Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas To Attend TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night Screening of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial – Turner Classic Movies (TCM) today announced actors Drew Barrymore and Henry Thomas will appear at the 40th anniversary screening of the beloved family sci-fi film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial during the 2022 TCM Classic Film Festival. They will join director Steven Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy on the red carpet during Opening Night of the Festival, held in Hollywood April 21 – 24, 2022.
Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN will make a huge step towards its presence in the metaverse as it unveils a partnership with Everdome, the world’s first hyper-realistic metaverse, to provide a digital home for the future of their community and fan engagement. Through this partnership, Everdome will be providing Alfa Romeo F1 Team ORLEN with the most powerful metaverse experience in existence – a place where fans and the wider racing community will come to interact with the team and brand in the team’s own real estate.
- New in the Nintendo eShop on Nintendo Switch:
- Kirby and the Forgotten Land – Join Kirby on an unforgettable adventure in a mysterious, colorful world filled with 3D platforming challenges galore as he endeavors to rescue Waddle Dees from the fearsome Beast Pack. To win the day Kirby will have to employ a full roster of abilities, including the new Mouthful Mode that enables him to inhale real-world objects – like a car – and transform. A second player can even join in as Bandana Waddle Dee for two-player co-op play on the same system! Looking to whet your appetite for the full game? Play the demo today and sample a morsel of Kirby’s Mouthful Mode and three levels from the first world in the game! The Kirby and the Forgotten Land game will be available on March 25.
- CRYSTAR – Set in a grim yet vibrant world, this dark fantasy action-RPG follows Rei, a girl in mourning who must battle her demons by fighting through Purgatory to help save her fallen sister. Swap between a cast of four playable characters and unravel the truths and tragedies of their pasts. Turn your pain into power by summoning mighty Guardians to stand alongside you. And when overwhelmed with grief, draw strength from your tears to grow stronger. By overcoming the enemies around her, and the inner conflict within her, only then will Rei release herself from her own suffering. CRYSTAR will be available on March 29.
- Digital Spotlight
- Celebrate Kirby … With Kirby! – Before you float on to Kirby’s latest breathtaking journey, celebrate the pink puffball with a buffet of Kirby titles on Nintendo Switch! Choose from a cast made of Kirby’s copy abilities and duke it out to be the last Kirby standing in Kirby Fighters 2. Team up with classic Kirby enemies to save Planet Popstar in Kirby Star Allies. Both of these titles are available now in Nintendo eShop. Or experience some of the superstar’s earliest adventures on NES and Super NES, including Kirby’s Adventure, Kirby’s Dream Land 3, Kirby Super Star and Kirby’s Dream Course. You can play these classic titles with any Nintendo Switch Online membership.
Emarketer Subscription OTT Forecast: Subscription over-the-top (sub OTT) video viewing has become one of the most common digital activities on Earth. Emarketer forecasts 1.88 billion people worldwide will use a sub OTT service at least once per month in 2022. That figure has nearly doubled from just four years ago.
The number of sub OTT video service users is now akin to the number of YouTube viewers, Facebook users, and total worldwide ecommerce shoppers. Very few digital services or activities draw in multibillions of users, but platforms like Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, and a multitude of others have put the sub OTT industry at that level.
And, despite slowing growth, sub OTT is still gaining users more quickly than any of the other massively common digital activities Emarketer tracks. [Emarketer]
Uber to List All New York City Taxis on Its App – The company has reached an agreement to list all New York City taxis on its app, an alliance that could ease the ride-hailing giant’s driver shortage and temper high fares while directing more business to cabdrivers, whose livelihoods were affected by the emergence of car-sharing apps and the pandemic. [WSJ]
