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Today in the World Countries
- National Day is being celebrated in Saint Lucia
- Republic Day is being celebrated in Malta
- People born on this day are Sagittarius as their zodiac sign.
Today in History
On this day in 2022
- EVENTS
- First nuclear fusion reaction in a laboratory setting, replicating the same energy that powers the sun - announced by scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California.
- DEATHS
- Stephen Boss, Dancer.
- TV SERIES
- Kindred: Season 1 is released. Young Black aspiring writer Dana (Mallori Johnson) has just moved to Los Angeles when she is suddenly pulled back into 1800s and a planation that has ties to her family in this adaptation of Octavia E. Butler's novel of the same name.
- GAMING: PC
- Master of Magic Remake for PC is released. Master of Magic is a combination of an RPG and a strategy game, a remake of a classic from the 90s.In Master of Magic you take up the role of one of 14 unique and diverse great wizards who compete with each other to dominate the worlds of Arcanus and Myrror. Choose from different schools of magic and fantasy races to command, then lead your minions and expand your influence and power across the land.Recruit and command mighty armies of elves, dragons, dwarves, orcs and many more. Support them with powerful spells. Fight tactical turn-based battles and affect the outcome with your magic.Always beware of the machinations of your rival wizards, who seek to reach your same goals. But in the end, remember: there can be only one Master of Magic.
- Potion Craft: Alchemist Simulator for PC is released. Potion Craft is an alchemist simulator where you physically interact with your tools and ingredients to brew potions. You're in full control of the whole shop: invent new recipes, attract customers and experiment to your heart's content. Just remember: the whole town is counting on you. Every day customers will come to your store looking for solutions to their problems. You will face consequences depending on what you decide to sell them. Attract guilds, befriend notable figures (or feud with them), gain riches and influence - and one day, you may even decide the fate of the whole town.
- GAMING: SWITCH
- Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII Reunion for Switch is released. CRISIS CORE -FINAL FANTASY VII- REUNION is a full remaster of the PlayStation Portable exclusive CRISIS CORE -FINAL FANTASY VII-, which originally launched back in 2007.CRISIS CORE -FINAL FANTASY VII- REUNION is a true remaster that follows the original's narrative: Zack Fair's mission to find the missing SOLDIER Genesis Rhapsodos. It features multiple improvements from the original game - for example, the graphics have been converted to HD, with all the 3D models, from the characters to everything else, being fully refreshed. What's more the dialogue is now fully voice-acted, and there's a new arrangement for the soundtrack!
- GAMING: XBOX SERIES X
- High on Life for Xbox Series X is released. Fresh out of high school with no job and no ambition, you've really got nothing going for you until an alien cartel that wants to get high off humanity invades Earth. Now, you and a team of charismatic talking guns must answer the hero's call and become the deadliest intergalactic bounty hunter the cosmos has ever seen.Travel to various planets and locations across the cosmos, go up against the nefarious Garmantuous and his gang of goons, collect loot, meet unique characters, and more, in the latest comedy adventure from Justin Roiland!Navigate dynamic and changing worlds that range from a jungle paradise, to a city built inside an asteroid, the hub of the cosmos.Leverage the distinct skills of each gun to defeat a variety of diabolical alien enemies and track down Garmantuous.Complete hunter challenges, meet weird, fun, and hilarious characters, collect an array of alien technology, and more!
- POLITICS
- US President Joe Biden signs the Respect for Marriage Act into law, mandating federal recognition of same-sex marriages in ceremony at the White House.
- SPORTS
- Washington Capitals center Alex Ovechkin scores a hat trick in 7-3 away win over Chicago Blackhawks to join Wayne Gretzky & Gordie Howe as the only players in NHL history to score 800 goals.
- Curt Simmons, American baseball pitcher (3 x MLB All-Star; World Series 1964 St. Louis Cardinals; Philadelphia Phillies), who died at 93.
On this day in 2021
- EVENTS
- Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla, named Time's Person of the Year.
- First COVID-19 pandemic Omicron death in the UK reported by PM Boris Johnson.
- 1 in a 100 Americans aged over 65 has now died of COVID-19 pandemic, or 75% of total deaths, according to the CDC.
- Marvel superhero film "Spider-Man: No Way Home" starring Tom Holland, Zendaya, and Benedict Cumberbatch, directed by Jon Watts, premieres in Los Angeles.
- DEATHS
- Joe Simon, American soul and R& B singer (" Power of Love"), who died at 85.
