Luke Bryan‘s Nashville bar has been cleared of any wrongdoings in the Riley Strain case — and he’s not the only celebrity with a bar off the hook.
20.06.2024 - 15:11 / variety.com
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Microsoft Gaming is taking a victory lap after an impressive Xbox Games Showcase presentation at the David Geffen Theater in Los Angeles on June 9, which was anchored by the reveal of “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6,” followed by major announcements across all of Xbox’s studios, including Bethesda, Activision and Blizzard, as well as collaborations with third-party developers. Xbox president of gaming content and studios Matt Booty sat down with Jennifer Maas, Variety senior business writer of TV and video games, to discuss highlights from this year’s presentation, the inner workings of Xbox post-Activision Blizzard, and more for Variety’s “Strictly Business” podcast.
“We are beginning to hit the rhythm that we’ve always aspired for, and that really is our commitment to our players, of being able to deliver a much more steady cadence of games on a more predictable rhythm,” Booty said. “We started really in earnest with acquiring and building out our studios portfolio in 2018, and then we had the wonderful ZeniMax/Bethesda acquisition in 2021… and then [in the fall of 2023], bringing on board Activision, Blizzard and King.
But it has taken a while to sort of get all of that up to speed. And in the midst of that, all of us went through COVID, which certainly had some ups and downs in the industry, across not just games but all of entertainment.” Listen to the full podcast here: Xbox’s showcase marked the first time all of Microsoft’s recent gaming acquisitions were featured on the same stage — a factor Booty thinks greatly boosted fan excitement and analyst endorsement surrounding the “critical mass” of announcements.
Luke Bryan‘s Nashville bar has been cleared of any wrongdoings in the Riley Strain case — and he’s not the only celebrity with a bar off the hook.
Jeremy Allen White is getting back to his regular, daily schedule.
Jeremy Allen White is gushing over Ayo Edebiri!
Hallmark Channel is teaming up with the NFL and the Kansas City Chiefs for a brand-new Christmas movie starring Hunter King and Tyler Hynes!
Emily Longeretta Travis Kelce may be appearing on stage at Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, but that’s not the only way the Kansas City Chiefs are leaning into romance. The NFL and the Missouri team will partner with Hallmark for “Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story,” a new movie set to air during the 15th annual Countdown to Christmas event this year.
Well this is different: Hallmark Channel is teaming with the Kansas City Chiefs to make Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story.
Nathy Peluso has announced a tour to support her new album ‘Grasa’ that will cover the UK, Europe and the US in 2025. See the full list of dates below.The Argentine-Spanish singer released her second album ‘Grasa’ on May 24 via Sony Music Latin and 5020 Records.
Sabrina Carpenter has announced her 2024 North American “The Short N’ Sweet Tour” which is set to kick off later this year.The ‘Nonsense’ singer is set to begin her arena tour at the Nationwide Arena in Colombus, Ohio on September 23. From there, she will make stops in major cities such as Toronto, New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Orlando, Austin, Dallas, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and more.Carpenter’s tour will wrap up at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on November 15.
UCP is teaming with Side Naegle, Jenna Bush Hager’s Thousand Voices and Ali Krug’s Dinner Party Productions to develop a series adaptation of Chris Whitaker’s new novel All the Colors of the Dark.
EXCLUSIVE: Angel Studios, the outfit behind global blockbuster Sound of Freedom, has unveiled the full trailer for its true-life WWII thriller Bonhoeffer – see it above. Spotlighting the courage and sacrifice of the titular German pastor and theologian-turned-spy, the film is written and directed by Sully scribe Todd Komarnicki. Angel Studios will release domestically on November 22.
Emiliano De Pablos Germany’s Pixable Studios has boarded coming of age “Finisterra,” one of the TV series projects which Portuguese outfit Take It Easy is promoting at this year’s Conecta Fiction & Entertainment edition. Lisbon-based Take It Easy produced Oscar-shortlisted LGBTQ+ live action short “An Avocado Pit,” executive produced by Elliot Page. “Finisterra” has just entered into post-production and will be ready for delivery by January.
Taylor Swift is supporting boyfriend Travis Kelce from afar!
Alison Herman TV Critic The first season of “House of the Dragon,” HBO’s prequel to “Game of Thrones” and the first spinoff in network history, was widely considered a success. But it was also, in essence, 10 hours of set-up, speeding through decades of context to take audiences to the brink of the Westerosi civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.
More of Kanye West‘s alleged text messages to his former assistant are coming out — and they are SO NSFW! Earlier this month the rapper’s ex-employee
Anna Marie de la Fuente Eurozoom, a leading French distributor for Japanese animation, has forged a strategic partnership with major French animation producer Special Touch Studios, led by founder and CEO Sebastien Onomo. “We both share the same passion for animation and want to tell bold stories with a particular attention to professional diversity,” said Eurozoom’s CEO-Founder Amel Lacombe, who added that they were jointly working on a six-animation feature lineup. Leading the pack is “Melvile,” directed by Romain Renard and Fursy Teyssier.
Christopher Vourlias The team behind the Ukrainian hit animated feature “Mavka. The Forest Song” is partnering with “Luxembourg, Luxembourg” filmmaker Antonio Lukich to launch Ukraine’s first satirical animated feature, the filmmakers announced during the Annecy Animation Festival. Produced by Animagrad Studio and Telescope Animation, “Family Squad” is billed as a life-affirming dramedy pitched at young adults.
Microsoft is making gamers very happy!
Call Of Duty: Black Ops 6 has been revealed – you can watch it below.Today (June 9), Activision kicked off the Xbox Games Showcase 2024 with the campaign gameplay trailer for Black Ops 6. In the action-packed trailer, we get a healthy mix of gameplay and in-game cutscenes, as we gain more information about the game.Black Ops 6 will be set after the Cold War, instead taking place during the Gulf War.
Doom game is in our hands.During the Xbox Games Showcase 2024 (June 9), id Software unveiled a brand new Doom title in the form of Doom: The Dark Ages.As revealed via the game’s trailer, and the official Doom website, Doom: The Dark Ages will serve as a prequel to Doom‘s 2016 reboot and Doom Eternal. It will follow Doom Slayer’s origins in the Dark Ages as he becomes the demon-slaying hero we’ve all come to know and love.In the first age, in the first battle, when the shadows first lengthened, one stood…Announcing DOOM: The Dark AgesLaunching 2025.
Jennifer Maas TV Business Writer Xbox Games Showcase kicked offSunday with the reveal “Call of Duty: Black Ops 6″ will launch Oct. 25, and be available Day 1 via the service’s paid Xbox Game Pass subscription.