Following is a abstract of present leisure information briefs.

Apple raises subscription costs for TV+, News+

Apple on Wednesday elevated the subscription costs of Apple TV+ and Apple News+, in response to its web site, the most recent firm to lift charges following related strikes by media giants.

The per 30 days value of Apple TV+ has been elevated by $3 to $9.99, whereas Apple News+ has been priced at $12.99, up from $9.99.

Greece opens Maria Callas museum for a glimpse into opera diva’s life

From a pattern of her hair to a blue velvet costume she wore after the memorable 1955 efficiency of Verdi’s La Traviata in Milan’s La Scala, guests to Athens can now marvel at gadgets belonging to opera diva Maria Callas in a brand new museum devoted to the legendary soprano. Housed in a three-storey neoclassical constructing within the coronary heart of the capital, it opens its doorways on Thursday and coincides with the influential singer’s one hundredth birthday on Dec. 2.

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons will get local weather change makeover

A Spanish music director has tailored Antonio Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons” to the grim actuality of worldwide warming, including prominence and drama to the summer season concerto whereas shortening the opposite three, and he believes the Italian nice wouldn’t thoughts. “I think Vivaldi would have been a lot more aggressive and gritty. If today someone were to compose ‘The Four Seasons’ from an absolutely realistic perspective, it would be frankly daring,” composer and producer Hache Costa advised Reuters.

‘The Hunger Games’ to be changed into London stage play

“The Hunger Games” is about to open at a London theatre subsequent yr within the first reside stage adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novels and the massively profitable movie franchise. Irish playwright, screenwriter and director Conor McPherson has tailored for theatre the primary ebook in Collins’s younger grownup dystopian trilogy and the primary movie from “The Hunger Games” Lionsgate film franchise, which starred Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence as heroine Katniss Everdeen.

‘Now and Then’: The Beatles to launch new music with Lennon’s voice

Fans of the Beatles may simply twist and shout in pleasure. A brand new Beatles music will probably be launched subsequent week, that includes the voice of late member John Lennon and developed utilizing synthetic intelligence, report firm Universal Music Group mentioned on Thursday.

Music streaming was 2022’s high moneymaker for songwriters, composers

Streaming turned the most important supply of revenue for composers and songwriters in 2022 and helped enhance their collections by greater than 1 / 4 to 10.83 billion euros ($11.44 billion), a report confirmed on Thursday. Digital royalty collections surged practically 34% to 4.2 billion euros in 2022 as extra customers turned to music and video subscription companies, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC) mentioned within the report.

(With inputs from companies.)