- GAMING: SWITCH
- Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon for Switch is released. Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like no other. Delve with Shovel Knight into the depths of the Pocket Dungeon in an action-packed puzzle adventure mashup like none other! Join your mysterious guide Puzzle Knight as you shovel through scads of foes, procure new equipment, and battle bosses both familiar and new. Explore a tale with endless twists and turns, quest as your favorite heroes, and even challenge a friend for fast-paced head-to-head competition in Shovel Knight Pocket Dungeon! Enter a world of falling block puzzle games, with a dungeon-crawling twist! Bump into enemies to battle them and trade damage in a unique combat system. An all-new hybrid that’s never been seen before. Group foes together for massive chain attacks while grabbing keys, power-ups, and potions to refill your health! Take control of more than 10 of your favorite heroes from the Shovel Knight universe, each with a unique power and play style. Take control of more than 10 of your favorite heroes from the Shovel Knight universe, each with a unique power and play style. Equip yourself on the fly with a treasure trove of items and equipment. Mix and match your loadout to prepare for any encounter. Play in a variety of ways with Story Mode,2 player competitive Versus Mode, a Daily Challenge, and much more! A bold new visual style complements a new story. Learn the ropes from your pal Puzzle Knight as you attempt to escape the mysterious Pocket Dungeon. Shovel Knight’s signature storytelling and humor are on full display! Using your Shovel Knight series Amiibo allows you to call upon a familiar fairy friend to keep you company on your perplexing puzzle adventure!
On this day in 2020
- EVENTS
- Germany announces a strict lockdown till Jan 10 after looser restrictions failed to prevent COVID-19 pandemic numbers surging.
- British Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton finishes 3rd in season-ending Abu Dhabi GP to claim record equalling 7th F1 World Drivers C'ship by 124 points from teammate Valtteri Bottas; Mercedes'7th straight Constructors title.
- DEATHS
- Otto Baric, Croatian soccer manager (Croatia, Austria, Wacker Innsbruck, SK Rapid, SV Salzburg), who died from COVID-19 pandemic at 87.
- Pierre Lacroix, Canadian NHL executive (Quebec Nordiques; Stanley Cup 1996,2001 Colorado Avalanche), who died from COVID-19 pandemic complications at 72.
- SPORTS
- Jimmy Collins, American basketball shooting guard (Chicago Bulls) and coach (University of Illinois, Chicago 1996-2010), who died from heart surgery complications at 74.
On this day in 2019
- EVENTS
- A settlement was reached in the Tom Petty estate battle between the rock legend’s widow and his two daughters from a previous marriage. Petty’s daughters Adria Petty and Annakim Violette sued Dana York Petty for $5 million after claiming that the widow superseded the daughters’ rights to "equal participation"over decisions involving the singer’s estate and catalog..
- Roy Loney, the founding lead singer of the influential San Francisco power pop band the Flamin' Groovies, died age 73. The Flamin' Groovies came together in San Francisco in 1965 when guitarists Loney and childhood friend Tim Lynch began working with guitarist Cyril Jordan, bassist George Alexander and drummer Danny Mihm. Three years later, they released the self-financed Sneakers EP, which helped them get signed to Epic..
- DEATHS
- Emil Richards [Radocchia], American session and touring vibraphonist and percussionist [George Shearing; Frank Sinatra; Lalo Schifrin; Frank Zappa; George Harrison; Harry Partch; Shadowfax), who died at 87.
- MOVIES: NOT RATED
- Cunningham is released. Cunningham traces Merce Cunningham’s artistic evolution over three decades of risk and discovery (1944–1972), from his early years as a struggling dancer in postwar New York to his emergence as one of the world’s most visionary choreographers. The 3D technology weaves together Merce's philosophies and stories, creating a visceral journey into his innovative work.
- Chinese Portrait is released. From acclaimed director Wang Xiaoshuai (Beijing Bicycle; So Long, My Son) comes a personal snapshot of contemporary China in all its diversity. Shot over the course of ten years on both film and video, the film consists of a series of carefully composed tableaus of people and environments. pedestrains shuffle across a bustling Beijing street, steelworkers linger outside a deserted factory, tourists laugh and scamper across a crowded beach, worshippers kneel to pray in a remote village. With a painterly eye for composition, Wang captures China as he sees it, calling to a temporary halt a land in a constant state of change. [Cinema Guild]
- A Hidden Life is released. Based on real events, A Hidden Life is the story of Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife, Fani, and children that keeps his spirit alive.
