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Today in the World Countries
- Federal States of Micronesia Day is being celebrated in Micronesia
- Mother's Day is being celebrated in El Salvador
- People born on this day are Taurus as their zodiac sign.
Today in History
On this day in 2022
- EVENTS
- Apple ends production of its iPod music player after 21 years.
- For the first time Prince Charles delivers the Queen's Speech at the state opening of the UK parliament.
- Tom Brady agrees to record 10-year, $375m deal to be Fox Sports’ lead analyst when he decides to finally retire; surpasses $303m the quarterback earned in salary during his NFL career.
- GAMING: PC
- We Were Here Forever for PC is released. You both awaken imprisoned inside the sinister Castle Rock - were you betrayed, or simply not that clever? Find out in the newest co-op puzzle adventure in the We Were Here Series! Do you and your partner have what it takes to face the dark forces of this realm or will you be trapped… forever?
- Brigandine: The Legend of Runersia for PC is released. Conquer the continent in this grand strategy simulation game. The continent of Runersia is home to six major powers with more than 40 bases,100 knights, and 50 types of monsters. Select a ruler, compose your platoons of knights and monsters, and march to claim enemy bases. The player chooses how they will battle, so devise the best strategy to lead your nation toward continental conquest. How will your legend unfold?
- Salt and Sacrifice for PC is released. Salt and Sacrifice is the follow-up to Souls-like dark fantasy RPG, Salt and Sanctuary. In a land plagued by powerful and twisted Mages, the condemned Marked Inquisitors take up the hunt. A once-peaceful kingdom is plunged into chaos by encroaching tides of Mages: merciless embodiments of elemental chaos. The Marked Inquisitors, a doomed force of the condemned, once again mobilizes to stand against the existential threat of Magic. A buried secret threatens to bring an ancient empire to utter ruin. As a Marked Inquisitor, you’ll journey through the western frontier: pursuing, hunting, and obliterating the Mages that roam the realm. You may be bound to the Inquisition, but your choices are yours.
- GAMING: PLAYSTATION 5
- This War of Mine: Final Cut for PlayStation 5 is released. The Remastered Final Cut version for PS5 is finally here!In This War Of Mine, you do not play as an elite soldier, rather as a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with a lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. During the day you need to focus on maintaining your hideout: crafting, trading and taking care of your survivors. At night, take one of your civilians on a mission to scavenge for items that will help you stay alive.Make life-and-death decisions driven by your conscience. Try to protect everybody from your shelter or sacrifice some of them for longer-term survival. During war, there are no good or bad decisions; there is only survival. The sooner you realize that, the better.This War of Mine: Final Cut main features:- Inspired by real-life events- Control your survivors and manage your shelter- Craft weapons, alcohol, beds or stoves?anything that helps you survive- Make decisions?an often unforgiving and emotionally difficult experience- Randomized world and characters every time you start a new game- Charcoal-stylized aesthetics to complement the game's theme- All updates and free expansions added along the way to create the Final Cut
- GAMING: SWITCH
- Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 2 for Switch is released. NIS Classics strikes again with Vol. 2, dude. After over 10 years, two action-packed RPGs?Makai Kingdom: Reclaimed and Rebound, and Z.H.P.: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman?will be making their appearance on Nintendo Switch. Makai Kingdom: Reclaimed and Rebound centers around Lord Zetta, a master of tactical warfare, and his pursuit to invade and reclaim the Netherworld?as a book. Using cunning strategies, ultra-powerful magic, and a vast range of crazy deadly weapons, Lord Zetta aims to take control of his enemies' lands. Using a feature unique to this battle system, you can summon your army via the INVITE system to do your bidding on the battlefield and dominate your foes! When your thirst for new lands is quenched, ZHP: Unlosing Ranger vs. Darkdeath Evilman will have you coming back for more with the ultimate character customization system allowing you to make your character your own from the toes to the nose, dood! Custom-made to kick enemies to the curb, your character will also establish a base and work their way through a myriad of maps, each randomly generated and all part of your own unique story!
