It looks like the Hollywood strikes are over and everyone can get back to work! Deadline reported that on Wednesday the SAG-AFTRA actors’ union and the studios had come to an agreement. The industrial action will end at 12:01 am Thursday. The Hollywood industrial action is estimated to have cost the Southern California’s economy $6.5 […]
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Carol Vorderman is leaving the BBC due to its new social media guidelines. The former “Countdown” presenter has hosted a Saturday show on BBC Radio Wales for five years. However, she revealed on Twitter that the new rules meant she could not continue to share her opinions online so she is moving on. Vorderman often
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Life as a foreign correspondent can seem daring, dangerous and… fun. Often, it is! You get to travel the world and meet fascinating people, but there are also huge risks that come with the job, especially if you are a freelancer reporting on war zones. We are seeing those issues in real-time right now with
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On the latest “Additional Conversations” segment on “Daily Tech News Show” I discussed why horror movies are still going so strong with Robb Dunewood, Sarah Lane and Roger Chang. Tl/dr: They are cheap and have a dedicated fan base. Also, they do not need big-name stars to sell tickets, as people watch them for genre
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On his company’s latest earnings call, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg said that Threads had almost 100 million monthly users. It’s no mean feat, given that the app has only launched in July. It clearly launched unfinished, but has consistently added new features. However, the app doesn’t totally replicate the good bits of Twitter (hello, tweeting
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Loads has already been written about Matthew Perry, the “Friends” star who died aged 54 this weekend. There will be plenty more to come. However, like every millennial with any kind of internet presence, I felt I had to add my voice. I was not always that into “Friends”. If I’m honest, some of that
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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
