The world’s largest contemporary circus producer is folding its tents, for now. Cirque du Soleil said Monday that it filed for bankruptcy and said: “We have no choice but to pause for a moment.” The shows in the United States of the Montreal-based organization have been dark since March 15, …
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The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards will be held this summer despite the coronavirus pandemic. The event will take place at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York on August 30. According to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who first made the announcement during a briefing on Monday, the award …
Read More »PS5 to Offer ‘Completely New Game Concepts,’ Says Epic Games
The PS5 will be the best gaming console ever created, if you listen to Epic Games. Previously, the company was effusive about the PS5’s Unreal Engine 5 demo, as well as its ambitious SSD, claiming that the PS5 could outperform most gaming PCs. Now Epic does it again, claiming that …
Read More »Entertainment Industry Powers New Aid Package COVID-19
DEAL 2:23 PM PDT 06/29/2020 by Eriq Gardner A letter sent to Congress Monday by the Motion Picture Association, SAG-AFTRA and other groups calls for hiring incentives, changes to the tax code and a new federal insurance program. As COVID-19 cases continue to rise dramatically in many states, including California, …
Read More »Las Vegas workers sue, saying casinos were unable to protect them from the coronavirus
Hospitality workers on the Las Vegas Strip filed a lawsuit against casino operators on Monday, accusing companies of failing to protect COVID-19 employees, one of the first efforts to hold employers legally responsible for infections in cases in the United States. The lawsuit, filed in the United States District Court …
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