Worldwide Digital Video Game Spending Hits All-Time High of $10B in March

Amanda N'Duka pmc-editorial-manager1091 has secured worldwide rights Inez & Doug & Kira, the directorial debut feature from Julia Kots. Starring Michael Chernus (Spiderman: Homecoming, Orange is the New Black), Tawny Cypress (Blacklist Redemption, Billions), and Talia Thiesfield (Succession, Kevin Can Wait), the film will be released across all digital platforms this fall.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: A3 Artists Agency has announced April Perroni as its new Head of Business Affairs.“As our new Head of Business Affairs, April will work with agents across all divisions to provide our clients with the best service possible,” said A3 President Brian Cho. “With vast experience advising on a wide array of client deals across the entertainment industry, April brings with her the experience necessary to continue the agency’s growth.”Prior to A3, Perroni served as Senior Vice President and Head of Talent & Literary Business Affairs at Paradigm.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterSister, the production co-founded by Elisabeth Murdoch, Stacey Snider and Jane Featherstone, has optioned Jennifer Weiner’s New York Times bestseller Mrs. Everything and will adapt the book for TV.Here’s the logline: growing up in 1950s Detroit, Jo and Bethie Kaufman are sisters who, as their lives unfold against the backdrop of Vietnam, the civil rights movement, and women’s liberation, find themselves struggling to honor their unique truths versus pleasing the world.Weiner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Do You Love and In Her Shoes; her books have sold more than 11 million copies and been printed in 36 countries.

Dade Hayes Finance EditorWhat started as another dip in the TV nostalgia pool has ended up making waves for NBC as most of its independently owned affiliates are pledging not to air Thursday night’s 30 Rock reunion.The prime-time reunion, created by and starring the team behind the original NBC comedy mainstay, is scheduled to air Thursday night at 8PM ET/PT. It will be in major U.S.

Whatsapp. There was a spike of people saying the popular messaging app was 'down' around 9pm tonight, according to downdetector.com.

No one championed the move to reopen Florida more than its governor Ron DeSantis. For weeks, DeSantis spoke about the Coronavirus pandemic and painted a picture that simply wasn’t accurate.

Meghan Markle has hit out at “those in the corridors of power” in her first speech since she and Prince Harry left the Royal Family. The Duchess of Sussex, 38, said in a pre-recorded video to the Girl Up 2020 Leadership Summit she had “something to share”.Speaking from her home in Los Angeles, Meghan added: “It’s that those in the halls and corridors and places of power, from lawmakers and world leaders to executives, all of those people, they depend on you more than you will ever depend on them.“And here’s the thing: they know this.“They know that all of you, at a younger age than any modern comparison, are setting the tone for an equitable humanity.

Boy bands will come and go, but their beloved albums last forever.

Katy Perry has shared the video for the title track from her forthcoming new album ‘Smile’.The clip, which you can watch below, sees the singer playing a miniature version of herself dressed as a clown.The song was released as a single last week and Perry explained that she wrote it while battling “one of the darkest periods of my life”.“I wrote the title track from the album when I was coming through one of the darkest periods of my life and had lost my smile,” she said.“This whole album is my journey towards the light – with stories of resilience, hope, and love.”‘Smile’ is set for release on August 14.

WhatsApp has gone down for users across the world in a 'global outage'.

Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway CriticQueer Eye for the Straight Guy’s Jai Rodriguez will host the Daytime Emmy Awards livestream ceremony honoring Digital Dramas this Sunday and The Real‘s Loni Love will host the ceremony for Children’s, Lifestyle & Animation programming the following Sunday.The host announcements were made today by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. NATAS also said today that the 41st Sports Emmy Awards will livestream on Tuesday, August 11, at 8 p.m. ET., and the 41st News & Documentary awards will stream in mid-to-late September, followed by the 71st Technology & Engineering Emmys in mid-to-late October.

