Penelope Cruz-starrer that he said has been attracting a diverse new audience to Almodóvar, including younger moviegoers.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, an anti-apartheid and human rights activist in South Africa, has sadly passed away at 90.

statement from the Desmond & Leah Legacy Foundation confirmed the news. “Tutu was a living embodiment of faith in action, speaking boldly against racism, injustice, corruption, and oppression, not just in apartheid South Africa but wherever in the world he saw wrongdoing, especially when it impacted the most vulnerable and voiceless in society,” the statement read.

Wanda Young has passed away.

Grace Mirabella has sadly passed away.

Sayaca Kanda, best known to anime fans for her voice roles “Idoly Pride”, “Star Blazers 2202” and “Convenience Store Boyfriends”, has died at 35.

Season 5 of Netflix’s “The Crown” will dive deep into the love affair between the late couple. The Princess of Wales and the Egyptian film producer both died during a car crash in Paris on Aug.

Carlos Marín, one-fourth of the vocal group Il Divo, has sadly passed away. He was just 53.

Drakeo The Ruler has tragically died at the age of 28 after being stabbed during an altercation near the Banc of California Stadium in Los Angeles on December 18. The rapper, whose real name is Darrell Caldwell, had reportedly performed at the “Once Upon a Time in L.A.” concert, where Snoop Dogg and 50 Cent were also scheduled to appear.

to the BBC, Mendoza, 42, was shot by a guman who rode up on the back of a motorbike driven by a second assailant. The gunman got off and opened fire with several other parents in the area.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorYou can learn a lot about a company by watching what assets it buys and what assets it sells. Sony Pictures Entertainment has been busy over the past four and a half years with a steady stream of deal activity.Most of the transactions haven’t made big headlines because they haven’t involved big dollars compared with megabucks media mergers and acquisitions of late.

This story about “Mass” first appeared in the Race Begins issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine. Writer-director Fran Kranz’s “Mass” is a low-budget indie drama that was shot mostly in a single room over the course of two weeks, but its main cast — Reed Birney, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton — are as fine a definition of ensemble acting as you’ll find on screen this year.

EXCLUSIVE: Screen Media has acquired worldwide rights to Family Squares—the comedy formerly titled Shoot the Rooster—from Unbound Media.

Vicente Fernández has sadly passed away.

We’re likely going to see more collaboration between Sony Pictures and the Disney-owned Marvel Studios for future “Spider-Man” installments with teasing of a new trilogy from producer Amy Pascal and “Spider-Man 4” potentially already in development stages. There had been assumptions about the new deal struck between former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Sony’s Tom Rothman, during an in-depth interview with The Hollywood Reporter, actor Tom Holland revealed what the deal actually entails.

Michael Nesmith has sadly died.

Red Dead Online will soon add “four weeks of seasonal cheer”, with a range of events and weather changes set to make the Western sandbox more festive.Starting from next week, Red Dead Online players will notice a lot more wintery content around the game. In a blog posted yesterday (December 7), Rockstar has shed light on what fans can expect from Red Dead Online‘s festive celebrations.As with past winter events, the cold season will bring heavy snow and plummeting temperatures.