Teams with Abbvie and Calico
Google teams with Abbvie and Calico in order to develop new treatments for diseases prevalent among the elderly. Arthur Levinson:
Our relationship with AbbVie is a pivotal event for Calico, whose mission is to develop life-enhancing therapies for people with age-related diseases. It will greatly accelerate our efforts to understand the science of aging, advance our clinical work, and help bring important new therapies to patients everywhere.
Google Now
Google provides the option to speak with your smartphone. The feature to chat with your phone is called Google Now and is available for download in the app store for both Android and Apple devices.
Once you sign up and register, Google guesstimates your interests with Google Now “cards” that show up in the Google app, spotlighting everything from weather, local movie showtimes, articles Google thinks you’ll be interested and upcoming concert info.
TNA online waging game announcement
MX Digital announces agreement with William Hunt to produce six online waging games including one based on TNA Impact Wrestling.
Placing six of our branded games with William Hill represents the most significant distribution agreement for our company and a major step forward in establishing MX Digital in the marketplace.
DC film role announcement
Johnson announces via Titter that he will play Black Adam in an upcoming DC film based on the Captain Marvel comic book series.
"Kneel at his feet or get crushed by his boot." My honor to become.. #BlackAdam #TheAntiHero #DCComics pic.twitter.com/Qk55eNf3R7
— Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) September 3, 2014
First Manhattan store
Neiman Marcus is opening its first store in Manhattan in 2018. The 250,000-square-foot store will anchor the new retail complex Hudson Yards on the Far West Side. Neiman Marcus CEO Karen Katz:
We needed to make sure that if we were taking this big, big step of coming to Manhattan, that we had a store that was going to be very impressive.
Night of Champions title match announcement
WWE announces that WWE Intercontinental champion, Dolph Ziggler will face The Miz in a rematch for the championship at Night of Champions on September 21st.
Appearance announcement
Jericho announces via Twitter that WWE COO, Triple H will appear on next week’s edition of Talk is Jericho.
This week on @TalkIsJericho on Wed & Fri… @TRIPLEH!!!@wwe #timetoplaythegame #biggestguestinpodcasthistory
— Chris Jericho (@IAmJericho) September 1, 2014
TV show announcement
The El Rey Network announces they will team with AAA wrestling to create a new professional wrestling promotion and series titled Lucha Underground the show is set to feature the top talent in lucha libre wrestling and will bring that style to mainstream American audiences. The Network’s statement reads:
The ‘Lucha Underground’ franchise is perfect for El Rey Network. It features good versus evil, intense action, humor, drama, great characters and most important great stories from two of the best storytellers in the business- Mark Burnett and Robert Rodriguez. It’s the perfect time and they are the perfect team to bring lucha to America.
WWE SuperCard press release
2K Sports issues press release on WWE SuperCard game. The game boasts over 1.5 million downloads in the first week with an average rating of 4.5/5 stars.
In less than one week, WWE SuperCard broke 2K’s records and became one of the company’s most popular free-to-play games to date.
Legends to appear on RAW
WWE announces Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels and Hulk Hogan will all appear on Monday Night RAW in Anaheim, California.
The WWE Universe is still buzzing about the brutal beating John Cena suffered at the hands of Brock Lesnar at SummerSlam. To kick off Raw, WWE Hall of Famers Hulk Hogan, Shawn Michaels and Ric Flair will be in the house to weigh in on the upcoming Lesnar-Cena at Night of Champions.
Impact in Africa through 2019
TNA will continue to air IMPACT through 2019 due to an agreement with SuperSport, the continent’s leading sports broadcaster.
We have had a wonderful relationship with SuperSport since first airing on the channel in 2011 and we look forward to attracting more fans to our entertaining programming. This multi-year deal with SuperSport is one more example of TNA’s remarkable international growth as we continue executing our global brand and programming strategies.
SpikeTV announcement
TNA announces that IMPACT will continue to air through the end of 2014 on Wednesday nights on SpikeTV. The statement also says that negotiations are ongoing for deals after that.
IMPACT WRESTLING will remain a vital part of Spike TV’s programming on Wednesday nights, 9/8c, through the end of the year. Negotiations remain ongoing beyond this time frame.
Lesnar – Cena rematch set
WWE announces on Main Event that Cena and Lesnar will have a rematch for the WWE World Heavyweight championship at Night of Champions.
Allergic to Water announcement
DiFranco will release a new album, Allergic to Water, on October 14, 2014 via her own label, Righteous Babe Records.
Mostly I worked alone in headphones, in the wee hours, while my family slept. It was empowering but terrifying to have the buck stop with me again in terms of the mixes. The recordings are documents of my current touring band
Summerslam kickoff match announced
WWE announces that the kickoff match for Summerslam pre-show will be Rob Van Dam vs Cesaro in singles competition.
Added to Summerslam panel
Flair is added to WWE’s Summerslam kickoff show panel. He will join Alex Riley and Booker T to discuss the event and the major participants and predictions.
2K15 roster revealed
WWE reveals the roster for the upcoming video game installment, WWE 2k15. The roster includes most of today’s top stars and stars of the past including Sting, Triple H, CM Punk and Shawn Michaels.
Officer named: Darren Wilson
Police Chief Thomas Jackson releases Wilson’s name to the public to ease tension and satisfy freedom of information to the public. Wilson is a 28-year-old police officer that has been on the force for six years. He spent two years as a police officer in the city of Jennings and four years with Ferguson. Jackson:
He’s a gentle quiet man. He’s a distinguished officer.
Total Divas Season Three announcement
WWE releases statement about the upcoming season of Total Divas which premieres September 7th at 9 a.m. on E!
In the season two finale, Brie Bella and WWE Superstar Daniel Bryan had just tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony surrounded by friends, family and many of the gorgeous girls. While most of the Divas were living large, Nikki was patching up her relationship with WWE Superstar John Cena as he had discovered her long kept secret —unbeknownst to anyone but her twin sister she had been married before. Now, the Divas are back with an even more prominent position in WWE as each woman has become a serious contender for the WWE Divas championship title.
Lockdown film announced
WWE Films announce new film project, Lockdown. The film will be co-produced by Lionsgate and will star WWE superstar, Dean Ambrose. The film will follow a police officer who finds himself trapped inside his own precinct and hunted after crooked cops stop at nothing to recover incriminating evidence of illegal activities against those closest to him.