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising for Switch is released. Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising combines a thrilling adventure through ancient ruins with the tale of one town’s rise from the ashes. Drawn by lenses and other treasure in the nearby Runebarrows, our heroes learn that the town is struggling to rebuild after an earthquake and decide to help. Along the way, they’ll resolve disputes between eager adventurers and wary locals who don’t think the Barrows should be disturbed. And they’ll learn more about each other’s reasons for seeking treasure, deepening their bonds in the process. As you will learn, these Runebarrows hide a great secret that has fateful implications for one of the characters. What begins as a simple treasure hunt turns into a dark conspiracy that will shake the world and plant seeds that carry over into the main story of Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes. The game will introduce a portion of Eiyuden Chronicle’s cast of characters in an original story with thrilling action and engaging town-upgrading elements.
- SPORTS
- Bob Lanier, American Basketball HOF center (8 x NBA All-Star; NBA All-Star Game MVP 1974; Detroit Pistons, Milwaukee Bucks), who died at 73.
On this day in 2021
- EVENTS
- Chinese safari park in Fuyang forced to apologize for not informing the public that three leopards had escaped April 19 and been roaming nearby neighborhoods.
- Kazungula road and rail bridge 1km long opens over the Zambezi River linking Botswana and Zambia, with a curve so it doesn't encroach on Zimbabwe (Robert Mugabe opposed it).
- NBC says it will not televise the 2022 Golden Globes because of criticism of its lack of diversity.
- World Health Organization classifies the Indian COVID-19 pandemic variant B.1.617 as a variant of global concern.
- US F.D.A. authorizes the Pfizer COVID-19 pandemic vaccine for 12-to-15-year-olds.
- Violence escalates between Palestinians and Israelis after Israeli officers enter Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, rockets then fired from Gaza and airstrikes from Israel kill at least 31.
- DEATHS
- Tony Armatrading, British stage and screen actor (Colour Blind; Notting Hill), who died of cancer at 59.
- Néstor Montelongo, Uruguayan soccer utility (36 caps; Montevideo Wanderers, Peñarol, Nacional, Racing), who died at 66.
- Norman Lloyd, American actor (St. Elsewhere - "Dr. Auschlander" ; Dead Poets Society), producer and director (Alfred Hitchcock Presents), who died at 106.
- TV SERIES
- The Crime of the Century is released. The two-part documentary directed by Alex Gibney is an expose of the origins and enabling of the opioid epidemic featuring exclusive interviews of whistleblowers and victims as well as leaked documents.
- GAMING: PC
- Hood: Outlaws & Legends for PC is released. In a violent, medieval world, outplay rival gangs in intense PvPvE multiplayer heists. Moving in stealth to steal treasures unseen or dominating through loud and brutal combat, only the best will escape with hard-earned riches.
On this day in 2020
- EVENTS
- Global confirmed cases of COVID-19 pandemic rise above 4 million with death toll above 270,000, according to Johns Hopkins.
- British bass guitarist John McKenzie died. He was a member of bands such as Global Village Trucking Company and Man and played on numerous singles, notably for Eurythmics, The Pretenders and Alison Moyet and was a touring musician with acts as diverse as Lionel Richie, Dr. John, Bob Dylan, Peter Green and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra..
- DEATHS
- Betty Wright [Bessie Norris], American R& B singer-songwriter (" Clean Up Woman"), who died at 66.
- John Teerlinck, American NFL defensive end (SD Chargers) and coach (annual award for NFL best defensive line coach named after him), who died at 69.
- TV SERIES
- I Know This Much Is True: Season 1 is released. The six-episode limited series finds identical twin brothers Dominick and Thomas Birdsey (both played by Mark Ruffalo) dealing with metal illness, relationship issues and secrets in this adaptation of Wally Lamb's novel of the same name.
On this day in 2019
- EVENTS
- Rihanna announces her new upmarket fashion label Fenty with world's largest luxury group LVMH, their first black female designer.
- Taxi service Uber becomes a public company opening on the New York Stock Exchange.
- US begins raising tariffs on $250 billion of Chinese imports to 25% after trade talks fail.
- YouTube dispute between beauty vloggers James Charles and Tati Westbrook viewed more than 40 million times.
