Sumner Redstone, media mogul who headed Viacom, dead at 97

Insomniac Games has delved into some of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart’s graphical modes and one of them will allow the game to be played in 60 frames per second (FPS).According to an interview with the developer at Japanese site Famitsu, the translation reveals Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart is aiming to usher in the next-generation as one of the PS5’s launch window titles with multiple graphic options.Depending on the player’s preference, the choice of either playing the game in 4K/30FPS will be

Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentRussian World War II drama “Saving Leningrad” has sold to several major territories, including the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France, Japan, South Korea and China.The film was sold to Capelight for Germany and the U.S., Signature Entertainment for the U.K., Kinovista in France, New Select in Japan, iQIYI in China, Super Vision Trading in Taiwan, W&W Investments Holding in Poland, Eagle Pictures in Italy, Studio Show Entertainment in Sweden, and

Also Read: 'The Match' With Tom Brady and Peyton Manning Scores Record Golf RatingsUnfortunately, the American’s instant momentum was short-lived, and what would have been a legendary moment in the game was likely lost to history as Rahm won the sudden-death playoff on the very first hole, posting a 3 to Johnson’s 4 on a re-play of the 18th hole.Johnson, who entered the final round tied for first place with Japan’s Hideki Matsuyama, shot a 67 on Sunday.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief108 Media, a Singapore-based content distribution and development company with offices in Toronto, Japan and Europe, has picked up international sales rights to docuseries “Fearless: Rise of the Johor Southern Tigers.” The series spotlights Johor Darul Ta’zim FC (JDT), a soccer team, whose victories have helped build a community, a society, a state and a nation.“Fearless” is co-directed by Leon Tan (producer of “War of the Worlds: Goliath”) and Tony Pietra

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterThe parent who introduced Lori Loughlin and her husband to disgraced admissions consultant Rick Singer has agreed to plead guilty to hiring Singer on his own to cheat on his daughter’s ACT exam.Mark Hauser, 59, is the founder of Hauser Private Equity.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorSports journos Michael Smith and Michael Holley are co-hosting Peacock’s first original sports talk show, a three-hour weekday show set to debut next month on NBCUniversal’s recently launched streaming service.“Brother From Another” with Smith, a former ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor, and Holley, host and columnist for NBC Sports Boston, will stream live from 3-6 p.m. ET weekdays on Peacock starting in September.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorNBCUniversal’s rookie streamer Peacock has drafted its first original sports-talk show. Brother From Another with Holley and Smith features co-hosts and EPs Michael Holley and Michael Smith discussing the latest news across sport, culture, entertainment, and politics every weekday afternoon.Holley and Smith met decades ago during their tenure at the Boston Globe, but Brother from Another is their first show together.

NEW YORK — Viacom and CBS Chairman Emeritus Sumner Redstone, the media mogul who took his father’s movie theatre chain and built it into an empire that included Paramount Pictures, CBS and MTV, has died at 97, ViacomCBS and National Amusements said on Wednesday.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorEXCLUSIVE: Media Guarantors, the Fred Milstein-led completion bond firm that has helped launch dozens of domestic and international productions, is being sold by parent Cast & Crew to Boston-based SpottedRisk, a four year old insurer that specializes in niche entertainment products.SpottedRisk CEO Janet Comenos says the lack of quality pandemic insurance is top of mind at the combined company, which now has an expanded toolkit to tackle it, although products will

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorSumner Redstone, a towering figure in media who built his father’s drive-in theater business into an empire that included Viacom, Paramount Pictures and CBS Corp., only to see his legacy tarnished in his final years by corporate battles and sordid allegations by former girlfriends, died Aug. 11 at his home in Los Angeles.

Erik Pedersen Managing EditorWelcome back, live sports.It’s been a historic day in Washington but also in Canada, where the first game of the NHL’s coronavirus-delayed Stanley Cup Playoffs is headed into a fifth overtime.

Maggie Lee Chief Asia Film CriticWant to impress your date by fighting off her molestor? Wish your stand-up comedy act would bring the house down? Or looking to pack your grumpy grandpa’s funeral with keening mourners? Call “Special Actors,” an agency that supplies performers to help you keep up with the Suzukis — or out-scam your scammers.The third feature by Shinichiro Ueda, director of Japanese cult zombie comedy “One Cut of the Dead,” is a daffy ensemble trickster comedy with a few “gotcha”

Diplo has teamed up with Joji of Asian rap collective 88rising for new track, ‘Daylight’ – listen to it below.Set to appear on Joji’s upcoming new album ‘Nectar’, the new record is a mid-tempo summer anthem that sets the half-Japanese, half-Australian former YouTube star’s vocals against Diplo’s hazy production.“It might be nice for people to hear a song about daylight, especially when we don’t get as much of it as we used to,” Joji said of the track.In the accompanying video – directed by

ARMY, get excited! BTS is coming back on the big screen in a big way. The septet just announced Break The Silence: The Movie - Persona which will hit theatres in about 70 countries with limited screenings on September 10.

Former WWE sensation Marty Jannetty is answering to growing speculation that he confessed to a murder when he was just 13 after a Facebook post on Wednesday in which Jannetty suggested he “made a man disappear.” “I almost got raped. If I couldn’t have handled myself, that dude would’ve raped me,” Jannetty, 60, alleged in an interview on the Boston Wrestling MWF YouTube channel.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorAMC Networks said it plans to restart production on the second half of Season Six of Fear The Walking Dead in Texas in late August; on new series Kevin Can F*** Himself in Boston at the end of September; and on Seasons 11 of The Walking Dead in Georgia in October. “Our ability to resume in the safest possible way is something we are closely focused on,” said CEO Josh Sapan on a conference call Tuesday.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefChina’s Huanxi Media has struck a deal with All3media International to license 110 hours of factual content, that will play on its Huanxi.com SVoD platform.