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INFOLINKS_ON Big changes are headed to Marvel Studios. Following the announcement that Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige will now report directly to Disney Studio Chief Alan Horn instead of Marvel Entertainment CEO Isaac Perlmutter, word is circulating from BirthMoviesDeath that the Marvel Creative Committee has disbanded. The group, which once oversaw the development of Marvel…
Ever wondered why Hogwarts students mostly dress like normal British public-school kids despite the wizarding world of Harry Potter being so arcane? Tumblr user lorddorian wondered that, too—and he constructed a detailed theory about it, looking closely at the way Hogwarts uniforms are described in J.K. Rowling‘s novels and comparing that to the way the films depict them. In…
Hillary Clinton speaks to members of the International Longshoremen’s Association in Charleston, South Carolina, on Oct. 31, 2015.Photo by Randall Hill/Reuters On Oct. 23, Hillary Clinton opened a new front against Sen. Bernie Sanders: She framed him as a sexist. Clinton took a phrase Sanders had routinely used in talking about gun violence—that “shouting”…
Last night’s episode of Agents of SHIELD reveals its subtle theme early on, when Jemma Simmons talks about how too much therapeutic “kid gloves” treatment can make you feel weaker, not stronger. But maybe some people have a harder time getting over their issues than others? Spoilers ahead… The big reveal at the end of…
The Driggs, a luxury apartment building in Brooklyn, received a $631,000 tax break this year. (Cezary Podkul/ProPublica) As gleaming new housing towers spring up around New York City, thousands of new rent-stabilized apartments are coming onto the market. And in return for following rent limits, developers get a share of $1 billion in property…
It wasn’t at all a secret that ABC’s new Muppet show isn’t, well, good. In fact it’s terrible. The good news is that it looks like the network has plans to try to fix it. Showrunner and executive producer Bob Kushell is gone. Given that he created the show with Big Bang Theory’s Bill Prady…
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The Republican presidential campaigns seeking to influence network control over the debate formats are dealing with a handful of defections as they seek to cobble together a coalition with enough heft to achieve their demands. Late Tuesday, Jeb Bush joined the list of candidates who would not sign on to a letter many of the…
Begin: WordPress Article Content Twitter Engineering Manager Leslie Miley, the only black engineer in a leadership position at Twitter, just publicly announced that he has left the company. In his post, he says his reasons for leaving have everything to do with the way Twitter is addressing diversity and inclusion. Though Miley was laid off as…
Begin: Right Rail Advertisement Container End: Right Rail Advertisement Container Begin: WordPress Article Content In California, a state built on the idealism and tacit cruelty of real estate capitalism, no one is innocent. That’s no different with Airbnb and Proposition F, merely the latest of San Francisco’s Brobdingnagian sagas over land-use politics that will go down in today’s election….