- MOVIES: NOT RATED
- The Biggest Little Farm is released. The Biggest Little Farm follows two dreamers and their beloved dog when they make a choice that takes them out of their tiny L.A. apartment and into the countryside to build one of the most diverse farms of its kind in complete coexistence with nature. The film chronicles their near decade-long attempt to create the utopia they seek, planting 10,000 orchard trees, hundreds of crops, and bringing in animals of every kind– including an unforgettable pig named Emma and her best friend, Greasy the rooster. When the farm’s ecosystem finally begins to reawaken, their plan to create perfect harmony takes a series of wild turns, and to survive they realize they'll have to reach a far greater understanding of the intricacies and wisdom of nature, and of life itself.
- XY Chelsea is released. A look at the life and career of Chelsea Manning, a trans woman soldier in the United States Army, who was sentenced to serve 35 years at an all-male military prison for leaking information about the country's wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
- Pasolini is released. A look at the final days of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini (Willem Dafoe) and the confusion surrounding his death in 1975.
- Ask Dr. Ruth is released. Ask Dr. Ruth chronicles the incredible life of Dr. Ruth Westheimer, a Holocaust survivor who became America's most famous sex therapist. With her diminutive frame, thick German accent, and uninhibited approach to sex therapy and education, Dr. Ruth transformed the conversation around sexuality. As she approaches her 90th birthday and shows no signs of slowing down, Dr. Ruth revisits her painful past and unlikely path to a career at the forefront of the sexual revolution.
- MOVIES: PG
- Pokémon Detective Pikachu is released. The first-ever live-action Pokémon adventure begins when ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry’s former Pokémon partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to communicate with one another, Tim and Pikachu join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City—a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world—they encounter a diverse cast of Pokémon characters and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokémon universe.
- MOVIES: PG13
- Poms is released. Martha (Diane Keaton) moves into a retirement community and starts a cheerleading squad with her fellow residents, Sheryl (Jacki Weaver), Olive (Pam Grier) and Alice (Rhea Perlman), proving that it's never too late to follow your dreams.
- My Son is released. In the middle of the night, a 7-year-old boy has gone missing. The crisis has drawn the child’s father Julien (Guillaume Canet) back to a small, snowy town in eastern France in an effort to help. Julien travels abroad for work and has been essentially absent from his son’s life since splitting with his wife (Mélanie Laurent) a few years earlier. Fueled by his sense of guilt about neglecting his family, Julien is determined to do whatever it takes to find his son. That includes using physical force against anyone he speculates could be a suspect in the kidnapping – and disobeying police instructions by stepping outside of the law, as he begins to unfold the mystery of the boy’s disappearance. [Cohen Media Group]
- Tolkien is released. Tolkien explores the formative years of the orphaned author as he finds friendship, love and artistic inspiration among a group of fellow outcasts at school.
- The Hustle is released. Female scam artists (Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson), one low rent and the other high class, team up to take down the dirty rotten men who have wronged them.
- MOVIES: R
- Charlie Says is released. Years after the shocking murders that made the name Charles Manson synonymous with pure evil, the three women who killed for him—Leslie Van Houten (Hannah Murray), Patricia Krenwinkel (Sosie Bacon), and Susan Atkins (Marianne Rendón)—remain under the spell of the infamous cult leader (Matt Smith). Confined to an isolated cellblock in a California penitentiary, the trio seem destined to live out the rest of their lives under the delusion that their crimes were part of a cosmic plan—until empathetic graduate student Karlene Faith (Merritt Wever) is enlisted to rehabilitate them. Convinced the prisoners are not the inhuman monsters the world believes them to be, Karlene begins the arduous process of breaking down the psychological barriers erected by Manson. But are the women ready to confront the horror of what they did? [IFC Films]
- TV SERIES
- The Society: Season 1 is released. After a group of teenagers discover their Connecticut hometown no longer has adults (or anyone else), they must find a way to come together to survive in this Christopher Keyser and Christopher Keyser suspense drama that was inspired in part by Lord of the Flies.
- Wu-Tang Clan: Of Mics and Men: Season 1 is released. The four-part documentary from Sacha Jenkins takes a look at the hip-hop group's formation and long career with never-before-seen archival footage and interviews with all living nine members.
- ALBUMS
- Young Enough was released by Charly Bliss. The second full-length release for the New York City alternative rock/pop band was produced by Joe Chiccarelli.
