• Worldwide soccer scandal satirized in Amazon’s ‘El Presidente’

    Worldwide soccer scandal satirized in Amazon’s ‘El Presidente’

    The new Amazon series “El Presidente,” premiering Friday, lays bare the 2015 FIFA soccer scandal that exposed the international organization’s wide-ranging corruption, resulting in the ouster of its president, Sepp Blatter, and the arrests of top-tier members — including US officials. The gripping eight-episode series, created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Armando Bo (“Birdman”), tells a tale …
  • EA sinks, Activision soars as coronavirus keeps everyone locked indoors

    EA sinks, Activision soars as coronavirus keeps everyone locked indoors

    Video game publishers EA and Activision soundly beat earnings estimates Tuesday, but their stocks went in opposite directions on their future guidance. Activision ended Monday up more than 6 percent after predicting that gamers will continue turning to free-to-play games like its mega popular “Call of Duty: Warzone” due to the financial impact of the …