The Norwegian pop band A-ha has released a 4K remastered edition of the video that accompanied their 1984 hit song “Take On Me.” The original video utilized an animation technique called rotoscoping, in which an artist draws over live-actio…
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Tencent Officially Concludes 10% Purchase of Universal Music Group
Tencent announced that it and a consortium of investors had concluded its long awaited 10% purchase of Universal Music Group (UMG) from Vivendi for 3 billion euros ($3.36 billion). The acquisition is still subject to regulatory approval and other condi…
Comcast Is Raising Rates Again – Average Monthly Internet Bill Surpasses $80
Broadband cable provider Comcast is raising rates once again across the board, with its price for Internet service notably spiking. The company’s Performance Internet plan, which provides download speeds of as much as 100 megabits per second, wil…
Despite $7 Million in Funding, 8tracks Is Shutting Down
The founder of 8Tracks David Porter has announced in a blog post that the company will cease operations at the end of the year. The company launched back in 2008 as a social media platform that offered user-curated playlists of at least eight songs. Pl…
Taylor Swift Couldn’t Save ‘Cats’ — Losses Projected at $100MM
Some movie industry insiders believe that the film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats could ultimately lose as much as $100 million, despite the appearance of pop superstar Taylor Swift. Cats opened before Christmas to bad reviews and to ev…
Lady Gaga’s Las Vegas Residency May Get Extended
It is being reported that singer Lady Gaga just might extend her residency at the Park Theater in Las Vegas for at least another year. During her performance at the theater on December 28, Gaga told the crowd that she was planning to keep performing th…
Tim Boyle, Prolific Hollywood Recording Engineer, Dies at 71
Tim Boyle, who was a famed sound engineer and scoring mixer that worked with the likes of Eric Clapton and Quincy Jones, has died of the age of 71 in Sherman Oaks from liver cancer. In addition to Clapton and Jones, Boyle worked with a diverse set of a…
Hasbro Officially Closes $3.8 Billion Entertainment One Acquisition
Just a month after British regulators announced that they were investigating the nearly $4-billion acquisition of Entertainment One by Hasbro, the deal has officially been completed. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had been worried that the…
Physical Addresses of Elton John, Olivia Newton-John, Others Leaked by UK Government
Reuters is reporting that the British government published the physical addresses of a number of celebrities online by accident, including those of Elton John and Olivia Newton-John. The posting of the addresses occurred while publishing the New Year&#…
Tina Turner Mural in North Carolina Defaced with an Apparent Swastika
Vandals have reportedly defaced a mural of singer Tina Turner in North Carolina with graffiti that appears to be intended as a swastika. The mural, whose face was covered by the apparent but incorrectly drawn swastika, had been painted on the pulldown …