- Wheeltappers and Shunters was released by Clinic. The eighth full-length studio release for the British post-punk experimental band is "a satirical take on British culture"and its first studio album in seven years.
- Yu was released by Rosie Lowe. The third full-length release for the British artist was produced by Dave Okumu and features contributions from Jay Electronica, Kwabs, Jamie Lidell, Jordan Rakei, Jamie Woon, and Henry Wu.
- Anoyo was released by Tim Hecker. The six-track release for the electronic producer was recorded during the same session as 2018's Konoyo.
- Enderness was released by A.A. Bondy. The first full-length release in eight years for the Alabama singer-songwriter was self-recorded.
- Here Comes the Cowboy was released by Mac DeMarco. The fourth full-length release for the Los Angeles-based Canadian singer-songwriter was co-mixed with Joe Santarpia.
- LEGACY! LEGACY! was released by Jamila Woods. The second full-length release for the Chicago R&B artist features guest appearances from Jasminfire, Nitty Scott, Saba, Nico Segal, and theMIND.
- PROTO was released by Holly Herndon. The third full-length release for the electronic artist was created with the help of an A.I. program co-created by Herndon and Mat Dryhurst called Spawn and features guest appearances from Annie Garlid, Lily Anna Haynes, Evelyn Saylor, Spawn, Jenna Sutela, and Martine Syms.
- GAMING: SWITCH
- Saints Row: The Third - The Full Package for Switch is released. Welcome to Steel port Years after taking Stillwater for their own, the Third Street Saints have evolved from street gang to house gold brand name, with Saints sneakers, Saints energy drinks and Johnny Gat bobble head dolls all available at a store near you. The Saints are kings of Stillwater, but their celebrity status has not gone unnoticed. The Syndicate, a legendary criminal fraternity with pawns in play all over the globe, has turned its eye on the Saints and demands tribute. Refusing to kneel to the Syndicate, you take the fight to Steel port, a once-proud metropolis reduced to a struggling city of sin under Syndicate control. Take a tank skydiving, call in a satellite-targeted airstrike on a wrestling gang, and defend yourself against a highly-trained military force using only a sex toy in the most out-laddish gameplay scenarios ever seen, igniting a city-wide war that will set Steel port on fire. Strap it on.
- Blazing Beaks for Switch is released. Blaze your way armed to the beak through hordes of mutants, monsters & other creepy creatures. But beware, collecting too many shiny things can hurt you in this unique rogue-lite game.
On this day in 2018
- EVENTS
- China announces plans for the world's largest weather-control mechanism, rain-inducing machines for the Tibetan Plateau (area the size of Alaska).
- Israel fires missiles at 70 Iranian targets inside Syria after Iran fires missiles into the Golan Heights, with claims Israel struck first in attack on Baath.
- Scottish singer, songwriter, guitarist Scott Hutchison from indie band Frightened Rabbit was found dead near South Queensferry, Scotland. Hutchison was last seen at 1am on the 9th May leaving a hotel in South Queensferry and later tweeted 'Be so good to everyone you love. It's not a given. I'm so annoyed that it’s not. I didn't live by that standard and it kills me. Please, hug your loved ones', followed by 'I'm away now. Thanks' prior to his disappearance..
- R. Kelly's songs removed from Spotify playlists after sexual abuse allegations.
- Rafael Nadal breaks John McEnroe's record for successive set wins on a single surface (49 on carpet) with 6-3,6-4 win over Diego Schwartzman at the Madrid Open (clay).
- New record auction price for a Latin American artwork of $9.76 million for Diego Rivera's "The Rivals".
- DEATHS
- Maynard Troyer, Race Car Driver.
- Evgeni Vasiukov, Russian chess grandmaster (World Senior Champion 1995), who died at 85.
- GAMING: PC
- Wild West Online for PC is released. Welcome to the emergent open world, Wild West-themed action MMO featuring world exploration, resource gathering, PvP combat, PvE missions and much, much more.
