Sony has made a $250 million investment into Epic Games

Surgeon Simulator 2 is coming this summer to the Epic Games Store with a closed beta also available.Surgeon Simulator 2 will be released for PC on August 27 as an Epic Games Store exclusive. Players who pre-order the game will also be entitled to enter the closed beta which will run between August 7-9.The sequel to the cult-classic is based on the premise of acting as surgeon, with an excessively hard-to-master control system.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Australian federal government will offer some $280 million ($400 million AUD) to attract large inbound foreign film productions. The measure was announced Friday local time by Prime Minister Scott Morrison.The new Location Incentive plan will provide cash grants over the next seven years.

A furloughed artist has spent her spare time in lockdown creating stunning portraits of celebrities made out of thousands of blocks of LEGO.Charlotte Tyrer, 25, spent several hours a day painstakingly crafting more than a dozen masterpieces with the iconic toy bricks in her bedroom.The fine art graduate has gone viral with her amazing creations of pop stars, TV and sports personalities as well as The Mona Lisa and The Queen.Each piece takes around a week to finish using on average 2,500 Lego bricks, which Charlotte salvaged from her loft during a lockdown clear-out.She had wanted to find a way to get creative since being furloughed from her job as as events sales executive at a hotel on March 23.Charlotte's artwork include striking

Matt Damon and wife Luciana Barroso purchased a 6,000-square-foot penthouse in the Standish, a Beaux Arts building in New York's Brooklyn Heights neighborhood, for $16.5 million. It was, at the time, Brooklyn's most expensive apartment.Now, he and his family are finally moving in.

Queen Elizabeth II, who is reportedly an avid gin fan.Per a press release from the charity, which organizes the opening of the main royal palaces and their accompanying stores to the public, the libation is aptly titled Buckingham Palace Gin.

Ellie Goulding will perform on Save our Summer tonight as the musical guest in The Garden Sessions.

coronavirus pandemic.It follows the UK government announcing an unprecedented £1.57 billion in grants to support the arts sector.The country’s Economy Secretary Fiona Hyslop announced the news during the First Minister’s daily briefing yesterday (July 11), revealing that the Music Venue Trust had worked with the government to secure the funding, and that it will be used to “quickly provide” stability to small venues as they remain closed over the coming months,” as the Sunday Post reports.It comes along with a wider £38 million grant to the “most promising” early-stage businesses in the country.Hyslop said: “We need to find ways to support our most innovative sectors because their access to finance has been severely restricted.

Tom Halleen has opened a new chapter in his career at Biola University. The AMC Networks executive vp has exited his post to become founding dean of the new School of Cinema and Media Arts at Biola University.

PlayStation has given fans an insight into how the box art for PS5 games will look.Using the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales as an example, the style is fairly reminiscent to how the designs were for the PS4. For the PS5, the box art design will now sport a white header, opposed to the blue style the PS4 generation possessed.

supports HTML5 videoAs well as regularly topping the charts with her hit songs, Halsey has never been one to shy away from activism and using her platform to help others – something she’s championing with her Black Creators Fund Initiative.The singer, whose real name is Ashley Frangipane, has teamed up with Magnum to front their #TrueToPleasure campaign, and she revealed why she wants to be the voice for others to be true to themselves.She explained during a Q&A for the launch: ‘I think it starts on a local level, supporting your friends and family, and wanting to see people pursue their dreams. ‘For me, that can be through working with new creatives just starting out, giving them the aid I wished I’d had when I was first starting, or the

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When it comes to celebrities, it’s becoming increasingly popular for them not to share photos of their children on social media at all.

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Kelly Clarkson is singing a farewell tune for her Encino home, listing the sprawling pad for just under $10 million.The main house is an eight-bedroom, 11-bathroom home that spans 9,869 square feet, which also includes a two-level guest house with two bedrooms and two bathrooms as well, according to TMZ.The 38-year-old singer is also trying to her home in Hendersonville, Tennessee, just outside of Nashville, for $7.5 million as well.

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Greater Manchester has a long history of producing some fine actors - Sir Ian McKellen, Claire Foy and Ben Kingsley are among a host of stars who hail from the region.

Art director Matteo De Cosmo has died at 52-years-old from coronavirus complications.The New Yorker passed away back on Tuesday, April 21st, according to The New York Post.The production professional worked on projects like The Punisher and Luke Cage, among other things. Tragic: Art director Matteo De Cosmo has died of coronavirus at 52-years-oldMost recently Matteo had worked onHarlem's Kitchenstarring Delroy Lindo,which shut down production along with most of the TV world back in March.Creator/showruner Zahir McGhee said that De Cosmo's positive energy was special to have on set, saying:'Making television is challenging.

Matteo De Cosmo, an art director who worked on such projects as Luke Cage and The Punisher,died April 21 of complications from the novel coronavirus. He was 52.

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SIMON Cowell has been given the green light to turn his historic £15.25 million London mansion into his dream modern home. The music mogul, 60, wants to add expensive mod cons including a 15-metre outdoor pool with its own pool house and bar to his listed seven-bedroom property in south-west London.