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Guide: Apple TV+, Music, Arcade holiday specials

Entertainment galore this season of giving

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Apple Holiday

Apple is offering a great holiday lineup across its entertainment services. Enjoy these on Apple TV+, Apple Music, and Apple Arcade as Christmas approaches.

Classics, originals, sing-alongs on Apple TV+

Apple Original special “The Velveteen Rabbit” and musical “Hannah Waddingham: Home for Christmas” featuring Rebecca Welton from Ted Lasso and special guests headline Apple TV+ specials this holiday season.

For kids, “The Snoopy Show,” “Frog and Toad,” “Sago Mini Friends,” and “Shape Island” are available to stream throughout the season while classics like “Mariah Carey’s Magical Christmas Special,” “I Want a Dog for Christmas, Charlie Brown,” and “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” are all streaming on the platform.

As a bonus, a sing-along version of the hit musical comedy “Spirited” which stars Will Ferrell, Ryan Reynolds, and Octavia Spencer has been made available.

Apple Music: TWICE’s Jeongyeon headlines Carols Covered

This year, Carols Covered returns with a new lineup of holiday songs reimagined by today’s top artists.

The Apple Music selection includes renditions led by TWICE’s Jeongyeon. She encourages listeners to bring back “some sweet holiday memories” while tuning in to her cover.

The lineup of performers also includes Ángela Aguilar, Armani White, Bnxn, Coco Jones, David Shaw, Dikka, and Elevation Worship. There’s also Ella Henderson, Gallant & Jensen McRae, G Flip, Hakushi Hasegawa, Hemlocke Springs, Lauren Spencer Smith, and Restless Road.

Apple Arcade: Updates for the holidays

For Apple Arcade, more than 50 updates to existing titles on the service have been rolled out. All of that coming in time for the festivities this December.

Players may join Sonic and friends in Sonic Dream Team, step into a Disney magic-filled world with Disney Dreamlight Valley Arcade Ediiton and enjoy an epic fantasy puzzle RPG adventure with Puzzle & Dragons Story.

The award-winning Hello Kitty Island Adventure has also introduced the Give & Gather Celebration on the Island, along with its newest resident, My Sweet Piano. 

Multi-player game Taiko no Tatsujin Pop Tap Beat has six new songs, while Cooking Mama: Cuisine! has an all-new Flour Recipes book to get everyone busy and hooked on their Apple devices.

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Netflix: Kris Aquino makes on-screen comeback with fictional role

Long-time TV icon named “C.H.I.K.A.” of Netflix

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Long-time popular Philippine TV icon Kris Aquino has made her on-screen comeback as Netflix’s fictional C.H.I.K.A., or “Chief Head of Insights and Kontent Analysis.”

Netflix initially teased the campaign through a post mentioning that they were “hiring” for the said position.

The post also contained a bullet list of descriptions that served as clues. Not long after, the streaming giant bared the former presidential daughter and presidential sister has made her comeback.

A teaser has likewise been released. The fun skit features Aquino in this new fictional role, giving her signature witty commentary inside the Netflix editing room to ensure that the production of local entertainment content is of topnotch quality.

Two more episodes will be rolled out on August 14 and 20.

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New Yorkers compete in Ted Lasso lookalike contest at Apple Fifth Avenue

Futbol is life!

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Apple Fifth Avenue or Nelson Road? New Yorkers gathered at the iconic flagship store as it transformed into a slice of AFC Richmond for a Ted Lasso lookalike contest celebrating the return of the hit Apple TV+ series.

Dozens of fans arrived in Ted’s signature look, complete with mustaches, visors, blue sweaters, and khakis. Inside the store, the AFC Richmond takeover continued with themed photo opportunities and hidden Easter eggs for longtime fans to discover.

The celebration continued across Midtown and Central Park, where brand ambassadors spread kindness with “Believe” signs, complimentary coffee and tea, a tunnel of cheering Teds for runners, and the Goldfish Zone, where visitors symbolically let go of worries by dropping paper fish into a fishbowl.

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The takeover marked the return of Ted Lasso, which premiered its fourth season on Apple TV+ on Aug. 5, which arrives more than three years after Season 3 concluded in 2023.

Jason Sudeikis returns as the relentlessly optimistic coach, this time leading AFC Richmond’s newly formed women’s team while reuniting with familiar faces.

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Street Fighter special look: Blanka vs. Ryu

Jason Momoa, Andrew Koji’s characters face off

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Paramount Pictures has released a new special look for Street Fighter featuring Jason Momoa and Andrew Koji.

The short, minute-long clip shows the actors’ respective characters, Blanka and Ryu, in battle.

It opens with a chained prisoner struck by extreme electrical charges, transforming into the green-skinned, electricity-infused Blanka.

He unleashes a fierce roar. Meanwhile, Ryu drops into a fighting stance, but tells Blanka he does not want to fight him.

Forced to defend himself, Ryu then fires a signature Hadouken fireball towards Blanka, as the teaser cuts to the Street Fighter title card.

Street Fighter debuts in cinemas starting October 14. It is directed by Kitao Sakurai and stars an ensemble cast that includes Noah Centineo as Ken Masters, Callina Liang as Chun-Li, Joe “Roman Reigns” Anoai as Akuma, and Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson as Balrog, among others.

The film is set in 1993 when estranged Street Fighters Ryu and Ken Masters are thrown into combat when Chun-Li recruits them for the next World Warrior Tournament.

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