- GAMING: SWITCH
- The Fall for Switch is released. Be an AI. Save your human." Super Metroid meets Monkey Island." Conform to Protocol.Experience the first story in a mind bending trilogy!Take on the role of ARID, the artificial intelligence onboard a high-tech combat suit. ARID's program activates after crashing on an unknown planet. The human pilot within the combat suit is unconscious, and it is ARID's duty to protect him at all costs! As she progresses into her twisted and hostile surroundings, events transpire that will cause her to rethink her rules, regulations, and her very self-image.The Fall is a unique blend of adventure-game puzzle solving, and side-scroller action. Exploration will be paramount to surviving your adventure. Utilize ARID's flashlight to uncover a myriad of interactive objects as you progress through a rich and detailed story, hand-crafted over the course of two years to blend seemlessly with gameplay.Get ready for a disturbing journey as you fight, explore, and think your way forward, expanding ARID's world, in spite of her protocols.
- Garage for Switch is released. Garage is a bloody shooter in the style of an 80s B-movie. Playing as a drug dealer named Butch, you stand alone against hordes of the living dead. Explore every dark corner of an underground parking garage and discover a passageway to a supernatural world that has never seen the light of day. Find new weapons and master them in order to survive. Solve the mystery of this cursed place and the creatures that inhabit it.
- Immortal Redneck for Switch is released. Immortal Redneck mixes old-school first-person shooter action with rogue-lite mechanics. Frantic gameplay, twitch controls and an arcade-style feel meet randomly generated dungeons, a complete skill tree, permanent death and nine classes with different traits.
- One Piece: Pirate Warriors 3 - Deluxe Edition for Switch is released. More action, more characters, stronger enemies and an improved gameplay in the latest collaboration between TOEI ANIMATION, KOEI TECMO GAMES and BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment!Enjoy the original story of ONE PIECE from Fuschia village, where everything has started, to the kingdom of Dressrosa, a mysterious island dominated by the evil Donquixote Doflamingo.Will your resolution be strong enough to defeat the most dangerous foes, including Doflamingo, Hordy Jones, Ceasar Clown and many more?Gather every member of the Straw Hat Crew, like in the original story, sail to the most emblematic places and enter the most epic battles: Marineford, Fish-Man Island, Punk Hazard and Dressrosa!
- Suicide Guy for Switch is released. Suicide Guy is set in the incredibile and extraordinary dreams of its protagonist. What would you do in order to save the thing you love most? Immerse yourself into his weird dreams and help him to wake up before it's too late.
- Super Chariot for Switch is released. Designed for the Nintendo Switch, Super Chariot is a 2D platform game that can be played through to the end in either solo or co-op mode. You play as either the brave Princess or her faithful fiancé in a subterranean fantasy adventure... Manoeuvre the wheeled coffin of the dead King through 25 levels and 5 colourful environments, trying to ignore the incessant insults of the King's ghost. With original gameplay and an innovative physics engine, hours of exciting exploration, hair-raising sliding sequences and mountains of treasure lie ahead. Set out on an epic adventure and give His Majesty the trip of his death. Guide a Super Chariot containing the remains of your King through a network of subterranean caverns. On your own or with a friend, lead the brave Princess and her faithful fiancé through the catacombs in search of the ideal resting spot for the King. [Nintendo]
- GAMING: XBOX ONE
- Laser League for Xbox One is released. Blink and you are dead! LASER LEAGUE is the new last-word in high-speed, future-sports team action. Battle against the opposition for control of nodes that bathe the arena in deadly light. Evade rival coloured beams, and fry your opponents with speed, strength and strategy.
- POLITICS
- Mahathir Mohamad is sworn in as the seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, the world's oldest leader at 92.
On this day in 2017
- EVENTS
- Apple becomes the first company to be worth more than $800 billion.
- USGS releases a report saying that some glaciers in Montana have receded by 85% in the last 50 years.
- DEATHS
- Jack Conely, Race Car Driver.
- MOVIES: NOT RATED
- Manifesto is released. From acclaimed visual artist Julian Rosefeldt, Manifesto features Cate Blanchett in 13 distinct, must-see vignettes that incorporate timeless manifestos from 20th century art movements. From anchorwoman to homeless man, from Pop Art to Dogma 95, a chameleonic Blanchett gives a tour-de-force performance as she transforms herself like never before. Rosefeldt weaves together history’s most impassioned artistic statements in this stunning and contemporary call to action. [FilmRise]
- The Drowning is released. Tom Seymour (Josh Charles), a forensic psychologist, is haunted by his expert witness testimony that sent a young boy to prison for a chilling murder 12 years prior. When the boy, now a young man, reappears in Tom’s life, Tom is drawn into a potentially destructive, soul-searching reinvestigation of the case.
