Entertainment News
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Billboard’s chart is getting a makeover. The music industry tracker says it’s transforming the Billboard 200 chart from a sales-based ranking to one that better measures music consumption. The chart currently…
November 21, 2014 -
LOU KESTEN Associated Press Sony’s PlayStation 4 video-game console has built an impressive lead over its competitors. That’s good news for holiday shoppers because it has driven Microsoft and Nintendo to offer more budget-friendly holiday…
November 21, 2014 -
LOS GATOS, Calif. (AP) — Netflix says it plans to expand into Australia and New Zealand in March. The online movie and television provider said Tuesday that details on pricing will be available later. The…
November 19, 2014 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — BET says its long-running music-variety series “106 & Park” is airing its last daily episode next month, then going digital. BET said Friday that the “106 & Park” brand is moving…
November 17, 2014 -
DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — At the beginning of “Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare,” the recently released installment in Activision’s blockbuster military shooter franchise, the player is dumped from the…
November 12, 2014 -
DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — After tackling online strategy and role-playing games, the company behind “World of Warcraft” is taking aim at the shooter genre. Blizzard Entertainment Inc. announced plans…
November 10, 2014 -
DERRIK J. LANG AP Entertainment Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — After tackling online strategy and role-playing games, the company behind “World of Warcraft” is taking aim at the shooter genre. Blizzard Entertainment Inc. announced plans…
November 10, 2014 -
BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — So, what exactly is 4Chan? 4chan’s roots date back to a pre-Facebook age of the Internet, where anonymity ruled and rules were few to come by.…
November 10, 2014 -
ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — I dropped my cable TV service more than a year ago and have been relying on Netflix, Hulu and other services to fill my television needs.…
October 31, 2014 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly 9,000 unpaid interns stand to benefit from a $6.4 million settlement with NBCUniversal over back wages. Unpaid interns who worked on “Saturday Night Live” and other shows brought a class…
October 28, 2014 -
RYAN NAKASHIMA AP Business Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — So long Silicon Valley. These days entrepreneurs and engineers are flocking to a place better known for wave surfing than Web surfing. Amid the palm trees…
October 24, 2014 -
MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google’s music-subscription service will try to anticipate its listeners’ mood swings as it amplifies its competition with Pandora, Spotify and other popular services that play tunes…
October 22, 2014 -
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — Channels such as Cartoon Network and CNN are no longer part of Dish’s programming lineup as a deadline has passed for the satellite TV provider and Turner Broadcasting to renew their…
October 22, 2014 -
MAE ANDERSON AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cord cutters rejoiced last week after HBO and CBS announced plans to sell stand-alone streaming services, a move that cable and satellite television providers have resisted…
October 21, 2014 -
ANICK JESDANUN AP Technology Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — If you’ve upgraded your iPhone or iPad to iOS 8, the new software update for Mac computers will seem familiar. The Yosemite update to Apple’s OS…
October 20, 2014