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Passengers in the autonomous Tesla Cybercab will be able to connect PlayStation and Xbox consoles to the vehicle and play games during trips, according to Elon Musk. The announcement came in response to a post from Tesla’s official account regarding the multimedia capabilities of the Cybercab. The company highlighted a 22-inch screen, applications for watching...
Atsuhiro Iwakami Shota Tsutsuura Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) President and Representative Director Atsuhiro Iwakami discussed the strategy required for Japanese content to achieve international success, drawing on his career in anime and game production that began in 1997. Aniplex predecessor SPE Visual Works entered the anime sector in 1997, aiming to prioritize music within anime...
Carly Rae Jepsen Meredith Jenks Carly Rae Jepsen was once approached to write a song for the hockey romance series Heated Rivalry. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of her upcoming double album Day and Night, Jepsen shared that she was asked to contribute a track to the first season of Heated...
Shuta Shinoda Courtesy Photo London-based record producer and engineer Shuta Shinoda discussed his career, his strengths as a Japanese professional working abroad, and the differences between the London and Japanese music scenes in an interview for Billboard Japan’s Unbound Japan series. Shinoda has lived in the U.K. for about 22 or 23 years. After finishing...
Just as I was preparing to wrap up a conversation with Coin Crew Games co-founder Mike Salyh and senior game designer Jacob Surovsky, I casually inquired whether their upcoming title, Escape Academy 2: Back 2 School, had secured a launch date. Following a half-hour discussion exploring the sequel and its place within the modern cooperative...
Users have discovered the screen specifications for the Retroid Pocket Duo portable console and obtained a clearer look at the clamshell device. Yesterday, Retroid released a teaser video for the Pocket Duo dual-screen portable console that offered very little visibility of the new hardware. Today, the developers published a clear image of the device and...
M. Night Shyamalan has never stopped making movies, but his recent work exists in the shadow of the films that made him a recognizable filmmaker. The director followed The Sixth Sense, Unbreakable, and Signs with a string of divisive projects, and his recent thrillers have struggled to reach the same cultural heights. Old was an...
Justin Timberlake performs during Audacy’s 11th Annual We Can Survive at Prudential Center on Sept. 28, 2024, in Newark, N.J. Manny Carabel/Getty Images for Audacy Justin Timberlake marked the 20th anniversary of his sophomore solo album, FutureSex/LoveSounds, on Tuesday (Sept. 8) with an Instagram post. The post shared a carousel featuring two photos: one of...
GTA VI could emerge as a leading contender for Game of the Year because 2026 is already being called one of the weakest years for the GOTY race in recent memory. Last year saw the release of many highly acclaimed games, with Metacritic featuring a strong lineup of projects averaging above 90 points. Strong releases...
In 2021, director Bassam Tariq got the call of a lifetime when Marvel Studios wanted him to direct Blade. The indie filmmaker behind Riz Ahmed’s hip-hop drama Mogul Mowgli jumped at the chance to resurrect the vampire hunter with Oscar-winner Mahershala Ali as the daywalker. The dream never happened because Tariq departed the film by...