- GAMING: PC
- Rakuen for PC is released. Rakuen is a story-based adventure game about a little Boy who becomes bored with living in a hospital, and eventually asks his mother if she'll escort him to the fantasy world from his favorite storybook. Throughout the game, the Boy begins to learn more about the patients who live around him. They each have their own secrets and struggles that are mysteriously tied to the strange hospital. In helping those around him, the Boy deals with questions about empathy, hope, and what it means to leave behind a legacy by coming to terms with his own story.
- GAMING: XBOX ONE
- Narcosis for Xbox One is released. Narcosis is a survival story set at the hostile depths of the Pacific Ocean. Stranded after an accident, an industrial diver takes desperate steps to surface before his oxygen - and sanity - give out.
- BUTCHER for Xbox One is released. BUTCHER is a fast-paced 2D shooter and a blood-soaked love letter to the cult classics of the genre. As a cyborg programmed to eradicate the last remains of humanity, your sole purpose is to well... annihilate anything that moves.So grab your weapon of choice (from chainsaw, through shotgun, to grenade launcher) and kill your way through underground hideouts, post-apocalyptic cities, jungles and more. And if you're feeling creative, there are plenty other ways of ending your enemies' misery - hooks, lava pits, saws... no death will ever be the same.If kicking corpses into a lava pit and adorning walls with blood is your idea of a good time, BUTCHER is THE game for you.
- POLITICS
- US President Donald Trump shares classified information about ISIS plot with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Ambassador Sergey Kislyak in the Oval Office.
On this day in 2016
- EVENTS
- Indian fertility clinic announces that a 70 year old woman has successfully gave birth to a baby boy.
- DEATHS
- Chuck Marshall, Race Car Driver.
- Louis van Gasteren, Dutch actor and director (The House, De prijs van overleven), who died at 93.
- GAMING: PC
- TASTEE: Lethal Tactics for PC is released. Strategy has a new name and it’s damn TASTEE. Recruit a team of volatile mercs and execute dramatic gunfights on a mission to take down the Cartel. Out think, outmaneuver, and eliminate enemies in a fresh take on simultaneous turn-based tactics. Precision planning meets epic action.
- GAMING: PLAYSTATION 4
- Uncharted 4: A Thief's End for PlayStation 4 is released. Set 3 years after the events of Uncharted 3, Nathan Drake has apparently left the world of fortune hunting behind. However, it doesn’t take long for adventure to come calling when Drake’s brother, Sam, re-emerges asking for his help to save his own life and offering an adventure Drake cannot resist. On the hunt for Captain Henry Avery’s long-lost treasure, Sam and Drake embark on a journey to find Libertalia, the pirate utopia deep in the forests of Madagascar. Uncharted 4: A Thief’s End takes players around the globe, through jungle isles, urban cities and snow-capped peaks on the search for Avery’s fortune. [Naughty Dog]
- GAMING: PLAYSTATION VITA
- MegaTagmension Blanc + Neptune VS Zombies for PlayStation Vita is released. The prestigious Gamicademi — an academy of fading glory. To put it back in the spotlight, Blanc and friends decide to film a zombie flick on campus. All’s quiet on the set until real zombies start crawling out of the woodwork! Now they’ve got to send these zombies to detention in this hack ‘n’ slash — or else be history. [Playstation.com]
On this day in 2015
- EVENTS
- 61st British Academy Television Awards: "The Graham Norton Show" Best Comedy, "Happy Valley" Best Drama.
On this day in 2014
- EVENTS
- The African National Congress wins the 2014 South African General Election.
- 59th Eurovision Song Contest: Conchita Wurst for Austria wins singing "Rise Like a Phoenix" in Copenhagen.
- DEATHS
- George Behlman, Race Car Driver.
- Jadiel, Rapper.
On this day in 2013
- EVENTS
- Agnetha Faltskog releases a new album called "A".
