Renderings show ‘first-of-its-kind’ esports arena coming to Six Flags Fiesta Texas

SAN ANTONIO – Six Flags Fiesta Texas released renderings on Thursday for its new, “first-of-its-kind” esports arena, ESIX Gaming powered by Coca-Cola. The park said the competitive esports gaming campus will include an event stage where five-on-five live tournaments can be held and livestreamed on a professional setup. There will also be 50 gaming stations … Read more

Excitement builds for Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’ at CinemaCon

LAS VEGAS – Universal started out its CinemaCon presentation with the big one: New footage from Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer.” “I know of no more dramatic tale, with higher stakes, twists and turns, paradoxes,” Nolan told a room full of theater owners Wednesday in Las Vegas. “In learning about that story, I wanted to be in … Read more

Tucker Carlson emerges on Twitter, doesn’t mention Fox News

NEW YORK – Tucker Carlson emerged Wednesday, two days after Fox News fired him, with a two-minute, campaign-style monologue that didn’t address why he suddenly became unemployed. He posted a two-minute video on Twitter shortly after 8 p.m. Eastern, the time his Fox show used to begin, that talked about a lack of honest political … Read more

Danny Masterson lawyer challenges new details in rape story

LOS ANGELES – An attorney for Danny Masterson challenged his former longtime girlfriend during cross-examination Wednesday on why her trial testimony alleging the actor raped her in 2001 included several new details that were missing from the accounts she gave authorities at the beginning of the investigation. “Is your testimony today that you can now … Read more

Cedric the Entertainer has novel coming in September

NEW YORK – Call him the Cedric the Novelist. Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, announced Wednesday that it will publish a novel in September by Cedric the Entertainer. “Flipping Boxcars,” billed as a “valentine” to 1940s crime fiction, is scheduled for Sept. 12. “Flipping Boxcars is an homage to my grandfather, who I never … Read more