- Rabid is released. What happens when you realize that to achieve your dreams you have to live a nightmare? Rose is a quiet, demure, unassuming woman in her looks and actions. Her dream is to become a famous designer in the fashion world, but a terrible accident leaves Rose scarred beyond recognition. She seeks out a radical untested stem cell treatment. The treatment is nothing short of a miracle and wallflower Rose turns into the belle of the ball. It all seems to good to be true. She is now everything she wanted to be. But everything in life comes at a price and this new found perfect life is no exception.
- Seberg is released. Seberg is inspired by true events about the French New Wave darling and Breathless star, Jean Seberg (Kristen Stewart), who in the late 1960s was targeted by the FBI because of her support of the civil rights moCvement and romantic involvement with Hakim Jamal (Anthony Mackie), among others. In Benedict Andrews’ noir-ish thriller, Seberg’s life and career are destroyed by Hoover’s overreaching surveillance and harassment in an effort to suppress and discredit Seberg’s activism.
- What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael is released. Pauline Kael was likely the most powerful, and influential, movie critic of the 20th century. Her love of movies was revealed in her ruthless pursuit of what made a movie or an actor's performance work, or not, and why -- which made her a lightning rod amongst colleagues and readers. The latter golden age of movies of the 1960s and 1970s are the focus of this film that pursues the question of what made Pauline Kael's work so individual, so personal -- and so damned good.
- MOVIES: PG13
- Jumanji: The Next Level is released. In Jumanji: The Next Level, the gang is back but the game has changed. As they return to Jumanji to rescue one of their own, they discover that nothing is as they expect. The players will have to brave parts unknown and unexplored, from the arid deserts to the snowy mountains, in order to escape the world's most dangerous game.
- Black Christmas is released. Hawthorne College is quieting down for the holidays. But as Riley Stone (Imogen Poots) and her Mu Kappa Epsilon sisters-athlete Marty (Lily Donoghue), rebel Kris (Aleyse Shannon), and foodie Jesse (Brittany O'Grady)-prepare to deck the halls with a series of seasonal parties, a black-masked stalker begins killing sorority women one by one. As the body count rises, Riley and her squad start to question whether they can trust any man, including Marty's beta-male boyfriend, Nate (Simon Mead), Riley's new crush Landon (Caleb Eberhardt) or even esteemed classics instructor Professor Gelson (Cary Elwes). Whoever the killer is, he's about to discover that this generation's young women aren't about to be anybody's victims.
- MOVIES: R
- Bombshell is released. A group of women decide to take on Fox News head Roger Ailes and the toxic atmosphere he presided over the network.
- Uncut Gems is released. Howard Ratner (Adam Sandler), a charismatic New York City jeweler, is always on the lookout for the next big score. When he makes a series of high-stakes bets that could lead to the windfall of a lifetime, Howard must perform a precarious high-wire act, balancing business, family, and encroaching adversaries on all sides, in his relentless pursuit of the ultimate win.
- Richard Jewell is released. The world is first introduced to Richard Jewell as the security guard who reports finding the device at the 1996 Atlanta bombing—his report making him a hero whose swift actions save countless lives. But within days, the law enforcement wannabe becomes the FBI’s number one suspect, vilified by press and public alike, his life ripped apart. Reaching out to independent, anti-establishment attorney Watson Bryant, Jewell staunchly professes his innocence. But Bryant finds he is out of his depth as he fights the combined powers of the FBI, GBI and APD to clear his client’s name, while keeping Richard from trusting the very people trying to destroy him.
- The Death and Life of John F. Donovan is released. A decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
- ALBUMS
- Bubba was released by Kaytranada. The second full-length release for the Montreal artist features guest appearancesa from Durand Bernarr, Eight9fly, Estelle, GoldLink, Mick Jenkins, Masego, Teedra Moses, Iman Omari, Ari PenSmith, SiR, Tinashe, Kali Uchis, VanJess, Pharrell Williams, and Charlotte Day Wilson.
- Fine Line was released by Harry Styles. The second full-length solo release for the One Direction member features production from Jeff Bhasker, Tyler Johnson, Kid Harpoon, and Sammy Witte.
- Heavy is the Head was released by Stormzy. The second full-length studio release for the British grime artist features guest appearances from Aitch, Burna Boy, H.E.R., Headie One, Ed Sheeran, Tiana Major9, and YEBBA.