- Two men were arrested in Dublin after the city centre statue of Phil Lynott was pushed over and seriously damaged. The memorial to the Thin Lizzy icon has been removed from its Harry Street location for repairs, and the men were later released without charge. The life-size bronze sculpture was unveiled in 2005 and had become a tourist destination and landmark since then..
- BIRTHS
- Taufa?Ahau Manumataongo, Tongan royal, Auckland, born in New Zealand.
- WEDDINGS
- " Beverly Hills,90210" actress Shenae Grimes at the age of 23 weds model and musician Josh Beech at the Boys Hall in Ashford, Kent.
- MOVIES: NOT RATED
- Sightseers is released. Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn.
- And Now a Word from Our Sponsor is released. Adan Kundle, the successful CEO of an advertising agency, wakes up in the hospital speaking only in ad slogans.
- The Painting (Le Tableau) is released. In this wryly inventive parable, a kingdom within a painting is divided into three castes: the impeccably colored Alldunns, the incomplete Halfies, and the barely outlined Sketchies who are treated as outcasts. Chastised for her forbidden love of the dashing Ramo, Claire runs away into the cursed forest. Ramo and his friends journey after her, crossing over the boundaries of the forest only to arrive at the very edge of the painting – where they tumble through the canvas and into the Painter’s studio. The abandoned workspace is strewn with paintings, each containing its own vividly animated world and characters – and in a feast for both the eyes and the imagination, Ramo, Lola, Quill and Magenta explore picture after picture, in a quest to discover just what the Painter has in mind for his creations. [GKids]
- What Richard Did is released. The world is bright and everything seems possible for Richard Karlsen, the golden boy of a privileged set of Dublin teens, until he does something that destroys it all and shatters the lives of the people closest to him. Featuring extraordinary performances from its largely young cast, What Richard Did is a quietly devastating study of a boy confronting the gap between who he thought he was and who he proves to be. [Tribeca Film]
- MOVIES: PG13
- Venus and Serena is released. Ever since Venus and Serena Williams started playing in tennis tournaments, they've provoked strong reactions - from awe and admiration to suspicion and resentment. They've been winning championships for over a decade, pushing the limits of longevity in such a demanding sport. How long can they last? In Venus & Serena, we gain unprecedented access into their lives during the most intimidating year of their career. Over the course of 2011, Venus grappled with an energy-sapping autoimmune disease while Serena battled back from a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. Neither Venus nor Serena let their adversities hold them back. They drew their greatest strength from each other. [Magnolia Pictures]
- Stories We Tell is released. Director Sarah Polley looks into her past and excavates layers of myth and memory to find the elusive truth at the core of a family of storytellers.
- The Great Gatsby is released. An adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's Long Island-set novel, where Midwesterner Nick Carraway is lured into the lavish world of his neighbor, Jay Gatsby. Soon enough, however, Carraway will see through the cracks of Gatsby's nouveau riche existence, where obsession, madness, and tragedy await.
- Peeples is released. Sparks fly when Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) crashes the preppy Peeples' annual reunion in the Hamptons to ask for their precious daughter Grace's (Kerry Washington) hand in marriage. In a wild weekend of fun, dysfunction and hilarious surprises, Wade is about to discover there's room for all kinds of Peeples in this family, no matter their differences. [Lionsgate]
- MOVIES: R
- No One Lives is released. A gang of ruthless highway killers kidnap a wealthy couple traveling cross country only to shockingly discover that things are not what they seem.
- Aftershock is released. In Chile, a group of travelers who are in an underground nightclub when a massive earthquake hits quickly learn that reaching the surface is just the beginning of their nightmare.
- Java Heat is released. An American in Indonesia teams up with a Muslim cop to track down a terrorist.
- GAMING: XBOX 360
- Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine for Xbox 360 is released. Build a crack team of thieves and execute the perfect crime. Sneak, steal, and run for your life in single-player or with up to 4 friends in local or online co-op.
- POLITICS
- Joe Sakic is hired by his former team, the Colorado Avalanche, as Executive Vice President of Hockey Operations.
- SPORTS
- A two-year degree in heavy metal music was branded an "easy option" by education campaigners. The foundation degree was being offered by New College Nottingham in the UK. The course, which was due to start later this year would include modules on the music business, the history of heavy metal and its role in films and video games and would show students how to compose and perform heavy metal songs..