David Robb Labor EditorThe DGA Pension & Health Plans have extended the opportunity for participants to take temporary loans of up to $20,000 against their supplemental benefit retirement funds “as part of ongoing efforts advocating for member relief during the COVID-19 crisis.” The loans had previously been allowed through July 31, but will now be available through the end of the year. The extension was approved unanimously by the Plans’ board of trustees.The Plans told participants that before applying for the loans, they should “seek alternative means of support in order to preserve your retirement funds to the extent possible and ensure the availability of adequate financial resources during your later years.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Apple’s WWII drama Greyhound, starring and written by Tom Hanks, has become the largest opening weekend release ever for Apple TV+, including series that have bowed on the service, sources close to Apple tell Deadline. The streamers loathe giving up exact numbers, but I’m told that the film turned in a viewing audience commensurate with a summer theatrical box office big hit, which of course Greyhound was meant to be until it moved from Sony to Apple because of the uncertainty of movie theaters after COVID-19.

Iggy Azalea took her time in announcing that she had a full pregnancy and given birth to a baby boy. Now she seems to be so filled with love that she wants to share more of her son with the world. On July 14, the rapper finally revealed not only his name, but the sound of his precious voice cooing as she spoke to him while bursting with adoration. In an audio post to her Instagram account, Iggy used her real first name — Amethyst — in the title slide, which showed that her son’s name is Onyx.

Ted Johnson ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos sat down with Mary Trump, the president’s niece, on Tuesday for what is being billed as an exclusive interview about her new tell-all book.The interview will air on Good Morning America on Wednesday, the network said, and on other news shows.On Monday, a New York judge lifted a restraining order that prevented Trump from discussing Too Much And Never Enough: How My Family Created The World’s Most Dangerous Man. The president’s brother, Robert Trump, had sought to halt publication of the book, claiming that she was barred from discussing the family as part of a settlement agreement of the estate of Fred Trump Sr., the family patriarch.

Bayern Munich and Manchester City and this latest development has put them on alert.The teenager has made just one top-team appearance for the Ibrox club, in the William Hill Scottish Cup clash with Stranraer in January.He appeared as a second-half substitute in that game and was expected to force his way into Steven Gerrard's plans for the new season.But although Rangers are still trying to keep the 18-year-old, a source close to the player revealed to talks have stalled over playing factors.

Pete Hammond Awards Columnist/Chief Film CriticAfter many attempts to carry on, the Telluride Film Festival has given into the reality of the Coronavirus pandemic and continuing outbreaks across the nation and today announced it is cancelling the 2020 edition. Here is the official letter sent by the festival:While there will be those who might say they’re not surprised by it, that this was inevitable, we beg to differ. It didn’t have to be this way.

Peter White Television EditorChris Grabenstein, author of children’s books including the Mr. Lemoncello series, and a frequent collaborator of The President Is Missing author James Patterson has signed with talent agency APA.The move will see the agency help secure adaptations of the New York Times bestselling author’s books for film and TV.Grabenstein has written over forty books in the last 15 years including Escape From Mr.

Dino-Ray Ramos, Amanda N'Duka Utkarsh Ambudkar is probably best known as Donald from the Pitch Perfect franchise, the resident smooth-talkin’ beatboxer of the acapella group the Treblemakers. He also appeared in The Mindy Project as Mindy Kaling’s younger brother.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterEXCLUSIVE: The Kourosh Ahari-directed psychological thriller The Night has landed a license for theatrical release in Iran. This is a historic benchmark for the country’s filmmaking community as it is the first U.S.-produced film to receive a license for theatrical release in Iran since the revolution.Iran’s strict guidelines about what can be released theatrically in the country and its impact on artistic expression has received backlash from Iranian filmmakers including Mohammad Rasoulof (There Is No Evil), Asghar Farhadi (A Separation) as well as Rakhshan Bani Etemad.

Glee actress wrote on Instagram yesterday while sharing a video of the mother-son duo singing "Skidamarink." In the clip, the two gleefully belt out the children's tune, "I love you in the morning and in the afternoon. I love you in the evening and under the moon," before Rivera asks her son for a kiss.Riley and Rivera shared multiple spotlights together during their time on the Fox musical series when playing Mercedes Jones (Riley) and Santana Lopez (Rivera), most notably when the two performed "River Deep Mountain High" by Ike and Tina Turner and "Doo Wop (That Thing)" by Lauryn Hill.