The popular video game franchise “Grand Theft Auto” has already made over $6 billion for its publisher Rockstar. Now as the game moves online its players have listened to 75 billion minutes of music. Players can stream 18 online radio stations as they make their way through the game and even buy a nightclub to book performances by major DJ’s like Black Madonna. It’s the latest digital revenue stream for record labels and artists as sales of physical media taper off.

Meanwhile, just as the Justice Department was set to investigate whether the Paramount Decrees are still necessary, a small movie theater operator in Texas is suing the world’s largest cinema chain, AMC, claiming they colluded with studios to prevent them from getting new releases. The case proves just how hard proving antitrust allegations can be.

In the United Kingdom a movement among actors to be treated more fairly during the audition process has turned into a campaign with its own hashtag; #YesorNo. Actors simply want to know whether they have gotten a role or not after an audition. Some say being ignored entirely is worse than being rejected.

Of course we also cover the week’s top entertainment news including the final season of “The Big Bang Theory,” the Eagles break a sales record in a dubious fashion and Cuba Gooding, Jr. is headed to Broadway by way of “Chicago.”

Jim Parsons and The Big Bang Theory: Why Season 12 Will Be the Last for the Hit CBS Comedy

https://www.eonline.com/news/962825/jim-parsons-and-the-big-bang-theory-why-season-12-will-be-the-last-for-the-hit-cbs-comedy

comScore Announces Official Worldwide Box Office Results for Weekend of August 26, 2018

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/comscore-announces-official-worldwide-box-office-results-for-weekend-of-august-26-2018-300702441.html

Another Film Yanked From Chinese Cinemas After Poor Opening, Producers Vow Rerelease

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/film-yanked-chinese-cinemas-poor-opening-producers-vow-rerelease-1137218

AMC Theater Chain Headed to Trial Over Alleged Conspiracy With Movie Studio Giants

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/amc-theater-chain-headed-trial-alleged-conspiracy-movie-studio-giants-1136535

MoviePass Plans Keep Changing

https://www.cnet.com/news/moviepass-confusion-isnt-new-here-are-all-the-times-it-altered-the-deal

MoviePass to Renege on Annual Subscriber Benefits

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/moviepass-renege-annual-subscriber-benefits-1137461

How ‘Grand Theft Auto’ Is Changing the Way the World Experiences Music

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/rockstar-games-gta-online-mode-music-streaming-black-madonna-715665/

Multiple Fatalities at ‘Madden NFL 19’ Tournament Live Stream in Jacksonville