- Free Nationals was released by Free Nationals. The debut full-length release for the backing band for Anderson.Paak features guest appearances from.Paak, Kadhja Bonet, Daniel Caesar, Callum Connor, Chronixx, Conway, Jid, Miknna, Mac Miller, T. Nava, Benny Sings, Syd, T.I., Kali Uchis, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Westside Gunn, and Joyce Wrice.
- GAMING: XBOX ONE
- Weakless for Xbox One is released. Weakless is an adventure game focusing on the relationship between two characters: The Blind One and The Deaf One. During their journey they will have to overcome the obstacles standing in their way, and face their own limitations.The core of Weakless is solving puzzles and exploring the world using characters' unique skills - hearing and vision. The player controls one character at the time, which means they can't use both senses simultaneously. Two heroes, who perceive their surroundings in completely different ways, and can overcome adversities thanks to cooperation. A diverse world with a rich history waiting to be discovered.
- POLITICS
- Richard G Hatcher, American attorney and politician (Mayor of Gary, Indiana,1968-88), who died at 88.
- SPORTS
- Carl Scheer, American basketball executive (general manager Denver Nuggets, LA Clippers, Charlotte Hornets; inventor NBA Slam Dunk Contest), who died from complications of dementia at 82.
- Yasuhiro Takai, Japanese baseball first baseman, designated hitter and broadcaster (NPB record 27 career pinch-hit home runs; Hankyu Braves), who died of kidney failure at 74.
On this day in 2018
- EVENTS
- US Senate passes non-binding "war powers resolution" against long-term ally Saudi Arabia.
- Cease-fire in port city of Hudaydah, Yemen, by Houthi rebels and Saudi-led coalition announced by the UN.
- Actress Eliza Dushku revealed received $9.5 million settlement from CBS after sexual harassment on set of "Bull" from actor Michael Weatherley.
- Apple announces new $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas and expansion in other US cities.
- Passenger train collides with maintenance locomotive in Ankara, Turkey, killing at least 9 and injuring 47.
- DEATHS
- Nancy Wilson, American jazz vocalist (Feel Like Making Love), who died at 81.
- MOVIES: NOT RATED
- Never-Ending Man: Hayao Miyazaki is released. In 2013, film director and animator Hayao Miyazaki suddenly announced his retirement at the age of 72. But he couldn't shake his burning desire to create. After an encounter with young CGI animators, Miyazaki embarked on a new endeavor, his first project ever to utilize CGI. But the artist, who had been adamant about hand-drawn animation, confronted many challenges. The film even faces the danger of being cancelled. Can an old master who thinks he's past his prime shine once again? This program goes behind the scenes over two years as Miyazaki overcomes struggles to create his short film using CGI.
- GAMING: PC
- Book of Demons for PC is released. Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash Deck-building hybrid in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself.
- GAMING: SWITCH
- Atari Flashback Classics for Switch is released. More games - more fun! Contains 150 video games. Including Atari 2600, Atari 5200 & arcade classics! Featuring Gravitar, Crystal Castles, Major Havoc, Circus Atari & more!
- GRIS for Switch is released. Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
- RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures for Switch is released. RollerCoaster Tycoon Adventures brings the legendary RollerCoaster Tycoon series into the next generation -- combining classic RCT gameplay with the modernized user experience of the critically acclaimed mobile title RollerCoaster Tycoon Touch, all customized for the unique features of the Nintendo Switch. Build your entertainment empire in three distinct game modes -- classic Campaign, tricky Scenarios, and the open Sandbox. Over 200 wonderfully wacky rides, restaurants, shops and decorations ensure parks burst with action, and the intuitive coaster builder lets you create wild, death-defying coasters with ease. Play it on your TV or on-the-go -- it's never been so easy to become a RollerCoaster Tycoon!
- POLITICS
- Alann Steen, American journalist and educator, and political hostage (Beirut,1987-91), who died of cancer at 79.
- SPORTS
- German basketball forward Dirk Nowitzki takes the court for his record 21st NBA season with the Dallas Mavericks, surpassing Kobe Bryant's 20 seasons with the LA Lakers.
On this day in 2017
- EVENTS
- Online dictionary Merriam-Webster's most searched word of the year is Feminism.
- Prehistoric bones of a penguin as tall as a human (1.77m) found on Otago beach, New Zealand, reported in "Nature Communications".
- Democratic Republic of Congo jails for life 11 militiamen for raping 40 children, including a local MP.
- Salma Hayek accuses Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment and threatening to kill her.
- Scientists begin checking interstellar asteroid Oumuamua for signs of alien technology through radio signals (later studies conclude it a piece of sliced off planet).
