This month, Chuck Joiner and I discuss the news that Ridley Scott has decided Apple TV+ viewers need a four-hour director’s cut of his movie “Napoleon”. Are we worthy of such genius? Talking of overly long films, “Killers of the Flower Moon” has made it to cinemas. We look at the numbers. (Spoiler alert: Taylor […]
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Tim Davie, the director general of the BBC, will address the Conservative Party’s 1922 Committee on Wednesday. The committee is a powerful group of backbench Tory MPs. News of the unusual arrangement was revealed by Huffington Post political editor Kevin Schofield: You can read the full story here. A source informed Schofield that they “thought
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The latest Netflix results revealed the company added 8.76 million from around the world in the third quarter of 2023. Wall Street had expected this to be a mere 5.49 million. Revenue was up to $8.54 billion from $7.93 in the same quarter the year before. Despite this success, the streamer has decided to up
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Disney is celebrating its centenary. The company was founded by brothers Roy and Walt on 16 October 1923. Legal wrangling and decades of creativity and innovation followed. The conglomerate we see today is nothing like what the brothers could have envisioned. It consists not just of animated films, but of theme parks, merchandise and the
It has all been a LONG time coming, but Apple TV+/Paramount movie “Killers of the Flower Moon” actually exists. And there are clips to prove it. Apple TV+ has been releasing the latest ones over the last few days. This one is known as the “Coyote” clip”: There are also videos in which the actors
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“Community” has become a somewhat overused, and sometimes misused, word in recent times. However, when done right, it can become a really important element in engaging existing readers/listeners with a publication, as well as helping to attract new ones. It is not straightforward though. Picking the right platform really matters and it takes a lot
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I love blogging. It is how I got into digital media and journalism. (There’s a reason The Addition has a blog.) Blogging used to be quite a big deal back in the day! There are still people producing what we would recognise as conventional blogs, and platforms like Substack are helping people write in their
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Apple is reportedly looking to expand its sports coverage into the world of Formula 1. The news emerged via Business of F1 magazine and was picked up by Front Office Sports. I can’t pretend to be much of a Formula 1 aficionado. I haven’t watched any of it since the Max Verstappen vs Lewis Hamilton
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The latest episode of “TV+ Talk”, the show where we chat all things Apple TV+, is out… And it’s a busy one this month. Chuck Joiner and I start off by discussing the latest season of “The Morning Show”. Spoiler alert, we talk about episodes 1-3 of season three so go watch those episodes and
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The BBC has today revealed new guidelines, following the row over social media posts by Gary Lineker back in March. Essentially, it boils down to freelance presenters outside of news, particularly those on flagship shows, being allowed to express their views on various topics. However, they must not attack politicians personally or question their character.
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