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Category: Entertainment Industry

Warner Bros. Reportedly Considers Leaving Game Business

The company is planning to sell its game division’s stake shares to avoid a break-up. According to a Financial Times report, Warner Bros.’s top management seeks to compensate for the company’s dropping share price. The price of Warner Bros. Discovery, a company’s subdivision engaged in the game industry, has fallen by almost 70% since it was…
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August 8, 2024
Christian Dior: A Contradictory Move

Christian Dior, a luxury fashion house that publicly denounced Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and ceased operations in the country in 2022, has paradoxically filed for trademark registrations in Russia. This surprising move comes amidst a broader trend of Western brands facing intellectual property challenges in Russia. Following the imposition of sanctions against Russia, the country…
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August 7, 2024
Colombia’s congress considers ban on Pablo Escobar souvenirs

Souvenirs depicting the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar could be banned in Colombia if legislators approve a bill introduced this week in the nation’s congress. The proposal is criticized by vendors who sell his merchandise to tourists from around the world, but backed by those who believe the country should shed its image of…
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August 6, 2024
Toumani Diabate, a prominent Malian kora player, passes away at 58

He is considered one of the greatest living players of this traditional West African instrument. The kora is a 21-string harp-lute used extensively in West African music, particularly in Mali. Diabate was famous for his virtuosity on the kora and his ability to blend traditional music with influences from around the world, including jazz, blues,…
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July 20, 2024
South Africa Games Revenue Hit $360 Million in 2024

In a recent African Games Industry report, it was announced that consumer spending in South Africa reached $360 million in 2024. The biggest market in South Africa, with 26 million gamers, is made up of mobile gaming, followed by PC gamers (7.2 million) and console gamers (6.3 million). Previously, from 2017 to 2019, gaming revenue…
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July 15, 2024
Japanese Politician Investigates Assassin’s Creed Shadows over Cultural Inaccuracies

Assassin’s Creed Shadows keeps collecting hate from people, so much so that their outraged cries reached Satoshi Hamada, a Japanese politician, who decided to investigate the game over cultural appropriation. He wants to bring the issue up in front of the National Diet, a legislative body in Japan. Replying to an X/Twitter post about how…
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July 12, 2024
Nicki Minaj, an American rapper, waves the flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Afronation festival in Portugal

Nicki Minaj, an American rapper, waves the flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo during the Afronation festival in Portugal The flag was given to her by an audience member who came on stage.
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June 30, 2024
The Big Cigar review – proof that Hollywood can’t be trusted to tell the stories of Black radicals

This drama about a fake movie fabricated to let Black Panther fugitive Huey P Newton flee to Cuba in the 70s not only dilutes the story of a Black leader – it centres the white characters. Eyes will roll A few years back, in conversation with three Chicago-area Black Lives Matter activists, I brought up…
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May 28, 2024
Vybz Kartel Cries Foul After Fire Destroys His Lawyer’s Office

Dancehall artist Vybz Kartel is crying foul after a shared office building occupied by his attorney, Isat Buchanan, was totally destroyed in a fire, including documents related to his murder case and several others. Senior Superintendent Patrick Gooden, the Jamaica Fire Brigade divisional commander for Kingston and St Andrew, told the Jamaica Observer that it was impossible…
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May 27, 2024