- DEATHS
- Warrel Dane, American singer (Nevermore), who died of a heart attack at 56.
- Bette Howland [Lee Sotonoff], American writer and literary critic (Blue in Chicago, The iron year), who died from multiple sclerosis and dementia at 80.
- POLITICS
- Prime Minister Theresa May's UK Conservative government loses key vote in Parliament for an amendment to allow MPs to vote on Brexit.
- SPORTS
- Tommy Nobis, American football linebacker (Atlanta Falcons), who died at 74.
On this day in 2016
- DEATHS
- Zubaida Tharwat, Movie Actress.
- Er Braithwaite, Novelist.
- Alan Thicke, Canadian actor (Growing Pains), host (Thicke of the Night), and theme song composer (Diff'rent Strokes; The Facts of Life), who died of an aortic dissection at 69.
- GAMING: PC
- The Little Acre for PC is released. The Little Acre is the story of Aidan and his daughter, Lily, set in 1950’s Ireland. After discovering clues as to the whereabouts of his missing father, Aidan begins investigating until he inadvertently finds himself transported to a strange new world.
- GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
- Stardew Valley for PlayStation 4 is released. You've inherited your grandfather's old farm plot in Stardew Valley. Armed with hand-me-down tools and a few coins, you set out to begin your new life. Can you learn to live off the land and turn these overgrown fields into a thriving home? It won't be easy. Ever since Joja Corporation came to town, the old ways of life have all but disappeared. The community center, once the town's most vibrant hub of activity, now lies in shambles. But the valley seems full of opportunity. With a little dedication, you might just be the one to restore Stardew Valley to greatness.
- Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 5: City of Light for PlayStation 4 is released. Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight. The fate of Bruce Wayne, his dark persona, Batman, and Gotham hang in the balance.
- Bridge Constructor for PlayStation 4 is released. Bridge Constructor puts you in the role of an engineer. Design and create bridges that span deep valleys, dangerous canyons, city streets or raging rivers. Sure you got it right? Send cars and trucks over your bridges and see what happens. Bridge Constructor features complex physics, realistic materials, and an introductory tutorial. Creativity and ingenuity required.
- Drive!Drive!Drive! for PlayStation 4 is released. A racing game in which players must drive their cars to victory across multiple tracks at the same time. To place well in every track you’re racing on, you’re going to have to hop track-to-track on a regular basis.
- I Expect You To Die for PlayStation 4 is released. ??I Expect You To Die is a virtual reality puzzler that thrust you in the shoes of an elite secret agent. You must attempt to survive deadly situations in immersive and dangerous locales. Complete each operation using problem-solving skills and wits… oh, and the power of telekinesis that all our agents are equipped with.
- GAMING: XBOX ONE
- Forza Horizon 3: Blizzard Mountain for Xbox One is released. Blizzard Mountain invites players to the snowy elevations of a brand new playable area of Forza Horizon 3’s Australia. This is a place where speedy vehicles are welcome, ice and blizzard conditions are the norm, and snow tires are heartily recommended.
- Feist for Xbox One is released.
- POLITICS
- UN claims 82 civilians have been summary executed in Aleppo by pro-government forces.
- SPORTS
- Thomas Schelling, American economist, (Nobel Prize 2005 - game-theory analysis), who died at 95.
On this day in 2015
- EVENTS
- 81st Heisman Trophy Award: Derrick Henry, Alabama (RB).
- Irishman Conor McGregor knocks out Brazilian Jose Aldo in 13 seconds to win his 1st featherweight title in Las Vegas.
On this day in 2014
- EVENTS
- Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, criticizes UN Security Council for its lack of action over war crimes in the Darfur region of Sudan.
- Divisions emerge between rich and poor nations at the UN climate change talks in Peru.
- A civil rights protest march in Washington, D.C. takes place, against the police killing of unarmed black men.
- Two US soldiers killed in a Taliban bombing of a NATO convoy in Kabul.
- DEATHS
- Raoul Cita, American R& B pianist and songwriter (Harptones), who died at 86.
- POLITICS
- The British Government announces it will send hundreds of troops to Iraq, to train Iraqi and Kurdish forces in the conflict with Islamic State.
On this day in 2013
- EVENTS
- " Beyoncé" 5th studio album by Beyoncé is released.
- MOVIES: NOT RATED
- Here Comes the Devil is released. A married couple lose their children while on a family trip near some caves in Tijuana. The kids eventually reappear without explanation, but it becomes clear that they are not who they used to be, that something terrifying has changed them.
- Some Velvet Morning is released. Fred (Stanley Tucci) arrives at the doorstep of his beautiful young mistress Velvet (Alice Eve) after four years apart, claiming to have finally left his wife. But when she rejects his attempts to rekindle their romance, his persistence evolves into obsession, and a dark history between the former lovers comes into focus. [Tribeca Film]
- MOVIES: PG13
- Saving Mr. Banks is released. When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ Mary Poppins, he made them a promise—one that he didn’t realize would take 20 years to keep. In his quest to obtain the rights, Walt comes up against a curmudgeonly, uncompromising writer who has absolutely no intention of letting her beloved magical nanny get mauled by the Hollywood machine. But, as the books stop selling and money grows short, Travers reluctantly agrees to go to Los Angeles to hear Disney's plans for the adaptation. For those two short weeks in 1961, Walt Disney pulls out all the stops. Armed with imaginative storyboards and chirpy songs from the talented Sherman brothers, Walt launches an all-out onslaught on P.L. Travers, but the prickly author doesn't budge. He soon begins to watch helplessly as Travers becomes increasingly immovable and the rights begin to move further away from his grasp. It is only when he reaches into his own childhood that Walt discovers the truth about the ghosts that haunt her, and together they set Mary Poppins free to ultimately make one of the most endearing films in cinematic history. [Walt Disney Pictures]
- The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is released. Thorin and company have reached Lake-town and it is time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. If Bilbo and the others are able to gain the treasure, will they be able to keep it? And will they discover what has become of the wizard Gandalf?
- The Last of the Unjust is released. A place: Theresienstadt. A unique place of propaganda which Adolf Eichmann called the "model ghetto", designed to mislead the world and Jewish people regarding its real nature, to be the last step before the gas chamber. A man: Benjamin Murmelstein, last president of the Theresienstadt Jewish Council, a fallen hero condemned to exile, who was forced to negotiate day after day from 1938 until the end of the war with Eichmann, to whose trial Murmelstein wasn't even called to testify. Even though he was without a doubt the one who knew the Nazi executioner best. More than twenty-five years after Shoah, Claude Lanzmann's new film reveals a little-known yet fundamental aspect of the Holocaust, and sheds light on the origins of the "Final Solution"like never before.
- Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas is released. Madea dispenses her unique form of holiday spirit on a rural town when she's coaxed into helping a friend pay her daughter a surprise visit for Christmas.
- Hours is released. A father (Paul Walker) struggles to keep his infant daughter alive in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
- MOVIES: R
- American Hustle is released. A fictional film set in the alluring world of one of the most stunning scandals to rock our nation, American Hustle tells the story of con man Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale), who along with his equally cunning and seductive partner Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams) is forced to work for a wild FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper). DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia that's as dangerous as it is enchanting. Caught between the con-artists and Feds is Carmine Polito (Jeremy Renner), the passionate, volatile, New Jersey political operator, but it's Irving's unpredictable wife Rosalyn (Jennifer Lawrence) who could be the one to pull the thread that brings the entire world crashing down. [Sony Pictures]
- ALBUMS
- Beyoncé was released by Beyoncé. The fifth full-length record for the R&B pop singer was a surprise iTunes release, with a short film accompanying each track.
- GAMING: PC
- Violett for PC is released. Dragged by her parents, a young and rebellious teenage girl
- Stick it to the Man! for PC is released. Meet Ray, he lives in a world where everything is made out of paper and stickers. One day he has an accident and wakes up with a giant pink spaghetti arm sticking out of his brain. This gives him awesome powers and he can suddenly change the world around him by folding it, tearing it, pulling stickers off and sticking them elsewhere! And if that weren't enough, Ray can also read peoples minds! Digging into the brains of his fellow citizens, Ray can hear their thoughts and use that to his advantage. Unfortunately, Ray doesn't have much time to get to grips with his new abilities. He is framed by 'The Man' with a crime he didn't commit, and is on the run. Can you help to get Ray out of this sticky situation?
- Teslagrad for PC is released. Teslagrad is a 2D puzzle-platformer, where you play as a young lad who suddenly finds himself embroiled in an ancient conflict that will shake the foundations of his entire existence, and bring a gruesome truth to light.The game revolves around the use of electricity and magnetism, and your ingenuity will be put to the test as you employ the amazing technology of the Teslamancers to traverse the abandoned Tesla Tower. The game is completely devoid of both text and dialogue, and prefers to tell the story purely through visual means.